Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,182, William Clenny, N.C.
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N.C.
Clenny, William | S 32182
or Clenney
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31728
Indiana
William Clenny
of Green Co in the State of Indiana
Who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Williams of the _ commanded
by Col. Ramsey in the N.C.
line for one year. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Madison 
at the rate of 40 Dollars - cents per annual 
to commence on the 4th day of March 1834. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of March 1840, & sent to Honorable James Whitcomb, and Com. General L. Office. 

Arrears to the 4th of March 1840 $360.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep '40 20.00
=$380.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by DM. Curdy Clerk,
Book E2 Vol. 7. Page 117
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State of Indiana
Green County
Green county circuit court
November [illegible] 1832
Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of an Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.
On this the 16th day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred thirty two.  Personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Willis D Sester Judge of the probate court in and for the county and State aforesaid William Clenny resident of the county of Green aforesaid aged 74 years on the 18th of March last 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 of the 7th June 1832.  That he was born near Wilmington in the State of Delaware, that he moved from Delaware with his father some short time before Independence was declared on the 4th July 1776 to the State of North Carolina near Hillsborough, in Orange County.  That he entered the service in the army of the United States in the war off the revolution as a volunteer on the 10th day of August in the year 1776. For the term of nine months under the following amend officers within the company commanded by Captain William Williams in the Regiment commanded by Col Ramsey the first name of said Ramsey this declarant does not now remember.  That said brigade was commanded by Genl. Parsons as well as this declarant remembers that he entered the services as above noted in the county of Orange in the state of North Carolina in the Town of Hillsborough.  That during said tour of service this declarant marched through a part of the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia and a part of the Indian Nation That said Expedition was chiefly against the Hostile Indians, that this declarant during said tour of services was in several skirmishes with the Indians and at the burning of several Indian Towns
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But was in no decisive battle during said tour that he was remarched back to Hillsborough North Carolina after having served out his full tour of engagement as above stated and was  discharged at Hillsborough with the rest of the company to which he was attached as aforesaid but received no written discharge and was discharged as above stated second time in the latter part of May 1777.  That second time in the latter part of the fall of the year 1777 That this declarant was drafted for three months in Orange County North Carolina and entered the service in the army of the United States as aforesaid at Hillsborough as a militia man under the following named officers ([illegible]) in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Williams in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Armstrong as this declarant believes from the best of his recollection but he won’t be certain, That during the last mentioned engagement that this declarant was not at any time marched out of the State of North Carolina but was in sundry expeditions against the Tories and was in one battle with the Tories and some of the British near Deep River in North Carolina found as he thinks in the county of Montgomery and that during said engagement where he was not in active service that he was stationed at Guilford, North Carolina, and after having finished his term of duty as last mentioned he was discharged at Hillsborough, N.C with the rest of said company to which he was attached as aforesaid but had received no written discharge.  This declarant further states that he again was drafted in the County of Orange and State of N.C. and entered the service of the United States in the war of the revolution as a militia man for the term of six months and as well as. He remembers on or about the tenth of May in the year 1780 he is not certain of the precise time he entered the service in the last mentioned tour of duty but that he distinctly remembers that he entered the same about three months before Genl. Gates defeat at Camden South Carolina that he entered the service in the last mentioned engagement under the following named officers ([illegible]) in the company commanded by Captain Peter Boquette in the Regiment commanded by Col [blank] that he was in the battle of Genl. Gates defeat and that in said tour he marched
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Through various districts in the State of South Carolina and that he was discharged at some small town in the state of South Carolina but the name of said town he does not now remember.  That he received said discharge from Captain Boquette some time about the last of October 1780 which was a few days before his term of service expired.  That he was in no their battle during said last mentioned tour only Gates defeat scepter some skirmishes not worth mentioning.  That after he was discharged as aforesaid he returned to Orange County North Carolina.  That he again entered the service by enlistment in the army of the United States in the war of the Revolution in the County of Orange in the State of North Carolina sometime in May or June of the year 1781 for the term of twelve months.  That he will not be certain as to the day or month that he enlisted as herein last stated but that he remembers that he enlisted about four or five months before the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Little York.  That he enlisted as aforesaid under the following officers in the company commanded by Captain William Litle, in the Regiment commanded by Archibald Litle.  That said William and Archibald were brothers.  That during said enlistment that he marched through a considerable portion of the State of N. Carolina S. Carolina and Georgia.  That he was in no battle during said enlistment but was in some skirmishes with the Tories.  That he did not serve out the full year of said enlistment.  That as well as he remembers he lacked about two months of making up the full time of said enlistment and that he was discharged as well as he remembers in the month of February or March in the year 1782 in the state of North Carolina or South Carolina or near the line between the said states at some small village, the name of which he cannot now remember that said discharge was given to this declarant by Col Litle and he thinks the same was signed by him best that
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will not be certain, That he lost said discharges in some way or other but that he cannot say how. That paid little or no attention to them supposing they would never be of any service to him That from a record of his age which he now has in his fathers family he was born on the 18th March 1758. That has not written or documentary proff of his services other than by Arthur Hicks a minster of the gospel and James Warrick, Thomas Warrick Peter Hill his neighbors and acquaintances and citizens of the county of Green aforesaid which he prays may be made a part of this record, he further state that he was acquainted with the following affairs of the Revolution to wit Genl. Marion, Genl Smallwood Genl. Butler Col. Butler Baron De Kalb and was under De Kalb at the battle of Camden and Col. Williams and that he rembers of seeing Genl. Green and that he was also acquainted with Col. William Washington and Col. Lee. That he herby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Cert roll of any Agency of any State or Teritory
William [his X mark] Clenney
Sworn to and subscribed in open court on this the day and year aforesaid.
W D Lester Probate Judge

We the undersiged Arthur Hicks a minister of the Gospel and James Warrick Thomas Warrick, Peter Hill William Scott and citizens and housholders of the county of Green aforesaid and Neighbors of the said William Clenney who swore to and subscribed the above declaration do certify that we are acquainted with the said William Clenney that we believe him to be 74 years of age and that he is reputed and 

[written in left margin]
E That after the close of the revolution he returned to Orange County North Carolina where he resided ever since the revolution until within ten or Eleven years ago, when he removed to his present place of residence where has ever since lived
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in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution in the armey of the United States and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed to in poen court on this the 16th November 1832 }
WD Lester Probate Judge }
Arthur Hicks
James Warnick
Thomas Warnick
Peter Hill
Moses Ritter
John Jones

And the said court do hereby certify and declare their opinion after a full investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Vollunteer Soldier; Malitia Soldier, and intested Soldier as he States, and served as he states, This court further certifies that Arthur Hicks is a regular ordained minister of the Gospel residing in the immediate vicinity of the said applicant, said court further certifies that said James Warnick Thomas Warnick Peter Hill, William Scott, Moses Ritter and John Jones all citizens and householders of said county, and residing in the immediate neighborhood of the said William Clenney, and that this have Testimoney that they and each of them are entitled entitled to credit under oath, It is also now here proved, and is well known to the court, and is hereby certified that Thomas Warrick one of the above deponants is at this time Clerk of the circuit court of said county and that said James Warrick has for the last five years been one of commission of said county
WD Lester
Probate Judge for said County
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State of Indiana Green County } SS.
I Thomas Warnick Clerk of the Circuit and Probate Courts in and for the County of Green aforesaid do hereby Certify that the above and preceeding Declaration in the matter of the application of William Clenny now of Record in my Office, in Bloomfield for a Pension in said County of Green and State aforesaid
In Witness whereof I Thomas Warnick Clerk of the Circuit and Probate Courts in and for the County and State aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Bloomfield this 23th day of November AD 1832
Thomas Warnick Clerk
G.C.C. C.&P.C. Ind
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No. 24377
William Clenney Green County Indiana

W. Hill
Not on Roll

Robt. Mitchel Clk Lauren County Indiana Bedford
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 25 Jan 1833
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. Those points to which your attention is more particularly direct, 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.

A Statement, shewing the Service of William Clenney Green County Indiana
[column headings] 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 [handwritten in header: Commanded by Genl. Parsons] | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
[line 1] Vol. 10th Augt. 1776 | - , 9, - | private | Cap Williams, Colonel Ramsey | 74 years | Traditionary evidence & Clergimans certificate, witnesses certified credible papers not properly attached
[line 2] Drafted Fall 1777 | - , 3, - | private | Cap D Williams, Colonel Armstrong | Hillsborough | [no add’l information]
[line 3] Drafted 10 May 1780 | - , 6, - | private | Cap P. Joquette, Col. | Orange County | [no add’l information]
[line 4] Enlisted May or June 1781 | - , 12, - | private | Capt Little, Col A. Little | N. Carolina | [no add’l information]
Battle of Gates defeat

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. 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" "milita" 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, musicians 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. 
County of                                }  

On this [blank space] day of  [blank space] personally appeared (a) before  [blank space] A. B. a resident (b) of  [blank space] in the county of  [blank space] and State, Territory of District of aged (c)  [blank space]  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 acct of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d),  [blank space]  with and served in the  [blank space]  (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: [blank space]
[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 the 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. [hand pointing] 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 herby 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  [blank space] of the Court of  [blank space]  do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  [blank space]  for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this  [blank space]  day of  [blank space]  &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  [blank space]  and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with  [blank space], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be  [blank space]  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 certified, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the  [blank space]  and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the  [blank space]  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

i  [blank space]  Clerck of the Court of  [blank space]  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of  [blank space]  for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this  [blank space]  day of  [blank space]  &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 o 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 receive 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 of 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 represents, 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 of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by 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.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case 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 or periods 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 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 in 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 served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying 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 a 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 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.
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 [j] 
note 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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[form with handwritten information]
32182
Revy INVALID.

File No. 32,182
William Clenny
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32”
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 74

[Arrangement of 1780.]
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William Clenney
Indiana
Suspended
Ct: 14 Feb: 1840 [? writing cut off]
Hon Jas. Whitcomb

Act 7 June 1832
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24,377
William Clenney
Indiana

Admitted
Pr 1 yr -$40.—
Cap: Williams Col: Ramsey N.C.

Act 7 June 1832

Hon. James Whitcomb, Commr. Genl So office
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Wm Clenny
Indiana

W Hills certificate

Rob. Mitchel
Clk S[? Illegible] Co. Ind.
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of State’s Office
4th June 1833.
Sir
I have carefully searched the muster rolls and other documents in this office affording evidence of revolutionary services, for evidence in favour of William Clenney, but find none
I am very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
W Hill

James L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissr. of Pensions
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815. 826
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Augt 28. 1828.
William Clenney of Richland in the County of
Green,
in the State of Indiana 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 period he was a Private
in captain
Jaquett's 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 day of May, 1828, on the
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.
By order of the Secretary
A Dickins
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
2nd September 1828
[It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been issued to
in the this section crossed through]
not
It further appears that William Clenney is not now on the pension
list of the any-
--- agency, and has not been so since the 3 March 1826

The name of William Clenney Cannot
be found among those of the Delaware line to whom
Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were
issued-
Peter Hagner Aud.
the name of William Clenney is not on
the Register of Musters of the Delaware line
3rd Aud. Office
P.H. 25 May 1829
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War Department
Bounty Land Office
19 May 1829

The records of this Office, do not shew
Wil'lm Clenney
of the Delaware line, ever
received or is entitled to Land of the W. States
E. Stephens
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W Clenney 83
& J. Storm 812
Recd Augt 16 1828
ask'd 28
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Bloomington, (Ia) July 16th 1828

The enclosed papers have been handed to me with 
request to enclose them to the Secretary of
the Treasury and the Secretary will do me a favor by
directing an examination of them as soon as practicable,
and that Thos. F G. Adams Esq. of Spencer, Owen County Indiana
be informed of the final determination of the Department
I avail myself of the occasion to renew to
the Secretary the assurance of by my high regard
Thos H. Blake
Hon R. Rush
Sec. of the Treasury
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Free
The Honble Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City
District of Columbia
Mail Free
Revolutionary Claims
Bloomfield Ga.
August 4
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4th July 1825
State of Indiana
[Owen County struck through]
Green County

For the purpose
of obtaining the benefit
of
an act for the relief of certain
surviving officers and soldiers of the army
of the revolution approved on the 15th May
1828. I, William Clenny of
Richland town
ship in the County of Green and State of
Indiana do hereby declare that I
enlisted in the Continental line of the army
of the revolution for and during the war
and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private
in Captain Jaquiets Company in the regiment of the line of the State of Delaware
commanded by Colonel Hall, and I
also declare that I afterwards received a
certificate for the reward of Eighty dollars
to which I was entitled under a resolve of
Congress passed the 15th May 1778. and I
further declare that I was not on the
fifteenth day of March 1828 on the pension
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list
of the United States, and the reason
was this, (I having applied for a pension
could not then to wit in 1826,) recollect my
Colonels name, owing to old age and my
papers were returned to me by Mr. Edwards
and of the war department to fill up
the Blank in that particular. my
declaration being correct in every other
particular, Signed and sealed
this
4th July 1828.
Wm. Clenny
his mark


Before me, McCajah Rust
a Justice
of the peace in and for Green County
Indiana Personally appeared the aforesaid Wm Clenny and on his oath saith
that he obtained his discharge from his
said Colonel and Captain at the City of
Baltimore after the close of the War, which
discharge this deponent swears has been with
other papers of his lost for better than 20
years, he also further affirms that the
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said declaration of his is true to the best
of his knowledge
sworn to and subscribed
before me this 4th July 1828
Wm. Clenny
his mark
McCajah Rust [seal]
Justice of the peace
Before me McCajah Rust a Justice of the
peace in and for Green County State of
Indiana personally appeared
Thomas F G Adams
Thomas Warnick
Wm. M. Norris
Elijah Atkinson
John Hill and Peter Hill on this day to
wit 4th July 1828. all of said County and
State, who severally make oath that Wm.
Clenny by whom the foregoing declaration
was subscribed is generally reputed and
believed to have been a private soldier
in the army of the revolution in manner as
therein stated
Witness my hand this 4th July 1828
McCajah Rust  [seal]
Justice of the Peace
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I Thomas Wamick, Clerk of the
Court of the County of Green in
the State of Indiana do certify that
McCajah Rust
before whom the foregoing
affidavits were sworn was at the
time of his signing the same a Justice of the
peace in and for Green County and
State of Indiana, and duly empowered
to administer Oaths
Willer
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court this 4th
July 1828
Thomas Warnick
.C. Clerk of Green County
Indiana

I McCajah Rust Certify that the persons sworn
as to Wm Clennys identity are all respectable Mr. Norris is postmaster at our seat of Justice and
Mr. Warnick is our Circuit Court Clerk
McCajah Rust

W. Clenney
rec'd Aug 16, 1838
[illegible] 28
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1828 papers
to be filed
with a'd. our
Invl # 32.182
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Wm Clenney  Prt.
NC
Delaware line-
Indiana

Inv. File No 32.182
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Washington City, 13th Feb. 1840.
Dr. Sir
Enclosed is a letter from H. L. Livingston Esqr of Bloomfield, Ind. to me, accompanied with sundry papers in relation to a
claim for a Revolutionary pension. I cannot
call to mind any acquaintance with the claimant, but I know all the witnesses (with the
exception of Mr. Blevins & perhaps Mr. Gillam)
and have full confidence in them as men
of veracity. Mr. Gillam belongs to a connection
that is highly respectable & I doubt not he is
so likewise
should you be able to allow the
claim under the law and regulations of
your office. I doubt not it would be bestowed
on a very and worthy and needy
object, and would be very gratifying to me
I will thank you to respond as early as
may suit your convenience with a reference
to the date of Mr. Livingston's letter to enable me to reply to him
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Sert
Jas. Whitcomb
J. L. Edwards, Esqr. etc. etc. etc.
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of the
Pension office
Washington City
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Bloomfield Id. March 7th 1840
Dear Sir,

In reply to your letter of the 14th February last addressed to the Hon. James Whitcomb
Commissioner of the General Land Office, on
the subject of my Pension Claim for services
rendered as a private in the Revolution informing me that should I intimate my willingness
to the department to receive a pension as of
one years service in the Revolution. That the same
would be forth with granted, and paid where
I might order the same
I now inform the department that I
accept said proposition and desire that the
same may be paid to me at the Brach
Bank at Bedford of the State Bank of Indiana
I am Sir very Respectfully
your obedient servant
his
William Clenney
mark

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner
of the pension office
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Mar. 16. 1840
J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner
Pension office
[illegible] James Whitcomb
[illegible] Genl. Ld. office
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Washington City 16th March, 1830
Dear Sir;

I enclose for your further action,
to be communicated to William Clenny or
his agent H. L. Livingston Esqr of Bloomfield, Greene Co. Indiana, the letter of the
former, this day received, by which you will
see that he accede to your decision on his
claim for a pension as contained in your
letter to me of the 14th Feby last.
I am with much respect.
your obt. Servt.
Jas. Whitcomb
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner, etc. etc. etc.
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Declaration
of William Clenney
24377
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State of Indiana
ss
Green County ⎬
Green County Probate
Court Novr 1. 1839
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress of the 7th of June 1832
Be it Remembered that on this the 16th day of November in
the year 1839. Personally appeared in open court before the Hon
orable Willis D Lester Judge of the Probate Court in & for said
County William Clenney a resident citizen of Green County &
State of Indiana, aged 81 years on the 18th day of March last past
and 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 of the 7th of June
1832. That he was born near Wilmington in the State of Delaware
from which he moved with his father near Hillsborough Orange
County in the State of N.C. a short time before the Independance was
declared on the 4th of July 1776. That in the Town of Hillsborough in Orange
County N.C. on the 10th day of August 1776 he volunteered for nine
months in the Company commanded by Captain William Williams
in the Regiment commanded by Col Ramsey, in the Brigade commanded as he now believes by 
Genl. Parsons (but will not be positive as to the name of
the Genl) That during this Tour of service he was marched though a
part of the States of N.C. & S.C. Georgia, and the Indian Nations that
his services were chiefly against the hostile Indians, and in the protection of the Frontiers, that during this tour he was in several Skirmishes with the Indians, and at the burning of some of their towns
but was in no hard battle in a Tour. That he was marched back from
the Indian Station to Hillsborough where in the latter and of May
1777, he with the rest of the company to which he belonged were
discharged, but received no written discharge, the company by their Capt
being discharged by the word of month
This declarant further states that in the latter end of the fall
of the year 1777 in the County of Orange aforesaid he was drafted for 3
months & entered the service of the U.S. in the war of Revolution a 2nd time
as a private in the Company commanded by Capt Daniel Williams
and as he now believes in the Regiment commanded by Col Armstrong
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but will not positively state the Col name, that during this tour of duty
he was not marched out of the State of N.C. but was in sundry expeditions
against the Tories & was in one battle with the Tories and some few of the
Brittish on Deep River in N.C. & as he now thinks in Montgomery County
in sd. State that in this tour of militia when not engaged in active
service he was stationed in Guilford N.C. and that after having fully
served out his sd. tour of 3 months that he and the rest of the Company to which he belonged were discharged at Hillsborough
but received no written discharge the company being verbally discharged
by their Capt. Daniel Williams
This Declarant further states that in the said County of Orange
on or about the 10th day of May 1780 he again was drafted for six months
he will not say positively the day of the month  he entered the service in this tour, but
he remembers that it was 3 months before Genl Gates defeat near
Camden he being in Gates defeat himself that he entered the service
of the U.S. in this tour as a private in the company commanded
by Capt Peter Joquette in the Regiment commanded by Col_____ the
name of the Col not remembered that in this tour he was in no battle
except Gates defeat, but that he was in some small skirmishes with
the Tories not worth naming, but was marched backwards and forwards through various district in the State of S.C. and was discharged
in the latter end of October by Capt Joquette a few days
before his term of service expired at a small village in S.C. the
name of which is not now remembered that he received his
discharge as herein stated from Capt. Joquette in writing, after which he
returned home to Orange County N.C.
This Declarant further states that he again entered the
service of the U.S. in the war of the Revolution in Orange County N.C.
in May or June 1781 by enlistment into the regular service for 12
months, he will not positively say in which of these months he enlisted
but that he is certain that it was four or five months previous
to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Little York that he enlisted
as herein stated in the company commanded by Capt William
title, in the Regiment commanded by Archibald Litle in the Regiment commanded by Archibald Litle the said
William and Archibald being brothers that during this enlistment
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he was marched through a considerable portion of the States of
S. C. & N.C. & Georgia but was in no battle though he was in several skirmishes with the Tories & some pretty sharp ones though none very serious
that he did not serve out his full year of enlistment that he lacked
something like two months of making up his time, & was disharged in
February or March 1782. at a small town (the name of which is not
now remembered) near the line dividing the State of S.C. & N.C. but
in which of s'd. States he cannot now say that said discharge was
in writing & handed to him by Col. Litle & also signed by s'd. Lilte
as he believes. That he lost his discharges by carelessness, paying no attention to them & supposing that they would never be of any service to
him, that from a record which he now has in his father's family
Bible that he was born March 18th 1758. that he has no written or
documentary evidence of his services other than by the statement of his
neighbours - Towit Thomas Bland a regular minister of the
Gosple, and James Warnick and Thomas Warnick, Peter Hill
Moses Ritter, Charles Gillam, and John Jones, all residing in his
immediate vicinity & to whom he has been know for the last
18 years of his life & whom he can make Traditionary proof of his services as also the
deposition of Daniel Blevins a Revolutionary pensioner with

whom he was acquainted in the revolution and  and who now lives in Morgan County in this State and whose deposition
was taken before the Hon Willis D. Lester on the 26th day of January
1839. there is no other living witness except the s'd. Blevins
(that he know of) by whom he can prove his services nor did
he know that the said Blevins was alive until a few days before
he had taken his Deposition when the said Bliven heard of his
being alive, and called to see him, which said Deposition of the
said Blevins, together with the said statement of said Bland,
Warnick and Hill Ritter, Gilliam and Jones he makes
a part of this his declaration. This declarant further states
that he was acquainted with following officers of the Revolution towit. General Marion, Genl. Smallwood, Genl. Butler
Col Butler, Baron Dekalb and was under De Kalb in
in the battle Gates defeat he also knew Col Williams and
remember to have seen Genl Greene and was acquainted with
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of the matter and after, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department (which interrogatories and answer
are hereunto subjoined), that the above named applicant was a
revolutionary soldier, and served as a volunteer, a drafted
Militia man, and Regular as he states in his declaration
The Court further certifies that Thomas Bland is a regular
minister of the Gosple, residing in the immediate vicinity of
the applicant: And also that the said James Warnick, Thomas
Warnick, Peter Hill, Moses Ritter, Charles Gillam and John Jones
are all citizens and freeholders of said County and residing in
the immediate vicinity of the said William Clenney, and that the
Court has satisfactory evidence that they and each of them are entitled the court to
credit under oath; and it also here proved to the Court, also
further certified that the said Thomas Warnick has been for 14 year
Clerk of the Circuit Court of our said County; That James
Warnick has acted as County Commissioner of said County
for five years, and that Moses Peters has been a Justice of the
peace for five years
W D Lester Probate Judge
State of Indiana
Green County
J. Samuel R. Cavins Clerk of the Circuit and
Probate Courts in and for said County of Green do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of William Clenney for a pension. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of our circuit
Court (which for the time being is adopted)
as the seal of our Probate Court by order
of said Court there being as yet no seal
furnished for said Probate Court
Nov 16th 1839
Where
S. R. Davis Clerk
Interrogatory 1 Where and in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born in Delaware, near Wilmington, in the
year 1758. March the 18th
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William Washington Col Lee Co Col Ramsey and Col.
Armstrong and Genl Gates, that after he was discharged as herein
stated that he returned home to Orange County N.C. where he
resided until about 20 years ago when he moved to this County
the peace of his present Residence that he hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension list roll of any
State or territory
William his Clenney
            mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
on this 16th day of Nov 1832
Lest
S R Cavins Clk
We the undersigned Thomas Bland a regular minister
of the Gosple James Warnick, Thomas Warnick, Peter Hill
Moses Ritter Charles Gilliam and John Jones neighbours and
Freeholder and residing in the immediate vicinity of the said
William Clenney (and in the said County of Green) who sworn to and 
subscribed the above declaration: do hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with the said William Penney that we have
him
1
know him for the last fifteen or twenty years that we believe him
to be 81 years of age and that he is, and has ever since we have
know him reputed and believed the neighbourhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolution in the army of United States
, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed
in open Court on this 16th
day of Novr 1839
of S.W. Cavinck
Thomas Bland Minister of the Gosple
James Warnick
Thomas
Warnick
Peter Hill
Moses Ritter
Charles Gillam
John Jones
State of Indiana ⎬
Green County

And the said Court do hereby certify
and declare their opinion after a full investigation ┃
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of the matter and after, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department (which interrogatories and answers
are hereunto subjoined), that the above named applicant was a
revolutionary soldier, and served as a volunteer, a drafted
malitia man, and Regular as he states in his declaration
The Court further certifies that Thomas Bland is a regular
minister of the Gosple, residing in the immediate vicinity of
the applicant: And also that the said James Warnick Thomas
Warnick, Peter Hill, Moses Ritter, Charles Gillam and John Jones are
all citizens and freeholders of said County and residing in
the immediate vicinity of the said William Clenney, and that the
entitled
Court has satisfactory evidence that they and each of them  are entitled ear 
credit under oath; and it is also here proved to the Court and the court also
further certifies that the said Thomas Warnick has been for 14 years
Clerk of the Circuit Court of our said County; That James
Warnick has acted as County Commissioner of said County
been
for five years, and that Moses Ritter has been a Justice of the
peace for five years
W D Lester Probate Judge

State of Indiana

Green County
I, Samuel R. Cavins Clerk of the Circuit and
Probate Courts in and for said County of Green do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of William Clenney for
a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of our circuit
Court. (which for the time being is adopted)
as the seal of our Probate Court by order
of said Court there being as yet no seal
furnished for said Probate Court.
Nov 16th 1839
S. R. Davis Clerk
Interrogatory  1stWhere and in what year were you born
ans. I was born in Delaware, near Wilmington, in the year 1758. March the 18th
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 Interrogatory 2nd. 
 have any record of your age, and if so Where is it
ans. 
I have a record of my age, Recorded in my
fathers family Bible now in my possession
Interrogatory 3d. 
Where were you living when called into the
service, where have you lived since the
Revolutionary war and where do you now live
ans.
 When I was called into the service I lived in Orange
County N.C. near Hillsborough every time I was
called upon, and since the Revolution I lived in
the said County of Orange, until about 20
years ago when I moved into County this (which
not then organized) where I now live
Interrogatory 4th.
 How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom
ans. 
The first 9 months I was called into service as a volunteer, the 2d time I was called out a as drafted
malitia man for 3 months. The 3 time I was
called into service as a drafted malitia man
for 6 months, and the last time I was
called into the service as a regular soldier
for Twelve months.
Interrogatory 5th.
State the names of some of the regular officers
who were with the troops where you served
such continental and Malitia Regiments as
you can recollect, and the General circumstances
of your services
ans.
I Recollect of the Regular
officers who were with the troops where I served
Genl Gates, Barron De Kalb, Genl Green, Col
Lee Col. William Washington and my own Col
Archibald Litle I cannot now state the name of
the number of any of the Continental or
[Maltitia Regiment crossed through]
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Malitia Regiments, only that Genl. Marion
was I believe a continental officer, and also
I [illegible] that Col Lees troop of horse was
be also remember the Regt commanded by Col Ramsey & Armstrong of the
the best troop I ever saw and as to the General circumstances
of his service, in the first tour as
Volunteer he was employed against the Indians
in the protection of the Frontiers, & in the 2d tour of
3 months he was chiefly employed against the Tories in
the State of N.C. and did not in this trip go
out of the State, that in the 3d Engagement of 6 months
this as a malitia man in the Company of
Capt Joquette he was in the battle of Gates' defeat
& marched from Orange N.C. with the other troops for the
purpose of aiding Camden, and was after this battle
and about through the State of S.C. & mostly against
the Tories & that as a regular he was marched through + N.C. S.C. and Georgia and was mostly against the Tories.

Interrogatory 6th
Did you ever receive a Discharge from the
service; and if so by whom was it given, and
what has become of it
ans. 
I Received 2 discharges the first from Capt Joquette when I was attached to the 6 months Malitia, and the 2d by Col
Lilte from the Regular service
Interrogatory 7
State the names of persons to whom you are known
in your present neighbourhood and who can
testify as to your character for veracity, and
their belief of your serves as a soldier of
the Revolution?
ans.
I am acquainted with the Rev. Thomas Bland
a minister of the Gosple, and James Warnick
Thomas Warnick, Peter Hill Moses Ritter Esq
Charles Gillam, and John Jones, (besides a good
many others if necessary let these are the oldest
residents of the County & have known me longest
of any of my neighbours, all of whom can
testify as to my veracity, & their belief of my service
as a soldier of the Revolution
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State of Indiana
Green County ⎬
This day personally appeared before me
Willis D. Lester Probate Judge in and for said County
Daniel Blevins a resident of Morgan County Indiana 
aged 85 years and who being duly sworn according to law
doth on oath state that he is now a revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of 40 dollars per annum during life
commencing on the 4th of March 1831. That when he
first drew his pension he resided in East Tennessee
and was inscribed on the roll of the east Tennessee
agency from which State he moved to Kentucky, and
was transferred to the Kentucky Agency April 30th 1835.
from Ky he moved to Lawrence County Indiana
on December 19th 1836 transferred from  the Kentucky Agency to
Bedford Indiana, that he has been well and intimately
acquainted with William Clenney of Green County
Indiana That his first acquaintance with the said Clenney
was in the Army of the Revolution at the hanging rock
in the State of North Carolina, this affiant being then attached
to the North Carolina troops having marched from the Wythe
County Virginia through Hillsborough N.C. this affiant
States that in said Tour he formed an intimate friendship
with the said Clenney, that the said Clenney was
then a volunteer in the nine month run of the North Carolina
Volunteers, and that he was a private in
the company commanded by Capt Wm. Williams in
the Regiment commanded by Col Ramsey
this affiant, being well acquainted with the said
Ramsey and Williams, that he & the said Clenney were 
marched together through the Indian Nation & had
burnt several Indian Villages & had some skirmishes with
the Indians and also that on this tour they were together
in some parts of North & South Carolina, and that he
is certain the said Clenney served out his full term of
nine move as a volunteer as him above stated
This affiant further states that as to the three
months service as drafted malitia man alleged by Clenney the said
to have been performed in the Revolution, he cannot
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say any thing certain but that we again passing through N. C. he met
said Clenney on or near Deep River that they then stayed together a few days that said Clenney then observed to this affiant that he was out again under Daniel Williams, and
how long he was out in said tour he cannot say nor can he
say in what capacity he served or how long he did
serve but that he was well acquainted with the said Capt
Daniel Williams & had as different times served under him
some short time himself, he also adds that after the case of
the revolution in conversing with the said Clenney he
believes he served out his full tour of three months,
This affiant further states that in relation to
the six months service, as a drafted militia man [illegible] the said Clenney to have been performed by him under Capt
Joquette he says he knows the said Clenney was under the s'd. Joquette in the revolution he also says that
said Clenney was under the said Joquette in Gate's
defeat he being in the said battle himself and having been
with the said Clenney for some time previous to
said battle in passing through N.C. to Camden, and
after said Battle he often saw said Clenney at different
places in South Carolina but he cannot say whether said
Clenney served out the full period of six months though 
from the length of time he saw him off and said in
the service whilst in said tour he believes he served said tour
fully
This affiant further states that in
relation to the 12 months alleged by s'd. Clenney to
have been performed by him as an enlisted soldier
in the revolution says that he is certain that said
Clenney did enlist for twelve months that he enlisted
as this affiant believes in June 1781 in the State of N. C. in
Orange County, in the Company commanded
by Capt Lilte in the Regiment commanded Col Lilte
the said Little being brothers and Virginians being in
Orange County N. C. when the Clenney enlisted
and that after his enlistment that he and the said
Clenney often met in different places in N. C. and S. C. but was in no battle together, but was often
Several days at a time together he also states that
he can not say how long said Clenney served in
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in said enlistment but from the best of his recollection
(having often seen him during said time), he is certain
he must have served seven or eight months of said tour
act when or in what manner he was discharged he
cannot state, he also state that shortly after the close of
the revolution he again met the said Clenney in Hillsborough N.C. where in a conversation with the said Clenney
they got a talking about the war and the difficulties they
encountered this affiant showed said Clenney his discharge upon which said Clenney observed he had
Two discharges & in turn shewed his discharges, but what
the contained this affiant cannot say, though their discharges were read by some of the bystanders (the said
Clenney nor affiant being able to read). This affiant further
states he never heard any thing of said Clenney from
the time he saw his person last & stated until hearing of him a short time since and on his way to Bloomfield
he called to see him, he also states that the said William
Clenney is the Identical William
Clenney with whom
he served in the revolution as herein stated. This affiant further states that he was himself attached to the
Carolina troops, and that he served in the revolution
much longer time than he was allowed or he
was able to prove and further this affiant saith
Daniel Blevins
His mark

State of Indiana
Green County
I Willis D. Lester Judge of the
Probate Court in and for the County of Green
aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above deposition
of Daniel Blevins was duly taken and subscribed to
before me, and also that the said Blevins is a creditable person and entitled to credit on his oath
January the 28th 1839
W.D. Lester Probate Judge
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he now believes in the Regiment commanded by Col
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State of Indiana ⎬
Green County
I Samuel R Cavins Clerk of the
Circuit & Probate Court in
and for the County
of Green aforesaid do hereunto certify the
[crossed through section]
Willis D. Lester who signed the above and foregoing
certificate now is and was at the time of the
signing thereof Probate Judge of our said County
of Green and as such duly commissioned and
qualified, that his signature is genuine and
that as such full faith and credit is due all
his official acts

In testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of our said Circuit Court
(The same for the time being) having
[illegible] adopted as the seal
one Probate Court by order of said
Court, there having been as yet
no seal furnished for said Probate Court. 
this 28th day of January 1839
S.R. Cavins G. P. C.

Hon. J. Whitcomb
Com. [illegible] off.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Clerno, Francis
GRADE Private
LINE Hazen's Regiment
WARRANT NUMBER 12878   ACREAGE  100
ISSUED August 14, 179? (torn)
to Benj. Moore, assignee
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.