Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14476, for John Sladyen, Virginia
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SERVICE | NUMBER
Va. |  Sladyen, John | S.14476
CONTENTS | carded
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2578
Kentucky
John Sladyen
Henderson in the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the [left blank] commanded by Captain [left blank] of the [left blank] commanded by [left blank] in the 1 Va. Regt. line for 18 months from 1780-

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky the rate of 60- Dollars - cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Decr. " and sent to John Doyle. Henderson, Ky.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1833- 90-
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 30-
120.-

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clrk
Book D. Vol. 9 Page 60-

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Sent letter 26 August 1834 to the R M Johnson to 9 May 1834 - _ So to Jno Boyle 10 Sept 1834
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[Stamped, illegible]
Aug. '3 Sladeyin admit Free
Honorable Lweis Cass
Secretary of war
Washington D.C.

No 6020. Ky

P Office Aug 25 183 admit
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State of Kentucky}
Henderson County Sct.} on the 23d day of July 1832 personally appeared before the Honorable the County Court of Henderson County Kentucky aforesaid now sitting John Sladyen of Henderson County and State of Kentucky, aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn doth on his make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832"
That he enlisted in the army of the United States for 18 months in the year 1780 in month of June with Captain Culverson and
served in the first regiment of the Virginia line under the following officers- in Virginia under the command of Baron Steuben
He marched this the lower parts of Virginia having fought the British at Richmond, when Genl Arnold burnt the foundry-then again
lower down the River at Cabbin point on James River. Then he detached to join the Carolina trips & fought at Gilford Camden [illegible] at a fort on the Congaree river then at [illegible] Eutaw springs & continued into the end of the year
That when he entered the service he resided in Charlotte County in the State of Virginia that previous to this he marched through the  arolina as a militia man, being drafted in March 1779 - under Col Mason to join Genl Lincoln, & continued six months, having fought the battle at [illegible] ferry. opposite [illegible] That besides other battles above refered to 

he received a severe wound in the knee of the left leg from a musket ball, while in actual service against the common enemy at the battle of the Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, on or about the 8th day of September
fighting at the side of a gallant officer, the late [illegible] Gilbert given of this (Henderson) County, who while [illegible] after acknowledged his services; that he continued and for which he engaged until discharged by 
Col Hawes about the begining of 1782-

That he has no other documentary evidence his discharge being lost, except the duly authenticated testimony of his fellow soldier
James Slaton of Bedford County Tennessee which respectfully is herewith presented
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That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his
name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State in the Union - Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Signed
John Sladyen

State of Kentucky}
Henderson County Set.}
Before me, John Green, Senior Magistrate
of Henderson County Ky personally appeared
John Sladyin  of Henderson Co Ky and voluntarily made oath that the above declaration of his services is strictly true
Given under my hand this 23d July 1832

John Green J.P.
for H. C.

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Know all men by these presents that I, John Sladyin of Henderson County aforesaid do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint John Boyle of Henderson, Ky aforesaid my true
and lawful Attorney in fact, in my name, and for to me to demand, and receive from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
whatever pay may be coming to me from the
4th day of March 1831" to 4th day of March 1832" and also a Certificate for semiannual payments made to the U.S. Branch Bank at Louisville at Lexington an interim place + will 
subject to great delay + expense in postage in the transmission of papers +c +c;  and other substitutes or Attorneys under him, the sd. John Boyle for the purposes herein named - signed given under my hand this 23rd day of July 1832
John Sladyen
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The foregoing power of attorney from John Saldeyin to John Boyle of Henderson he was duly acknowledged before me, as his free act and deed for the purposes therein Expressed
this 23d day of July 1832
John Green
Justice of Peace for Henderson Cty

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named John Sladeyin of Henderson Ky - applicant for a pension was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states

I William D. Allison, Clerk of the Circuit & County Courts of Henderson County in State of Kentucky certify that John Green Esqr whose name is affixed the above document is senior magistrate of Henderson County Ky
aforesaid; and that his name, or handwriting
there made appears to his usual & genuine signature. And "that the foregoing contains the original proceedings the said Court in the matter of the application of John Sladeyin  for a pension; In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office
this 23 day of July 1832
Will D Allison

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August 6, 1931

Rev. & 1821 Wars Section MCS 

Mr. Henry C. Tindall 
The Nassau, 162 Luckie St., N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 14476, that John Slaton or Sladyen, while living in Charlotte County, Virginia, enlisted in March, 1779, and served six months as a private in Colonel Mason's Virginia Regiment and was in the battle of Stone Ferry. He enlisted in June, 1780, in Captain Culbertson's Virgina Company, was in the battles of Richmond, Cabin Point on the James River, Guilford, Camden, at a fort on the Congaree River, Ninety-Six, and at the battle of Eutaw Springs was wounded in the left knee by a musket ball; he was discharged by Colonel Hawes, having served eighteen months as a private with the Virginia troops.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 23, 1832, at which time he was seventy-three years of age and was living in Henderson County, Kentucky.

In 1832 one James Slaton of Bedford County, Tennessee, aged seventy years, stated that he knew John Slaton during his service, relationship not given. The papers in this pension claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.

In the "List of Pensioners" reported by the Secretary of War in 1835, Volume 8, page 69, this soldier is erroneously reported as living in Anderson County, Kentucky.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev War
[check mark] 14476
INVALID.
File No. 14,476
John Sladyen Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 344
[Arrangement of 1870]

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1931 Aug. 6. HIst to Mr Henry C. Tindall, W. C,S,
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The Nassau
162 Luckie Street, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia
20 July 1931

The Commissioner of Pensions
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Sir

Kindly forward me a copy of the pension
application on file of John Slayden with any
family data filed there-with.

John Slayden received a pension for
services as "a Virginia Militia man, in the War of the Revolution. He was a resident of Anderson County, Kentucky in 1835.

Yours very truly
Henry C. Tindall, II

[Stamped, round, containing: numbers 1-12 on out perimeter, RECEIVED JUL 23 1931 RECEIPT SECTION PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION]
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J.L. Edwards Esqr
Henderson Ky 14th . 12th mo 33'

Respected Sir

I was this the medium of my ask that  an application was made for an increase of pension to John Sladeyen (no g in it, pronounced as it were Sleaton) [illegible] 
my name was not subjoined. In compliance with your late favor to Mr S. to the case to the name of Messrs Gaither & Eaton am 2 physicians I now forward his certificate
he is a year due him yet for "4th Sep 1833"- But the delay with in no way affect (I suppose the recovery-

Be pleased to notice my application for an increase of pension to poor Mr. Lewis Rouse List as my application and now for Jas. M. Edwards whose form was made by me
contemporaneously with that yours before Judge Shackelford-my wife's uncle [illegible] John Green, being commission as in his case I remain most respectfully Thine -
John Boyle
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Sladyen's Ctfe.{
Henderson Cty [illegible] 16 Free
J.L. Edwards Esquire
Commissr  Pensions
Washn D.C.
Certificate Enclosed 20 Dec '33
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from 1780 pension [illegible] $60
The witness is a Pension of the [illegible] roll
[Illegible] Sladyen's own proof
John Sladyens proof
Lee for Jas Sladyen himself man of Bedfd. Co Tenn.
John Boyle Henderson Ken.
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[Illegible] Sladyen's own proof
John Sladyens proof Lee for Jas Sladyen himself man of Bedfd. Co Tenn.
John Boyle Henderson Ken.
The witness is a Pension of the [illegible] roll
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State of Tennessee}
Bedford County}

Personally appeared before us Jas Maguire & John B. Scruggs acting Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid James Staton a
citizen of said County aged about seventy years and made oath that he was during the Revolutionary war personally acquainted with John Sladyen who he believes to have been about the same age with himself and who he is informed and believes now lives in Henderson County Kentucky - that he the said James Slaton was a Soldier among the eighteen monthly men of the Virginia line of the Revolution and was for some time stationed at Chesterfield Barracks in Virginia under the command of Baron Steuben and that he was there acquainted with and knew the said John Sladyen be a soldier among
the said 18 months men but was not present at the time said Stadyen was discharged and does not recollect to what company of Regiment he belonged, and although
the said James Staton has not seen the said John Sladyen for a number of years yet he is fully satisfied from a letter he has recently received from the said John Sladyen Post mark'd Henderson County Kentucky that he is the man he formerly knew during the
Revolutionary War from his having recalled to my recollection a circumstance that happened at that time (viz) my being sick in the Hospital and his coming to see me

James Slaton

Sworn to & signed before us 4th day of February 1832}

James McGuire JP
JB Scruggs JP
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State of Tennessee

James McKisick Clerk of the Court of pleas
and quarter sessions for the County of Bedford
in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that James McGuire and John E. Scruggs Esquires before whom the foregoing affidavit was given by James Slaton now are and was at the time the same purports to have been signed acting Justices of the peace in the County aforesaid, and that they have been duly commissioned and qualified as such-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Bedford County Court this 8th day of February 1832
Jas. McKisick clk

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State of Tennessee]
Bedford County}

I James Brittian [illegible] session of the court of pleas and quarters [illegible] in the county and state do hereby certify that James McKisick whose name appears affixed to the foregoing Certificate is clerk of the said court and which I present and that his attestation is in due form of law. Signed under my hand at office in Shelbyville this 8th day of February A.D. 1832.

James Brittian Chairman of Bedford County Courts
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State of Tennessee}
Bedford County}
I James Brittain presiding Justice of the Counts of pleas and quarter session in said County and State do herby certify that James McKisick  whose name appears affixed to the foregoing certificate is Clerk of the said Court over which I present and that his attention is in due form of
Law Given under my hand at office in Shelbyville  this 8th day of Febry A.D. 1832

James Brittain
Chairman of Bedford County Court