Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32376, for John Henry Le Mountain, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
VA
Le Mountain John Henry or Lehberg
NUMBER
S.32376
CONTENTS
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Indiana 29.577
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John Henry Le Mountain or Lehberg of Knox Co. [County] in the State of Indiana who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [illegible] of the Reg [illegible] commanded by Col. [Colonel] Gamble in the Virginia line for 1 year
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Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 40 Dollars – Cents per ann [annum] to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Decr [December] 1834 and sent to Hon. J Euring H.B.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1834
Sem-anl. [Semi-annual] allowance ending 4 March ‘35
140.00
20.00
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$160.00
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{Revolutionary Claim,
{Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E-2 Vol. [Volume] 7 Page 128
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
State of Indiana, }
County of Knox. } S.S.
On this 25 day of August 1832, personally appeared before me, at my office in Vincennes, state and county aforesaid, John Henry Le Mountain, an infirm old man, who states his age to be about seventy years; and although he has no record thereof his appearance confirms that belief: said Le Mountain, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration that early in the revolutionary contest he enlisted in Berkley County, Virginia, under Captain C. Olem of Cole. [Colonel] Gambles Regiment; that the company joined the Regiment under Cole. [Colonel] Gambles command, at Charlotte, and marched through the Carolinas and joined the army under Genl. [General] Green [Greene]; that he was in said company and Regiment: the battle at Guilford court house, where he well remembers the Lieutenant of his said company, Leiut. [Lieutenant] [illegible] formerly of Winchester, Va [Virginia], was killed; that he was also in said company, and Regiment, at ninety six at Camden and at Eutaw Springs in which last mentioned battle he was wounded and Captain Olem and Cole. [Colonel] Gamble were killed; that after the battle of Eutaw Springs, his company aforesaid, and Regiment, collected and mustered as many as appeared near Charleston, and there awaited the arrival of Genl. [General] Wayne, after which the Regiment marched some distance toward home and were discharged; that he received a written discharge, after about eighteen months faithful services in said Regiment, but on his return to Berkley county, aforesaid, he had
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Not the said discharge in his possession and believing he lost it when crossing a river in N. [North] Carolina, where many other men missed their discharges, and must have lost them also; that at the time of his discharge, there was four months pay due to him, which he has never yet received; that he has no documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service; that he has resided in different places, and different states since he quit Virginia; but has been an inhabitant of the territory and state of Indiana for about twenty years past; that he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present; and declares that he never applied until now, and that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state that his name in Germany language is Jon Henry Lehberg but in English always called Le Mountain.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid before me GW Johnston seal } Jon Henry Lehberg
And at said time and place personally appeared Charles Brewer a citizen of Indiana for fifteen years, or thereabout, formerly of Berkley county, Virginia, where he was born; who on his oath declares that he is well acquainted with the said John Henry Le Mountain for many years: that he believes the said applicant who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration
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To be about seventy years of age: that the said applicant has always been reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution; and that he concurs in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me GW Johnston seal } the mark of Charles + Brewer
And at said time and place; personally appeared John Westley Allen residing in said county of Knox, State of Indiana, who on his oath declares that he is well acquainted with the applicant John Henry Le Mountain for at least fifteen years past: that he believes the said applicant, to be about seventy years of age: that said Le Mountain is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that he concurs in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me GW Johnston seal } John W. Allen
State of Indiana }
County of Knox } SS.
On this 7th day of September, personally appeared in the court before the Honbl. [Honorable] Amory Kinny, President Judge of the circuit court of said county, G. N. Johnston, a Justice of the Peace residing in the vincennes said county and state, who certifies to the foregoing investigation and evidence in the case of H. Le Mountain
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An applicant for a pension under the act of congress passed June 7th of this year, 1832, and declares his opinion, after hearing the matter stated, and after putting the interrogatories presented in like cases by the War Department, and after a long personal acquaintance with the applicant, Le Mountain, that the said Le Mountain was a revolutionary soldier, and served [underlined: as he states]:  and he further certifies, that it appeared to him that Charles Brewer, and John W. Allen who signed the preceding statements in relation to Le Mountain, are residents of Knox county, and credible persons.
G. W. Johnston
Signed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid in open Court. } A. Kinny
And the said circuit court of Knox county, Ia, [Indiana] do hereby certify their knowledge of the official character, and personal credibility of Gnl. W. Johnston. 
A Kinny
State of Indiana }
Knox County } S
I Daniel C. Johnson clerk of the Knox Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Le Mountain for a pension.
The testimony whereof I have here unto set my and seal of Office this 8th day of September 1832
D. C. Johnson Clerk
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State of Indiana }
Knox County }
Before the undersigned a Justice of the peace for the County and State aforesaid on this 19th August 1834 personally came Daniel Strother who on being duly sworn according to law gave the following additional testimony as to the claim of John Henry Le Mountain or Lehberg as a Revolutionary soldier to a pension [illegible] that he the said Strother was also a revolutionary soldier and served in the year 1781 that he was then personally acquainted with the said La [Le] Mountain or Lihberg [Lehberg] that La [Le] Mountain or Lehburg [Lehberg] belonged and was a private in Col [Colonel] Lees Regiment of Horse that La [Le] Mountain or Lehberg to the best of his knowledge and belief enlisted on or about August or September 1780 and served untill [until] discharged. That La [Le] Mountain alias Lehberg was at the Battle of the Eutaw Springs and at Guilford Court House
Daniel his x mark Strother
Sworn & [and] subscribed to the date above named before me Samuel Hill x
State of Indiana }
Knox County }
On this 19th August 1834 personally came before me a Justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid George La [Le] Mountain or Lehberg son of John Henry La [Le] Mountain or Lehberg who on being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has frequently heard his father recount his services in the revolutionary army. Has heard him declare that he was at the Battle of the Eutaw Springs that he belonged to Col [Colonel] Lees Horse and that he served Eighteen Months in the
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Same. He further deposes and swears that at the time of his fathers application there was no clergyman in the neighbourhood [neighborhood]: and that Charles Brewer and John Westly Allen two respectable citizens in default thereof certified to their belief of his fathers being a soldier of the revolution.
George his x mark Lamountain [Le Mountain] or Lehberg
Sworn & [and] subscribed this 19 Aug [August] 1834
Samuel Hill

State of Indiana }
Knox County } ss
I Samuel Hill a Justice of the Peace for the County of Knox State of Indiana do certify that I am acquainted with Daniel Strather and George Lamountain [Le Mountain], or Lehberg, and that I believe them to be creditable witnesses
Samuel Hill

State of Indiana }
Knox County } ss
I A D Scott Clerk of the Knox Circuit Court do certify that Samuel Hill whose signatures to the above Certificate was at the time of signing the above and still is an acting Justice of the Peace within + [and] for the County + [and] State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credence is due and ought to be given to his official acts as such
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 19th day of August 1834
A D Scott Clk [Clerk]
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John La [Le] Mountain [Lehberg]
Indiana
[underlined: e. J.]
From 1781 per 1 yr
$40.
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Hon J Ewing
N.R.
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WAR D [Department]

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. These 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 compling [complying] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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A Statement, showing the Service of John La Mountain
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant’s service. – Years. | Months. | Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
1777 | [blank] | about 18 | [blank] | Pa. [Private] | R Col [Colonel] Campbell Cap [Captain] Oldham | 70 Va [Virginia] | one witness not certified to be credible see note j.

See note (e)
The applicant should endeavor to procure some additional proof respecting his service.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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S UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
Een adopted:
Extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
“Continental Line,” “State troops,” “militia,” and “volunteers,” all
Volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
Employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Keepers, &c. [etc], Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. [etc] 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:
The Regular Troops.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
Persons employed in the Naval Service.
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, mucicians [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 } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c ) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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. [symbol of hand pointing to the right] 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. [etc]]
He hereby relinquishes every claim [page folded over text]
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 [blank]
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 [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c. [etc]
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 [blank[ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 day 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 [blank] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c. [etc]
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
Will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts
Means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of
lempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth,
Pected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the C
There subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided,
Case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
Service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
Where and in what year were you born?
Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
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.
{To a Soldier. { 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 become of it?
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 inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
[page is folded over text] 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 have the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Ever 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. [underlined and surrounded with }: 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 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. [underlined and surrounded by }: 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.
[symbol of hand pointing to the right] 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 the 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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32376
Revy INVALID.
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File no. 32376
John Henry Le Mountain or Lehberg
Pri [Private] Rev [Revolutionary] War
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Act: June 7th 32 [1832]
Index: – Vol. 2, Page 241
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[circular stamp in top left corner]
Free
Ma12
The Honble [Honorable]
William Hendricks
In Congress
Washington City
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[illegible] near Martinsburg March 10th 1834
Dear Sirs
I read your letter of the 7th Jns’ this morning, and hasten to reply to it. I am always highly gratified when in my power to assist an old soldier. [illegible] inquiries to those in your letter are frequently making, to me from various quarters as there are at this time existing, in the Shenandoah Valley, but three surviving Revolutionary Officers of the Virginia line, including myself
John Henry Le Mountain or John Henry Lehburg, was unknown to me, tho [though] the Officers he alludes to were my personal friends. That is Cols [Colonels] Richard Campbell was a Citizen of Woodstock Shenandoah County, Captain Conway Oldham, + [and] Lieu [Lieutenant] Stribling were Citizens of Burkeley, and my neighbors. They were killed the two first as Lehbert [Lehberg]  [illegible], at the Battle of the Eutaw Springs on the 8th September 1781 and there [illegible] at Guilford Court house, Captain Oldhams Company was [illegible] [illegible] in the South Western section of Burkeley County, + [and] after I was made prisoner at the surrender of Fort Washington on York Island, on the 16th day of November 1776 and was unfortunately detained a close prisoner four years, during which, many occurrences transpired among our troops, of which I [illegible] have no personal knowledge nor any but traditional “information,
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And after I rejoined the Virga [Virginia] line as soon as I had recovered sufficient health and strength, I wasn’t present at other of the Battles of Guilford or Eutaws, having been detached on separate [illegible], all this [illegible] [illegible] in a great measure of an intermate or were a general acquaintance of my brother officers, + [and] much now so of a knowledge of our soldiers. I am very sorry I am unable to furnish any proof or corroborations to substantiate the claims of the poor old man to the [illegible] of his Country.
Having incidentally stated my being captured by the British on the 16th Nov [November] 1776 and detained a prisoner of war four years. Permit me to state I have had a Claim pending before Congress about twelve years for month pay due me as a Lieu [Lieutenant]! before and while I was present without being able to have a hearing or decision upon the case; I served at the siege of Boston in 1775, and there continued to the end of the War, never received any regular monthly pay, was on settlement with Mr. Dunscomt the Virginia Commissr sent by Congress charged with monthly pay in paper money, during the whole term of my captivity, which I never received, and if I had, a cart ton of it would not have purchased me an ounce of bread, my friend Colo. [Colonel] Lewas, is now and [illegible] to have me Justice done, will you be so good at a [illegible] moment to examine my claim?
Very respectfully yours obt [obedient] svt [servant]
The Honble [Honorable] William Hendricks
Henry Bedinger
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House of Reps. March 18th 1834.
I have been acquainted with John Henry Le Mountain or Lebert [Lehberg] upwards of twenty years and from all I had heard of his early life I firmly believed him to be entitled to Land + [and] pension for revolutionary services. I prepared his application in 1833, and from his very indistinct utterance, bad pronounciation [pronunciation], foreign idiom, and disjointed jargon, I sifted the necessary facts. The spelling of the names was of course suited to his pronounciation [pronunciation] and spelling to him he assented emphatically; but could not himself pronounce them, in accordance with the true spelling; and therefore I felt averse to take an amended declaration believing the justice and equity of the old mans claim would be readily seen and acknowledged by congress.
Respy [respectfully] Jns Ewing
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War Department
Pension Office
September 3rd 1834
Sir,
The papers in the case of John Le Mountain have been again examined and they are herewith returned, the declaration should be amended, The line that he enlisted the service, and the line and manner of leaving it, should be [illegible] stated, as heretofore required as pr noted in the enclosed privateer sheet. From the statement of his service it would appear that it commenced in 1781 and ended in 1782, and that he was not in service more than one year, unless the applicant can make a more full and particular statement of his services it will be difficult to determine how long he was in service. It is more than probable that he entered the services under Col [Colonel] Campbell of the Virginia Line as that officer was killed at the battle of the Eutaw Springs. He commanded a regiment of infantry. The time which the applicant served under Col [Colonel] Lee, should be specifically stated, otherwise he will be allowed at the rate of a private of Infantry.
I have the honour to be, Very Respectfully, Your obt [obedient] Servant
J L Edwards
Hon John Ewing
Vincennes, Ind [Indiana]
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Recd. [Received] 19 Oct [October]
War Department
Pension office
11th October 1832
Sir
The Declaration of John Henry Le Mountain, alais [alias] John Henry Lehbert [Lehburg, Lehberg] has been examined, and is herewith returned, being insufficient to establish his claim to a pension under the Act of June 7 1832. He alleges that he served in a Regt [Regiment] commanded by Col Gamble of Virginia, for about eighteen months. It does not appear from any of the Virginia Rolls that such a Colonel was in the service. From his statement it is evident that he could not have been in the Militia for they were in no instance Rept in Service in the Carolinas
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So long as eighteen months under one draft. Before the claim can be allowed, he should prove his service by at least one credible witness.
Very Respectfully
Your ob’d’t [obedient] servant
J. L. Edwards
Major J. H. Hook
Present
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State of Indiana }
County of Knox. } s.s.
Personally appeared before me, John Collins, a justice of the Peace in Vincennes county and State aforesaid, Daniel Strother, personally known to me as an old inhabitant of said town and county, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare, that when he identified John Henry Lamountain [Le Mountain] as an old soldier in the american service known to be so at Guilford, during the revolutionary war, before our late circuit court he said Daniel could have stated in addition to his testimony then taken down in writing, and should have stated if enquiry had been made of him, the firm conviction on his the [illegible] mind, that the said John Henry Lamountain [Le Mountain] was at Guilford and about a year afterwards at Salusbury [Salisbury], where witness was stationed known as an enlisted soldier, in, and belonging to, and serving with a Regiment of Horsemen from Virginia, commanded by Colonel Lee: That he, said witness, is fully confirmed in this belief as said John Henry Lamountain [Le Mountain] when with a detachment of said Regiment of Horse at Salusbury [Salisbury] some time after the battle of Eutaw Springs, informed this witness of the fate of some of his particular acquaintances who belonged to the same regiment, and witness verily believes it was in Col. Lees regiment the said John Henry LaMountain [Le Mountain] served.
The mark of Daniel X Strother
Subscribed + [and] sworn to before me this 9th day of Nov [November] 1832. Jno Collins J.P.
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State of Indiana }
County of Knox } S.S.
Personally appeared before me in my office in Vincennes, said county and state, George Lamountain [Le Mountain], a son of John Henry Lamountain [Le Mountain] now applying for a revolutionary Pension, and said George being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that his said father is at this time utterly unable to attend to any worldly matter; and that the claim for his said thaters pension, and land, must in charity to the frailties of an aged and infirm old soldier now be decided, he witness believes, upon the records at Washington and the evidence of Danl [Daniel] Strother.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of November 1832 } the mark of George x Lamountain
Jno Collins J.P.
State of Indiana }
Knox County }
I William L Withers depy [deputy] Clerk of the Knox Cir [Circuit] Cot [Court] do hereby certify that John Collins whose signature appears to the foregoing was at the time and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Vicennes the 9th day of Nov [November] AD 1832
W Withers
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