Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,711, for John Lanning, North Carolina
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N.C.
Lanning, John 
W4711
Sarah
Boruniau? N.J.
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Pay Agent May 19, 1837

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th March to 10 aug 1839. the day of his death Agent Notified 17th Nov. 1840

North Carolina 23529

John Lanning of Burr county in the State of N. Car who was a ? in the ____ commanded by Captain ---- of the Reg commanded by Col. Martin in the N.C. line for 9 mo.: 12 days

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina - at teh rate of 31 dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Feby 34 and sub S. P Carson
Flat Rock NC

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833           78.32
Semi-an allowance ending 4 Mar 34   15.67
                                                            $93.9

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath. Rice clerk, 
Book E Vol. a 1/2 Page GH
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5671
North Carolina ref 6, June '44
Sarah Lanning
widow of John Lanning
who was a Private
in the N.C . Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 31 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of June 1844 and sent to 
Hon. T L Clingman
Ho of Reps
[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A 
Vol. 1 Page 203.
instructions under Act of 1844, sent to Sylvester Bettis, Esq.
Ashville NC July 13, 1844.

Date of death recd on 03
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Joshua Whiteaker, senier was born on the twenty2 of January anoonniini 1735

Mary the wife of Joshua was born on October the 30 ? annoonmini 1748

John Whiteaker oldest son of Joshua and Mary was born on the of September annooonmini 1765

Fairah Eldest Daughter was born on Monday the 7th of December annoomini 176?

Joshua was born on the 9th of June annoomini 1769

William was born on the 22 second of November 1772

Mary 2d Daughter was born on the 3d of January 1775

James was born on the third of April 1779
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John Lanning was born on the twenty seventh of February 1757

Sairah Lanning was born on Monday the 7th of December 1767

Enos Lanning eldest son of Joshua and Sairah was born on the 8th of October anoomini 1784

Joseph third son was born on Sunday the fourth of   ?? 1789

Mary first Daughter was born on Thursday the twenty third of September
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
on the 18th day of October personally appeared in open Court before the judge of the Superior Court of Law & Equity now sitting for the County of Buncombe John Lanning a resident of the aforesaid County and State 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 is about the age of seventy
five years - that he first entered the service in the malitia of
North Carolina in the County of Rowan as a substitute for his
father Joseph Lanning under the following named officers
Capt. Robert Moore, Major James Smith, Col Alex
Martin, and Genl Rutherford from Rowan, the
troops were marched to a place Called Campbelton may
Fayetteville North Carolina, that the troops to which he was
attached were there discharged or rather they were marched
back to their own neighbourhood and their dismissed
having served twenty eight days for this tour of service
he never had a discharge in writing the praise time he entered
of
the service he does not remember but believed to have been for
time in the year 1776. That again entered the service in the
County of Rowan under Capt. Robert Moore, Mary Smith
Col Lock & Genl Rutherford that this time he was with
Genl Rutherford in his expedition against the Cherokees
& was at the burning of the valley towns: this time
served three months returning homeward he was
met by his father with a house in the neighbourhood
of Sherrills ford on the Catawba and was permited to quit
the company and when some for this service he
never had a written discharge
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That on the 20th March 1779
he again entered the as a volunteer in the company commanded by Capt. Armstrong as he believes & Lieut Richard Graham, that his Capt was several times changed - that from Rowan where he entered the service he was marched through South Carolina across the Savannah River and below Augusta remaining there a few days they recrossed the river - they were marched Charleston S.C. where they joined Genl Butler's division as he believes in the neighborhood of Ashley River. That he was in the the battle of Stone, that he was in no general engagement and that of Stono though he was in [illegible] skermishes with foraging parties - that he was discharged about eight miles from Stono, as per discharge of 2nd July 1779. That some months the precise time after his arrived home he entered the service in Capt. Lapp's Company of Cavalry in the County of Rowan - that this time he found his own horse and served for two months at the expiration of which time he was permitted to quit the service there being then no further call for the services of Capt. Lapp's Company of Rangers - He states that he does not remember the particular day of
his entering the service save that for which he has a discharge - that he has no other documentary evidence save the one discharge and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services - 
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity save the present, and declare that my name is not
on the pension roll of any of any State

Where and in what year were you born?