Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10446, for Samuel Teeter, Virginia
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(8 - 1776)

SERVICE                                                  NUMBER
Va.                    Teeter, Samuel               R10446


CONTENTS
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                            CHECKMARK SYMBOL

                           Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of [illegible] of the 7th of June 1832

State of [illegible]
County of Howard  

On this fifth day of May personally appeared befoe the Justices of the County Court of Howard County in open court Samuel Teeter a resident of the County of Howard in the State of [illegible] aged about seventy one 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 provisions made by the act of [illegible] [illegible] June 7th 1832: States that he born in the month of February 1763 in [illegible] County State of Virginia that in the year 1779 his father moved from that state to what is now the State of Kentucky I was [illegible] about [illegible] years of age on our way from [illegible] at Cumberland Mountain the indians fired on us and defeated us killing our [illegible] and wounding two more (my (Father being one of them) When we arrived at the District XX XXXXX of Kenturcy we
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settled near where Danville now stands in the year 178[illegible] there was a company of [illegible] called for to go to where Bryants Station was and to guard the [illegible] against the [illegible] of the Indians and the British who were supposed to be at that time in that neighborhood a draft was made for said company and my Father was drafted (his name was George Teeter) to stand that tour of one month. It being in convenient for him to go I took his place as a substitute and joined the Company Commanded by Captain [Illegible] [illegible] our major was by the name of [illegible] Logan. We went from Lexington to Bryants Station where we[illegible] that we were ordered to to to [illegible] and [illegible] Station having understood that the same was burnt by the Indians and British these stations were on [illegible] River we marched according by to said stations when we arrived there we discovered that the Stations had been just burnt to ashes and the people who had resided tere had been murdered and taken prisoners. not being able to afford any relief we continued to
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Lexington and were placed under the Command of Captain Levi Todd who at that time had the command at Lexington and was [illegible] to build a fort We were immediately on our arrival put to building a fort during the times were engaged in building the Fort some men were sent out in the woods to process some timbers to be used in the fort about the spring shortly after they went out the indians fired on them and killed a man by the name of John Wimer when the firing was heard Some men and myself [illegible] to their [illegible] and put in gun shot while the Indians were scalping the men they had killed and the Indian Chief who was in the act of scalping the white man was called Wolf he had a hair [illegible] the chief was shot by our men and he fell on the man he was scalping we tomahawked him and left him [illegible] months [illegible] that I had [illegible] for was now [illegible] and we were discharged at Lexington by Major John Logan I went home between this time and  and the year 1782 I served in [illegible] [illegible] parties the [illegible] of time not now recollected in the month of August 1782 I volunteered and
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[illegible] under the command of ColJenjn Logan to bury the [struck out word] dead [struck out words] that were killed at the Battle of the Bliss [illegible] we went on and at Bryants Station we met some men who had been on before us [illegible] they had been in the battle we continued on [struck out work] to the Battle ground buried the deal all that we could find and then returned home being out twenty days in the fall of the same year 1782 I [struck out work] [struck out work] was drafted to go a [illegible] against the Shawnee Indians in a company commanded by Captain James Downing, Benjamin Cooper Lieutenant [struck out sentence] We were all under the command of [illegible] in Logan as Colonel. We started from Lincoln and marched. straight into wilderness to where [illegible] now stands at that place. we met with General Clark who had command of the Regulars Logan commanded the militia Clark and Logan have hoined their forces and the whole [illegible] commanded by [illegible] we marched from here into the Indian Country and the Indian Town [illegible] Pickiway and [illegible] Town killing several Indian
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and taking some prisoner and running them down as we came to them we then returned to our little fort where [illegible] now stand where we were discharged and returned home we were ingaged in Service on this town at least forty days

I was stationed and remained at Clarks Station near where Danville now stands from the year 1779 until about 1787 exept when out on duty while I was [illegible] the fort at Clarks Station one day I went out to kill some meat for the people in the fort on my return close by the fort I was attacked by the Indians and in the [illegible] was severly wounded

I went several other times and rendered Considerable services against the Indians but it was just after peace had been made and the close of the Revolution which on that account are not here [illegible.]

To the question directed to be [illegible] by the Court, the applicant answered:
1. That he was born in [illegible] County, Virginia, in the month of February 1763,
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and on the 27th day of said month.
2. The record of my age is in my bible [illegible] home in Howard County, [illegible] and partaken by myself from the Bible of my father.
3. I was living in Kenturcky, near where Danville now stands, when I was called into service. Since the revolutionary War I have lived in Lincoln, [illegible] and Counties, Kentucky and in Howard County [illegible[, where I now reside 
4. In my first tour I was a substitute for my father George Teeter. In my sec-ond tour I volunteered and the thir tour I was drafted. While I was in Service in Station I considered myself under the ac-quisition of my official - and subject to be marched at their order, either with or without a draft.
5. Col Benjamin Logan and General George Roger Clarke were with the troops I served with. Col Logan commanded the regiment I was with. Col Stephen Trigg, Col Hugh McGary & Major Har-lan commanded other regiments  & C. in service.
6. I never received but one discharge & for one campaign. This was at [struck out words] Cincinnati. If it was in writing (which I cannot now recollect) I lost it di-rectly afterwards.
7. I am known to the Reverend Thomas
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Turner of Howard County and William Reynolds of the same county who can testify as to my character for veracity, [struck out words] and of their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolu-tion. In addition to this, he has procured the testimony of Sam'l Brown Senior, as to one of his campaigns, which is all the [illegible] he can [illegible]. He [illegible] relinquishes every claim what ws to a pension or an annuity, except the present; & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and sub-    Samuel Teeter
scribed the day and year 
aforesaid in open court before me the Clerk of
said court  -             John B Clark [illegible]
[illegible] Thomas Turner, a Clergyman, residing in the County of Howard and State of [illegible] and William Renolds residing in the Same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Teeter who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 years of age; that he is [illegible] and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a coldier of the revo-lution & that we concur in that opinion
Thomas Turner
&
William Reynolds
Subscribed and sworn to in open court the [illegible] day of May 1834
John B Clark  Clerk
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Amended Declaration

State of [illegible].    [illegible symbol] [illegible]
County of [illegible]. 

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for How-ard County, [illegible], Samuel Teeter, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that by near on of old age and the consequent loss of mem-ory he cannot swear psitively as to the presice length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below: & in the following grade
For three years and a helf I served as a private soldier & for this service I claim a pension.  
Saml Teeter
Subscribed and Sworn to before me the day and year last above written
John B Clark J.P.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogations [illegible] by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revoluntionary Soldier & served aas he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them [struck out work] Thomas Turner who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residant in Howard County, [illigible] that William Reynolds who has signed the same is a resident in the County of Howard aforesaid is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit

Henry Lewis
David Peeler
Judges of the County
Court  of Howard County
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I, Samuel Brown, Senior, of the County of Howard & State of [illegible], make oath State that I am well acquainted with Samuel Teeter of Howard County, [illegible], who has this day made application for a pension, and that in the fall of the year 1782 (commencing in the month of Sep-tember) I served a campaign in a regiment to which he belonged, against the Northern Indians. From old age and the [illegible] loss of memory I cannot state the [illegible] length of their tour - but I recollect that we destroyed at least three Indian Towns on this campaign.   Samuel Brown Sr

Subscribed and sworn to in open court the fifth day of May 1834   John B Clark
Clerk
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David Peeler
Judges of the County Court
of Howard County

State of [illegible]
County of Howard [illegible symbol] [illegible word]

I john B Clark Clerk of the County Court of Howard County afresaid hereby certify that the foregoing, contained the original [illegible] as of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Teeter for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have herunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at offices the fifth day of May in the year [illegible] 1834
John B Clark Clerk
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Rejected, service in the summer of 1783 per letter 11 July 1834 to J.B. Clark

[illegible]
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1[illegible], 44[illegible]
P.O. Samuel Teeter
Service:___________________
Enlisted: __________, 18  .   REJECTED
Discharged: ______, 18  

Application filed:___, 18

Alleges: ___

Re-enlisted: _____

Attorney: ______
P.O. ________
_______
_______Recognized, ________Contract
_____Cert of Dis.    Searched for ______, 18
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[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE]

June 4th 1834

[illegible]. L. Edwards Pension [illegible]

Sir I here with transmit to you the declaration of Samuel Teeter for a Pension.

I have the Honor to be
Your [illegible] Servent

John B. Clark
[flourish]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Teets, Peter         G