Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,136, for Solomon Sydars, Maryland
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(3-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
Md. | Sydars, Solomon | S 17136
Va.

carded

CONTENTS
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[Two panels]
[Left panel]

Dead
Paid at the Treasury un
der the Act of the 1 April 
1838 from 4 Septr 1837 to 
22 April 1838 the day of 
his death.  Agt notified 
3d Jany 1839.

[Right panel]

27,925
Virginia 

Solomon Sydars 
of Rockbridge in the State of Virginia 
who was a private in the compy commanded 
by Captain Young of the regt. commanded 
by Col. Johnston in the Maryland *
line for 7 mo. & 8 days
*Md. and Va.
F.W. Sept. 7, 1909

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia 
at the rate of 24 Dollars 21 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Sept. 
1834 and sent to S. Mc D, Reid,
Lexington P. Office, Va.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1834 84.73
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1835 12.10
$96.83
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{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Jno. D Wilson Clerk, 
Book E Vol. G72 Pagae 33.
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No 21992.
Solomon Sydars

Returned

Admd
7 mo. 8 days Private 
$

Samuel McD Reid Clk
Rockbridge County 
Court [illegible]
Lexington P.O. Va
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office, 
13th April 1830.

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 Solomon Sydars, Rockbridge Co, Va
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[Note] {Drafted Fredericktown for different terms amounting to three months}
{and one half - Col Johnson - Col Young was his Captain}
{about the time of the battle of Trenton
Period when the | 
service was |
rendered. |
_______________ |
Draft 1781 |
Duration of the | 
claimant's service. |
________________ |
Years. | Months. | Days. |
_____________________ |
[blank] | [blank] | 28 |
Rank of |
the |
claimant. |
_________ |
Private |
Names and Rank |
of the Company |
officers under |
whom he served. |
_______________ |
Capt McGurd |
Names and Rank |
of the General |
and Field officers. |
_______________ |
Col Alexander |
Battles in which |
the applicant was |
engaged. |
_______________ |
None |
Country through |
which he marched. |
________________ |
Va |
Place of abode |
when he entered |
the service, and age |
at the present 
period* |
__________________ |
Aged 81 |
Frederick |
town |
Md. |
Evidence by 
which the decla
ration is sup
ported. 
______________ 
Traditionary 
evidence
[Note:] This service as a Soldier amounts to 7 1/2 months.

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 was Clerks to Commissaries and to 
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board 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, musicians or privates, will, in the first in
stance, 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 (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 ser
ved 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 as to apply to the cases of officers and per
sons 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 revolu
tionary 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 solider 
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 by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revo
lutionary 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 commis
sion; 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 ser
vices 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
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 at
tempted; 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 the service, and if so, by whom was it giv
{ en, 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 tes
tify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier in 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 be 
fore 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 pro
cure, 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 fol
low 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 mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served.

[Braces have been placed in the left and right margins of the following note]
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom her 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 name 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 au
thority; 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 he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pub
lic 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 con
tains 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 wit
nesses, 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 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.

Dyer Castor
Exam Clerk
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Rockbridge County } 
State of Virginia } 29th Sept 1832.

On this 29th day of Septr in the year 
1832 personally appeared before me John McCorkle
Solomon Sydars aged 82 years, a resident of Rockbridge, 
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.  This applicant states that he was draughted [drafted] in 
Frederick Town in Maryland for different terms amounting to three months 
and one half and served under Col Baker Johnston, William 
Luckit was his Lieu. Col Jacob Young was his Capt. 
Basil Bell was his Lieutenant, & Michael Boreyer 
was his orderly Sergeant.  He states that his ser
vice was in guarding the Tories in Frederick Town, 
the principal part of whom he thinks were brout [brought] from 
Carolina. And he recollects three distinguished Tories, (all 
dressed in gold, as he states) who were from Carolina.
He cannot now recollect the time of this service, but 
believes it was near about the battle of Trenton. 
He received a discharge, but deposited it in his com
rades pocket book, and has never seen it since.

This applicant further states that he was draughted [drafted] 
at Leesburg in Loudoun County, in the State of Virginia, 
for 2 months, about the 2d. or 3d. of May in the year 
in which Cornwallis [word struck out] surrendered (1781.) 
under Col Alexander, whose place was a short 
time afterwards [illegible] by Col West of Loudon.  
Four companies went from the County, under Capt 
[illegible], Capt. McGurd, Capt. McHenry, & Capt. Wm. 
Lewis, all of Loudoun County, and marched to Falmouth 
on the Rappahannock-thence to Fredericksburg, 
where they drew arms, ammunition, and other 
camp furniture-thence to Richmond & thence about 
4 days journey below Richmond, where they joined 
the general forces under General Lafayette, and Gen
Wayne (called by the soldiers mad Anthony) He states
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been [struck out: ordered out to guard] draughted [drafted] (as a Bullock 
guard) [words struck out] under Sergeant Grace, to guard cattle 
upon Parmunkey River, during which service, the 
battle of James Town was fought.  This service con 
[illegible] 4 weeks.  He received a discharge from Capt Lewis which he 
has lost, and arrived at home the 19th of August 
succeeding; this date is impressed upon his memory 
from the circumstance of his son Conrad birth 
whom he now lives, having been born 10 days after his arri
val, which birth was on the 29th of August in the 
year Cornwallis surrendered.  This applicant believes 
that his service as a soldier amounts to 7 1/2 months.

This applicant states that he was born upon [illegible] 
in October or November in the year 1749.

He has no record of his age.

He states that he was living [words struck out] within 7 miles 
of Frederick Town in Maryland when first called 
into service.  In Loudoun County, State of Virginia, 
when called his 2nd tour, and has been living in 
the aforesaid. County of Rockbridge for the last 24 
years.

This applicant can refer to the personal knowl
edge of no living witness to his services, but refers 
to Addison Gilmore & Henry McCorkle of his neighborhood as evi
dence on his behalf, also to the Md. Andrew B Davidson.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a 
pension or annuity except the present, and declares 
that his name is not on the Pension roll of the a
agency of any state.

Sworn to & subscribed the day and year above writ
ten.
John McCorkle { Solomon his X mark Sydars

We [struck out: Andrew W Davidson, a clergyman, [illegible]]
[words struck out] Addison Gilmore & Henry McCorkle 
of [word struck out] Rockbridge County, Va, and in the immediate neighborhood, of 
sd. applicant, who has sworn to & subscribed the above 
declaration, do hereby certify that we are well acquain
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ted with sd. applicant. That he has always been repu
ted and believed in his neighborhood to have been a 
Revolutionary soldier, and that we concur in that opin
ion.  We further certify that no doubts to our knowl
edge [struck out: has] as to his service have ever existed.  That 
we believe him to be 82 years of age as he states.
Sworn to & subscribed this 29th day of Septr in the year 1832.
John McCorkle { A Gilmore 
{ H. McCorkle

I John McCorkle, the sd. Justice, do hereby de
clare my opinion that after the investigation of the 
matter & after putting the interrogatories prescri
bed by the Department of War, that the above named 
applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as 
he states.  And I do further certify that it appears 
to me [remainder of sentence struck out]
[sentence struck out]
[struck out: and] that Addison Gilmore & Henry McCorkle, who 
have [struck out: also] signed the [word struck out] above certificate are residents in the sd. Cty. 
and neighborhood of sd. Sydars, and are credible 
persons and that their statement is entitled to cred
it.  I further certify that the sd. applicant from 
total blind wife, and great bodily infirmity, is 
unable to attend at the Court House of sd. County.
John McCorkle

I Andrew B. Davidson (a clergyman) residing in 
sd. County of Rockbridge do hereby certify that I have 
known the applicant in the above declaration for 
some years.  That he is reputed & believed in the 
neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a Revo
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lutionary soldier, and that I concur in that opin
ion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year a
bove written.  A. B. Davidson 

[Written vertically right margin]
Sol. Sydars
21992

I do hereby certify that the above named A. B. Davidson 
is a regularly ordained Clergyman of the County of 
Rockbridge.
Given under my hand this 1st day of October in 
the year of our Lord 1832.
Robt. R. Barton 
Justice of the peace

State of Virginia }
Rockbridge County } Sct

I Samuel McD Reid Clerk of the court of said 
County in said State do hereby certify that John McCorckle & 
Robert R Barton Gentlemen whose signatures appear to preceding 
certificates now are & were at the time of signing said certificates 
acting Justices of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned 
and qualified, that their official acts are entitled to full faith 
and credit and their signatures genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
[Blurred seal of office] my hand and affixed my seal of office 
this 20th day of December 1832 and in 
the 57th year of the Commonwealth
Saml. McD. Reid
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Treasury Department, 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
December 22d, 1838.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An 
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain 
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury 
of the United States, " The children of Solomon Sydars, 
a Pensioner on the Roll of Richmond, Virginia, Agency, at 
the rate of Twenty four Dollars and Twenty one Cents 
per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has 
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837, 
to the 2d, April, 1838, the day of his death.

Respectfully yours, 

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
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17,136
INVALID.

File No. 17,136
Solomon Sydars
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Index:--Vol. 1, Page 367

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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Rockbridge County }
State of Virginia } to wit--

On this 23d day of August, 1834
before me A T Barclay a Justice of the Peace 
in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared 
Solomon Sydars, a resident in said County and 
an applicant for a pension under the late Act 
of Congress, passed June 7th 1832 who being first duly 
sworn according to law, doth on his oath 
make the following amendments to his 
Declaration, returned from the War Depart
ment dated 29th September 1832. 

This applicant states he is now in the 
84th year of his age-blind and so weak 
in body and mind, that he is unable 
to make out a statement of his ser
vice, as full as required by the Rules 
of the Commissioner of Pensions.

He will proceed to answer the questions 
as fully as he can.

Question 1st-Where and in what year 
were you born.
Ans. He was born on [illegible] in Oct. or Nov. 
1749.

Question 2d. Have you any record of your age 
&c.
Answer. He has no record of his age, except 
in his memory.

Question 3d. Where you living, when called 
into service, &c.
Answer. He was living within seven miles 
of Frederick Town, Maryland when first
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called into service.  In Loudoun County 
Virginia when called into his 2d tour.  he 
continued to reside in Loudoun 4 years, then 
removed to Maryland, then to [words struck out] 
the neighbourhood [neighborhood] of Winchester Virginia 
and from thence to the said County of 
Rockbridge, where he has continued to 
reside for the last 26 years.

Quest. 4th How were you called into service, 
were you drafted &c?
Answer.  He was draughted [drafted] into 
service.

Quest. 5th 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
service?
Answer.  He refers to his Declaration al
ready made for an answer to this question
But will add, That he served four months 
in Maryland, instead of three and one 
half, as mentioned in his Declaration. 
He is unable to say how he made the 
mistake but he is certain that his 
time of service, in which he was employed 
in actual military service in Mary
land amounted to [illegible] months under 
the officers named in his [illegible] origin
al Declaration.

He further states that [word struck out] in the second 
tour mentioned in his original declaration 
he was mistaken as to the [word struck out] length of
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his tour of service from Loudoun.  That tour 
is mentioned in his Declaration as having been 
two months, but that either he must have 
been confused, or he must have confused the 
writer of his original Declaration.  In 
that Declaration he says he was draughted [drafted] 
from the 2 or 3d. of May 1781, and arrived at home 
the 19th Aug 1781. The service of four weeks men
tioned, was not a separate service, but was 
included [struck out: in] between these dates.  In that 
tour he was in actual military service from 
the 2d day of May 1781, to the 10th Aug. as he 
believes, he having been discharged about 
that time.  He arrived at home [struck out: about] on 
the 19th Aug. and [word struck out] was about 9 or 10 [word struck out] 
days engaged in getting home. That 
tour then amounted to three months 
and 8 days.  The general circumstances of 
his service in both his tours are as par
ticularly stated in his original Declara
tion, as he is able to do now.

His whole tour of service during the Revolu
tion he now believes to have seven months 
& eight days during which he was engaged 
in actual military service, and for 
this amount he claims a pension.

Quest. 6. Did you ever receive a discharge 
& or a commission &c.
Answer.  He recd. discharges from both tours 
of service, which he was lost.  He never
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received a commission, having [word struck out] served 
as a private during this whole service. 

Having answered as far as he is able 
and as he thinks is necessary, he now 
submits his case to the Commissioner 
of Pensions.
Sworn to and subscribed }
before me A. T. Barclay } Solomon his X mark Sydars
a Justice of the peace for }
the County aforesaid this }
23d. day of Aug. 1834 }
A. T. Barclay J.P.

State of Virginia } 
Rockbridge County Sct }

I Samuel McD Reid Clerk of the 
County court of said County do hereby certify that Alexander T. 
Barclay Gentleman whose genuine signature appears above, now 
is and was at the date of said signature an acting Justice of the 
peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
subscribed my name and affixed [Blurred seal of office]
my official seal this 25th day of 
August 1834 and in the 59th year 
of the Commonwealth.  Saml. McD. Reid