Sampson-Duplin-Brunswick County NcArchives Military Records.....Royal, William November 16, 1818 Revwar - Pension Capt. Hall's Company, 10th Regt of NC ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donna Newman centavo@lserv.com May 28, 2012, 12:41 pm Pension Application Extracts from the pension application of William Royal (or Ryall) and widows pension application of Talitha Royal (or Tabitha Ryall). The file totals 49 pages and there’s no rhyme or reason to how they’re organized. Relevant historical and genealogical information is below. Page 19: William Royal initially applied for the pension on 16 Nov 1818 under the Act of 1818. In an affidavit that date, William was said to be 56 years old, had enlisted in Brunswick County in a company commanded by Capt. Mills of the tenth Regt of North Carolina toward the latter part of the war, was pretty quickly transferred to Capt. Hall’s company and served until the end of the war. He obtained furlough at a place called the red house near about the dividing line between North and South Carolina. Affidavits in support of his claim were provided by Jeremiah Simmons of Sampson County and Sanders Simmons of Bladen County. Page 23: Secretary of State confirmed that he was a private on the muster roll for Capt Hall’s company of the 10th Regt NC Line under Colonel Abraham Shepherd, had enlisted 1 Jun 1782. Page 2: a certificate of pension was issued 1 Apr 1819; however, the pension was subsequently discontinued under certain provisions of the Act of 1820. Page 28: William reapplied. In his 1 Sep 1828 affidavit, William said he never received certificates for the eighty dollars reward he was entitled to under the resolve of Congress of 15 May 1778 because he’s never applied for it , and had sold his claim to a stranger whose name he’d forgotten. Affidavits of support were provided by Gabriel Holmes and Isham Royal. William gave power of attorney to Hardy L. Holmes. Page 12: it was apparently again approved around November 1828 and he received a pension of $96 per year. After his death, his widow Talitha applied for the widows pension ($40/year), which looks to have been approved in 1836 (page 22), and then suspended, possibly pending proof of her marriage to William. Page 7: Olin Royal, one of the heirs at law, gave power of attorney to Verpasian (?) Ellis of Accommack County, Virginia, on 5 Nov 1834, in the matter of bounty land to which William was entitled but never received or transferred claim to. Affidavits of support were provided by Andrew Odom and Thomas Brown. Page 45: In a letter dated 8 Nov 1834 from Post Master J. D. Beatty to V. Ellis, he enclosed the signed power of attorney from Olin and said that he had left power #2 with Royal to get signatures of the other heirs who were in North Carolina; that he was preparing powers to send to Thomas Royal in South Carolina and Vincent Royal in Georgia; that he did not hear from Mrs. Guthrie as expected and had written to her explaining more fully the different classes of claimants; that he had not received an answer to his last letter to Mr. Thomas Moore relative to Capt. Overton’s claim. (I have no idea what these last two items refer to). Page 14: In her affidavit of 19 Feb 1844, Talitha stated she was 73 years old, had married William Royal on the last day of February 1788, and that he had died on 9 Jul 1831. Pages 15 and 16: JP James C. Draughn confirmed that she was the widow of William Royal, and that she was blind and not able to attend [district] court. Clerk Thos. F. Faison said that despite a diligent search, a marriage bond for William Royal and Talitha Holder could not be found in his office. Page 15: Alfred Royal, age 47, son of William and Talitha, provided an affidavit on 19 Feb 1844 as to the family Bible records he was submitting, saying they had been copied from the original by the school master David Dawson, the original having been written as the events had transpired about 30 years ago. Pages 4 and 5: The copied information was the names and birth dates of the children of William and Talitha: William Royal 21 Aug 1794; Alfred Royal 5 Feb 1797; Elizabeth Royal 7 Aug 1799; Thomas Royal 23 Jan 1802; Vinson Royal 23 Mar 1804; Jonathan Royal 15 Jul 1806; Ollen Royal 29 Jul 1809. Pages 46 and 47: On 23 April 1845, an affidavit was provided by William Newman, who said that he would be 71 years old the next June, that to the best of his recollection he was about 16 years old when he attended the wedding of William and Talitha, that the company had come by his mother’s house and that he had ridden behind one of the company traveling to John Crumpler’s Esq who married them. On the same date, Sophiah Newman stated that she was 75 years old, that she had been married for 47 years and that William and Talitha had been married and living as husband and wife for 8 or 9 years before her own marriage. Page 48: On 24 Apr 1845, Sarah Underwood, about 90 years old, and Rezin Royal, 64 years old, said in an affidavit that they believed William and Talitha had married about 55 years ago. Page 37: A letter dated 5 Jul 1845 from (can’t decipher name) to James S. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions states, "A certificate issued the 14 June inst to Tabitha Ryall under the acts of March 3d 1843 & 7th June 1844 was presented at the office to day. rate of pay $40 per Annum. No such person is to be found on the Pay Roll under these Acts. Payment has been made to her under the Act of 1838 - $200." Additional Comments: Copies of the pages referenced above have also been uploaded. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/sampson/military/revwar/pensions/royal597mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 6.0 Kb