Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,916, Micajah Vasser, N.C.
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Service               Number
N.C.  Vasser, Micajah   R. 10,916

Contents
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[illegible]jah [illegible]afour
Gutefrauer for
pensions [LC]
25150
N IG
16
2
8
11
22
15 10916
23
1
19
Suspended (underlined)

Hon. RL Gamble
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State of Georgia
Laureny county
On the (crossed out) This day of April pes-sonally appeared in open court before me Hon Warren presiding Judge of the Superior Court in afore said county one of the counties constituting the Southern Circuit in said State of Georgia, Micajah Vasser resident in the county + state aforesaid, [agast] county one years who first being duly sworn accord-ing to law, doth on his oath make the following declara-tion in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he [hisby] relinquishes his [illegible] claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity, [enapt] than present, + declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any [thah], that he instead the Revolutionary war as a substitute in the  latter part of February 1782 of Hallifax in the State of North Carolina for three months, under the command of Col Allen + Genl Hogan commander in chief, marched to [Jarboungh] Town; thence to cross creek; thence to Charleston North Carolina, on the march to Charleston, got sicks, discharg-ed [shift] letter of [Ahay] source years; sesiwed station of service; volunteered, first of November 1780. under comm-and of Capt Robinson's cavalry in Light House county (crossed out) for nine months but served only five months, marched to Willmington N. Carolina, then to Garytown South Carolina; therein to Fair Fluff + showing [Auth] No. Carolina, there has a small skirmish with the tories; thence to dog [illegible] on Raleigh, there had a severe fight with the torey. Got wounded in thighs leg which was an amputation of the same below the knee; was
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discharged in the early part of April 1781_ after having perstially [illegible] again positions the same company of Cavalry commanded by Capt Robinson on first of September 1781 + continued in service until the capture of Cornwallis at little York, in the mean time after [laiging] the Capt Robinson's Cavalry Company on the first of September 1781 served about through that county, about [illegible] Creek [White Pasess], than pensioned Cornwallis in his [illegible] to Willamington No. Carolinais armed through the countytile the capture of Cornwallis at [little] York. on the [illegible], was then discharged + went from to his mother's in Hallifax County North Carolina; then conigrated to the State of Georgia in 1786. When he has was since [illegible]. But with regards to my written testimony [shorving antery] on discharges; as my other documenta_ry manners of evidence in rotation to that (crossed out) pensions, such a length of time having elapsed that it is quests and of the [Pasves] of the deponent at this remote pension to officers more satisfactory proof of his revolutionary pensions. than the station and L artifiacts thus entitled to the Department. Sworn to [isuliabed] the day [lyson] above written in open court. Hon Warran Judge SEM Michajah his X mark Vasser 

Mr Jordan Baker + Edgar Smith
residing in the County + State aforesaid do hereby and [illegible]
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we are will as [quasnited] with Masay at Vasser who has subscribed and sworn to the above the stations, that we believe have to be seventy one years of age, that he is [suputes stationed] in the neighborhood where he resides to have him [afolhin] of the Revolution that we concur in that opinion; certified the day + year aforesaid. 
Jordan Baker
Reader of Papl
Ezekiel Smyth Pr Gor

I Lott Warren Judge of the Superior Court, as above set  forth in the Declaration of Micajah Vasser, do hereby certify + declare in my in my opinion that the above  applicant was a Revolutionary soldier + served as he states, that it appears to me that (crossed out text) [Ezek Smith]  Jordan Baker (crossed out text) who have signed preceding certifi_cate are clergyman both residing in the county of Larnans and State of Georgia, are credible persons + that their statements and [intitted] to credit. 
Lott Warren Judge / Superior Court of the South District Georgia 

I Thomas Moore clerk of the Superior Court of Larnans County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original foundings of the said court. ((crossed out text)) in the matter of the application Micajah Vasser for a pension. In testimony whereof I have herewith let my house and private seal these being [wosealloy] Office this 8th day of April 1833
Thos Moore clk SC
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I certify that Thomas Moore is as he subscribed him self clerk of the Superior Court of the County of Laurens + State of Georgia
V G M Troup
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Dublin June 20th 1853
Georgia [illegible]Laurens County {

I Freeman H Rowe ordin_ary of said county_ set hereby certify, that from the Reavressin [Story] offices, that Mr Robert Grinstead was duly married to Elizabeth Vasser. now Elizabeth Grinstead and whose names are subscribed {Dlln] above [forness] of attorney, on this 18th day of June 1853
(seal)
G. H Rowe ordinary
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Georgia Laurens County { Personally appeared before me, Washington Baker a Justice of the Peace in and for said county William C H Lee, who being duly sworn deposetto and saith, that Micajah Vasser Revol-tionary Soldier the name set forth in the America futition died in the month of October in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty six and that Mrs Elizabeth Vasser his widow died on the 22d day of May in the year Eighteen hundred and forty
And that Elizabeth Grinstead formerly Elizabeth Vasser and Susan Vasser are the Lawful heirs + children of said Micajah and Elizabeth Vasser named above. Inform to and subscribed before me this 8th day of February 1854
Washington Baker S.P.   William C. H. Lee
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Micajah Vasser 
Georgia
Suspended under
Act of 1832

Thompson & Venable
Washington D.C.
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Page 1.
Power of Attorney - Revolutionary Pension Claims.
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Know all Men by these Presents, that we Robert Grinstead + Elizabeth wife of said Robert Grinstead and daughter of Micajah Vasser and Susan Vasser, daughter of said Micajah Vasser, Revolutionary soldier hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint M. Thompson, esq., of Washington City, D.C., our true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Micajah Vasser for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and we hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more sub-stitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might of could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all former powers. 
Witness my hand and seal this the 18 day of June A.D., 1852.
Robert X his mark Grinstead + wife Elizabeth  her mark Grinstead (seal)
Signed and Sealed in the presence of } Susan X her mark Vasser
Washington Baker S.C.

State of Georgia County of Laurens } ss.
On this the 18 day of June A.D., 1852. before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Robert Grinstead his wife Elizabeth daughter of Micajah Vasser and Susan Vasser and acknowledged the forgoing Power of Attorney to be our act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. 
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid } Washington Baker 1 cace.
*In this blank, if the Claimant be alive, he will insert his name, and execute the power. If he be dead, the widow, if alive, will insert her name, (stating the fact that she is his widow,) and execute the power. If both be dead, then any one of the children may insert his, or her, name, (stating the fact that he or she is the son or daughter) and execute the power.
If there be neither father, mother, child, or children, then there is no person entitled under the existing rules of the Department, and the power of Attorney need not be executed.
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Page [illegible]
Claim of
Act of

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State of Georgia 
County of Landin }
Be it Known, that on this the 18th day of June A.D., eighteen hundred and fifty three, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Elizabeth Grinstead formerly Elizabeth Vasser Susan Vasser a resident of     is(crossed out) said County, and made oath according to law that (crossed out) that they are by true and lawful children hereinof Micajah  Vasser + that they executed the foregoing power of attorney, and that theys' directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as said Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. 
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before Washington Baker J. Peace. } Robert his X mark Grinstead + his wife Elizabeth her x mark Grinstead Susan her x mark Vasser

I Robert Grinstead & Elizabeth Grinstead Susan Vasser Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify Robt Grinstead, Elizabeth Grinstead + Susan Vasser who executed the foregoing paper, respectable residents of this County, and (crossed out) I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth. 
Washington Baker J. Peace.

I, Francis Thomas Clerk of the Supr. Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby cretify that Washington Baker before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscriber, is hi signature. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this 22D day of June A.D., 1853. 

Francis Thomas Clerk.
Supr Court
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Page [8].

State of 
County of }

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me

that      was a Revolutionary      of the United States at the rate of $     per annum, and that     died on the     day of     eighteen hundred and   leaving surviving  

and that 

the only surviving child     of the aforesaid. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this      day of    one thousand eight hundred and fifty   

Note.-- If the original Claimant or person in whose right the claim was made, be alive, then there is no use for the above certificate, but simply the power of attorney. But if he or she (as the case may be) be dead, then the exact period of his or her death must appear. If the widow execute the power of attorney it must also appear when the marriage took place, and that she is still a widow. If there be neither father nor mother, the period of the marriage, and of the death of each, must appear; and also, the name, or names, of the surviving child, or children. If , he, or she, (as the case may be) was a pensioner, state that fact, and also the amount received per annum; but if a claimant merely, state that fact. 
The above certificate must be executed by the Clerk of the Court under his seal of office.
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[black square on sheet of paper]
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(first line crossed out)
10,916
P.O.  Micajah Vasser
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: Rejected, 18
Application filed: ____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P.O. _____
____ Recognized.   ______ Contrac (Contract)
____ Cert. of Dis.  Searched for _____, 18
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Claim Ofc
Mr. Vasser for a pension
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State of Georgia
Laurin County }

On this the seventh day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty four personally appeared in this open Court of the Superior Court of the [county] before Lott Warren the judge of said Court. Micajah Vasser a resident of the State and County aforesaid aged seventy three years _ who being [fired] duly sworn (crossed out) accor_ding to law, doth on [law] oath make the following declar_ation in order to obtain the [illegible (crossed out) the act of Congresspaper June t 1832 That de+ [illegible] this since of the wanted [illegible] in the revolutionary was as private soldier about the last of February (crossed out) 1780_ That at the time he enlisted the service_ he [illegible] in the open court in North Carolina [illegible] entered this same as a [illegible] in a company comm_anded _ by a Capt_ Martin as with (crossed out) [anponint] [and] and by a Col Allen_ That he entered this service for three months and served this time on the Genl [Morgan]and the commanding officer_ during this service was deponent was marched from Halifing [afoudaia] to Kingston _ after [frafaing] through [Chalorough] and from there to Charleston in South Carolina + there remained as [tito] discharge as _ then company that deponent was in same as [illegible] company. Was in no battle during this since _ Captain was once of this since This deponent went to the [eighteenth] in North Carolina, and there_ in the [north] of October 1780 again entered the service a as volunteer in a cavalry company in which [militiaman] Daniel commands and as Lieutenant [illegible] Peter Robinson commanded a captain Chas Robinson Colonel, and [sing] of [tem] _ & Genl [Masadne], or [sed] (crossed out) parties_ Their deponent continued this last service for was partakin period of time_ but [nanasined] in this [swed] until the [awfast] of [Cornwaules]. when [sern] was on there deponent was [or]asheyear from the service _ during this last [porner]_ This was marchin from Fayatteville to George Town_ from there to Worthington Chas_   Creek to Fayatteville_ in North Carolina above_ and in and alont do [sarisntly] County_ he remained for the [ballanon] of the service, that during this last service [but] was in personal battles against the tories in one of which but maimed a wound in his right leg that his master at company for this deponent [illegible] near his big cut of which has been down_ per was in as with a [aggatesole] failure on a crauls [allendy] Rock first near Fayatteville in North Carolina_ when [her] naming the wound at another in the tion of his leg is missing  with this_ service I [commanded]. May [was desing] it [satisfying] County in N. C. when my mother him in was above I [want] to which was discharged from [avid] This deponent was not a member the [purcase] date when he was discharge[illegible] this last service but known it was in a four days after the captain of [cornwallis]_ as soon as this  name was (crossed out) our 'capps]_ and this deponent puts down his discharge the date of Wallam pifost_ which date
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is not now [nishite] by aponent is but [hones] is in [rustatine] at the war up stananl _ That his [nurly] when [quishes] any claim what war is a pension or and annuity (crossed out) the present and his [cibbasse] that his names is not on the pension roll of any agency in any of the States or territories in the union _ before [illegible] aponent that he has no outstanding [serdanen] _ nor no + other way to as that his claim to a pension except by his [then] oath, and the accompanying anything of this court_ Clerk _ + Clergyman from + and aforesaid a their court. April of 1834 Lott Warren Judge Superior Court & [dutherin]
Micajah his (scribble) mark Vasser

[Phoenix] Georgia
Georgia Lanran County} Mr Joseph N Hand (Benjamin B Bullhorn crossed out) + Jordan Baker Clergyman residing in the county aforesaid do hereby certify that was an [call] are questioned with Micajah Vasser who has [subant] + and sworn to the above disclaration, that we [baker] him to be seventy three years old that he is [upnted] and [encliemna] in the my neighborhood where he resides to have been a istadin of the wostation, and that M anews in that opinion this 1st day of April 1834 Joseph N. Hand - Jordan Baker

Georgia
Lanier County } I Lott Warren judge of the superior court of the southern circuit _ in which is indicated the said county of Lanssin _ do duly certify in open court, after the investigation of the matters and often ferritting the investigator was present by then [nar]. deportainent _ my opinion is that the above named applicant Micajah Vasser was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I do further certify that Joseph N. Hand (crossed out text) and Jordan Baker who signed the above + certificate under in the county of Laurens, and that they are clergymen of [nopistatily] and character_ and entitled to the fullest credit_ April y. 1834 Lott Warren Judge Superior Court Southern @ [illegible] Georgia

Georgia
Lauriern County } I Francis Thomas clerk of the Superior Court of Laurens County do hereby certify that the foregoing court as no the original provisionings of the said court in the matter of the application of Micajah Vasser for a pension _ April 7 1834 Given under my hand and private seal, this big no and of office  Francis Thomas Clk [seal]
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I certify that I am [angernantion- with Lot (Lott) Warren + his hand writing before when the [other] declaration appears to have been made that the repuatance thereto is on his hand writings and that he is now Judge of the [Vaherro] - County of the Gen the in Circuit of the State of Geo rgia 23 d April 1834 R. L Gamble