Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5,607, for David Jameson, Virginia
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SERVICE
Va.
Jameson, David
NUMBER
S.5607
carded

CONTENTS
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3095
Virginia
David Jameson

[mostly illegible for scan quality]

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 153- Dollars 98- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension {illegible] 
13th day of Dec [illegible]
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State of Virginia and County of Culpeper
On the 15th day of August 1882 personally appeared in open court before the Justice of the Court of Culpeper County now sitting, David Jameson a resident of said County and State of Virginia aged (on the ninenteeth day of the month) Eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to his [illegible] oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the [illegible] of the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832.
That in the latter end of April 1775 [illegible] company commanded by Captain Edward Stevens [illegible]Independent Companies, I marched with said Company with the intention of marching to Williamsburg to prevent Lord [illegible] from doing further harm; and to obtain satisfaction for the [illegible] ate rations out of the Magazine. That action was seized at Fredericksburg we fell in with a number of others from other Counties there assembled for the same purpose. Before swearing [illegible] (Thanks from [illegible] Esq informing me that said assignment had been made with [illegible] satisfactory to the inhabitants of Williamsburg. We held a council under the supervision of Richard Henry Lee in which we determined to return home.
This campaign to the best of my recollection did not exceed 12-14 days,
Soon after, say about the seventh of May I remember [illegible] of the aforementioned Company under the direction of the [illegible] of the County with instructions transferred to  [illegible] under a [illegible] citizenry should [illegible] before I reached there but serving at Battalion I returned at about 15 or 16 days after I marched. Some time in August following  I was appointed an Ensign under a Captain John Jamieson, who [illegible] a company of what was the [illegible] Captains 
[illegible] a Battalion, designated the Culpeper minute Battalion, named for the Counties of Culpeper Farquier and Orange where [illegible]
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David Jameson
Culpeper Co
Va
Ret 14 [illegible]
Admit 27 days private
7 mo 3 - Ensign
6 [illegible] Suit
14 mo in all from
[illegible] 1775 153.98
Admit M E
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Brief in the case of David Jameson
of Calpepper in the State of
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 80 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed
Period Duration of Service Rank Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Years, Months, Days   As a     Gen.
Apl In 1775       12      pr        Capt Edwd Stevens
May  "                15     -           -     -     -
Sept "       early in Apl 1776 Ensign   in Jno Jameson
Aug 1780 8 mo Lieut Col Lucas L. Glenn
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence or by the rolls? 
witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentications? and if so, in what respect?
not authenticate
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above 
mentioned.
N R G Examining Clerk