Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,121, James Blevens, N.C. Va.
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Service
N.C.
Va.

Blevens, James
or
Blevins

Number
S. 32,121
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[badly burned and torn sheet]

[illegible] 627
James Blevins
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of Lawrence Co in the State of Indiana who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Love of the regt. commanded by Col Campbell in the Virg'a. mila [crossed out: line] for 6 months from 1781

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Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 20 Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Feby 1834 - and sent to R. W. Thompson Bedford Ind.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833      $50.--
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch 34     10.--




Letter to Saml Lea & 3d Audr 25th May 1843
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6. April 1838, from 4th March 1838, to 4. March 1842, Agt Notified 12. April 1844.
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State of Indiana }
Lawrence County } 
Lawrence county probate court November Term 1832.
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of congress of the 7th June 1832.

On this the 12th day of November in the year 1832, personally appeared in open court before Rollin C. Dewey Judge of the Probate Court of the county of Lawrence aforesaid; the same being a court of Record, James Blevins a resident citizen of Shawswick Township in the county of Lawrence and the State of Indiana aforesaid aged 70 years of age on the 25th day of December last past; that he was born ^some place in New England from whence his family moved to the county of Henry in the state of Virginia ^where he was an infant and from where his father ^also removed to county of Montgomery in the State of Virginia when this declarant was about [crossed out] ten years of age as he is informed from the tradition of his family: that he entered as a volunteer in the county of Montgomery aforesaid in the State of Virginia in the Army of the United States some time in the summer of 1780 but on what day of the month or what in said Summer he cannot be certain but thinks it was the month of [blank] in said year in the company commanded by Captain William Love, in the Ridgement [Regiment] commanded by Col. Campbell of the [crossed out: volunteer] Virginia ^State Volunteers, and John [crossed out: Evans] Carroll who was afterwards promoted to the rank of [crossed out: Col] Capt was Lieutenant in said company at the time this declarant entered the service as above stated and that Charles Robertson was ensign, that during the time that this declarant served under said engagement as herein stated march through a part of the State of Virginia and North Carolina, and S.C. that he was in the Battle of Kings Mountain; from the battle of Kings Mountain


[note in left margin: who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress June 7th 1832.]
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he was with the rest of Ridgement [Regiment] under Campbell marched with the prisoners taken at Kings Mountain taking them from Kings Mountain to Albemarle to Matto a small Town ^between the Congaree and Santee  Rivers in South Carolina or some name [crossed out: said River] like that; where the ridgements [regiments] commanded by Col. Campbell and General Green met, that this declarant was discharged ^[crossed out] at the said Town of Matto on or about the 7th day of April in the year 1781. Whilst the forces under Campbell and Green were at that place as herein stated, that he received his discharge as above stated from Col Campbell = and that on the day he received his discharge as above mentioned that he enlisted under General Green at the Town of Matto aforesaid in the company commanded by Captain John Carroll in the regiment commanded by Col Cleveland for nine months and that [crossed out: Lee or Luke] Carroll brother of said John Carroll was Lieutenant in said company, and that from said Town of Matto after having stayed there but a few days this declarant was marched to log Town in sight of Camden and was in the Battle of Camden from there to 96 was in said battle, from thence to the High Hills of Santee where they remained some time, from thence to the Eutaw Springs was at the Battle of Eutaw, from thence back to the [crossed out] High Hills of Santee; where they remained some time, from thence to some Town not from Charleston the name of which this declarant does not remember that soon afterward this declarant was discharged at some little Town ^between the Eutaw Spring ^in the State of South Carolina and the High Hill of Santee that he received his last discharge as herein stated ^from Col. Cleveland, on his way home from ^the army to Montgomery ^County Virginia that he was taken sick ^and lay at the [crossed out] Hanging Rock S.C. for ^about two months, where he was at last met by his friends and taken home, that
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this declarant resided resided in Montgomery county in the State of Virginia for 8 or 10 years after the War after which he removed to the state of Tennessee in the neighborhood of Knoxville where he lived  18 months after which he removed to the State of Virginia into Wythe County - where he resided until within until about eleven years ago - when he removed to Lawrence County in the State of Indiana where he now resides, that he has lost his discharges with a number of other papers and some books in moving from Virginia ti this State which he had  in an open barrel or cask years an of heavy rains and high waters, that he has seen his name in records in his fathers family Bible which he supposes to be lost but from the best of his recollection by frequent reading said record that he believes he was born December 25th 1762, that he has no written or documentary proof of his service nor does he know of any person whom he can prove his service other than his own declaration and the statement of his neighbors and of Abraham Mitchell a Clergyman citizen of the County of Lawrence aforesaid - That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to pension or annuity except to the present and declares that his name is not on the pension role of any State or Listing as a pensioner.
James Blevins
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reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and to have served in the Revolutionary war as he states in his declaration, and that we concur in that opinion
S/Abraham Mitchell M.G
S/Edward Evans
S/Nathan Hinkle



James Blevins Pension Claim



And the Court composed of Asher Wilcox Probate Judge of Laurence County successor of Rollin C. Dewey late Probate Judge of said County, do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant James Blevins was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Abraham Mitchell who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman, resident in Lawrence County and State of Indiana, and that Edward Evans and Nathan Hinkel, who have also signed the same, are residents of the same county and state, and are credible persons, and their statements are entitled to full credit.
S/Asher Wilcox
Judge of the Probate Court of Lawrence County State of Indiana
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State of Indiana }
Lawrence County } SS
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid James Blevins, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period of mentioned below, and in the following grades - : For six months [crossed out: and] as a private, as mentioned above, which was written under the impression that I had served out my whole tour. and that that was the length of time for which I engaged - and for said six months service I claim a pension.
S/James Blevens

Subscribed and sworn to this 13th day of January 1834.
S/Alfred. L. Athon JP


State of Indiana }
Lawrence County } Ss
I Robert Mitchell Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County, do certify that Alfred L Athon Esqr whose signature appears above was at the time of subscribing the same and now is an acting Justice of the peace of said County & that full faith & credit is due to all his official acts as such Justice

[seal] Witness my hand & seal of office at Bedford Jany 28th AD 1834
S/Robert Mitchell Clk L.C.C
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James Blevins
Indiana.
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from 1781 pr.
6 months. 
$20.









Robert Thompson
Bedford
Inda
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

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A Statement, shewing [sic] the Service of James Blevins
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[table with the following headers:
Period When the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service (Years., Months., Days.) | Rank of the claimant |
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service |
Proof by which the declaration is supported | ]
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The applicant served under Colonels William Campbell & Cleveland who were both militia officers. He must therefore be mistaken in supposing that he served for so long a period as nine months under one engagement. The time that he was in [underline] actual [/underline] service should only be stated. See note C


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [sic] or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of } ss. [this brace links this line and the following]
County of

On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c)
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:

Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [here is an image of a hand pointing to the right] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this day of &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition. if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. {Did you ever received a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions to the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represent, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.

(c) The age of the Claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 as to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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 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 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."

{It is important, in all cases, to determine with {precision the period for which each applicant {service, 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 [italics] [about three or four months [end italics], is too [indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions [are objectionable. Some persons who apply [for pensions merely state that they served two [years in the militia, &c. without specifying the [tours, the names of the officers, and other [particulars respecting their service. This form [of declaration is highly objectionable. It must, [in every case, be clearly shown under what [officers the applicant served; the duration of [each term of engagement; the particular place [or places where the service was performed; [that the applicant served with an embodied {corps called into service by competent {authority; that he was either in the field or in {garrison; and for the time during which the {service was performed, he was not employed {in any civil pursuit. 
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.

Proof of Service.
(j) 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 claimant's 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.
[stamp: 👉] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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March [crossed out: 12] 6, 1936

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Miss Nellie Malott
2014 E. Street
Bedford, Indiana

BA-J/EEL    om
James Blevens - S.32121

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Blevins, who served in the Virginia Troops and received pension while residing in Lawrence County, Indiana.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.32121, based upon the military service in that war of James Blevens.

James Blevens was born December 25, 1762, in New England, state not given, and when an infant was brought my his father to Henry County, Virginia, and when about ten years of age moved to Montgomery County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in said Montgomery County, James Blevens volunteered in the summer of 1780, served as a private in Captain William Love's Company [note: could not identify captains], Colonel William Campbell's Virginia Regiment, marched to North Carolina, was in the battle of King's Mountain after which he guarded prisoners taken at that battle to Albemarle, and was discharged April 7, 1781; on the day of his discharge, he reenlisted in North Carolina, served as a private in Captain John Carroll's Company, Colonel Cleveland's North Carolina Regiment, was in the battles of Logtown (Hobkirk's Hill), [note: Identified there Hostilities in Lossing] Fort Motte, at the siege of Ninety Six and in the battle of Eutaw Springs, where he received a wound in the eft hand by a cut from a sword; length of this service, nine months. After his discharge, while on his way to his home in Virginia, he was taken sick and remained for two months at the home of uncle, John Sutton, near the Hanging Rock, in South Carolina. 

After the Revolution, he continued to reside in Montgomery County, Virginia, for eight or ten years; then moved to Tennessee,
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in the neighborhood of Knoxville, that state, and remained for eighteen months; thence to Wythe County, Virginia, where he resided until about 1821, when he moved to Lawrence County, Indiana.

James Blevens was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832, while residing in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana. He signed James Blevens.

It is not state that soldier was ever married.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.


[note: Date of death not on AB]
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32121
Revy INVALID.
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File No. 32,121
James Blevins
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 2,     Page 42

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.]




1922 Nov. 28 History to Margarite W. Boyd. ans.
see letter in claim Nathan Blevins W. 25253
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1923- Oct 3- Hist. to Kathleen Boyd. MMHF.
1928-Jan. 30- Hist. to Nellie Rambolt & advised ck for $2.00 will be refunded - MMHF-
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1929- Mar. 20- Hist to Mrs. E. C. Chappell. M.E.E.
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1936- Mar. 6- Hist to Miss Nellie Malott. EL
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State of Indiana }
Green County } Ss
On This the 22d day of June 1833, personally appeared before me Elisha P. Cushman a Justice of the peace in and the County aforesaid Robert Ellis a resident of said county aged 76 years [crossed out] the first day of last February, who being first duly sworn according to law makes oath and saith that when he was a Volun in the Army of the Revolution at the time he was Stationed at Siege of Ninety Six in the State of South Carolina That he became acquainted with James Blevins now (a resident of Lawrence county in this state.) That Whilst at the siege of Ninety Six; that this ^deponent at the siege aforesaid became intimately and well acquainted with the said Blevins. That during said siege that this deponent and the said Blevins were there the whole time; That this deponent and the said Blevins was in the battle of the Eutaw Springs together. and that this deponent and the said Blevins was in the mean time at the High Hills of Santee and the Saluda old Towns; and was also marched together through Various parts of the State of South Carolina [.] That in ^a few days after the battle of the Eutaw Springs the said Blevins was taken to his [underline] uncles John Sutton. [/underline] who lived near the ^hanging rock in S.C. [crossed out: Eutaw Springs] in consequence of a wound which he received by the cut of a sword on his left hand, [crossed out: and] after which [crossed out] this deponent did not see him any more until today; nor did he ever hear anything ^of him until within a few days since when he was informed of the said James Blevins and the place of his residence. That said Blevins during the period this deponent was acquainted with ^him in service of war of the Revolution as herein stated, was attached to and belonged to ^a corps of light infantry and that this deponent and said Blevins was together with army as above stated at least as much as between four and five months; That This deponent from a long conversation on the subject and the incidents of the revolution with the said Blevins is positive that he is the same identical James Blevins with whom he was acquainted, and with whom he served in the Revolution as herein stated; That he is [crossed out] also positive that he is the same person from the scar of the sword above stated on his left hand ^which now is very visible and from various other circumstances which occurred whilst they were together in the army as herein stated one incident in partic [particular]
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-ular [particular] whilst we were at he siege of 96. that Captain Joseph Pickins [Pickens] was when in the attitude of [underline] Slapping [/underline] his [underline] cut [/underline] at the brittish [sic] (one day) shot by a Yougee ball in his left side of which wound he afterwards died: and further this deponent saith not
S/Robert Ellis


State of Indiana }
Greene County } Set
I Elisha P. Cushman a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid do certify that the above and foregoing Deposition of Robert Ellis in the matter of the Pension claim of James Blevins was by me duly taken according to law and that the said Robert Ellis did swear and subscribe to the same in my presence and I do further certify that the said Robert Ellis is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit under oath

Given under my hand and seal at my office in Bloomfield in the County and State aforesaid on this the 22 day of June A D. 1833
S/Elisha P. Cushman [private seal JP]
Justice of the Peace


State of Indiana }
Greene County } Set
I Thomas Warnick Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the Elisha P. Cushman whose name is annexed to the above certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Duly commissioned and qualified according to Law and as such due faith should be given to all his Official acts accordingly and that the signature annexed to the above certificate is the given signature of
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the said Elisha P Cushman

In Testimony whereof I Thomas Warnick Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for the County and State aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed thereto the Seal of said Court at the Court House in Bloomfield this the 22d day of June AD. 1833
S/Thomas Warnick Clerk



James Blevins
Pension claim
Robt Ellis
Depo
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State of Indiana }
Lawrence County } Set
I Robert Mitchell Clerk of the Probate 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 James Blevins for a pension [.] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Bedford the 15th day of November AD 1833
S/Robert Michell Clk L.P.C.
[seal]
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James Blevins
pension claim
John Stone
Depo
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State of Indiana }
Greene County } ss
Greene County Circuit Court April Term 1833.

The deposition of John Stone a citizen of Greene county and state of Indiana sworn and subscribed to on this the fifth day of April in the year 1833. in the case of the application of James Blevins of Lawrence county Indiana made at the November Term 1832. of the Probate Court of the Lawrence county o the 12 day of November 1832. who being first duly sworn according to law makes oath and saith that he this deponant [sic] and said James Blevins ^when [illegible] were young men, some time ^about the beginning [crossed out] of the revolutionary war that they lived in Montgomery County in the state of Virginia, and that they lived in the same neighborhood i Montgomery county aforesaid. That he was acquainted with said Blevins for five or six years before they went into the army as hereafter stated; That some time in the summer of the year 1780. That this deponant [sic] and said Blevins Volunteered on the same day in the army of the United States, in the war of the revolution; That this deponant [sic] and said Blevins both volunteered as herein mentioned in the company [crossed out: company] command by Capt. William Love, in the Regiment commanded by Col William Campbell, That in a few days ^after [crossed out] this deponant [sic] volunteered as herein stated he went ^to Fort Chissel [Chiswell ?] in Montgomery County aforesaid, when this deponant [sic] and said Blevins met the said Regiment and where we remained but a short time when we marched Salisbury in the [crossed out: county] State of North Carolina
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That This deponant [sic] and said Blevins both marched to Salisbury together as herein stated That said Blevins stayed in Salisbury but a a [sic] few days after they got there, and that he and Blevins marched under said Campbell to Kings Mountain, and that this ^deponant [sic] stayed at Salisbury for some time after said Blevins marched to Kings Mountain as herein stated, That this did not know of any thing of said Blevins after they parted as Salisbury as herein stated until he seen him at the battle of Matto in the state of South Carolina, That he did not see said Blevins any more until after the close of the revolution when they both returned home to Montgomery county in Virginia where they [crossed out] resided for some years after the close of the war ^of the revolution in the same neighborhood, and this deponant [sic] further states that from repeated conversations with the said Blevins living intimate with sd. Blevins and having after spoken to each other about the scenes of the revolution and that ^from the conversations which this deponant [sic] and said Blevins has as above stated that he verily believes and has no doubt but that the said James Blevins was at the battle of logtown which was in sight of Camden in South Carolina, and also in the battle of the Eutaw Springs. this deponant [sic] having been in both of said battles himself, This deponant [sic] further states that after he moved to Indiana he again renewed his acquaintance with the said Blevins, and has Known him in Indiana for the last ten or twelve years; and during which time they lived not more than from ten to fifteen miles apart and [crossed out: lived] in adjoining counties, and and [sic] during which time they often met and seen each other, and this deponant [sic]
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further states ^that the said James Blevins who made the declaration hereto annexed and whose name is subscribed to the same, is the same Identical James Blevins with I served in the revolutionary war as herein stated, and with whom this deponant [sic] volunteered as herein mentioned and further this deponant [sic] saith not
S/John Stone

Sworn & subscribed in open Court the day and year first above [crossed out] written
S/A. Kinney President
[illegible] Indiana circuit


We the undersigned Samuel R Cavins, John Robinson, Levi Fellows, Drury B Boyd and Peter Hill. do certify that ^we acquainted with John Stone: who subscribed and swore to the above deposition is a person of good character and reputation in the neighborhood in which he resides and that his statement is entitled to credit under oath
S/Sam'l R. Cavins
S/John Robinson
S/Levi Fellows
S/D. B. Boyd
S/Peter Hill

Sworn & subscribed in open court the day and year first above written
S/A. Kinney P[illegible]
Judge &c


State of Indiana }
Greene County } to wit
I Thomas Warnick Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the above and foregoing deposition of John Stone was by him duly subscribed and sworn to in open Court and I do further certify that above certificate of Samuel R Cavins, John Robinson, Levi Fellows [,] Drury B. Boyd and Peter Hill was by them duly sworn to and subscribed in open Court

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of said Circuit Court as such Clerk at Bloomfield this fifth day of April 1833
S/Thomas Warnick Clerk
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State of Indiana ss
I Amary Kinney President Judge of the 7th Judicial Circuit of said state in Which is included the County of Greene certify that Thomas Warnick is the clerk of the Circuit Court of said County and that his signature is genuine

Given under my hand this first day of May 1833
S/A. Kinney
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 27th, 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, James Blevens, - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Madison, Indiana Agency, at the rate of - twenty - Dollars [crossed out: and Cents] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838, to the 4th of March 1842.

Respectfully. yours,
J Seaver.
Acting Comptroller.


To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Aug 8th, 1923.
Department of the Interior.
Bureau of Pensions
War Department.
U.S.A. Army.
Washington D.C.
Will you please send me the Revolutionary War Record of Pension of James Blevins who enlisted in Virginia. And applied for a Pension in 1835. in Indiana.

Yours truley. [sic]
Mrs Kathleen Boyd
589 Williams Ave.
Portland Or.

[round stamp: PENSION OFFICE
U. S. AUG 20 1923]
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Check #
$2.00/  [note: refund no chg -]

305 North Perry Street
Attica Indiana

Pension Bureau            Jan. 19, 1928
Washington D. C.

[rectangle stamp: FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK-KEEPERS DESK
JAN 25 1928
BUREAU OF PENSIONS]

Dear Sirs:
In an early history of Green [sic] County, Indiana, I find in a list of name of Revolutionary War Soldiers the name of James Blevins. who lived in the neighborhood of Scotland. Green County, Indiana.

[round stamp: PENSION OFFICE F
U. S. JAN 21 1928]

My family came from that vicinity and I am anxious to secure the data you have on him, to assist me in proving my descent from him Enclosed find a check for fee [note: -- refund]

Very truly yours
(Miss) Nellie Raimbolt
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Shoals, Ind.
July 23, 1928

[stamp of the logo of THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION]

Commissioner of Pensions;
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the complete military record of James Blevins, who was living in [crossed out: Orange] Lawrence county, Indiana, when his pension for Revolutionary service was allowed?

[note: Hist sent - July 24, 1928] Also complete record of John Hopper, [note: W.17785] who lived in [crossed out: Lawrence] Orange county, Indiana, when his pension for Revolutionary services was
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allowed, sometime in the 1830's?

Thanking you very much for this information, and your kind and patient answers to my questions at former times.

Sincerely Yours
(Mrs) E. C. Chappell
Registrar Daniel Brooks, Chapter D.A.R.
Shoals, Indiana
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Bedford Indiana
Jan. 6 - 1955 [note: /?]
Dear Madam (or Sirs.)
Would you please send me the Rev: war service of James Blevins Private in Virginia Malitia [sic] & who was pensioned 1831 while living in Lawrence County Indiana and is buried in Lawrence Co. John Wallace Chapter are trying to mark these graves also to fill out the papers for the roster of the Rev. soldiers buried in Indiana.

Thanking you for any record given.
Miss Nellie Malott
Bedford Ind.
2014 E. St.
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RECORD DIVISION
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION       3-525
_____________

AWF____DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
S. 32121____    BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
______   Washington, D. C., __________, 19__
_________________
___________________
In reply to your request of ______, received _______ for a statement of the military history of  James Blevens or Blevins a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out: (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
_________________
[table with the following headers: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN., COLONEL.) | STATE |]

Summer 1780 to Apr 1781 | Pvt | William Love | William Campbell | Va.

Apr. 1781. | 9 mos |  | John Carroll | Cleveland | N.C.




Battles engaged in, Kings Mountain [note: 2], Camden [note: 1], Siege of Ninety Six [note: 3] ^Fort Motte [note: 4] Eutaw Springs [note: 5]

Residence of solider at enlistment, Montgomery Co Va

Date of application for pension, Nov. 12, 1832 - His claim was allowed

Residence at date of application, Shawswick Township Lawrence Co. Ind.

Age at date of application, born Dec. 25, 1762 somewhere in New England

Remarks: [crossed out: He died March 4, 1842.]
There is no data on file as to family

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
6-2856
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Rev and 1812 Wars Section
[note: copied]

March 20, 1929

Mrs. E. C. Chappell
Shoals
Indiana

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 32121, it appears that James Blevens (pensioned Blevins) was born December 25, 1761, or 1762, somewhere in New England and while in infancy, his father (name not stated) moved to Henry County, Virginia.

When he was about ten years of age, he moved to Montgomery County, Virginia, where, in the summer of 1780, he enlisted and served as a private in Captain William Love's Company, Colonel William Campbell's Virginia Regiment and was discharged April 7, 1781.

On April 7, 1781, he enlisted  and served nine months in Captain John Carroll's Company, Colonel Cleveland's North Carolina Regiment. He was in the battles of Camden, Kings Mountain, Siege of Ninety-Six, Fort Motte and Eutaw Springs, in which last named battle, he was wounded on his left hand by the cut of a sword.
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About then years after the Revolution, he moved near Knoxville, Tennessee; about 1821 he moved from Wythe County, Virginia, to Lawrence County, Indiana, where in Shawswick Township. he was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832.

It is not stated whether he was ever married.

The above history is that of the only soldier by that name of Indiana found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

On July 24, 1928, you were furnished the history of John Hopper, (W.7785), the only soldier of that name who was pensioned in Indiana.

Respectfully,

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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15822
3-2233

BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division

Jan. 25 1928
Chief Rev. and 1812 Wars Section [crossed out: Division.]
I have this day received from Nellie Raimbolt (Miss) check in the amount of $2 00/, requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.
[note: Finance Div. Ntfd. ck. to be refunded Jan. 30-1928- MMHF-]

O. J. RANDALL
Chief, Finance Division.
H. C L.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section               MMHF

January 30, 1928

Miss Nellie Raimbolt
305 North Perry St., 
Attica, Indiana

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 32121 it appears that James Blevens (pensioned Blevins) was born December 25, 1761, or 1762, somewhere in New England and while in infancy, his father (name not listed) moved to Henry County, Virginia.

When he was about ten years of age, he moved to Montgomery County, Virginia, where in the summer of 1780, he enlisted and served as a private in Captain William Love's Company, Colonel William Campbell's Virginia Regiment and was discharged April 7, 1781.

On April 7, 1781, he enlisted and served nine months in Captain John Carroll's Company, Colonel Cleveland's North Carolina Regiment. He was in the battles of Camden, Kings Mountain, Siege of Ninety Six, Fort Motte and Eutaw Springs, in which last named battle, he was wounded on his left hand by the cut of a sword.

About ten years after the Revolution, he moved near
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Knoxville, Tennessee; about 1821 he moved from Wythe County, Virginia to Lawrence County, Indiana, where in Shawswick Township, he was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832. It is not stated whether he was ever married.

The above history is that of the only soldier by that name of Indiana found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

[note bracketing this paragraph: omit] The amount of your check, $2.00, will be refunded to you in due time. No charge is made for this service.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section                           MMHF

Oct. 3, 1923

Kathleen Boyd
589 Williams Ave.,
Portland, Oregon

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 32121 it appears that James Blevens (pensioned Blevins) was born December 25, 1761 or 1762 somewhere in New England and while in infancy his father (name not stated) moved to Henry County, Virginia.

When he was about ten years of age he moved to Montgomery County, Virginia where in the summer of 1780 he enlisted and served as a private in Captain William Love's Company, Colonel William Campbell's Virginia Regiment and was discharged April 7, 1781.

On April 7, 1781 he enlisted and served nine months in Captain John Carroll's Company, Colonel Cleveland's North Carolina Regiment. He was in the battles of Camden, Kings Mountain, Siege of Ninety Six, Fort Motte, and Eutaw Springs in which last named battle he was
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wounded on his left hand by the cut of a sword.

About ten years after the Revolution he moved near Knoxville, Tennessee; about 1821 he moved from Wythe County, Virginia to Lawrence County, Indiana where in Shawswick Township he was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832. It is not stated that he ever married. [note pointing here: Had an Uncle John Sutton]

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

[note: Date of death not on A.B.]