Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31347, for Philemon Saunders, Virginia
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Saunders, Philemon S. 31347

CONTENTS
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16,663
Kentucky
Philemon Saunders Jr:
Franklin in the State of Va
who was a pr in the Compy commanded
by Captain Headson of the - commanded
by - in the Va.
line for 9 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sept: 33.
and Sent Pensioner
Kasey P.O. Bedford Co: Va

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 75
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: "34 15
$90-
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by N Rice - Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 27

Self Feby 14th 1837 - 
Ten - Cir - Apl. 15. '37
Transfd to Kentucky from
4. Sept. 1836 - Apl. 15 '37

Date of death not 
on A.B. - ILL
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State of Virginia}
County of Franklin} Sct.
On this 21st day of August 1832 personally appeared before me Benjamin Booth a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Philemon Saunders Jr a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged sixty nine 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 act of Congress passed June t7h 1832 viz. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. To wit He was drafted as a militia man under Captain Joseph Headen in Fluvanna County where he then lived and Marched from Thence to Hillsborough in North Carolina at which place a desertion took place among the militia, and he the applicant was Transferred to the Company Commanded by Capt. Thomas Leftwich of Bedford County in order to Complete his Company and marched from thence under his Command near Camden in South Carolina to the place where the battle in which Gates was defeated was fought commonly called the Battle of Gate's defeat" and was engaged in the said battle the name of the place & County where it took place he does not now recollect. That he the applicant was marched from thence to Gilford Courthouse in North Carolina at which place he the applicant having served his Tour of Six Months for which he was drafted was honorably discharged and from thence he returned home to Fluvanna County in Virginia. where he had remained but a short time when he was again drafted under Captain Anthony
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Headen of Fluvanna County Va. and marched from thence to the City of Richmond in Virginia that place being the head Quarters at the time he was marched there. the names of the Commanding Officers more than above named he does not now recollect from thence he was marched to near York Town in Va. the place he does not now recollect and was in the army at the Close of the Revolutionary War, at which time he was honorably discharged after having served a three months Tour and that he the said applicant is too old and infirm to travel to Court with any sort of Convenience to make his declaration and He herby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State
And the said applicant further states that he has no documentary evidence of his Services & that he does not know of any person by whom he can prove them except Julins Saunders Sr & perhaps Genl. Jace Leftwich

Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Atest
Benjamin Booth JP Philemon Saunders
x his mark
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The Said Philemon Saunders Jr. Make the following Answers to the following interrogatories, propounded to him as prescribed by the War department (Viz)
1st. When and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was born in Fluvanna County Va the year I cannot recollect - - 
2nd. have you any record of your age & if so where is it?
Answer, I have none now
nor never did have that I now recollect
3rd Where were you Living when Called into Service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you now live? Answer, I Lived in fluvanna County Virginia and have Since lived in the county of Franklin Va now live in the same - - - 
4th how were you called into Service were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a Substitute & if so for whom?
Answer, I was drafted,
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. to this question the Applicant Answered
About the Same in substance as is contained in the foregoing declaration
6th did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whome was it Given and what has become of it
Answer, I recd. a discharges the name of the Officers who gave them I do not now recollect & what has become of them I cannot state-