Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,030, for George Mayberry, Virginia
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Va.       Mayberry, George       S11030
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[left hand page]
order to pay 17 Nov 1836
Date of death not on AB-

[right hand page]
Alabama 22,748.
George Mayberry
of Perry Cty. in the state of Alabama
who was a Private in the Co
commanded by Captain [David] Baird 
of the Rgt commanded by ______
line, for the term of [illegible] years 
9 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama
at the rate of 32 Dollars 50 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
18th day of Dec. 1833 and sent to 
Honble L.W. [illegible] House of Reps. 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $81.25
Semi=anl. all'ce ending 4 March 3? $16.25
$97.50

{Revolutionary Claim, Act 18th March 1832.}

Recorded by Wm [illegible], Clerk
Book E, Vol. Eight, Page 48
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The State of Alabama
Perry County
County Court Sitting for Orphans business 
November Term 1832

On this the Second day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Hon [Honorable] Dunklin Sullivan Judge of Said Court now sitting George Mayberry a resident of Perry County and State of Alabama aged Seventy two years in October last past who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated He volunteered  in the fall of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine in the county of Bedford in the state of Virginia where he then resided and entered the service under the command of Capt. John Cottrell whose Christian name he does not remember in the fall of [illegible] 
Stephen Dooly [Stephen Dooley] was Lieutenant and ___ Kelly ensign whose Christian name he think was Wm [William] 

This was a company of Cavelry [Cavalry] marched to new London [New London, Virginia] the court house of said county [now Campbell County, Virginia] to guard tories who were taken and confined there as prisoners to stand their trial After several of the prisoners were tried some of whom were acquitted and others found guilty.

The balance of the prisoners who were not tried were taken from new London [New London, Virginia] to Lynchburg [Virginia] on James river in Virginia for trial under the command of Capt
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John Cottrell's Company as a guard, after this was done the company & the affiant was discharged by Capt [John] Cottrell having served three months as a private soldier.

About fifteen or eighteen months afterwards he was again drafted as one of the militia of Bedford County & State of Virginia and entered the service of the United States for the term of six months under the command of Captain David Baird __Kelly was Lieutenant whose Christian name he believes &c [and etcetera]  but the ensigns name is not recollected but he believes it was Robt [Robert] Bolls  and in August or first of September (1781) was marched through Williamsburg & Richmond [both Virginia] to York Town [Yorktown, Virginia].

At York Town my captain in consequence of not having a full company was discharged & I was put under the Command of Another Captain whose name I think was Cummins
his sub [illegible] he does not recollect General [George] Washington commander in chief was there. General Lafayette [Marquis de Lafayette] was there.

The period is so distant and my memory so frail that I cannot recollect the names of any of the Colonels or majors under whose command.  I was at different times placed. 
At the Siege of York Town [Battle of Yorktown, Virginia] I was one of the soldiers detailed to guard the American magazine the whole of the time the siege lasted and performed that service under the command of Lieutenant Wm [William] Kelly & Ensign [Robert] Bolls under the command of Lieutenant a Lieutenant whose name he does not now recollect.

Some time in October of (1781)  the British forces under the command of Cornwallis [General Charles Lord Cornwallis] surrendered to the American Army.
I was in sd [said] battle during the service that I performed. 

After the surrender at York Town [Surrender of Cornwallis, Virginia] I was Taken sick and sometime in November of the same year [1781] in consequence of my sickness and being unfit for the service was discharged by Lieu ___ Kelly by the advice of Dr. Cogswell.
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and returned home which discharge is lost or destroyed that he never during and he further States that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to 
his service

I here by relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State 

Sworn to & subscribed in open court 
[illegible] J Brown Clk
George Mayberry [his mark] X

Interrogatories by the Court 
Q [Question] 1st Where and in what year were you born
An [Answer] I was born in New Jersey I cannot say in what county I believe in seventeen hundred & Sixty
Q [Question] 2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
An [Answer]I have no record of my age nor do I know of any
Q [Question] 3rd Where were you living when called into service. Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live.
An [Answer] I was living in Bedford County State of Virginia when called into service. I lived for a bout six years after the war in Virginia  I then removed to Tennysee [Tennessee] Hancock County where I lived until I removed to Alabama about Twelve years Since  I now reside in Perry County Alabama
Q [Question] 4th How were you called into Service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a Substitute for whom
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original proceedings in the matter of the application of George Mayberry for a pension

In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office this third day of [illegible] In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
J.B. Nave Clerk

[illegible seal attached]
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28,616[crossed out]
22.748
George Mayberry
Alabama
Adm 9. months
3 months thereof Cav [cavalry]

32.50
2x
65.00
16.25
81.25

Hon S. W. Mandls
Ho of Reps
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The second tour which I have related I was drafted  I was never a substitute.

Interrogatory 5th State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect- and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer. General [George]Washington, General Lafayette [Marquis Lafayette] and Col [Colonel] Lytridge at York Town [Yorktown, Virginia].others I cannot recollect; I have no recollection of any Continental or militia regiment by name or number. I was a guard over Tories for the most of my first term of service and the record I was one of the guards to keep the magazine at York town [Yorktown, Virginia].

Interrogatory 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?
Answer I received a discharge from Lieutenant [William] Kelly after the surrender at York town [Yorktown, Virginia] but it has veen long since lost or destroyed.

Interrogatory 7th State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood and who can  testify as to your character for veracity and good behavior and your service as a soldier of the revolution?
Answer I am known to the Honorable George W. Brand  General C. D. King  Jesse B. Nave Clerk of the county Court  and to the Reverend William Calloway all of whom can testify as to my character for veracity and good behavior and who reside in Perry county. I know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my services as a soldier of the revolution.

Sworn to & subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid 
[illegible] JB Nave Clk
George Mayberry [his mark] X