Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2225, for James Mc Roberts, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776) SERVICE Penn Ra  
McRoberts, James 
Mary 
NUMBER W. 2225 
B. L. Wt. 26888-160-55 
CONTENTS
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Illinois 26,270 
James McRoberts Muncie Co. in the State of Ill who was a Pr in the Company commanded Captain Cole of the Regt commanded by Col Williamson in the Penna for 6 Mo for $20.00 
Subscribed on the Roll of Ill at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of April and sent to 32, Danl Converse, Waterloo Mo Co. Ill
Arrears to the 4th of Mch 34 60.00 
semi-and. allowance ending 4 Sepr. 10.00
$70.00
[Revolutionary Claim, Act June7, 1832} 
Recorded by I. T. Spanger Clerk, Book C - Vol. 8 Page 63 
Send this Certificate to Hon C. Slade No
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617 
Illinois 
Mary McRoberts widow of James McRoberts who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private for Pennsylvania line 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension and sent to issued the 24th day of July 1850 and sent to Hon J. Shields Senator U. States 
Robt Smith Esqr Presnt.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29 1848, Page 192 Vol. 1 
Bent ck.
[center vertical words] Reg 3 m 55-110117
Reported
Date of widow's death note on dB
J x W. Int
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110, 1117 / act Mar 3/55 
May 1 /55 
Mary McRoberts and James do Priv. 
James McRoberts. Pro.
[Diagonal writing] No. 26.888:Ss Mary
Rev. War
Ills July 48 - 617
AV:/60 Act May, 21/86
B O Yates
P
Bradley Rust Waterloo Ills
Cu's B. Rust Dec: 31st 1855
" " " Feb: 2nd/56
Vo. M1. page 101
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State of Illinois Monroe County} 
On this third day of June A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared before Edward T. Morgan and Felix Clark Judges of the County Commissioners Court of said County and State, now sitting. James Roberts a resident of said County of Monroe aged seventy years - who being first sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he was enrolled in Captain Derrick Hogelin Company of Militia in the month of June 1779 and in August, our Captain was ordered to furnish a certain number of men for a tour of duty and I was drawn among others, to guard Andrew Ranson Fort situated on Buffalow Creek, for one month as or Private in Captain Hoglelins Company, and was then relieved by another detachment. The second Tour of duty I served under Captain Joseph Ogle at a Fort Budt at Place Called West Liberty in the State of Virginia near the Ohio River for one month. In the fall of the year he thinks about the middle of September AD 1781, he volunteered in of Volunteers commanded by Col David Williamson, and ordered by Col. Gibson, then residing and at Pittsburgh and marched to some Indian Towns where he took six prisoners of the delaware Tribe and returned on the last of October or first of November in the month of A February 1782 he volunteered in Captain Williamson's Company and Marched to the Indian Towns situated Tuskaroras branch of the Miami River. Killed 70 or 80 Indians of the Delaware & Mingo tribes destroyed three of their vilages and returned. The first of April - during all these campaigns I furnished my Own Horse Gun and Ammunition. On Easter Sunday 1782 the Indians came into the settlement & killed two men and one old Lady & wounded, one other person & on Monday following - we were ordered to pursue them which we did, across the Ohio three or four
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days and abandoned the pursuit - we were out ten days 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any state- 
Questions by the Court 
1st. Where and in what year was you born?
Answer I was born in the year 1763.
2. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? 
Ans. I have seen it in my Fathers Family Bible.
3. Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live? Ans  In the State of Pensylvania. Washington County - on the waters of the Ohio River, untill the year 1786, when I removed to the Territory of Illinois - where I have resided & in this County the most of the time where I now reside- 
4. How were you called into service were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom. - Answer our company was called on by requisition of the government for their quota of men & I Volunteered - rather then stand a Draft.
5 - State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops, [sentence strikeout] where you served, such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your services? Answer, Colonel Gibson who lived at Pitts from whom all orders were issued I was acquainted with Colo. David Williamson
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Mayor Thomas Bayes - From the time I was enrolled in the militia and subject to military duty - I was held in diness - with horse. Gun Ammunition & provisions to march at a minents warning, and always went in pursuit of Indians on horse back except the time I was stationed at the forts & of so continued untill the close of the war.
6th. -  did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it - answer I never received a discharge from the service 
7 State the names of the persons to whom you are of known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief as a soldier of the revolution -
answer. Niniarn Edwards. Elias K. Kane Gudr. Reynolds Revd Peter Rogers. John Ryan Henry Levins.
James McRoberts 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - 
On the same day personally appeared in open Court. [Sentence strikeout] Henry Levins and after being duly sworn deposes and sayeth that he has been Intimately acquainted with James McRoberts who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, and served with him one campaign under the command of Col. Williamson, and from his knowledge of him & others of his aquaintences who he has heard relate his services - he has no doubt but his whole declaration is true 
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
Henry Levin
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We Peter Rogers a Clergyman of the Baptist denomination residing in the Town of Waterloo in the County of Monroe and John Ryan residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James McRoberts who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy 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 
Peter Rogers 
John Ryan
Subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after pulling the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states and the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Peter Rogers who signed the preceeding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Waterloo in Monroe County and that John Ryan who has signed the same is a resident (Treasurer) of the same County and is a Credible person and that their statement is intitled to credit. 
E. T. Morgan 
Felix Clark 
I Daniel Converse Clerk of the County Commissioners Court of the County [strikeout] of Monroe do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James McRoberts for a Pension 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this third day of June AD. 1833.
Daniel Converse
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State of Illinois Monroe County} Ss
This day personally came before me a Justice of the peace for said County James McRoberts personally known to  me to be the same person who made the foregoing declaration - and after being duly sworn according to Law made the following addition to the foregoing Declaration and states 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 as with in stated, in Captain Hoglens Company as a private - one month, in Captain Ogles Company one month in Captain Williamson's company one month and fifteen days on out tour - and one month on another tour as within stated and on expedition, ten days, and on one other tour in the summer of 1781 - after a party of Indians sho had come to the settlement & [illegible] and murdered the inhabitants of ten days not included in the first declaration making in all not less than five months and five days - during which time he was not employed in any civil pursuit. And that the corps to which he was attached was called into service by authority of Col. Gibson the commanding officer at Pittsburg.
James McRoberts
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of November AD. 1833.} 
Daniel Converse  JP [graphic]
State of Illinois Monroe County} Ss 
I the undersigned Justice of the peace for said County and Clerk of the County Commissioners Court of the same do certify that Henry Levins who has sworn to and subscribed within affidavit has been long known in this neighborhood and considered a man of undoubted Integrity & veracity is a credible witness. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Waterloo this 14th day of November- A D. 1833 - Daniel Converse
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State of Illinois Monroe County 
On the 24 day of April AD 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and State afforesaid Mary McRoberts aged about 74 years a resident of Monroe County and State of Illinois who being duly sworn according to law declars that she is the widow of James McRobert who was a Private in the Revolutionary war as is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of twenty Dollars per annum commencing on the 4 day of March 1848 DC 
Given at the Department of the Interior the 24 day of July one thousand Eight hundred and fifty and she refers to the Records of this office of the Interior or Commissioner of Pensions at Washington City she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County Land under the act of the 3 March 1855 and she further states that she has not received said warrants under this or any another act of Congress now under application there for.
Mary [her X mark] McRoberts
Jas Wiswell and H Horice Residents of Monroe County in the State of Illinois upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary McRoberts in our presence and that he believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the Identical Person she Represents herself to be 
J. M. Wiswell Jp 
H Horice Jp
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the  Claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim Bradley Rust JP
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Know all men that I Mary McRoberts of the County of Monroe State of Illinois have contracted and appointed Bradley Rust of the town of Waterloo Monroe County State of Illinois my agent to and for me in my name and to receive said Land warrant for me and request the Commissioner of Pensions to forward the same to him as above stated the 24 day of April 1855 
Mary McRoberts 
State of Illinois Monroe County} Ss I Daniel Converse Clerk of the County Court and Ex Officio Recorder of Civil Commissions in and for said County Certify that Bradley Rust Esq was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace of Monroe County Illinois duly Elected commissioned & qualified that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such justice of the peace 
Witness my hand &Seal of Officer at Waterloo in said County this 24th day of April AD 1855. Daniel Converse Clerk
[vertical writing] 110117 Receive of Mary McRoberts
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FAMILY RECORD
BIRTHS. 
James McRoberts was born may th 22 in the year of our Lord 1763 
Mary McRoberts was born March 22 in the of our Lord 1776 
Catherine McRoberts was born April 14th the year of our Lord 1794
Charlotte McRoberts was born May the 9th in the year of our Lord 1796 
Samuel M Roberts was born February 8th in the year of our lord 1799
Thomas M Roberts was born February 24th, in the year of our Lord 1801 
DEATHS.   
Ann Coleman 
Elizabeth McRoberts was born April 3rd 1805 James M Roberts Jr was born on the 19th of July in the year of our Lord 1807 
Anne Roberts was born april the 4th in the year of our Lord 1811 
Mary McRoberts was born March 11th the year of our Lord 1814
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FAMILY 
BIRTHS. 
Josiah McRoberts was born June 12th in the year of our Lord 1816.
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FAMILY RECORD. 
BIRTHS. 
James McRoberts was born may th 22 in the year of our Lord 1763 
Mary McRoberts was born March 22 in the of our Lord 1776 
Catherine McRoberts was born April 14th the year of our Lord 1794 
Charlotte McRoberts was born May the 9th in the year of our Lord 1796 
Samuel McRoberts was born February 8th in the year of our lord 1799 
Thomas McRoberts was born February 24th, in the year of our Lord 1801 
BIRTHS. 
Sarah McRoberts was born March 16th in the year of our Lord 1803 
Elizabeth M Roberts was born April 3d 1805 James McRoberts Jr was born on the 19th of July in the year of our Lord 1807 
Anne Roberts was born april the 4th in the year of our lord 1811 
Mary McRoberts was born March 11th the year of our Lord 1814 
before in open court 
John Morrison Judge of said County of Monroe
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State of Illinois County of Monroe} 
On this 21st day of March Eighteen hundred and fifty, personally appeared before the Judge of the County Court now sitting in and for the County of Monroe State of Illinois Mary McRoberts who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says: That the paper hereto attached by maifers [possibly mailers] is a leaf of the family Bible of the late James McRoberts of the County of Monroe and State of Illinois who died on the 10th of February 1844 and deponent; that it is the family record of the birth of the children of deponent and said James McRoberts her dec. husband that this record was transcribed from the mutilated family record of said James McRoberts and deponant as this deponant believes by Samuel McRoberts - dec. late U.S. Senator her oldest son by said James McRoberts, That said record was in the possession of said James and deponent up to his death since which it has remained in the possession of deponant; that there was no family record of marriages kept; And that the onground is lost or destroyed.
 Mary [my X mark] McRoberts 
Sworn to and subscribed work before in open court J
ohn Morrison Judge of said County of Monroe
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State of Illinois Monroe County}
I Daniel Converse Clerk of the County Court being a Court of Record now sitting in and for the County of Monroe & State of Illinois do hereby certify that John Morrison Esqr before whom the above declaration was made is the duly Elected and qualified Judge of said Court and as such due credit and faith should be given his legal Transactions 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, at the Town of Waterloo this 21st day of March 1850 
Daniel Converse Clk
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No 722. 
Decld. Case of Mary McRoberts Widow of James 
Act July 29, 1848. James A
[upside down text] "B" Declaration
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State of Illinois County of Monroe} 
On the 21st day of March A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty personally appeared before [word strikeout] the Judge of the County Court now sitting in and for the Carter of Monroe State of Illinois, Mary McRoberts, a resident of Waterloo in said County of Monroe aged about Seventy three years 11 month days, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by act of Congress, passed the 29th day of July 1848 entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving widows of officers and soldiers the revolutionary army". James McRoberts late of said County and State who as affiant is informed and believes was a privet in the revolutionary war, and as such was a revolutionary pensioner; that his certificate of Pension as this affiant is informed and believes is dated 28th day of April 1834 and is recorded  in the Pension office in Book E Vol 8 Page 63. She further declares that she was married to the said James McRoberts to the best of her recolection on or about the 25th day of May 1792, and that her husband the aforesaid James McRoberts died on the 10 of February 1844 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the seccond of January Eighteen hundred viz: at the time above Stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has
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never before made any application for a pension.
 Mary [my X mark] McRoberts 
Sworn to and subscribed before me in open court 
John Morrison Judge of the County Court of said County 
State of Illinois Monroe County}
I Daniel Converse Clerk of the  County Court in and for the County of Monroe and State of Illinois a Court of Record now sitting do hereby certify that John Morrison Esquire before whom the above declaration was made is the duly Elected and qualified Judge of said Court, and as such due credit and faith should be given to his legal Transactions In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court at the Town of Waterloo this 21st day of March 1850 
Daniel Converse Clk
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26.900
James McRoberts
Illinois
[strikeout of words]
Adm 6 months
Daniel Converse
Waterloo
Monroe County
Illinois
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
14th October 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 directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: ⎬). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the service of James McRoberts 
Period when service was rendered.
June 1779 
Sep. 1781
Feb. 1783
"
Duration of the claimant's service. 
Years. Months. Days
6. [months] [1779}
1 [months] [1781}
1 [month] 15 [days] [1783]
1 [month] 10 [days] [1783]
10 [days] [1783
Rank of the claimant.
priv.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap. Hogelijk [1779]
Cap. Ogle [1781]
Col Williamson [1783]
Col Williamson [1783]
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service. 
70 years 
Washington County Pa 
Proof by which the declaration is supported. 
Traditionary and a Living Witness - living Witness not Certified to be Credible.
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," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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 
Countyt of } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank]  years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officer: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank]. 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] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] & 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] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] & c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected . All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. {To a Soldier {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given , and what has become of it? 
{To an Officer. {Did you ever 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 a 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 inquiry 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 at, 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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; 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, indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state at 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 as 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 thereunto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service. 
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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James McRoberts
Marriage Bond
A Copy
Fee 2.00 
Paid
"C"
H. F. Frail
Waterloo Illinois
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We James McRoberts and George Schwimmer of County of Tennessee and Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio acknowledge ourselves our heirs &c jointly and severally bound by these presents unto William Blount Governor of said Territory in the sum of Five Hundred pounds Current Money &c to be paid to his Excellency, his successor in office of their assigns: the payment of which to be void on condition that there shall not hereafter appear any Lawful reason why the aforesaid James McRoberts & Mary Harris should not be joined together in holy Matrimony - Witness our hands and seals this 24 Day of May 1792 
James McRoberts (seal)
G. L. Schwimmer (seal)
Lest A. Crutcher 
Clerks Fee 50 cts 
State of Tennessee Montgomery County} 
I H Shannon deputy for William Rogers Clerk of the County Court of said County of Montgomery, do certify that the foregoing is a true & perfect copy of James McRoberts, Marriage Bond, as the same appears of the original, it being on file in my office, the date of said Bond is in fair Legible figures, of Words as follows "This 24 day of May 1792." 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at office in Clarksville this 12th day of February 1850 
H. Shannon De Clerk
Clerks Fee 25 cts 
State of Tennessee Montgomery County} Personally appeared before me P Priestley an acting Justice of the peace in & for the State & county aforesaid H Shannon Deputy Clerk of the County Court of Montgomery, who makes oath that he holds the office of Deputy Clerk of County Court & that from the last information he can get from his own knowledge of sd office that in the year 1792, There was no record kept of Marriages & that the License was Rarely ever Returned for those that were returned were together with the Bonds thrown promiscuously about the office, for many years. There being no Law, requiring a Record to report of Marriages in those days 
H. Shannon Dep Clk
Subscribed & Sworn to before me the 13th of February 1850. 
P. Priestly 
Justice of the peace 
J.P. Fee no charge
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State of Tennessee Montgomery County} I H Shannon deputy for William Rogers Clark of the County Court of said County do certify that P. Priestly whose name appears to the motion certificate is now & was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County & State aforesaid. That full faith & credit are due to & should be given all his official acts as such. That he is duly commissioned & Qualified as such Justice that the signature purporting to be his is Genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Office this 13th Day of February 1850 and 74th year of American Indepenance H Shannon Dep Clerk 
Clerks fee 50 cts
State of Tennessee Montgomery County} I Thomas Ramsey Chairman of the County Court of said County of Montgomery Do certify that William Rogers whose name appears in the foregoing certificate is now & was at the date [word strikeout] of said certificates Clerk of the County Court of said County of Montgomery duly elected & Qualified according to Law. That H Shannon whose name appears assigned to said Certificate is his regularly, appointed & Lawful Deputy duly qualified as such That full faith & credit are due to & should be given all his official acts as such. That the signatures purporting to be his is genuine. That his said certificates is in due form of law & done by the proper offices. 
Witness my hand and seal this 16th day of February 1850 
T. Ramsey (seal)
Chairman of the County Court of Montgomery County,
Chairman Fee 25 cts 
 State of Tennessee Montgomery County} I H Shannon Deputy for Wm Rogers Clark of the County Court of sd County do certify that T. Ramsey who signed the foregoing certificate is was at the date thereof the acting Chairman of the County Court of said County duly Elected & that full faith & credit are due to & should  be given all his official acts as such That the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at office this 16th day of February 1850 of 74th year of American Independence.
H Shannon Dep Clerk 
Clerk Fee 50 cts
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REV. WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 2225 
Mary McRoberts 
Widow 
James McRoberts 
Pri. Rev. War 
Act July 29, 1848. 
Index:- Vol. M., Page 17 
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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v
26,888
{
Usa Army
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Act 7th June 1832 
Rejected 
Service less than 6. Mo
See letter 4 Decb 1833 
to
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Additional Evidence 
[Stamp]
J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
[Vertical word] Free
[upside down number and words] 110117
Mary McRoberts
wid 
James
 B
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James McRoberts - put - 
Va. line 
Illinois 
No Record Ref to old Books 
" " Invalid - Wid 
#2225  Act Wids - 
Evidence insufficient
Act 1828.
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Rev wid
#2225
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Mary McRoberts 
widow of James 
Illinois 
Monroe Co. 
J. D. 10 Feb. 1844 
admitted.
Private - $20 June
an act in March 
1848 29 July 1848 
act 29 July 1848.
Hon J. Shields
S. U. S.
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Washington June 17th 1850 
Sir
I hereith submit the application of Mary McRoberts for a Pension under the act of 29th July 1848 Will you please examin the case and Report to me 
Respectfully 
Your Obt Sert 
Robert Smith 
Col J. L. Edwards 
Comr of Pensions
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Waterloo Ill
 Apt 6 
free
War Department 
Pension Bureau 
Washington City 
D.C.
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State of Illinois Monroe County} Ss This day personally came before me a Justice of the Peace for said County James McRoberts - who being first duly sworn says that in making his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 (which is now on file at the war department). That he served one tour of duty under the command of Lieutenant Conrad Stroos - who he thinks was in the Regular Troops sent to the frontiers to take charge of the different stations and Militia then in that neighborhood - and was marched from Coxes Fort at the mouth of Buffalow to West Liberty & Wheeling as was found necessary which Tour of thirty days was not mentioned in the original declaration besides several other times two or 3 days at a time when the neighborhood would be alarmed by Indians. 
James McRoberts 
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 3rd day of April AD 1834 
Daniel Converse JP.
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State of Illinois Monroe County} Ss I The undersigned Clerk of the County Commissioners Court of said County do hereby certify that Daniel Converse whose signature appears to the with in Certificate & before whom the within deposition was taken is a Justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned and sworn and due faith & credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Waterloo this 3rd day of April AD. 1834 
Daniel Converse-
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I will refer the Pension Agent to Mr E. K. Kane Senator - and Mr. Charles Slade - Representative from Illinois with both of whom I am personally acquainted, for my character for Veracity - of Honesty. - 
James McRoberts
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For Mary McRoberts
Claim No - 110117
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Waterloo Monroe Illinois January the 19 - 1856 Mr J Minot in your answer to the claim of Mary McRoberts under the act March the 3 - 1855 for Bounty Land you state that the name of James McRoberts the husband of the applicant does not appear of Record &c I think that there is an error I have made out Mrs McRoberts Pension Papers and drawn her money for the last 6 years at Springfield Ill 
Claim No 110717 
that in conformity with law of the United States of the 7th June AD 1832 James McRoberts a Private in the army of the Revolution war was placed on the Pension Roll on the 28th day of April A D 1834 
the above is that by which I have claimed her Pension for the last 6 years and from the department at Washing. Pleas in form as to claim No 110 116 of Bonsheba Miller in this application was her land warrant for 80 acres}
who Clermont Bostwick No 112 611}
James Hensin Minor heirs No 112 609}
John Hughs No 118 469}
Jacob Hensin No 115 647 | his land warrant is Ruin -
in May 1855 petition was made by me for Record Mary Clerks. Pheoba Perry, &  Pheoba Miller} 
also act the 6-1855 for Catherine James I have not Reced any answer whether there was Record or not 
I am yours 
Browley Rust 
This was Rote before receiving yours of Jan the 12 - 1856 -
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State of Illinois Monroe County Ss} Claim No 110 117
Personally appeared Before me Browley Rust one of the justices of the peace for and in said county of monroe Mattius F. Horine and Samual Laubers Residents of said County and after being by me duly sworn beforth me say that they were well acquainted with James McRoberts and his wife Mary McRoberts and that they lived together as man and wife and Raised a family of children and that she is now the widow of James McRoberts in this County and never herd it disputed but that they was married and from our aware knowledge believe that they was lawfully married Sworn to and Subscribed Before me the 22 day of January AD 1856} Browley Rust JP} Claim No. 110 116 and they further say that they was well acquainted with John Miller and his wife Bonsheba Miller in the year of our Lord AD 1830 and until the time of his death and that they lived together as such and and never had it disputed but that they was married and that she is now the widow of the above named John Miller the Reason that we cant positively know that they was married is because they was married before this County was organized - we have seen the circular. B. Pension office January the 12 1856 and the applicant Bonsheba Miller is the identical widow of John Miller and is now a widow and was at the time of her application under the act of the 3 of March AD 1855 and they further say that they was well acquainted with Thomas James and Catherine James his wife from the year of our Lord AD 1820 until the time of his death and that they lived together as man and wife 
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and Raised a family of Children in this County and that they never herd it disputed but that they was married and believe from their own knowledge that they was married and that she is now the widow of Thomas James and was at the time of her application for bounty Land under the act of the 3 of March AD 1855
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 22 day of January AD 1856
Browley Rust JP
Is B the application of Catherine James the widow of Thomas James twas by me mailed out on the 30 day of October AD 1855 of which I have not Recvd any answer.
And they also say upon their oaths that they was well acquainted with Robert Miller and his Phoebe Miller in the year 1830 and until the time of his death and that they lived together as man and wife and Raised a family of children in this county and from their aware knowledge have no thought but that they was married and that she is at this time the widow of Robert Miller and was at the time of her application for County Land under this act of March the 3 - AD 1855
Daniel Converse
M. T. Horine
I have not Recvd any answer from this application mailed out by me May the 22 - 1855 Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 22 day of January AD 1856
Browley Rust JP
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State of Illinois Monroe County Ss} Personaly appeared before me in Samuel Conway & B Rust residents of named county and on their oaths sworn and says that they was well acquainted with John Perry and his wife Pheoba Perry and new that they lived together as man and wife in this County and had children and that she is the widow of the above named John Perry and is at this time and now living and was his widow at the time of her application for a land award under the act of the 3 of march AD 1855 and I Browley Rust do further say on oath that I was well acquainted with all the foregoing named persons and that they lived in this County as man and wife I have frequently been at their homes and having and was acquainted with their children and have no doubt that all of them have lawfully married and that they are the widows of their said husband as set forth in the fore going affidavits I have been a resident of this County for the last thirty years - sworn to and subscribed before me this 222 day of January AD 1856 and that the said widows are all now living
Browley Rust JP
Sworn and Subscribed before me the Clerk of this County Court of said County of Monroe & State of Illinois Witness my hand & seal of office this 22nd day of January AD 1856
Daniel Converse Clk
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854.     111
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
30 August 1828.
James McRoberts of Harrisonville in the County of Monroe in the State of Illinois has applied to the Secretary of of the Treasure for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15h 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 E Williamson's company, in Col. D. Williamson's regiment of the Virginia 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
F A. Dickins
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
3 September 1828
[Strikeout] It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to [blank] in the [blank]
It further appears that James McRoberts is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3. March 1826 [strikeout] at the rate [blank] dollars per month.
The name of James McRoberts cannot be found among those of the Virginia line, to whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued.
John Hagman Aud
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General Land Office
16th December 1828

The name of James McRoberts does not appear in the list of Warrant issued by the Register of the Land Office at Richmond Va. 
G U. Graham
Commissioner
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
11 Sept 1828
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of James McRoberts under the above mentioned act. is respectfully referred to the Secretary of 
War with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by an records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution.
Richard Ruck
The Hon. the Secretary of War.
priv. - Va Line - not actd -
War Department
Bounty Land Office
19 Sept. 1828
James McRoberts, a private in the Virginia Line, is not mention'd, as entitled to Land from the U. States nor has a warrant issued for him.
E. Stephens
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Mr Charles Slade Esquire member of Congress Washington City 
Post office 
Waterloo Ill Free
Apl 8
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Monroe County State of Illinois}
April 5 1834
Dear Sir uptn after my complements to you I am well and my famely at present happening that these fuelns may fiend you in the state of health I received that speech of Mr. Groundy upon the 4 which genuine a grant sale of happenings and satisfaction that you had not forgot me from at the distance of the City of Washington I have of have u I did for a pension for my families in the revolution war and as yet have obtained money sent on a statement of my services to the pension agent and they send back my papers twice for amendment and I sent them all the demand that could recollect at that time but the long distance of time of 50 years to look back recurs the [illegible] memory that a man canoe in possession of [blurred and torn paper] four years in the militia in Harding the frontiers when could upon I know I cannot member all my [blurred text] I forward the greatest part of my services by [blurred text] Mr. henry Levins that served with me in the war [blurred text] my last amendment of thought of another town [blurred text] of performances under a Lieutenant conrad Struss that had in timely escape my memory and I have sent it on in proper form to the person agent when he sent back my papers he required that we should weight him to some person that was a [illegible] with us that he was a presented with as to truth and verity I want you to do me the favor to call on Mr. Edwards he has got all my papers on file in the office and there is another gentleman in the signet that is Mr. Elias K Kane that is a granted with him I think he would do me the favor unto a gift you in sattisfiening the ugast of my stat and standing in society I made out one statement the 15 of January
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and wrote to Mr Prane to present to Mr Edwards but wheather [torn paper] ever Mr. Kane received the letter or not I cannot tell I forwded [torn paper] the certificate in the letter I Sent on another a short time past and deemed it to the a grant that one or the other will certainly reach him be fore this can reach if you should succeed in seeing the message in getting my business a arranged write to me and whether or not and derict your letter to Jameses Mill post office as soon as posseble your compliance will save me under money verey grate obligations to you I add no more at present but remain your well wising friend -
James McRoberts
Mr. Charles Slade
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(B)
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army approved on the 15th May 1828 - I, James McRoberts of Harrisonville in the County of Monroe in the State of Illinois, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war. and 4 continued in its service, until its termination at which period I was a private in Captain Eleazar Williamson's Company in Colonel David William son's - Regiment of the Virginia line. I did not receive the Certificate for eighty dollars to which I was entitled, as I then lived in a part of the Country, so remote from the seat of Government I never heard of the resolve of Congress passed the 15th May 1778, untill the late law was published. And I further declare, that I was not on the 15th May 1828 on the pension list of the United States. I further state that I have lost the discharge, Given me by Col. David Williamson and in lieu thereof, Transmit herewith the affidavit of Henry Levins. (The only person now living, in my knowledge who served with me in the Revolutionary War.
 Signed  - James McRoberts
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Before me Daniel Converse a Justice of the peace in Monroe County in the State of Illinois personally appeared this day Caldwell Cowens and John Scott, of said County who did severally make oath that James McRoberts, by whom the foregoing Declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the revolution in manner there in Stated. Witness my hand this 25th day of July AD 1828. 
Signed Daniel Converse 
I Daniel Converse Clerk of the Court of the County of Monroe in the State of Illinois do certify that Daniel Converse before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time a Justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer Oaths - 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal (there being as yet no official seal provided this 25th day of July AD 1828 Daniel Converse
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Before me Daniel Converse a Justice of the peace in the County of Monroe in the State of Illinois personally appeared this day Henry Levins who made oath that James McRoberts was in the Revolutionary Army and he believes from the age of sixteen years untill its Termination stationed on the frontier settlements near Pittsburg in the State of Pennsylvania and that this affiant has been in one or two Campaigns with said James McRoberts who was personally known to him -Signed Daniel Converse 
I Daniel Converse County of the Clerk of the Court in Monroe in the State of that Illinois do Certify that Daniel Converse before whom the foregoing affadavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace and duly Empowered to Administer Oaths. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private Seal, there being as yet no official seal of said Court provided, this 25th day of July in the year AD 1828.
Daniel Converse
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