Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,388, John Evans, N.C.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE  NUMBER

N.C.  Evans, John. R.3,388
Born in N.C.
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CONTENTS
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33.54 John Evans
Illinois

State of Illinois
County of Putnam, Ss.

County Commissioner
in Court

Present,
William M. Stewart
Aaron Payne ,-
Joel Hargrove,-


John Evans came into Court and put the
following declaration
to wit
State of Illinoi's
Putnam County Ss

On this Eighth day of
December in the year of Our Lord One thousand
Eight hundred and thirty five, --Personally appeared
in Open Court before the County Com-
missioners of said Court, John Evans a resident
of the County and State aforesaid, Aged as near
as he can recollect and
determine by the present means
in his power, Seventy Seven or Seventy Eight years,
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth
make the following declaration in order to obtain
the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed the
7th of June 1832,--
That he entered the service of the
United States under the command of Capt
Nathan Hall in the year 1780, and continued
in the service of the United States untill the 25th
of September in the year 1781, in garding and
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protecting the property and inhabitants of the
Seaboard in Cantuck County in the State of
North Carolina, Said Nathan Hall was a
resident of the County of Cantuck and State of
North Carolina when this applicant went into
the service of the United States. 
And further the Applicant states that he knows
no person here whose testimony he can procure
to testify to his services, and that he has no other
documentary evidence of his services rendered the
United States that the certificate of Capt Nathan
Hall hereto attached
I hereby relinquish every
claim whatever 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 or
teritory whatever.
Questions proposed by the County commissioners Court and the applicants answer
1st Question. When and in what place and town
ware you born,s
Answer. I was born at Powells Point, Cantuck
County and State of North Carolina, and
believe as near as I can arrive at the fact
I was born in the year 1757 or 1758.
2 Question, Have you any record of your age?
Answer, Now from which I can determine it
3 Question, Where were you living when called in
the service of the United State
Answer, At Towels Point, County and State as above
4th Question, Where do you now live?
An  I now live in Putnam County in
the State of Illinois
5th Question,  How was you called into this service?
An was drafted.
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6th Question  under what officers did you serve
And-Nathan Hall Capt- and John Adams was Lieut-
7th Question, Did you ever receive a discharge from the United States Service
And- Now but the certificate hereto
attached from Capt Hall -under whom I served.-
John Evans
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year 
aforesaid.
H. Warren Clk
W B.M. Hayes late Sheriff of Putnam Co. aforesaid & at present Co. Surveyor
J. C. Smith residing in Putnam
County Illinois, do hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with the said John Evans who
has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be a man of strict integ
rity-- he is reputed and believed in the neighbour
hood where he resides to have been a soldier in the
Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
and the said B. M Hayes, formerly being a
resident of Cantuck County in North Carolina
and there being acquainted with the said John
Evans, also certifies that the said John Evans
was there by his neighbours considered to be a man
of integrity, and also that he was a soldier in
the revolution,--and that I concur in that opinion--
B.M. Hayes
J.C. Smith
H. Warren, clk.
Sworn to and subscribed this day of
December, A.D. 1835.
And the said Court
do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter,
and after putting the interogations prescribed by the war department. That the above named
applicant, was a revolutionary soldier and
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served as he states, and the Court further
Certifies that it appears to them that Bradstreet
M. Hayes
---
who has signed the preceding
Certificate is a resident of the County
of
Putnam aforesaid, and that Jesse C. Smith
who has also signed is a resident in the County
of Putnam aforesaid and that they are Gentlemen
believed to be of the strictest truth and veracity
and that their statements are entitled to full
faith and credit.—

County Commissioners.
[Illegible] [Illegible]  Stewart
Aaron Payne
Joel Hargrove

State of Illinois
County of Putnam J. Hooper Warren, Clerk of the County
Commissioners Court of said County, do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of John Evans for
a pension that the above named A. M. Stuart
Aaron Payne and Joel Hargrove, are County Commissioners
and Judges of the Commissioners Court
of said County, and that the above and
their proper signatures.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the
of said Court, at Hennipin,
this Eighth day of December 1835
H. Warrren, Clk
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Suspended,

See letter 16 Feb 36
to [Illegible].Wasson
3388
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Acts of July 14, 1882 and March 3, 1873. [wavy line through it]
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3,388
P.O.
John Evans
Service:
Enlisted:  ,18
Discharged:   ,18.    REJECTED
Application filed:  ,18
Alleges:

Re-enlisted"

Attorney:
P.O.

Recognized.   Contra [Illegible]
Cert. of Dis.  Searched for.  ,18
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Hennepin Ills
Decem 28 
Jan 20.
[Illegible]

Hon. James L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.
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Heenipin, De. 26, 1835

Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Sir— the enclosed affidavit of John Evans
was made at the same time he made his declaration for a pension, and would have appeared on
the same that had there been room. It was
overlooked when I forwarded the Declaration
it is hoped it may now be recev'd in
good time
I am, respectfully, Sir
Your Obt. Svt.
H. Warren
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[Illegible]  Ill Jan 14
[Illegible] 21


Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
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Hennessee Illinois,
December 19, 1835
Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir: Enclosed you will please to receive the Delclaration, by, of John Evans for a pension
Respectfully, Sir, Your Obt. Svt.
H. Warren.
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State of Illinois
County Commissioners
County of Putnam, SS. ⎬ Court, December Term, 1835.
This day personally appeared in open Court,
I John Evans, the same person who has herein made
his declaration for a Pension, and being duly sworn,
deposes and says that there is no Clergyman
in the said County of Putnam, with whom he
is personally acquainted and therefore cannot
procure a person of that profession to certify
to his character
John Evans
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court, at Hennepin, this
8th day of December, 1835.
H. Warren [illegible]
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John Evans
R. 3388
N.C.
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State Northcarolina 
Carolina County 
these may certify that John Evans
has [illegible] as a good and faithful soldier [illegible] to be Discharge by general Gregory given [illegible] my hand this 23 of September[?] 1781
Nathan Hall [illegible]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Evans, John
GRADE PRIVATE LINE PENNSYLVANIA
WARRANT NUMBER 9358
ACREAGE 100. ISSUED APRIL 19, 1796
to--not shown--
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.