Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 6856, for Moses Malt, Virginia
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Va. Malt, Moses R 6856
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17,795
Moses Malt
Scioto Co. Ohio
John R. Turner
Agt.
Portsmouth, Ohio
Recd 1 Mar: 1821
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Rej
Not on continental establishment
6856
Vid letter to
John R Turner
11 May 1821
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6856          
Moses Malt         
REJECTED
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State of Ohio, Scioto County SS    
On this Ninth day of December in the year of our Lord 1820. Personally Appeared in open court being the court of common pleas in and for said County of Scioto. Moses Malt aged Eighty years of age who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration to obtain the provisions made by the act of congress of the 18th March 1818 and May the 1st 1820 That he the said Moses Malt is a citizen of Scioto County in this State. That he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, that at the commencement of the war he enlisted in a company commanded by Captain Armstrong in a regiment of the Virginia line Commanded by Colonel Leadbetter in the Brigade of General Gates during the war, That during his period of service he was in the Battle of the Brandywine, of Camden and with the army during all its various operations in North and South Carolina, and was at the Battle of Yorktown and was at the close of the war duly discharged at Norfolk after having served in the war of the Revolution for near the period seven years This Deponent further states that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his county for support and that he has no other evidence in his power of his said services or discharge other than which is here transmitted Having lost his discharge some years since. And in pursuance of the act of the Congress of May 1st 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818. And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed ~    
Two Horses worth about … $100.00             
8 neat cattle … 80.00               
12 hogs … 18.00                  
Old House Hold Furniture … 25.00              
Moses Malt   his mark
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I do further solemnly swear that my occupation is a farmer That my wife is living and is aged about Fifty years and one child aged thirteen years which makes my family ~and  further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and declared, on the ninth day of December 1820, before the court. 
Attest John R Turner clerk. The State of Ohio Scioto County. 
Moses Malt  his mark
I John R Turner clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in for Scioto County do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the accord of the Scioto County and I do further testify that it is the opinion of the Scioto court that the total amount of the property exhibited in the foresaid schedule is two hundred and twenty three dollars. In testimony I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seat of the said count on this the 10th February 1821. John R Turner clerk of the court for the county of Scioto.
Moses Malt    
Certification