Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,591, John Forbis, N.C. S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N. C. 
S. C.

Forbis, John
or
Forbes,
Mary

NUMBER
W. 25,591
B.L. Wt. 26083-160-55

 Born in Va
CONTENTS
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25.160
Kentucky
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John Forbes
Laurel Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a Sergt in the com commanded
by Captain ---- of the Regt commanded
by Col Hampton in the N Carolina
line for 5 mo pri Infantry
             10 m    Sergt " Cavalry
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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 91 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Decr
1833 and Hon R P
Setcher Present
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept                     229.17
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March  45.83
                                                                       ______
                                                                     $275.00
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,⎨
⎨Act June 7, 1832.        ⎨

Recorded by Dan Boyd  Clerk,
Book E   Vol. 7  Page 9
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[illegible]
Kentucky
======================
Mary Forbes
widow of 
John Forbes
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private & Sergeant
=======================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
91 Dollars. 66--
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 31st January 1854.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
11th day of March 1854
and sent to
John S. Edwards
Present
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under a
February 3, 1853, Page 173  Vol. [illegible]
Reg 3rd [illegible] 352 13822
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J Forbes
{declaration
{for Pension
___  _______
Result to
J A Moore
Mt [illegible] (Ky)
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State of Kentucky Laurel County Sct
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832. On this 7th day of January 1833 appeared in open court before the Justices of the Laurel County Curt John Forbis a resident of said county, aged 74 years as he believes last August being sworn according to law upon his oath, made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed the 7th June 1932.
That he enlisted in the service of the United States, in the County of Burke South Carolina, on the Katawba River, under a Mr. Clock for the term ten months in what was called the "State Troops Service"
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He was marched by Clark to South Carolina & rendezvoused on Broad River at the mouth of Congaree brook and then joined Hampton & Middleton from South Carolina. He was then placed under Capt Read and Maj Campbell was let & Marched under these officers Middleton Col to
McCords ferry - He was in a little engagement against Lord Randon at what was called the Juniper 
Springs on the trace from Charleston to 96. District. He was also at the battle of Eutaw Springs and received a severe wound in his left leg by a bayonet. He served out his enlistment and rec'd a  discharge which he has lost. He marched after the battle of the Eutaw Springs
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to what was called the "white Church," from then to a place then called "Pine tree" from there to the Va line as a guard to the Prisoners taken at the Eutaws. He was discharged within about one mile of McCord's Ferry - at Col Middleton's house who married a daughter of Col Thompson who lived at the Ferry

He served as a Sargent all his enlistment belong to the [illegible] state troops. He hereby relinquishes
every claim to a pension or annuity except the present. & declares that his name is not on the roll of the one of he agency of any State whatever
Sworn to and Subscribed the day yet of said
John Forbis
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the said Court do hereby declare the opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary  solder and served as he states

State of Kentucky Laurel County St
January Term 1833
I Lot Pitman Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings in the matter of the application of John Forbes for a pension 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal (no public seal having been procured for this office) the 14th day of January 1833
Lot Pitman seal
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25160 [illegible]
Mary Forbes
Widow of
John Forbes - [illegible] 
Petition
Act 3d Feby 1853-
Laurel County
Kentucky

filed by
John S Edwards
March 9 1854
Boynton
Mar 9 / 54
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State of Kentucky Laurel County Sct
On this 11th day of February in the year 1854 personally appeared before me H H. Scoville a Justice of the Peace for the County of Laurel and state above mentioned. Mary Forbes aged 70 years a resident of the county and state aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d February 1853. Granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.

That she is the widow of John Forbes (deceased) who is the identacle man, whose name was placed on the Kentucky pension agency while he was a resident of the county of Laurel in the state of Kentucky - under act of Congress passed 7th June 1932 - at the rate of $91.66 cts per annum. on account of his service in the Revolutionary war - when he continued to draw his pension to the date he died in said county of Laurel. That his pension certificate is forwarded to the Pension Office at Louisville Kentucky Pension Agency
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She further declares that she was lawfully married to her husband the aforesaid John Forbes dec'd in the County of Clay State of Kentucky on or about the day of --- in the year ---- and that her name was Mary Hines before her said marriage. That her husband the aforesaid John Forbes died in the County of Laurel State of Kentucky on the 30th day of January 1854. That she was not married
to her husband the aforesaid John Forbes dec'd Prior to the second January 1800 but at the time above stated, and to sustain her claim to a pension she respectfully refers the Hon Commissioner of Pensions to the Declaration of her said husband and the proof their in filed for a pension at the pension office at Washington under act of 1832 from the County of Laurel & State of Kentucky and to the proof hereto annexed

She further declares that she is now a widow
[signed] Mary X Ford her mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me by making her mark on the day and year afsd H H Scovill J.P.
in presence of the following witnesses
Robert Forbes
Elizabeth X Branstetter her mark
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State of Kentucky
County of Laurel
On this 10 day of March A D 1855 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Forbes aged 76 years a resident of the County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law declares that she is the Identical Mary Forbes whose name was placed on the Kentucky pension agency as the widow of John Forbes deceased at the rate of $91.66 cents per annum upon her application made from the County of Laurel and State of Kentucky to the Pension office at Washington D.C. for the benefit of the pension act of Congress passed 3 February 1853 due on account of the services of her said husband the said John Forbes dec'd in the Revolutionary Warr for said services he never received bounty Land nor a warrant for the same

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act granting bounty Land to the officers and soldiers who served in the military services of the United States and endows and to the widows of the Revolutionary soldiers passed last session of May 1855

She further declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under any act of Congress nor made any other application thereof and to sustain her claim she Respectfully refers the Honl  Commissioner of pensions at Washington D C. to her application
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upon which her pension was granted and the proof therein filed in the pension office & to the proof to annexed I do duly constitute and appoint Alfred Smith of Mt Vernon Rockcastle County Kentucky 
my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive the warrant which may be issued in said claim and to do all lawful acts and things touching the premises with full power of substitution is respectfully submitted and that she is still a widow
[signed] Mary X Forbes her mark
Attest H.H. Scoville
Wm Black 
Robert Forbes

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year last above mentioned & I certify that I have no interest in said claim nor concerned in its prosecution
H. H. Scoville

State of Kentucky
County of Laurel
Personally came W M Black aged 32 years and Robert Fortin aged 30 years residents of the County and State aforesaid, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being
first sworn according to law say that they were present and saw Mary Forbes a Revolutionary  pensioner sign her name by making her mark to the forgoing declaration and the further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents
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herself to be and that they deponents reside in the County aforesaid and is disinterested [illegible] and that she is now a widow
[signed] Wm Black
Robert Forbes

State of Kentucky
Count of Laurel
I, H. H. Scoville a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid do herby certify that W. M. Black and Robert Forbes personally appeared before me on the day and year above mentioned and made
oath to the forgoing deposition according to law and signed the same with their own hand in my presents and they are known to me to be respectable [illegible] and residents of the County aforesaid
H. H. Scoville J.P.

according to law, above was interlined before signed
H. H. Scoville J P
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State of Kentucky}
Laurel County Set}
I Charles A Faris Clerk of the County Court
for the County aforesaid do certify that
H H Scovill is and was at the time of
making the foregoing signatures (which I certify 
to be genuine) a Justice of the peace
in and for said County having been duly
commissioned and sworn

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed the seal of
said County and subscribed my
name this 13th day of March 1855
C B Faris Clk

Mary Forbis
Revolutionary Widow
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John Forbis
Ken
(j)
from 1780 private
Infy & Sergt Cavalry 15.00
Pr. Infy                         . 16.66
Sergt Cav     10mos.   75. -
                                          _____
                                       $19.66


76 a    R. P. Setcher
Lancaster,
Ken
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
August 5, 1833

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and 
the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
__________________________________________________________________
A STATEMENT, showing the service of  John Forbis
========================================================
Period when the  service was  rendered.   

not noted
See
amend'd
December
                                                                                                                                              
Duration of the  claimant's service. Year. Months. Days.
not noted        10 Months
See                     2 Months
amend'd           3  Months
December 


Rank of the Claimant.   
not noted          Sergt
                             Ca
See                      Pr
amend'd              "
December
 
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.   
Col  Hampton

Age at present,  and place of abode when he entered the service.
76
N.C.

Proof by which  the declaration is supported.
no proof   
See amendment                                                                                                                          


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J.  L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATION UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

                                                                  DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of} ss.
County of                                 }

On this______day of_____personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of______in the county of _______and State, Territory or District
of_____aged_______years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)____, with  and
served in the_____ (e) regiment of the_____ line, under the following named officers:

(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. ☞This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid._______________A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.

I _____________of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of__________________ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
________ day of _____________& c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out ___________

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:______________

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____________ and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we   _____________      are well acquainted with ___________ , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ___________
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the___________
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the __________
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, ____________-Clerk of the Court of ____________ do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____________
for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this ______ day of      ____________ & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, 
and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. 
To a Solder.     } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, 
and what has become of it?
To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has be come of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure,
taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months----, and ------------days  , I served as a --------- For -----------months and------- days, I served as a ------; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent 
authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i ] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
                                                                                     
                                                                                          Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
                                                                                        
                                                                                                    Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the 
witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
☞ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j]  applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m]The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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In reply  to your request of       received
for a statement of the military history of    John Forbis                                    
 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his and (his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W.F. 25,591
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DATES OF  ENLISTMENT OR  APPOINTMENT.    
1780
Fall. 1780'
June, 1781                                        

LENGTH OF    SERVICE   
1780                      2 mos
Fall. 1780'             3  "
June, 1781           10  "                                        



RANK. 
1780                   Pri
Fall. 1780'          Pri
June, 1781         Sergt       

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM    SERVICE  WAS RENDERED.  
                           Captain                 Colonel
1780                         Holmes                Mc Dowell
Fall. 1780'                       √                     Mc Dowell
June, 1781               Read,                    Hampton       

    STATE
1780                   N. C.
Fall. 1780'              "
June, 1781         1780
Fall. 1780'           S. C.

Battles engaged in,
Kings Mountain Cowpens, wounded in battle of Eutaw Springs

Residence of soldier at enlistment,  
Burke Co., N. C

Date of application for pension,
Jany 7, 1833. His cl was al

Residence at date of application,
Laurel Co Ky

Age at date of application,
Born Aug. 25, 1759, in Shanado (?) Co, Va.

Remarks: He mar. (date not stated) in Clay Co, Ky.,
Mary Hines. He died Jany 30, 1854, in Laurel Co, Ky.,
and she was al. pension on her ap. ex. Feb 11, 1854, while
70 yrs : of age and a resident of Laurel Co.,  Ky.
They had children, names not stated.


Respectfully,


Commissioner


8 -- 2850
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State of Kentucky
Laurel County 
On this 4th day of Novr 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Laurel County Court John Forbes a resident of said County who for the purpose of amending his original declaration for a pension made on the 7th of January 1833 made oath in due form of law that he entered the service of the United States in the revolutionary war and served as stated in his original declaration; but he cannot recollect the date of the year but he knows it was in the month of June and about three months before the Battle of the Eutaw  Springs, and that he left the service some time the next Spring. And he further states an addition the following service, was left out of his original Declaration by the neglect of the draftsman (Court) that just before the battle of Kings Mountain he volunteered Oct. 1780, in the County of Burke State of North Carolina, out of Capt Holmes Company of Militia and joined Cod McDowell and Marched into South Carolina, and joined Gen'l Retherford at a place called [illegible] Moores Cross Roads, and from thence to Kings Mountain, and was in the Battle. Rutherford was not thou there Col. Campbell and Col Shelly and Col Williams
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were there & William
and Williams was killed
and after that they marched to Burk Court House
then they being a prisoner he
was then Discharged by his colo and returd
home
He was in actual service
this Tour not of these two months,
the same fall or four part of the winter
after he was drafted out of the same
Company in the County of Burke and
State of North Carolin
and went out
under Colo McDowel and
Joined Genl
Morgan at the
Grindel Shoals Pacaclet river  South Caroline & Marched
up the County and
Cole Tarlton pursued
them to the Cowpens
and then they had
a Battle; in which Father was defeated,
and he marched
with the prisioners
to the Va line and was
Discharge
by his colo, at this place, having served
three months, in actual service
And in answer to interrogatory [illegbile]
by the Court. He says he was born
in Shanado County Va in the year
1759 on the 25th August. His father
had his age recorded in his Bible
as he has been informed; He can
neither read, or out a word in letters
or figuers. He lived when he entered
the service in Burk Co N. C. He
has lived since the Revolutionary War
in Kentucky 17 years in the form
and the Balance in the latter state
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'-
where he now lives in Lane County &
State aforesaid, he was well acquainted with Col Washington Genl Green Genl Sumpter Clark & Pickens, He has no documentary
evidence he received Discharges for
the Two last Terms, but they are lost
And he knows of no person by whom
he can prove the before mentioned
service, or any part that of Except
what he can prove by Jacob Gabbord
who together with the Rev. David Weaver
can testify of his character and Service
As in his original he hereby relinquishes 
all claim to a pension except the present and
declares that his name is not on the roll
of the roll of any state sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
John Forbes
David Weaver (a Clergyman), and
Jacob Gabbord, the for men a resident
of said County, and residing in the
neighborhood of the applicant, the latter
a resident of Clay County State of
Kentucky, came into Court, and made oath that they had been acquainted with the said applicant for many years, and that they had
no doubt that he had stated the truth, in his original and
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amended declaration
that it was reported, and believed in the
neighborhood, in which he lived
he was a soldier, in the Revolutionary war
, that they believe him to be of the age
he represents, And the said
Gabbord further states, that he was
present and saw the said John Forbes
enter the service, in the Revolutionary
was under Capt Clark, in Burke
County North Carolina, and that
entered the service for ten months, and
he saw him renderous and marched
off, as stated in his the said Forbes
former declaration that he knows he was gone from home long enough to have served his five months, that he came to witnesses, further a few days after he came home from the army in April, just before the April masters, that he understood he had served out his time as
that witness had a brother in the service, and who he has often heard peace of the
service of said his Brother was very old the last
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accounted form him, and he
not heard from him for many year
and has but little doubt that he is dead
that the witness is now 77 years of age
that he has known the said Forbes ever since they were both small boys He further states that he has heard his said brother speak often
of waiting upon the said Forbes  while he was laboring under the wound received at
the Battle of the Eutaw Springs and
that he knows that the said Forbes 
was Gone two other tours in the service
Once Drafted and volunteered
under Colo Mc  Dowel, as he understood and
was in the Battle of Kings Mountain and also at
the Battle of the Cowpens when
Genl Morgan defeated  Tilton
as he was informed and he understood, that the said, Forbes served out bouth touts, he does not know how long they were 
And the  said Court after hearing
the testimony and investigating the matter
and after putting the interogatores presented
by the War department, do declare
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their opinion that the said applicant was
a revolutionary Soldier, and that he served
as he states. And said Court further certifies that the said Weaver is clergyman
living in said County of Laurel
and that the said Gobbard is a credible
person of the age of 71 years
Kentucky Laurel
County Set
I Lot Pitman Clerk of the
Court of the County aforesaid do
certify that the foregoing two Sheets
of paper together with this half
Sheet contin the original and
amended proceedings in the matter
of the application of John Forbes
for a pension In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of Office
this Sixth day of
November in the year
one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Lot Pitman Clk
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[illegible postage stamp]


Manchester Ky
Feb 16

Alford Smith Esq.
} Mt Vernon
} Ky

Clerk Certificate 
Mary Fortis case
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Clerk Certificate
Mary Fortis case

[illegible postage stamp]
Manchester Ky
Feb 16

Alford Smith Esq.
}Mt Vernon
}Ky
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State of Kentucky Clay County SS
I William Woodesch Clerk of
the Clay County Court do certify that
after a carefull of examination of my
Office I have not been able to find any
evidence of the Marriage of John Forbes to
Mary Hinds

Given under my hand this
14th day of February 1854 -
William Woodesch Clk
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State of Kentucky
County of Laurel
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that Robert Forbes and Elizabeth Branstator who have signed their names to the forgoing deposition is genuine and the same was read to them before me signed & the signed the same understandingly and have attested - the signature of Mary Forbes to the foregoing declaration. and they are known to me to be
Reputable resident citizens of the County and State aforesaid - and their oaths are entitled to full faith
and credit and I believe them to be of the age stated and their statements to be true erasures interlineations &c was made before signed & I have no Interest in the results of this pension nor concerned its prosecution and that Elizabeth Bransteter made her mark to the foregoing papers in [illegible]- after the same was read.
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Kentucky on the 30th day of January- 1854 leaving at his decease Mary Forbes his wife a widow who has remained a widow to the present date - and is now resident of Laurel County Kentucky and that witnesses was present and saw the said and John Forbes die, and we personally know that the said John Forbes is the Identical man who was a United States Revolutionary pensioner at his decease of
said Court and is the husband of Mary Forbes his widow mentioned in the forgoing declaration, who is now a applicant for a pension from Laurel County Kentucky under act of Congress passed Feby 1855- and we further swear that we are resident of the County of Laurel State aforesaid and that we
have no interest in this pension
[signed]Robert Forbes L.S.
Elisabeth X  Branstetter her mark LS
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were personally present and saw Mrs. Mary Forbes make her mark to her name to the forgoing declaration for Pension and that they attested the same with their own hands, and they further swear they have lived neighbor to John Forbes mentioned in the forgoing declaration and his wife Mary Forbes for the last 10 years before and up to his decease, and that he was a United States Revolutionary Pensioner at his decease in said County, and they personally know that the said John Forbes (dec'd) and Mary Forbes his widow who is now an applicant for this pension  that they have
lived together as man and wife ever since witnesses acquainted and they well know the marriage
of said John Forbes and Mary Forbes his wife was never doubted, was recognized as man and wife for the last -- years passed. And the lived together as man and wife to the date he died and we know that her name was Mary Before her marriage to the said John Forbes deceased, and witnesses personally know the said John Forbes died at his residence in Laurel County
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is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and the County Court aforesaid is a court of Record

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said office and subscribed my name Clerk of said Court On the 13 day of Febry 1854
W. H. Randall
Clerk

State of Kentucky Laurel County 
Be it Known that on this 11th day of February 1857 personally appeared before me a Justice of the
peace in and for the County and State above mentioned Robert Forbes aged 29 years and Elizabeth Branstater aged 62 years and known to me to be residents of the County and State aforesaid and persons whom I certify to be reputable, and are entitled to credit, and who being duly sworn  according to law say that they
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WILLIAM CHUBB, PRESIDENT
CHAS. J. WISTER, VICE PRES AND SECY

MARSH & MCLENNAN, General Agents
Pacific Coast Dept. San Francisco, Cal.

THE RELIANCE
INSURANCE COMPANY 
of PHILADELPHIA.
25 W. GRANITE STREET
BUTTE, MONT., May 1st, 1919.

Company SEAL
INCORPORATED 1841

PASSMORE & CO.
RESIDENT AGENTS

[stamp]
FINANCE DIVISION
MAY 6 1919
BUREAU of PENSIONS

Bureau of Pension,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I believe the Kentucy records
show that John Forbes of Laurel County,
Kentucky in 1833, age 75 received a pension.

Would your records in Washington show
what service he rendered and if the Forbes
I am hunting for went from North Caroline
to Kentucy, and I think this party is
the right one, but I would like to know
what county or Town he came from to North
Caroline.
Thanking you for any information
in regard to this person, I am,
Yours truly,
Mrs. C.S. Passmore
717 W. Granite St
Butte, Montana

[[stamp]
PENSION 
K
MAY
6
1919
OFFICE
U. S.

[note]
Record Div
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John Forbes ).25160
Jacob Gabbert } 30212
Act 1832.  Ky  
_______
Admitted
_________
Mr Anderson
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1919. May 21. Hist to Mrs. C.S. Passmore
                                                                  [illegible]
_____________________________________


Revy
WIDOW, &c.
_____
File No. 25.591
Mary Forbis
Widow
John Forbis
Sergt Rev. War
______
Act Feb. 3." 1833
Index: Vol. A, Page 250
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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13822
Mary Forbis
wid
John
_______________
115663
Sylvester Adams


_____________
58599
Susan Harlow
wid
George


Free
____

Mt Vernon Ky  Mch 12
[illegible] Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington  DC
City
Mail
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Free
____

Mt Vernon Ky  Mch 12
[illegible] Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington  DC
City
Mail


13822
Mary Forbis
wid
John
_______________
115663
Sylvester Adams

_____________
58599
Susan Harlow
wid
George
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Mary Forbus Wid John W13,822 Boynton Jne 12 / 55
Susan Harlow Wid George 58.597 Mil service to Mch 23 / 56  160 - 27.003
James Sandefur  101.334 NY. Ex Nov 24 / 55
                                                                                  160
                                                                                  ___
Sylvester Adams 1873 A In May 24 /. 56  26.360
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Brief in the case of
Mary Forbis, widow of John
Laurel County and State of
Kentucky 
act 3rd Feby, 1853,
=====================
Claim, ("original, ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7" June, 1832,

Three Witnesses testify to general reputation of Marriage & cohabitation.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

John S. Edwards Esqr
Present
Name and residence of Agent

J C Boynton
Examining Clerk.
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Mt Vernon
Rockcastle Co Ky
12 March 1856

Honl Commissioner
of Pensions
Washington DC

Dear Sir

I have noticed in the papers
that the latter part of February that
part of the law of 3rd March 1855
requiring record evidence, - to be
furnished before a Land warrant
would issue to Applicant - was
repealed - in last month -  now
I suppose the widows of Revolutionary
pensioners  & Revolutionary
Soldiers if they are drawing a
pension will be sufficient evidence
for such applicant - to obtain
[illegible] warrant - .  The following claim
has been suspended for want
of Record proof - viz - 
Mary Forbes widow of John Forbes                              
Laurel County Ky - Revolutionary  Service    act 3rd March 1855
No - 13. 822 - Name not [illegible] -
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2'
Sylvester Adams = Revolution pensioner
[illegible] -  Application from Rockcastle 
County  Ky - 3rd March 1855  - No. 115663.
suspended for Record proof - the Auditor
of Richard Va Say his name is
not on the Rolls -
___________ 
3 -
Susan Harlow  - Widow of George
Harlow - applied from Rockcastle
County under act 3d March 1855
No - 58.597 - no report to me
has been made as yet  - whether
it is acted on or not [illegible]
the service of her husband was
in the State of Virginia & the
Auditor informs me the name 
of George Harlow does not
appear upon the revolutionary rolls-

4.  James Sandefer - applied from
Lincoln Co Ky Act 3rd March 1855
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No -101-334- has been examined
& Suspended for want of [illegible]
proof - as he received a warrant
under act 28th Sept 1850 - I suppose
that proof will now be sufficient
to entitle him to his warrant -

If such now be the law - that 
the 3rd Section of said act is
repealed - which required
record proof - the claims can
now be allowed - without
making an other affidavit -
but should that he require - 
please give me the form -

These persons are very poor
and much need these claims -
& should you conclude  - to [illegible]
to the claims & issue the warrant
soon as practicable  - you will
confer a favor on them -

I am Dear Sir 
Very truly  - Alfred Smith
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I [illegible]up the papers  - for the
foregoing applicant - 
Very Respectfully
Alfred Smith
__________
.
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Mt.t Vernon Rockcastle County Ky, 16 May 1856
Honl Commissioner of Pensions Washington  D.C.
Dear Sir
I had written to you in last month and gave a list of claims for bounty land under act 3 March 1855 which was suspended for want of record proof, as there is many such notice no doubtless given owing to the change made in that law as I notice both houses has agreed upon the report made by the committee doing away with record proof and no doubt is now the law of the land, I thought it best to give to you the same list as before, as the parties are very poor, it will be a favor to them for you to turn to these claims and issue warrants, soon as you conveniently can viz: Application under act 3 March 1855
1 Mary Forbes widow of John Laurel County Kentucky No. 13822
2 Susan Harlow Widow of George Rockcastle & No. 585-97
3. James Sandefer Lincoln Co. No. 101. 334
4.  Sylvester Adams Revolution, Rockcastle Co. K N 15663
I am Dear Sir
Very respectfully
Alfred Smith

not on [illegible] files May 28
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In form
[illegible] Mt Vernon
Rockcastle County
19.
John A. Moore
____ ____

2 191.66
_________
45.83
          5
______
229. 15
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√
26.083

{

Rev War
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Alfred Smith Esq
Mt Vernon
ad 26083 Rockcastle
160.                      Ky
Mary Forbes 13..822
June 55
Boynton [illegible]
160
26. 083
_____
Susan Harlow 58597
160
[illegible] Mch 28 / 56 
166
_______
27603
__________

James Lardifus 107384
N.Y.  Ex  Nov 24  /  35
---
Sylv[illegible]  Adam 115663
---
[illegible]  May 24 / 36  
160
_____
26861

-----

Patterson
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State of Kentucky County of Laurel
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year last above written by making her mark Before me and I herby certify that Mrs. Mary Forbes who has sworn to and Subscribed her name to the forgoing declaration by making her mark is genuine and she is known to me to be the Widow of John Forbes (dec'd) a United States Pensioner  of said County as she states and that the same was read and explained to her before Signed and she signed the same understandingly. And she is known to me to be a Reputable resident citizen of the County and State aforesaid and her oath is entitled to full faith and credit. And I believe her to be of the age stated and her statements to be true and that she is from age and Bodily infirmity unable to appear in open Court and she resides some 15 miles distant from the Court house of said County
erasures interlineations &c was made before Signed and I have no interest in the result of this pension nor concerned in its prosecution
H. H. Scoville J.P.
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State of Kentucky Laurel County Set
I, William H Randall Clerk of the Court holden in and for the County aforesaid do certify that the forgoing declaration made and signed by Mrs. Mary Forbes - the widow of John Forbes (dec) a revolutionary Pensioner of said County at his decease, was on this day exhibited in open Court holden in and for the County of Laurel and state aforesaid and approved by said Court Together with
the deposition of Robt Forbes & William Forbes and Elizabeth Branstetter attached who are known to said Court to be reputable witnesses of said County, and it appeared to the satisfaction of said
Court that the aforesaid John Forbes who was a United States Revolutionary Pensioner departed
this life in said County at his residence on the 30th day of January 1854 leaving at his decease Mary Forbes his widow who is now alive and a resident of the County of Laurel and State aforesaid and that said Mary Forbes his widow mentioned in the forgoing declaration is now an applicant for a pension to the Pension office at Washington City. and the same was ordered to be certified to the Honl Commissioner of Pensions at Washington City. I further certify That H H Scoville whose genuine
signature is signed to the forgoing certificate
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and explained to him Robt Forbes Signed his own name to the same forgoing deposition and all was done understandingly after being read to them
H H Scoville JP

State of Kentucky Laurel County Set
I, William H Randall Clerk of the Court in and for the County of Laurel and state above mentioned do certify that HH Scoville whose genuine signature is signed to the forgoing is Genuine the he is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such is entitled to full faith and credit and that the County Court aforesaid is a court of record

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County and subscribed my name Clerk of said Court on the 13th day of February 1854
W. H. Randall Cl
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State of Kentucky
Laurel County SS
Be it known that on the 13th day of February 1854 personally appeared before me t he undersigned a Justice of the peace and and for the County and state above mentioned Miller Forbes aged 60 years, a resident of the county and state aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law and know to me to his reputable doth on his oath subscribe to the following affidavit that he has well known John Forbes for the last 50 years [illegible] who was a Revolutionary pensioner at his [illegible] in the county of Laurel and state of Kentucky, lived a neighbor to him for the last 50 years [passed] and is well [illegible] personally known to [illegible] that the said John Forbes and Mary Forbes his wife lived together as man and wife for the last 30 years and there marriage was never [illegible] been all the while recognized thru neighbors as man and wife & believed by all that now that they were lawfully married, had some children with whom witness know well witness personally know the said John Forbes at his [illegible] ever a United States Revolutionary pensioner in Laurel County  [illegible] and that he the
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County of Laurel State of Kentucky thirtieth of May 1854
leaving Mary Forbes his wife or widow who is now alive and a resident citizen of the county of Laurel and State of Kentucky & it is personally know to witness the said John Forbes and said Mary Forbes his wife lived together as man and wife to the date he died and that the said John Forbes is the Identical man who is the husband of said Mary Forbes his widow who is now the applicant for this pension to the pension office at Washington City from Laurel County mentioned in the annexed
declaration - and that he is a disinterested witness
[signed] William Forbes

State of Kentucky Laurel County
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above mentioned by William Forbes. And I certify that said Willis Forbes who has signed the forgoing deposition is Known to me to be a Respectable resident citizen of the County of Laurel State aforesaid and his oath is entitled to full
faith and credit. And the same was read and explained to him before signed and he signed
the same understandably as aforesaid and this
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I believe him to be of the age stated and his statements to be true.  -Erasures was made before signed. I have no interest in the result of this pension nor concerned in its prosecution.
John G. Evans J.P

State of Kentuck Laurel County 
I, William H. Randall Clerk of the Court in and for the County aforesaid do certify that John G Evans, whose genuine Signature is signed to the forgoing deposition is and was at the date of Signing the Same a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that all his official acts as such is entitled to full faith and credit and that the County Court aforesaid is a Court of Record

In Testimony whereof I have hereto fixed the seal of said County and subscribed my name Clerk of
said Court on the 13 day of February 853
W. H Randall Clk.