Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5,951, for John Pribble, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                             NUMBER
Va.               Pribble, John                  S. 5,951
                    or Prebble
                                                              carded

CONTENTS
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and marched with him to the Guilford Battle and was in the same after that Battle we marched to Mayers Iron works, on Troublesome creek from there to Sorry Town on Dan River from there to Deep River and crossed on the same bridge that the British had made and crossed on before us and up Deep River to Millers Iron works where we were discharged about the first of April. In this tour I served about three months. If he received any written discharges they are lost or destroyed. I can prove by Capt John Murcheson the tour to Kentucky of ten months, by the same the tour to the Lead mines of three months and by the same the tour to North Carolina of three months and also last tour by Sampson Evans. He has no documentary evidence in relation to his said services. 
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 
John Pribble 

We Henry Brown a clergyman residing in the County of Campbell, and state of Virginia and John Murcheson---residing in the same County and state, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Preble who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be 73 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where resides to have been a Revolutionary[crossed out] soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Henry Brown 
John Murcheson
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Questions by the Court 
1st Where and in what year were you born? Answer. I was born in the State of Maryland, I was about seven years old when I came to Virginia but dont know the year I was born 
2nd Have you any record of your age 
Answer - No-- 
3rd Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived the revolutionary will, and where do you now live
Answer - I lived in the County of Bedford Virginia on the Otter River when called into service I have lived in the County of Campbell then Bedford ever since the Revolutionary war and now live in Campbell Co. Virginia 
4th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute 
Answer. I volunteered for the space of 10 months was afterwards drafted & served 3 months at the lead mines and again was drafted and served 3 months in North Carolina 
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service 
Answer - I belonged to a company commanded by Charles Watkins I recollect Col. Boon's & Col. Calloway's regiments I served 3 months at the lead mines under Capt Robert Adams also a 3 months tour in North Carolina & was at the battle at Guilford House N Carolina under Capt Thos Helms & Lieutenant James Dinwiddie 
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 received a discharge but lost it
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no 20763

John Pribble
Campbell Co. Virg'a

Adm'd.
16 mo. pri
$53.33
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 183 

Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will 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. 

A Statement, shewing the Service of John Pribble Campbell Co Virg'a

Period when the service was recorded.

    Called into Service 1777

    Sep draft 1778

    Feb 1781

Duration of the claimant's service.

  Years.

  Months.
  2
  10
  3
  3 about

   Days.

Rank of the claimant.

   Private

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.

  Cap Robt Adams
  Capt Chs Watkins
  Lt Jon Mclean
  Ens David Crew
  Cap Robt Adams
  Lt Tho. McReynolds
  Cap Tho. Helm
 Jas Dinwiddie
  Lt Anw Fields or Ens.

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.

  Col. Rich'd Callaway
  Col Dan Boon & some troops from N. C.
  Col Chas Lynch

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.

  Guilford

Country through which he marched.

  Holstein Peakes of Otter in Bedford Co. march to       Kentucky. Boonesbourough
  Lead Mines
  Long Island on Haunton River
  Red Hous N. Carolina
  Mayers Iron Works
  Sorry Town
  Deep River
  Millers Iron Works

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.

  aged 73
  Bedford

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

  our using witness and traditionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 

The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such 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, 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 County of } ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before  A. B. a resident of (b) of  in the county of   and State, Territory or District of  aged (c)   years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with  and served in the    (e) regiment of the     line, under the following named officers: 
 [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he 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) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. 

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

 And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I   of the Court of     do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of     for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this    day of    & c. 

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia. except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the     and C. D. residing in the (the same)vhereby certify, that we are well acquainted with       , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be    years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 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 Revolationary 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 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 exexpected. 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? 
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 the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration 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 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. 
[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 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 the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pensions 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 and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c, without specifying the tours, the 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. 
[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 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 not [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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February 20, 1940. 

Mrs. C. S. Welsh 
304 James Avenue, S. E. 
Grand Rapids, Michigan.  
BA-J/ILL John Pribble S. 5951 

Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 5951, based upon service of John Pribble or Prebble in the Revolutionary War. 
John Pribble or Prebble (his name shown both ways) was born in the State of Maryland and moved, when aged about seven years, to Virginia; the date and exact place of his birth, and the names of his parents were not given. At the time of the Revolutionary War, he lived on the Otter River, in Bedford County, Virginia. 
He enlisted and served as private in the Virginia troops, at different times given as follow: first, a tour of two months engaged against the Cherokee Indians, further details not given; from July or August 1777, ten months in Captain Charles Watkins' company, under Colonels Daniel Boon and Calloway, engaged in the defense of the frontier of Kentucky; in the fall and winter of 1778, three months in Captain Robert Adams' company, Colonel Charles Lynch's regiment; afterwards, three months in Captain Thomas Helm's company, Colonel Lynch's regiment, during which he was in the battle of Guilford. 
This soldier returned home and continued to reside in Bedford County, the part which was later Campbell County, Virginia. 
He was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed August 14, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-three years. He resided then in
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Campbell County, Virginia. His name was born on the pension roll as John Prebble. He was living in that county in September 1845. He made no reference to wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data: 
John Prebble 
Certificate #372 
Issued March 25, 1833 
Rate $53.33 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1831 
Act of June 7, 1832 
Virginia Agency. 

Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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INDIANA UNIVERSITY 
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY   April 26, 1927

Pension Bureau 
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:- 
I am writing to inquire if you will please send me a copy of the pension record of John Prebble who was living in Campbell Co. Vir given in 1835. I am a descendant of this man.
I understand there is no charge. With sincere thanks for your trouble I am 
Very truly Yours 
Mrs. W. F. Book 
516 N. Fess One 
Bloomington Indiana
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May 16, 1921 
REV
STEPHEN DECATUR CHAPTER 
DECATUR, ILLINOIS

The Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D.C. 

Dear Sir- 
In reply to my request you sent me the pension record of John Pribble or Prebble of Campbell Co. Va. and also of Henry Yoho of Monongalia Co. W. Va., neither which have any date as to his family.
Will not your record show what year the
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government ceased paying those two pensions and (2) to whom the pensions were being payed! Also give the addresses please, as I would like to communicate with relatives of these men. 
Thanking you for the courtesy of a reply. I am,
Very truly,
 Mrs. R. J. Monroe 
467 W. William St. 
Decatur Ill 

See V. L. M S.F. 5941 John Pribble 
V.L.M S. F. 1996 Henry Yoho.
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Revo 1FB. 
STEPHEN DECATUR CHAPTER 
DECATUR, ILLINOIS 
Nov. 30, 1920 

Pension Office 
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir- 
Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension record issued to John Prebble who resided in Campbell Co. Va. in 1835 when he received his pension - also the record Henry Yoho who resided in of Monongalia Co. West Va. in 1835, aged 82 at that time.
Thanking you for the favor, I am,
Very truly 
Mrs. R. J. Monroe 
467 W. William St 
Decatur Ill 

P.S.these two men were Virginia Militia men in the Rev. War .
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State of Virginia} 
Bedford County} Sct. 
I John R. Steptoe Clerk of the County Court of said County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Charles L. Cobbs Esq. is a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 2nd day of December 1845 
Jno R. Steptoe coc
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State of Virginia, Bedford County to Witt. 

On this    day of     1845, before me Justice of the peace in and for the said County, personally appeared Ro. H. Gray a respectable resident of the County of Campbell, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say - That he recollects distinctly that in the year 1840-41, in the Corporation of Lynchs Mr. Chas. L Cobbs shewed him deponent the company roll of Cap Chas. Watcuns, alias Watkins, who, as the roll indicated was a captain in the Rev'y war in the year 1777, and 78 and among which roll of men, under him were the names of Bartholomew Gaddy, Jno Hally and Jno Prebble-- which names, he the dep. examined the roll particularly for, as he had but a short time before attained a pension for the widow of said Gaddy, in said County, on the evidence of said Hall and Prebble--this proving that Gaddy served about 10 mo. under said Watcuns with them, out on the Kentucky Frontiers at Fort-boone station &tc. which services were allowed to the Com. of pensions in the year 1839, in the pension rec'd by him under the act of July 7, 1838. That said roll refered to of said Watcuns, shewed the time that each man served under him, and for which he was credited &tc. alias Gwatkins interlined before signed.   C.L. Cobbs JP.  Ro H Gray 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written 
Before me  Charles L. Cobbs I
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State of Virginia Bedford County to wit 
I Charles L Cobbs a justice of the peace in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that I called upon my fathers Executor for all papers which might be useful in establishing the military service of my Father in the Revolutionary war and as well as my memory serves me they were furnished in the year 1840 and with them was Captain Charles Gwatkins musteroll having the time of service recorded by each man credited on it and I furthermore distinctly recollect that I exhibited my father's musteroll with an endorsement in my fathers hand write that he took command of Captain Clements company  on the morning after the engagement at Ninety six; together with Gwatkin's Roll to Mr Robert H. Gray in the town of Lynchburg who remarked, that by Gwatkins roll Bartholamew Gaddy had rendered more service than had been allowed; and that from the date of s'd Gwatkins roll and the appearance of* the paper I have no doubt of his having served as a Captain in the Revolutionary war and that he had the reputation of having commanded a company from Bedford in an expedition against the Western Indians. I have good reason to believe that the above rolls are in the possession of Mr Bedford or Mr. Samuel Fuqua of Charlotte, both pension agents 
Given under my hand this 29th of Novr 1845
Charles L. Cobbs J.P. 

*in obtaining Martha Gaddy's pension.
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February 20, 1940.

Mrs. C. S. Welsh 
304 James Avenue, S.E. 
Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

BA-J/ILL 
James Pribble {see letter in this claim
W. 3595 
John Pribble 
S. 5951

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary record of James Prible, a pensioner of Pendleton County, Kentucky, John Preble and Reuben Preble who served from Virginia (Gwathney). 
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of a Reuben Preble, under any spelling of that surname. 
The record of James Pribble, W. 3595, and that of John Pribble, S. 5951, are furnished you herewith. 
Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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Rev. and 1812                                     auF
Wars Section.

August 26, 1927

Mrs. W. F. Book 
516 N. Fess Ave 
Bloomington, Ind 

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 5951, it appears that John Pribble pensioned Prebble ) was born in the state of Maryland, date not given, and moved to the state of Virginia when he was about seven years old. 
While residing in Bedford County, Virginia, he enlisted and served with the Virginia Troops, as follows- 
Two months against the Cherokee Indians, no details given; from July or August 1777, ten months in Captain Charles Watkins' Company, Colonel Boone's and Colonel Callaway's Regiment, and was out to protect the frontier of Kentucky; in the fall and winter of 1778, three months in Captain Robert Adams' Company, Colonel Charles Lynch's Regiment; and in the
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all of 1781, three months in Captain Thomas Helms' Company, Colonel Lynch's Regiment, and was in the battle of Guilford. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, while a resident of Campbell County, Virginia, aged seventy-three years. 
There are no data as to his family, 
Respectfully, 
E. W. MORGAN 
Acting Commissioner.
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V.L.M.

Rev. War Section. 

June 2, 1921.

Mrs. R. J. Monroe, 
467 West William Street, 
Decatur Illinois. 

Madam: 
In response to your letter dated the 16" ultimo, you are advised that in order to ascertain the dates of last payment of pension, names of person paid and possibly the dates and places of death in the cases of 
" John Pribble or Prebble, 
Certificate No. 8,272 
issued March 25, 1833, 
$53.33 per annum from 
March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, 
Virginia Agency. " 
and 
"Henry Yoho 
Certificate No. 12, 222 
issued November 4, 1836, 
$40.00 per annum from 
March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, 
Virginia Agency. "
you should forward this letter to the Auditor for the Interior Department, 14" and B Streets, S.W., Washington, D. C. 
Very respectfully, 
Washington Gardner 
Commissioner.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3-325  
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D. C. ______, 19___
S.F. 5951

In reply to your request of ______, received ____ for a statement of the military history of John Pribble * a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  *pensioned Prebble 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 

   July- Aug. 1777
   Fall or winter 1778
   Feb'y 1781

LENGTH OF SERVICE.

   2 mos. 10 mos.
   3 mos.
   3 mos.

RANK.

   Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN.                         COLONEL.
   against Cherokee Indians no details
   Charles Watkins          Boone Calloway
          Ky Fron
   Robert Adams             Chas. Lynch
   
   Thomas Helms                   Lynch

STATE.
   Va.

Battles engaged in, Guilford 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bedford County, Va. 
Date of application for pension, Aug. 14 1832. His cl. was al. 
Residence at date of application, Campbell County. Va. 
Age at date of application, 75 years born State of Md. went to Va when seven years old. 
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
6-2856
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State of Virginia, Campbell County to witt
On this 10 day of Nov 1845, before me A W Wimbish a Justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared Geo. E. Mason a respectable resident of said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he was present when Jno. Prebble gave his aff't before cap. Thos Fose, Esq as to the services of Jas Wooldridge in the Revo. war and he recollects distinctly that he Jno Prebble stated that he did not know Mr Wooldridge but that he knew Jas Wooldridge, and was in service with him at the Lead mines in New River under Cap Ro Adams during the Revo. war. That on first being questioned be could not say whether it was Jas or Richard Wooldridge- but upon reflection he was satisfied that it was James - but that he never knew Jno Wooldridge. That the said Jno Prebble is a little deaf, and requires that a person should speak loud to him or read loud -and that Mr Fuqua read the name of Wooldride to him so low that he could not hear whether he said Jno or Jas Wooldridge - but that he the said Prebble always insisted that he never knew Jno Wooldridge. 
George E. Mason 

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written 
Before me A W Wimbish J P.
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Oct 10 the 1845 
I Archibald Speece of the county of Campbell and State of Virginia do hereby certify that I went with a Mr Fuqua to the house of Mr Jno Prebble of the county and state above named in Oct or nov 1844 and heard a conversation which passed between said Fuqua and Prebble concerning the services of one wooldrige but ther was no christian mentioned by said Prebble.
Archibald Speece 
,,1844,, interlined before signed 
A Wimbish JP
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year written
A W Wimbish JP.
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Jan 2, 1846

Amended dec. 
John Prebble.

Jas L Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

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Lynch's  dec 29, 1845 
Sir, Enclosed is the declaration of Mr Jno Prebble of the County of Campbell in accordance with the requisition contained in your letter of the 22nd Sept 1845 setting forth his services (again) under Cap Chas. Gwatkins in 1777 and 1778, out on the frontier of Va together with testimonials of his neighbours to his integrity - and the Certificate Chas G. Cobb Esq. and the undersigned, that said Chas Wakins took[?] was in existence in the year 1840 or 41 and is no doubt yet in existence and in the possession of Mr Saml. Fuqua or Thos. Bedford of Charlotte- it having been left with Mr Wm C. McAlister of Campbell (by Wm Cobbs) of whom Mr Bedford Borrowed it &tc. 
There is not the least doubt as to the fact that said Watkins did raise a volunteer company from Bedford, and by said Preble, for the Western Frontier service, and th[missing text] was under him as stated in his declaration: and Jno Halley of Bedford who is now drawing a pension for said Service (in part) was in the same company - as well as Bartholomew Gaddy - whose widow is also receiving a pension (in part) on said service. So on receiving the enclosed papers, you will feel no difficulty. I am satisfied in restoring him to the full enjoyment of his pension from the date of his last draw.
 yours respectfully  Ro H Gray Atty

B. Any communications to me after the receipt of this, will, if you please, be directed to Washington City (P.O.) as I shall be there in a few days from this time. Ro Gray.
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State of Virginia, Campbell County to witt
On this 10th day of November 1845, before me A W Wimbish a Justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared Jno Prebble, a respectable resident of said county Aged 85 years - who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration (in accordance with the requisition of the Com. of Pensions of Sept. 22 1845) in order to be restored to the enjoyment of his pension, under the act of June 7, 1832 of $53.33 cts per An. which has been improperly Stopped by the Com. of Pensions- growing out of a misconception of his services in the Revo. War while under the command of Cap. Chas. Watkins of Virginia. 
That he the declarant served 10 months under Chas. Watkins from the County of Bedford Va out on the Kentucky Frontiers during the Revo War - and was stationed at Fort Boon the greater part of his time while in said service under the command of Col Boon, and Callaway at different times. The company to which declarant belonged was raised by Cap Chas. Watkins mainly or entirely from Bedford Co. and was considered of a volunteer character, not exceeding 12 mo in duration. Jno Milam was Lieut and David Crews Ens. to the comp'y. Billy May was Adjt. - Billy Deal Pilot, and Chas. Jones, Robin Bowles, and Philip Cooper were spies; and Jno Holly, Bath. Gaddy, Wm. Eubanks, Ach. Eubanks Wm. Chandler (Drummer) Thos. Overstreet, Joe Jackson, Wm. Tracy, Jas. Robinson, Geo Snow, Jas Davis, Jno Brown and hopping Jas Calloway are apart of the privates which belonged to said Wakins comp'y. Joe Jackson, and Wm. Tracy were taken prisoners by the Indians while on a tour of duty from the Fort, to the salt springs on Licking Creek to bring the salt (on horseback) that was made then for the use of the Troops. Col Boon was also taken prisoner by the Indians, while Trapping, while declarant was in said service. Delarant could relate many other circumstances that occured during
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during said service - which was a real service and not fable, or fiction of the brain. Jno Holley of Bedford and the widow of Bath. Gaddy are both receiving pensions at this time (as he understands) for said tour of service - and further he is informed that the rolls of the said Cap. Chas Watkins was in existence a few years ago and probably is get - of which fact be expects to forward proof to the war department.
As he stated in his former declaration in 1832, or 3 - be now states that he served a tour of duty of 3 mo. out at the lead mines under cap Ro Adams in the fall and winter of 1778 - Col Lynch Commandant of the station - in comp'y with Jas Wooldridge Thos. Arthur, Joe Handly, and others - leaving home in aug, or Sept, and returning in dec. also a tour of duty at Guilford N.C. in March 1781 in comp'y. with Sampson Evans Jno Carson &tc. under the command of Cap Thos. Helms who was kill'd at said battle &t. That he gave an Afft in Sept last before Thos. Fox Esq - as he supposed in regard to a tour of service rendered by Jas Wooldridge at the Lead mines in 1778- at which time he distinctly stated to Mr. Fuqua, that he know nothing of the services of Jno Wooldridge - and if he has been made to swear to any services rendered by Jno Wooldridge in the Revo war, of his knowledge - he has been imposed upon and made to swear (ignorantly) to that which he did not intend to swear to. That in the tour under Watkins he left home in July or Aug. 1777, and returned in May or June 1778-was 7 weeks, and 3 days going, and 3 weeks returning, and was 500 miles from Bedford - his home - while at Fort Boon his station. He the declarant did not intend to state in his afft - given at the request of Mr Sam'l Fuqua as above - that cap Chas. Watkins belonged to the regular line - but that his was rather a Volunteer comp'y raised under the authority of the State of Va for the special protection of the Western - frontier of said state. That declarant is a little deaf, and requires that a person should speck, or read loud to him, that he told Mr. Fugua that
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the afft was wrong - that it was Jas. and not Jno. Wolderidge that was in the service with hi -  and that if Fuqua read it over again afterwards he did not hear him.   
Ro H Gray       Jno hisXmark Prebble 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written- 
Before me A W Wimbish JP.
In presence of George E Mason 

State of Virginia} 
Campbell County} SC 
At a Court holden in and for said County on the 11th day of November 1845. The foregoing declaration of John Preble was read in open court claiming to be restored to the enjoyment of his pension under the Act of June 7. 1832. which has been stopped by the Comm'r of Pensions for reasons stated in letter of September 22d 1845, together with the accompanying affadavits of Zachariah Philips, John Lynch, Wm. Moore, John Mason, John Martin, George E. Mason and Archibald Speece and the certificate of Josiah Shepperson, and Adam W. Wimbish Esquires, and the Court having duly examined the same and other evidence before the Court, in regard to the moral standing and strict integrity of the said John Preble, take pleas are in certifying to the War Department, that the said John Preble is a respectable resident of long and high standing in society, and of the strictest veracity, and that any statement, that he has made or may make in regard to his own services in the Revolutionary War, or the services of others may be relied on as strictly true according to the best of his memory, which may still be regarded as sound, and unimpaired, and that the said Court have no doubt but that he was under Capt. Charles Watkins in the Revo'y War as is stated by him in his declaration before the Court and that
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he served with James (and not John) Woolridge at the Lead Mines in 1778 as stated by him, and that in giving his affidavit in September last as to the services of John Woolridge he the said John Preble has been imposed upon. The Court doth further certify that Josiah Shepperson and Abram J. Windish are acting Justices of the peace in and for this said County duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that the signatures purporting to be theirs affixed to their several certificates in this case, are genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I Geo. W. Dabney. Clerk of the Court aforesaid have hereto signed my name, and annexed the Seal of said Court at Office this 11th day of November 1845, in the Seventieth year of the Commonwealth 
Geo. W. Dabney, C

 Declaration of John Prebble.
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NAME Pribble, Samuel GRADE Corporal LINE Lambs Artillery (New York)

WARRANT NUMBER 7647  ACREAGE 100. ISSUED July 9, 1790 to Nicholas Fish, 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.