Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,339, for Daniel Porter, Virginia
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[Typed form with written responses]

(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Va.
Porter, Daniel
NUMBER
R. 8339
CONTENTS
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Daniel Porter privi
Gibsons
Virginia Rev
1776 to 1783. 27 May 1818
rejected.
 29 May 1818
WM Daniels

(seal)
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At a Superior Court of Law continued and held for Fluvanna 
County on Wednesday the 27th day of May 1818-
This day Daniel Porter aged sixty three years resident of the
said County personally appeared in Court and made the following
declaration on Oath that he entered the service of the United States
as a private soldier in the War of the Revolution on or about the
19th November 1776, that he belonged to a company commanded
by Captain Abner Crump in the first Regiment commanded
by Colonel George Gibson and of the Virginia line on the continental
establishment that he served as a soldier aforesaid during 
the war and quit the service in consequence of being discharged
which discharge is lost or mislaid, and that he is in reduced circumstances 
and needs the aid of his country for support, and that he has
no other evidence of his said services. And it appearing to the satisfaction
of the Court that the said Daniel Porter served in the Revolutionary
War as aforesaid against the common enemy for during the
War and that he is by reason of his
reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from his Country
for support and has therefore a just claim to a pension in the manner
prescribed by an act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for
certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States
in the Revolutionary War" the same is ordered to be certified
to the Secretary of the department of War

State of Virginia Fluvanna County to wit I John Timberlake Clerk
of the Superior Court of Law for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the
foregoing is a true copy taken from a record of my office-
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and there being
no official seal of this Court have hereto affixed my private
seal this twenty ninth day of May in the year 1818 and of the
Commonwealth the forty second
J. Timberlake in
Seal
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I William Daniel one of the
Judges of the General Court of the Commonwealth
of Virginia and Judge of the 7th Judicial Circuit including the County of Fluvanna 
do certify that John Timberlake Jr whose name is subscribed to the
above certificate is Clerk of the Superior Court of Law of the County of Fluvanna
aforesaid and that full faith and credit is due to his official acts as such and
I do further certify that Daniel Porter appeared personally in Court & before
me made the declaration upon oath to the facts stated and set forth in the
above statement & certificate of the aforesaid Clerk in order that he might obtain
the provision made by an act of Congress for certain persons who were engaged
in the Land and Naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary War
, and that it appeared to my satisfaction that the said Daniel Power
did serve the United States in the Revolutionary war against the common
enemy as in the declaration above set forth is stated by him all which I
do hereby certify and send to the secretary for the department of War of the
United States under my hand & seal there being no seal of the Court, this
29th May 1818
Wm Daniel (seal)
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No 1
17.218.

Daniel Porter
Fluvanna Co Virg:

first declaration
(not accompanying these papers.)
27. May, 1818
Col. George Gibson,
and Col. Thos Meriwether's reg.
to Virga State service, also,
in Col. Abm Bufords reg. Virg.
Cont Estable for
remainder of 3 years.
Not found on the rolls

John Timberlake,
agent,
Union Mills Va

Col. George Gibson's
and Col. Meriwether's
regt. were not on
Continental estabt.

It is required, that
two or more disinterested
and credible persons,
certified as such, by the judge,
should prove, on
oath, the applicants
service, 9 months, in continuance, 
in Col. Abraham Buford's
regiment.

Testimony of
Maddox & Moody &
Declaration 25 July
1820. See remark or
Decr May 1818
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State of Virginia
Fluvanna County to wit}
on the twenty fifth day of July one thousand
eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open Court being a Court
record for the said County proceeding according to the course of the common law
with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of its proceedings
and expressly made a court of record by the laws of the said State
Daniel Porter aged sixty four years who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the
provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the
May 1820 that he the said Daniel Porter enlisted for the Term of three
years on or about the nineteenth day of November in the year one thousand
seven hundred and seventy six at New Kent Courthouse in the State of Virgin
in the company commanded by Captain Abner Crump in the regiment
commanded by Colonel George Gibson in the line of the State of Virginia
continental establishment; that he continued to serve until the close of the
war when he was discharged from the said service in one thousand seven
hundred and eighty two or one thousand seven hundred and eighty three in the
State of Virginia that his first enlistment as stated in his original declaration
made before the Superior Court of Law of this County on the twenty seventh
day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen in the regiment 
commanded by Colonel George Gibson was for three years part of which time
was at Williamsburg in Virginia from whence said regiment moved to
Alexandria, 

he thinks in the one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven
where he was inoculated with the small pox & from thence moved to
General Washington army at the White plains and was then attached
to the Brigade commanded by General Mulenburg was at the battels of

Monmouth at stony point and at Germantown and at various other
her affairs; and was wounded in the left hand at Monmouth which
has lamed it ever since that before his term of three years was ended he
enlisted for and during the war with Captain Thomas Ewell or Hewell of the
regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Meriwether which regiment he thinks
was made up of parts of the first and second regiments
these regiments

being broke & he thinks it was then called the first and second legion regiment
that in this way he remained in the service of the United States
about four years from the time of his first enlistment in the Northern
that he was then transfered to the service of the South under the command
of Colonel Edward Buford who as he thinks commanded a regiment
made up of the fragments of several regiments of the first second and
third Virginia regiments on the continental establishment and he does no
know what this regiment was called or that it was numbered as organized under the command of Buford that he remained in the service of
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Southern army for about three years and until the end of the war
is stated in his said original declaration and was at the battels of Camp
ninety six Guildford Courthouse and various other smaller affairs, in
the South and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said
services except the testimony of John Maddox. Whereupon the said
John Maddox being sworn saith that he is well acquainted with the above
named Daniel Porter knows him to be a man of truth and credit and
believes him to be in need of aid from his Country for support that as to
his service in the Revolutionary War to the north he the said John knows
nothing but that he knows that he was in the southern service as stated
in his declaration that he the said Daniel was an orderly sergeant
in the same company commanded by Captain Hewell in Bufords regiment
which regiment was made up of parts of the first second and third Virginia
regiments on continental establishment and that he first became acquainted with
the said Daniel at Hillsborough North Carolina when he the said
Porter and was an orderly sergeant in the same company- that they both
remained in the same company and under the command of Col Buford until
some considerable time after the battle at the hanging rock and until
Buford was arrested or called to give an account of his conduct in the affair
commonly called Buford defeat - 

Thereafter Col Samuel Haws took command of the regiment and that he continued with said 
Daniel in the Southern army until they were recalled to the seige of York in Virginia
where they were both in the service but at that place were attached to
different companies and that he knows the said Daniel to have remained
on the service of the United States until the close of the Revolutionary War
and in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820, I do solemnly swear that
I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that
time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part
thereof with intent thereby so to dimish it as to bring myself within the
visions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons,
gaged in the land and naval service of the United States passed on the 18
day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in Trust
for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I
my income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed
ed by me subscribed to wit one Horse purchased lately at twenty five
dollars three dollars only paid towards him one Gunn one plow and gear
half dozen knives and forks five earthen plates two pitches two Hoes
the one and one pine table. The said Declarant states that he is by
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occupation a farmer which he is illy able to pursue being a
man of his age, his family consists of a wife aged about sixty and
a daughter of his wife of birth previous to the mariage of this
with her, aged thirty years who are unable but in a small degree
to contribute to their support
D. Porter

Sworn to and declared on the twenty fifth day of July one thousand
eight hundred and twenty before me Peter H Ware presiding Justice
of the said Court

Peter H. Ware

I John Timberlake Clerk of the County Court of Fluvanna
do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annex
are truly copied from the records of the said Court. And I do further certify
that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value
of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Thirty five dollars
and twenty eight cents
In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and
affixed the seal of the
said Court on this twenty seventh day of
July one thousand
eight hundred and twenty

John Timberlake C.H.
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See letter to Hon. Hugh
Nelson, in the case of
Daniel Porter dated
May 20
Virga.

For the disposition
of the other cases in this
cert from Clk of Court, see
Virginia Rolls
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Case of Daniel Porter
Suspended; for evidence
of service see Isaac
Lucados papers on file
16 Nov 1819
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[Typed form with written answers]

Acts of July, 1802, and March 3, 1873.
8339
P.O.
Daniel Porter
Service:
Enlisted: 
18
Rejected
Discharged: 
18 
Application filed:
18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Contract.
18
Cert. of Dis. 
Searched for
18
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17.218
Daniel Porter
Jno. Timberlake
Union Mills, Va
Rejected. See letter
to applicant 3d Aug
1822 - and to J. Timber
lake, Jr 14 Aug. 1823-
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The Secretary of the Department of War
Washington City

Mr Edwards
Rec. 17 Apl. 1823 Mail
Free VA 26 Apr
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Fluvanna
County Va
Union Mills Mar 29th 1823
I am requested by me Daniel Porter to enclose
to the War Department the enclosed Deposition & Certificate
by way of additional testimony in support his claim to
a Revolutionary Pension the Declaration Schedule &c reputing
which has been heretofore forwarded to the Department.
He requested me to solicit the favour of
a speedy attention to this subject of possibly convenient
as his situation is a very needy one and that of any
further testimony is required he may be advised thereof in
order that he may forthwith use such exections  [exceptions] as he
is capable of to procure its

I am Dear Sir
Yours respectfully
John Timberlake
The Secretary of the Department
of War
Washington City
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No 6. 
Affidavit of
Wm B Winston
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City of Richmond to wit

William B Winston of the said
City in the State of Virginia, this day personally appeared before
us the subscribers Justices of the peace for the said city and made
oath that he was well acquainted with Daniel Porter in the years 
1777, 1778, & 1779, that he served as a Soldier with the said Porter  
in Col. George Gibon’s Virgina Regiment during those years- at about 
the end of the year 1779 Col. Gibbon’s Regiment was disbanded 
to which he the said affiant left the army and returned home. 
about one half of the said regiment reenlisted for the war amongst
whom he is very certain that Daniel Porter was one who did so
reenlist- And that he knew nothing more of the said Porter after his 
said reenlistment, and his the said Winston return home. 
Given under our hands this 17th day of April 1821.
C. Tompkins
James Rawlings

We Christopher Tompkins and James Rawlings
Justices of the peace in the City of Richmond
 and State of Virginia do hereby certify that 
Wm B Winston of the said city whose affidavit is above written
is in the our opinions an honest and credible man.
Given under our hands this 17 April 1821

James Rawlings
C. Tompkins

Virginia City of Richmond Court.
I Thomas Howard Clerk of the Court of Hustings for
the said City do certify that Christopher Tompkins and James Rawlings
whose names are subscribed to the foregoing certificates, now are, and
were at the time of subscribing the same, Justices of the peace for the
said
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said City of Richmond, elected and qualified according to law
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand
and affix the seal of the said Court of
Hustings this seventeenth day of April, in
the year of thousand eight hundred and
twenty one -
W. C. Howard
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Copy Deposition &
for Daniel Porter
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At a Court of monthly session held for Fluvanna
County on Monday the 24th day of February 1823.
On the motion of Daniel Porter William
Moody of this county was sworn to give evidence
touching said Porter's claim to a pension in addition to
the declaration and testimony heretofore forwarded
to the Department of War and thereupon the said
William Moody deposeth and saith that he knew
said Daniel Potter when he was a soldier on
continental establishment in the Revolutionary War
that he was first in Col. Blufords regiment which
afterwards was commanded by Col Samuel Haws
that said Porter served in said regiment under
Bluford and Haws he is confident upwards of twelve
months and he believes much longer that
said Porter he well recollects was in the battles
of Guilford Courthouse, Camden and ninety six

This deponent being also in the same battles
This deponent further states that he always 
understood that said Porter had formerly been a State
soldier but that at the time he knew him he
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feels entirely certain
that he belonged to the continental
establishment as did this deponent himself
for about five years.
Fluvanna County Court March 24th 1823.

On the motion of Daniel Porter it is
ordered to be certified to the Secretary of the department
of War that William Moody who resides in
this county and whose deposition touching said
Potter's claim to a pension under the Law of the
United States
of the 18th of March 1818 was taken
before the Court at the last Term is a credible
and disinterested witness-
State of Virginia
Flanna County to wit:

I John Timberlake Clerk of the County Court
of the County aforesaid in the State aforesaid do hereby
certify truly that the foregoing Deposition and Order are
copied from the records of the said Court.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
signed my name and affixed the seal
of my office this twenty seventh day of
March in the year of our Lord 1823
of the Commonwealth the forty seventh.
Jno. Timberlake Clk
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Testimony of
John Maddox
No 7 -
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At a Court of Quarterly Sessions held for Fluvanna County
on monday the 27 day of August 1821.

On the motion of Daniel Porter who claims a pension as a
private Soldier in the Revolutionary War under an act of Congress of
the 18th of March 1818 - John Maddox was introduced as a witness
in support of said claim who being sworn deposeth and saith. That
he first became acquainted with said Daniel Porter at Hillsborough
in North Carolina he was then an orderly Sergeant in Captain
Thomas Ewell or Hewells company and in Col Edward Bufords regiment
made up of detached copies of different State regiment enlisted and
taken into the United States service on continental establishment -At
the time alluded to Buford had command of said regiment but
he being called to give an account (at the same time that Gates was
of his conduct at the affair commonly called Buford defeal at
the hanging rock which was in the year 1780 afterwards Colo
Samuel Haws took command of the said regiment and this
deponent knows that the said Daniel Porter served at least nine
months under Buford and afterwards for more than nine months
under said Colonel Haws. This deponent is positively certain that
both himself and said Porter were on continental establishment
and received United States pay clothing & the Court doth
certify that the said John Maddox is a respectable citizen of
this County and a man of unquestionable credibility. All which
is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of the Department of War.

State of Virginia
Fluvanna County to wit

I John Timberlake Clerk of the
County Court of the County aforesaid in the State aforesaid
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the foregoing is a true copy of a record in
my Office. 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
set my hand and caused the seal of my office
to be hereto affixed this sixth day of September
in the year one thousand eight hundred and
twenty one and of the Commonwealth the
forty sixth

John Timberlake C.T.C.
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The Secretary of the Department
of War
Washington City
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Virginia - Fluvanna County
Union Mills Office
September 12th 1821.
Sir
At the request of Daniel Peter who claims a
Pension under the Law of the United States of the 18th of March
1818 as a Private in
the Army of the Revolution I return
the papers heretofore forwarded to the War Office in support
of his claim and which were sent back for official 
explanation  as to a supposed
alteration in the date of his
Original Declaration
In order to show that no alteration
had been made in the date as supposed and also to give
you a more complete and comprehensive view of his
case he has obtained a new and
complete copy of
the whole record in his case which is also now forwarded
and marked No 5.
You will please permit me to remark that it
appears to me from a view of the whole of the facts
proved in this case that no doubt ought to be entertained that
Porter served at least
nine months on Continental establishment.

It is time his first enlistment seems to have been in the
State service and that he continued for 3 years in that service
under Gibson Meriwether &c
But at the expiration of the 3 
years he enlisted for and during the war & this
last enlistment it seems to me must have been on the
United States service as he is then proved to have served
in Bufords Regiment afterwards commanded by Hews which
Regiment is admitted to have been continental establishment
you will remark that Porter himself speaks of a reenlistment
and in support of this view of the case point me to infer
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you to the affidavit of Wm B. Winston taken & now forwarded marked No 6.

This states that Col Gibsons Regiment was
disbanded and that about half of it reenlisted for the war &
the witness thinks that Carter was one who did so reenlist
this correspond also with Peters statement as to his Regiment
being made up of broken state Regiments and also with
the statement made by John Maddox in his Depositions
No
7
The additional deposition of Maddox  lately taken and
now forwarded is more explicit than his former one he
states positively Porters service in Buford Regiment on
Continental establishment his receiving continental pay
clothing &c. I have no doubt that Porter can get the
testimony of credible witnesses going to state the same
that Maddox can as to his actual service under Buford
but I presume it will be unnecessary as that of Moody
formerly taken is in substance the same the not so
replied- 
You will not be so good as to excuse the
liberty I take in making these remarks. I know
the claimant to be a very poor and needy man
and as I believe no one can have a better title to a
pension than he has I cannot but feel some solicitator
in his favour
Please
inform me the rest
as convenient
I am Sir
Yo mo obt ser
John Timberlake
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PS. It seems to me that the difficulty in this case as are
from the circumstance of Porter's having bod into view
his state services which as have omitted and only stated
& proved his service under Burford & Haws the case would 
have been clear enough to the circumstance
vr
J. Tir
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Union Mills Va
July 27th 1822
The Secretary of War
Mar
Free
Washington City
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Virginia Fluvanna County
July 26th 1822
Sir
I got the favour of my friend Mr.
Timberlake of the Union Mills to write to
you heretofore about my claim to a
Pension - He says that he has written [illegible]
he is tired he writing and can get
no return from you. He told me
that you required heretofore more
testimony. If what was last on his
not sufficient
I can get more
Witnesses to prove my services.
I have had a thought of coming to see you
myself but am old an unable to
and so far without great fatigues
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I am be assured much in need and my distress
is great. I was a New & faithful solder
God knows as many of my comrades in
service know it to.
Pray let me hear
from you and know my dependance
of not I must beg to come & see you
also the distance is so great.
G W Dow
Dan Porter
pray let me know shortly what
I am to depend on for hope defered sickneth the soul.
DP
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Copy Record for
Daniel Porter
No 5
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At a Superior Court of Law continued and held for
Fluvanna County on Wednesday the 27th day of May 1818
This day Daniel Porter aged sixty three years resident of this
County personally appeared in Court and made the following declaration
 on Oath. That he entered the service of the United States as a
private soldier in the War of the Revolution on or about the 19th
day of November 1776 that he belonged to a company commanded 
by Captain Abner Crump in the first regiment commanded by
Colonel George Gibson of the Virginia line on the Continental
establishment that he served as a soldier as aforesaid during the
War and quit the service in consequence of being discharged
which discharge is lost or mislaid and that he is in reduced
circumstances and needs the aid of his Country for support and
that he has no other evidence of his said services. And it appearing
to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Daniel Porter served
in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid against the common Enemy
during the war and that he is by reason of his reduced circumstances 
in life in need of assistance from his country for support and
has therefore a just claim to a pension in the manner pre
scribed by an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States
in the Revolutionary War"" the same is ordered to be certified to the
Secretary of the Department of War
At a Superior Court of Law continued and held for Fluvanna
County on Thursday the 28th day of October 1819
Daniel Potter whose claim to a pension as a private in the
Army of the Revolution under an act of Congress entitled an act to
provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service
of the United States in the Revolutionary War"" is said to have
been rejected at the Office of the department of War this day
came into Court and in addition to the statement contained
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in his declaration made before this Court on the twenty seventh
day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen made the
following statement upon oath that his first enlistment as
stated in his said declaration of the twenty seventh day of
May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen in the Regiment
commanded by Col George Gibson was for three years; part of
which time was at Williamsburg in Virginia from whence said
Regiment moved to Alexandria he thinks in the year one
thousand seven hundred and seventy seven where he was
 inoculated with the small pox and from thence moved to join 
General Washingtons Army at the White Plains and was then attached
to the Brigade commanded by General Mulenburg was at the battles
of Monmouth at stony point and at Germantown & at various
other smaller affairs was wounded in the left hand at Monmouth
which has lamed it ever since that before his term of three
years was ended he enlisted for and during the war with Capt
Thomas Ewell or Hewell of the Regiment commanded by Colo
Thomas Meriwether which Regiment he thinks was made up of
parts of the first and second Regiments, these Regiments being broke
and he thinks it was then called the first and second legion
Regiment - that in this way he remained in the service of the
United States about four years from the time of his first enlistment
in the Northern Army - that he was then transferred to
the service of the South under the command of Colonel Edward
Buford who as he thinks commanded a Regiment made up of
fragments of several regiments of the first second and third
Virginia Regiment on Continental establishment and he does
know what this regiment was called or that it was numbered 
as organized under the command of Buford that he
named in the service in the Southern Army for about three
years and until the end of the War as stated in his first
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declaration and was at the battels of Campden ninety six
Gilford Courthouse and various other smaller affairs in the South
John Maddox being first sworn saith that he is well acquainted 
with the above named Daniel Porter knows him to be
man of truth and credit and believes him to be in need of aid
from his Country for support that as to his service in the 
Revolutionary War to the North he the said John Knows nothing 
but that he knows that he was in the Southern service as
stated in his declaration that he the said John was an
orderly sergeant in the same company commanded by Capt
Thomas Hewell in Bufords regiment which regiment was
made up of parts of the first second and third Virginia regiments
on continental establishment that he first became acquainted with
the said Daniel at Hillsborough in North Carolina
when he the said Daniel Porter was an orderly sergeant in
the same company that they both remained in the same company
and under the command of Colonel Buford until some
considerable time after the battle at the hanging rock and until
Buford was arrested or called to give an account of his conduct
in the affair commonly called Buford defeat thereafter Colonel
Samuel Haws took command of the regiment and that he continued
with the said Daniel in the Southern Army until
they were recalled to the seige of York in Virginia where they
were both in the service but at that place were attached to
different companies and that he knows the said Daniel to
have remained in the service of the United States until the
close of the Revolutionary War and that he the said John
Maddox is the same whose declaration has been allowed at
the War Department.
State of Virginia
Fluvanna County to wit⎬ I John Timberlake Jun. Clerk of the
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Superior Court of Law of the County aforesaid in the State
do hereby certify that the foregoing are true copies
of records in my Office

In Testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of my office to be hereto affixed this
twenty eighth day of March one thousand
eight hundred and twenty one and
of the Commonwealth the forty fifth
John Timberlake Jr C.C
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State of Virginia Fluvanna County to wit
On the twenty fifth day of July one thousand eight
hundred and twenty personally appeared in open Court being a
Court of record for the said County proceeding according to the
course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point
of amount keeping a record of its proceedings and expressly made
a Court of record by the Laws of the said State Daniel Porter
aged sixty four years who being first duly sworn according to
Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of
March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that he the said Daniel
Porter enlisted for the term of three years on or about the 19th
day of November in the year 1776 at New Kent Courthouse in
the State of Virginia in the company commanded by Captain Abner
Crump in the regiment commanded by Colonel George Gibson in the
line of the State of Virginia on the continental establishment that he
continued to serve until the close of the war when he was discharged
from the said service in one thousand seven hundred and eighty two
or one thousand seven hundred and eighty three in the State of Virginia
that his first enlistment as stated in his original declaration made
before the Superior Court of Law of this County on the 27th day of
May 1828 in the regiment commanded by Col. George Gibson was
for three years part of which time was at Williamsburg in Virginia 
from whence said Regiment moved to Alexandria he thinks in
the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven where
he was inoculated with the small pox and from thence moved to
join General Washington's Army at the white plains and
was then attached to the brigade commanded by General
Mulenburg was at the Battles of Monmouth at Stoney point
and at Germantown and at various other smaller affairs and
was wounded in the left hand at Monmouth which has
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named it ever since that before his Term of three years was
ended he enlisted for and during the war with Capt Thomas
Ewell or Hewell of the Regiment command by Colonel Thomas Meriwether 
which Regiment he thinks was made up of parts of
the first and second Regiment these regiments being broke and he
thinks it was then called the first and second legion Regiment - that
in this way he remained in the service of the United States
about four years from the time of his first enlistment in the
Northern Anny that he was then transfered to the service of
the South under the command of Colonel Edward Buford who as
he thinks commanded a regiment made up of the fragments of
several regiments of the first second and third Virginia Regiments
on the continental establishment and he does not know what this
Regiment was called or that it was numbered as organized under the
command of Buford that he remained in the service in the
Southern Army for about three years and until the end of
the War as stated in his said original declaration & was at the
battels of Campden ninety-six Guildford Court House and at
Various other smaller affairs in the South and that he
has no other evidence now in his power of his said services
except the testimony of John Maddox, Whereupon the said
John Maddox being sworn saith that he is well acquainted with
the above named Daniel Porter knows him to be a man of
truth and credit and believes him to be in need of and from
his country for support that as to his service in the Revolutionary
War to the North he the said John knows nothing
but that he knows that he was in the Southern service as stated
in his declaration that he the said Daniel was an orderly Seargeant
in the same company commanded by Captain Thomas Hewell
in Bufords regiment which regiment was made up of parts
of the first second and third Virginia regiments on continental
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establishment and that he first became acquainted with the said
Daniel at Hillsborough North Carolina when he the said
Daniel Power was an orderly Sergeant in the same company that
they both remained in the same company and under the command
of Col Buford until some considerable time after the
battle at the hanging Rock and until Buford was arrested or
called to give an account of his conduct in the affair commonly
called Buford defeat - Thereafter Col Samuel Haws took command of
the Regiment and that he continued with said Daniel in the Southren
Army until they were recalled to the seige of York in Virginia
where they were both in the service but at that place were
attached to different companies and that he knows the said
Daniel to have remained in the service of the United States
until the close of the Revolutionary War. And In pursuance
of the act of the 7th May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a
resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March
1828, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in
any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with
intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the
provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for
certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the
United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of
March 1828 and that I have not nor has any person in
Trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to
me nor have I any income other than what is contained
in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit
One Horse purchased lately at twenty five dollars Three dollars only
paid towards him one Gunn one Plow and Gear half dozen
knives and Forks five earthen plates two Pitchers two hoes one
Axe and one pine table. The said declarant states that he
is by occupation a farmer which he is illy able to pursue being
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a feeble man of his age. His family consists of a wife aged
about sixty years a daughter of his wife of birth previous to the
Marriage of this Declarant with her aged thirty years who are
unable but in a small degree to contribute to their support
(Signed)
"D. Porter
Sworn to and declared on the 25th day of July 1820 before me
Peter H. Ware presiding Justice of the said Court (Signed) Peter H. Ware
I John Timberlake Clerk of the County Court of the County
of Fluvanna do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the
Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the
said Court: and I do further certify that it is
the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value
of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is thirty
five dollars and twenty eight cents-
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the Seal of the said
Court on this twenty ninth day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
John Timberlake C.H.C.
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At a Court of Monthly Session held for Fluvanna
County on Monday the 23d day of October 1820.
On the motion of Daniel Porter who claims a pension as a
private Soldier in the Revolutionary War under an act of
Congress of the 18th of March 1818 the following persons were
introduced as Witnesses in support of said claim to wit: William
Moody who being sworn deposeth and saith- that he was well
acquainted with said Porter whilst he was in service as a
soldier in the Revolutionary War as well as he recollects in
the second Regiment of the Virginia line on the continental
establishment that the said Porter remained in service as well as
he recollects as a soldier aforesaid for at least three years
in the said Regiment being commanded part of the time by
Colo Buford and part of the time by Colo Haws and the company
in which said Porter served was commanded as well as he recollects 
by Capt Ewell
John Maddox who being also sworn
deposeth and saith that he joined Col Bufords regiment being
Second Regiment in Virginia line in the year 1780 at Hills
borough in North Carolina that he then found said Porter acting
as orderly sergeant in the said Regiment in a company,
commanded by Capt Thomas Ewell that he will recollects
that said Porter remained in said service from January one
thousand seven hundred and eighty until December of the same 
year at which time Colo Buford was called to give an account
of his conduct at the hanging rock commonly called Bufords
defeat that afterwards said regiment was commanded by Colonel
Haws and said Porter continued with said Haws for what
length of time he does not recollect. And it ordered that the
foregoing depositions be certified to the Secretary of
the department of War - and it is further ordered
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to be certified that the said William Moody and John Maddox
in the opinion of the Court are credible and disinterested
Witnesses -
State of Virginia, Fluvanna County to wit
I John Timberlake Clerk of the County Court of the
aforesaid in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the
foregoing is a true Copy of a record in my office.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Seal of my
office to be hereto affixed this twenty ninth
day of March one thousand eight hundred
and twenty one & of the Commonwealth
the forty fifth.
John Timberlake C.H.C.
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Daniel Porter East
the date of this
declaration 1818 has
certainly been altered
& requires official
explanation. The
papers are returned for
that purpose. The proof
of being on continental establishment 
is not satisfactory
because the applicant is
found on the state roll &
also his Capt Thomas Ewell
said to be in Buford
the above is a mistaken
suspicion or supposition as to
the date being altered the
date is 1818
Timberlake CC.H.C.

papers accompanying this are
number 1.2.3.
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At a Superior Court of Law continued and held for Fluvanna
County on Wednesday the 27th day of May 1818-
This day Daniel Porter aged Sixty three years resident of this County personally
appeared in Court and made the following declaration on oath. That he entered
the service of the United States as a private soldier in the War of the Revolution
 on or about the nineteenth day of November one thousand seven hundred
and seventy six that he belonged to a company commanded by Captain Abner
Canning in the first regiment commanded by Colonel George Gilson of the
Virginia line in the Continental establishment that he served as a
as aforesaid during the War and quit the service in consequence of being 
discharged which discharge is lost or mislaid, and that he is in reduced circumstances
and needs the aid of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence
of his said services- And it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the
said Daniel Porter served in the revolutionary War as aforesaid against
the common enemy during the war and that he is by reason of his reduced
circumstances in life in need of assistance from his Country for support and
has therefore a just claim to a pension in the manner prescribed by an act
of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land
and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, the same is
ordered to be certified to the Secretary of the department of War

State of Virginia
Fluvanna County to wit I John Timberlake Jun. Clerk of the
Superior Court of Law for the County aforesaid in the State aforesaid
do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a record in my Office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of my Office
to be hereto affixed this Ninth day of November
one thousand eight hundred and twenty and of
the Commonwealth the forty fifth

John Timberlake C.H.C.
Page 44

To the Secretary
for the department of War
of the United States
Washington
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At a Superior Court of Law continued and held for
Fluvanna County on Thursday the 28th day of October 1819
Present William Daniel Esquire Judge of the said Court
Daniel Porter, whose claim to a pension as a private in the
Army of the Revolution under an act of Congress entitled "
act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and
Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War
and whose said claim is said to have been rejected at the
Office of the department of War. This day came into Court
and in addition to the statement contained in his declaration
made before this Court on the twenty seventh day of May one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen, made the following
statement upon oath, that his first enlistment as stated in
his said declaration of the twenty seventh day of May one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen in the Regiment commanded
by Colonel George Gibson was for three years; part of
which time was at Williamsburg in Virginia, from whence
said regiment moved to Alexandria, he thinks in the year
one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, where he was
inoculated with the small pox, and from thence moved to join 
General Washington's army at the White plains, and was
then attached to the brigade commanded by General Mullenburg;
 was at the battle of Monmouth, at Stoney point and
at Germantown, and at various other smaller affairs- was
wounded in the left hand at Monmoth which has lamed
it ever since - That before his term of three years was ended he
enlisted for and during the war, with Captain Thomas Hewell of the regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas
Meriwether, which regiment he thinks was made up of
parts of the first and second regiments, these regiments being
broke and he thinks it was then called the first and second
legion regiment - that in this way he remained in the service 
of the United States about four years from the time
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of his first enlistment in the Northern Army, that he
was then transferred to the service of the South under the
command of Colonel Edward Buford, who as he thinks
commanded a regiment made up of the fragments of several
regiments of the first second and third Virginia Regiments on
continental establishment, and he does not know what
this regiment was called, or that it was numbered as organized
under the command of Buford. that he remained
in the service of the Southern army, for about three years
and until the end of the War, as stated in his first declara-
=tion, and was at the battles of Campden, ninety six, Gildford [Guilford}
Courthouse and various other smaller affairs in the South-
John Maddox being first sworn, saith that he is well
acquainted with the above named Daniel Porter, knows
him to be a man of truth, and credit and believes him to
be in need of and from his country for support - that as
to his service in the Revolutionary War, to the North he
the said John knows nothing; but that he knows that he
was in the southern service as stated in his declaration, that
he the said John was orderly sergeant in the same company
commanded by Captain Thomas Hewell in Buford
regiment, which regiment was made up of parts of
the first second and third Virginia regiments in continental
establishment, that he first became acquainted with the
said Daniel at Hillsborough in North Carolina when
he the said Daniel Porter was an orderly sergeant in the same
company that they both remained in the same
company, and under the command of Colonel Buford until
some considerable time after the battle at the hanging
rock and until Buford was arrested, or called to give
an account of his conduct in the affair commonly called
Buford defeat - thereafter Colonel Samuel Haws took command
of the regiment and that he continued with
the said Daniel in the Southern Army until they were
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recalled to the seige of York in Virginia, where they were
both in the service, but at that place were attached to different
companies-- and that he knows the said Daniel to have
remained in the service of the United States until the close
of the Revolutionary War and that he the said John Maddox
is the same whose declaration has been allowed at the War
department-
In support of the claim of Isaac Lucado as a private in
the army of the Revolution to a pension as aforesaid and
whose original declaration was made before this Court on
the said twenty seventh day of May one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen and whose claim was not allowed at
the Office of the war department for the want of further
evidence-- George Rhodes being introduced as a witness and
being first sworn says that he belonged to the seventh Virgina
Regiment in Captain Jonitts company on the Continental
establishment. that he knew the said Isaac
Lucado belonged to the same Regiment in a different company
that they both served two years and were at the battle at
Guinns Island, went thence to Philadelphia was their inoculated 
for the small pox - from thence were to join
Washington's army at the White plains were at the battles
at Summerset Courthouse and at Brandywine - That he is
now acquainted with the said Lucado believes him to be poor
and in reduced circumstances so as to need assistance for
support & that he is in every respect a credible man-
Jesse Sanders being also first sworn as a witness says
that he belonged to the seventh Virginia Regiment in Capt
Jonitts Company knows Isaac Lucado was in the same
regiment in Captain Fleming's company served together
for two years except about two months of the time when
he was sick he is now acquainted with Isaac Lucado
knows him to be a very respectable credible man and that
he is poor and in reduced circumstances -

Isaac Lucado’s Case
Page 48

the said Jesse Sanders being also sworn as a witness vouching
the claim of George Rhodes to a pension as aforesaid
whose original declaration was also made before this court
on the said twenty seventh day of May one thousand
hundred and eighteen and not allowed for the want
further evidence, says that he belonged to the seventh
Virginia Regiment in Captain Jonill's company- knows
George Rhodes was in the same Regiment & in
in company served together two years except above
two months of the time when he was sick he is now
acquainted with George Rhodes knows him to be a very
credible man and that he is poor and in reduced circumstances
Isaac Lucado being also sworn as a witness touching
the claim of said Rhodes to a pension as aforesaid says
that he knew George Rhodes in the Seventh regiment of
Captain Jonill's company served in the same Regiment
for two years except so much of the time as he was sick
after the battle of Brandywine that he is in low
circumstances and poor and needs assistance for support
Elijah Humphrey being sworn touching the claim of
Pleasant Bybee to a pension as aforesaid whose original
declaration were also made before this Court on the said
twenty seventh day of May one thousand eight hundred
and eighteen and not allowed for the want of further
evidence says that he enlisted in the same company
with the said Bybee, commanded by Captain Kendall
in the ninth Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel
Parker on the continental establishment joined General
Washington's army at the White plains was attached
to General Mulenburg's brigade and served together in
the same company Regiment and brigade for twelve
months the term of their enlistment, that he knows
Bybee to be poor and in reduced circumstances that he

George Rhodes Case
Pleasant Bybee’s Case
Page 49

Is a credible and respectable man -
John Timberlake Jun. Clerk of this Court being sworn
says that he knows said Bybee to be a poor and credible man
Pleasant Bybee being sworn vouching the claim of Elijah
Humphrey to a pension as aforesaid whose original declaration
 was also made before this Court on the twenty seventh
day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and not
allowed for the want of further evidence says that he enlisted
in the same Company with the said Humphrey commanded 
by Captain Kendall in the ninth Virginia regiment
commanded by Colonel Parker on the continental establishment 
joined General Washington army at the White
plains was attached to General Mulenburg's brigade and
served together in the same Company Regiment and brigade
for twelve months the Term of their enlistment that he
knows Humphrey to be poor and in reduced circumstances
& that he is a credible & respectable man
John Timberlake Junior Clerk of this Court being sworn says
he knows said Humphrey to be poor and considers him to be
a credible man
Hopper Ward being sworn as a witness touching the claim
of William Denton to a pension as aforesaid whose original
declaration was also the twenty seventh day of
May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and not
allowed for the want of further evidence says that he served
in the same company and Regiment with the said
William Denton as set out in his said former declaration 
for two years to wit in a company commanded by
Captain Samuel Woodson in the ninth Virginia regiment
commanded by Colonel Matthews on the continental establishment-
John Timberlake Jun. Clerk of this Court being also sworn
as a witness states that he knows said Denton to be a
poor and considers him to be a credible man

Elijah Humphrey’s case
William Denton’s Case
Page 50

The said William
Denton being sworn says that in his
former declaration he believes he committed an error in relation
to his age, that he does not know his age - but from the
statement now made by him and from his appearance
the Court suppose him to be upwards of Sixty.
William Denton being sworn touching the claim of
Hopper Ward to a pension as aforesaid whose original
declaration was also made before this Court on the twenty
seventh day of May one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
and not allowed for the want of further evidence says that
he served in the same company and Regiment with the
said Hopper Ward as set out in his said former declaration
for two years to wit in a company commanded by Captain
Samuel Woodson in the ninth Virginia Regiment commanded by
Colonel Matthews on the continental establishment-
Colonel Walter L Fontaine being sworn states that he knows
said Hopper Ward to be a poor and considers him to be
a credible man-
John Bashaw whose claim to a pension as aforesaid
is said not have been allowed for the want of further
evidence come into Court and being sworn in addition to the
statement contained in his original declaration made before
this Court on the twenty seventh day of May one thousand 
eight hundred and eighteen says that he served
at Monmouth Courthouse in a company of Artilery
commanded by Captain William Pierce attached to General
Sullivan's Brigade was at the Battle of Rhode Island
under the same Captain and the same General.
Jesse Sanders being sworn as a witness says that he knows
the said Bashaw to be a poor man but credible and respectable
does not know of his own knowledge of his service; but
knows that the said Bashaw with two other neighbours
one his said Sanders brother in Law were said to be
enlisted in the army and went off from the neighbourhood

Hopper Ward’s Case
John Bashaw’s Case
Page 51

to join the Army in the Revolutionary War and returned
together after the expiration of their term of service & has
always believed they were in the Army & has often heard
them talk their services over and has no doubt of the
had though he was not in the same department of
the army with them-
State of Virginia
Fluvanna County
 I John Timberlake Jun. Clerk of
the Superior Court of Law for the County aforesaid do
you that the foregoing is a true Copy from and
&
In Testimony whereof I have hereto
my hand and caused the seal of
my office to be hereto affixed this
twenty with day of October in the year
one thousand eight hundred and nine
teen and of the Commonwealth the
forty fourth
John Timberlake Jr
Virginia, Fluvanna County, to wit
William Daniel one of the Judges
of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Virginia aforesaid, and
Judge of the Superior Court of Law of the County of Havanna aforesaid
certify that John Timberlake Jr whose name is subscribed to the above
attestation is clerk of the aforesaid superior Court of Law, and that the said
attestation is in the usual form; and that the things certified by him in
the Record in the Estates court, of Daniel Potter, each
Pleasant Bybee, Hopper Ward, John Bashaw, Elijah Humphry &
William Denton were done before me in open Court, and 
are truly set forth. 
I do further certify that it appeared to my satisfaction that the
several Eight persons aforesaid were in the service of the United States in
the Revolutionary war against the common enemy for nine months and
more, and that they are severally in reduced circumstances, and
need the assistance of their country for support, as in their respective
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declarations is set forth and further, that it appeared to my satisfaction
that all the persons aforesaid, and the several witnesses who are stated to
have been sworn & examined touching the premises, are credible men, and
the Eight original declarations, I hereby send and
certify to the secretary for the department of War of the United States to
enable the parties aforesaid to obtain the provision lately made by an
act of Congress for certain persons who were engaged withe land and
naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, under my
hand with the seal of the Superior Court of Law aforesaid annexed by the
Clerk thereof this 28th day of October 1819
Wm Daniel
These cases had best be returned
when acted on to the Clerk Mr Timberlake
for the convenience of the parties
W. Daniel
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No 2
Declaration of
Daniel Porter
made 28th Oct 1819
certified by the Clerk the
28th July 1820
her remark on decd May 1818
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a Superior Court of Law continued and held for Fluvanna
County on Thursday the 28th day of October 1819
Daniel Porter whose claim to a pension as a private in the
army of the Revolution under one ad of Congress entitled "An Act
to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service
of the United States in the Revolutionary war is said to have been
rejected at the Office of the department of war this day came into
Court and in addition to his statement contained in his declaration
made before this Court on the twenty seventh day of May one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen made the following statement
upon oath that his first enlistment as stated in his said declaration 
of the twenty seventh day of May one thousand eight hundred
and eighteen in the regiment commanded by Col George Gilson was
for three years part of which time was at Williamsburg in Virginia
from whence said regiment moved to Alexandria he thinks in the year
one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven where he was inoculated
 with the small pox and from thence moved to join General
Washington army at the White plains and was then attached to the
Brigade commanded by General Mulenburg was at the battles of
Monmouth at Stoney Point and at Germantown and at various other
smaller affairs was wounded in the left hand of Monmouth which
has laid it ever since that before his term of three years was ended
he enlisted for and during the war with Captain Thomas Ewell or
Hewell of the regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Meriwether
which regiment he thinks was made up of parts of the first and
Second Regiment these regiments being broke and he thinks it was then
called the first and second legion regiment - that in this way he
remained in the service of the United States about four years from the
time of his first enlistment in the Northern army that he was then
from forced to the service of the south under the command of Colonel
Edward Buford who as he thinks commanded a regiment made
up of third the fragments of several regiments of the first second and 
Virginia regiments on continental establishment and he does
not know what this regiment was called or that it was unnumbered as 
organized under the command of Buford - that he
remained in the service of the southern army for about three years
and until the end of the war as stated in his first declaration and
was at the battels of Campden ninety six Gildford Courthouse and
various other smaller affairs in the South -
John Maddox
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being first sworn saith that he is well acquainted with the
above named Daniel Porter knows him to be a man of truth and
credit and believes him to be in need of and from his country for
support that as to his service in the Revolutionary War to the
with he the said John knows nothing but that he knows that
he was in the southern service as stated in his declaration
that he the said John was orderly sergeant in the same company
commanded by Captain Thomas Hewell in Bufords regiment 
which regiment was made up of parts of the first
second and third Virginia regiment on continental establishment
that he first became acquainted with the said Daniel at
Hillsborough North Carolina when he the said Daniel Porter
was orderly sergeant in the same company that they both
remained in the same company and under the command
of Colonel Buford until some considerable time after the
battle at the hanging rock and until Buford was arrested or
called to give an account of his conduct in the affair commonly
called Buford defeat thereafter Colonel Samuel Haws took
command of the regiment and that he continued with the said
Daniel in the southern army until they were recalled to the
seige of York in Virginia where they were both in the service but
at that place were attached to different companies and that he
knows the said Daniel to have remained in the service of the
United States until the close of the revolutionary war and that his
the said John Maddox is the same whose declaration has
been allowed at the War department of

the
State of Virginia
Fluvanna County to wit
I John Timberlake Jr Clerk
the Superior Court of Law of the County aforesaid in
the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing
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is a true copy of a record in my Office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of my
Office to be hereto affixed
this twenty eighth
day of July one thousand eight hundred
and twenty and of the Commonwealth the
forty fifth
John Timberlake Jr C.C.
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No 3
Depons in favour
of
Daniel Porter
see remark on decd May 1818
Page 58

At a Court of monthly session held for Fluvanna County on
Monday the 23rd day of October 1820.
On the motion of Daniel Porter who claims a pension as a private soldier in the 
Revolutionary was under an act of Congress of the eighteenth of March One 
thousand eight hundred and eighteen the following persons were introduce
as Witnesses in support of said claim to wit William Moody, who
being sworn deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with said
-
Porter whilst he was in service as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War
as well as he recollects in the second regiment of the Virginia line on
the continental establishment that the said Porter remained in service
as well as he recollects as a soldier aforesaid for at least three years in the
said regiment being commanded part of the time by Colonel Buford
and part of the time by Colo Haws and the company in which said
Porter served in was commanded as well as he recollects by Capt Ewell
John Maddow who being also sworn deposeth and saith that he joined
Colo Bufords regiment being second regiment in the Virginia line in the
year one thousand seven hundred and eighty at Hillsborough in the
Carolina that he then found said Porter acting as orderly sergeant
in the said regiment in a company commanded by Captain Thomas
well that he well recollects that said Porter remained in said
service from January one thousand seven hundred and eighty until
December of the same year at which time Colo Buford was called
to give an account of his conduct at the hanging rock commonly
called Buford defeat that afterwards said regiment was commanded
by Colo Haws and said Porter continued with said Haws for what
of time he does not recollect and it is ordered that the foregoing 
depositions be certified to the Secretary of the department of War and it is
further ordered to be certified that the said William Moody and John
Maddox are in the opinion of the Court credible and disinterested
Witnesses
I John Timberlake Clerk of the County Court of Fluvanna
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to hereby certify that the within is a copy of a record in
my Office
In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of my
Office on this 31 day of October one
thousand eight hundred and twenty
John Timberlake C.