Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,440, John Emmons, Va.
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SERVICE | | NUMBER
Va. Emmons, John S.46.440
CONTENTS
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To
[3 -- 230.] Cert
No. 1225
Re-Assne.{ Revy.
[vertical script] 46,440 Onn
Name. John Emmons.
Rank Pri Comp'y: Hughes
Regt: Va Line
[blank] } Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Assne. { [blank] Comm'g [blank]
2d Assne. { [blank] Comm'g [blank]
3d Assne. { [blank] Comm'g [blank]
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Assne. { [blank] Sent to [blank]
2d Assne. { [blank] Sent to [blank]
3d Assne. { [blank] Sent to [blank]
[lined out "Act 14th July, 1862"] Bk. G. Vol. [blank], Page [blank]
[vertical script] Allowed Act 1828.
Registering Clerk: [blank]
Disability { [blank]
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21942
inform Mr. Craig of the House of Represenatives
Re. 1 June 1832
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Virginia 2037
At a Court of Quarterly Session continued and held for the
County of Montgomery at the court house on the 8th day of November
On this 8th day of November 1831, personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the County of Montgomery aforesaid, John  Emmons a resident in said county aged about sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provissions made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820. That he the said John Emmons enlisted for the whole war and until its termination in the year 1780 or 1781 in the state of Virginia in the company commanded by Captain Hughes (being a company of cavalry) in the Regiment commanded by Colonel White and Major Swann in the line of the State of Virginia on continental establishment. That he continued to serve in the said corps of Cavalry until the conclusion of the Revolution in the year 1783, (as well as he remembers) when he was discharged from said service at Winchester in Virginia by Captain Borrow, under the order of General Morgan. That he was in several skirmishes and small encounters with the enemy. That his name has never as yet been on the pension list; and in pursuance of the act of congress of 1st of May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in Trust for me, any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed; Schedule of the whole estate either real or personal of John Emmons to wit. One set of Carpenters tools worth $25. at this time, one bed and bedding some small household and Kitchen furniture worth probably $20.
[signature] John Emmons
The said Emmons is by occupation a carpenter his family are all [illegible] but himself and [illegible]
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he is old and very infirm. The above statements were sworn to and declared on this 8th day of November 1821, before the county court of Montgomery in the State of Virginia; and it is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of the war department of the United States, that it appeared to the satisfaction of the said court that the said John Emmons did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy from the year 1781 until after the close of the war on continental establishment. And it is further ordered to be certified that the total amount of the value of his property is forty five dollars being the property mentioned in the foregoing schedule.

John Hacket being first sworn in open court, deposeth and saith that he is a pensioner on the General Government as a soldier of  the revolution, and has been on the pension list 8 or 9 years; that he is personally acquainted with John Emmons of Montgomery, and has known him from about the year 1780 until this time. that he knows that the said Emmons belonged to Col'o Whites regiment of Cavalry, and that he saw him in service in the State of Georgia and that the said Emmons was in a small skirmish against the common enemy, at the widow Givens's about four miles from Savannah which was in the year 1782. after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis This deponant (sic) having seen him during the skirmish and being personally well acquainted with the said Emmons, and that the said John Emmons is at present a poor and infirm old man; and further this deponant (sic) saith not, this 8th day of November 1831
[signature] John Hacket

Boling Rogers being first seven in open court being a court of record for Montgomery County and State of Virginia; saith that he is well acquainted with John Emmons and has known him ever since their boyhood that he saw him in Col'o Whites regiment of Cavalry (after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis) in the State of Georgia; That he had previously seen him under the command of Colonel Phebacher in the Brigade of General Stuban; That he has frequently seen him while he was in the said service as a souldier (sic); and that he the said Boling Rogers is and has been a pensioner of the General Government as a soldier of the revolution for 6 or 7 years. that he knows that Emmons enlisted as a soldier for and until the conclusion of the said Revolutionary war, and the
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he was called very frequently Ammons by the officers, that he knew him well, as they were friends from their boyhood; and that for 40 years, they have lived in this county, and further this deponant (sic) saith not.
[signature] Boling his 0 mark Rogers

In Testimony that the foregoing are truly copied from the records of the said Court I Rice D. Montague Clerk thereof, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 15th day of November 1831 in the [illegible] year of the commonwealth
[signature] R.D. Montague C.
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2037
No of orig Payl-1125 
Revoluntionary Claims.
Allowed Act 1828}
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
1 June 1832
John Emmons of [blank] in the county of Montgomery in the State of Virginia has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled ""An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Hughes's company in Col White's ^(Dragoons) regiment of the Virginia line; [lined out "and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778;"] and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary.
[signature] Francis A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
2nd June 1832
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to John Emmons (Dragoon) in the Virginia line
It further appears that John Emmons is ^not^ now on the pension list of any --- agency, and has ^not^ been so since the 3d March 1826 [lined out "at the rate of"]
[signature] J. Thompson
Acting 3 Aud

not on the books
see Virginia Book page 28
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#46.440
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Re? 4 June 1832.  4548.
Washington June 4th 1832
Sir
I have known John Emmons, an applicant for a pension, as a soldier of the revolutionary war, from the days of my infancy. He has ever been regarded as a harmless & honest man
I cannot, of course, know the fact of his service in the war of the revolution but I do believe his statement to be true & that he did serve according to his representation in that war
very respectfully yours &c
[signature] R. Craig

To the Hon. Secretary of the Treasury
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Know all men by these presents that I John Emmons in the County of Montgomery and State of Virginia, do hereby constitute and appoint Robert Craig my true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution" approved 15th May 1828. as a private in Colonel Whites regiment of the Virginia line of the army of the Revolution. Witness my hand and seal this Eleventh day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
[signature] John Emmons [hand drawn "seal"]
Sealed and delivered in the presence of
[signature] R. Gardner JP
[signature] R.D. Montague.

Before me Robert Gardner a Justice of the peace in the County of Montgomery in the State of Virginia personally appeared this day, John Emmons whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit. Witness my hand this 11th day of June in the year 1832
[signature] Ro Gardner J.P.

I Rice D Montague Clerk of the court of the County of Montgomery in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Robert Gardner Gent. before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, is a Justice of the peace.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 11th day of June 1832
[signature] R. D. Montague
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[D.]
Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys.
Before me, R. S. Briscoe a Justice of the Pease in the county of Washington in the the Dist' of Columbia personally appeared this day, Robert Craig Esquire the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or secure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.
Witness my hand, this 18th day of June in the year 1832
[signature] R. S. Briscoe J.P.