Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,355, for Amos Rayner, North Carolina
Page 4

Winton, Hertford County North Carolina
October 18, 1838
J L Edward Esq Commissr of Pensions
Dear Sir
[Illegible] you will find the papers relative to the petition of my father Amos Rayner for a pension. I believe they are propperly authenticated agreeably to act of Congress. In addition to his own declation, you will find the deposition of Winnifred Coughlin, certifying to his leaving home for the service, and of his returning home sick, and also Wm P Briton certifying that he has often heard his father who is now dead, [illegible] that he & the said Amos Rayner were in the Revolutionary service together and served
in the same company, I believe this is all the
prooff we can obtain at this time. By examining
the dates of the declation you will see that the
applicant states he left home in March &
arrived at home the 28 Sept following in the first
tour - and that he left home about the first of
May and returned home about the middle of the
following August in the second tour. - Which would [illegible] [illegible] better than nine months service if he could [illegible] allowed for the time until he returned home - and it would seem he ought when he was left sick on the road, and then remained for some time. 
How an application for pension [illegible]
Page 5

supposed - By the Commissioner of pensions, or by a [illegible] appointed for the proposer - Is within and I hope you mite give us the proper direction. I supposed if ones near the proper department to forward it to and have done so accordingly you will please let me know at as early a period as possible, what is the fate of the
application, and if there is any defect in the
processing you will please inform me that
I may remedy it if in my power.
Please direct to Winton, North Carolina
Very respectfully
Kenneth Rayner