Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35301, George Fant, Va.
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Fant, George
or Faun

S.
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(3-1776) 
SERVICE: Va.
Fant, George
or Faun
NUMBER: S. 35301
CONTENTS
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19.378
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[Scratched out:] East Tennessee.
Illinois
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George Fant, alias, Faun, of Greene County, State of Tennessee who was a Private in
Captain Kirkpatrick's company of the 8th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. Muhlenburg, three years
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Inscribed on the roll of East Tennessee at 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 30th of August 1824.
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Certificate of pension issued the 16th of Feby 1825 and Sent to Hon: John Blair, House of Reps.
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Arrears to the 4th Sept 1824                    1.54
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1825     48~
                                                               $49:54
Revy Claim,
Act of March 18. 1818.
May 1st 1870, and March 1st 1823.
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Cir to Pen Agt 26. Sept 1838.
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To Illinois from 4 March 1838. 7th March 1839. Notification to A P Dunbar Esq Charleston Cole Co Illinois
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*65 yrs - (see 1835 list.)
Schedule
District of Washington {ss}
On this 30th day of August 1824 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for the County of Greene, within the state of Tennessee, George Fant (alias Faun) aged sixty* five who being first duly sworn deposed & declared upon oath, as follows, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows towit, in the spring of the year 1777 in the County of Hampshire state of Virginia he enlisted into the continental service of the United States, under Kirkpatrick who was a captain, of the 8th Regiment of the Virginia line then commanded by General Lee, of which Col Muhlenburg was the Col - which enlistment was for the term of three years, after which enlistment, he was taken into service and marched on & joined the army at the Valley forge, and continued in the service for the three years for which he enlisted, and was in the Battle of Monmoth, siege of mad Island Sent together, with many other engagements, such as Sandy hook. Rama, [illegible] and after faithfully serving out his three years being discharged at Fredericksborough Virginia, by Joseph Kevel Colonel of sd eighth Regiment which discharged [illegible] for said length of time, when he last [illegible] and apprehending it would not be of any
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service to him.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift, sale, or any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof so as bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war passed the 18th March 1818. & the subsequent amendments that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any trusts or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me, norhave I any means other than what is contained in the schedule subscribed by me, & hereto annexed. 
I horse beast - - - - $30,,00
3 cows, 2 yearlins, one yearlin & 2 calves,
cows $10 each yearling $2, each yearlin $3 calves 1.50 - 40,,00
9 head of Hess great & small, average $1.50 - - 13,,50
3 pots 3 ovens, 1.50 each - - - - - 9,,00
seven little dressers furniture not exceeding - 5,,00
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$97.50
he states that has a wife & ten children presentfully young they being by a second wife his first wifes children being Learn on numbers having grown at [illegible] & that he is incapable of labours from age &infirmity 
sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 31st August 1824
George Fant
x his mark
(alias Faun ~ ~
Attest
M. Payne DC
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State of Tennessee
Green County } August sessions 1824
There personally appeared in open Court the subscriber Michael Weese, & made oath that was raised in Hampshire County state of Virginia in the same neighborhood with George Faunt (alias Fan) and went to [illegible] with George, & when he the deponent enlisted into service, he left G Fant, alias Fan in the neighbourhood of their nativity - and after being in service for about one year, sd Fant or Fan joined them at Winchester Virginia, as a soldier in the same regiment, with himself being the 8th Regiment, & told sd Fant (or Fan) in service he having only served one year at the time this deponent left the sd Regiment but remembers of having seen G Fant (or Fan) two years thereafter, when he returned home from being away - & well knows the sd declarant now present to be the same man & to have served out [illegible] in service, from before he left the service 
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court the date above
Michael Weese
Attest
M Payne DC
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State of Tennessee
Green County} I certify that the within oath & schedule are truly copied from the record of sd Court and I fully [illegible] that it is the opinion of the Honorable Judge of sd Court, formed from testimony adduced that the total amount in value of the property exhibited on the aforesaid schedule is ninety seven dollars fifty cents
I also certify that the declarant George Fant (alias Fan) was duly qualified to his foregoing declaration & that the witness Michael Weese, was sworn to & subscribed the affidavit within
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the sd Court this 30th day of August 1824
V. Sevier C.C.C.G.C.

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George Fant
(alias Fan 19.443
Declaration &c
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August 1824.
Minutes 376.
on Roll
Tense 147
Comment
30. August 7 1824
x

Hon. J. Blair
H Reps
Decr 8 1824
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George Fant
(alias Fan 19.443
Declaration &c
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August 1824.
Minutes 376.
on Roll
Tense 147
Comment
30. August 7 1824
x

Hon. J. Blair
H Reps
Decr 8 1824

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State of Tennessee
Green County} I certify that the within oath & schedule are truly copied from the record of sd Court and I fully [illegible] that it is the opinion of the Honorable Judge of sd Court, formed from testimony adduced that the total amount in value of the property exhibited on the aforesaid schedule is ninety seven dollars fifty cents
I also certify that the declarant George Fant (alias Fan) was duly qualified to his foregoing declaration & that the witness Michael Weese, was sworn to & subscribed the affidavit within
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the sd Court this 30th day of August 1824
V. Sevier C.C.C.G.C.
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January Sessions
State of Tennessee
Green County towit} On this 27th day of January 1825 Personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for sd County the subscriber George Fant (or Fan) who is an applicant for a pension under the provisions of the act of 18th March 1818 & its subsequent amendment, - & made oath, that there was no change in his circumstances from the passage of the aforesaid act of 18th March 1818 until the time that he made his schedule, attached to his original declaration - 

that he has [illegible] his application for a pension, on account of not being advised that a pension could be obtained

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court & ordered to be admitted to Record which is accordingly done
Test
A Patterson clk George Fant (or Fan) 
x his mark
Clk of GCC. By M. Payne D.C.
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My reason for believing that the pension of Geo. Fant should take is origin, with the date of his schedule, regardless of the acts of the affidavit within, is, that I made out the declaration & schedule from from a prestect formula, obtained from the pension office last spring before my return home, & the omission to incorporate that requirement was my equarance of its executed as a rule of the office. not being embraced in the form
Jno Blair
Washington Cit
Feby 11th 1825
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War Department
Pension Office
Washington City

[Vertical[
A Declaration
Taken for 
Sept 22.
J W Evans

[Stamp 1]
FREE

[Stamp 2]
COLES - C. H.
SEP 
13
ILL
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APPLICATION
For a Transfer.
County of Coles
State of Illinois} SS On this [illegible] day of September 1838 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Coles, personally appeared George Fant alias Faun who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Capt. Westfall and also Capt Kirkpatrick and also by Capt. Carey in the regiment Commanded by Colonel Nevill in the Service of the United States this name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Tennessee from whence he had lately removed that he now resides in the State of Illinois Coles County where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be therein payable in future The following and for reasons for removed in from the State of Tennessee to that of Illinois viz: that he is a poor man & has but little capital and he [?] he could picture himself placed on a piece of land of his own and also be able to give his children more land and of a better quality than he could give them in the State of Tennessee
George Fant als Faun
x his mark
{Seal}
Sworn and subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid
A P Dunbar JP
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State of Illinois
Coles County} Jacob Snapp being duly sworn deposeth and saith that George Fant alias Faun is the identical person described in the foregoing affidavit and that he is well acquainted with Mr George Fant alias Faun and that he is reputed and believed to have been a revolutionary soldier and that he knows him personally as a pensioner and further more this affiant saith not
Jacob Snapp {Seal}
sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of Sept 1818 
A P Dunbar {JP}

State of Illinois
Coles County} I Alexander P Dunbar an acting Justice of the peace in and for sd County do hereby Certify that Jacob Snapp who has Sworn and subscribed the above with before me this day is a person of veracity and that full faith and credit should be given to his statement therein made 
given under my hand and seal the 10th of Sept 1858
A P Dunbar {JP}
State of Illinois
Coles County} I Nathan Ellington do hereby certify that A P Dunbar is a Magistrate as above and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his acts as such and that the same giving signature purporting to be his is genuine
Given under my hand and seal of office at Charleston This 11th day of Sept 1828
N Ellington Clerk
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The Department will please forward their advise to me on the Subject at Charleston Coles Cty Ill
A P Dunbar
Atty for
Applicant
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
FEL

June 13, 1930

Honorable Louis Ludlow
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Ludlow:

I have your letter of June 10, 1930, enclosing one, herewith returned, from Mrs. Frank W. Wood, of 2033 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, requesting information in regard to a Revolutionary War soldier, named George Fant.

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.35301, it appears that George Fant (the name also appears as Faun and Fan) was born in Hampshire County, Virginia, date not given.

While residing in Hampshire County, Virginia, he enlisted in the spring of 1777, served as a private in Captains Westfall, Kirkpatrick and Cary's Company, Colonels Muhlenberg and Neville's Virginia Regiment, was at the siege of Mud Island Fort and battle of Monmouth and in engagements at Ramape and Sandy Hook, length of service three years.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1824, at which time he was aged sixty-five or seventy-five years (not clearly written), and resided in Greene County, Tennessee.

At that time he stated that he had a wife and ten children, and also that he had seven children by his first wife, names of wives and children not given.

In 1838, he was residing in Coles County, Illinois.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.

Notations made in 1914 in regard to age from the 1835 list not erased as it had gone out that way. Since the 1835 data has been obtained from these papers I expressed it thus see above:
Date of death not on A.B.
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35 301
Revy INVALID.
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File No. 35 301
George Fant alias Faun
Priv Rev War
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Act: 18th March 18"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 132

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1908, Nov. 30. History to Miss Bettie Deatherage, Carrollton, Mo.
Letter with S. F. 41,293 Wm. Waters, F.R.
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1914. Aug. 19. History to B. F. Deatherage. FW
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1930 - June 13 - Hist. to Hon Louis Ludlow for Wars
Frank. W. Wood. ESh
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Agents Office East Tennessee
Thuereville Feby 11th 1839

Sir
In the Case of George Frank I have Examined my Books at this agency and find I have paid him up to the 4 day of March 1838 and will Close his account and cease to pay him
I am respectfully your obt Svt.
A. King Agent

James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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3-871.
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RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
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Briefed by S. D. L.
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant George Fant or 
Soldier Faint or Feint
Service Va
Additional Service Rev. War
No ___ claim, State records ___, 19__
No claim, combination records ______, 19__
REMARKS:
No claim, except
S.#35301

0-8                Chief Division
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LAW OFFICES OF
DEATHERAGE & CREASON
Suite 62 | NEW YORK LIFE BLDG.
KANSASY CITY, MO.
August 12, 1914
B. F. DEATHERAGE
GOODWIN CREASON
W. N. DEATHERAGE

Pension Bureau.
War Department,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
I wish to verify by certificate from your Department and by your records that George Fant was a private of Captain Abel Westfall's Regiment, 8 Va., commanded by Col. Abraham Bowman during the Revolutionary war. George Fant was enlisted April 1, 1777 for the period of three years, and was transferred to Captain Abraham Kirkpatrick's 4th, 8th and 12th Va. Regiments, commanded by Col. James Wood, thence to Lieut. Col. Robert Ballard's 4th Va. Regt., commanded by Col. John Nevill, and thence to Capt. Kirkpatrick's Company, 4th Regiment, during the Revolutionary War
If there are any charges they will be promptly remitted.
Yours very truly,
B F Deatherage

[Stamp]
PENSION
D
AUG
15
1914
U.S.
OFFICE.
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LOUIS LUDLOW
7TH DIST. INDIANA

COMMITTEE:
WORLD WAR VETERANS' LEGISLATION
LIBRARY
INSULAR AFFAIRS

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

June 10, 1930.

Dear Mr. Morgan:
I enclose a letter from an Indianapolis constituent asking for the information contained in the records of the Pension Bureau about a soldier who, I assume, was a veteran of the Revolutionary War.
Please oblige me by having the records searched and inform me of the result. I also will thank you if you will return the letter of the constituent.
Very sincerely yours,
Louis Ludlow

Honorable E. W. Morgan,
Deputy Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

[Stamp]
OFFICE
JUN 11 1930
COMMISSIONER
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In reply to your request of _______, received ________ for a statement of the military history of George Fant alias Faun a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau S. F. 35,301
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Spring, 1777
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 yrs.
RANK.
Pri.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN.
{Westfall; Kirkpatrick; Cary
COLONEL.
Muhlenburg 8 regt; Neville
STATE.
Va
Battles engaged in, Mud Island Fort, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hampshire Co Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug 30, 1824 His cl was all
Residence at date of application, Green Co, Tennessee
Age at date of application, aged 65 yrs, Born in Hampshire Co. Va
REmarks: In 1824 soldier refers to his second wife by whom he had Ten children and states that he had seven children by his first wife, no names stated.
He was 75 in 1835 and resided in Coles Co. Ills.
The above named is the only soldier of that name of Va found on the Rev. War pension records.
Very respectfully,