Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16436, for James H Kidd, Virginia
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Va.    Kidd, James H    S-16436
Born in Va            carded
Contents
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Left side of the page 
Settles to [indistinguishable] 26 June 1840
Paid at the Treasury under
his acts of the 6 April 1838 
from 4 March 1837 to 4 Sept 
1839.  Agt notified 7 July 1840

Right side of the page 
Georgia 16681
James H Kidd
Jackson - in the State of Ga:
who was a pri- in the - commanded
by Captain - of the Regl: commanded 
by Col. Bunell  in the Va
line for 11 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Sept 33
and sent to Pensioner
Hurricane Shoal   Jackson Co  Ga

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833    $91.65
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Mar 24   $18.13
$109.98
Revolutionary Claim 
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by N Rice   Clerk
Book  E  Vol 6  Page 95
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Georgia
Oglethorpe County
Personally came before me Jesse Carter
a Justice of the Peace for the county and state [indistinguishable]
said William Kidd who being duly sworn deposed
said that in the month of January of the year in
which the battle of Guilford was fought he and his
brother James H. Kidd served a three month term
of military service in the militia of Virginia in the
Revolutionary War between the United States and 
great Britain on the American side.
Sworn to subscriber before me
this 15th day of September 1832.
Sworn to before me the 15th of September  1832
Jesse Carter J.P.

William Kidd
his Mark
September 1832
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Georgia
Oglethorpe County
I, John Landrum Clerk of the Inferior Court for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Jesse Carter whose name appears to the within affidavit as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, is now and was at the time of his attestation an acting Justice of the Peace for said County commissioned and qualified to administer an oath and that due faith and credit be ought to be had and given to his attestation as such.
In testimony where of  I have herein to set my hand 
and affixed the seal of office this 20th day of October
1832.-
John Landrum Clk
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State of Georgia
[Indistinguishable]               s.s.           Inferior court of said County
Oglethorpe County
On this thirteenth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred thirty nine personally in open court before Hudson H. Allen, Joseph Reeves, Alfonzo G [indistinguishable], Harry E Sanderson, George [indistinguishable], John St Clare, esquire, Robert [indistinguishable] Eagan Lusher of said Superior Court came James H. Kidd a resident of the County of Dekalb and state aforesaid aged Sixty Eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the [indistinguishable] of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
[indistinguishable] he the said James H. Kidd was drafted in the Militia of Virginia and [indistinguishable]  the services of the United States in the month of January in the year 1779 as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Reuben Vaughn I served in the regiment commanded by Col. Lewellan Boswell the General under whom he past served was Gen. Francis Mason whom he joined at Granville Court house North Carolina.  He was then marched by the way of Hillsborough, Salisbury and Charlotte in North Carolina and Camden in South Carolina and joined General  Lincoln at Bacons Bridge near Chesterton S.C.  Was in a skirmish near that place and afterward in the battle of Stone, he was then marched back to Virginia and discharged by Capt. Vaughn in the month of July having served at this time a Six [indistinguishable] the town but his discharge has been long since lost from his address to go in the army he reported himself  old enough to be put on the militia roll which was done and he was in a few days after drafted for the above services and enlisted the army at about fifteen.
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year
Sir
in
Este
Con
he
to
No
it
of
---
of
age, he was born & raised & entered the
in every instance during the revolutionary war
the County of Mecklenburg State of Virginia
He knows of no living
witness by whome to
Mich the above mentioned service sept Ann
have whose affidavit is hereto attached it
of
the only way in which it could be punished
being out of the power of this declarant to get him
attend could he liveing a great way off and being
my old & infirm-
In the year 1780 he was again drafted as
private for a three months tour of duty in
the Virginia Militia & marched under the command
Captain John Kendrick from Mecklinging to
Williamsburg in Virginia & then ordered back
how long he served this time he does not know precise
but the months, this part of the
service he does not rely on not being
able to give
the time of service enally
Agden in the year Seventeen
one he volunteered in the
hundred & Eighty
County of Mecklenburg
of
Virginia & served a three months tour of duty
Commencing in January & ending April then the
company commanded by Captain John Brown
where company was attached to the regiment
commanded by Col Robert Munford & Major Tucker
the regiment joined the command of General Lawson
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at Shee the farm on the roadoak we after
which he with the Law command joined Gen
Green at have lived in North Carolina, he was at
the battle of Guilford & afterwards at Ramsey Mill
on the deep river I was then detached as Guard
or part of guard and send with prisoner to alter
Court house in Virginia & was then marched back to
Macklingbury & discharged by Capt Brown after his
discharge, the company was to draw some sall at
which time they who required to present then durch
ages, in order to shew them right to draw her present
his discharged & men received it back and it was
lost to him
1
he knows of but one person by whom
he came from the last mentioned service whose
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Evidence is herewith furnished the name of thatwitness is William Reed and deponent further States that he has no record of his age. that he was born in the year 1764 that he removed till the in 1784 & has resided in various Counties in to time & that he now resides in Dekalb County, and nent the He hereby relinquishes to Every Claim
a pension or an annuity except the present he declares that his name is not on the pension all of Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 13th day of August J Kidd 1833 11
Attest) Wm. Maltbie Clk
,
We Elisha Winn residing the County of Gwinnett and Benjamin Ivey residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James H Ridd who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration & that we believe him to be Sixty Eight years to that to her in the said he is not who have been a solder of the two lution that we are in this Sworn & Subscribed the
Elisha Winn Milk
Benjamin Ivie

The applicant being some distance from
home could not produce in Court a
Clergyman without great inconvenience
& expense to the Court dispensed with
that part of the regulation
Attest John Matter Clk

And the said Court
do hereby declare the
opinion after the invetigation of the matter
pulling the interagatores presented by the
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary sole & served as he states and the court further states that it appears to them that Elisha
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who signed the preceding certificate is a
resident the said County and that
Benjamin Ivie
who has also signed the same is
and that endible persons
a resident in said County
that their statement is entitled to credit
A.G. Van Emagh.
A.S.W. J.J.C.
Joseph A. Rev J
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William Maltbie Clerk of the Superior
Court of the County of Ogle State of
-
Georgia
been the said Court aforesaid do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original procee
dings of said Court in the matter of application
of James H Kidd for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of Office this day
3 August 1833
William
Maltbie C.J.C.


Seal on the bottom left of the page
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James H Kidd
B a
 N: 19532
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Stamped and Hand written
War Department 
Pension office
April 15 1833

Sir:

The evidence in support of your clams 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 the 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim
Jane
1779
1780
January
1781 vol
rendered.
Statement, shewing the service of James H. Kidd
Duration of the
claimant's service.
┃ dischr July
┃ following
Rank of
the
claimant.
Pri
the
expiration
2
.
Names and Rank ┃
of the Company
OFICERS UNUSE
whom he served.
┃ Names and Rank ┃
of the General
and Field officers. ┃
Capt New Genl
Battles in which ┃
the applicant was ┃
engaged.
┃ =ben Vaugher Francis
┃ Marion
Col. L. Bruce
Capt. Gussell
Stone
┃ Hendrick
┃ Col. Memo
Capt. Brown, May
Tucker
Guilford
Genl Lawson
Country through
┃ which he marched.
Macklen
Mason in
Kendrick "
68 years
I am, respectfully,
Place of abode
when he entered
┃ the service, and age
at the present
the
ration is supported
.
┃ 78 years
┃ Mecklen
=burg Co
Declaration
┃ Witnesses
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
We may only 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.
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, claiming
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.
of
On this

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or
County of
day 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 provion 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
and
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
where the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c. and her
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
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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the
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.
Clerk of the Court of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
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
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 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 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 given and what has become of it?
6. 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 testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he 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 person, 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 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 of 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 follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[THE FOLLOWING (e) IS {BRACKETED} FOR MORE INFORMATION NECESSARY]
(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. [Et cetera] . 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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] . For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] ; 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. [Et cetera] without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service, This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[THE FOLLOWING (j, k, l, m) ARE {BRACKETED} FOR MORE INFORMATION NECESSARY]
(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 all 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.
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Mrs. Ella Eberhart
Gernilia
Georgia


                                           September 12, 1939.

                                       XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Jady
James H. Kidd
on
S.16436

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to James
H. Kidd, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the
papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension
8,18436, based upon the military service in that war of
James H. Kidd.
James H. Kidd was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia,
in 1754, day, month, and the names of his parents are not
shown.
While a resident of Mecklenburg County, Virginia,
James H. Kidd enlisted in January 1779 and served six
months as private in Captain Reuben Vaughn's Company, Cole
nel Lewellen Burwell's Virginia Regiment; was in a skirmish
near Charleston, South Carolina, and in the battle of Stone.
He enlisted in 1780, and served two months as private in
Captain John Kendrick's Virginia Company, and was in the
battle of Ramsour's Mill. He enlisted in January 1781, and
served three months as private in Captain John Brown's
Company, Colonel Robert Muntford's Virginia Regiment and
was in the battle of Guilford.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 13, 1833, at which time he was a resident of DeKalb
County, Georgia.
It is not stated whether soldier ever married.
In 1820 soldier's brother William Kidd, was of
Oglethorpe County, Georgia, his age not given. There are
no further family data.
The above soldier was erroneously reported on the
printed list of 1885 as of Jackson County, Georgia.
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In order to obtain the last date of payment of pension, the name of  person paid  and possibly  the death date of soldier, you should apply to the Comptroller General , General  Accounting Office, Records Division,  Washington  D.C. and cite the following data :  " James H. Kidd, Certificate No . 19532 , issued  September 14, 1831 ,rate  $ 56.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1832 , Act of June 7, 1832 Georgia Agency. " Very truly yours A.D. HILLER Executive Assistant to  the  Administrator.
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Scribble on the right side of the page
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
                                                  January 30, 1925
Ruth Blair
State Historian 
Atlanta, Ga.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutlonary War pension clam S. 16,436 it appears that James H. Kidd was born in 1764 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

While a resident of said county he enlisted in
January 1779 and served six months as a private in Captain Reuben Vaughn's Company, Colonel Lewellen Burwell's Virginia Regiment, was in a skirmish near Charleston, South Carolina and at the battle of Stone.

He enlisted in 1780 and served two months as a private in Captain John Kendrick's Virginia Company, and of Ramsour's Mill.
He enlisted in January 1781, served three months as a private in Captain John Brown's Company, Colonel Robert Muntford's Virginia Regiment and was at the battle of Guilford.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
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These words go on the bottom right were the word Georgia is  
[Miss . Wilson paid and this par]
  August 13, 1833 while a resident of DeKalb County, Georgia. 
It is not stated whether he was ever married. The above soldier is erroneously reported on the printed list of 1835 as of Jackson County, Georgia . 
Respectfully, 
Date of death not on A. B. Bro. 
     William 
     Acting Commissioner.
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Personally appeared before me Jackson County ⎬ Angell Cunningham who being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth that in the Zion 1779 James H Kidd Served a six months tour of Service in the American Army against Great Brittain under Capt Recoben Vaughn Col L Burrell & Gent Frances Mason the services performed in South Carolina under Gen Lincoln and that he the Deponent served with said Kidd 

- Sworn to before me this sixth day of November 1832 
Ansel Cunningham ┃ David Will Georged Sylvanus Ripply Clerk of the Jackson County Inferior Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that David whose name appears to the foregoing affidavid is a Justies of the Inferior Court for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified and full Credit should be given to his atte tions --- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office the day of Nov 1832 this 

Sylvan Ripley
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Georgia
Jackson County I
of
I David Will before whom Ansel Cunningham made the within affidavit
do certify that I am well acquainted with the witness Anne Cominghamand
do certify that he is a man of first respectability and under him for
faith and unity as any man that there should be as it had to his
davit any man given under my hand this 7th August 1833
                                              David Will
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I do certify that William Rice
who made the above affidaved
is man that his oath can be taken
as far as I now or belive and through
advirting for got to certy fee the same
and at the time I had the
affidaved did not now that it was
near to certify the same
August the 6th 1833
Jesse
Carter

Stamp on the bottom left corner of page
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
July 2nd, 1840
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, " James H. Kidd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of Thirty Six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th Sept. 1839.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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10
1939
Jan Hurst, Ruth
north
Sept. 12. His
Eberhart, A.


Left side of the page
  INVALID
18.43.
File No. 16.436
James H Kidd
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7"" 32
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 208
┃ Arrangement of 1870.)
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Stamp on the page 
Received 
Aug 18 1939
MAIL SUB
Reader No. 14
VETS ADM

Cornelia Ga
Aug 17 1939
Veterans Adminstration
Washington, D.C.

Please send me record (Rev) & all
information you have about
James H Kidd who drew a
pension in Jackson County
Georgia. I think he was
born in Mecklenburg Co. Va.
& served in Rev. War in Va.
Thanks
(Mrs) Ella Eberhart
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DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
STATE OF GEORGIA
RUTH BLAIR
STATE HISTORIAN AND DIRECTOR
ATLANTA, GA.
Jan. 26, 1925.

Director,
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:

Will you please give all facts in your possession
relative to the Revolutionary service and family of one James H. Kidd, a pensioner in Jackson County, Georgia, in the 1830s.
With appreciation for your kindness, I am
Very truly yours,
Ruth Blair
State Historian.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Name Kidd, John
Grade Private
Line Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11416
Acreage 100
ISSUED August 3, 1797
to James DeBaufre, assignee

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.