Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,716, John Exline, Va.
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Exline, John S. 42,716
CONTENTS
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19,522
Ohio.

John Exline,
of Jackson Co. in the State of Ohio,
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Worman of the regiment commanded
by Colonel Gist in the Virginia
line, for the term of 18 Months
from April 1781 to October 1782

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24th of October 1825.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th of Nov: 182- and sent to Joseph Sill, Esqr
Chillicothe, Ohio.

Arrears to 4th of March 1826. $35,,09
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 
$35,,09
{Revolutionary claim
Acts March 18, 1818,
and May 1, 1820.}
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State of Ohio County of Jackson SS.
On this thirtieth day of September 1825 personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas of Jackson County Ohio being a Court of record for the County of Jackson in the State aforesaid John Exline resident in said County aged sixty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820 that he the said John Exline enlisted for the Term of 18 Months or about the first day of April in the year 1781 in Hampshire County in the State of Virginia in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas Warman in the regiment commanded (to the best of his memory) by one Col. Gist in the line of the State of Virginia on Continental Establishment that he Continued to serve in the said Company until on or about the month of October 1782 wen on the expiration of his 18 Months Term he was discharged from the service at Cumberland Court-house in the State of Virginia
that he was at the siege at York town and after that Summer he marched in his company with a detachment of about 800 Men (as he thinks) to Cumberland Court house Virginia after which they were marched to Charleston S. Carolina & from thence to Savannah in Georgia or near that Town to a place called Widow Givins" the company, when they went to the South, was Commanded by Captain Beverly Ray, and the detachment by Col. Posey - after they left Virginia they
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came back to Charleston South Carolina where they remained untill they were marched back to Cumberland Court-house when he received an honorable discharge from General Charles Scott he delivered his certificate of discharge to one Charles Nevil to keep & that it has since been lost and that he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present: and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension viz: That being advanced in years and almost wholy unable to do anything for himself he had for a number of years past and even up to within one year past depended on the labour, & service & assistance of his sons Isaac & John who have now declined doing anything for him it requiring all their exertion to support themselves and he is now left destitute of the means of Supporting himself or family & that this together with the exhaustion of his property as stated below for necessaries are the reasons of his not making earlier application for a pension: and in pursuance of the Act of the 1st of May 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 so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed
on
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on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or Securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit I Mare & colt worth $30.00, 14 hogs "12.00, 2 Cows 17.00, 8 Sheep 10.00, 4 chairs 1.00, 1 bedstead & bedding 5.00, 1 Table 1.25, 1 Reelo, .50, 1 Dresserward 3.59, 1 Kettle 125, 2 pots 1.50, 1 Spider 1.00, 3 hoes 0.87, 1 Ax 1.00, 2 plows 7.50, 1 Iron 0.31 1/4, 1 Iron wiage 0.50, 1 Spinning wheel 1.00 Total 
$96.10 John Exline x his mark which sum of $96.10 is the whole amount of his property at the highest cash valuation
And the said John Exline doth further
state on oath to the best of his recollection & knowledge he has not since the 18th day of March 1818 parted with or sold property of any kind save & except a Cow to Jno. Reed worth $7.00 and colt worth $13. to Isaac Exline and Mare at $27 dollars to Bodkin a Colt to J Exline for 50 Bushells of Corn at 15., 2 old hogs & 11 young pigs for $4.00 to Samuel Irvin as also as many hogs to Adam Long for the same sum. One stoat and a calf to Joseph Crouch for $1.50, the whole amount of which said sales Equal $71.50 and all of them save the three last items here sold; took place about 4 or 5 years ago and every sale was rendered necessary to procure an immediate support and necessaries for his family
And
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And the said Exline doth further solemnly swear that he is by occupation a farmer and that he is from age and infirmity incapable any longer of labouring to support himself and family & must suffer of course unless he can get relief from his country in whos service he has toiled; he states he has a family consisting of a wife and one child whom he has to support the child is afflicted with fits and totally unable to do anything for himself
John Exline x his mark
Sworn to & subscribed in Open court this 30th day of September AD 1825
A. M Faulker Clk
Court of Common Pleas in and for Jackson
County and State of Ohio September Term 1825
Personally appeared in Open Court being
the Court of record for said County John Bacus 
Joseph W Ross & Christopher Hanna respectable Citizen of said County who being severally sworn depose & say upon their Oath that they now are and have ever since the 18 March 1818 been personally and intimately acquainted with John Exline, & with his common dealings during said time. and that they have good reason to believe & do believe that the above amount of property stated in the foregoing paper as now being served and passed by him is an accurate & just estimate thereof & that the amount of sales together with the prices there for of the articles therein innumerated as sold is just & true and they further state that he is a man of veracity in their Oppinion and that full
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confidence should be given to his Statements
in manner and form as is above stated
J. W. Ross
Christopher Hanna
John Bacus
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this
30th day of September AD 1825
A. M. Faulkner Clk.

The STate of Ohio Jackson County SS:
I, A. M. Faulkner Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said John Exline did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under One engagement on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath or affirmation and the schedule thereto annexed together with the corroborating testimony of JW. Ross Christopher Hanna & John Bacus are truly copied from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the oppinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Ninety Six dollars & ten cents
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed the
seal of the said Court this 12th
day of October 1825
A M Faulkner clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for Jackson County
aforesaid
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M.E.E.
Rev & 1812
Wars Section

January 25, 1930

Carrie Wiandt Miller
111 Fourteenth Street
Dover, Ohio

Dear Madam:

I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 42716, it appears that John Exline (the name does not appear as Axline) enlisted in Hampshire County, Virginia about April 1, 1781, served in Captains Thomas Worman's and Beverly Ray's Companies, Colonels Gist's and Posey's Virginia Regiments, was in the Siege of Yorktown and was discharged about October, 1782. 
His rank is not stated.

He was allowed pension as a private on his application executed September 30, 1825 at which time he was a resident of Jackson County, Ohio and aged sixty-six years. The date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown. He stated that he was by occupation a farmer.

At the time of making his application he stated that his family consisted of his wife and one child, but did not give their names, and referred to his sons Isaac and John. There are no further family data.

The above noted is the only soldier surnamed Exline or Axline that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. The War of 1812 records fail to show that pension was ever claimed on account of the services of David, Jacob, George, John or Henry Exline or Axline.

Your letter requesting information relative to a soldier
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of the Civil War has been referred to the proper division of this bureau for reply.

Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner
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42716
Revy INVALID.

File No. 42,716
John Exline
Priv Rev War

Act: 18" March 18"
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 165
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1930, June 25, Hist to Carrie W. Miller, M.E.E.
letter sent to Record Division 1/25/30-
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FREE
To James Barbour Esq
Secretary at War
Washington City
D.C.

19,703
John Exline,
Jackson Co. Ohio.
Joseph Sill,
Chillicothe, Ohio.
Recd. 18 Nov: 1825

recd. Nov. 18, 1825.
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Chillicothe (Ohio) November 2d 1825

To the Secretary of War
Sir I again enclose to you the
Petition of John Exline, with the altercations required by the form transmitted to me from the War Department
I would merely observe that the declaration of Exline is supported by the testimony of three; of the most respectable men in Jackson Co: - two of them, have been as I am informed members of the General Assembly of this State; & Col. Ross one of them, is our present Member of that Body; and all of them are well acquainted, with the applicant John Exline;
in case of doubt as to the standing of these men, reference may be had to the Representative in Congress from that district the Hon. Saml. F. Vinton. Any proceedings which may be had on this application, if transmitted to me, will be forwarded to the residence of Mr. Exline
Yours most respectfully
Joseph Sill
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On roll - pa. 140
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The State of Ohio Jackson County ss:
I, A. M. Faulkner clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify that Thomas Dougherty Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition of John Exline & also of Isaac Exline & JOseph Crouch was on the 22d day of October AD 1825 & now is an Acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified according to law & that full faith & credit are & ought to be given all his official acts as such as well in Courts of Justice as thereout 
And I do further certify that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are gneuine
In testimony whereof I have here-
unto set my hand & affixed the seal
of the said Court this 24" day of
October AD 1825
A. M Faulkner clk. of the
Court of Common Pleas for Jackson County
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The State of Ohio Jackson County ss
Personally appeared before me Thomas
Daugherty a Justice of the Peace in & for said 
County John Exline who being sworn according
to law maketh the following declaration
his oath in order to amend his Declaration
made in the Court of Common Pleas for said
County Sept. 30 1825 made in order to obtain 
the pension made by the Acts of Congress of the
18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820
That he the said John Exline hath not since
the 18th March 1818 by deed gift sale nor in
any other Manner parted with any property
of value save the articles herein after mentioned
to wit 1 Cow to Jerr Red for 7.$ Nov. 15 1819 the price of which he recd in corn One Mare to John Bodhim for $27.00 March 30th 1823 which he recd. in Corn, a Cow & calf & 4$ in cash, one colt to Isaac Exline Aug 12th 1821 for 13.$ & one other Colt to Isaac for 15$ Aug 20 1821 the price of which sd Colts he recd in corn to Saml. Grain 2 old hogs & 11 pigs Oct 1st 1822 for 4$ which he recd in corn also 2 old hogs & 11 pigs to Adam Long Sept 1st 1824 which he recd in Oats & One Shoat & a Calf ot Joseph Crouch May 10th 1824 for $150 or 225 he is not positive which he recd in corn & cash one Colt to Malice Vincent $15 recd in Corn Decm 1824 one cow sold to John Literall for 2 bushels of Corn Decm 1822
John Exline x his mark
sworn to & subscribed before me this 22d Oct
1825 Thomas Daugherty Justice of the Peace {seal}
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The State of Ohio Jackson County ss
Personally appeared before me Thomas
Daugherty a Justice of the Peace in & for said
County Isaac Exline & Joseph Crouch respectable Citizens of the said County of Jackson who being sworn in due form of law on their oath do
say that they have been personally & continually acquainted with the above named John Exline 
& with his dealings ever since the 18th March 1818 That they have good reason to believe & do verily believe that the above account of property sold by him since the 18th March 1818 together with the prices affixed to each article & the articles recd therefore is a Just & true account of sales made by him since that time that they were knowing to all the sales stated by him as aforesaid & no others & they believe if any other had been made they must have known it Oct 22d 1825
Isaac Exline
Joseph Crouch
Sworn to & subscribed before me this
22d October AD 1825
Thomas Daugherty Justice of the Peace {Seal}