Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2530, Samuel Dunaway, Va.
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Service 
Va. 
Dunaway, Samuel 

Number
S.2530

carded
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No. 12069
Kentucky 

Samuel Dunaway of Henry Co in the State of Kentucky who was a prt &  Segt in the com commanded by Captain Harrison of the regt commanded by Col Glasscock in the Virginia line for 9 months - Private  3 months - Sergeant

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky 
at the rate of 45 Dollars _ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of October 1833 and Hon R M Johnson

Arrears to the 4th of Sept        112.50
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept     22.50
$135.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832} 

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol [illegibly faded] Page 7
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Samuel Dunaway
Revolutionary claim
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State of Kentucky  }
Henry County        } ss

On this 22d day of August 1833 personally appeared before Price Nuttal one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Henry County and a Justice of the Henry County Court Samuel Dunaway a resident of the said county of Henry aged 69 years who is unable from bodily infirmity to attend the proper court to make his declrataion and who being first duly Sworn according to law and on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832. 

that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that is to say - that in the month of August in the year 1780 as well as he remembers he entered the service of the United States as a private volunteer soldier upon a six months tour in the company of Capt. George Harrison.  That he was at the time a resident of Richmond county Virginia and he rendezvoused with his compa-ny at the house of Flat Cose in Westmoreland County Virginia and he was marched with his said company on the river & Bay [Coast?] in order to assist in protecting the country from the in-cursions and depredations of the British.  That he was at King-sale and other places on the Yeocomico river in Westmoreland County VA and at various places on the Rappahannock river - He states that during this service he was not under the command of an officer of higher grade than Captain - that his company acted in the main separately and that he was actively engaged during the whole of his said tour in actual service and at the termination of his tour after having fully and faithfully served out the same he was discharged. 

He further states that in the month of March 1780 as well as he remembers he again entered the service of the United States as a private soldier and drafted Militia Man upon a tour of three months in the Company of Capt. Harrison who was the same officer under whom he served as above mentiond - that he rendezvoused with his company at a
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place called Farnham Church in Richmond County Va and from there he was marched to the Rappahannock River and was there kept stationed during the whole of his tour in guarding the warehouses and the public & private property in that vicinity.  that he was during this tour under the com-mand of Col. George Glasscock.  He states that he served out his tour full and faithfully and at the termination thereof was discharged and returned home. 

He further states and declares that afterward in the nomth of July 1781 as well as he remembers he again entered the ser-vice of the United States as a private volunteer soldier upon a tour of three months in the Company of Captain George Ses-son and was immediately thereupon appointed an orderly sergreant of his said company by his said Captain and ser-ved as such during his whole tour.   that he rendezvoused with his said company at Bowlers ferry on the Rappahannock River in Richmond County Va. and was attached to the reg-iment of Col. Ellis and now marched from hence [three words struck] to a place called the Poplars in Gloucester County at which place there were at the time a number of troops and he and his company remained there till they were joined by Genl Washington and there the main army was marched to York and this declarant was marched to Gloucester and was there under the command of Genl Weeden.  he states that he continued with the Army and in actual service during his whole tour and that his said tour expired about two days before the capture of Cornwallis by that he remained in the Army and witnessed the surrender and being discharged returned home. 

He 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

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to apen-sion or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. 
Samuel Dunaway
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Interrogatories put to the above named applicant by the said Price Nuttall Justice of the Peace as above named and member of the Henry County Court. 

1st  Where, and in what year were you born? 
Answer  I was born in Richmond County Virginia in the year 1763 according to my information 

2d  Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it? 
Answer  I have none at this time; it has been destroyed. 

3d  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live? 
Answer:  I was living in Richmond County Va. when I en-tered the service where I lived some years [interposed:  after the revolution] and then moved to Frederick County VA and there continued till about 17 years ago and then moved to Ky. where I have continued to reside ever since and I now live in Henry County Ky. 

4th  How were  you called into the service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and if a sub-stitute, for whom?
Answer Upon some of my tours I was drafted and upon the others I was a volunteer. 

5th State the names of some of the [interposed: regular] officers who were with the troops where you served such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circum-stances of your service
Answer - I recollect to have seen Genl Wayne and Major Carey who were regular officers, Col. Peachy, Col. Glascock & Major Redman [interposed: who were militia officers] whose names I now remember - there is a great number of officers whose names I have forgotten with whom I was acquainted.  My services upon my tour were di-rected to the soasts of the rivers and bay principally in endeavouring to protect the country from the incursions and depredations of the British.  I served upon my last tour at Gloucester where the British were beseiged at York and finally captured. 

6th Did you receive a disharge from the service and if so my whom was it given & what has become of it?
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Answer  I never received but one written discharge and that was signed by my Captain and has been since lost

7th  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution. 
Answer  I will name Price Nuttall and Jack Johnston as persons to whom I am known
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Samuel Dunaway 

We Price Nuttall and Jack Johnston being residents of Henry County Ky. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Dunaway who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding delcaration that we believe him to be 69 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbour-hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in the opinion.  And we further certify that the said Dunaway is infirm in body and that the Cholera is and has been prevailing in New Castle at which place the courts of Henry County are held. 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Jack Johnston
Price Nuttal 

And I the said Price Nuttall Justice of the Peace and member of the Henry County Court as aforesaid do hereby de-clare my opinion that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Depart-ment that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And I further certify that it appears to me that  Price Nuttall and Jack Johnson who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Henry County Ky. and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.  And I also further certify that
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the said Saml Dunaway is infirm in body and that the cholera is and has been prevailing at New Castle Ky where the [word struck] Courts of Henry County are held; and that from his infirmity of body he cannot attend the Court and that there is no cler-gyman in the vicinity of said Dunaway's residence. 

In Witness Whereof I have hereto set my hand this 22d day of August 1833. 
Price Nuttall, JPHC


State of Kentucky  }
Henry Count          }Jct

I Elias P [illegible], clerk of the Court of Henry County in the State of Kentucky hereby certify that Price Nuttall whose name appears to the preceding certificate was at the date thereof and still is one of the Justices of the Peace of Henry County and one of the Justices of the Court of which I am Clerk and that the preceding signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature and that the forgoing pro-ceedings were present to me in my office as the original proceedings had in the case therein mentioned by the said Justice. 
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 9the day of Septr 1833  
Elias P. [Dehn?]
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Samuel Dunaway 
Henry County 
Kentucky 

from 1780 private 
& Sergt 1 [illegible]
Pvt 9 months   $30
Sergt 3              $15
$45
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A Statement, Shewing the Service of Samuel Dunaway

[first line across] 
Period in which the service was rendered
1780  6 months

Rank of the claimant
Pr

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. 
Cap Harrison
no Col. 

Age at president, and place of abode when he entered the service
69
Va.

Proof by which the declaration is supported
Traditionary 

[second line across]

Period when the service was rendered
1781  3 months

Rank of the claimant
Pr

Names and rank of hte Field officers under whom he served
Cap Harrison
Col Glasscock

[third line across]
Period when the service was rendered
July "  3 months

Rank of the claimant
Sergt

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served
Capt Scisson
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2
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contract, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on a board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } 88.
County of
On this        day of    personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of      in the county of          and State, Territory or District of        aged (c)        years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United Stated in the   year (d)          , with       and served in the             (e) regiment of the             line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll or any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,      A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I           of the Court of        do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of            for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of           &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the          and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we well acquainted with               , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be          years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the          and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,           Clerk of the Court of              do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of         for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this          day of          &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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(3--1776)
SERVICE         NUMBER
Va.        Dunaway, Samuel     S2530
                                             carded
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CONTENTS

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Rev War

2530
INVALID

File No   2530
Samuel Dunaway
Sgt. Va. Line

Act:  June 7, 1832
Index:  Vol. A, Page 103
(Arrangement of 1870)