Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7793, John Verner, S.C.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE

S.C.

John Verner

NUMBER
S.7793

Carded
Contents
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278119
South Carolina
27869

John Verner
Pickens, D in the State of South Ca
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Anderson of the Regiment commanded by _______ in the South Carolina line for Militia 14 1/2 mo.

Good

Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
at the rate of 48 Dollars 72 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of July 1834 and sent to Col. Falls PO SC
4th of March 1834 
134.91
24.11
$157.12
allowance ending 4 Sept. 
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Henry H. Sylvester, Clerk
Vol. 1 Page 82

[Following math appears on opposite side of document]
30/200/001/63
1825
1150
313/20002/64
1878
1220
1252
313/140000/447
1252
1480
1252
230
224
20
313
4
1252
156
1438
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237.55
John Verner
Pickens District
South Carolina

Admit as private
14 1/2 months
$48.32
R.R.

Suspended audit
23 rate 1832 to
Col. Joseph Grisham
Falls Pen. Office
S.C.
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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 those 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 show what is necessary to be done. These 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, showing the service of John Verner Pickens District

Period when the service was rendered
Substitute for David Verner
1781 Volunteer

Duration of the claimant's service
Years, Months, Days

2 Months 15 days as substitute
4 Months in 1781
9 Months Volunteer

Rank of the claimant
Private

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Capt. Wilson
Capt. Anderson
Col. Pickens
Capt. Canathers
Capt. Norwood

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
70
Abbeville District S.C.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Tradition.

"In all upon and of one year in service"
"unable to give duties"

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:
The 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, musicians 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 } S.S.

On this ___day of ___ personally appeared 9a) before___ A.B. a resident (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 act 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 and 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 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 (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations; 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 Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that is appears to them that A.B. 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 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 this claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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3.

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 e 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; where 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.
G {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 service 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 very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the application 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 isa 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.

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[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 is the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer of soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. IN a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ______ year________ months, and _________days, I served as a ______ For ______ months and _______days, I served as a _______: and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of 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. without specifying the tours the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. If must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place 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 o 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 aper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.

[j] In 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 oath 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] in [c] 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] The 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.


Applicant must specify his services as required above
J. Martin
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South Carolina
Pickens District} S.S.
March Term 1833

On the seventh day of March 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Jessiah J. Evans in the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas now sitting John Verner Esquire a resident of Peckens District and State aforesaid aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress papered June 7, 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated . He went to McGowen's Block House in Abbeville County S.C. near where his Father lived 115 miles/ afterwards at Colemans Fort in Elber County Ga under Capt. William Wilson the line he was at McGowen he was under Capt. Anderson the length of times he does not recollect he was at each of these towns a substitute for his brother David Verner after the fall of Charleston he turned out volunteer under Col. Andrew Pickens went with him to Pacolect where he joined General Morgan and was with them in the Battle at the Cow Pens in January 1781 he was after Tarleton defeat marched back in to Abbeville and was taken down with the Small Pox after he recovered was marched to the siege of 96 where he was commanded by Capt. Carruthers, after that he was sent under the same Capt. Robert Caruthers to guard the Frontier against the Tories and Indians He afterwards volunteered under Capt. John Norwood and was with him when Martenson & Andy Neil were killed. He was a private during all his services and quite young He was in all upwards of one year in the service he is unable to give the dates & year. He has no documentary evidence and knows of no persons who can testify to his services whose testimony he can procure. His services were mostly confined to S. Carolina and was but little with the regular army or officers only the time he was at the Cow Pens & at 96. This declarant was born in the State of North Carolina in Granville County he lived there till he was upwards of ten years of age when his father moved to Abbeville County S.C. where he resided till after the Revolution He then moved into Pendleton County in 1787 and this declarant has lived in Pendleton ever since on the division of the district he fell into Pickens District and resides in the same 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.
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Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid
William L. Keith C.C. } 
John Verner

Mr. John Cobb a clergyman residing in the District of Pickens and Josephy Grisham residing in the same district hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Verner Esquire who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy 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 in open court.}
William L. Keith C.C.
John (X his mark) Cobb
Joseph Grisham

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 John Cobb who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the District of Pickens and that Col. Joseph Grisham who has also signed the same is a resident in the District of Pickens and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Josiah J. Evans
Pleas Judge
March 1833

I William L. Keith Clerk of the Court for Pickens District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
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John Verner
Aff. Length of Service
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State of South Carolina
Pickens District }

{Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the District of Pickens John Verner Esquire who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that be reason of old age and 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 the following grade viz. a private he this declarant entered the service a substitute in place of his brother David Verner under Capt. Anderson and served under him at Mcgowens Black House in Abbeville District S. Carolina on the Savannah River near the Cherokee Line this service was done in the spring 1777 he believes the next service he did he was a substitute still in his brother David Verner place and was marched to Colemans Fort Elbert County Georgia under the command of Capt. William Willson to guard the frontier as the Indians and served not less than fifteen days this was in the latter part of the fall or winter of the year 1779 or the spring of 178- he then in the year of 1780 after the fall of Charleston volunteered under Col. Pickens and was marched by him to Crandle, shoals on Packlet Spartanburg So. Carolina and joined General Morgan and was him in the Battle at Cown Pens in January 1781 and served not less than 4 months he then went home for some time
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the small pox he then as soon as he recovered he returned to the army under the command of General Pickens previously Col. Pickens and under Capt. Curruthers and served not less than 9 months for after the capture of Lord Cornwall's he was placed under Capt. Norwood to guard the frontiers of South Carolina in Abbeville District which service is included in the last mentioned period of nine month and he thinks that he was not discharged until the beginning of the year 1782 making in all one year two month and fifteen days he thinks a great deal more for during years of 1780 and 81 he was not employed in any civil pursuit whatever for which service he claims a pension.  Sworn to before me and subscribed this 8th day of Oct. 1833
John Verner
F.H. Gavin J.P.

The state of South Carolina
I William L. Kieth Clerk of the Court for Pickens District do hereby certify that F.H. Gavin is an acting magistrate duly appointed and sworn in to office for the said District and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of office this 8th day of October 1833.
William L. Kieth
Clerk of Court for Pickens District
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Falls S.C.
1 July 1834

Free

James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner Pensions
Washington City
Dist. Col.

L.C. July 12
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Falls, S.C.
1st July 1834

Dear Sir,

I now enclose you the copy of Indent to John Verner Jr. Esq. where application is suspended for further proof.
the papers do not certify how many days: but place it beyond dispute that he was long enough in the service to be entitled to a pension. He was in the infantry of course got less than Burt Moore who found his own name & seal U.S. currency per day at that rate which is too high for Verner his is still entitled to a pension He is very respectable man and upwards of 40 years as a magistrate for the District and no now did all the service he
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has stated as he is very respected.
I hope you will send me a certificate for him for the amount you say believe him entitled to under all the circumstance & oblige
Yours very obedient
 honorable servant
Josephy Grisham

James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
Awes.

February 10, 1928

Mrs. W.H. Budd
Oxford
Ga.

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 7793, it appears that John Verner was born in Granville County, North Carolina, date not stated.

When he was about ten years old he moved with his father to Abbeville District, South Carolina, and while residing in said Abbeville District, he served from the spring of 1778 or 1779 as a private at various times in the South Carolina Troops under Captains Anderson, William Wilson, John Norwood, Robert Carruthers in Colonel Andrew Pickens' Regiment, he was in the battle of Cowpens and in the Siege of Ninety-Six and served until in 1732, amounting in all to one year, two months and fifteen days. He stated that his service in 1778 or 1779 was as a substitute for his brother David Verner.
He was allowed pension on his application
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executed March 11, 1833, while resident of Pickens District, South Carolina, aged about seventy years.

In 1785, soldier was referred to as John Verner, Jr.

It is not stated whether soldier was married.

Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
Commissioner
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Revolution
7793
INVALID
No. 7793
John Verner
Private Rev. War
Act June 7th 32
Index: _ Vol. L Page 388
[Arrangement of 1870}

1928 Feb. 10-Hist. to Mrs. W.H. Budd: see letter in David Verner S. 21550 Aws.
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John Verner
23755

Send answer to Falls Court Office Pickens Dist. South Carolina col. Joseph Grisham.
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of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
William L. Kieth
C.C.P.
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South Carolina
Pickens District }

Personally appeared before me the subscribing Justice Alexander White an old citizen of the said District who being duly sworn saith that during the revolutionary war with great Britain he resided with his father William White in Abbeville S.C. all this time he the deponent was under age to do Military duty as born as stated in his fathers record in the year 1765 and this deponent also the states that he was personally acquainted with John Verner as applicant for a pension and that he was know that he said Verner was about from his fathers who resided about two miles from that of his father and it was said that he was out in the service, and he believed it was so for that the whole family of the Verners were true Whigs.

Alexander White

Sworn and subscribe to before me this 7th October 1833 Charles J. Verner}

I do hereby certify for the above Alexander White that he is a man of unblemished reputation.
Charles J. Verner J.P.
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W 102
S.C. P

Issued the 6th June 1785 to Mr. John Verner Junior for twenty seven pounds 17/1 1/2 sterling for militia duty as private since the reduction of Charleston per account provided W42 Principal L 27:17: 1/ 1/2annual interest L. 1. 18.111

State So. Carolina
Duty John Verner Junior
For duty by col. Anderson return L195
Sterling L 27:17: 1 1/2

6 June Received full satisfactory for the Militia in the indent W. 102 Book S.
John Verner Junior.

Comptrollers Office
Columbia 18 June 1834

I certify the above to be true copied from record and accounts in this office
William Laval Comptroller
for
John T. Sibels
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John Verner
S.C. additional

Joseph Grisham
West Union
Pickens District
S.C.

Columbia Jun 20 S.C.} Postal stamp

mail
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Comptrollers Office
Columbia 18 June 1834

Col. Joseph Grisham

Dear Sir,

In obedience to your request of the 11 last I herewith forward you the answer copy of Indent & a/c to John Verner Junior.

the fee may seem rather throughout for so little writing but the labor of something thought 60 envelopes is alone up at this the privacy.

Respectfully
J.P. Kieth
John T. Seibels
for 
William Laval
Comptroller General
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John Verner
Affidavit length of service

You might swear to saith tour where you  were employed but said term under each Capt.
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The State of South Carolina
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for Pickens District & State aforesaid, John Verner Esquire, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that by reason of the lapse of memory occasioned by old age he cannot swear, positively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the fact of his recollection he served not less than periods mentioned below and in the following grades all the time a private in the year 1778
For one month at McGowen ferry under Capt. Anderson 1mo. For fifteen days at Colemans fort Wilson 15 days In the year 1780.
For one month under Col. Pickens 1 mo.
In the year 1781.
For the whole year a part of the time under Capt. Norwood, part under Capt. Carruthers, Col. Andrew Pickens a part of the time he was confined with the Small Pox during the year he was employed in no civil pursuit or employment whatever } 1 year
1 year 2mo. 15 days.


In all one year two months & fifteen days and for such service i claim a pension.
Sworn to 4th June 1833
Before Nathan Boone J.P. {Seal}
John Verner

the State of South Carolina
I William L. Keith Clerk of the Court for Pickens District do certify that Nathan Boone is an acting Justice of the Peace duly appointed & Sworn for the said District & that all due faith & credit is and ought to be given to his testimonials as such given under my hand and seal of the Court this fourth day of June Anno domini 1833.
William L. Keith
Clerk of Court
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name: Verner, John
Grade: Private
Line: Virginia

Warrant Number
E. 10536 and 12637
Acreage 100
Issued January 8, 1792
To James McNeal, 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.
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41


Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name: Verner, Philip
Grade: Private
Line: Pennsylvania
Warrant Number: 10535
Acreage: 100
Issued July 9, 1789
to -Not shown-

*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.