Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31485, Isaac Williams, Va.
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Service   Number
Va.  Williams, Isaac    S31435

Contents
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29505
Kentucky
Isaac Williams
Grayson Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the company commanded by
Captain Boons of the reg
commanded by
Col. Campbell in regiment
9 months of 1775
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Feby 1834
and sent to Hon. T.
Chilton N.R. 
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $75.
Semi-anl allowance ending March 1836 $15.
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$90.
Revolutionary Claim, ⎬
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm Allison, Clerk
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Book E Vol. 7 Page 311
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13489
Isaac Williams
Amended Declaration
Hon. Th. Chilton
H R
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State of Kentucky
Grayson County SS
On this 24th day of September 1832
personally in Open Court before William Brunt
Eli Bozarth & Charles H Stuteville
The Court of Grayson County State of Kentucky now
sitting Isaac Williams aged seventy eight years of
age who being first 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 was born in Frederick County
in the State of Virginia in the year 1754 that he
entered the service of the United States as a Militia man
was drafted in Frederick County State of Virginia
and entered the service under Capt Arther Beons and
Colo Arthur Campbell about the year 1775 and
marched into Botetourt County Virginia against the
Tories at which time he was gone about two weeks
and when he returned he was marched against the
Tories on New River in Virginia under the command of Ensign Robert McFarlin on this rout
they had an engagement with the Tories and
himself & 30 others whipped 100 Tories, at another
time he was marched into North Carolina and
they took 20 Tories on Yellow Creek and sent
them to the lead mines - he was almost constantly
in service against the Tories on New River for
five or six years, at one time he was drafted
& on his way to Kings mountain and was ordered to ┃
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return and go against the Tories on New River
in Virginia, and some short time after the battle
at Kings Mountain, he was drafted for six months
and marched against the Cherokee Indians on the
Tennessee River, at which time Colo Severe had a
battle with the indians - he was not in the
battle not having reached there in time on this
campaign they marched to Tennessee River and
burnt the Indian Towns, and then marched to
the Highways river and burnt some Indian
Towns on the river, on this Campaign he
was in service about three months and had a
great deal of fatigue suffered very much
with cold hanger, he cannot tell the precise
time he was in service it being so long ago,
and having no account of the time but he is
confident that against the Tories and Indians
during the Revolutionary war he served in the
Militia of the State of Virginia upwards of
three years actual service. That during his
service he served under the following names
Officers Touch, Genl William Campbell, Col Arthur
Campbell, Capt Arthur Boens Lieut Patrick Campbell, Ensign Robert McFarlin Colo Severe, Capt
James Crabtree, Capt Elliott, Capt Kile, Capt Prewit, Colo James Dosey, Capt James Kilkannon and
others whose names he cannot now recollect
that he has no documentary evidence and that he
knows of no person whose testimony he can procure
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who can testify to his service-
The court propounded the following interrogatories
to the applicant
Question by the Court. Where and in what year
were you born. Answer I was born in the
year 1754 in Frederick County State of Virginia
and remained there until after the Revolutionary war
Question 2nd have you any record of your
age
Answer I have none
question 3rd Where were you living when called into
service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or
were you a substitute. Answer I was living in
Frederick County Virginia when called into service
and I was drafted, the militia were classed and
had to serve when a call was made
for men without
any further drafts. I have lived since the Revolutionary war
I was living in Washington county Virginia when
called into service, and lived there during the Revolutionary war, I lived in Virginia 10 or 12 years
after the war and then moved to Kentucky and
lived there ever since except 6 months in Indiana
and now live in Grayson County Kentucky
Question state the names of some of the regular
officers who were with the troops where you served
such continental & militia Regiments as
you
can recollect and the general circumstance ┃
of your service -answer-
The officers under
whom I served are those already named, and
the general circumstance of my service is the same
as already stated in this declaration
Question did you ever receive a discharge from the
service. Ansr No, I was only mustered out of service
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7th question State the names of persons to whom you
are known in your present neighbourhood and who
can testify as to your character for veracity and then
belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer. Theophiles Davis, Philip Fulkerson, Peter
Fulkerson. Isham Nichols. David Horn, John Jamison
Ben Cleaven Matthew Grimes Jonathan Grimes
known person by
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
agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid
Isaac Willims
We William Bolding a clergyman residing in
Grayson County and State of Kentucky and Theophilus
Davis residing in the same County state hereby certify
that we are well aquainted with Isaac Williams
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 78 years of age
that he he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the
Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
William Bolding
Theophilus Davis
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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 William Bolding who has signed the
preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in Grayson County State of Kentucky and that Theophilus
Davis resident of the same place who has also signed
the same is a resident in the neigborhood of
the applicant and is a credible person and that
their statement is entitled to credit
I, Jack Thomas Clerk of the Grayson County
Court in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the Original proceeding
of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Isaac Williams for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of the County aforesaid this 24th day
of September 1832
Jack Thomas G. C.
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Isaac Williams
Amended Declaration 
for a pension
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State of Kentucky
Grayson County Sct
This day personally appeared before me
the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for the
County aforesaid  Isaac Williams 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 lenth of his service
in the Revolutionary war but according to the
best of his recollection he served in the service
of the United States at least two weeks under
Capt Arthur Boens & Colo Campbell in the
year 1775 Then against the Tories in
Bottetot County in the State of Virginia that he
was almost continually in service after that time
against the Tories in Virginia and North Carolina until the year 1782
that he then was in service again
st the Tories under orders from Colonel
Campbell of Washington County State of Virginia
and was a part of his time under Ensign
Robert McFarlin, he recollects positively that
in the year 1781 (he believes) that he served
six months a part of his time against the
Tories and a part of his time against the
Cherokee Indians in Tennessee on this Tour he
served under Captain James Crabtree & others
he cannot state positively as to all of his service
but is positive he served at least three years
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in the militia of the State of Virginia in the
Revolutionary War in the service before stated that the
whole of the service was performed between
the year 1775 & 1788.
Isaac Williams
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th
day of May 1833 William C Wortham JP
Justice of the Peace Grayson
County Ky

State of Kentucky
Grayson County Sct
I Jack Thomas Clerk of the Grayson
County Court & State aforesaid do certify that William
C Wortham whose name is signed to the above
Certificate is and was at the time of signing the same
Justice of the peace in & for the County
aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified as such
and that his signature is in his proper hand
writing to whose official acts and faith and
Credit is due as well within as without this state
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the County
aforesaid this 20th day of 1833
Jack Thomas CGC
State
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State of Indiana
Harrison County
On this 19th day of November
in the year 1833 personally appeared before me
Lyman Leslie a Justice of the peace in and
for the County aforesaid Mary Cole aged
Eighty years and made Oath that she is well
acquainted with Isaac Williams of Grayson
County and State of Kentucky and who has
made application for a pension under the
act of June 7th 1832 that in the
year (not recollected) her husband Zachariah
Cole now deceased entered the service of
the United States as a private Soldier
at different times and performed different
tours of service during the revolutionary war, and she this affiant states without
hesitation that she at the expiration of
two or three tours in where her husband
served and on his return home that he
frequently spoke of one Isaac Williams
being in the service with him. her husband
and served with him as a private soldier
for two or three times of service the
number of times not recollected but believes three
times or tours of six months each, and to the
best of this affiant recollection her husband
served in the revolutionary war about
three years and he frequently spoke
of Isaac Williams serving with him
during all the time said Cole was in
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the service of the United States that she
understood from her husband that each and
every term of service they were called out
by being classed or drafted, and served
under Capts Bowen Crabtree and Ensign
McFarlin, was attached to Arthur
Campbell Col, Regiment and William
Campbell Commanded the Brigade
and this affiant has no recollection of
the manner and time they were discharge
from service the said Cole and Williams
resided at the different times of entering
the service in Washington County and
State of Virginia and to the best of her
recollection the said Williams served the
United States as a private soldier at
least two years if not more in consequent
of old age and loss of memory this affiant
and cannot state the year they first
entered the service, her husband Cole
died about twenty years since and further
this deponent saith not
his
Mary Cole
mark
State of Indiana
Harrison County ⎬ Set
Lyman Lester a Justice of
the peace for the County aforesaid do
hereby certify that the foregoing deposition of Mary Cole was taken sworn and
subscribed to before me the day and year
above written and I do further certify
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that 
the said Mary Cole appears to me
be a credible person and that her statement
 is entitled to credit
Given under my hand and seal
the day and year above written
Lyman Leslie JPC

I Henry W. Heth Clerk of the Circuit Court of
County of Harrison in the Second Judicial
Circuit in the State of Indiana Certify that ┃
Lyman Leslie Esqr. is a Justice of the Peace as
above stated and that the above signature
purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto ┃
Subscribed my name and affixed
the seal of our said Court at Coryton
19th day of Novr 1834
 W.M.Heth Clk
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13489
Isaac Williams
Amended Declaration
Hon. Th Chilton
HR
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State of Kentucky Grayson County Sct
This day Isaac Williams personally
appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of
the peace in & for the County aforesaid 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 of in the revolutionary war
, but according to the best of his recollection
he served in the year 1785 six months under
Genl William Campbell that he entered the service
in Washington County Virginia, and was employed
during the six months in the service of the United States
in subduing the Tories in Washington County
Montgomery, & Bottetort County and Myth County
in the State of Virginia, that in the year 1781
(he thinks) he served a tour of six months under
Captain James Crabtree a part of his time he
was engaged after the Tories in Virginia and a
part of his time after the Cherokee Indians
that he served in these two tours
at least one
year being employed in each tour six months

that in the
year 1776 he served six months under Captain
Arther Boen and in 1779 he served under
Captain Arthur Boens six months all in the service
of the United States and marched with said Boens
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through Washington Bottetot, Myth, Ash & Wilson
Counties on New River in Virginia and our service
was to subdue the Tories, and during this service
we took a number of Tories and delivered them
to Capt William Love at the Blue Springs in Myth County Virginia from which place the Tories
were sent to the lead mines and there put to
labor, this statement is made in addition to
the one already made he here files the Deposition
of Mary Cole and makes it a part of this amended
Declaration
Isaac Williams
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23d of
November 1833
William C. Wortham J.P.C.
State of Kentucky
Grayson County Sct
I Jack Thomas Clerk of the Grayson County
Court in the State of Kentucky do certify that William
C Wortham whose name is signed to the above certificate is and was at the time of signing the same
Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid
duly commissioned and qualified as such and that his
signature is genuine and in his proper hand writing
to whose official act, due faith a credit is due
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal
of Office this 23rd day of November
1833

Jack Thomas C.E.C
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31485
Rev INVALID

File No. 31,485
Isaac Williams
Res Rev War 
Act: June 7th 32"
Index: -Vol. S, Page 433
(Arrangement of 1870)
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13.489
Isaac Willie
Kentucky
this brief  short he entered
with the paper
Adm @
$30 per ann
Hon. Thomas Chilton
H. R.
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Sir:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 shew 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, showing the service of Isaac Williams
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of claimant's service Years Months Days

Rank of
the
claimant.

┃ The
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.
applicant statement of his service
┃ The applicants statement of his services is too general. The tours of service in the Virginia
militia were generally for three months only. It is only by
giving a particular & detailed statement of service and the
events that occurred during such particular tour of service
that the applicant (illegible) is enabled to judge whether
the applicant served for the length of time stated. 
There appears to be one tour of six months that the applicant speaks of with confidence. (illegible)
I am respectfully
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 1852.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.
The Regular Troops.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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 } ss.
On this
day of
County of
of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with and
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) what was 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
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C.D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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.
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Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of 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 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 account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
CASC.
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)
To an Officer)
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.


(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will of
(b)The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
(c)The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
(d)The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and 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 service. The use of the phrase about three months is too indefinite, Nd ll such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
 Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
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 pubic seal 
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j)In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule  (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k)This traditionary evidence 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.