Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44326, Micajah Ballard, Va.
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(3 - 1776)  (FORM NUMBER)

SERVICE  - Va
Ballard, Micajah

NUMBER s. 44326

CONTENTS.....
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Ohio
17,847
Micajah Ballard
of Lawrence County in the state of Ohio
who was a private
in the regiment commanded
Colonel A. Buford, of the Virginia Line,
for the term of 18 months,
Inscribed on the roll of Ohio,
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 6 of
December, 1819.
certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Sept. 1820
and sent to Edward W. Tupper,
agent, Galliopolis, Ohio
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1820. $71.77.
Semi-annl allowance ending 4 March $48.00
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$119.77

[Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
and 1st May
1820.
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5517.
Micajah Ballard,
Lawrence County, Ohio
6 December, 1819.
Col. Abraham Buford's
regimt. Va line
September 1780, to
March, 1782.
Not found on the rolls.
The certificate of Col.
Buford does not prove
9 months service of the
applicant, in continuance on
Continental estab.
The testimony, on oath,
of two or more disinterested
and credible persons, to
that effect, certified
such by the judge, is
required
Admitted
Edwd W. Tupper
Gallipolis, Ohio
26. Sept. 1820

Ezra Osborne, Judge, Burlington, Ohio
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the State of Ohio Lawrence County

On the sixth day of December
1819 before me the subscribed the
President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
on the 8th Circuit of the
State of Ohio personally appeared
Micajah Ballard aged eighty three
years who being by me first duly
sworn according to law doth on his
oath make the following statement
and declaration in order to obtain
the provision made by the late law of
Congress entitled "An act to provide for
certain persons engaged in the late
and naval service of the United States
in the Revolutionary war":  that
he is a citizen of the State of Ohio
and resident of the County of Law
and that he was called for
eighteen months at Bedford County
to the State of Virginia on or about
the first day of September 1780 under
Captain Lumpkins and served
in the Company commanded by
Captain Morton of the
first Regiment of Virginia troops
under the command of Colonel
A. Buford that he continued to serve
in the said Corps or in the service of
the United States in the Continental
army against the common enemy
untill on or
the first of March 1782
when he was honorably discharged
from service at Charlotte Town
North Carolina he further states that
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he never was in any battle he also
states that he is in reduced circumstances
and stands in need of the assistance
of his Country for support; and that 
on the 18th day of January 1782 he hired
one Benjamin Galloway who had to
serve
about two months the discharge
which he rived is herewith inclosed.

His
Micajah X Ballard
Mark

Sworn & subscribed before me
this 6th day of December 1819


Ezra Osborn
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I, Ezra Osborn Judge as aforesaid do
certify that it appears to my satisfaction
that the said Micajah Balland did
serve in the Revolutionary war as
stated in the preceding declaration
against the common enemy for the
term of eighteen months one
continental establishment and
now transmit the proceedings and
testimony taken and had before me
to the Secretary of the
department of
War pursuant to the direction of the
aforementioned act of Congress and
it further appears to my satisfaction
that the said applicant is in such
indigent and reduced circumstances
as to require aid of his Country
pursuant to above [illegible] act

Ezra Osborne

The State of Ohio
Lawrence County ss

I, Joseph Wheeler Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
for the County of Lawrence aforesaid, do hereby certify
that Ezra Osborn Esq
before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been sworn to, was at that time and now is
President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County
duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit
is and ought to be given to all his official proceeding as well in
seats of Justice as there out. In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County at Burlington
this seventh day of December Eighteen hundred and nineteen and
in the year of this state the seventeenth
Jos. Wheeler, Clerk
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Micajah Ballard
Lawrence Co. Ohio,
original declaration
6th Decemr 1819.
Col A. Buford's regt
Virga line, Sept. 1780.
to March, 1782.
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Service proved by the
testimony of Col. Buford and others.
worth $117
Admitted
Edward W. Tupper, agt
Gallipolis, Ohio,
26. Sept. 1820
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The State of Ohio
Lawrence
County ss

On this tenth day of August
in the year 1820 appeared in open Court of Common Pleas for the 8th Circuit of the State of Ohio, in the County of Lawrence (it being made a Court
of Record by the statute of the State of Ohio organizing said Court), Micajah Ballard, aged eighty
three years, who being sworn according to law, doth on
his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and on the first of May 1820 and the said Ballard enlisted for eighteen Months at Bedford County State of Virginia on or about the
first day of September 1780 in the company commanded by Captain Lumkins, afterwards served in the company commanded by Capt Morton of the first Regiment
of Virginia troops commanded by Colonel
A Buford, and that he continued to serve in the said Corps in the service of the United States on continental establishment against the common enemy until about the first of March 1782 when he was honorably discharged from service at Charlotte Town North Carolina he never was in any Battle he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service except what is herewith transfered and pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 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
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disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in
the revolutionary war passed on the 18th of March 1818
and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due
me; nor have I any income other than what is contained
in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed
- he is a farmer by occupation, unable to
labor to labor by reason of age and infirmity, has a wife about eighty three years of age very infirm, one Daughter aged fifty years- 
His 
Mikajah X Ballard
Mark

Schedule of Property
Two Cows & two calves $30.00
Six hogs $12.00
One horse beast- 45.00
One Bed & Beding- 20.00
a few articles of household furniture 10.00
no real estate
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$117.00

His 
Mikajah X Ballard
Mark

sworn in open Court this
10th day of August 1828
Ezra Osborn Pres.

The State of Ohio
Lawrence County ss
I, Joseph Wheeler Clerk of the ┃
Court of Common Pleas for said County of Lawrence, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereunto annexed are truly copied from
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the records of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the
total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and seventeen
dollars - I do further certify that Ezra Osborn
Esquire before whom the affidavit of Micajah Ballard appears
to have been taken and sworn to, and is
hereunto attached, was at that time and now is
President Judge of the Eighth circuit of the Courts
of Common Pleas for the State of Ohio duly
commissioned and qualified and that full faith
is and ought to be given to all his official proceedings as well in courts of Justice as thereout, and
that the County of Lawrence aforesaid is one of the Counties composing the eighth Circuit of the
Court of Common Pleas for the state aforesaid
And do furthermore certify that Gabriel
Kerr Esq before whom the affidavit of Elizabeth
Ballard appears to have been taken and sworn
to and is hereunto attached, was at that time and now is one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Lawrence aforesaid duly
commissioned and qualified and that full faith
is and ought to be
given to all his official proceeding
as well in Courts of Justice as thereout
In Testimony whereof have hereunto

set my name and affixed
the seal of the said Court, this 28
day of August 1820 Jos. Wheeler Clerk
of the Court for the County of Lawrence
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Personally appeared before me [illegible]
of the Court of
Common Pleas for Lawrence County James
Ballard who, being sworn according to
law, saith he is about 51 years of age, that
he knows that his father Micajah Ballard
enlisted into the service of the United States
in the Revolutionary war on continental
establishment sometime in the year 1780
and that he continued in the service about
one year and four or five months in
the Regiment of Col. V. Buford of Virginia
near as he can recollect and that he had
an honorable discharge.
His
Harris X Ballard
Mark
Sworn & subscribed before
Ezra Osbourne, Pres Judge
Judge
of the 8th Circuit of the
Court of Common pleas
for this state of Ohio

State of Ohio
Lawrence County
Burlington
Before me the subscriber one of the [illegible]  in and for said County this day personally appeared Elizabeth
Ballard of the age of 56 and being sworn
according to law spoke and saith that the
above statement of [illegible] Ballard 
in respect to the enlistment and service of
of Micajah Ballard in the United States Service
the Revolutionary war are just and true. sworn and subscribed to me the age (?) and date above

[illegible] Judge
Her
Elizabeth X Bollard
Mark
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Rev. War Section
Mrs. W. H. Willson
191 West Third St.
Lexington, Kentucky.

September 11, 1923
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 44328 it appears  that Micajah Ballard enlisted in Bedford County, Virginia
September 1, 1780 and served as a private in
Captain Lunkin's (or Lumpkin's) and Morton's Companies, Colonel Abraham Buford's Virginia Regiment until January 1, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1819 while a resident of Lawrence County, Ohio aged eighty-three years. He died June 6, 1821.
In 1820 his wife was eighty-three years old and
a daughter aged fifty years and Harris a son aged fifty-one years. Names of wife and daughter not stated.
Respectfully,
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Acting Commissioner.

Date of death from A.B.
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44326
Rev
INVALID.
File No. 44326
Micajah Ballard
Pri Rev. War.
Act:
18 March 1818
Index: -- Vol.3 Page 23
[Arrangement of 1870.}
1915 June 19: history
to Mr. F. M. Ballard
M.B.H.
1923 Sept 1 - Hist to
Mrs. W. H. Willson [illegible]
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Micajah Ballard
S.7.44326
VA.
[Stamped]
The National Archives of the United States
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The
[illegible] Micajah Ballard having changed places & furnished a man in the continental service the 1st January 1782 will be discharged the service when his time expires in the militia.  A. Buford  Col
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We the subscribers do hereby certify that the
signature of the above annexed
certificate
is the hand writing of Col. A. Buford
to the best of our knowledge 
John Page
J. B. Boone
John Young
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Greenup County Ky.
I do hereby certify that the above affidavit
was subscribed & duly sworn to before me
the subscriber a Justice of the peace in
and for the County aforesaid Given under
my hand this 27th day of July 1818
Levi Charlidge
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State of Kentucky
Greenup County
I, John Hockaday Clerk of the
County Court of said County of
hereby certify that
Levi Charlidge Esquire who has given to the foregoing certificate was on the date thereof an acting
Justice of the peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and qualified, and that due
faith is and out to be given his official acts
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the
County Court of said County
this 27th day of October
1879
John Brooks day Clk
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VA
Ballard, Micajah
S. 44326
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[Date-stamped at Pension Office July 27, 1923]

Pension Bureau
Washington
Dear Sirs

Will you
please send
record including family
and Revolutionary record of
Micajah Ballard who received
his pension from
Ohio
Sincerely
Mrs. W. Willson
491 West Third Street
Lexington Kentucky
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
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In reply to your request of a statement of the military history of Micajah Ballard
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S.F.44,326
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT: Sept. 1780
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.: Jan. 1782.
RANK: Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN: Junkins or Lumpkins, Morton
COLONEL :Abraham Buford
STATE: Va.
Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl in Bedford Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 1819. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Lawrence Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, 83 years
Remarks: in 1820 soldier's Wife was 83 years of age, a daughter was 50 years.
names not given and son Harris was 51 years. There is no further family data on file.

Respectfully,
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Commissioner