Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3828, James Trail, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Trail. James

NUMBER
S. 3828

Carded

CONTENTS
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3958
East. Tennessee

James Trail
Greene in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Landram of the Regt commanded by Col Hatcher in the Virginia line for 7 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of January 1833 and sent to Hon J Blair
Present

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 - $34.99
Semi=anl. Allowance ending 4 Mar 33. 11.66

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{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk,
Book D Vol. 9 Page 113.
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Rev [illegible]
3828
[check mark] INVALID.

File No. 3828
James Trail
Pvt, Va. Line

Act: June 7, 1832
Index:-Vol. A, Page 378
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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James Trail

admitted
7 ms. private
$23.33

Blair
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State of Tennessee
Green County}
September Term 1832
On this fifth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Samuel Powel Judge & of the Circuit Court of Law & Equity for the first Circuit of s’d State James Trail aged seventy five years and resident citizen of said County of Greene who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. to wit that he in the County of Amherst State of Virginia in the year 1777 was detailed from the company class to which he belonged to go to guard the prisoners taken at Burguines defeat & which had been sent to Albemarle Barracks near Charlottesville, for safe keeping, which service he was engaged in under one [crossed out: Lieutenant] [illegible] Mathers, Col Hatcher of the Regulars probably had the command of the Barracks that continued there as a guard for the term of three months and was at the expiration of that time relieved by a another recruit sent to take the pace of those whose service was about to expire.
Second service- in the last of the month of January, 1781. he was drafted from the class to which he belonged in the County of Amherst, state of Virginia
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to perform a tour of duty in the south against Cornwallis and was enrolled at Amherst under Capt. Young Landram of the Virginia militia, and marched on to Guilford Court House N Carolina where his company joined the main army under Genl. Lawson, Col Holcomb & Major Hubbard and continued on as far as deep river after the said battle of Guilford and from the fact that the [illegible] were so numerous, the army was marched on return togather back to Dan River and was there discharged, & returned home in Captains companies for self preservation, said tour of duty being four months from the commencement until the final discharge. that the regular troops and militia were but little togather, save at the Battle of Guilford, where was the eighteen months regular troops, with the militia in the aforesaid battle- That on their way to Guilford they passed through [illegible], Prince Edward, Halifax Pytsilvania, & to Guilford that he has no documentary evidence having lost his discharge, that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service save that of the rec’d Mr Landram annexed.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any state sworn to & subscribed before
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The aforesaid Court in open Court this 5th day of September 1832. He further adds & which was enrolled in its proper place that after the close of the aforesaid expedition he was again drafted, [illegible] under [illegible] John Loving & until the mouth of Rock Creek to join the army against Cornwallis, where the news of his surrender reached them & they returned, being in service but one month
V. Sevier clk
James Trail
his mark

We James Landram a clergyman residing in the County of Green & Vincent Jackson residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Trail who was sworn to & subscribed the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed & believed to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. The Revd James Landram further deposed that he personally acquainted with the said James trail- heard of the service which he performed in Amherst County in Guarding the prisoners at the Albomerle Barracks and personally knew of the service specified by him in the expedition to the South, that said Trail did volunteer under Young Landrom the father of Witness who was a Captain & to the knowledge of witness did serve as stated by him, four months in the said Southern expedition and was in the battle of Guilford.
V. Sevier clk
James Landram
Vincent Jackson
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after propounding the interrogatories proscribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as be states, & the Court further certifies that it appears that James Landram who has signed the preceeding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the County of Green state of Tenn’ee and that Vincent Jackson who has also signed the same is a resident of the same County & state and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
S. Powel Judge of the Circuit Court of the State of Tennessee
James Trail

I Valantine Sevier clerk of the Circuit Court of Law & Equity, for said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Trail for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 6. day of September 1832
V. Sevier CCC [illegible]
By [illegible] Payne [illegible]
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James Trail

admitted

The Hon William Fitzgerald
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BRIEF in the case of James Trail,-
Co of Greene in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge? Court-
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 75 years
4. [illegible] his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[column headings: Period. [Duration of Service: Years, Months, Days.]. [Rank: As a]. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]
In 1777. [blank], 3, [blank]. private. Col. Hatcher
Jany 1781. [blank], 4, [blank]. “. Cap’t. Y. Landram, Col Holcomb
(blank). [blank], 1, [blank]. “. Cap’t. J. Loving

5. In what battles was he engaged? Guilford
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Amherst Co., Va.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witness for the 2’d term & trady
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Fawcett
Examining Clerk.