Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5294, Lewis Bonnett, Va.
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SERVICE
Va.
Bonnett, Lewis
NUMBER
S.5294.
Carded.
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Virginia 16.242
Lewis Bonnett
of Lewis in the State of Virginia who was an In: Spy in the company commanded by Captain Coburn in the Regt. commanded by Col: Crockett in the Virginia line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of July '33 and sent J. Wammley [sp?] Weston Va.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33                160
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept '33  +  40
                                                    [double line]
                                                                $200
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6. Page 3
[Following are notations on opposite page]
See let. to J. C. Haymond April 17. 1834 
 do.       to W. [?]. Singleton July 7. 1834
Returned to Files - Jun 19/60.
[next notation written sideways on page]
307548
Let. 16 march 1835 - Pur: ag. } aff
-------------- W. Hoffman
Dropped from pension roll 
March 16, 183[?] see Agency book
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Report [illegible] care of Lewis Bonnett
a Pension
Traced [underlined]
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Lewis Bonnett. aged 71. [illegible] two years.
John Mitchel of Lewis county aged 71 yrs (a pensioner) has known Lewis Bonnett for 35 yrs. thinks him too young to have been in the Rev. war. The General belief in the neighborhood is that Bennett is not entitled to a Pension.
Jno Neely aged 76 years. has known Lewis Bennett for forty five years. he was then a young chap. too young (illegible) to have been in the Rev. War.
Samuel Bennett (brother of Lewis, Jacob, & Peter Bennett, the three latter of whom are Pensioners) says that he is now in his 65th. year. That Jacob & Lewis are twin Brothers, and are four years older than himself.  his brother Peter is 18 mos. older than himself. neither of his brothers (Lewis Jacob & Peter) are soldiers, or done service in the war of the Revolution. and to this he is ready & willing to Swear when called on. 
Jonathan Wamsly wrote their declarations and got their pensions. Wamsley told them that his brothers (Lewis Jacob & Peter) were to allow [illegible] out of their pensions twenty dollars a piece each for five years & Wamsly proposed getting him (Samuel) a pension on the same terms. After he Samuel had told Wamsly his age and that he had not been in the Rev. War
Signed - X his mark Samuel Bonnett
Witness
[signed] Nathan Groff
Seen Lewis Bonnett June 30. 1824. who stated that he was 71. or 72 yrs. old. has been in the west side of the Alleghany mountains for fifty years. was raised on
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South Branch of Potomac when then he was out as assist[?] [af]ter Tories for about one month. This was all the service he done during the war of the Revolution. After it closed he was in Service against the Indians. Jonathan Wamsly wrote his declaration. agreed to give Wamsly the [illegible] first [illegible] he Wamsly got $160. Told Wamsly that he had not been in the Rev. war. Wamsly [illegible] that he could have a pension [illegible].This man Bonnett is exceedingly Ignorant & [illegible] wholly Illiterate.
Respectfully [illegible]
W. Galling [illegible]
Special Agent.
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Lewis Bonnett
Lewis Co Va
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State of Virginia }
Lewis County      } ss.
On this 5th day of July in the year 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of Lewis County Court (at the Court House of said County) now Sitting. Lewis Bonnett a resident of the said County of Lewis in the State of Virginia aged 71 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 of the 7th June 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he was drafted in March 1779 or 1780 (He cannot now say which year) from what is now Harrison County in Virginia under Capt Jonathan Coburn and Major William Louther who commanded Captains Coburn, George Jackson, and Jacob Westfal's companies. He descended from the west fork River to where Bowensville [sp?] now stands, from thence to what is now Elizabeth Town near Pitts. was halted there as a kind of rendezvous from this point the different companies performed in detachments several trips down the Ohio River towards Wheeling during that summer and fall on the Virginia side of the Ohio, below Pittsburg guarding against Indian incursions. That part of the troops were engaged in constructing boats and guarding some beef Cattle at Malures [sp?] Island about five miles below Pittsburg. The troops or the greater part of them wintered at Newells Store and at Pittsburg and during the winter finished their Boats and laid in a Stock of rations. In the Spring of 1780 the troops
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descended the Ohio in Boats under the command of Col. Joseph Crockett who ha joined them at Pittsburg. We were then told some were to join Genl Clark in Kentucky, some to stop at Neals Station at the mouth of the Little Kenhawa [Kanawha], and some to stop at Big Beaver some time in April 1780 we landed at Neals Station where Capt Ward with some Militia were stationed at this place Capt Coburns company was stopped our Major Souther and Col. Crockett proceeded down the Ohio. Here declarant and his brother Peter Bonnett were detached from the Company to act as Indian Spies, under Captain Coburns Ensign Benjamin Sills, they were ordered to and did Spy in what is now Mason, Jackson, Wood & Tyler counties untill [sic] October 1780, when they were discharged by order of Col. Duvall who commanded the Station, Captain Coburn gave them their discharges they having served 18 months for which they were drafted. At the earnest request of Capt Coburn declarant & his Brother Peter agreed to volunteer to serve one year longer as Indian Spies over the Same territory. They commenced again in October 1780 to serve each one year as an Indian Spy under Captain Coburn and spied untill [sic] the security of the winter which was unusually great drove them into winter quarters at Neals Station where the troops suffered exceedingly from severe cold and want of Rations. In March 1781 the weather became more moderate, and the Indians soon appeared along the river again declarant then became an active spy again with his brother Peter in Mason, Wood, Jackson, & Tyler Counties (now so called). They continued to
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Spy untill [sic] October 1781 when they were discharged by Captain Coburn having performed 18 months service under their draft and each one year under their last engagements, as volunteer Indian Spies. They then returned home and in the Spring of 1783 were ordered out by Col Benja Wilson as Indian Spies in what is now Lewis County in March of that year. In April 1783 in a skirmish with a band of Indians, had a brother John killed, we put his body in a well known cave in Lewis County where his bones are yet to be seen. This declarant served longer on this last tour than his brother Peter about two months was discharged some time in June or July 1783, having served in all 18 months as a private. Militia man and Indian Spie [sic]. Then one year as an Indian Spy. Then four months as same, all between the years 1779 and 1783. He has no documentary evidence, he knows of no person except his brother Peter Bonnett, whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension 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
[signed] X his mark Lewis Bonnett
The declarant answers the seven several Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department as follows viz.
1st. That he was born in Virginia in what is now Ha[rest is cut off] County in the year 1762.
2nd That he has no record of his age.
3: That he was living in what is now Harrison
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County Virginia. That he has lived in Lewis County ever since 1816 and still lives there.
4th. That he was drafted to serve 18 months on the eastern Waters in March 1779 as a private Soldier and so served 'till October 1780 was discharged then volunteered for one year from Octr 1780 'till October 1781 then, in 1783 ordered out as an Indian Spie. [sic]
5th. He saw at Pittsburg a General has forgotten his name, saw Col Gibson, Crockett, Duvall, Wilson, saw Regulars and Militia, saw Major Wales, Souther and others, names forgotten, has suffered greatly and is now much crippled.
6th. He received two discharges from Capt Coburn, one for 18 months service as a private Militia man. One for one year as an Indian Spie [sic]. was verbally discharged by Col. Wilson for his service in 1783. He has lost his other discharges many years since
7th. He is known in his neighbourhood [sic] to Jacob Abbott and Philip Con Junr. They can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his Services as a Soldier of the revolution. There are no Clergymen residing near him, he can prove his Services by his brother Peter Bonnett, who he now produces in Court and who is a younger brother aged 69.
Subscribed and Sworn to this day and year aforesaid
[signed] X his Mark Lewis Bonnett
Peter Bonnett appeared in open Court before the Justices of Lewis County this 5th day of February 1833, and made oath that he is the brother of Lewis Bonnett who has Signed and sworn to the above declaration, that Lewis is
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older than affiant that they were companions in arms and generally allied together throughout their campaigns. That his said brother Lewis did serve as he has above Stated. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signed] X his Mark Peter Bonnett
We Jacob Abbott and Philip Con Jr. residing in Lewis County in the State of Virginia hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lewis Bonnett who has Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 71 years of age. That he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood [sic] where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and Subscribed this day and year aforesaid
[signed] Jacob Abbott
              Philip Con Jr
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 Peter Bonnett who signed and swore to the first preceding certificate is the brother of the above named applicant, that he is 69 years old that he resides in Lewis County Virginia is a credible man, and his Statement is entitled to credit. The Court further certifies that Jacob Abbott and Philip Con Jr who have been in Court signed the last preceding
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certificate appear to the Court to be resident citizens of Lewis County near neighbours [sic] to the applicant that they are credible here and their statement is entitled to credit. It also appears to the Court that there is no Clergyman residing near the applicant
Virginia
Lewis County Sct
I John Talbott Clerk of the County Court of Lewis County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lewis Bonnett for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal (not having been furnished with an official one) this 9th day of February 1833.
[signed] J. Talbott [circle drawn around word "seal"]
I do hereby certify that John Talbott is Clerk of the County Court of Lewis County in Virginia and that his name hereto [illegible] is in his proper handwriting Feby 22nd 1833
[signed] Lewis Maxwell
The Depart. will please examine this application of Lewis Bonnett and report to me at Weston Lewis County
[signed] J. Wamsley
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No 24095
Lewis Bonnett
Lewis County
Virginia 
[illegible]E
Admit as Indian spy
2 yr $80
e. not authent'd
J. Wamsley
Weston C. House
Lewis Co
Virginia
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 11. 1833
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 periods 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 Lewis Bonnett Lewis Co Virginia
[Table has several columns with following headings: "Period when the service was rendered," Duration of the claimant's service in 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," and "Proof by which the declaration is supported."]
drfted March 1780 [no duration marked], Private, Genl Clark
spring Sum [no duration] Private, Major Southen
Mar 1781 [no duration marked] Indian Spy
  Captn Robeson
til Octr 1781 [no duration] Indian spy Col 
   Crockett
Vol dischg Foll 
               1782 [underlined] 2 years 6 months
   Captn Coburn
    spring 1783                                   4 months
    Indian spy  Col Duvall
Age at present and place of abode when entered service
   71 years Harrison County Virginia
Proof
   a living witness & traditionary evidence
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, 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. 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 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 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 though which he marched. This form is to be varied 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 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) hereby 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 day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.LD., who has also signed the name 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 expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 6. {To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it gen and what became 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 he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other 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 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 same 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 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 hive his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he 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 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. [i] 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 military 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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September 18, 1937
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Mr. C. B. Allman           Lewis Bonnett, S. 5294
Moundsville                 BA-J/MCS
West Virginia
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 5294, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Lewis Bonnett.
On February 5, 1833, while living in Lewis County, Virginia, where he stated had lived since 1816, Lewis Bonnett applied for pension. He stated that he was born in 1762 in what was later Hardy County, Virginia. He gave the following data relative to his service. While living in what was later Harrison County, Virginia, he was drafted in March, 1779, and served as private under Captain Jonathan Coburn and Major Lowther and Colonel Joseph Crockett until sometime in April, 1780, when at Neals Station he and his brother, Peter, were detached from the company and served as Indian spies under Ensign Benjamin Sills, serving in what was later Mason, Jacson, Wood and Tyler Counties, Virginia, until October, 1780, when they were discharged. In October, 1780, Lewis Bonnett volunteered to serve as Indian spy under Captain Coburn and served as such until October, 1781, with the exception of the winter months. In March, 1783, he was ordered out by Colonel Benjamin Wilson as Indian spy in Lewis County and served until June or July, 1783; in a skirmish with a band of Indians in April, 1783, his brother, John, was killed and they placed his body in a well known cave in Lewis County. Lewis Bonnett's claim for pension was allowed. 
In 1834 Samuel Bonnett, aged sixty-four years, brother of Lewis, Jacob and Peter Bonnett, stated that Jacob and Lewis Bonnett were twins and were four years older than himself and that is brother, Peter, was eighteen months older than himself and that neither Lewis, Jacob nor Peter Bonnett served in the Revolutionary War. In that year Lewis Bonnett
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told the United States District Attorney that all the service he rendered during the Revolutionary War was for about one month when he went out against the Tories and that after the close of the Revolution he was in service against the Indians.
As a result of an investigation made by the United States District Attorney, Lewis Bonnett's name was dropped from the pension rolls on March 16, 1835.
The papers in said claim contain no further data relative to the family of Lewis Bonnett.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev War   5294
INVALID.
File No. 5294
Lewis Bonnett
Pri Rev war
Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. M, Page 38
[opposite page]
1921, Oct 18 - hist to Mrs. A. A. Glenn - Eu
1937. Sept. 18. hist to Mr. C. B. Allman. M.C.S.
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Revo. [later notation]
2204 Berteau Ave.
Chicago. Sept 28 - 21
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Sir,
In 1833 I think it was, an ancestor Lewis Bonnett was drawing a pension for service in Rev. War in Lewis Co. Va.
Would you kindly give me the particular [illegible] service, name of wife and children if given to use in joining the D. A. R. and very greatly oblige
His brother Peter also drew one same time and place.
[signed] Mrs. A. A. Glenn
2204 Berteau Ave.
Chicago, Ill.
3rd Apt.
[circular mailroom stamp] PENSION U.S. Sep 30 1921
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[official letterhead stationery]
MARSHALL COUNTY SCHOOLS
Louis R. Potts, Supt.
C. B. Allman, Ass't. Supt.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Sept. 3, 1937.
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs; Do you have any records of a pension for John and Martin Whetsell and Lewis Bonnett. Or any records of land they received for their services in the Revolutuonary [sic] or other wars?
Thanking you in advance
Very sincerely yours,
[signed] C. B. Allman
C. B. Allman
[round mailroom stamp at bottom]
SEP 4 1937
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Rev. War Section.
October 16, 1931.
Mrs. A. A. Glenn,
2204 Berteau Avenue, 3rd Apt.,
Chicago, Illinois.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated September 28, 1931, you are advised that from the papers in the pension claim, S. F. 5294, it appears that Lewis Bonnett, a resident of Lewis County, Virginia, was allowed pension in 1833 on account of 2 years service in the Virginia Troops, War of the Revolution; but his name was dropped from the pension roll March 15, 1835, as upon examination of the claim by the United States District Attorney, Lewis Bonnett stated that all the service he rendered during the Revolution was for one month, when he was out against the Tories, and his brother Samuel Bonnett stated that Lewis was not in service during the Revolution.
It is not stated whether he was married.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner
[handwritten figures at left bottom]
1833
    71[line drawn underneath]
1762 [apparently figuring year of Bonnett's birth]
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September 18, 1937
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Mr. C. B. Allman         Lewis Bonnett, S. 5294
Moundsville                BA-J/MCS
West Virginia
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to John and Martin Whetsell and Lewis Bonnett who served in the Revolutionary War or in other wars.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information relative to John and Martin Whetsell.
In order to identify the records of soldiers named John and Martin Whetsell who may have served in other wars, it is essential that you state the war in which they served and furnish as much as possible of the following data: approximate date of soldier's birth and death, place of residence at enlistment and after service and first name of widow.
You are furnished herewith, the record of the only Lewis Bonnett that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator