Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10, John Abernethie, N. C.
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(8-1776) 
Service Number
N.L. Abernethie, John. R.10
Born in England
Contents
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John Abernethie
No. 22,787
law. 21.
red/..
1781- Feb entered- continued until latter part of July continued in all ten months-

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1647 [illegible]
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John Abernethie
No. 22,787
law. 21.
red/..
1781- Feb entered- continued [illegible] latter part of July continued in all [illegible] months-
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State of Missouri
County of Cape Guardian }ss County Court
On this 22nd day of December year eighteen
hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court in the County Court for said County before the Justices thereof now sitting; John Abernethie a resident of the Township of Cape Girardeau in said County and State aged about seventy eight 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers
and served as herein stated in February 1781 at the County of Wake in the State of North Carolina the said Applicant Volunteered and joined a body of Militia on the call of Thomas Wootten Colonel of the militia of said County (Wake) acting under the Orders of Brigadier General Butler Commander of Hillsborough, District North Carolina subject to the Orders of Major General Caswell, commanding the militia of the State for the purpose of joining major General Green to assist in the opposition to Lord Cornwallis. That the said militia of which this deponent was one under the command of said Colonel Wooten assembled at Grandville County and was marched from that place to Hillsborough under the command of the said Major General Caswell in chief; to which place this affiant having been previously appointed at said Wake County by said Colonel Wootton Deputy Commissary of said Wake County: The said Colonel ordered the said applicant officiant as such Deputy to proceed with said troops from said Hillsborough, to Gen
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eral Green's army when Colonel returned back 
That said applicant according to the said ordinance sided with said troops to the high Rockford on the Haw River and joined the army of General Green at which place Colonel Davie the Commissary of General Grand Army ordered said Abernethie to return again to the public store in said Wake County, to have five hundred bushels of corn ground for public use, and have as much bacon collected at that place as possible, when he did so and loaded the Wagon, ground and forwarded the meals and what bacon could be collected to the army; that said applicant continued in the service aforesaid and in collecting and issuing supplies until the latter part of July 1781, at which time Colonel Wootton having resigned, said Applicant was dismissed and returned home, That the said John Abernethie was first appointed Deputy Commissioner as aforesaid by Colonel Wootton in September, 1781 and immediately acted as such under him continually from that time in collecting, issuing, and assisting in taking care of the provisions for public service from said appointment in the last said September until the said joining the said militia herein mentioned before in February,  in active service and then continued in said Service mentioned as herein before described as being in all, in time from the said month of September inclusive the date of appointment in service and aforesaid until the latter part of 1781 as mentioned, in all about ten months; that said applicant has no documentary  [illegible] and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service; and I said
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applicant hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declared that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, and to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department and propounded by the Court the said John Abernethie, applicant, answers and says 
I was born in the Village of Edmund in North Britton in the year seventeen hundred fifty four on the second day of September, and landed in Virginia October 1772, and went from there to said Wake County North Carolina in the same month of October. 
Yes I have my Original Indentures (specifying my age) as an apprentice to the merchant business, in my house seven miles from this place, in this County 
When I entered the service I resided in Wake County North Carolina; in January 1788 I moved to the state of Georgia, and resided there until July 1800, at which time I moved to the then Upper Louisiana now County of Cape Girardeau and State of Missouri where I have resided ever since and is my present place of residence.
I volunteered to go as mentioned being then Deputy Commissioner and acting such as is herein mentioned and set forth at large
Major General Green commanded the Southern Army. The militia of North Carolina after Major General Caswell, was under the command of Brigadier General Butler and Eaton. 
I cannot designate the several Regiments in consequence of the manner of my service, and the organization of the militia regiments when in service
The battle of Guilford was fought while I as Deputy Commissary was collecting provisions in Wake County.
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I had an appointment as Deputy Commissary from Colonel Wootton, under whom I acted as mentioned until the resignation of Colonel Wootton when that circumstance ended my Service in that way. 
I never had any other discharge, and I have lost my appointments. 

I am acquainted with the people in this County generally, particularly with Colonel Bollinger, Robert English, Andrew Martin Judge of the County Court, General Watkins, the Reverend Thomas P. Green, Judge Henderson, Ithamar Hubble, and the judge of the Circuit Court, also a number of others, who I think can testify as to my character for Veracity and good behaviour, and my services as a soldier of the revolution. 

In August 1780, the General assembly of North Carolina being in session at Hillsborough that State, laid a grain tax, and a bacon tax, on the inhabitants of that State, also a money tax for the year 1780. The tax was one bushel of Indian corn for every [poll?] and one peck of corn for every one hundred pounds value North Carolina money. The bacon tax was the One fifth pound of all the bacon every person was in possession, the first day of February 1781. The assembly also said that Commissaries should be appointed in each County by the County courts. 

The Commissary was also authorized by law to purchase provisions as well as to receive the grain and bacon tax, and to give Certificates in Dollars and Parts of Dollars and [pence?], bearing interest at six percent per annum until paid, for the said purchases. 
I as Deputy Commissary wrote the [special?] certificates, and they were signed by Col. Wootton the County Commissary. 

I am personally acquainted with the two
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of
Senators & Representative from Missouri to the
Present Congress of the U States
Sworn and subscribed in open In Abernethie
Court Dec 22nd 1832
B. Bacon D. Clerk
For P. R. Garrett Clk
We Thomas P. Green a Clergyman residing in
the County of Cape Girardeau, and Green D. Davis
of the same County, hereby certify we are well acquainted with John Abernethie who has subscribed
and sworn to the above or foregoing declaration; That we
believe him to be Seventy eight years of age, that he is
reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives
to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we
concur in that Opinion
Tho P. Greene M.G.
Sworn and subscribed Dec 22nd Greer W. Davis
1832 Benj Bacon D. Clk
For Peter R Gant Clerk
C
Filed Decr 22nd 1832
Benj Bacon Clerk
for Peter R Garrett Clerk
filed Dec, 22nd 1832
Benj Bacon D Clerk for
P. R. Garrett Clk
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State of Missouri
Cape Girardeau County County Court
December term AD 1832
On Saturday the twenty second day of the
month, and the sixth day of the term, the County
Court met pursuant to adjournment
Present Samuel B. McKnight
and Andrew Martin Esqs Justices
On application of John
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Declaration
and
Abernethie for a pension for

Certificate on Oath
Revolutionary Services
filed
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And now at this day comes the said John Abernithie, and makes his declaration in selecting his Oath in open court, together with the certificates annexed, sworn to as prescribed. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, declaration, certificate annexed together with witnesses produced, and after hearing the interrogatories prescribed by the war department; That the above named applicant John Abernithie was a revolutionary soldier, and served he states. And the court further certify, that it appears to them that Thomas P. Green who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in this County; And that Greer W. Davis who also has signed the same is a resident of the same County and is a credible person, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
It is ordered by the Court that the said declaration and certificates be recorded as shown to be filed of the record of this Court, and a copy thereof, and of the proceedings herein, properly certified, be furnished said John Abernithie for the information of the War Department.
State of Missouri, County of Cape Girardeau.
I, Peter R. Garrett, Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Cape Girardeau in the State of Missouri, do certify that the foregoing pages marked from 1 to 6 comprise a full, true and perfect copy of a declaration and certificates here filed by John Abernithie, as also as a copy of the proceedings had [?] in the County Court for the County of Cape Girardeau aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have…
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REGULATIONS 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 claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians 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 County of On this ____ day of ____ personally appeared (a) before ____ A. B. a resident (b) ____ of ____ aged (c) ____ 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. [____ 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 ____ 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 ____ 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. 
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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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from 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 become 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. 
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[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 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 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 ____ 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 in 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 places 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. 
[k] The notes from [a] and [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 [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.
Joseph Rowen Ex. Ck.
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Know all men by these Presents, that We Harriett Sublett, daughter of John Abernathie, deceased, Sarah Abernathie, widow of Wiley Abernathie deceased, who was a son of the said John Abernathie, also deceased for herself  and as Guardian of Eliza A. Abernathie, John D. Abernathie [crossed out], Washington Abernathie; William G. Abernathie and Sarah J. A. Abernathie, minor children of the said Wily Abernathie deceased, James W. Priest, and his wife Mary H. Priest, late Abernathie, daughter of the said Wily Abernathie deceased, and Christina Dunlop daughter of John Abernathie deceased and Joseph Lanier, and Mary Lanier, formerly Wife of James M. Abernathie deceased who was a son of the said John Abernathie deceased, and Guardian of William M. Abernathie, Jun. of the said James M. Abernathie dec. and David Voight and Tempy Voight , Abner Keith and Louisa J. Keith, George Keith and Harriett E. Keith, Wilson J. James, and Huldy M. James, Jacob Rendleman and Mary S. Rendleman, all daughters of the said James M. Abernathie deceased and James M. Abernathie and Robert M. Abernathie, Sons of the said James M. Abernathie deceased and Robert Abernathie Son of Washington Abernathie dec, who was a son of John Abernathie all of the County of Union and State of Illinois, all heirs and legal representatives of John Abernathie deceased, who Served in the Revolutionary war as Comissary [Commissary], and to whom at the time of his death was due from the United States, Certain Sums for back pay, Pension and otherwise, and which has decended to us the aforesaid heirs and legal representatives, have nominated, Constituted and by these presents do nominate, Constitute, and appoint F. E. Hassler Esqr. of Washington City, D. C. our true and lawful attorney, to receive and receipt for from the United States, or from any Department, or agent thereof, all such Sum or Sums of money, which was, or now due the said John Abernathie (our ancestor) now deceased, at the time of his death, as a
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Revolutionary Soldier or otherwise,
Giving and Granting unto him the said attorney full power and authority, in and about the premises, to have, use, and take all lawful ways and means in our names for the purposes aforesaid, as full to all intents and purposes, as we ourselves might, or could do if Personally present with full power of Substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and Confirming all  and whatsoever our said attorney Shall lawfully do in and about the premises, by Virtue hereof
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our names and seales the 1st day of November AD 1854
Harriett X Sublett
Eliza A. Abernathie
John Abernathie [crossed out]
Washington Abernathie
William S. Abernathie
Sarah J. A. Abernathie
by their guardian Sarah Abernathie
Sarah Abernathie for herself
Jas. W. Priest
Mary H. Priest
Joseph X Lanier
Mary X Lanier Guardian of W. R. Abernathie
Christina X Dunlap
Wilson J. James
Huldy M. X James
George Keith
Harriet E. X Keith
Abner Keith
Louisa X Keith
David Vaught
Tempy X Vought
Jacob Rendleman
Mary A. X Rendleman
Signed sealed and Delivered in presence of us: Jacob Tobler as to Harriett Sublett, Sarah Abernathie guardian &c and James W. Priest & Mary H. Priest
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James M. Abernathie
Robert X Abernathie
Robert X R. Abernathie

State of Illinois
County of Union  on this day Personally appeared before the Undersigned, an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Christina Dunlap, Joseph Lanier and Mary his wife formerly wife of James M. Abernathie dec and Guardian of William R. Abernathie, David Vought and Tempy his wife, Abner Keith and Louisa J. his wife, George Keith and Harriett E. his wife, Wilson J. James and Huldy M. his wife Jacob Rendleman and Mary A. his wife, James M. Abernathie, Robert M. Abernathie and Robert Abernathie, who are personally and well Known to me, to be the real persons who executed the foregoing Power attorney, and who then Severally before me acknowledged that they had signed, sealed, and delivered said power attorney, freely and voluntarily, for the uses and purposes
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therein mentioned, and they also State under oath that they are the legal representatives of the said John Abernathie decd.
Given under my hand and seal this the 3th day of November AD 1854
Napoleon B. Collins Jr. 

State of Illinois
County of Union  I Thomas J. Finley, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do herby certify that Napoleon B. Collins Esqr whose name appears Subscribed to the above and foregoing Certificate of acknowledgment, or instrument of writing, was at the time the same [was] an acting Justice of the peace, in and for said County and State, duly Elected Commissioned and qualified as such, and that the Signature purporting to be his genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of said Circuit Court, at office in Jonesboro the 4th day of November AD 1854. Thomas J. Finley Co. Clk.
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State of Missouri County of Cape Girardeau.
Be it remembered, that on this 7th day of November AD eighteen hundred and fifty four, before me the under signed Clerk of the County Court within and for the County aforesaid came: Harriett Sublett, Sarah Abernathie, and Sarah Abernathie guardian of Eliza A. Abernathie, Washington Abernathie, William S. Abernathie and Sarah J. A. Abernathie minor heirs of Wiley Abernathie deceased, James W. Priest and Mary H. his wife, who are all personally Known to me to be the same persons, whose names are subscribed to the attached power of attorney as a parties thereto, and they severally acknowledged the same to be their free act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and expressed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribe my name and set the seal of said court at office in Jackson, County aforesaid, the date above written.
Jacob Tobler Clk. Co. Court
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Revol Pension
[illegible] of (names)
John Abernethie
act 1832
suspended
Missouri
Cole
Filed 29 Nov 1834
F.E. Hassler
Attney
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Ex'r. Invalid.
No. 10
Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 8, 1873
REJECTED
John Abernethie
P.O.
List of suspended claims, printed in 1852, shows causes of suspension as follows:
"Direct proof of service as Commissary required."
Enlisted: 1728 July 18 Photos to E.V, Martindale. A.W.Y.
Discharged:
Endorse [illegible] reverse side
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[no text available]
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[illegible]
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The Statement of John Abernethie of Cape Girardeau Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
a petition for a pension

F. E. Hassler
Washington
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. [illegible]
Wake County.
Deed
THESE are to certify that John Abernethie hath taken the Oath of Abjuration
and Allegiance to this State, as by law prescribed.
Hardy Sanders
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North Carolina
Wake County
This is to Certify that John Abernethie
who was balloted by the Company of Foot in
said County that he belonged to unto the service has furnished a substitute in his steal agreeable to Law. Given under my hand this Twenty fifth day of May AD 1778
Michl Rogers [Spol]
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statements by 
J [illegible]
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Missouri, Cape Girardeau County
Soon after the battle of Guilford, fought by Genl Greene against Lord Cornwallis, (March 17th. 1781.) North Carolina, Genl. Greene detached of upwards of four hundred militia men, whose time of service was nearly expird to the public Store in Wake County, North Carolina, under the command of Genl Butler, the Genl. of Hillsborough district that state, and under him a
Col. Thomas, - the men were to continue at or near the store untill their time of service expired, they did so, and were discharged in due time.
     Genl Greene directed Genl Butler to endeavour
to ascertain what rout (route) Cornwallis was taking from Willmington in No Carolina - it was rumord that Cornwallis intended to march up to Hillsborough from Willmington by the way or thro, Dobs, Johnson &                                                                          Wake Counties - Col Thomas, Col. Woollen the Col of Wake County, and Commissary, turnd out, Col. Wootten permitted me the Subscriber also to
go, John Skinner a Dragoon on furlough, and two
of the Militia men also turned out, six of us in
all - we marchd down the Willmington road from the public store about 40 miles to Johnson old
Court house, there we met Col Ben. Williams of
Johnson flying from the enemy, the Col. was informed that Cornwallis intended crossing Nuse (Neuse) river at Col. Williams's ferry. the Col. told us that some days ago he had sent a friend of his well mounted, to find out where the enemy was, & where he was bound to - the man returned in a very little time after we met Col. Williams, he told the Col. that the enemy had crossed Nuse  (Neuse) below his ferry, and was on his way to
Petersburg
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Petersburg in Virginia, by the way of Horn's Mill [illegible] Colentiny Creek, thence on to Lemmons bridge on [illegible] river thence on to Halifax on Roanoke river, to north Petersburg - we left Col. Williams and pushed on to Horns Mill, on the third day early in the morning, on the main road that led from Smithfield the seat of Justice in Johnson County, on to Halifax we met a young man who told us that he left his lordship's army between day break and sunrise that morning, and that they were all preparing to start to Horn's Mill, in order to get meal and corn for the use of the Army & horses-- the young man told us it was only between 3 and 4 to the Mill, the man asked us who we were, Col. Thomas told him that we a "in disguise small party" sent thro the country in order to find out where Greene and his rebel army was, the young man told us that he understood that Greene & his rebel army lay near Hillsborough - we bid the fellow good by & he wished us good luck-- we then started for the mill, and when within about four hundred yards of where the road turned to the bridge over the
Creek near "to the  Mill, we discovered a man who came into the road" and turned down the road meeting us -- we met about 200 yds from the turn of the road, the man had a bay under him -- Col. Thomas asked him if his lordship and the army had moved on from the Mill? the man ansd that his Lordship and the whole of the army had started, except one troop of Tarleton's horse, and one batalion of Hessians were left as a guard to the Waggons, that were taking in meal.
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Heirs of John Abernethie
Lo & [Penn of Atty].
F. E. Hassler
Suspended
Missouri
1832
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Revolutionary
Additional Evidence 
Claim of
 John Abernethie
Missouri suspd
act 1832
Cole
23. [illegible] 1854
[illegible]
F. E. Hassler
Washington
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and inaccurate in stating the order in which some of the marches were made. These slight and immaterial inaccuracies, this substantial truth and circumstantial inaccuracy would not have been in a forgery. I am well acquainted with the topography of the county which he describes and am forcibly [impressed] with its correctness. He speaks of General W. R. Davie a commissary General at that time of the army in that part of the state of Captains McCullers, and Bledsoe of Wake County which is true. Upon the whole I am fully convinced of the truth of his statements.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 23. day of March 1853-
Wm. J. Clarke [Compt's]
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F. E. Hassler
Oct. 80/[illegible]4.
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F. E. Hassler
Nov. 30/34
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346
Pension Office.
30th Nov. 1854

Sir,
I would refer you to my letter of 30th October last, for the objections existing to the claim of John Abernethie dec. of Missouri.
The additional evidence does not show that the children named are at the present the only surviving children.

F. E. Hassler Esqr.
Present.
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Suspended
Revy Pension Claim
Act of June 7. 1832

John Abernethie
[no.]

Power of Attorney
to examine claims

Chas. C. Tucker
Atty. 
Present.
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Submit in Duplicate 1-681 PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. [2491-as]
Requisition of Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
Department of the Interior
Washington
Chief, Division of Publications
Room G. 137. July 6, 1928.
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
(All copy for duplication work should be plain and written in elite type, exactly line for line as it is to appear on finished job.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 3 pages from Rev. War pension claim of John Abernethie, R. 10.
No. of copies 1 of each shall form be kept standing days
For further information see Mrs. Finch 5033 (Room no.) 541 (Phone no.)
Approved 
A. D. Wilkinson, Chief Clerk of Bureau
M. M. H. Finch, Chief of Branch or Division
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
Check Work Desired
Duplicate
Multigraph single or double space? Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph one side or both sides? Facsimile signature?
Folding once or twice?
Assembling
Stapling Once? Twice? Side? End?
Electric typewriter Fill in addresses? Dated?
Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size Cards, size
Proof list Pay rolls
Labels (submit sample) Corrections
Fill in letters Tabulation sheets
Photostat X Size actual Official use? Repay? yes $[illegible]
Blue Print Size Official use? Repay?
Remarks
(OVER)
(along the side reads "See Receipt in Israel Aber, W. 16 800.")
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