Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,219, Jeremiah J Dogan, Va.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE Va. 
NUMBER S. 32,219
Dogan, Jeremiah J.
B.LW.26367-160-55
Born in Md.

CONTENTS [left blank]
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Cu: W. Cumback. Feb. 2d 56
Vol D. 115.

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25.897 Act March 3/53
May 9/53
Jeremiah J. Dogan 
Dogan.
Revolutionary War.
Pensioner under, Act July 7/32.
India. June 32 - 25240
W. 160AC [acres] May 22d/56
Boynton 
Hon. Wm Cumback,
Ho. of Rep.

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No 26367 afs May 24/56

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Will. Camback
Greenburgh Indiana
R
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Indiana Madison 25240
Jeremiah J Dogan
of Henry Co. in the State of Kentucky
who was a Drummer in the regt commanded
by Captain Stewart of the regt commanded by Col Blackwell in the Virginia 
line for 2 years Drummer

Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 88 Dollars ~ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Dec
1833 and Hon R N Johnson HC

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 220.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 44.00
$264.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 30

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Letter to Hon G. H. Dunn  17 Ju[??]
Au to Pension Agt 18 July [?]
To Madison Indiana from 4th Sept 1838. 
12 Aug 1839. Notification to Hon G. H. Dunn. Clarksburg indiana
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State of Kentucky
Henry County Sct

On this 7th day of Octr 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Henry County Court now sitting Jeremiah J. Dogan a resident of Henry County Ky aged 69 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 15th May 1828 or 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, that is to say being a resident of Fauquier County in the State of Virginia he did in the month of April 1780 as well as he remembers (being then only 16 years old) enlist in the army of the United States to serve therein as a drummer for and during the war. that he was enlisted by Captain William Strother at a place called Normans ford on the Rappahannock River Va. where he remained but a short time and was marched by his said Captain to James River where they joined some other troops & sometime afterwards they were marched into North Carolina and joined Genl. [Horatio] Gates (a little while after the defeat of Camden) at Hillsborough. that he remained under the command of Capt [William] Strother- that the lieutenants name was [blank] as well as he remembers and he thinks his major's name was Blackwell. 

He states that he was attached to the command of [Daniel] Morgan who he believes at that time was a general though at the time he enlisted he expected to be attached to a regiment commanded by him as Col. 
he further states that soon after his arrival at Hillsborough and junction  with the army Genl. [Horatio] Gates left it and Genl. [Nathanael] Greene took command.

He also states that in the latter part of Dec. 1780 or early in Jany 1781 he was attached to the command of a Col. [John Eager] Howard
as well as he recollects the name and was marched by Genl. [Daniel] Morgan with other troops over the Catawba River and sometime in the month of Jany (he thinks) 1781 the battle of the Cowpens was fought and that he was in that battle.

He also states that a while after the battle of the Cowpens Genl. Greene took the command of the troops in person and they were marched on towards Guilford [Courthouse]. He states that he continued with the army until the battle of Guilford [Courthouse] was fought. that he was not with the main body when the action took place but was off with the portion of the Baggage which had been sent out of the way by Genl. [Nathanael] Greene. He states that
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soon after the Battle of Guilford he was marched by Major Blackwell into Virginia and joined the army of Genl. [Marquis de] Lafayette on the Rapidan River - that he continued with the army in its marches & countermarches through that state in operating against the British army under [General Charles Lord] Cornwallis until he finally joined the army Genl. [George] Washington at Charlottesville Virginia and was then marched down to York with the main army and was present t the siege of that place and capture of the British army which event took place he thinks in Oct 1781

He states that soon after the Capture of [General Charles Lord] Cornwallis he was marched down to some Barracks which had been erected about ten miles below York and was there kept stationed until peace was made and ratified in the year 1783

that he was under the command of Major Blackwell while at the said Barracks and when peace was made he was discharged and returned home to Faquier County Virginia having served out his enlistment fully and faithfully. He states that from the time of his said enlistment till his discharge he served as a drummer

He states that from the great lapse of time and the consequences of his memory he is unable to state the names of many of the officers who were with the troops where he served. but that he recollects whilst he was 
in North Carolina in the service to have seen 
Genl. [Horatio] Gates, [William] Smallwood, [General Nathanael] Greene, &  [General Daniel] Morgan & Cols. [John Eager] Howard
& Clarke & Major Blackwell and Major [Charles] McDowell, & Col. [Andrew] Pickens and in his other service he recollects Genl. [George] Washington, [Anthony] Wayne, [General Marquis de] Lafayette, & [Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Von] Steuben and Cols Greene & Willis and Major Blackwell.

He states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person except William Lorance whose testimony  he can procure who can testify to his service or any part of it.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and states that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State

Sworn to and subscribed this day & year aforesaid
Jeremiah J. Dogan  [his mark] X

Interrogatories put to the above named applicant by the county 
1st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer I was born in the sate of Maryland in the year 1764
2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer I have at home in my Bible
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3d Where you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer. I lived in Faquier County Virginia when I entered the service and when I was discharged in 1783 I returned to that county & there remained till 1795 & then moved to Bourbon county Ky and lived there till 1800 and then moved to Fayette County Ky where I lived till 1819 & then moved to Henry County Ky. where I have lived ever since.

4th How were you called into service; were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer - I enlisted into the service

5th State the name 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 . I recollect Genls. [George] Washington, [Horatio] Gates, [Nathanael] Greene, [Anthony] Wayne, [William] Smallwood, [Marquis de] Lafayette, [Friedrich Wilhelm Von] Steuben and [Daniel] Morgan and Cols [John Eager] Howard, Greene, Willis, and Clarke & Majors Blackwell and [Samuel] McDowell all of whom were regular officers I believe. I do not know that I recollect the names of any of the militia officers at this time unless Col. [Andrew] Pickens was one. 
I enlisted at Normans ford on the Rappahannock river in April 1780 to serve as a drummer for and during the war and was marched into North Carolina. I was at the Battle of Cowpens and continued with the army till after the Battle the Guilford and was then marched to Virginia & joined Genl 
[Marquis de] Lafayette on the Rapidan and continued with him until I joined Genl. [George] Washington at Charlottesville and was marched down to York and was there during the siege of that place & witnessed the surrender of the British and was shortly afterwards stationed at the Barracks about ten miles below york where I remained in the service till peace in 1783 and was then discharged.

6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the
service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer I did receive a discharge signed by my officers which I have lost

7th 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
Answer. I will name Saml Turner and Fielding Mahoney

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Jeremiah J. Dogan [his mark]  X
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Mr. Saml Turner a clergyman residing in Henry County Kentucky and Fielding Mahoney residing in the same county & state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah J. Dogan who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration that we believe him to be 69 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Samuel Turner
Fielding Mahoney

And the said court do hereby declare their opinions, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogations 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 Saml. Turner who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Henry & state of Ky and that Fielding Mahoney who has also signed the same is a resident of the same county and state and is a credible person and that their statements are to credit
Saml Luland Jr. 
William McCrakin
Asa Scott
Justices of the Henry County Courts
JPHC

State of Kentucky 
Henry County Sct
Edmund P. Thomas Clerk of the Court of Henry County in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of application of Jeremiah J. Dogan for a pension

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7th day of October 1833
Edmund P. Thomas 
Clerk of the Henry County Court

[illegible seal with ribbon attached] 

[written on left margin] Dogan
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125.897
J.J. Dogan
To application 
for Bounty land
war of the Revolution

Will Cumback 
agent
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State of Indiana 
Decatur County

On this 24th day of April 1855 before me the undersigned, Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths written for the county and state aforesaid, personally appeared Jeremiah J. Dogan aged 91 years a Resident of Clarksburgh County of Decatur
and state of Indiana who made oath in due form of law that he is the identical Jeremiah J Dugan [Dogan] to whom under the provisions of the Act of 7th day July 1832 a pension of Eighty- Eight Dollars per annum has been allowed for his services as a Drummer in the Revolutionary War. 

He further states that his Pension certificate date under the aforesaid Act of July 7th 1832
is numbered 25.240 and bears date the 14th day of December One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Three and is made payable at the Kentucky agency. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may he entitled 
under the Act of 3rd of March 1855 never having received or known himself entitled or made application under any act of Congress previous. 

In evidence of his Identy [identity] he respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced now on file in the Pension office and upon which has annuity as aforesaid was granted and to the accompanying affidavits.
Jeremiah J. Dogan [his mark] X
Attest. Abishai Stubbs Daniel Bell witnesses 

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Jeremiah J Dogan to be the Identical person he alleges himself to be - a pensioner of the United States and that 
I am not interested in this claim as agent  Attorney or otherwise 
James Halsey
Justice of the Peace
[hand drawn seal]
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State of Indiana 
Decatur County
On this 24th day of April 1855 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace authorized by law to administer oath within and for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared Abishai Stubbs and Daniel Bell residents Clarksburgh county of Decatur in the state of Indiana know to me as credible persons who made oath in due form of law that Jeremiah J Dugan [Dogan] who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration is to their personal knowledge the identical person to whom under the provision of the Act of July 7th 1832 a pension of Eighty Eight  Dollars per annum was granted for his services as a drummer in the Revolutionary War.

That they have know him for more than 12 years and arrive their knowledge of the fact from [illegible] stated from the following circumstances

The said [illegible] has often filled out his power of Attorney by which pension money has been obtained and the said Danel Bell has witnessed the same and the both have often seen the above certificate named in his declaration for Pension Money They further state that they are disinterested witnesses

Witnesses{ Abishai Stubbs  Daniel Bell

Subscribed and sworn before me on the day and year above written
James Halsey [hand written seal]
Justice of the Peace
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The State of Indiana, Decatur County, ss:
I, Henry H Talbott, Clerk of the Circuit Court, within and for the County of Decatur
aforesaid, do hereby certify
that James Halsey whose certificate [crossed out: of acknowledgement] appears to the Declaration
& Affidavit to which
this is attached, was, on the date and at the time of making said certificate
to=wit: the 24th day of April, 1855,
an acting Justice of the Peace
within and for said county of Decatur duly elected, commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his official acts. [handwritten] that his signature thereto is genuine

In Witness of which, I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name, at Greensburg this fifth day of May, A.D. 1855.
Henry A Talbott Clerk
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Decatur  ss.
On this 4th day of July 1839,
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Decatur
personally appeared Jeremiah J. Dogan
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain William Strawber
in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Morgan in the service of the United States; that
his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Kentucky from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Indiana where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are
his reasons for removing from Kentucky
to Indiana
to wit that my children has moved to
the State of Indiana and I was unable to take
care of my self and was therefore compelled to go with them that I could obtain there [their] assistance.
his
Jeremiah  X  Dogan
mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me,
the day and year aforesaid
John T Higgins
Justice of the Peace
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or
Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers. -- In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.
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State of Indiana
Decatur County Sct
Personally appeared John Lewis before me the undersined Justice of the peace for said county on oath sayeth & [illegible] that the said Jeremiah J Dogan who has Taken the above oath is the person that is described In the above afidavit  &c [etcetera]
John Lewis [hand written seal]

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 4th day of July A.D. 1839
John T. Higgins [hand drawn seal]
Justice of the peace

State of Indiana 
Decatur County Sct
I John T. Higgins a Justice of the peace of said county do hearby certify that John Lewis whom made and signed the above affidavit is a man of Good moral habits and a man of veracity and full worth and confidence is due to all such of his acts &c [etcetera]
Given under my hand and seal this 4th day of July 1839
John T Higgins [hand drawn seal]
Justice of the peace

The State of Indiana Decatur County Sct
I Henry H. Talbott clerk of the Decatur Circuit court do hereby certify that John T. Higgins Esq is a Justice of the peace duly commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated on the 15th day of May 1839 and will expire on the 15th day of May 1842 and his signature above is genuine .
Given under my hand and the seal of said court this 6th day of July 1839
Henry H. Talbott  ck
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26,367
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32219
Revy INVALID.
File No. 32,219
Jeremiah J Dogan
Drummer Rev War

Act: June 7th 32"
Index :- Vol. 2, Page 112

[Arrangement of 1870.}

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Mch 4. 1902
D. L. Morgan 
Clarksburg Ind
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125.897
Will Cumback
N.C. 

L. P Waldo Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

[round black ink stamp]
GREENSBURGE IND 
[illegible] 5
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Clarksburgh [illegible] 8#
free
Mr. J.L. Edwards 
War Department 
Washington City 
TPW

Jno Evans July 16
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War Department
Pension Office
17th June 1839.

Sir

I herewith enclose the regulations and forms in relation to transfers as requested in your letter of the 6th inst in the case of Jeremiah J. Dogan.

I am sir
Very Respectfully
Your [illegible]
J L Edwards


[illegible] G. H. Dun
Clarksburgh
Decatur County 
Indiana
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Northern Bank of Kentucky
Lexington  July 25th 1839

Sir

Your [illegible] of the 18th are received.
Jeremiah J. Dogan a pensioner on the roll of the agency under Act of 7th June 1832 at the rate of Eighty eight Dollars per annum, and [illegible] Knight a pensioner under same act at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum have both been paid to the 4th day of September 1838. and will not be paid in future at this agency

Very respectfully
Your obt [illegible]
John Tilford [illegible] & Pension
Agent [illegible] M T [illegible]


J. L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
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Clarksburgh Ind
June ?th

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Imat June 15 
Jno Evans 
25
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Clarksburgh 
Decatur Co. Ind-a
June 6th 1839

Dr Sir - 
Jeremiah J Dogan revolutionary pensioner has removed from the State of Kentucky to this place & is desirous of having his place of payment changed from Lexington Ky to the agency in this State - The tells me that he was sick last year & has not therefore drawn his pension Since last September - will you please favor him with the change desired & with such information regarding the payment of the arrearage as may be necessary for his obtaining it - [illegible]
Yours B
G H Dunn

JL Edwards
Com of Pens
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28.721
Jer. J. Dogan
Rev. Claim
[illegible] pension
on roll &
2 yr $88.

use [illegible] under 
Act 15 May 1828

no. 44
3
220
[illegible]
Hon R. N. Johnson
N.R.
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The deposition of Tho Smith taken in the Town of New Castle Henry County Kentucky on the 8 Oct 1833.  to be used on the part & in behalf of Jeremiah J Dogan who is about making an application to be placed on the pension role of the United states as a soldier of the Revolution,

This deponant being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following statement, that he is well acquainted with the said Dogan who resides in Henry County Ky, & he believes from what he has heard that he is about Sixty nine years of age, 

This deponant says that he was acquainted with Alexander Dunn who departed this life during the last summer, & who had the reputation of having served in the revolutionary war, & he heard the sd. [said] Dunn say that he saw the sd. [said] Dogan in the service of the United States some time during the Revolutionary war as a Drummer, but that they did not belong to the same regiment & that the sd. [said] Dunn did make oath to the same in my presence before 
H [illegible] a Justice of the peace at that time for Henry County

This deponant further says that the sd. [said] 
A [Alexander] Dunn was a credible & reputable person, & whose statements may be relied on,

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Tho Smith

State of Kentucky
Henry County Sct
I Elijah Clubb a Justice of the peace in & for same county hereby certify that the foregoing deposition of Tho Smith was this day taken & subscribed & sworn to before me, & I further 
certify that the sd. [said] Smith is a credible & respectable person. 8 Oct 1833.
Elijah Clubb JP
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The deposition of Saml [Samuel] Vanhorne taken in New Castle Henry County Ky. on the 8th day of October 1833 to be used on the part of Jeremiah J. Dogan of Henry County Ky who is making an application to be placed on the pension roll of the United States as a soldier of the revolution 

This Deponent being duly sworn according to law upon his oath states that he is well acquainted with the said Dogan who is a man 
of good reputation and one in whose statements reliance may be placed. He further states that the said Dogan has the reputation in his neighborhood of having served in the revolutionary war: and he this deponent recollects to have seen him in the service at one time the said Dogan being a drummer and consequently more apt to be seen and remembered on that account - This deponent himself served in the revolutionary war -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid 
Saml [Samuel] Vanhorne [his mark] X

Also the deposition of Alexander Dunn taken 
at the same  time and place and for the same purpose, who being first duly sworn upon his oath states that he is well acquainted with Jeremiah J Dogan of Henry County Ky who is about making an  application to be placed on the pension roll of the United States as a revolutionary soldier that the said Dogan is a man of good character and that his statement may be relied on.

He further states that said Dogan has the reputation of having served in the revolutionary war- This deponent says that he has heard his father and said Dogan often conversing upon the subject of their services in the revolution and he is satisfied from their 
conversations that they both served,
He has often heard his father say that the said Dogan was a drummer in the revolutionary army
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Alexr [Alexander] Dunn [his mark] X

State of Kentucky 
Henry County Sct
I William McCrackin a Justice of the peace in and for Henry County Ky hereby certify that the foregoing
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deposition of Samuel Vanhorne and Alexander Dunn were this day taken subscribed and sworn to before me and I further certify that the said deponents are respectable and credible persons 
Given under my hand this 8th day of October 1833
William McCrakin JP

State of Kentucky
Henry County Sct

I Edmund P Thomas Clerk of the Court of Henry County in the State of Kentucky hereby certify that William McCrakin whose name appears to the certificate to the preceding deposition of Alexr [Alexander] Dunn and Saml [Samuel] Vanhorne and Elijah Clubb whose name appears to the certificate attached to the foregoing deposition of Thomas Smith were both of them at the date of the said certificates and still are Justices of the peace in and for Henry County and member of the Court of which I am clerk and that the signatures to the said certificates purporting to be [illegible] are their genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 8th day of Octr. 1833.
Edn [Edmund] P Thomas clerk of 
the Court of Henry County

[illegible seal attache]
[word on lower left margin] affidavit
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1
The deposition of William Lorance taken at the house of the subscribing Justice in Owen county Ky on the 2d day of Oct 1833 to be used on behalf of Jeremiah J. Dogan of Henry County Ky who is about making an application to be placed on the pension roll of the United States as a revolutionary soldier. 

This deponent being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he is a resident of Owen County Ky and is the same William Lorance of said county and state who is now on the pension roll of the United States as a revolutionary soldier under the act of Congress of 7th June 1833. And that his pension certificate bears date on the 26th day of June 1833

He further states that he is well acquainted with the said Dogan who is a resident of Henry County and who is he is satisfied not less than 69 years of age. that he became acquainted with him in the army.  that he the said Dogan was quite young and was a drummer and was attached to [Daniel] Morgans Rifle regiment  that he this deponent was in the Battle of the Cowpens himself and he recollects that the said Dogan was also in said Battle

he frequently saw Dogan about that period He saw him also a few days after the battle of Guilford. This deponent further states that he does not know how long the said Dogan served but he about that time understood that he was enlisted for during the war and from the conversations he has had with him he has no doubt but that he did serve until peace was made 

He states that the said Dogan is a man of good character & of undoubted veracity that he is a profesor of religion and has been for several years and that his statement may be relied on

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
William Lorance [his mark] x

State of Kentucky 
Owen County Sct
I Nathaniel M. Bacon a Justice of  the peace in and for said County hereby certify that the foregoing deposition of William Lorance who is a credible & respectable person
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was this day taken subscribed & sworn to before me - Given under my hand this 
2d. day of Octr 1833.
N M Bacon JP

State of Kentucky
Owen County Sct

I John C. Bacon clerk of the Court of Owens 
County and State of Kentucky hereby certify that N. M. Bacon whose name appears to the preceding certificate was at the date thereof and still is a Justice of the peace in and for Owen County and a member of the court of which I am clerk and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the 
4th day of Oct 1833
J C Bacon 
Clerk of the Owen County Court

[illegible round black ink seal with ribbons]