Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5519, for Reuben Pennel, North Carolina
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(8-1776) 

SERVICE/ N.C. 
Pennel, Reuben/ or/ Penion/ or/ Pinian/ or/ Pinyan, Lydia. 
NUMBER/ W 5519. 
CONTENTS
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[This is a printed form with handwritten details] 
 
1,152 
North Carolina     To [unsure] 
Lydia Pennel alias Peniose, decd,  
widow of Reuben Pennel NC alias [begin crossed out text] Peniose [end crossed out text]  
Penion 
Pinian 
Pinyan   
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
63, Dollars 33, 
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848. and 
end 18th December 1849. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 
29th day of Septr 1854, 
and sent to 
S. M Knight 
Present. 
 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 137 Vol. a [unsure] 
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[This is a printed form with handwritten details] 
 
12.408 
North Carolina 
Reuben Pennel alias [begin crossed out text] Peniose [end crossed out text] Penion/ Pinion/ Pinyan of Ason [Anson] in the State of N.Car who was a pr: in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col: Armstrong in the N. Car: line for 19 months -  
 
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 63. Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
 
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Apl. 33 and Sent to Jno. A McRae [begin crossed out text] wa[illegible]esboro: [end crossed out text] Wadesboro 
 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1853      126.66 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  31 66 
[Total] $ 158.32 
 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by Nathaniel Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 51
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15798 
Reuben Pennel, alias 
Pinion 
of 
North Carolina 
Admit fr 19 mo as a 
private $63.33 
of 16th 
Feb 15th 1833 
P [or L] 249 
 
Jno. A. McRae 
Wadesboro NC 
Hon [unsure] 
L Bethune
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[This is a printed form with handwritten details] 
 
BRIEF in the case of Reuben Pennel, alias Reuben Pinion County of Anson in the State of North Carolina 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 

Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge? Court 
If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank] 
How old is he? 80. 
State his service, as directed in the form annexed.  
Period. | Duration of Service. /Years, Months, Days. | Rank./ As a | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served./ Gen. 
[Period.] Sept In 1778 | [Years] Vol [Months] 6 | [Rank] Pri | [Gen.] Capt Sheppard, Col Williams  
[Period.] Augt 1780 | [Years] Vol [Months] 3 [Rank] “ [Pri] | [Gen.] Genl Rutherford, Capt Shepherd, Col Armstrong 
[Period.] Dec “ [1780] | [Years] Vol [Months] 10 | [Rank] “ [Pri] | [Gen.] Same officers. 
 
Served in all the 3 times 19 Months  
 

In what battles was he engaged? Kings Mountain, Guilford York. 
Where did he reside when he entered the service? Surry County – North Carolina 
Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & Living for 3 & 10 Months Service 
Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective Says he Served 6. 3 & 10 Months & in the aggregate Says 18 Months 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.  
J[illegible] Examining Clerk 
Jy 29 1833 [or 1853]
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State of North Carolina 
Anson County } October Session 1832 
On this 9th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the worshipful Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions now Sitting – Rueben [Reuben] Pennel (alias Rueben [Reuben] Penion) a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged 80 years a Soldier of the Revolution who being Sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 First I entered the Service of the United States and Served as herein Stated under the following named Officers  
I volunteered in the County of Surry State of No Carolina in Sept 1778 - for Six months under Capt James Sheppard in the Regiment commanded by Col. Williams Genl Rutherford’s Brigade - was marched to the head of the Catawba River in the County of Burke No Carolina to a place called the pleasant Gardens where [illegible] Genl Rutherford was marched into the Cherokee nation of Indians – we travelled over the greater part of their Country but they had taken fright & fled their Country – The army left the Cherokee nation – returned back to the Settlements in Burke County. No Car – where I was discharged in March 1779. - having Served out my time of 6 months - - I volunteered again in the County of Surry No Carolina in August 1780 – under Capt James Sheppard Cal. [Col.] Martin Armstrong’s Regiment was marched in Sept [unsure] through No Carolina into So Carolina York District near the [blank] where we around [unsure] in October – Joined the Combined forces from So Carolina and Kentucky and was in the battle of Kings Mountain – against the British and Tories- . Col. Armstrong had charge of the prisoners – taken in this battle – marched to Hillsborough NCarolina where I was discharged
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in November 1780 having Served three months – I volunteered again [unsure] in December 1780 – in the County of Surry. State of No Carolina under Capt James Sheppard in Col. Armstrong’s Regiment. Was marched to Hillsborough No Carolina from thence to Guilford Court House & was in the battle at Guilford C. House in March 1781 – after this battle I was marched into Virginia and Continued under the command of Capt Sheppard Col Armstrong’s Regiment untill The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at York Town to the American forces in October 1781 – Served [unsure] ten months and was discharged at Hillsborough NCarolina in October 1781 by Col Armstrong – having Served in all during the three Terms Eighteen months – I have lost all my discharges – I have no documentary evidence of my Services and know of no person – who can testify to my Services – except my brother Benjamin Pennel (alias Penion) of Wilkes County – whose deposition I have had taken - (herewith enclosed &c) I do hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity – except – the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State  
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid -  
Rueben [Reuben] his X mark Penion 
 
1st Question by Court: When and in what [begin crossed out text] State [end crossed out text] Year were you born? 
Answer – in the County of [blank] State of Virginia in the year 1752 
2nd Question. Have you any record of your age if so where is it? 
Ansr – there was a record kept in the family bible which hes [unsure] carried away or my brother 
3rd Question – Where were you living when called into Service where have you lived Since the Revolutionary War & where do you now live? Answer In Surry County State of No Carolina I continued to live in Surry for many years after the War – removed from there to Montgomery - & from there into Anson – County where I have continued to live for thirty years - & where I now live
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4th Question – by Court  How were you called into Service were you drafted – did you Volunteer – or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom? Answer – I volunteered in every instance 
5 Question – by Court  State the names of Some of the Regulars Officers who were with the Troops with whom you Served, Such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your Service 
Answer – Genl. Green as a regular Officer at the battle of G. C. H - Cols. Williams and Armstrong & Gnl Rutherford of the militia – I do not recollect the members of the Regiments – I Served nearly all the time in North Carolina [illegible] Cherokee [illegible] nation [unsure] &c and at the close in Virginia 
6. Question by Court  Did you ever secure a discharge from the Service, and if So by whom was it given and what has become of it – Answer I recd three discharges – the 1st I cannot recollect from whom – I recd it the 2nd & 3rd I recd from Col Armstrong I have lost all of them [illegible] 
7 Question by Court  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your Character for veracity & good behavior your Services as a Soldier of the Revolution - 
Answer – The Revd Mr John Culpeper and Russel Rogers are well acquainted with me 
Reuben his X mark Penion 
 
We John Culpeper a clergyman of the County of Montgomery No Car and Russel Rogers – of the County of Anson State of No Carolina hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Reuben Pinion who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 80 years of age – That he is reputable and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid  
J Culpeper 
R Rogers
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We the undersigned Justice of the peace for the County of Wilkes N Carolina, do Certify that we have known Benj Pennel als Penion for near twenty five years and from all we know or have heard of him, we are bound to believe his Statement on oath as above, Given under our hands the day and year as above written 
Edm Jones J.P. 
Wm. Lenoir J.P. 
 
State of North Carolina 
Wilkes County } I Robert Martin Clerk of the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do Certify that Majr. Genl. William Lenoir and Brigadier Genl. Edmund Jones whose Signatures appear to the above Certificate and Affidavit are Acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County and that the Signatures are their genuine hand writting [sic]. Given under my hand and Seal of my Office, the 28th day of March AD 1833. 
R. Martin Clk.
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Lydia Bond – That his father the said Reuben Penion alias Pinyan died on the 3d day of March A.D. 1843 intestate, leaving his mother the said Lydia a widow. That She never afterwards married but remained the widow of the said Reuben until the 18th day of December 1849 – when She died – leaving as her only Surviving child the Said Reuben Wilson Pinion alias Pinyan your affiant & declarant & that there is now living no other child of the said Reuben & Lydia except your petitioner. That his mother the said Lydia never in her lifetime made any application for a pension. Nor had he or any other person for him except the present. That his mother the Said Lydia Pinyan or Pinion died in Cabarrus County North Carolina intestate on the 18th day of December 1849. & that there is no public, nor private, nor family record of either their ages, births, marriages or deaths of either his father, or mother the aforesaid Reuben Pinion alias Pinyan or Lydia his wife & the mother of your petitioner. That your petitioner cannot tell what has become of the original Certificate of Pension under which his father drew, But that he supposes it was either lost, destroyed as useless, or Surrendered up by the administrator one Jacob W. Little [insert caret] of Stanley Co. N.C. after his fathers death. That it was payable at the agency in Fayetteville N.C. & he prays, that if it was not received by the admr. aforesaid, that the amount due his father from the last payment until his death, the 3d March 1843, maybe paid to your petitioner & applicant, as well as the pension due to his mother at the time of her death as Widow of Reuben Pinion alias Pinyan deceased from March 3d 1843 to Decr 18th 1849. 
All of which is Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court on the day & year first above written. 
Reuben Wilson Pinion, 
(Alis) [sic] Pinyan (or) Pennel, 
 
D A Covington Chairman of County Court
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State of North Carolina 
Union County } Know all men by these presents that I Reuben W. Pinion alias Pinyan of Said State & County do hereby make, nominate, constitute & appoint S. M. Knight Esqr of Washington City Dist. Col. My true & lawful agent & attorney for me & in my name, place & Stead to ask, demand & receive from the United States the Pension to which I am or may be entitled under the various acts of Congress for the Services of my father Reuben Pinion alias Pinyan in the Revolutionary war, or in the right of my mother Lydia Pinion alias Pinyan wife & widow of the Said Reuben, & to give all proper receipts & acquittances for the same.  
Giving & granting unto my attorney full power & lawful authority to do any & every act necessary to be done in the premises [unsure] as fully as I myself might or could do were I personally present – hereby ratifying & confirming all that my attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal on this the 3d day of January 1854 } Reuben Wilson Pinion, or Pinyan, or Pennel Seal 
Signed Sealed acknowleged & delivered in presence of - 
McCollum Phifer 
R.S. Huntley 
 
I certify that personally appeared before me John Gordon Esqr an acting Justice of the Peace within & for Union County North Carolina Reuben W. Pinion alias Pinyan & acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act & deed for the purposes therein contained Witness my hand & Seal this 2nd day of Jany 1854. 
John Gordon J.P. 
 
State of North Carolina 
Union County } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions January Term 1854. It is ordered adjudged & decreed by the Court & it is hereby certified that Satisfactory evidence has been produced before this court in open court by the testimony of Russel Rodgers, M. Austin & Bryant A. Austin Esqrs who are well known to the Court to be credible & respectable witnesses & who being
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State of North Carolina 
Anson County } 
I Norfleet D. Boggan Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Joshua Williams acted as a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Anson from April Term 1789 to October Term 1794 as the Minute Docket of our Said Court Show. and that he was fully authorized to Solemnize the Rites of Matrimony according to the laws of the State aforesaid. I find of Record that he was appointed to take the list of taxable property and that [begin crossed out text] that [end crossed out text] he frequently acted as [illegible – possibly arm] of the Court. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Affixed my Seal of office and Subscribed my name at Wadesboro this 27th day of June A.D. 1853. 
Norfleet D Boggan Clerk
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State of North Carolina 
Union County } On this the first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty four personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Union & in the State aforesaid, Benjamin Smith aged Eighty Years & William Broadaway aged 86 Eighty Six years of Union County North Carolina, who are both well Known to me & are credible & respectable witnesses. Who from their old age & bodily infirmities are unable to attend Court, but who are both of Sound minds & memories & who being both duly Sworn according to law declare upon their oaths that they well Knew Reuben Pinion, alias Pennel, alias Peniose Senr. who was a revolutionary Soldier & pensioner at the rate of about Sixty dollars per annum – That they were both well acquainted with Lydia Penion his wife – whose maiden name before marriage they Knew was Lydia Bond. That from their earliest recollections they well remember & Knew both the parties & lived in their neighbourhood or vicinity until the time of their deaths & also that they were both present at the marriage of the said Reuben Pinion, Pennel, or Piniose & Lydia Bond. That they were married in Anson County, (now comprised in Union County,) North Carolina, in the year Seventeen hundred & ninety three (1793) by one Joshua Williams an acting Justice of the Peace in Said County of Anson, at that time that they furthermore lived together as man & wife & were generally reputed & believed & known to be man & wife up to the
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time of their deaths – That Reuben Pinion aforesaid died in the Spring of 1843 & the Said Lydia his widow died Sometime in the latter part of the year 1849. & that the only Surviving child left at her death of her & her husband Reuben, Senr. was Reuben Wilson Pinion. who is Still living & is about Fifty four years of age. That they recollect that the marriage of Reuben & Lydia aforesaid took place in 1793 from the following circumstances – viz the said William Broadaway from the facts. That he himself was married in the same year & was present at the marriage of the said Reuben Pinion, alias Pennel, alias Piniose & the said Lydia Bond and the said Benj Smith because, Lydia Bond bought a mutton of David Yarborough the day before her marriage to be used at the nuptials of her wedding & took it home that it created much talk & laughter & that She was charged in the account book with the mutton on the 14th September 1793 [insert caret] 1793 & that he has seen the account & recollects that the marriage took place on the next day, viz the 15th Septr. 1793, Seventeen hundred & ninety three. and they are both certain that said marriage took place in the year aforesaid 1793 & not after. 
All of which is Sworn to & subscribed to before me on this the first day of July A.D. 1854. 
B A Austin – J.P. 
BenJamin his X mark Smith 
William his X mark Broadaway 
 
State of North Carolina Union County – I J.M. Stewart clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Union County do hereby certify that B. A. Austin Esq whose genuine signature appears to the above certificate is & was at the time of executing the same an acting Justice within & for the said court duly commissioned & sworn 
Given under my hand & seal of office at Monroe in Un[ion] County July 8th 1854. 
JM Stewart Clk
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Washington 
Sept 23d 1854. 
Hon L. P. Waldo 
Comr of Pensions 
Sir. 
I have the honor to submit herewith the Certificate of the Clerk of Anson Co. N.C. showing that the marriage License Bond of Reuben Pinion and Lydia Bond is not found in his office. Your letter requiring the enclosed certificate was dated July 20th 1854. 
Very respectfully 
Your obt Sert 
S. M. Knight 
 
Widows Claim asserted under 
Acts of 1838, 1843, 1844, & 1848 -
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No 15,125 
Lydia Pinion 
alias Penyan 
N.C. 
Jul 7. 1838 
 
No claim under 
Act of Jul 7. 1838. 
He died March 3d 1843 
She died Dec 18. 1849. 
 
S. M. Knight 
Prest 
 
[Written vertically on left hand side of page] 
them to be credible & respectable witnesses B A Austin J. P.
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State of North Carolina 
Union County } I J.M. Stewart clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in & for Said State & County do hereby certify that Satisfactory evidence has been produced in open court by the testimony & affidavits of Col. Russel Rodgers, M. Austin & B. A. Austin Esquires who are all respectable & credible witnesses. That Reuben W. Pinion alias Pinyan – alias Peniose alias Pennel is the Son of Reuben & Lydia Pinyan alias &c now dead. That the said Reuben Pinion alias Pinyan alias Pennel alias Piniose Senr was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of about Sixty dollars & died about March 1843 & that his widow the said Lydia was never after married & died his widow in December 1849. That they left no child surviving them except the above named Reuben Wilson Pinion alias &c. who is still alive & is the identical man who made the above affidavit in open Court. That the said Lydia’s maiden name before marriage was Lydia Bond as they have heard & believe. That the said Reuben Senr & Lydia lived together & were commonly reputed to be man & wife & that there is no public or private record of their marriage that they know of.  
It is hereby further certified that David A. Covington whose genuine Signature appears above as chairman of the Court, was at the time of So doing & at the execution of the same an acting Justice of the peace & presiding as chairman of the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions within & for said County of Union & that full faith & credit should be given to all his official acts as such. That he Still is the presiding Justice of Said Court & his signature above is genuine. - And I do further certify that John Gordon Esquire whose genuine signature appears to the above execution of a power of attorney to S M Knight by R. W. Pinyan alias &c & the above B. A. Austin before whom
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the affidavits of Benjamin Smith & Wm Broadaway were executed is an acting Justice & was at the time of Said affidavits an acting Justice of the Peace within & for said County & that the signatures above purporting to be theirs are genuine. That they have power to administer oaths & were duly commissioned & sworn.  
In testimony of – All of which I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of my office & of said court at office in Monroe on this the Eighteenth day of February AD. One thousand eight hundred & fifty four  
18 Feby 1854. 
J.M. Stewart Cl[illegible]
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State of North Carolina 
Union County } On this the eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & Fifty four personally appeared before me B. A. Austin Esquire an acting Justice of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Union County in the State aforesaid Benjamin Smith & William Broadaway who are both credible & respectable witnesses well known to me & entitled to full faith & credit who are both very aged persons & from their great age & bodily infirmities are not able to attend court & who being duly Sworn according to law declare that he Benjamin Smith is now Seventy nine years of age & that William Broadaway is aged Eighty Six (86) years. They further declare upon oath that they were well acquainted with Reuben Pinion, alias Pinyan, alias Pennel, Senr. who was a revolutionary Soldier & Pensioner at the rate of about Sixty dollars or more per annum & that they were also well acquainted with Lydia Pinion his wife & widow, and also with their family. That they knew said Reuben & Lydia from their childhood, until the time of their deaths. That they were present at their marriage. That they were married Sometime in the year Seventeen hundred & ninety three (1793) in Anson County North Carolina by one Joshua Williams an acting Justice of the peace in Anson County & always lived together as man & wife thereafter until the[ir crossed out] death of the said Reuben, That the maiden name of the said Lydia before marriage was Lydia Bond. That they were persons of good & orderly Standing in Society. That the said Reuben Pinion was an illiterate man & could not write his name & that it was written indifferently Pinion, Pinyan, & Pennel, but was most generally written as pronounced Pinion. That the said Reuben died in Stanley County North Carolina in the year Eighteen hundred & forty three (1843) in the
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State of North Carolina 
Union County } On this the eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & Fifty four personally appeared before me B. A. Austin Esquire an acting Justice of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Union County in the State aforesaid Benjamin Smith & William Broadaway who are both credible & respectable witnesses well known to me & entitled to full faith & credit who are both very aged persons & from their great age & bodily infirmities are not able to attend court & who being duly Sworn according to law declare that he Benjamin Smith is now Seventy nine years of age & that William Broadaway is aged Eighty Six (86) years. They further declare upon oath that they were well acquainted with Reuben Pinion, alias Pinyan, alias Pennel, Senr. who was a revolutionary Soldier & Pensioner at the rate of about Sixty dollars or more per annum & that they were also well acquainted with Lydia Pinion his wife & widow, and also with their family. That they knew said Reuben & Lydia from their childhood, until the time of their deaths. That they were present at their marriage. That they were married Sometime in the year Seventeen hundred & ninety three (1793) in Anson County North Carolina by one Joshua Williams an acting Justice of the peace in Anson County & always lived together as man & wife thereafter until the[ir crossed out] death of the said Reuben, That the maiden name of the said Lydia before marriage was Lydia Bond. That they were persons of good & orderly Standing in Society. That the said Reuben Pinion was an illiterate man & could not write his name & that it was written indifferently Pinion, Pinyan, & Pennel, but was most generally written as pronounced Pinion. That the said Reuben died in Stanley County North Carolina in the year Eighteen hundred & forty three (1843) in the
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in the Spring of the year, the exact day or month they cannot recollect – That his wife & widow the said Lydia Pinion remained his widow until her death & was never married after the death of the said Reuben Pinion her husband & that She died in December (1849), Eighteen hundred & forty nine in Cabarrus County North Carolina. That this was the identical Reuben Pinion, Pinyan, or Pennel who was a revolutionary soldier, & who afterwards before & up to the time of his death drew a pension from the United States, at whose marriage with the said Lydia Bond in the year 1793 in Anson County North Carolina by Joshua Williams Esqr they were present. That they well know the above applicant Reuben Wilson Pinion, alias Pinyan alias Pennel & that he is the only living child of the said Reuben & Lydia of their bodies begotten. That he is now about Fifty three or Fifty four years old & that they have Known him from his infancy. That they have lived in the vicinity of the said Reuben Pinion Senr & Lydia his wife all their lives. That they were good orderly citizens & members of the methodist church.  
Benjamin his X mark Smith x 
William his X mark Broadaway x 
Sworn to & Subscribed before me on this the 8th day of February 1854  
And I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Benjamin Smith & Wm Broadaway & know them to be credible & respectable witnesses 
B. A. Austin J. P. 
 
[illegible words written vertically and mostly cut off at the bottom of the page]
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State of North Carolina 
Union County } I J.M. Stewart clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in & for Said State & County do hereby certify that Satisfactory evidence had been produced in open court by the testimony & affidavits of Col. Russel Rodgers, M. Austin & B. A. Austin Esquires who are all respectable & credible witnesses. That Reuben W. Pinion alias Pinyan – alias Peniose alias Pennel is the Son of Reuben & Lydia Pinyan alias &c. now dead. That the said Reuben Pinion alias Pinyan alias Pennel alias Piniose Senr was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of about Sixty dollars & died about March 1843 & that his widow the said Lydia was never after married & died his widow in December 1849. That they left no child Surviving them except the above named Reuben Wilson Pinon alias &c. who is still alive & is the identical man who made the above affidavit in open court. That the said Lydia’s maiden name before marriage was Lydia Bond as they have heard & believe. That the said Reuben Senr. & Lydia lived together & were commonly reputed to be man & wife & that there is no public or private record of their marriage that they know of. 
It is hereby further certified that David A. Covington whose genuine Signature appears above as chairman of the court, was at the time of So doing & at the execution of the same an acting Justice of the peace & presiding as chairman of the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions within & for Said County of Union & that full faith & credit should be given to all his official acts as such. That he Still is the presiding Justice of Said court & his signature above is genuine. - And I do further certify that John Gordon Esquire whose genuine Signature appears to the above execution of a power of attorney to S.M. Knight by R.W. Pinyan alias &c - & the above B. A. Austin before whom
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the affidavits of Benjamin Smith & Wm Broadaway were executed is an acting Justice & was at the time of Said affidavits an acting Justice of the Peace within & for said County & that the signatures above purporting to be theirs are genuine. That they have power to administer oaths & were duly commissioned & sworn.  
In testimony of – All of which I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of my office & of said court at office in Monroe on this the Eighteenth day of February AD. One thousand eight hundred & fifty four  
18 Feby 1854. 
J.M. Stewart Cl[illegible]
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Reuben Pennel or Peniose, as we have it, died 21 Jany 1843, paid. 
Robt J Atkinson 
Auditor
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[Printed form with handwritten details] 
 
Brief in the case of Lydia Pennel or Peniose decd. widow of Reuben 
County and State of North Carolina 
act July 29 1848  
 
Claim, (“original,” [begin crossed out text] or “for increase.” [end crossed out text] ) 
 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
Her husband was a pensioner under the act of 1832 at $63 33 per annum, (service admitted in his papers) only necessary to prove identity, date of marriage, death & heirship, which is done by Benjamin Smith, William Broadaway Col Russel Rogers [begin crossed out text] (if for increase) [end crossed out text] M Austin & B A Austin, Certified to be credible. 
 
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 
 
Name and residence of Agent 
S M Knight 
Present 
 
Thornton Triplett 
Examining Clerk.
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Lydia Pennel or Peniose 
decd widow of Reuben 
N.C. 
adm 29 July 1848 
19 mos pri $63 33/100 
per annum from 
4th March 1848 to 
18th Dec 1849 
when she died. 
Pay to Reuben Pennel or Peniose 
only child 
 
Cert to 
S M Knight Esq 
Present
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[Begin crossed out text] This appears to be a good case [end crossed out text] 
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No sufficient proof of marriage the witnesses who are very old & infirm [illegible] they were present at the wedding in 1793 but give no facts [illegible] fix dates 
Evans
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Washington 
Feb 28 1854 
Hon. L. P. Waldo 
Com of Pensions 
Sir 
I have the honor to enclose herewith application of Reuben W. Pinion alias Pinyan for the benefit of the widow Revolutionary Pension Acts of 1838, 1843. 1844, & 1848 -  
Very Respectfully 
Your [illegible] 
S. M. Knight
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Washington 
July 14 1854 
Hon. L. P. Waldo 
Sir 
In the matter of the Application of Reuben W Pinyan, alias Pinion, of N.C. under Act of July 7th 1838, I have the honor to enclose herewith additional evidence of the marriage of claimants Parents 
Very Respectfully  
Your Obdt [illegible]  
S. M. Knight