Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,344, Littleton West, Va.
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[handwritten, black ink] Va.
West Littleton
R. 11344
[illegible]
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[handwritten, black ink] Littleton West
Ray Counts
Niefsaun
Clerk of [illegible letter]aunt
[erased pencil throughout]
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BRIEF in the case of [handwritten] Littleton West
[typed] of [handwritten in pencil, illegible] [typed] in the State of 
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? [handwritten] not & [illegible]

[typed] 2. If before a judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? [handwritten] born 25 Nov. 1755

[typed] 4. State his service as directed in the form annexed.

[table, typed] 
Period Duration of Service Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served

In 17 [handwritten] 74 [illegible] 1775 or 1776 [illegible]
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832 State of Missouri, [illegible] County of Ray on this fifth day of August in the year 1833 personally approved the undersigned Littleton West a resident of said county and state aged about 78 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 7 1832. That sometime in the year 1774 he volunteered as a Private Militia Man under Captain Benjamin Harriss of Greenbriar County in the State of Virginia where I then [illegible] for the defence of the Northwestern frontier which was annoyed by the attack North Indians that we marched with a force of 100 men under the command of Captain Ben Harriss for Point Pleasant on the Ohio River near the mouth of the [illegible] river we arrived there with many of our men sick of the [illegible]. I was detached to wait on the sick and did not reach the point until after the Battle was fought with the Indians at Point Pleasant I cannot recollect the name of the Regiment I belonged to and the following offices are all that I recollect Expedition General [illegible] of Virginia I believe the said expedition was ordered out by the Governor of Virginia and I also believe it had by sanction I returned home to Green Briar County
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in the State of Virginia the troops were discharged our tour of service was on this Campaign three months
2d.=
about the year 1779 or 1780 as I think I volunteered under Capt. Thomas Wright of Greenbrier County in the state of Virginia in which County I still live. with a body of Militia ordered out by the authorities of Virginia we marched from Greenbrier County in the said state - under the command of Capt. T. Wright and Col. J. Henderson with about 30 men to Bernsides fort in the Frontier of said County of Greenbrier in sd. state where we were stationed for protecting the frontier settlements we were in actual service this tour 30 days, was discharged and returned to my former residence in Greenbrier Va and in or about the year 1782 again volunteered under the same Capt. Wright and marched to the relief of Donelys fort on the frontier of Greenbrier County with a force of about 450 men commanded by the sd. Capt. Wright whilst at this fort the Shaunee Indians made an attack on the fort and Killed 4 Men we [illegible] repulsed them with several killed & wounded having fulfilled our tour we were discharged I returned home to Greenbrier my place of residence after serving in this tour 30 days
About
as well as I can recollect a requisition was made by the Governor of Virginia for troops to aid the settlements (now Kentucky) who were much disrupted by the Indians I was drafted in this
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Campaign but owing to my situation being lately married I could not go with the troops I procured a substitute by name of Joshua Boucher to whom I paid fifty dollars to take My place for 3 months which he done I have been on Other Campaigns against the Indians which I cannot now by reason of my old age and consequent Loss of memory detail to any person I have no documents or Evidence of the aforesaid narratives nor do I know of any person now living that can testify to my services I have served in all the tours put together the full space of Eight months
I cannot say in what year it happened and during that time I was not engaged in any civil pursuits
By reason of the loss of my memory and the Consequent omission of facts growing therefrom I make the following affidavit
State of Missouri} SS. Personally appeared before
County of Ray} me the undersigned Justice of the peace within and for said County and state Littleton West who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of Old Age and the consequent Loss of memory, he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not Less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades to wit for the space of five months I served as a private soldier and for the further space of three months I served by hiring a substitute which cost me fifty dollars. (dollars) and for such service I claim a pension"
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Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty eighth of June 1833 And I do further state that I believe Littleton West who makes the affidavit before me to be a man of truth and credit
State of Missouri ss} Sebourn J Miller JP
County of Ray} I George Woodward Clerk of the County Court within and for the said County of Ray in the said state, Do Certify that Sebourn J Miller whose name is attached and Subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned &c and the signature annexed is his Genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this ________
George Woodward Clerk R.C.C.
I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and I do declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any state whatever and during the time I served I was engaged on field or Garrison duly and was not engaged in any civil pursuits whatever - and that I know of no person living by whom I can prove my service.
Littleton West
x his mark
Sworn to and subscribed}
in Open Court this 5th}
day of August 1833}
Geo Woodward Clerk
In the Ray County Court Mo)
August term 1833
personally came this day into court here the aforesaid Littleton West to whom the Court propounds the following interrogatories together with the answers made by
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him which is here set down verbatim-
1". Where and in what Year were you born?
Ansr. in the County of Sussex in the State of Delaware on the 25th Novr: 1755 A.D.
2" Have you any record of Your age and if so where is it? Ansr. I have none I remember to have seen written down in a Bible at an age when I had a distinct recollection of it. and the book containing it was burned with my house in the County of Greenbrier in the State of Virginia
3d. Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Ansr. in the State of Virginia, when called into service, since in that State and Kentucky and I do now live in Ray County State of Missouri
4" How were you called into service; were you drafted did you Volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom Ansr. I was a volunteer for 5 months and drafted for 3 months I paid to a substitute who went in my place the latter term 50- Dollars
5th - Interrogatory State the names 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?
Ansr. I cannot recall in consequence of old age and Loss of memory
6th - did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Ansr. I reced none that I recollect
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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 am Known to James Dowden and William Tunridge
who can testify to my Character for veracity and their belief of my service, as a Soldier in the Revolution whereupon the said James Dowden and William Tunridge - can here into Open Court and on their Oaths did say that they do testify to the said declarants character for veracity is not doubted, and we believe he served in the Revolutionary war as he states.
State of Missouri}ss. We the undersigned persons
County of Ray} James Downden and William Tunridge who is the nearest resident Clergyman to my residence living in the vicinity to testify, prove our acquaintances with the said Littleton West that we believe him to be of the age he represents, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and we concur in that Opinoin
Sworn to in Open Court} James Dowden
this 5th Augt. 1833} William Tunridge
Geo. Woodward Clerk
And the said Court here do Certify that William Tunridge is a Clergyman, that he signed the same in Court in our presence and that he and James Dowden are men of truth and their character for veracity is good. that they are Respectable
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men in Society and in this neighbourhood And the Court have seen that the said declarant has answered the foregoing questions as herein set down and do say that it is our Opinion that the applicant was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and served as such, and we believe the Statement herein made is true as we honestly believe and that the belief is general that he served in the Revolutionary war and we never have heard it doubted and we do further Certify that all those who have testified herein are men of good character and we have received the evidence herein of none other.-
And we would recommend this applicant to the consideration of the Pension Department as a Subject peculiarly fitting for the most liberal Construction of the rules & regulations there in ordered
If Consistent therewith he ought to have a Pension and all the above named persons who have testified herein are credible persons and their Statement is entitled to credit
Henry Jacobs
Wm Thornton
Justice of the C,,C
I George Woodward clerk of the Court of Ray County in the state of Missouri do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceeding (as amended) of the said Court in the matter of the application of Littleton West for a pension
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this fifth day of August In the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Thirty three
George Woodward Clerk R.C.C.
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Act 7.th June 1832

Rejected
See letter to George Woodward Richmond
Missouri
30. September 1833.
11344
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11.344
P.O.
Littleton West
Service:
REJECTED
Enlisted: ____, 18
Discharged: ______, 18
Application filed: _________, 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.:
____ Recognized. ______ Cont
________ Cert of Dis. Searched for_____, 18