Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,135, for Reuben Land, North Carolina
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(3-1176) Service Number
N. C. Land Reuben S 7135
Bornin N. C
Contents Carded
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5145
North Carolina Rueben Land
of Guilford in the State of N. Car who was a m. in the -- commanded by Captain Corniy of the commanded by capt Wilson in the N. car. line for 18 months from 1781
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate 60 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March 1834
Certificate of pension issued the 5th day of July 1833 and sent Hon A. R. Shepard H, of Reps
Aneais to 4th of Sept 1832
 Semi anl. allowance ending  4 mar 33 
90-
30-
$120
[Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}'Recorded by Nathan Pace- Clerk, Book D. Vol. 8 page. 35
Dead let to R. Gorrell Nov 29 1839
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State of North Carolina Guilford County} Court of Pleas and Quarter session August on 1832
On this 21st day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justice of the Court of Pleas and quarter session for the County of Guilford now Sitting Rueben Land a resident of the County of Guilford & state of North Carolina aged about seventy three years who having first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed on June the 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he was drafted for the time of three months in the year 1781 a first time before the Battle of Guilford and served in a Company Commanded by Captain Andrew Wilson died Company formal General Gram on his march through North Carolina and went with him to Virginia - that he continued with General Green was with him at the Battle of Guilford and rendering at troublesome order work after the battle and marched under general Green in pursuit of the British Army as far a Ramdey
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In Chatham County North Carolina- that Whom General Grum directed his march towards death Carolina the declarant and his Company sent to the County of Guilford and were employed to keep the Tories or Royalists in Check for the balance of his term of service.
That in the summer of 1781 he Volunteered for the term of six months and served in a company commanded by Capt John McAdams and was employed during the time aforesaid against the Tories under Col Fanning in the County of Randolph Chatham & Montgomery in North Carolin - that during the term aforesaid he marched in present of the Tories to the Raft Swamp near the South Carolin line and was Sometime engaged in present of the Tories through Cumberland & Bladen Counties in North Carolina- when is last mention & term of served expired he then volunteered to serve during the war for as long as was necessary for the scanty of the Country -the Tories under col fanning & other Tory leaders were extremely troublesome during the  spring and summer of 1782 and Kept the whigs in Guilford and Randolph in aa state of Continual alarm - the declarant was almost constantly in the field against them during the [illegible] last mentioned under captain Peter Oneal - Capt Basel- captain Smith Moore Arther Presby Col _ and transed the County of Randalph & Chatham in present of them this species of =illegible continued until the
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evacuated South Carolina the Tories then gave up the contest and this declarant was discharged from service.
This declarant furth states that he has no discharge in his possession he has but one discharge and that was from Capt Smith Moore - he gave the signed discharge to our Charles Miner and obtained for I Species certificate - that he downs not know of any person who can prove all his services  - that John McAdams was [illegible] and in the Company in where he served his months under Captain McAdams his other officers are all now all dead and has no record of his age at present during the date when he enlisted in the army of the United States and marched to Saliency North Carolina  His Wife being [illegible] to have him his discharged from the Army married in Randolph to cut the leaf and of the battle on which his age was heard and signed I to Col Wilborne the Commanding officer and I was [illegible] and this declarant served but the time for which he enlisted - he does not now recollect the year in which he was born but swears his age is as above stated - That he was born in Guilford County North Carolina and continued to live in Guilford County until he was drafted as before stated  -after the close of the revolutionary War he continued to live in Guilford County until he enlisted in the Army of the united State in the late war
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after his discharge he moved to his family in Guilford County where he was resided ever since -that was known to the Residents [illegible] and many others persons who reside in his neighborhood the above-named persons testify as to his character for veracity.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity expect the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state.
his Rueben Land mark
Sown to & subscribed in open Court 
A Hanner cce
Willaim Ryan
We Henery Taton clergyman in Guilford County North Carolina & William Permon resident in the same County & State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Rueben land who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy-three 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
Worn to and subscribed this day & year aforesaid 
William Ryan William Permon
A Hanner
John McBrand maketh oath that he was a lieutenant in a company commanded by John McAdams that the aforenamed Rueben Land was aPlerson in said Company & served in
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Reuben 7135
Invalid
File No 7135
Reuben Land
Prvi Rev War
Act June 7th 32
Index:- Vol. 15, Page 215
[arrangement of 1870.]
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Reuben Land
From 180 private 18 months $60
[illegible]
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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 Reuben Land 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 the 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 intitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulation?
VII> has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension what the one under the Act of June 7, 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 revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
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 person of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under hiss seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulation direct? No
XVII, Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War department answered satisfactorily? and is not which of them is not so answered?
Explanatory 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 worn deposeth and said 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"
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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 about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expression 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 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.
QUERE CVI. 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 of narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of officer of the certifying officer so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Reuben Land
Declaration for a pension
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Month is said Company against the enemy of the Country that he afterwards saw said land in service in several expeditions against the Tories
Worn to in open Court
A Hanner
[illegible]
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the months and other frothing the interrogatories from which by the War Department what the aforenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served in the states and the Court further certifies that I appear to them Henery Tatum who was signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Guilford and tat William Petmar Esq who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Guilford and is a credible person and that the statement is entitled to credit the court furth certifies that John McBrannd who made the above affidavit is man entitled to credit.
jus Gibson Press
[illeiglbe]
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State of North Carolina
I Agned E Hanner Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter for the County of Guilford
Do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings off the said Court in the matter of the application of Reuben Land for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Couty of Office this 25th day of October 1832
A Hanner Clerk
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State of North Carolina Guilford County} Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Rueben Land who being duly sworn deposeth and said that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear precisely 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 the term month under Capt [illegilbe] in the year 1781 as stated in his declaration
he served on month in a company commanded by Capt John McAdams as a private soldier commanding in the summer of 1781 
that he served for the term of three months under Captain Bothell as a private which [illegilbe] when he made out his declaration then he served three months under capt Smith as a private & [illegible] certificate which was [illegible] then he served two months a private in a company commanded by Capt Oneal and also served informal of two month in a company commanded by Captain Bard making together the term of eighteen months and for which service I claim a pension for. 
His Rueben land mark
Sworn to a subscribed}
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before me this 28th day of January 1833
A Hanner
I will know that the above signature is the proper handwriting of John Allen who is an acting Justice of the County of Guilgord Cty I also state that the declarant applicant is on hand as highly respectable resident [illegible]
A Hanner
year 1833
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Greensboro North Carolina Nov 25 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq
Enclosed you have the evidence of the death and claim of a soldier of the Revolution also the requisite proof of the right Jane Land to ask of the United States the amount now due. At the request I have caused the necessary writing to be executed and formatted for your examination. the sum due her can be returned to my address and shall be disposed of to her order.
Respectfully
Ralph Gorrell