Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8831, for Alexander Lemonds, North Carolina
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
N.C. 
Lemonds, Alexander       S. 8831
Lemmonds or                     B.L. Wt. 8378-160-55
Lemmons. or

CONTENTS
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59215.

Act March 3/55
April 11/55
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Alexander Lemmonds
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Revolutionary Pensioner
No 5872

Hamilton G. Fant
Present

Cir H. G. Fant Sept 25 / 55
Vol. L 49
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Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of April 6th 1838 from
4th March 1841 to 4th Septr 1841,
Agt notified June 6th 1842

Hon R. C. Puryear
March 2/54
Reg 55-19215
Date of death
not on AB

North Carolina 5872
Alexander Lemonds
of Rockingham in the State of N. Car:
who was a pr. in the Compy commanded
by Captain Leake of the Regt commanded
by Col. Dickson in the N.C.
line for 9 mo: from 1779

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 30 - Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Feby: 1833 and sent Hon A.H.
Shepperd H. of Reps

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                45 -
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 15
$60

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book D Vol. 8 Page 35
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3695
Alexander Lemonds
Rockingham Co
N C
from 1779 private
9 months
$30
XI. XII. XVI.
Rob Gallaway
Rockingham
NC
Nov 26 1832
Page 92.
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3695
BRIEF in the case of
of Rockingham Co
 in the State of N.C.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 71
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[column headings: Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]
Spring in 1779. 
Years Months, Days. 9
As a pr.
Captain Leake, Col. Dickson
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? County of Rockingham (now Guilford), N.C.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? two witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? defective - 
Clerks Certificate not attached to papers
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
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State of North Carolina
County of Rockingham SS.
     On this 31st day of March
A.D. One thousand eight hundred and Fifty five (1855) personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace
within and for said County and State aforesaid Alexander Lemmonds aged 95 years a resident of Rockingham County in the State of North Carolina, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical
Alexander Lemmonds, who was a volunteer in the Company commanded by Captain Leake in the Regiment of ___ commanded by in the War
of the Revolution (1776), that he was volunteered at or about the day A.D. for the term of nine months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of Nine months and was honorably discharged at or near Stono S.C. on the day of ___A.D. ___
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining Bounty Lands to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855. He also declares that he has not received a warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefor, and that he is now a pensioner at the rate of Thirty Dollars per anum from the 4th March 1831 payable semi annually during his natural life,
                Alexander X Lemmonds 
                      (X his mark)
W Richd H Scales and A. McDonald residents of Rockingham County in the State of North Carolina upon our oaths, declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and
acknowledged by Alexander Lemmonds in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements, of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be
         Richd H. Scales
         A. McDonald
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The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to before me on the day and year above written; and I do certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim
                  A.M. Scales J.P.


State of North Carolina 
County of Rockingham ⎬ss.
I William M. Ellington Clerk of the Court in and for the aforesaid County, a court of Record &c do certify that Alfred M. Scales Esquire before
whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were made was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified to administer
oaths &c and that the above is his genuine signature.
      In testimony whereof I hereto set my
      hand and affix my seal my seal of
      Office on this 2nd day of April A.D. 1855.
                      
W.M. Ellington Clk
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832

State of North Carolina, Court of Pleas
Rockingham County quarter sessions
                 August term 1832
     On this 30th day of August 1832
personally appeared in open court before
the justices of the court of Pleas & quarter
Sessions now sitting Alexander Lemmonds
a resident of the County of Rockingham
and State of North Carolina aged seventy
on the eight day of February last, who
being first duly sworn according to
law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress passed the 7th of June
1832 That he entered the service of the
United States under the following
named officers, and served as herein
stated, that he volunteered as a malitiaman
for the term of nine months sometime
in the spring of 1779 as near as he can recollect in the company commanded by Captain John Leeke, that the whole company to which he belonged all volunteered at the same time at their company muster near Spring garden in what is now the county of
Rockingham, then Guilford, that he
marched first to Salisbury, from there to
South Carolina, to the Savannah river at
a place called Paghsburgh or some such name
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that he remained there a while, under the
command of Col Hal Dickson, that he with a small detachment marched to Charleston and remained there about two weeks that he returned from Charleston to leave quarters at a place as well he recollects called the Pon Pon roads, that this was about a month before the battle of stono, that after his return, he was attached to a scouting party, and on the night before the battle of stono his party was out
upon a scout, that he had not returned
to camp until late in the morning, when
he found that the army had all gone out
to battle, that the firing commenced shortly
after his return to the encampment, that
he was not in the battle, but he was on
the battlefield the next morning, that his term of service expired in a month or thereabout after the battle, that he received his discharge & brought it home with him but it is now lost.
he does not recollect the name of the officer who gave him his discharge, that he has no documentary evidence of his service, and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service
except one Sneed Strong, who was present
when he volunteered, he is also acquainted
with one Nicholas McCubben with whom
he has after conversed about his tour of
service & knows from the circumstances
he relates, that they were in the service together
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but they were not acquainted at that time he was in a different regiment James Oliver also
states that he knows of his service having met
him on his return he hereby 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

Interrogatories propounded by the court
1 Where, and in what year were you born
Ans: I was born in the County of Rockingham
the Guilford in the year 1761
2d Have you any record of your age and if
so where is it
I have no record of my age, it was recorded
in my father's bible but it is torn out and
destroyed
Question  Where were you living when called
into service, did you volunteer
Ans: I was living in what is now the County
of Rockingham near Spring Garden
and have resided within about a mile
of the place where I resided when I enlisted ever since. I volunteered as stated before in my declaration
4 quest. state the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental and malitia regiments as you can recollect and the
general circumstances of your service
I recollect General Lincoln he commanded
the troops at the battle of stone I saw him after
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before and after the battle, Col. McDowell
was one of the officers I can at this time remember but few of the officers Col Dickson the Col of my regiment I well remember my recollection of the service are as I have stated in my declaration
Sworn & Subscribed the
30th of August 1832
Alex Lemmons

We Tilman Coleman & James Lemmons, residing in the neighborhood of Alexander Lemmons, hereby certify that we are 
well acquainted with the said Alexander
Lemmons who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about 71 or 72 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of
the revolution and we concur in that opinion, we further state that we are well acquainted with his character, and the character of Sneed
Strong, that they are all men of truth & of high standing
Sworn & Subscribed the
30th of August 1832
Ro Gallaway
                     Tilman Coleman
                     James Lemmons
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April 16, 1934
Miss Elizabeth Vaughn
Stokesdale
North Carolina

BA-J/EFL
Samuel Gann S.9664
Alexander Lemonds-S.8831
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information
in regard to Samuel Gann and Alex. Lemons, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, who received pensions while residing in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claims, S.9664 and 8831, based upon the military service in that war of Samuel Gann and Alexander Lemonds.

Samuel Gann
S. 9664
Samuel Gann was born in 1748, exact date not shown, in Frederick County, Virginia, within about fifteen miles of Winchester, that county. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While a resident of Guilford County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served six months as a private in Captain Thomas Cook's Company,
Colonel Davie's North Carolina Regiment; was in the battle of Charlotte Court House and in an engagement at Waxhaw Creek; shortly after the termination of this tour, he enlisted and served three months as a private under same officers: he enlisted shortly before the battle of
Guilford Court House and served one month under General Greene, but was not in the battle as he had been detached to guard some cattle, and was on this duty on the day of the battle. He also served on a number of short tours, dates and officers' names not given and was in a number of skirmishes.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 25, 1832, while residing in Rockingham (that part which was formerly in
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Guilford County, North Carolina. He was then referred to as Samuel Gann, Senior.
There are no data in regard to soldier's family.

Alexander Lemonds
S.8831
      Alexander Lemonds (the name also appears as Lemmonds and Lemmons)
was born February 8, 1761, in Guilford (that part which was later Rockingham) County, North Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim
While residing near Spring Garden, Guilford County, North Carolina, Alexander Lemonds volunteered in the spring of 1779, served as
a private in Captain John Leake's Company, Colonel Hal Dickson's (probably meant for Colonel Henry Dixon) North Carolina Regiment and was discharged about a month after the battle of Stono; he did not participate in that battle having been sent out on a scouting party the night before the battle; he again enlisted April 15, 1781, served three months as a teamster and transported provisions to Charlotte; officers' names not shown.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, while residing in Rockingham County, North Carolina. In 1855,
he was still residing in same county.
      There is no reference to wife or children.
       The name James Lemonds appears; no relationship to soldier shown.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.


[hand-written note: Did not use 9 mo as he said he volunteered for that time, but he said he was dis. a mo after Stono & could not have served 9 mos from spring as Stono was fought in June, 1779]
[hand-written note: Date of date not an AB]
[hand-written note: His will naming wife & children filed Rockingham Co N.C.]
[hand-written note: Alexander & wife Obedience are buried at Providence Baptist Church, Stoneville, N.C. , Her stone with name only is beside wife
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.
In reply to your request of _______, received ______
for a statement of the military history of Alexander Lemonds
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
[table columns: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. l LENGTH OF SERVICE. l RANK. l
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED l CAPTAIN. l COLONEL. l STATE l]
Aug. 1779 l 9 mos. l  Pvt l JohnLeake l Dickson l  N.C.
Apr 15, 1781 l 3 mos . l [illegible] l [illegible] l [illegible]
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [illegible], Guilford Co. N.C.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 30, 1832.  His cl. was al
Residence at date of application, Rockingham Co. 
Age at date of application, [illegible]
Remarks: [illegible]

Respectfully,
6-2856
Commissioner.
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Rev. A B K
Albany - [illegible]
February 24. 1917
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
My dear Sir -
Will you kindly [illegible]
me whether the name
Alexander Lemond of Rockingham 
Co. North Carolina
is to be found in the
Records of
your dept.
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or the name Duncan Lemon
of North Carolina
Alexander Lemond was placed on
pension roll Feb 19-1833.
Please advise me in regard
of this at your earliest
convenience.  Very truly yours
Jamie Lemond Barstow
(Mrs. H.S. Barstow
[illegible] 21 - Albany - [illegible]

Alexander Lemond
Duncan Lemon
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8831
INVALID.
No. 8831
Alexander Lemonds
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 32
Vol. 1st, Page 220
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[handwritten] 1917 Mar. 12. Mrs. H.S. Barstow furnished hist.
1934 - Apr 16-Hist.  Miss Elizabeth Vaughn
Letter in case Samuel Dean S9664
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8831
INVALID.
No. 8831
Alexander Lemonds
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 32
Vol. 1st, Page 220
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[handwritten] 1917 Mar. 12. Mrs. H.S. Barstow furnished hist.
1934 - Apr 16-Hist.  Miss Elizabeth Vaughn
Letter in case Samuel Dean S9664
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No. 59215
Act of March 3, 1855
Received Apr. 11, 1855
Alexander Lemmonds
Rev. Mar
Warrant 8378-160-55
Hamilton G. Fant
Present
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5872
Alexander Lemmonds Adm 7 June 1832
North Carolina
4611 Thomas Lowe Adm 7 June 1832, Adm 7 June 1832. Adm
N Carolina
Margaret Lynch, Ill Susp. 7 July 1838
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8378.
160 acres.
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No ______
Act of March 3rd 1855
Bounty Land.
Claim of
Alexander Lemmonds
Now a Revolutionary
Pensioner under Act of
7th June 1832.  On North
Carolina List.
113
{Has never received Land.}

Hamilton G. Fant
Attorney
Washington D.C.
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Alexander Lemonds
Amended case.
AH Shepperd
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State of North Carolina
Rockingham County
     This 28th day of January in the year 1833 Jesse Rankin a clergyman of Rockingham County State of North Carolina and Wm A. Carrigan a resident of said County State make oath that they are acquainted with Alex
Lemonds of said County State and that
they believe him to be of the age of seventy
years or thereabouts that it is generally
believed is his neighbourhood that he was a
soldier of the Revolution
Jesse Rankin
Wm A Carrigan 
Sworn to & subscribed this
day above written
John Lawson J. P.

State of North Carolina
Rockingham County
     I John Lawson a Justice of the peace for the County of Rockingham State of North Carolina do declare that I am well acquainted with Jesse
Rankin a Clergyman of said County State and
William A. Carrigan a resident as aforesaid
and also with Tilman Coleman and James Lemonds
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of said County & state and that they are persons of credibility this 28th January 1833.
                John Lawson JP

State of North Carolina
Rockingham County
     I Robert Gallaway Clerk of the Rockingham County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings on the matter of the application of Alexr. Lemonds for a Pension, and that John Lawson before whom the affidavits are made is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County & that his acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
(seal)

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office this 28th day of Jany 1833.
         Ro. Gallaway CCC
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(copy)
North Carolina   No 446.
     Agreeable to act of Assembly passed December in 1785, the State of North Carolina is indebted to Alexander Lemmons of the Continental line of this State Ten pounds, Eight Shillings and 9 specie being the then account of line pay for which he is entitled to receive payment. 1783
                  H. Montfort
                  J.W. Carson, Commissioners

L10.8.9
     This is a copy of an ob. cert. or indent sent him by Comp. N.C. much defaced, but he requests its return.
                 Pen. Off. Oct. 11/55
                 S.C. Boynton
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 18th, 1842.

Sir:
     Under the date 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,"
Alexander Limonds
a Pensioners on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and ___ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1841, to the 4th Sept. 1841.
               Respectfully yours,
               Albion K. Parris
                   COMPTROLLER.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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59215
Alexander Lemmons
Rev. Priv. N.C.
N.C. - June 32 - 5872

for bounty W

Boynton

Capt. P. M. Henry
Present
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State of N. Carolina
Comptrollers Department
I Geo. W. Brooks Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the state aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office among the payments made to sundry persons for Military Service in the Revolutionary War as follows to wit.
     Alexander Lemmonds of the Continental Line N.C.
Indent 446 L10-8-9 specie dated 1783

(seal) 
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and office the seal of said office in Raleigh this the 9th 1835
                    Geo. W. Brooks Comptroller
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North Carolina 
Rockingham County 
     This 30 day of August personally appeared in open court, Sneed Strong and made oath 
that he is well acquainted with Alexander Lemmons that he has known him 55 years or 
thereabouts, that he came into what is now the County of Rockingham about the year 1776 or 
1777, that he was present at the muster in 1779 as well as he recollects the year, when said Alexander Lemmons together with his whole company under the command of Captain John Leake volunteered for the term of 9 months, that he knows that said Lemmons marched to the South with his company and did not return until after his term of service had expired that he has resided in the County of Rockingham ever since the revolution a near neighbor to Alexander Lemmons that he knows his character well that he has the reputation of being a man of truth and 
honesty, and it has always been understood and believed in the neighborhood where this affiant and said Lemons reside, that he was a soldier of the revolution; and that this affiant of his own knowledge
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knows the fact as above stated. 
Sworn to & subscribed the 30 day of August 1832 
                 Ro. Callaway, CCC     
                           Sneed Strong 

James Oliver aged 71 years, this 30th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court and made oath that he has been acquainted with Alexander Lemmons an applicant for a pension ever since his infancy, that he has always resided in the County with him, that he knows that he volunteered under Captain John Leake for nine months that he saw him on his return near Hogan's Creek in the County of Rockingham about ten miles from his place of residence, he also knows the general character of said Lemmons that he is a man of truth and honesty and that it is 
well-known in his neighborhood that he was a soldier of the revolution and that this affiant has no doubt of the fact. 
Sworn to & subscribed before me the 31 of August 1832  
                   Ro. Callaway, CCC 
                   James Oliver

I Robert Gallaway clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions held for the County of Rockingham, State of North Carolina do hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Alexander
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Lemonds for a pension.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office this 30th day of August 1832.
                    Ro. Gallaway CCC

     I well remember being in Court when the foregoing declaration was offered by Nathanl Boyden Esquire who (illegible) and am confident that the Court - your judgement - in his favor and the failure to enter said Judgment was purely an accidental omission.  The applicant is a man of unquestionable character & also on his witnesses Tilman Colman, James Lemons & James Oliver and I doubt not that he served as he has stated.
                 A.H. Shepperd
                 6 Feb 1833
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Act. 7th June 1832
Alexander Lemonds pensioner under act 7 June 1832 claims increase for three months service in North Carolina Militia, Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary Claim

Address Hon R.C. Purgeon
present
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State of North Carolina 
County of Rockingham 
     On this 10th day of February in the year 1854 before me a Justice of the peace in and for 
the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Alexander to Lemonds, a Revolutionary Soldier and pensioner of said County now aged about 93 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832. That he is the identical Alexander Lemonds who about 20 years since was placed on the pension list of the Agency of North Carolina under the aforesaid Act at the rate of $30 per annum, which annual allowance he has received from the Government of the United States up to the present time, and that said allows is for 9 months service by himself the Affiant in the Company commanded by Captain John Leak 
in the Regiment of Continental line of North Carolina, commanded by Colonel Dickson which service was performed in the year 1779 that he does not now remember whether he claimed for additional services or not in his application made for pension some 20 years since, but that he did perform an additional service of 3 months in the militia of the State of North Carolina in the following manner, and under the following Circumstances, about the 15th day of April in the year 1781 a man by the name of Jacob James having entered or having been drafted and having become an dof the service and did about 3 months before the 
expiration of his term with the consent and agreement of his Officers employ him the declarant to serve as his substitute for the remainder of his term, and that he the declarant did about the 15th day of April in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one (1781)
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in the County of Guilford now Rockingham and State of North Carolina entered the said Company as a substitute for said Jacob James and with the rank of a private did serve the remaining 3 months of said Jacob James term and was at the end thereof disbanded at a place called Guilford old Court House in said County and State aforesaid and that he was at the time while a substitute for Jacob James a teamster and was in company with a guard transporting provisions to a town called Charlotte in Mecklenburg in the State aforesaid 
and upon his return from the point at which he deposited his stores, and by a called court martial was disbanded and returned home, and he further declares that he has not heretofore made application for any allowance for the term of service for the following reasons; that he was not aware that substitutes received any pay from Government; that he was given a fine Rifle by the said Jacob James and a cow and yearling. I state this because I have a distinct recollection of what I was to receive over and above the monthly pay which he was to receive. And that he does now adduce the best proof in his power to establish what he herein set forth, and trust at this late day when all his officers and comrades are dead or removed beyond his reach, the said proof will be satisfactory to the accounting Officers of the Government and that his pension will be 
increased accordingly.  
                Alexander X Lemonds
                         (X his mark)
A. M. Seales      

Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year aforesaid, and I do certify that the declarant Alexander Lemonds is personally known to me as a Revolutionary soldier and pensioned at the rate of Thirty Dollars per anum, is of sound mind and memory, is a highly respectable man and worth of all credit, and is from bodily infirmity and old age unable to attend Court personally to make this declaration
                 A.W. Scales JP
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State of North Carolina
County of Rockingham
Sct
     I William M Ellington Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County and state aforesaid do certify that A.M. Scales Esq. is and was an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Rockingham and State of North Carolina at the time of taking the foregoing declaration duly commissioned and sworn and that the foregoing signatures to be his are genuine.
(seal)
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of our said Court at office in Wentworth the 14th day of February 1854.
                      W.M. Ellington CCC