Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 3487, Benjamin Webb, N. C. Penn
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                               NUMBER
NC          Webb, Benjamin    S3487
Penn.
Barn in [illegible]
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CONTENTS
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26536
Jonesboro, Tennessee
Benjamin Webb
Sullivan in the Stat of Tennessee who was a private in the State of Tennessee in the com commanded by Captain J. Webb or the regt commanded by Col. Webb in the Pennsylvania
[illegible] for 1 year and 9 months
[illegible] and M Line Records corrected Fby 29 [illegible]
Inserted on the Roll of Jonesboro Agency at the rate o 70 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of March 1834 and William Rockhold Rockhold Slone
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 $210.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 35.00
                                                       $245.00
revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Dan J. Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 136
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Rev War
3487
INVALID.
File No. 3487
Benjamin Webb
Pri. Pa. line
Act June 7 [illegible] 32
Index:--Vol. A, Page 397
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Pa and N.C. Line, Records corrected Feby 29,'04
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State of Tennessee
Sullivan County
 On this 24th day of Jany. 1834 personally appears before me William Rockhold a Justice of the peace for said County Benj Webb aged 79 years or there abouts resident of the state and county aforesaid who being sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement and declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress drafted June 7 1832 and that he was drafted from berks county pennsylvania in the year 1776 in the fall of the year and did serve three months tour under Capt David Webb in Col Webbs Regiment and marched through philadelphia to Norristown in the state of Jersey to Gen Washington's headquarters and did serve said three months and he thinks he was verbally discharged by his brother Capt. D Webb the next spring or summer. He resided with his father's family to the neighbourhood where he now lives. In the later parts of the summer or early in the fall of the year he was drafted to go against the Cherokee Indians for three months and did serve said tour under Capt. Asher when Col Cristers Regiment and floated or marched to the nation in canoes 500 men in the same body went to the lookout mountain [illegible] towns burnt the towns destroyed their property killed some Indians many prisoners was verbally discharged by Capt Asher and served in said town five months, sometime in spring of the year of the next season. He said he volunteered for the expedition against Cherokee Indians then supposed not to be longer than three months and
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served under his brother Capt [Captain] Jonathan Webb Col. Cristies Regiment & served some thing over four month and was verbally discharged in said last tour Dep. says they destroyed much of the enemies property kild [killed] some Indians & marched through the Coosey country and was verbally discharged by Capt [Captain]
Jonathan Webb
In the sumer [summer] of the next year he says he volunteered under Capt [Captain] Jonathan Webb Col Sevens Regiment Went to the Indian nation was at the chotatowns the town, on Highsrassee & this tripp [trip] as it was cold we scoured the Nation & made a few prisners [prisoners] came back to the [illegible] block house & was stationed there for some time & was kept on the frontiers for a term longer then
we volunteered for & then was verbally discharged by Jonathan Webb this last tour served between five & six months say at least five months Dep further saith he was drafted for a tour to Kings mountain and marched under Capt [Captain] Jonoth Webb Col Shelbys regiment and did serve said three months and was Verbally discharged Deponant [Deponent] says he served in all from one year & nine month to two years at the least he served 21 months in the revolutionary War and does declare his name is not on any pension rool [roll] of any agency of any state or territory and does hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity accept the present
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned
his
Benj X Webb
Mark
We George Webb & William Lindamood citizens of Sullivan County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benj Webb who has signed the forgoing declaration
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and we do believe his statements to be correct and the said George Webb does positively say he well recollects that that he served every tour as he sets forth in his declaration and that he is recognized and belief ed in his neighbourhood [neighborhood] to have been a revolutionary solder and we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed before me 24th Jany [January] 1834 George Webb
sworn & subscribed
Wm Rockhold J P
William Lindamoor
I William Rockhold one of the Justices of the peace for the Court of pleas & quarter sessions for Sullivan county do hereby certify that I have attended to this examination out of term time at the house of Benj [Benjamin] Webbs he being a cripple unable to leave home and attend court and that I have put the following questions and have recd [received] the following ans [answers]
q When and in what year were you born
A. In Berks County Pensylvania [Pennsylvania] in the year 1755
q have you any record of your age and if so where is it
A. the record of my age is in the possession of my Brother George as he has this morning told me and I believe it
q where were you living when cald [called] in to service & where do you now live
A. I lived in Berks County Pensylvania [Pennsylvania] when first cald [called]  into service the balance of the service rendered I lived in Sullivan county & have lived there ever since the revolution
q how was you cald [called] into service of [illegible] 
A. the first tour drafted some of the others volunteered & some drafted as set fourth in the declaration
q State the names of some of the officers of [illegible]
A. knew Col Webb Cols Shelby Leven Cristy & served under them
q did you ever receive a writen [written] discharge if so where is it
A I was for every tour I served verbally discharged
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q State the names of some of the persons in your neighbour [neighborhood] hood who can testify as to your service a verasity [veracity]
A. I now the witnesses who has certified and all most every person near me and do believe all that knows me believes my statement 
And I do further certify that the foregoing questions & ans [answers] were posed by me as they were stated by the applicant and the reason why it was done out of court was because the applicant is a cripple and unable to attend court I further certify there is not any regular ordained minister of the gospel in this neighbourhood [neighborhood] and that I believe the declarrant is 77 years old as he has stated and the two witness and applicant are esteemed honest respectable citizens and I further certify from an acquaintance of 38 or 40 years with the applicant I do believe he served as he sets fourth in his decleration [delcaration]  giving under my hand and seal the day year first above written
Wm Rockhold [seal surrounded by circle]
Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee }
Sullivan County}
I George W. Netherland do certify that William Rockhold whose name appears to the foregoing Affidavit and power of Attorney is now and was at the time of signing the Same an acting Justice of Peace in for said County and that his signiture [signature] appears to be in his own proper hand writing. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my office at office in Blountville the29th  January 1834
J. W. Netherland Clerk
By James Cloud L. Clerk
Ben Webb
29.800
Benj [Benjamin] Webb
[illegible] 1776 [illegible] $70--
Wm Rockhold 
Rockholdville Tennessee
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Tennessee [illegible] 
15 Feb 1834
Hon. Blu. J. L. Edwards Esqt. [Esquire] pension agent
City of Washington
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Rockholds Store 5th Feby 1834
Hon. ble. [Honorable] J L Edwards
Sir
Inclosed [enclosed] is the pension Declerations [Declarations] If the county seal has not such [illegible] as to be satisfactory Wills the pension agent be so obliging as Drop a note to the Hon ble [honorable] John Blair who will certify &c
please direct your [illegible] to Rockholds Store Tennessee cear [care] of Wm Rockhold your early disposition of these claims is earnestly requested by the applicants
Respt Obt s. v. t. [Respectfully Obedient servant]
Wm Rockhold