Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30955, William Conner, N.C.
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SERVICE
N.C.

Conner, William

NUMBER
S.30955

CONTENTS
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27513
Kentucky.
William Conner of Montgomery Co.  in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Phillips of the regt commanded by Col. Armstrong in the N Carolina line for 2 years private
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Feby 1834 and Hon Amos Davis HR

Arrears to the 4th of Sept                    200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March    40.00
             $240.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book E   Vol. 7   Page 42
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William Conner's
Declaration for
a Pension

28.590
Wm. Conner
Kentucky.
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State of Kentucky, Montgomery County 
     On this 4th day of March 1833 personally appeared before Silas W. Robbins Judge of the 
Montgomery Circuit Court sitting in open Court being a Court of record, William Conner of the said County aged about 70 years, who for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 June 1832, makes the following declaration.  That he was born as he has been informed in the County of Isle of Wight in the State of Virginia, but removed to the County of King William in the same State  
before his remembrance in which last named County his father died, -- he can remember seeing his father's coffin, but has no particular recollection of anything else; directly after the death of his father, his mother removed to the neighborhood of her sister in the County of| Fauquier in the same State, where she resided a few years and died and his brother then came from Surry County North Carolina, 
and took him home with him – he was then about 10 or 12 years old as he was informed and after being there a short time he heard that Independence was declared.  He does not know when he was born, but thinks he was between 12 & 13 years old when he heard Independence was declared – probably he was 
fully 13 years old – first the Regulators began their depredations and then the Tories commenced – In the latter part of June 1779 as he thinks he volunteered into a Company of mounted Infantry in the said County of Surry in North Carolina, he joined at the Court House, under Captain Joseph Phillips – the name of the Lieutenant was Richard Varnum, who got killed in the battle at King's Mountain or rather wounded there & died directly after the battle.  -- Colonel Martin Armstrong was the Colonel of the County and it was by his direction that the Company was ordered out – when he 
volunteered he thinks he did not exceed 16 years of age – There were other Companies formed at the same time – one under the Command of Captain Underwood – one under Captain
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Sheppard and probably one under a Captain Kirby & -- Major Winston commanded the whole-- his given name Joseph (he was called Joe).  The whole Battalion was then taken out on duty against the Tories who were doing much mischief in North Carolina.  -- After a party warfare for a considerable time but he 
cannot say how long, Major Winston marched his Battalion to King's Mountain – Col. Campbell who was from Virginia took the command of all the forces that assembled at the Moravian town which was in Surry County, where he was in command above Winston.  They were afterwards joined by Colonel Cleveland, Colonel Shelby and Col. Williams & others.  He was in the battle of King's Mountain and was there commanded by Colonel Campbell.  He thinks there were 200 British & Tories killed in the Battle and 
several hundred Prisoners were taken – Colonel Ferguson who commanded the 
enemy was killed – so also was Col. Williams of the patriot Army.  -- several of the Tories were tried and hung and one by the name of Baldwin made his escape but was afterwards killed.  After the battle of King's Mountain all of Colonel Campbell's men returned home, but Captain Phillips' Company was not discharged as the Tories continued to annoy the Country and all though his company was sometime 
a day or two at a time at home, yet they were not discharged but were constantly ranging through the Country to keep down the Tories until several months after the battle of King's Mountain (which was in the fall of the year 1780) they were marched down to a place called Colson's at the junction of the 
Yadkin & Rocky River, where a large party of Tories were assembled and their defeated and but for an accident in the pilot in missing the way, every Tory would have been taken.  -- General Rutherford commanded our forces at Colson's.  He thinks that this was in the summer season – after scouring the Country in the neighborhood of Colson's – Captain Phillips' Company returned to Surry where the 
company was dismissed, but
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in the course of a few days (at any rate not more than a month) he volunteered under Captain Joe Cloud in Surry County and was marched to a place called Hawfield 
where an attack was made on the British Army under Cornwallis – Winston was the Major and the whole was under command of General Green -- there was no general engagement, but only a skirmish, and the American army retreated – the Hawfield skirmish is also 
known as the skirmish of Whitesell's Mill-- retreated to some Iron  Works-- then the skirmish of the Wetzel's took place, between a portion of Greene's Army and militia and Cornwallis' Army and the Americans were driven in at the Weitzel's -- this last skirmish may have been prior to the Hawfield one  – he is not certain.  Colonel Lee commanded the Cavalry.  -- the most of the militia from Surry County then returned home and he amongst the rest and was dismissed, but in three or four weeks he volunteered again under Captain 
Smith – (he thinks his name was Minor) for 12 months and was constantly out on scouting expeditions through the Country and went as high up as the hollows of the Yadkin River and sometimes he was on the borders of South Carolina.  During the time he was out he had several runs after a celebrated family 
named Fanning, who were wealthy and celebrated Tories.  After being a few months under Captain Smith, they were ordered to marched down to Wilmington where the enemy had a strong Army – mostly Tories and in going down he was transferred from Smith's Company to Captain Wright's – (his 
given name, he thinks was Daniel) and on their way, small parties would go foraging and frequently got into skirmishes with the Tories – however we went on down – a Major Grimes (he thinks of Rowan County) was then the commander of the Battalion – Winston being on some other station – there was a Captain Polk & a Captain Kimmons also along with
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their companies.  When Grimes' Battalion 
came near Wilmington, there were several other Battalions and Regiments who joined – Before the attack was made on Wilmington the enemy were strongly reinforced and the attack proved entirely aborted and before returning home news came that Lord Cornwallis was taken.  -- from the vicinity of Wilmington, the Army disbursed and one, two or three Companies would go together to the most 
noted Tory places of rendezvous, but they had become weak and would disburse before we could reach them. Some weeks after Cornwallis was taken we returned home, but was not there long before he was called on to fight the Tories in the Chestnut Ridge in Surry County – he went out again under Captain Cloud, and killed four Tories and dispersed the balance – this was in cold weather, in the winter of 1781 or '82.  This was the last time he was out – he was not at home after he returned under 
Captain Wright more than a week or two before he went out under Captain Cloud in the last expedition.  Altogether he served at the least 30 months. He knows of no record of his age and he never received a written discharge that he remembers but was certainly out under some one and when at home he was what was called a Minute man to be called on at a moment's warning.  About 41 or '2 years ago he removed from Surry County to Kentucky, Fayette County and from the latter place about 24 years ago he removed to this County, 
since which he has lived a short time in the adjoining County of Clark & the remainder in this County. He knows of no one by whom he can prove his
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service nor has he any documentary evidence of the same.  He is well acquainted with the Rev. John Craig and James McCullough & with many others in his neighborhood. 
     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 & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. 
Samuel Howard, Clk     
                         William X Conner
                                (X his mark)

We John Craig, a Clergyman residing in the County of Montgomery and James McCullough residing in the same hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Conner of said County, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration.  That we believe him to be about 70 years of age.  That he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
                    John Craig
                    James McCollough
James Howard Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the Interrogatories of 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 Craig, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the County of Montgomery and that Jas. McCollough, who has also signed the same is a resident of the same County and is a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit.  Given under my hand as Judge aforesaid this 4 day of March 1833.
                      Silas W Robbins
                      Circuit Judge
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I James Howard Clerk of the Montgomery Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing Five Pates contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Conner for a pension.
     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4th day of March 1833.
                    James Howard @ MCC
(2 seals)
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The Amendatory declaration of William Connor to his original declaration made on the 4th of March 1833 for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the law of the 7 June 1832. 
     He states that, being a young man when he volunteered in June 1779, of whom the Company principally consisted, he entered the service as the Company was raised to protect the Whigs from the depredations of the Tories and to disperse or take all the Tories prisoners that they could & disarm them.  He with the rest of Captain Phillips' Company were constantly on duty except sometimes for a 
few days at a time, when he would get a permit and visit his relations for a few days at a time, but he did not follow any civil pursuit but considered himself as in service even when on a visit to his friends as he was only there by the special permission of his officers.  The time for which he volunteered was indefinite, the purpose was all he had in view, which was to render his Country's service by protecting 
its friends and punishing its enemies.  -- However this he can say that to put every day together that he was absent from duty (that is actual service) from the time he first entered service until after his return from the battle of King's Mountain, it could not be more than two months – though even that absence 
was by special permission as before named and not by reason of his service having expired, for it should be remembered that in '79, '80 &c the Tories were exceedingly troublesome in the part of North Carolina in which he lived and several companies were always kept on duty to keep them in check – 
hence he always considered it as one tour of duty from the time he entered service until after his return from King's Mountain.  True, he was sometimes engaged in guarding
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the Tories and suspected persons after they had been taken, but this was by command of his superiors as stated in his former declaration 
so as soon as they returned from King's Mountain the company was not discharged until they scoured the Country for some weeks.  But after the return from King's Mountain, he was several days at home during the winter by the permission of his Captain and probably every day added together might make a month – but never more than a week or so at a time – he was still though in service under Captain Phillips.  He now after most mature reflection thinks that the battle at Colson's spoken of in his original declaration must have been in the summer of 1780 and before the battle of King's Mountain – for he very well remembers that he was under Phillips at both places and in March 1781, he was under 
Captain Cloud, for although he was not at Guilford Court house when the battle was fought there, yet he was in service and had been for some weeks under Captain Cloud – Phillips' Company was dismissed he now thinks sometime in January 1781, in Surry County, though after returning
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from King's Mountain, Phillips' Company did go to the neighborhood of Colson's again & after returning from the latter place was discharged in January 1781.  About the first of February 1781 (he cannot state the precise day) he volunteered under Captain Joe Cloud as stated in his original declaration.  -- he 
thinks the skirmish at the wheatfields was before that at Hawfield or Weitzel's Mill as the former was on Easter Monday and the latter was in warmer weather, though the small grain was not yet right.  -- he thinks he returned home to Surry County and was dismissed about the first to the middle of June 1781. 
In a few days he volunteered again under Captain Minor Smith; this was just about harvest or the 25th of June – he volunteered under Smith for 12 months, and was constantly out in service, mostly scouting, until towards the last of October or probably sometime in November (for he well remembers that the potatoes were generally dug and in stacks & frost was considerable) when he went down to 
Wilmington and whilst on the way down he was transferred from Smith's Company to Captain Daniel Wright's as Smith had too many & Wright not enough, and whilst in the neighborhood of Wilmington, news came of the capture of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, which created a great sensation & rejoicing 
in the Camp.  He thinks that it was as late as the last of January before they returned to Surry County and were dismissed by Captain Wright. He did in a week or two (say the middle of February, for he knows it was excessively cold) volunteer under Captain Cloud a second time, but for no definite.  And was in actual service under him only about 15 days then returned home & was discharged as the Tories
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and their free Negro confederates were then completely beaten and overcome in our part of the Country after that had no further difficulties. 
He claims: 
1st under Captain Phillips from the 30th June (at least) 1779 to the 15th of January 1781 – say 18 ½ months 
2nd under Captain Cloud from the first of January 1781 to the first of June same year – 4 [months] 
3rd under Captain S. Smith & right from the 25th June 81 to 25th January 1782 – 7 [months] 
4th under Captain Cloud a second time – ½ [month] 
30 Months 
If you deduct every day he was at home by permission of his officers it will not exceed at 
furthest  ____________________3 months. 
Kentucky
Montgomery County 
     This day William Conner, the person herein named, came personally before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for said County and made oath to the truth of the facts stated in this amended declaration.  Given under my hand this 9th January 1834.  
               J. H. Wells, J. P. M. C. 

     I Micajah Harrison clerk of the Montgomery County Court to hereby certify that James H. Walls whose name is attached to the above certificate is an acting justice of the peace for said County.  Given under my hand & seal of my office this 4th Feby 1834.
           M. Harrison Clk

(seal)
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28.590
William Conner
Kentucky
e.i.
from 1779 pri
2 yrs  $80.

Hon. Amos Davis
H.R.
Feb. 18. 1836
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WAR DEPARATMENT,
Pension Office.

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.  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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of William Conner.

Period which the service was rendered.

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

Rank of the claimant.

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.

Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.
70
N.C.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary.

     The applicant should set forth distinctly each tour of service, and the length thereof.  When acting as a minute man the time only in which he was actually engaged should be stated.  The time that he held himself in readiness to go against the enemy should not be computed.

             I am, respectfully,
             Your obedient servant,
                JAMES 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 offices, 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 

     On this _____day of______personally appeared (a) before _____A.B. a resident (b) of _____in the county of_____and State, Territory or District of _____aged (c)_____years, who first being 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, if 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 or any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____.                         A.B.
     Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
     [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (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 same) herby 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 Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it 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 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 product 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means or 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 ex-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?
     How were you called into service;  were you drafted, did you volution, 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 the 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.

(The following are small type footnotes at the bottom of the page.)

[a]  The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b]  The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c]  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d]  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served;  otherwise a claim cannot be had.  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 Just of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that, by reason 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.  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 ribbons, 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 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.
     [j]  The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
     [k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
     [l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
     [m]  The answers to the interrogatories must all be written and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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30955
Revy
INVALID.
File No 30955
William Conner
Pri Rev War

Act:  June 7 32
Index: -Vol 2, Page 82

[Arrangement of 1870.]