Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,272, for Zachariah Nance, Virginia
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(8-1776)

Service                                                      Number
Cont. (Va)                    Nance, Zachariah  S,31,272

Contents
See pension claim of this man's widow Elizabeth Nance, she was allowed pension as the former widow of Lewis Bingley, Va. W. File 24320.
(there is a lot of family data on file in that claim)
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Illinois 7989

Zachariah Nance
of Sangamon in the State of Illinois who was a Private 7 artillery in the Regt commanded by Captain Pendleton of the Regt commanded by Cl. Harrison in the Virginia line for three years
$100.
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois [a]t the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2d. day of Mar 1833 and sent to Edw. James. Springfield, Illinois
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 200
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 50
                                                     $250.
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.      }
Recorded by Wm P. Palmer. Clerk.
Book E. Vol. 8. Page 59.

Died Dec. 22, 1835 
A. B.

[Handwritten to the left of the above]
A.B.
Died Dec. 22- 1835.
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declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
State of Illinois
Sangamon County JP.
On this sixth day of March in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before the County Court of Sangamon County and State of Illinois Zachariah Nance o[f] the County and State afore said aged seventy two years and ten months 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 Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy seven Virginia under Captain John Blair a recruiting officer and that afterwards attached to the company of Captain James Pendleton in the First Regiment of Artillery in the Virginia Continental Troops commanded by Colonel Charles Harrison. Edward Carrington Lieutenant Colonel Holdman or Holdeman Major. Captains [Anthony] Singleton, Burrell and Baytup [Baytop] command companies belonging to the Cause Regiment. I think also that Captains Dandridge and Dickens also commanded companies in the Regiment. When I entered the service I resided in New Kent Co. Virginia. Our Regiment was organized at Yorktown. The companies of Pendleton, Dandridge and Baytup [Baytop] left in Garrison at Yorktown under Lieutenant Colonel Carrington and the remainder of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Harrison was marched to Portsmouth opposite Norfolk.  Our Regiment was united again in the following fall or winter  and was marched for innoculation to a place called Ceelies near Hampton. Early in the spring we took up the line of march for the north and joined the army under Gen. Washington at the Valley Forge Pennsylvania sometime in May.
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Col. Lamb's and Col. Crane's Regiments of Artillery had arrived before us and the three Regiments were placed under the command of Gen. Knox. In June when the English had evacuated Philadelphia the army left the Valey [Valley] Forge in pursuit of them through the State of New Jersey. We came up with them at Monmouth about the middle of the day on the 28 June 1778. The action was commeced [commenced] by General Lafayette with an advanced attachment a General Wood put on some other officer was sent to support him; and then a third detachment under Gen. Lee who took command of the Front Division of the Army. Gen. Washington when he came up finding that the front division were retreating ordered them to halt and charge the English which they did. When the main army came up the Brigade of Artillery was placed in the front and center. The action continued until night when the English retreated the land on the field of battle all night and in the morning the English had retreated with such precipitation that it was thought impracticable to overtake them. The next day we took up our march to the White Plains where we laid all summer. In the fall the Brigade of Artillery was marched to Pluckamin [Pluckemin] in New Jersey where we wintered. In the spring 1779 Captain Pendletons Company with two pieces was attached to Gen. Wayne's light Infantry. We then went in the lines and early in the summer we passed West Point and marched to Virginia Beach on the North River. Here we laid til the 15th July. Then we marched to the neighborhood of Stony Point where we arrived late in the evening. About 12 P.M. we stormed this jut Col Fleury a Frenchman commanding the advance party. Our Company of Artillery was marched in Sint Stocks and put lines to take possession of the cannon and with my own hand I broke open the magazine and took out a barrel of powder, which we opened and kept up for sometime a cannonade on the enemies shipping. We took some five or six hundred prisoners. The English were commanded by a Colonel Johnson.
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Zachariah Nance
24474
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We burnt the Fort and carried off the military stores  We then marched back to Landy Beech where we remained during the summer. From there we were marched to a [illegible] River of which I have forgotten the name where we remained till January,1780 when we joined our Regiment at Morristown in the State of New Jersey where our Regiment had taken up winter quarters  During this winter as in and during the previous winter we suffered very severely from the cold.  On the 22nd February I received a written discharge which I have since lost. We enlisted for three years and a large portion of our Regiment was now discharged
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Role of any agency in any state in the union
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Zacchariah Nance
And the said court do hereby express their opinion that the above mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he stated
County Commissioners {Thomas Moffett
                                      {Reuben Harrison
                                      {Josiah B Smith
I Charles R Matheny Clerk of the County Commissioner Court of Law Union County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Zachariah Nance for a pension. 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix my hand and seal of office this sixth day of March in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three.
C. R Matheny CCC
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24.424 7989
Zachariah Nance 
Sangamon C JW

Look on Va Cont. Roll
On mu Artillery

Adm 2 years from 1777.  Analleng $100
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                                                                       WAR DEPARTMENT,
                                                                       Pension Office,

                                                                                                          188
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 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.

Statement, showing the Service of Zachariah Nance

Period when the         | Duration of the    |Rank of           | Names and rank of
service was rendered. |claimant's service. |the claimant.  | the Field officers
17 Fby 1777                |Years                      |Private           | under whom he 
                                    |    3                        |                      |served
                                                                                          |Capt Pendleton
                                                                                          |Col Harrison
Age at present,        | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
and place of abode | None
when he entered     |
the service.              |
72 years
Williamsbugh          |
Virginia                    |
New Kent                 |
Co.                           |
Virginia                    |

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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
                                                           DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of}
County of                             }  ss,
On this         day of           personally appeared (a) before               
A. B. a resident (b) of                 in the county of                and State, Territory or District of              aged (c)           years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)          , with        and served in the            
(e) regiment of the                line, under the following named officers:
{Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [Hand with pointed index finger] 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 [what]ever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                                      A. B.
{And then will follow the certificate of the Court.}        
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                                           of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                                               for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
            day of                &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                                         and C. D. residing in (the 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 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 [W]ar 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 ordained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected [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 and names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; each 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 the 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 and the Judge or Justice will execute the d[rest illegible] the Court is herein requested 
[illegible] perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, atttend [attend] the Court.
Whenever an 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 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 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 per[sons] 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 give his certificate in every case.
{i} The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
                                     Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
                                                Proof of Service.
{j} In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and 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.
[hand with pointing index finger] The notes from {a} in {} 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} 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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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section

AWF/HMM

November 26, 1929.

Mr. Harrison H. Morse
Fort Worth, Box 33
Texas.

Dear Sir:
I advise you from the records of this Bureau it appears that Zachariah Nance, while residing in New Kent County, Virginia, enlisted February 17, 1777, and served as a private in Captains John Blair's and James Pendleton's Companies, Colonel Charles Harrison's Regiment of Continental Artillery, was in the battles of Monmouth and Stony Point, and was discharged February 22, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 6, 1833, at which time he was living in Sangamon County, Illinois, aged seventy-two years and ten months.
He died there December 22, 1835.
The soldier married December 31, 1785, in New Kent County, Jane Wilkins. She died December 17, 1800. [Hand written] same pet.
[Hand written sideways] Family data taken from Rev pension claim-Lewis Bingley W24325-
He married December 15, 1802, in James City County, Virginia, Elizabeth (her maiden name was Morris) Bingley, widow of Lewis Bingley, who died October 13, 1799 in James City County, Virginia.
Children of Zachariah and Jane Nance:
Elisabeth            born August        21, 1786
Robert                  "     February     22, 1788
James                   "     November  24, 1789
Sally                      "    October      29, 1791
William                 "     March         17, 1793
Eaton                    "     September  14, 1794
George W.            "     March          29, 1798
Zachariah H.         "     December    17, 1800
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Children of Zachariah abd [and] Elizabeth Nance

Otway                           born       November       19, 1803, died August 19, 1804
Otway Bird                       "          July                  21, 1805
Joshua                              "          July                  11, 1807
Cary                                  "          March              26, 1809, died August 25, 1840
Thomas Jefferson             "          September       17, 1811
Allen                                 "          September       16, 1813
Parthena Williams            "          August              13, 1816
(their only daughter)

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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1st May: 1835.
[Illegible] Co: N.Y.

[Written sideways] 2/[Illegible] 1 to ref: 1 May, 35,

"R[rest illegible]"
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31272
Revy INVALID.

File No. 31,272
Zachariah Nance
Prv Rev War

Act: June 7 32"
[I]ndex:-Vol. 2, Page 294
{Arrangement of 1870}

[Hand written to the left of center above ] 
Ga. 
24325
Bingly

[Hand written to the right of center above]
July 22 '96.
Sold. Pensioned to
John Hill, Columbus

Oct. 14-1902-See wid Lewis
Mrs. Ada. G. Youngman
Bloomington Ills.

1911, Aug. 29. Hist. to
Mrs. E. S. Walker

1923-May 8-Hist. to Miss
Damaris Knobe-MMHF-
1929-June 27-Hist to
Mrs. Maye S. Myers-Family data taken from
Lewis Bingley W. 28325-Aug.

1929-Nov. 26-Hist. to Harrison H. Morse Aug 
1936-Mar. 12- Hist. to Mrs. C. E Denton
copied-ILL for A. W. F.
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[Stamp] Springf[illegible]il  Mar 9       
J/[illegible]            
Washington City
D. C. 
Pension Office
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Edward Jones
Georgetown
District of Columbia
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March 12, 1936.

Mrs. C. E. Denton                                      BA-J/ILL
Shelby, Mississippi.                                   SHERWOOD NANCE
                                                                  S. 21394
                                                                  ZACHARIAH NANCE [illegible hand written with arrow and encirclement around Zachariah Nance]
                                                                  S. 31272
                                                                  LEWIS BINGLEY
                                                                  W. 24325
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of David, Sherwood and Zachariah Nance.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a David Nance. The records of Sherwood and Zachariah Nance are furnished you herewith, which are the records of the early soldiers who bore those names that are found on the Revolutionary War pension records. The record of Lewis Bingley is furnished also, as it may be of interest to you in connection with that of Zachariah Nance.

Very truly yours,
G. H. Sweet
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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                                                                                            BA-J/AWF/ILL
                                                                                            ZACHARIAH NANCE
                                                                                            S. 31272
Mrs. C. E. Denton
Shelby, Mississippi.

Dear Madam:
The data give herein regarding Zachariah Nance were obtained from the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 31272.
Zachariah Nance, while residing in New Kent County, Virginia, enlisted February 17, 1777, served as a private in Captains John Blair's and James Pendleton's companies, Colonel Charles Harrison's regiment of Continental Artillery, was in the battles of Monmouth and Stony Point, and was discharged February 22, 1790.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 6, 1833, at which time he resided in Sangamon County, Illinois, aged seventy-two years and ten months. The date and place of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
There is no data regarding the family of the above noted soldier in this pension claim.
Zachariah Nance died Dec. 22, 1835.

Very truly yours,
G. H. Sweet
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator

[Below lines hand written]
The claim of Lewis Bingley-W24325-with family data of Zachariah Nance should always be furnished also. (Mrs. Zurich)-Also to visitor.
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[Ref. AWF. ?BL]
Wars Section
S.31272
W.24325
AWF/eel

June 27, 1929

Mrs. Maye Swan Myers
Box 446
Cleveland, Oklahoma

Madam:
I advise you from the records of this bureau it appears that Zachariah Nance, while residing in New Kent County, Virginia, enlisted February 17, 1777, and served as a private in Captains John Blair's and James Pendleton's Companies, Colonel Charles Harrison's Regiment of Continental Artillery, was in the battles of Monmouth and Stony Point, and was discharged February 22, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 6, 1833, at which time he was living in Sangamon County, Illinois, aged seventy-two years and ten months. 
He died there December 12, 1835.
The soldier married December 31, 1785 in New Kent County, Virginia, Jane Wilkins. She died December 17, 1800.
He married December 15, 1802, in James City County, Virginia, Elizabeth (her maiden name was Morris) Bingley,
[Below hand written sideways on right side}
Rev. All family data taken from pension claim-Lewis Bingley W24325
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widow of Lewis Bingley, who died October 13, 1799, in James City County, Virginia.

Children of Zachariah and Jane Nance.

Elisabeth                      born     August         21, 1786.
Robert                             "        February      22, 1788.
James                              "        November   24, 1789.
Sally                                "         October      29, 1791.
William                           "         March         17, 1793.
Eaton                              "         September  14, 1794.
George W.                      "         March          29, 1798.
Zachariah H.                   "         December    17, 1800.

Children of Zachariah and Elizabeth Nance.

Otway                          born     November   19, 1803, died August 19, 1804.
Otway Bird                     "          July             21, 1805.
Joshua                            "            "               11, 1807.
Cary                                "          March         26, 1809, died August 25, 1840.
Thomas Jefferson           "          September  17, 1811.
Allen                               "             "               16, 1813.
Parthena Williams           "          August        13, 1816.
(their only daughter)

Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C., _____________, 190___

In reply to your request of _______________, received_______________ for a statement of the military history of ___________________________a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of              Length of                                    
Enlistment or      Service.                        
Appointment.                                           

Feb 22 '77    to      Feb. 22 '80   
                                                               
Rank.
Private 

Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered.
Captain.                   Colonel.
John Blair                 [check]
James Pendleton      Charles Harrison

State
Va. [John Blair]
Continental Artillery [James Pendleton]
                                                                                           
Battles engaged in, Monmouth and Stony Point
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Kent Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Mar. 6 1833.  [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Sangamon Co., Ill.
Age at date of application, 72 yrs. 10 mos.    d. Dec. 22 1835
Remarks [Crossed out] No family data
See family data in other claim W 24325 Lewis Bingley

Very respectfully,
Commissioner

31793b5m1C-07
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W. W. DENTON                                                                                C. E. DENTON
DENTON ICE, COAL AND GIN CO.
Shelby, Miss.
January 29, 1936

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
Record Division of Revolutionary War.

Please send me statements of the military records of these men who served in Revolutionary War:
[check] Sherwood Nance, born Oct. 17, 1754 in Charlotte Co. Va
He enlisted early in the war while a resident of Caswell County, N.C. He applied for and received pension while living in Union District, S.C.-Pension claim S.21394
[0] [check] David Nance-served as private for three years in Virginia Troops. At Stony Point under Capt. James Pendleton Counly & Col. Chas. Harrison. He enlisted first at Charles County, Va. May 5, 1760 in Continental Army.

Yours Truly,
Mrs. C. E Denton
Shelby, Miss

[Stamp with numbers 1-12 around margin]
Received Feb 3 1936
Mail Sub-Div.
Vets. Adm.
Reader No. 3
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D. O. MODLIN
JNO. A. JACKSON

MODLIN AND JACKSON
REALTORS
BUSINESS PROPERTY-LEASES-BUILDING MANAGEMENT
106 WEST EIGHTH STREET
P. O. BOX 33
FORT WORTH, TEXAS

October 9, 1929

Pension Bureau
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:-
You will find attached herewith an excerpt from the family history of my wife, and we would greatly appreciate it if you would send us the records which you have in your department as to the army career of Zachariah Nance mentioned in the history.
The object of this is to enable Mrs. Morse to complete her records for application to the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Thanking you for anything you may be able to do for us, I am

Yours very truly
[signed] Harrison H. Morse 
Harrison H. Morse
Box 33
Fort Worth, Texas

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OCT
U.  10  S.
1929
OFFICE
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Cleveland, Oklahoma.
February 18th., 1929

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Sir:-
I have been informed by the Adjutant General, Washington, D. C. that your office could furnish me the Revolutionary War Record of Zach Nance, who served as a private in Captain James Pendletons Company, 1st. Artillery Regiment, Continental Troops, commanded by Colonel Charles Harrison.
This Zach Nance was my great-grandfather and I am attempting to trace the line of Nances and shall appreciate whatever information you are able to give me, and if there is a fee charged for this work I shall gladly remit upon hearing from you to this effect.
May I also ask if you have any information to give me on the Revolutionary War record of one Samuel [0] Swan, who was my father's father. I am not sure that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War but wish to ascertain this and thought you would be able to give me the help.

Thanking you at this time, I am,
Very truly yours,
(Mrs) Maye Swan Myers
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Box 446.

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PENSION
FEB
U.  20  S.
1929
OFFICE
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OVERLOOKING LAKE MICHIGAN
ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF
HYDE PARK HOTEL
HYDE PARK BOULEVARD AND LAKE AVENUE
CHICAGO

[hand written left of building R rest illegible, S rest illegible, Co, illegible]

March 24, 1923
PRIVATE OFFICE

The Pension Department,
Washington, D.C:

Please inform me if the following Revolutionary war soldiers - or their widows - were on the pension lists. I enumarate [enumerate] them in the order of their importance to me, the first named being especially important:
0 (1) Isaac Johnson (or Johnston) - wife Elizabeth - who 
enlisted in Virginia; moved to Rowan County, North Carolina, after the war; thence to Jessamine County (until 1792 a part of Fayette County) Kentucky, where he died in 1814. Widow Elizabeth lived there for a time, but moved to that part of Franklin County, Kentucky that is now Anderson County.
0 (2) Samuel Morris - second wife Elizabeth - who lived and died in James City County, Virginia.
0 (3) Turner Morris - wife unknown - who moved from James City County, Virginia, to Carr County Kentucky; thence to Cass County, Illinois, where he died about 1840.
0 (5) Daniel Jones - wife Mary - who lived and died in James City County, Virginia (died 1822).
S31272 [check] (6) Zachariah Nance - wife Elizabeth - who enlisted either in James City County or Charles City County, Virginia; moved to Green County, Kentucky, in 1806; thence in 1832 to that part of Sangamon County, Illinois, that is now Menard County. (over)
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As I wish to incorporate this information in a book that is to go the publishers shortly, I would appreciate as early a reply as you can conveniently send.

Thanking you-
Yours very truly
(Miss) Damaris Knobe
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JOHN HILL.
MECHANICAL ENGINEER.

COTTON MILL ENGINEERING.
PLANS FOR COTTON MILLS.
STEAM, WATER OR ELECTRIC POWER APPLIED.
MACHINERY PURCHASED.

COLUMBUS, GA. July 13, 1896.   189
[illegible handwriting down and across]

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-
I desire to obtain a certified copy of the record in the Revolutionary war, of Zachariah Nance, from Charles City Co., Va., afterwards of Sangamon Co., Illinois: and after 1839, Petersburg, Illinois; Menard County having at that time been formed from Sangamon Co, He died in 1835, and his wife (my grandmother) Elizabeth Nance, of Petersburg, Illinois, drew a Revolutionary pension for a few years previous to her death, January 11, 1850. The immediate use for this cirtificate [certificate] is for membership Sons of the Revolution.
Kindly inform me as to any fees connected with this research, and I will forward same at once.

Very truly yours,
John Hill

He was a soldier the latter 3 years of the War. (16 to 19 years age)