Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5264, John House, Va.
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SERVICE: Va.
House, John
NUMBER: R. 5264
Borwin Md.
CONTENTS
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REJECTED
5264.
P.O.
John House
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: ______, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for ______, 18
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Rejected
No. 33,703
See letter 25th May 1836 Hon John Thompson
Hon: E. Wade. Jany 26/59
did not serve six months.
5264
Sus - or rejd 1832
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House Reps. Jany 22d 1859

Sir-
The enclosed letter speaks for itself & being comparatively ignorant of the Pension & Bounty Land, laws I desire the Bureau to give me any information which may satisfy the enquiries in the Accompanying letter.
Your Obt Servt,
Edw Wade

Commr of Pensions
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Affidavit
John Marshall
Relative to the claim of John House under the pension law
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State of Ohio Carroll County SS} on the 2nd day
(Seal)} of May A.D. 1836, then came John Marshall, of lawful age, who being duly Sworn, deposeth and Saith that since years ago, (though how long ago deponent cannot recollect) John House, (who now is applying to the Court under the Pension law of the United States for the necessary Certificates &C!!) - put into the hands of deponent a paper, purporting to be a discharge from the revolutionary Army of the United States, signed as deponent thinks by an officer of the name of Clark; but whether a Captain or Colonel, deponent cannot now recollect - deponent took said discharge, to Court at New Lisbon Ohio, to make Application to said Court &C!! : But at that time House, was unable to go to court, that since that time, deponent has either lost, or Mislaid Said discharge, and cannot find it, that he has known Mr. House, about fifteen years, and always understood and believed him to be a revolutionary Soldier, and that he believes said House to be a man of good character for truth and veracity, 
And further deponent saith not,
John Marshall
Sworn and Subscribed before me
this 2nd. May 1836.
Van Brown Justice of the peace
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The State of Ohio} I Daniel M Cook Clerk of
Carroll County SS} the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Carroll do hereby certify that Van Brown before whome the within Deposition appears to have been made was at the time and now is one of the acting justices of the peace within and for Said County in whose official acts full faith and Creadit is and ought to be given - and further that I am acquainted with the Signature of the Said Justice and know the one attached to be genuine -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my Signature and the Seal of Said Carrollton this 14th day of May Anno Domini 1836
Daniel M Cook
Clerk
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832:
State of Ohio
Carroll County} ss. On this 20th day of April A.D. 1836, before me Robert George, one of the associate judges in & for said County, personally appeared John House (who is, from extreme old age and bodily infirmity unable to appear in open Court) and made the following declaration, after being duly sworn according to law - - I am aged about eighty nine years, having been born in the year 1747 in the State of Maryland in that part of said state opposite Harpersferry. I entered the service as an Indian Spy under General Clarke at the Big Falls of Ohio, Among his officers was Col. Linn Col. Harrod, Capt. John Askins, and Capt. Moore. I have forgotten the year in which I entered the service, but I remained in this service from Spring until Fall. I was not in any regular engagement, but was once with several others, fired on by the Indians, when we were passing up to Licking Creek to Cross the Ohio, where we built a Block house, in which I was engaged night and day in attending the sick. I was discharged by Capt. Moore, and returned home. From the Ohio river I returned to Capon or Cacapon in Virginia from whence I removed to Ohio, about seventeen years past; and have resided in this neighborhood ever since.
And the said John House hereby relinquishes every claim to any pension or annuity except the present, and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written
Robt George} John x his mark House
Associate Jude}
for the County of}
Carroll
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Fox Sp. Carroll County, Ohio.
We Solomon Hendrickson John Stevens and Cornelius Friend, of said county of Carroll, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John House who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration.  We have resided in the same neighborhood with said house for more than fifteen years the latter for 4 years; and we believe him to be of the age he represents himself to be in said declaration:  that we believe him to have been in the service of the U. States, as an Indian spy, and such is the opinion of all who know him, as far as our knowledge extends.

Solomon Hendrickson
John Stevens  x his mark
Cornelius W. Friend

Sworn & subscribed, this nineth day of May A.D. 1836.
Before me
Robt George Associate Judge

I, Robert George, one of the associate Judges in & for the county of Carroll and state of Ohio, do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department (as hereunto annexed,) that the above named applicant John House, (who is too feeble from extreme old age to appear in open court, was an Indian spy and served as he states.  And I further declare my opinion that full confidence may be placed in the facts set out in said Declaration.  I further certify that Solomon Hendrickson John Stevens and Cornelius Friend, who signed the peceeding certificate are residents of the same neighborhood in which the said John House resides;  and that they are credible persons, and their certificate is entitled to credit.  May nineth 1836.
Robert George   Associate Judge
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Examination of John House, whose Declaration is hereto attached, as made on the 20th day of April 1836 - 
Interrogatory 1st by Robert George.  Where & in what year were you born?
Answer   In the State of Maryland, in the year 1747. -
 2nd - Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  Ans.  I have none - 
3rd.  Where were you living when you were called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you live now?  Ans.  I lived at the Big Falls of Ohio when called into service - since then I have part of the time in Virginia & part in Ohio.
4th  How were you called into service?  Ans.  I was drafted.
5th.  State the names of the Officers who were with the troops where you served.  Ans.  Gen. Clarke, Col. Linn, Col. Harrod, Capt. Askins and Capt. Moore.
6th.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it.  Ans.  yes;  and my discharge was sinned by Capt. Moore.  It was given to Mr. John Marshall of this county for the purpose of obtaining a pension for me, and I understand it has been either lost or mislaid by Mr. Marshall or his brother.
7th.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, who can testify as to your character for veracity and as to your having been an Indian spy.  Ans.  Solomon Hendrickson, Cornelius Friend and any of the neighbors round.
This examination was made by me, the day and year first above written.
Robt George
Associate Judge
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State of Ohio
Carroll County SS

Clerk's office

I Daniel McCook, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said county of Carroll do certify that the Hon. Robert George whose signature is attached to the forgoing proceedings, in the application of John House for a pension, is now and was at the time said proceedings purport to have been had, one of the Associate Judges of said Court;  and from an intimate knowledge of his hand writing, I further certify that the said signature is in fact the signature of the said Robert George as it purports to be.  Given under my hand and seal of this office, this fourteenth day of May A.D. 1836
Daniel McCook
Clerk

[SEAL]

33,703
John House
Ohio

Hon John Thompson