Franklin-Halifax County NcArchives Military Records.....Whitaker, Robert August 1832
Revwar - Pension 
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ROBERT L. WHITAKER. (Minutes Of Halifax Co., NC, Court Of P & QS, August Term 1832.)
ROBERT L. WHITAKER. (Minutes of Halifax Co., NC, Court of P & QS, August Term 
1832.)

     On 21 August 1832, Robert L. WHITAKER (the 'L' I did not affix to my 
signature until sometime after I returned home from the army), a resident of 
Halifax Co, aged 67, made a declaration on oath in open court to obtain the 
benefit of the Act of Congress of 7 June 1832. He "enlisted in the army of the 
United States in the month of July 1782 in Franklin Co, NC [to complete the 
term of service for 18 months, of a private named William HILL] in the company 
of Capt. [blank] commanded by Lt. Robert BELL in the Regiment commanded by Maj. 
HOGG in the NC Continental Line. Lt. Robt. BELL under command of Maj. HOGG 
marched our company from Warrenton, NC through Hillsborough; the battleground 
at Guilford Court House through Salisbury, Charlotte, from thence to Camden SC 
over the High Hills of Santee to the Battleground at Eutaw Springs, from thence 
to headquarters at the Ashly Hills on Ashly River in SC "when the Regiment was 
then commanded by Col. Archibald LYTLE, and my company by Capt. Benjamin CARTER 
and Lieut. or Ensign DICKSON, when I, with the rest of the privates, was 
furloughed until further orders or finally discharged, peace having been 
proclaimed in the camps. After that we were not called any more. With my 
furlough I obtained a certificate for between seventy and eighty dollars for 
part of my pay, signed by JACKSON and PIERCE, called 'Final Settlements' which 
I sold to a merchant for twenty dollars before the funding law was passed by 
Congress, the balance of my pay after the certificates were funded. I had no 
person to direct me where to apply and not knowing the amount I sold for ten 
dollars. That at the time of my furlough or discharge I had remained in the 
regiment and in actual service from the date of my first enlistment. That I was 
furloughed at or near St. James Island in SC when I returned home to Franklin 
County...There I remained until Feb. 1820 when I removed to Halifax County 
where I am now living." His name is not on the pension roll of any state, /s/ 
ROBT. L. WHITAKER [Test.:] M. H. PETTWAY Ck.

The Court declare the applicant was a revolutionary Soldier.

From: “Revolutionary War Pension Applications at the NC Archives,” by Betty J. 
Camin
North Carolina Genealogical Society Journals 1975-2000 CD, Vol. 19, No. 3, 
August 1993, p. 171.

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