Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5584, for Dudley Jeter, North Carolina
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N.C
CONTENTS
Jeter, Dudley
NUMBER
R. 5584
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[handwritten]
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Georgia
County of Dekalb ⎬ On this 19th day of
September 1836 personally appeared before me
[illegible] Jean N Johnson
one of the Justices
of the Inferior Court in & for the State and
County aforesaid Dudley Jeter
a resident of the County and State aforesaid
at his own house he being so infirm
on account of affliction as to disable
him entirely from walking, not
having walked a step within my knowledge
for many years, Eighty 
two years on the twentieth day of September
[crossed out]
1836 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 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the
United States, under the following named
officers and served as herein stated
in the latter part of the year 1775 or
the forepart of the year 1776 in the
County of Wake in the State of North Carolina
where he then resided
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[handwritten]
entered the service as a volunteer for
the term of one year in a company
commanded by [underlined] Captain Parker [underlined]and
after serving a period of at least nine
months in said company captain
Parker got killed and he then enlisted
as a regular soldier for the term of
four years in a company commanded
by Captain Gibson under the
command of General Wayne
he further states that he served the whole
of said period of [underlined] four years [/underlined], at
which time he was discharged but
his discharge which was a written
one has been long since lost or
destroyed. He further states that shortly
after he first entered the army be
was marched to black River in North Carolina
where he was engaged
in a battle with the British after
this he was marched through Virginia
[illegible] Maryland and into New Jersey
and was in the battle of Brandywine.
He States [crossed out] the whole of the time he
was in the service which was four
years & nine months as above stated
as a private soldier he was under the
command of General Wayne or
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[handwritten]
attached to that part of the army commanded
by him. He further states that
has no documentary evidence of
his service and that he knows of no
person whose testimony he can
procure who can testify to his service.
He states that he was born in
the State of Virginia in the year 1754
the 20th day of September.
He states he has no record of his age except
transcript taken from his fathers bible
He States that he lived in Wake County
State of North Carolina when called
into the service after the Revolutionary war,
or while in Wake County a while
Johnson County, a while in Granville
County North Carolina, and from thence
he removed to Elbert County State of
Georgia, where he resided twenty two
years from thence to DeKalb County
in said State where he has resided
for the last nine years
He states that he first entered the service
as a volunteer and afterwards enlisted
for the time of four years
He States he does not now recollect the
names of any of the regular officers
except captain Gibson Captain
Lee General Wayne & General
Washington. He states he did receive a
discharge from the service but does
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[handwritten]
not recollect by whom it was given. It has
long since been lost or destroyed
He States he is acquainted with William G.
Martin Micajah Martin James
Jett & Simon Akridge in his present
neighbourhood who can testify as to
his character for veracity & to their
belief of his services as a soldier
of the Revolution. He further States
that owing to cold which he caught
while in the service in the Revolution
he has been so much afflicted with
pains that he has not been able
to walk without crutches for the
last fifty years, and that he has
been so much afflicted of late that
he has not been able to walk [illegible]
for the last five years-- so that
he has been unable get out of his
house and was therefore unable to
procure the service of any person
to make an earlier application
for his pension. He hereby 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. Sworn to & subscribed the day &
year aforesaid
Isaac N. Johnson J, I, C.
Dudley Jeter
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[handwritten]
We Micajah C. Martin & Joseph J. Martin
residing in the State of Georgia and
County of DeKalb
hereby certify that
we are well acquainted with
Dudley Jeter who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration that we believe
him to be Eighty two years of age that
he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood 
where he resides to have been a
soldier of the revolution & that we concur
in that opinion
M. C. Martin
Sworn and subscribed Joseph J Martin
this 19th day of September 1836
Isaac N Johnson J.I.C.
And I the said Isaac N. Johnson Justice
of the Inferior Court as aforesaid do hereby
declare my opinion after investigating
the matter & after putting the interrogatories 
prescribed by the war Department
that the above named applicant
was a Revolutionary soldier & served as
he states, and I further certify that it
appears to me, that Micajah C. Martin &
Joseph J. Martin who have signed the
preceding certificate and residents in the
State of Georgia & County of DeKalb aforesaid
are credible persons & that their statements
are entitled to credit
Isaac N Johnson J.I.C.
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[handwritten]
33649
Dudley Jeter
[illegible]
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[handwritten]
I, Elzy B. Reynolds Clerk of the Inferior
Court of DeKalb County & State aforesaid
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains 
the original proceedings taken
before Isaac N. Johnson one of the
Justices of said Court in the matter of
the application of Dudley Jeter for
a pension and I do further certify that the
said Isaac N. Johnson, whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing
certificate is one of the [crossed out] Justices
of said Court
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my seal of office
at office this 30th
day of September
1836
E. B. Reynolds Clk
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[handwritten]
Decator DeKalb County Ga
30th Sept. 1836
Mr. J. L. Edwards
Sir
Enclosed I send
you the original declaration of Dudley
Jeter a Revolutionary soldier,
if there
should be any defect in said application 
you will please [illegible]
with me on the subject
Yours vy Respectfully
William

Ezard
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[handwritten]
Dudley Jeter
Geo
[illegible] Oct 12
1836 Wm Ezzard
5584
Act 7 June 1832
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
RJECTED
5584
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Dudley Jeter
Service;
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
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Contract.