Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45892, for Henry Mallow, Virginia
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service    number
Va   Mallow, Henry   S.45892
or Mallows
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4123
Virginia
Henry Mallows
of Pendleton Co. in the State of Virginia
who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Robert Cravens of the Regt. commanded by Col. Benj. Harrison in the Virginia Militia for seven months from 1778
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of January 1833 and sent Hon William McCoy H. R.
Arrears to 4th Sept 1832    34.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833  11.66
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$46.65
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} Recorded by Henry H. Sylvester Clerk
Book D  Vol. 7. Page 126
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State of Virginia Pendleton County } ss.
On this 3rd day of October 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the County Court of Pendleton, now sitting Henry Mallow a Resident of said County in the State of Virginia aged 73 years + nine 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 Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.-
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as is herein stated
He was born according to the best information he has ever obtained somewhere on the Mississippi River, in the year 1759, his Mother having been taken prisoner by the Indians & by them sold to the French, in whose possession she was at the time of his birth. He entered the Service as a volunteer to serve as a private for six months in a Company raised & Commanded by Captain Robert Cravens of the County of Rockingham on or about the 1st of April 1778, and was marched immediately thereafter to Tygerts Valley, under Captain Cravens, where he was stationed, and served about three months in guarding the Settlements in the neighborhood of the place where the Town of Beverly in Randolph County now stands. At the expiration of that time Capt. Craven's Company was sent home and ordered to clothe and equip themselves, preparatory to their being sent to join the Troops under General McIntosh who was about to be sent on an expedition against the North Western Indians, and the British post at Detroit. He remained at home about two weeks, engaged in preparing for McIntosh's Campaign and was marched again early in the month of July 1778, under Capt. Robert Cravens, Lieutenant William Herron and Ensign George Mallow, Col Benjamin Harrison and Major William Crawford also accompanied and commanded the Regt. or Battalion to which his company was attached. They were marched down the South Branch of the Potomac to a place near the Maryland line where they were joined by a Regiment or Battalion of Militia of Hampshire & perhaps the adjoining Counties under the command of Col. Van metre. From there the two Regiments or Battalion, crossed the Allegheny Mountains, and at the Monongahela River
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River near Pittsburg they were joined by, and placed under the command
of Colonel Campbell (or Gamble) who he believes was an officer
in the Regular service, as he sometimes wore a Red Coat.  From
thence they were marched to the Ohio River, which they crossed at
the mouth of Big Beaver, and on the opposite shore they joined
the forces under General McIntosh the commander in chief
of the expedition.  At this place he assisted to build Fort McIntosh
and when (in about three weeks) the Fortifications were nearly
completed, a Garrison was left there under the Command of Col.
Campbell and the remainder of the Troops were marched to the 
Tuscarawas River a short distance above its junction with the
Muskingum,; Here they erected another Fort, called Fort
Lawrence.  After it was completed and a garrison stationed
there, the winter coming on, and their provisions being nearly
exhausted, it would seem that the expedition against Detwit
was abandoned.  The Troops were marched back to Fort
McIntosh, where the company of volunteers under Capt. Cravens
was discharged sometime in December 1778.  He (Mallow)
having served during the whole of the above described expedition.
He together with the balance of his company immediately set out
on their return home and reached his place of Residence sometime 
early in the month of January 1779, having faithfully served
in all at least seven months or perhaps
nine months during the time he was stationed at
Tygarts Valley, and the expedition across the Ohio under General
McIntosh; and during which time he suffered almost incredible
fatigue + hardship in consequence of want of provisions, wading
Waters, and making his way home, in the depths of Winter from
Fort McIntosh on the Ohio, to his residence in Rockingham Va.
through an almost uninhabited Wilderness.  He cannot now
remember the names of any of the Regular Officers with whom he
served except Genl. McIntosh + Cols. Campbell [word crossed out]
and Crawford; He believes those officers were Regulars, but
 the names of their Regiments he does not recollect, nor does he
know whether they were State Troops or Continentals, but he
believes they were of the latter description.  It was said that
Genl. McIntosh had about 300 Regulars with him and that
the United Regular + Militia forces amounted to 2200 men
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when they rendezvoused at the place where Fort McIntosh was
erected --- He has no documentary evidence of his
service, never having received a written or printed discharge
from his officers, but having been verbally dismissed.  He
 however believes that he will be able to prove his service by
 the Oath of Henry Huffman a resident of this County who
served with him as a volunteer in the Company of Captain
Cravens during the whole of his term of seven or perhaps nine months.
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
    Henry his X mark Mallow

I henry Huffman, a resident of the County of Pendleton in the
State of Virginia hereby certify and do solemnly swear that I am
well acquainted with Henry Mallow who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be of the age
thence stated, and that I, of my own personal knowledge am pos-
=itively certain that his statement of his service during the War 
of the Revolution in Captain Robert Cravens Company of Volunteers
from Rockingham County, Virginia, in Tygerts Valley, and in
the expedition across the Ohio under General McIntosh, are
correct and true; I having served with him in the same compa
=ny during the whole of his engagement of nine months and set
forth in the above declaration.
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court the day + year aforesaid.
      Henry his HH mark Huffman

   And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above
named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and Served as
he States.
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Henry Mallows Declaration 14237
I Certify that Henry Mallow named in this paper is an industrious & respectable Farmer reputed Honest & entitled to full Credit on oath, the services for which he claims are believed to have been rendered faithfully by his neighbours of Pendleton County, among others I fully believe that Mr. Huffman who Testifies in the Case is worthy of full belief
Wm. McCoy
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I Tebulon Dyer Clerk of the Court of Pendelton
County, so hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the
application of Henry Mallow, for a pension.
   In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of Office this 8th
day of October 1832 and in the 57th year
of the Commonwealth.
    L. Dyer
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45892
Revy INVALID.
File No. 45892
Henry Mallows
Priv Rev War

Act:
Index:--Vol.......  , Page......

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Henry Mallow.
7 mo. 1778 Cap Rob Cravens Col. B. Harrison
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Henry Mallows, which require
further proof or explanation.
I.    Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II.   Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in county where he resides, is there any reason
      assigned for his not doing so?
IV.   Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V.   *Has he mentioned 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?   No.
VI.   Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under Act of
        June7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX.   Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X.   Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
       from any other seal?
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XI.    Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
      their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolu-
      tionary service?  No.
XII.   If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason for not obtain-
       ing it?
      No
XIII.   If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
       living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
      has a witness
XIV.  +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
        administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  No,
       Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
       his seal of office?
XV.   Does it appear from any papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such and age,
        as to have personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI.    +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And,
         if not, which of them is not so answered?
             3rd part of 7.


       EXPANATORY NOTES.
 +QUERE V.  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 no 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."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 abors
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which be 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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Oct. 16
Va.
14237

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Pension Code}                        Free
                                                    Wm.M.Coy
Hon. Lewis Cass
  Secretary of War
    War Department
      Washington City.
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October 9. 1832
Sir, Enclosed you will receive Henry Mallow's Declaration for a pension
respectfully yrobtSer't 
Wm. McCoy
Hon. L. Cass