DARLINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - REV WAR PENSION - CLEMENTS, Gabriel ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm ************************************************ Contributed for use in the SCGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette Pension Application Of Gabriel Clements, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 576, Application #W27592 Telfair County, GA, January 9th, 1853, Mary Clements, aged 82 years: “That her husband entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War in South Carolina as a private in the company commanded by Captain Andrew DuBose and in the regiment commanded by Colonel Benton under General Francis Marion, and after serving in that capacity for one year, he was promoted to ensign and was Lieutenant (the first) in said company. That having served for a considerable time as Lieutenant in said company, he was elected a captain in the militia in which capacity he served during the years of 1780, 1781, and 1782. That all of his service was under General Francis Marion who pervaded the swamps of the lower part of South Carolina. That not having received for said service from the state of South Carolina, he petitioned the Legislature of South Carolina in the year 1823 for the same and submitted proofs of his said services and was placed on the Pension Roll of said state in said year…” Lexington District, SC, April 2nd, 1853: John Gortman [Gartman]-“That in the month of May next he will be seventy-six years of age and that he was born not far from his present neighborhood, and has from early boyhood, lived in this community in which he now resides. That as far back as this deponent can recollect, he remembered Gabriel Clements, who was ever since deponent’s recollection, reputed and believed to have served in the old Revolutionary War.” “That said Gabriel Clements and Mary Watts lived near neighbors of this deponent’s father, and that he, deponent, recollects with certainty the fact of their having made a runaway match of it when they got married as her father was opposed to her marrying said Clements. Deponent recollects that it was when he was a schoolboy and that the event occasioned general talk in the neighborhood it being told and believed that the said Gabriel Clements and Mary Watts went to the house of John Fairchild, a justice of the peace who lived a little way out of their immediate neighborhood. That deponent was then about fifteen or sixteen years of age as he recollects; That deponent is certain in his own mind and from his recollection that said marriage must have taken place fully sixty years ago…” Comptroller General’s Office, Columbia, SC, April 4th, 1855: “This is to certify that I have personally examined the records of this office for evidence of the services of Lamuel [Lemuel] Benton and Gabriel Clements and do not find any in their names; that I have also examined for the services of George Hicks, Abel Kolb, and Robert Lide or Lyde and do not find any in their names, but that in the names of different persons who furnished supplies or rendered military services in the War of the Revolution, I find ample evidence by the receipts for supplies and etc, signed by the officers themselves.” “That Lemuel Benton as Lieutenant Colonel commanded a regiment from 1781 to 1783 in Marion’s Brigade; that George Hicks also commanded as Colonel a regiment in said brigade in 1780 and that Abel Kolb also commanded as colonel in 1781 a regiment in same brigade; that Robert Lide or Lyde is designated as ‘Major Robert Lide or Lyde’ (the name being spelled differently by different persons) and that payment was made to him for supplies furnished only, and not for militia or other duty. I further certify that there are no pay rolls of Marion’s brigade in this office as is the case with Sumter’s brigade, the services in the former being shown by detached, separate and scattered individual accounts…” “The additional evidence on which the claim for increase is based consists, first of a transcript of Clement Clements [Gabriel’s brother] application to the SC Legislature and accompanying proofs in 1820. Clement Clements claimed to have served in Captain Andrew DuBose’ company, Benton’s 18th regiment from 1780. Peter DuBose testified that he served under Andrew DuBose as captain and himself as lieutenant. Gabriel then testified that Clement served in ’80, ’81, and ’82 in DuBose’ company alternately under him (Gabriel). Was at Battle of Wadboo and several other battles.” “In 1844, Clement applied in Lexington Co, KY for pension under Act of ’32, admitted in 1852 at $80 and declared that he served under Captain DuBose 1 year in 1780, continuously in Marion’s brigade. In his after service, was much of his time in scouting parties after Tories under his brother Gabriel, who was captain of the scouts and in nearly constant duty service and fatigue to the final close of the war. Peter DuBose in his application made in 1832 declared he served 15 months as captain and was allowed for the same. Doubtless the promotion of Gabriel Clements corresponded with his, from lieutenant or ensign, as both were in the same company.” “…It appears probable that Gabriel Clements under his appointment as ensign, had alternate command in the company. That he was called captain is very natural and that he may have been, as he alleged, 1st lieutenant is not improbable, but while Peter DuBose, the lieutenant of his company was in it as lieutenant, he was ensign. When Peter was made captain, it is very likely he was made lieutenant.” “I think that now that Peter DuBose is proved to have been lieutenant and captain, his sworn statement should be held to be good evidence that Gabriel was ensign for the 6 months that he was lieutenant of the company, and afterwards. It seems from Peter’s statement that his brother, Andrew, as captain, and himself as lieutenant commanded the company alternately, and this agrees with Gabriel’s statement that himself was 1st lieutenant and that Clement, his brother served alternately under himself and Captain DuBose.”