Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 5956, for John King, Delaware
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Continental
Del.
King, John
NUMBER
R 5956
B. L. Wt. 1951-100
CONTENTS
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Nov. 18-1902 - Hist to Mary L. King Leister
Pultatown Pa
John King
No. 1951
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The deposition of Elizabeth King aged Seventy one
years who says she is the sister of the said John
King and was well acquainted with him that he
lived in this County and that said John King
service in the Revolutionary War in the Delaware
line on Continental establishment and continued
in service as this deponent believes till the war
ended and that it was the same John King who
who died in the County on or about
the 24th Febry 1832
Elizabeth King [signature]

State of Delaware}
County of Sussex}
June 27 1833}
This day Elizabeth King personally
appeared before me & made oath to the truth
of the above deposition and I certify that she is
a woman of truth & veracity & entitled to full
confidence on oath as Witness my hand & seal this
27th day of June 1833 aforesaid
Peter Hall seal [hand circled]
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STATE OF Delaware}
COUNTY OF Sussex}
I Hugh King eldest son & heir at law of John King decd
do upon my oath declare and testify, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief the said John King of Delaware did enlist in the year 1777 for the term of during the war and served in the Regiment, unknown
under the command of Colonel William Washington
of the Continental line, and that he continued in the service until the war ended.
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to said John King 
on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or
transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: Therefore Know all Men by these Presents, That I
Hugh King aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Vespasian Ellis
of Accomack, Virginia, to be my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and
receive from the Secretary of War of the United States; a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid,
and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes
or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed. Witness my hand and seal this Twenty Sixth day of June 1833
ATTEST
Cornelius Coulter
Jno. Ponder
Hugh King
PERSONALLY APPEARED THE ABOVE NAMED
Hugh King
subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney there subscribed to be his act and deed. Witness my hand and seal this 26 day of June 1833
Peter Hall J. P. [Seal]

IN TESTIMONY that the above written declaration, power of attorney
and foregoing deposition taken before Peter Hall
Magistrate who authorised to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of Delaware at the above date and that his name
subscribed to the foregoing
certificate &c. appear to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name and quality as Clerk of Sussex Court
Georgetown this twenty eighth day of June 1833
George A. Fisher Pro
Seal
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State of Delaware}
County of Sussex} ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice
of the peace for said County Hugh King one of the
heirs of John King decd and made oath that he is
the Son and one of the heirs at law of John King
formerly a soldier in the Revolutionary War in
the Delaware line on continental establishment
that the said John King died on or about the
24 day of Feby 1832- and left no heirs excepting
my self, Mary wife of Wm Waller, Samuel King
Jaems Holland a Grandson, four in all -
who are his children & Grand child -
Sworn & subscribed before me
this 26 day of June-1833

Peter Hall J. P.

Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of
the peace for the afsd County Elizabeth King
& Samuel Paynter E ^[insert] two credible & disinterested witnesses & made
oath in due form of Law that they are acquainted with
the above named Hugh King Mary Walter wife of
Wm Samuel King and James Holland
and that they are reputed & believed to be the Children &
Grand child and only heirs at law of John King who
served in the Revolutionary army
Sworn to & subscribed this the 27 day of June - 1833
before me - Peter Hall J. P.
Elizabeth King witness
Samuel Paynter witness

I George R. Fisher Prothonotary or
Clerk of the County Court do certify 
that Peter Hall Esquire
before whom the above
affidavits were taken was at the time the
a Justice of the Peace for the County
Given under my hand & seal of office
the 28th day of June 1833
George R. Fisher Clk
seal [hand circled]
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John King Del:
application of his heirs for arrears of pay under act of 
May 15 1828
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Know all men by these presents that we Hugh King Samuel H
King William Waller in right of his wife Mary Waller
and John Holland Guardian for James Holland, Children and
Grand child & heirs at Law of John King late a Soldier
in the Army of the Revolution of the Delaware line of the
County of Sussex & State of Delaware do hereby constitute
& appoint Vespasian Ellis of Accomack County Virginia
our true & lawfull [sic] attorney with power of substitution, for us
in our names to receive from the United States the arrears
amount of pay due us as heirs of sd John King under the
Act entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving officers &
soldiers of the Revolution"" approved 15th May 1828 as a Soldier
in the Delaware line on Continental establishment in the army
of the Revolution. Witness our hands and seals this 31st day of August 1833
Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of us}
Hugh King seal [hand circled]
Samuel H King seal [hand circled]
William Waller seal [hand circled]
John Holland guardian for James Holland seal [hand circled]
P. Hall
Jno. Ponder
Abel Vent

Before me Peter Hall a Justice of the peace in the County of Sussex
in the State of Delaware personally appeared this day Hugh King
Saml. H King William Waller & John Holland Guardian of James
Holland whose names are subscribed to the foregoing power of Attorney &
acknowledged the same severally to be their act & deed & also
declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer
or any attachment levy or seisure [sic] by any legal process
whatever of the pay therein authorized to be received
but that the said pay is intended to serve wholly to
their personal benefit respectively witness my hand this
Thirty first day of Aug 1833-
Peter Hall J.P.

[C.]
Form of affidavit to be taken by Attorneys.
Before me, R. S. Briscoe a Justice of the Peace in the county of
Washington in the Dist of Columbia
personally appeared this day, Vespasian Ellis the attorney
named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same, or any part thereof
was not given to him, nor to the best of his knowledge and belief, to any other person, by
reason of any transfer or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal process whatever,
of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is, to the best of
his knowledge and belief, intended to enure [sic] wholly to the personal benefit of the person
by whom the said power was executed.
Witness my hand, this 24 day of Sep in the year 1833
R. S. Briscoe J. Peace
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State of Delaware
Sussex County
Personally appeared before me Peter Hall a Justice of the peace in & for
said County Hugh King and made oath in due form of Law that himself
and Saml H King & Mary Waller wife of William Waller
are the children and James Holland is the Grand Child
and only heirs at Law of John King who was a soldier 
of the Delaware line in the Army of the Revolution -
that said John King died on the 25th day of 
February 1832 and left no widow -
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 31st day of August 1833
High King
Peter Hall J.P.

Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the
peace for the aforesaid County
Eli Hall John Stan
Peter J Hopkins and Abel Vent & Saml C Paynter
creditable & disinterested witnesses & made oath in due
form of law that they were well acquainted with John
King lately decd of this County who was reputed & belived [sic] to
be a soldier of the Revolution that he died on the 25th day
of Feby 1832 that he left no widow & that they are also
acquainted with Hugh King, Samuel H King & Mary Waller Wife
of Wm Waller who are reputed & believed to be the children
of full age & with James Holland who is reported to be the
grand child & under age & only heirs at Law of said John
King decd.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 31st day of August 1833
Peter Hall J. P. 
Eli Hall
John Starr
Peter P Hopkin
Abel Vent
Saml C. Payne
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Rev. War Section.
Aug. 18, 1923.

Peter C. King,
432 N. Lockwood Ave.,
Chicago, Ill.
Sir;
I have to advise you that in the Revolutionary War
pension claim R. 5956, it is alleged that John Kim
King of Sussex Co., Del. enlisted in April 1777 and served
as a private under Captains Thomas Holland and
John Wilson in Colonel David Hall's Delaware Regiment,
and when that regiment was reduced from eight to two
companies he was attached to Colonel William Washington's
Legion, Continental Line, and served to the close
of the war.
He died in Sussex Co., Del., Mar. 24 or 25, 1832,
leaving no widow, but three children; Hugh of Sussex Co.,
Del.; Mary, wife of William Waller, and Samuel H., and
a grandson James Holland.
In 1833 a warrant for 100 acres of land was issued
to these four heirs on account of the services of the said
John King. This is the only John King of Delaware on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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the data which follow were obtained from the papers
in claims for pen. & b. l. on file under 
R. 5956, based upon ser. [service] of John
King in the Rev War -
John King of Sussex, Del. enl. [enlisted] in 
1776, or 1777, serv. as pvt. [private] in the Del. line
until the bat. [battle] of Camden in 1780, when
the Del. regt. [regiment] was reduced from eight to
two companies ^[insert] 296 men each and placed in Col Wm
Washington's legion, in which he ser. [served] until
the close of the war, either under  Capt
Kirkwood or Major Peter Jaquett who
commanded those companies -
John King died Feb. 24, or 25, 1832 in
Sussex Co, Delaware ['survived by no widow' lined out].
the name of the wife of John King is
not stated. She died prior to his death.
In 1833, Hugh King of Sussex Co. Del.,
Samuel H. King, and Mary, the wife of Wm
Waller, were the only surviving children
of John King in 1833. James Holland ^[insert]of Broadkiln
hundred, Sussex Co. Del-, then minor
son of James Holland, deceased, of
in Broadkiln hundred was the grand child of said
Broadkiln hundred, was the grand child of 
John King, the soldier, ['constituted the fourth' lined out]
He, with the 3 children
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were the only heirs of this soldier in 1833. ['John' lined out]
The name of his mother is not given. John
Holland of Broadkiln hundred, Del-,
was appointed Aug. 12, 1830, ^[insert] guardian of 
said James Holland, minor.
Hugh King ^[insert] eldest son applied in 1833 in Sussex
Co Del. for pension and land that
might have been due on acct. of ser. [service] of
his father, John King, in the Rev War. He
applied in behalf of himself, his brother &
sister named above & James Holland
 the minor grandchild of John King.
there was no provision of law
under which these heirs were entitled
to pen. [pension] based upon ser. of said John
King, in the Rev War. They were allowed
one hundred acres of County land
on warrant 1951 issued July 6, 1833 -
In 1833, Elizabeth King, sister of
John King, the sol. [soldier] was aged 71 yrs. She
made affid. [affidavit] in Sussex Co Del. in that year
that she knew the four heirs of John King
named above. There are no further family
data =
Should you desire inf. [information] in re.  to the location of this
County land you should address the Com. of the Gen. L. A., this
city & will the warrant number, acreage & date of issuance as
above
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Do not write this history again
like this - Were
found in 1935, that two
John Kings claims were
on file in the same
Jacket. A visitor came to
look at the papers and
had a lot of official
records for Delaware
& family records which
she had worked on for
years, enough to convince
one that there were
two John Kings recorded
in our one jacket,
2 claims ^[insert] for pension [underlined] R. 5956 -
The set of papers filed
in the 1850's I removed
from this jacket of
1833 claims & placed
in another jacket 
captioned Delaware - R -
Oct. 1935
Mr H. C
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5956
Act 1828 Del
John King
REJECTED [ink stamp]
1912 July 15 Hist to Mrs. John R. Dale [?]
1922 Aug 10 - Hist to Mrs. Harold T. Rogers [?]
1923 Aug. 18 Hist to Peter C. King aws
1934 Oct 1 - hist to Mrs. W. H. Tilghman
see her letter [?]
John Gunby [?] 500
Cause of rejection not found on list of rejected claims printed in 1852
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Mrs. John R Dale
605 E. Sixth St.
Texarkana Ark
JUL 10 19[?]
R. F. 5956
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This history is ready to copy for the next request -
[?]
See note on old histories sent previously -
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1951
OLD WAR & NAVY OCT 17 1902 FILES [ink stamp]
Pottstown, Pa.
Oct. 10th 1902
To the Pension Office, Washington
I would like to have any information which you can give me regarding a Revolutionary soldier by the name of John King who was wounded in both arms at the Battle of Brandywine at Chadd's Ford. He afterward received from the government land which was disposed of by his heirs
Eleanor King
U S PENSION OFFICE OCT 13 1902 [ink stamp]
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[Eleanor King] Adams and John King somewhere near the date 1850.
By complying with this request you will greatly oblige
Yours Respectfully
Mary L. King Leister
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John King-R.5856
The records of this office show that John King
of Sussex County, Delaware enlisted April 21, 1777,
served as a private in Captains Thomas Holland's and
John Wilson's companies, Colonel David Hall's Delaware
regiment and when that regiment was reduced
about August, 1780, from eight to two companies, he
was attached to Colonel William Washington's Legion
and served to the close of the war.
He died February 24 or 25, 1832 in Sussex County,
Delaware.
Warrant No. 1951 for 100 acres of bounty land
was issued in 1833 on account of the services of the
above noted John King.
The soldier, John King, left no widow, the name
of his wife is not given.
Reference is made in 1832 to the following children
of John King: Hugh King of Sussex County, Delaware; Samuel
H. King; Mary, wife of William Waller; and to a grandson,
James Holland, whose guardian was John Holland.
Elizabeth King, sister of the soldier, John King,
was seventy-one years of age in 1833 and then of Sussex
County, Delaware. In 1853, reference was made to James
King of Salisbury, Maryland, grandson of the soldier.
there are no further data in regard to the family
of John King.
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PETER C. KING
432 N. LOCKWOOD AVE.
CHICAGO, ILL.
Chicago, Ill. July 7, 1923
Commissioner
of Pensions,
Washington D.C

Dear Sir. I am desirous to
know if John King who was in the
army during the revolutionary war drew
Pension he was in Kent County Delaware
and his occupation at enlistment was a
Shallopman". I have no data as to his
Company or Regiment.
Respectfully,
Peter C. King.
432.N. Lockwood on
Chicago Ills

U.S. PENSION OFFICE JUL 10 1923
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Rev Sec
So. Wallingford, Vt.
June 19, 1922.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-
Can you give me any information of John King,
of Kent County, Deleware [sic], who served in the American
Revolution?
He was the owner of a sloop, and engaged in
fishing and coast trade. He had a son Valentine
(Volentine) King, born in Kent County, Delaware in 1776.
Yours very truly,

Mrs. Harold G. Rogers
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State of Delaware
New Castle county ss
Before me Thomas McDonell
Notary Public of the State of Delaware
duly commisoned qualified and
legally authorized and residing
at Wilmington in said State, personally appeared
Peter Jacquett to me well known who
being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he
was well acquainted with John King of Sussex
County in the State of Delaware, that he was a
Soldier in the army of the Revolutionary war &
served in the Delaware Regiment that at the
Battle of Camden on May 1780 the said line
was reduced from eight to two companies of ninety
six men each commanded by Capt Richard and
this deponent, and were attached to Col William
Washingtons legion in the virginia line that the
said John King Served under Col Washington
until the close of the war as a soldier
P. Jaquett
In Testimonium veritatis
Ths McDonell
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No of orig payt 1150
Revolutionary Claims
Treasury Department,
21 Sept. 1833
John King in the County of
Essex in the State of Delaware has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury
for the benefits of the act, entitled An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the
Revolution, approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the
army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which said he
was a Private in Captain [blank] company, in the regiment of the
Delaware - line, and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided
by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778, and further, that he was not on the 15th of May, 1828, on the revolutionary pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of
March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the
records in his office
Francis A. Dickins
By order of the Secretary
no record of [?] Treasury Department

Third Auditor's Office
23d September 1833
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the record
of eighty dollars has been issued to John King
is not now on the pension list  of ['the' lined out] any agency
and has ^[insert] not been so since the 3d. March 1826
['at the rate of' lined out] [illegible lined out]
Peter Hagner And

see the papers upon which Bounty land was granted,
F. A. Dickins
No 55,025
Milton Del. care of 
John Ponder Esq.
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Accomack Cty Va Aug 8. 1833
Received from Wm Gordon Esq Warrant No. 1951
for 100 acres issued to the heirs of John King
a soldier of the Delaware line in the Army
of the Revolution
Ves Ellis
of Accomack Va
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John
King, Del
Power
of Atty
to receive arrears
of pay
5956
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Rev 21 August 1833 2087
State of Delaware
County of Sussex 1833

Before me Peter Hall a Justice of the peace in & for the County of
Sussex in the State of Delaware Personally
appeared Hugh King
administrator & one of the children & heirs at Law of John King
late of said County formerly a soldier in the Delaware line
in the Army of the Revolution which said Hugh King is a
Citizen of said County & known to me as a person of good repute
entitled to credit who being first duly sworn does on his
Oath say that he has always heard & understood from his
father John King decd that he enlisted in the Delaware
Regiment in the early part of the Revolutionary War for the
Term of during the war & continued in service to the end
of the war & was honourably discharged that said John
King died on the 25th day of February that a short time
prior to his death his said father was about to apply
for the benefits of the act of Congress passed May 15th
1828 and for that purpose obtained the deposition of Major
P. Jaquett proveing [sic] his services to the end of the war as
aforesaid, but that he died shortly thereafter & no application
was ever made for a pension - that about two or three
months ago the said deposition of Major Jaquett was forwarded
with the application of this deponent to the office of the
Secretary of war for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land
due from the United States to this deponent & the other heirs
of said John King - that said application was granted and
a Warrant for 100 acres thereupon issued Numbered 1951 to this
deponent & the other heirs of said John King which has been 
surrendered to the Secretary of the Treasury for scrip that this 
deponant [sic] does not know whether the said John King did or did not
receive the bounty of $80 promised by the Continental Congress
nor does he know what pay if any he ever received nor what
became of his discharge. In testimony whereof he has hereunto
annexed his signature
Sworn and Subscribed before me
Witness my hand this 31st day of August 1833

Hugh King
Peter Hall J.P.
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Before me Peter Hall a Justice of the peace as aforesaid in
the County of Sussex & State of Delaware Personally appeared
this day Eli Hall, Peter J Hopkins, John Starr
& Abel Kent, and severally made oath that they were each
of them well acquainted with John King decd late of Sussex
County Delaware and always understood & verily believe & that
it is generally reported & believed that the said John King
was a soldier in the Delaware line in the Revolutionary War
& served till the war ended and we further State
that he died on the 25th day of Feby 1832 and that he
was the same John King who was the Father of Hugh King
Saml H King Mary Waller wife of William Waller and
grand father of James Holland and has no widow living
Sworn to & subscribed by the aforesaid witnesses all
whom are known to me to be persons who are
creditable Witnesses as
Witness my hand this 31st day of Augt 1833
Peter Hall J. P.
Eli Hall
Peter J Hopkins
John Starr
Abel Vent

State of Delaware County of Sussex Sep 5. 1833
I George R. Fisher Prothonatory of the Superior Court of
Sussex County, Delaware hereby certify that Peter Hall
Esquire who took the aforesaid depositions was at the dates
of his certificate a Justice of the peace in & for said County
duly qualified as such Witness my hand
& Seal of office at Georgetown Delaware this
5th Sept 1833 aforesaid
George R. Fisher Pro
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State of Delaware County of Sussex September 5th 1833
I George R. Fisher Prothonatory of the Superior Court
of Sussex County Delaware hereby certify that Peter
Hall Esquire before whom the foregoing depositions were
taken & the foregoing power of attorney acknowledged
was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in
for said County duly qualified as such in & for
the State of Delaware. witness my hand & seal
of Office at Georgetown Delaware the day & year
aforesaid
George R. Fisher Pro

State of Delaware}
Sussex County SS.}
Be it known, That at an Orphans Court, holden at George
Town, in and for Sussex County, on the twelfth day of
August - in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty before the honorable Judges of the
said Orphans Court John Holland of Broadkiln
hundred yeoman, was appointed, by the
Court, Guardian of James Holland of said
hundred, a minor son of James Holland
of said hundred, deceased, and gave bond and
security in due form of law.
Attest,
Edwd L Wells Clerk.
5 Septr 1833
Bill 25 paid
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Rev. War Section
August 10, 1922.
Mrs. Harold T. Rogers
South Wallingford, Vermont

Madam;
In response to your letter of June 19, 1922 you
are advised that in the claim R. File No. 5956 Rev. War,
it is alleged that John King of Sussex County, Delaware
enlisted in April 1777 and served as private under 
Captains Thomas Holland and John Wilson in Colonel David
Hall's Delaware Regiment, and when that Regiment was reduced
from eight to two companies he was attached to
Colonel William Washington's Legion, Continental Line
and served to the close of the war.
He died in Sussex County, Delaware, February 24 or
25, 1833 leaving no widow, but three children: Hugh of
Sussex County, Delaware, Mary, wife of William Waller, and
Samuel H., and a grandson James Holland.
In 1833 a warrant for 100 acres of land was issued
to these four heirs on account of the services of the
said John King. This is the only John King of Delaware on file. [handwritten]
Very Respectfully,
Commissioner.
* Typed on Orig.
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V. L. M.
Rev. War Section.
July 15, 1912.
Mrs. John R. Dale,
605 East Sixth Street,
Texarkana, Ark.
Madam:
In reply to your personal inquiry of the 10th instant,
you are advised that in the claim R. File No. 5,956, Rev. War,
it is alleged that John King of Sussex County, Delaware 
enlisted in April, 1777, and served as private under Captains
Thomas Holland and John Wilson, in Colonel David Hall's Delaware
regiment and when that regiment was reduced from eight
to two companies, he was attached to Colonel William Washington's
Legion, Continental Line and served to the close of the
war.
He died in Sussex County, Delaware, February 24 or 25,
1832, leaving no widow, but three children: Hugh King of 
Sussex County, Delaware, Mary, wife of William Waller, and 
Samuel H. King, and a grandson James Holland; and in 1833, a warrant
for 100 acres of land was issued to these four heirs on
account of the services of the said John King.
Very respectfully,
J L Davenport
Commissioner.