Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38036, John Housley, Md.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE Md. Housley, John NUMBER S.38036 CONTENTS
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[Sideways writing on left half of page] Transf. to Georgia 29 June 1829 and notification to B. [illegible] Elberton Georgia
Georgia
John Housley of Elbert Coy in the state of Georgia who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Howard of the Maryland
the, for the term of 3 years - War
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 of June 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of Oct., 1819 and sent to Littleton Johnston by Judge Churchill, Georgia.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 $24.26 Semi-anl. All'ce ending 4 Mar: 1820 $48 ~ $72.26
Pension Certificate returned in Dead letter Font. Augt 23. 1820, to the Clerk of Elbert County, Elberton Georgia. {Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
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State of Georgia Country of Elbert Application for a Transfer
On this fifteenth day of June 1829, Before the subjects a justice of the peace for the said County of Elbert personally appeared John Housley, who on his Oath, declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain, Bell in the 6th Reg. Maryland line in the regiment Commanded by Colonels Howard (Ford and Williams at different times) in the service of the united states; that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of Georgia, and transfered to the Pension Roll of the State of South Carolina from whence he has tally removed [illegible] he now resides in the state of Georgia where he intends to remain and wishes his Pension to be the there payable in future, and that his reasons for removing to the state of Georgia, are that he had no house particularly in the State of South Carolina, and his son resided in the State of Georgia, and he wishes to stay with him, his son having no family white or black, he believed they could be of mutual benefit to each other, and prefered living with him, than among strangers in the Cause of his removal. Sworn [illegible] to, before me, the day and year aforesaid Richard L Aycock [Signature] his x mark John Housley
State of Georgia Elbert County.
I, Benajah Houston Clerk of the superior court of said county do certify that Richard L Aycock before whome the foregoing affedavit was made and by whome the said Testimony of John Housley was taken, and whose name.
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appear there to, is and read of the time of taking the same, a lawful justice of the peace in afor said County of Elbert duly qualified and commissioned and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have Accounts sit my hand and offered my seat of office this 15th day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.
Benajah Houston Clerk S.C. EC. Ga
State of Georgia Elbert County } Personally appeared before me Richard L. Aycock a justice of the peace in afor said County of Elbert Benajah Houston being duly sworn, saith on oath that he will know John Housley who has taken the foregoing oath to be the same person described therein and no other than the identical person to whome the pension was originally granted. Sworn [illegible] to before me this 15th day of June 1829 Richard L Aycock J,,P } Benajah Houston
I certify that Benajah Houston who had made the foregoing affedevit of Identity is a credible witness of a person of [illegible]. Richard L Aycock J,,P
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State of Georgia Elbert County ] I, Benajah Houston clerk of the superior court of said County do certify that Benajah Houston who hath made the foregoing affedavit of the Identity of John Housley is a [citizen inked out] of resident in said county, and that the signature purporting to be his, is actually genuine, and that the signature of Richard L Aycock Esquire before whome the Oath was taken [illegible] is genuine, and that the said Richard L Aycock is and was of the time of signing the [illegible] a Lawful Justice of the Peace in aforsaid County & State duly Commisioned and qualified. In testimony whereof I have herein to set my hand and offered the seat of office the 15th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred twenty nine Benajah Houston Clerk S.C. EC. Ga
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S Caro. 243 [text perpendicular to previous] Abbeville
John Housley States that his cert is numbered 15,324
Not found on the roll of South Carolina
15,324
The party must make an application agreeable to the accompanying firm. his name being on the roll of Georgia, P send the same judicially authenticated with this schedule to the War Dep
James Wardlaw, Clk. Abbeville, S.C.
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The State of South Carolina Abbeville District }
On the 21 day of october 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of Record for the said district John Housley aged fifty eight years resident in the said district who first being duly sworn according to law on his oath declares in the words following I served in the revolutionary war as follows
Viz I enlisted to the in March 1780 in the 6th Reg't Maryland line Bells company was afterwards attached to Capt Trumans company, and after gates' defeat the Reg't to which I belonged was called the Seventh and I was discharged in June 1783. I have made application for a pension, the date which application of the certificate is correct was the 4th of June 1819, and I have received a pension certificate numbered 15,324. 
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of property or any part thereof with intent thereby  so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not or has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. I am a taylor by trade but from the rheumatism in my left arm I have nearly lost the ability to pursue my occupation. I have no other family residing with me than a wife aged 55 years, and a daughter aged 19 neither of whom has any means of assistance other than my
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labour and their own.
(Sign) John hisxmark Housley
Sworn to & submitted in this court this 21 day of october 1820
Sevt
Ja Wardlaw Clk.
Schedule
1687 acres of land lying in [illegible] county [illegible] by cities of [illegible] join land which I can neither lend nor sell, as such land is considered of no value where it lies, there judgement to a large amount against the vendor when he [illegible] the land to me ooo ooo ooo
2 forty and an acre $5.00 John hisxMmark Housley 2 Sold 5.00 $10.00 (Sign)
Sevt Ja Wardlaw Clk

I do hereby certify that it is my decision that the
total account in value of the property [illegible] in the aforesaid [illegible] Sign Abn Noll

I James Wardlaw clerk of the court of common pleas and general sessions for the district & state aforesaid do hereby certify the foregoing oath and schedule are truly copied from the record of the
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Said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the court that the total amount in value of the property of his deed in the aforesaid schedule is per [illegible]
In testimony where of I have here on to set my hand and offered the seat of the said court this 8th day of November 1820
Ja,, Wardlaw ClK.
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John Housley
Maryland line
Coll Howard
March 1779 War
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Georgia
 }
 Elbert County }
 John (or Jonothan) Housley came personally before me who being duly
 sworn saith that he was enlisted as a private on the Continental
 establishment in the month of March seventeen hundred & seventy nine for & during the war of
 the Revolution at Bladensburg in the State of Maryland by Captain William Beall of the Sixth
 Regiment Second Brigade of the Maryland line, that on joining said Reg’t I was attached to Capt
 Alexander Truemans Company & believes under the command of Colonel Howard.
 This deponant further saith that after he joined the Reg’t. he was marched to Petersburg in the
 State of Virginia, from thence under the command of Gen’l. Gates to South Carolina 
that he was in the Action fought by the American army under Gen’l Gates against the Enemy
 near Camden in which the American army was defeated, in which Action he
 received a slight wound. That three days after said Action he this deponent with two other
 soldiers joined General Sumpter on the Catawba River who was also
 defeated two or three hours after he joined him. and this
 deponent further states that he was in the Action fought at Guilford Court House in the State of
 North Carolina also in the Battle fought at Eutaw Springs in South Carolina in which he was again wounded This deponent further saith that he was discharged in
 Baltimore in the State of Maryland in the month of June seventeen hundred & eighty two (to the
 best of his recollection) that in the lapse of intervening years
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 his discharge by some casualty is
 lost or destroyed. And this deponent further states that he is now in reduced circumstances and
 is in need of the assistance of his Country for support
 Sworn to before me this fourth day of June 1819
 Littleton Johnston J.P.  John hisXmark Housley

Georgia}
Elbert County}
I Littleton Johnston one of the Justices of the interior court of said County of Elbert H being Court of Record do certify that Sufficant Evidance has bin submitted to sattisfy  that John Housley named in the Foregoing affidavit and application has served his country as Alledged and set fourth in said applicant and that he is in reduced circumstance and needs the assistance of his cuntry or Support
In testimony [illegible] of I have hereunto set my name and [illegible] the seal of said court to be anexted this fourth day of year 1819. [signature of Littleton Johnston] Littleton Johnston J,J,G
dest:
George W. Heard
Clk [illegible] Court
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38036 Revy INVALID
File No. 38036
John Housley
Srv Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 232
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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Auditor's Office, Annapolis, Oct 11th 1819
I hereby certify, that it appears from the pay-rolls remaining in the Auditor's Office, that John Housley has received from John Hamilton, agent of the Maryland line, the sum of $80.00 for [arrears inked out] of pay from the 14th Augt 80 to the 14th Jany 82 Also, the sum of $80.00 for pay from the 14 Jany 82 to the 14th Jany 83 amd also the sum of $43.30 from the 14th Jany 83 to the 15th Nov 83 when his time expired. Thos Karney A. P. Md.
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[illegible]
Littleton Johnston
Judge Churchill,
Recd July 3 1819
[Sideways overlapping the illegible portion at the top of the document] Churchill Judge The Honirable
[Sideways] John C Calhoun Secretary at War Washington Citty
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24th June 1819
Honourable Sir
Not being able to write for myself I have not been as minute in my statement as I otherwise could and perhaps ought to have been, though I hope what I have stated to gather with the evidence you are in possession of will be sufficient to establish the justice of my claim. As respects the bounty of land if it has been taken out of the office as I was informed some year since by one Davis, you will be so good as to inform me his Christian name and confer a singular favour on your Obt
Humble Sevt
Signed For John Housley
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John Housley Transferred from Georgia to South Carolina 20 June 1821 from 4 March 1820
Mar 20 
[Sideways signature] Ja Wardlaw Clk.
[Sideways text] of the Sovereignty & Independence of the United States of America
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Application for a Transfer
The State of South Carolina Abbeville District
On this fifth day of January 1821, before me Andrew Hamilton a Justice of the [illegible] for the District afirm and offered John Housley, who in his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain William Bell to the company commanded by Captain Alexander Truman in the 6th Reg of the Maryland Line, before Gate's defeat called the 7th. afterwards came the second, command by Col. Howard, Col. Williams, Lt Col. Ford at different times, in the service of the United States: that his name was heard on the pension of the State of Georgia from whence he has [illegible] that he now resides in the District [illegible] bevile, State of South Carolina where he intends to remain & wishes his pension to be then payable in future. 
Sworn to Hishand before me the day [illegible] aforsaid [signed A. Hamilton] John hisxmark Housley
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The State of South Carolina Abbeville District
I James Wardlaw, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions for the District Office aforsaid, do hereby certify that Andrew Hamilton Esquire is an acting justice of the Decorum for the District & State aforsaid, that all due faith and credit are due to his official notations & that his signature to the eviction officers is in his own [illegible] hand writing, sworn under my hand
& the [illegible] of the Court aforsaid this fifth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred twenty one [illegible] the forty fifth year of the Sovereignty & Independence of the United States of America
Ja Wardlaw Clk.
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Pension Office 17 of June 1829
[Sideways] Elberton Ga 17th June
the hand Secretary of War
War department Washington City Dist. Columbia
Free [text perpendicular to free] Pension
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[Sideways] Pension Office 17 of June 1829
lberton Ga 17th June
the hand Secretary of War
War department Washington City Dist. Columbia
Free [text perpendicular to free] Pension
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Elberton 16th June 1829
Sir,
Inclosed is Mr John Housleys application for Transfer from the Pension Roll of South Carolina to that of Georgia, please consider it and do forward to be right, forward a certificate of his Transfer to me at this place. (Elberton Georgia)
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servt
B. Houston
Your early attention to this application will confer a favor, the pensioned is in a low state of health and dependent alone upon his pension for support and for proper medical aid, and when he is transferred to the Roll of the State he will not be able to draw his pension which falls due in [illegible] need
Hand secritary [illegible] [Signature of B Houston] B. Ho