Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16444, for John Landers, North Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N. C.
Va.
Landers, John 
NUMBER
S. 16444
Born in N.C.
carded
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CONTENTS
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Oct Pension Agent
Jan 22 1834 - Ga.

IDead
Letter to W. H. Estill 12 May 1841
Pension certificate returned
see within - letter to W. H. 
Estill, 25th Augt 1841.
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Paid at the Treasury issued[?]
the Act of the 6th April 
1838 from 4 March to 30th
Oct. 1840.

[calculations]
4622
1155
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5777


Georgia 23.283
John Landers
Decalb in the State of Ga.
who was a pri in the [blank] commanded 
by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded 
by Col. Dawson in the Ga.
line for 6 mos 28 days   N.C. and Va.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 23 Dollars 11 Centers per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Dec 33
and sent to William
Ezzard Decatur Ga
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833                57.77
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34     11.55
                                                               $69.32

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by N. Rice Clerk
Book E. Vol. A. Page 96
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the Act of Congress passed June 7th
1833  

State of Georgia
County of DeKalb

On this fifteenth day of October in the year
Eighteen hundred thirty three personally
appeared in open court before the Supreme court
of the said county of DeKalb now sitting
John Landers a resident of said county &
State aged Seventy Six years on the fifteenth
day of last September who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on his oath
make the following declaration in addition 
to the one made at the last October Term 
of this court for the purpose of obtaining
the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June the 7th 1832.  That he entered the services
of the United States under the following named officers
& served as previous stated near the commencement of the 
Revolutionary war he entered the services as 
volunteer (a private) in the militia of North Carolina
in the company of Capt Jesse Sanders this was 
one of the companies raised in Granville County
when he there resided.  He was in actual service at that time at least, four weeks & disbanded 
at Cross Creek without incurring any written
discharge.  In the year 1780 he again enlisted
the service as a volunteer in the militia of
North Carolina in a company commanded by 
Captain Richard Harrison & was placed under
the command of Genl Butler at Yadkin river
at Cr
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he was put under the command of General Davidson
he served at this time a Tour of three months
and was discharged his term of service having 
expired at a place called Six Mile Creek in 
McLinburg [Mecklenburg] County North Carolina which
discharged this declarant has since making his
former declaration obtained by going to the State
of North Carolina where he had left it on
his removal from that State which discharge
is assigned by Col Moore & Genl Davidson
hereunto annexed  In the year 1781 He volunteered
in the militia of Virginia in Capt.
Allen's company in Prince Edward County for
a three month tour  said company joined head
quarters at Mobing Hills on James River 
was commanded by Genl Lawson Col Randal
& his Regiment  he served at this time a tour
of three months and got a written discharge
signed by Genl Lawson  This discharge
he believes to be lost or destroyed as he had 
been unable to find it.  He further states that
he was born in Granville County North Carolina 
in the year 1757 on the 15th day of September.  
He says he has a record of his age written by
his father in a Lerners Book at his home.
He was living in Granville County North Carolina
when called into service after the Revolution
he moved to Columbia County State of Georgia
& remained there nine years from thence he went 
back to N. Carolina Caswell County where
he remained twenty nine years or thereabouts from 
thence he came to DeKalb County Georgia
where he has resided ever since.  He states that
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that he was a volunteer in each of the towns
which he served & a private.  He states that he
received two discharges one assigned by Col Moore
& Genl Davidson & the other by Genl Lawson
He states that he is known to James Deamond
Esqs John Henry James Henley Benain
Carr John Carr & Nathan Johnson & Isaac
N. Johnson in his neighborhood all of 
which can testify to his character for veracity
& their belief of his service as a soldier
of the revolution  He further states that
during the aforesaid proving of service he
was attached to without cause called into 
service by authority of the State in which 
the service was preferred & during said service
he was no engaged in any civil pursuit.
He truly relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension 
or annuity except the present & declares that his name
is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

John Landers

Sworn & subscribed this 17th day of October 1833.

Grigsby E. Thomas 
Judge of Supr Courts DeK Geo

Mr. Jephtha V George a clergyman residing in said
State & county & Isaac N Johnson residing in the 
same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted 
with John Landers who has worn to & subscribed
the above declaration that we believe him to be [illegible]
six years of age that he is respected & believed
[illegible due to seal or blob of ink as well as faded handwriting]  neighborhood where he reside to have been 
[illegible] of the Revolution & that we concur that 
[illegible] 

Jephthah V. George  NG
Isaac N. Johnson

Sworn & subscribed this day
Grigsby E Thomas JSCC
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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 solder & served as he
states.  And the court further certifies that 
it appears to them that Jephtha V George who
signed the preceding certificate is a clergy
man resident in the State &  County and State aforesaid
and that Isaac N Johnson who has also signed the
same is a resident in the same State & County
& is a credible person & that their statement is 
entitled to credit.  

Gribsby E. Thomas
Judge of Supr. Courts
DeK Geo

I Charles Murphy Clerk of the Superior Court
of the county of DeKalb & that aforesaid do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said court
in the matter of the application of John
Landers for a pension and I do further 
certify that Grigsby E. Thomas whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate 
is the presiding Judge of said court and 
that the signature annexed is his genuine
signature.  

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand & affixed my seal of office
this sixth day of November 1833.

Charles Murphy Clk   [seal]
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John Landers
Georgia
No. 17811

Sent as [illegible]
6 mos 28 days
73.11


4.5.10.14
Ent 2.7
Apl. 16 '33
P. 339


Wm. Ezzard
Decatur, Dekalb Co. Ga.
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BRIEF in the case of John Landers
of Dekalb County in the State of Georgia
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirimity?
[blank]
3.  How old is he?  75 years
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
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Period
 about the commencement of the 
revolution - enlisted shortly after Gate defeat
vol
Duration of Service
Years, Months, Days
about 5 weeks
2 & 6 but hired 
a substitute 3 mos 3
Rank
As a
Private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served
Gen [blank]
Capt. Jesse Saunders
Genl Butler Genl Davidson
Capt Allen, Genl Lawson

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  [blank]
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Granville County, No. Ca.
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by 
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so in what respect?  [blank]

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentions.

Examining Clerk.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Washington,     May 17th 1909

The Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir:

In reply to your letter of 12th inst
you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered
by the U S. Pension Agent, at Savannah, Ga.
the records of this office show payment to have been made to 
John Landers - Rev War - Act 1832 certificate No. 23283
at $23.11 per 12 months to 30 October 1840 date of death.
Payment was made to the widow Mourning Landers and the 
pensioner resided in Benton Co Ala, nine months and previously
in DeKalb Co. Ga.  Payment was made from the U.S. Treasury.
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September 17, 1936.

BA-J/ILL
John Landers
S. 16444

Della Landers
Ovalo, Texas.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of John Landers, DeKalb County, Georgia,
Calwell Howie, of South Carolina, and William Tayse, near Center
Star, Alabama.  

There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file
based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Calwell Howie and
William Tayse; various spellings of the surnames were searched. The 
data which follow were found in pension claim, S 16444, based upon
service of John Landers in the Revolutionary War.

John Landers was born September 15, 1757, in Granville
County, North Carolina, where he was reared.  He stated that his 
age was recorded "by his father in a sermon book", but the names of 
his parents were not stated.

While a resident of Granville County, North Carolina, he
volunteered early in the Revolutionary War, served as private in 
Captain Jesse Saunders' North Carolina company in an expedition
against the Scotch Tories on the Cape Fear River and was discharged 
at Cross Creek, length of this service four or five weeks.   He enlisted 
shortly after "Gates Defeat" and served three months as private 
in Captain Richard Harrison's company, Colonel William Moore's 
North Carolina regiment and was discharged in Mecklenburg County,
north Carolina.  He went then to visit his uncle (name not given) in 
Prince Edward County, Virginia; he enlisted there, served three months
as private in Captain Allen's company, Colonel Randolph's Virginia
regiment and was discharged September 22, 1781.  

After the Revolutionary War, the soldier moved to Columbia
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County, Georgia, where he remained nine years, then returned to 
North Carolina, and resided about twenty-nine years in Caswell County,
and moved from there to DeKalb County, Georgia.

John Landers was allowed pension on his   application executed
October 12, 1832, at which time he resided in DeKalb County, Georgia.
It was stated then that he had been a Minister of the Gospel for 
about forty years past.

John Landers died October 30, 1840, survived by his widow,
Mourning Landers; the date and place of their marriage, her age and 
her maiden name were not given.  No reference was made to children of 
the soldier.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pesion, name
ad address of person paid, you should apply to The Comptroller
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division this city, and 
cite the following:

John Landers
Certificate #23283
Issued December 18, 1833
Rate $23.11 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Georgia Agency.

Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Georgia
Dekalb County

Before me James Diamond a Justice
of the Peace in and for the said county
came Littleton Johnston and after being
duly sworn deposeth and saith on oath That he knew 
John Landers in the State of North Carolina at the 
commencement of the Revolutionary war and that the said
John Landers enlisted in the war for a term of two years
From six months under a Lieutenant John Hart to go 
to Wilmington and the Said Littleton Johnston further 
Saith that he Johnston served some time in the war and 
on his return home it was generally reported and not
contradicted that the Said John Landers had served a 
tour against the Tories and [illegible] it was further 
stated and not contradicted that the said John Landers 
[illegible due to crease in paper] tour in Virginia near York or in that 
part of the country.  and he Johnston further stated that
the said Landers was raised in the State of North Carolina
in Granville County and that he is upwards of Seventy
years of age, that he supported an honest and upright
character and that for the last forty years has been a preacher
of the Gospel and in fare standing in the churches to which 
he has belonged.

Littleton Johnston

Sworn to and subscribed before me
11th Sept. 1832

James Diamond J.P.
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Georgia
DeKalb County

I James Diamond an acting Justice of the 
peace in & for said county do hereby certify
that Littleton Johnston who has sworn
to & subscribed this within affidavit is a person of 
veracity & entitled to credit.

Witness my hand & seal this 23rd day of October 1833

James Diamond J.P.

Georgia 
DeKalb County

I Elzy B. Reynolds Clerk of the 
Inferior Court of the county aforesaid
do hereby certify that James Diamond whose
name appears to the foregoing certificate is an acting
Justice of the peace in & for said county and 
that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and 
affixed my seal of office this 4th day of 
November 1833.

E. B. Reynolds Clk

[written sideways in the center]
The affidavit of Littleton Johnston
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Ovalo, Texas
August 24, 1936

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Gentleman:

Will you please tell me if these men drew pensions for 
services in the American Revolution:

John Landers, DeKalb County, Georgia, born September 15, 1757, 
and died October 30, 1840.

Calwell Howie, born and reared in South Carolina in the Albaville
District (20 miles south of Charleston).

William (Esquire) Tayse, near Center Star, Alabama.

Respectfully your,

Della Landers

[date stamp]
RECEIVED
AUG 27, 1936
MAIL SUB. DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER No. 3
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3-397.
(Old No. 3-399)
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Oudesk, R.
AW, Ex'r.

Record Division
Inv File No. 16444
John Landers
Rev.

DEPARTMENNT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D.C.     May 12, 1909

SIR:

For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to 
furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of 
John Landers
pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1832 by certificate
No. 23283, issued Dec. 18, 1833 at the Georgia Agency,
showing date of his death, date of last payment of 
pension and name of person to whom paid

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Treasury Department

[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
MAY 18, 1909

[date stamp]
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR
[illegible]
MAY 13, 1909
Pension Division
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16.444
INVALID.
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File No. 16444
John Landers
Revolutionary War
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Act: June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol. [A? or F?], Page 217
[Arrangement of 1870]

[on right side of paper}
1909 May 12 Aud. of Int. Dept.
for date of death, AW
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1936 - Sept. 17 - Hist to Della Landers
JLL
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Payments to be made
at Savannah
by the U. S. Br. Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of Ga.  


Recorded in the Pension Office
in Book E Vol 6
Page 96 by N Rice
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United
States of the 7th June, 1832, John Landers
of the State of Georgia
who was a private in the War of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Twenty-Three dollars and 
Eleven center per annum, during his natural life 
commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually
on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in 
every year.  

Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 18 day of 
December one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-three

Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.}
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

[seal]
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12. April 1841
W. H. Estill
G. C.
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Pension Office
12th May 1841.

Sir

Before any action can be had 
in the case of John Landers decd Whereby the 
widow may receive the arrears of pension,
the pension Certificate should be returned 
to this office, as is required in the 
enclosed printed instructions.

I am [illegible]


W. H. Estill Esq.
Jacksonville
Alabama
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WH. Estell
Augt 25. 1841
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322.

Pension Office
August 25, 1841

Sir

The pension vouchers in the claim of Mrs. Mourning
Landers, widow of John Landers, decd. have been 
examined and referred to P. Hagner Esqr. 3rd Auditor
of the Treasury for payment 

W. H. Estill Esqr.
Jacksonville
Alabama
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Decatur DeKalb Co. Ga.
11th Jany 1834

Dear Sir

Enclosed I send you John
Landers' pension certificate dated 
18th Decr. last for correction.  The 
insertion in the certificate is Sanders
instead of Landers which you will 
find to be the proper name upon an 
examination of the papers  at all events
it was intended to be written Landers
and this is the name of the applicant.
I hope you will make the alteration 
and return the certificate.

Yours very Respectfully
William Ezzard

LL
LLL
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of 
John Landers which require
further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  [blank]
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  [blank]
III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so? [blank]
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  No
V. * Has he mentioned 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?  No
VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  [blank]
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension other than the one under the Act of 
June 7, 1832?  [blank]
VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  [blank]
IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?  No
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to 
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his 
revoIutionary service?  [blank]
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there ay reason assigned for not obtaining it?  [blank]
XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  [blank]
XIV.  If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?  [blank]
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, 
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the 
regulations direct?  No
XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  [blank]
XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  [blank]
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And 
if not, which of them is not so answered?  2.  7 not answered.
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he 
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his 
recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For ------ year------months, and ----- days, I served as a 
-------------------------For -------months and ----------days, I served as a ----------; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the 
pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too 
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state 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 of places where the service was performed; that the 
applicant served with a 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service
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 claimants 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.  
QUERE XVI.  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 paper authenticated, the 
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate..
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
General Comptroller's Office

August 30th, 1841

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled "An 
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain 
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," the widow of John Landers, decd.
a Pensioner on the Rolls of the Georgia Agency, at
the rate of Twenty three Dollars and 11 Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has 
been paid at this Department from the 4th of March
to the 30th October 1840.

Respectfully yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions

Personal
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Payments to be made
at Savannah
by the Br.[?]  U. S. Br. Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners 
in the Agency of Geo.


Recorded in the Pension Office
in Book E  Vol. C [or 6?]
Page 96 by N Rice
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United 
States of the 7th June, 1832, John Landers
of the State of Georgia
who was a private in the War of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Twenty-Three dollars and 
Eleven cents per annum, during his natural life, 
commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable 
semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in 
every year.

Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 18th day of 
December one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-three.

Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned}

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Georgia
Columbia County

Before me Wm. S Dunn a Justice of the 
Peace in and for the said county
came Henry Spalding and after being duly sworn deposeth
and Saith on oath that he new [knew] John Landers in the state 
of Northcaroli [North Carolina] at the commencement of the Revolutionary 
War and that the said John Landers inlisted [enlisted] in the war for 
the term of two years and six months under a Lieutenant 
John Hart to go to Wilmington and the said Henry Spalding 
further saith that he the said John Landers did volunteer
ad served a tour against the tories under Capt Jesse 
Sanders and he the said Spalding further saith that the 
said John Landers and my self went out under Capt
Richard Harrison with General Butler that on the Yadkin River 
General Gregory and General Davidson met and we was placed 
under General Davidson he sined [signed] our discharges and he the said
Spalding further states that he knew the said Landers to be 
the grater [greater] part of his time in the service through out the 
War and he Spalding further states that the said Landers
was raised in the state of Northcarolina in Granville
County and that he is upwards of Seventy years of age that 
he supported a honest and upright caracter [character] and that for 
the last forty years has been a preacher of the Gospel and 
in fare [fair] standing in the churches to which he has belonged.

Henry Spalding

Sworn to and subscribed before me 
this 22 September 1832

Wm. S. Dunn JP
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Georgia
Columbine County

I William S. Dunn an acting
Justice of the peace in & for
said county do hereby certify that Henry
Spalding who has sworn to & subscribed this written 
affidavit is a person entitled to credit

Sworn to & subscribed before me this [blank] day  [this line has been marked through]

Witness my hand & seal this 12 day of Augt. 1833

Wm. S. Dunn JP


Georgia
Columbia County

I Laird Fleming Clerk of the 
Inferior Court of said county
do hereby certify that William S. Dunn whose
name appears to the foregoing certificate is an 
acting Justice of the peace in & for said county
& that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

Given under my hand & seal of office this 
12th day of August 1833

Affadavit  
Henry Spalding

L C Fleming 
Clk Inferior C.C.
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[very faded scrap of paper - only a piece of a document]
[illegible] John Landers of Capt. Harrisons [illegible]
of the Three months and though his house [horse?] [illegible]
having exceeded his tour of County [?] and according to Law
[illegible] 11th day of April [?] [illegible]

James Marshall [?]
[illegible] Court
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of Georgia
DeKalb County

On this day personally appeared 
in open court
before the Superior Court of the said county 
of DeKalb now sitting John Landers
a resident of said county and State, aged
Seventy five 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 act of Congress
passed June the 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and 
served as previously stated about the commencement 
of the Revolutionary war  he entered 
the service as a volunteer under captain 
Jesse Sanders who commanded one of three 
companies which were raised in Granville
county North Carolina where he 
lived at that time to go on an expedition
down towards Cape fear against
the Scoch [Scotch] tories who were embodied near
a place called Moore's bridge but another 
party came across them before our arrival
and dispersed them or confined them and the
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party to whom he belonged advanced no 
farther than a place called cross creek at 
which place he was discharged after having
been in service about five weeks
After he returned to Granville he enlisted
under Lieutenant john Hart for the term
of two years & six months but went no further
than the place of rendezvous when he hired
a substitute by the name of William Cox
and returned home.  Shortly after Gates defeat
he volunteered in the company of Captain 
Richard Harrison and was placed under the 
command of General Butler at Yadkin
river the Brigade of Butler was met by 
the Brigade of Genls. Gregory & Davidson
and he was put under the command 
of General Davidson who assigned his 
discharge after he had served a tour of three 
months this being the time for which he had
volunteered.  After this he went on a visit to his
uncle in the State of Virginia Prince Edward
County and Col. Talton was at 
that time making incursions through
that county, and he joined Captain Allen's 
company of Militia which company formed
head quarters at a place called Mobing 
Hills on James river, and was placed under 
the command of General Lawson and in 
Col. Randolph's Regiment.  He served
a three months tour at that time and
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was discharged  his discharge was signed
by General Lawson, this discharge as 
well as the others he left in the State of 
North Carolina and does not know
whether they have been destroyed or not
He further states that he was discharged
from this last service on the twenty second
day of September in the year that Cornwallis
surrendered.  He himself relinquishes 
every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present and 
declares that his name is not on the 
pension roll of the agency of any State

John Landers

Sworn to & subscribed 
this 12th day of October 1832

W T Colquitt HC

We Elijah Bird a clergyman residing in the State 
and county aforesaid and Isaac N Johnson residing in 
the same do hereby certify that we are well 
acquainted with John Landers who has sworn to and
subscribed the above declaration; that we believe
him to be seventy five 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

Elijah Bird
Isaac N Johnson

Sworn to and subscribed 
the day and year aforesaid

W T Colquitt JLC
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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
Elijah Bird who signed the preceding certificate
is a clergyman resident in the State & County 
aforesaid and that Isaac N Johnson who has 
also signed the same is a resident in the same 
state and county.  and is a credible person
and that their statement is entitled to credit.

W T Colquitt HC

I Charles Murphy Clerk of the superior 
court of the county of DeKalb & state aforesaid
do hereby certify that the foregoing [illegible] is the original proceedings of the said court. in the matter of the application of John Landers 
for a pension and I do further certify that 
Walter T. Colquitt whose name is subscribed 
to the foregoing certificate is the presiding judge of 
said court.  

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand & private seal there being no seal of office this 30th day of October 1832

C Murphy Clk
[seal]