Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9,408, for James Mealey, Virginia
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Service Va.
[star] Mealey, James
Number S.9408

carded
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4521
Virginia
James Mealey
of Goochland in the State of Va:
who was a pr. in the Compy commanded
by Captain Parrish of the  -- commanded
by -- in the Va.
line for 6 months from 1781

Inscribed on Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 20- Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Jan: 33
and sent to Major
Handy present[]

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                      30 -
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33    10-
                                                               ________
                                                                $40-

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerl=k,
Book D Vol. 7 Page 126
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9408
Invalid
 Revlray [written sideways]

File No. 9408
James Mealey
Priv Rev, War
Act: June 7th /32
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 254
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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James Mealey
11959
from 1781 private
6 months.
$20.

Major Handy
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Virginia Goochland county to wit
On this 17th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the court of the county of Goochland now sitting James Mealey a resident of said county and state aged 68 or 69 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th of 1832.
When he was drafted, into the service of the United States, from the company of Capt Humphrey Parrish, in the County of Goochland, in May 1781 and was marched by one captain Roberts to join the army, thus he joined the army in Spotsylvania County, and was attached to the company of Capt Tolls, Mosley [ ], and served as a private in that company. When drafted he lived in the county of Goochland and still lives in the same county, that he served in the retreat from the British through several counties, until the junction with General Wayne in Spotsylvania as he thinks. Thence through several of the [ ] counties in the state, was engaged in cutting the road called the Marquis Road, then he marchs into Hanover and was at an [ ] at Dandridge in that county, then to Hanover Town, [ ] through Richmond and New Kent to Mo[ ]'s Hills where the army remained three or four weeks, thence by Ruffin's ferry into Surrey and back again by [ ] , thence back into Hanover through Richmond, and remains there till the army passes, and then pursued them to ole James Town, where they [ ], that at that place there was a skirmish between the armies -  that the army stayed at Williamsburg when this declarant has the smallpox, about a fortnight, and then was joined by the French, that then he marched to York and served at that place until the surrender - that there he was at the poplar fort and was employed in
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in the entrenchments, that while there he was very near being captured by the enemy on an errand on which he was sent by the colonel - and that he continued in the service at York until the discharge making six months and four days service - that he was never in any battle, other than the skirmish mentioned and the siege - that he served with the regulars under the Marquis and General Wayne. that Col Mathews was Colonel of his regiment and Scott [ ]afor. that he has seen the Marquis and General Wayne, and General Washington [ ] on the works at York, but does not remember any of the inferior officers - that he is an ignorant man and may have miscalculated [   ] , but the [ ] is correct - that he served on half of his time under Capt Brooks and received a discharge from him but has lost it, and has no documentary evidence, that there was a record of his age in the count of Chesterfield but he does not know when - that Benjamin Isbell and James Shelton are the only persons alive who can testify to any part of his service, that he knows of that Col Joseph Shelton, Mr William Isbell and Doctor Andrew Kean are persons in his present neighborhood who know him and can testify to his character-
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any state or [  ...tory]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
James Mealey + his mark

We James Wharey a clergiman residing in the county of Goochland and Julian Kean residing in the same hereby certify, that we well acquainted with James Mealey who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 68 or 69 years of age; that he is respected 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 day and year aforesaid
James Wharey
Jul T Kean
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I Benj Isbell a citizen residing in the county of Goochland hereby certify that I have known the above declarant since his boy hood, that he joined the army to which I was attached in Spotsylvania County and marched with it through the [ ] , and was still in the army when I was discharged at Thompson's Mill in Louisa County, and I do varely believe that he continues in service till after the capitulation at York
Sworn + subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Benjamin Isbell

[ ] the said court do hereby declare their opinion after this investigation of the matter, and after putting the [ ] prescribed by the Department of War, 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 James Wharay, who has signed the proceeding certificate, is an clergyman residing in the county of Goochland, and that Julian Kean who has also signed the same is a resident in the said county and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit, and also that Benj Isbell who has made the above affidavit is a citizen of the same county , and is a credible person
I William Miller clerk of the Court of the County of Goochland aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Mealey for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this first day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Will Miller
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Virginia Louisa County ff
On this 22nd day of September 1832 personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid, James Shelton Esquire a citizen of said county and a credible person who being duly sworn doth on his oath say, that he has long known James Mealey an applicant for a pension under the late act of congress and that he has an indistinct recollection of having served with said Mealey in the Revolutionary war has owing to the decay of his memory, b [fragment] cannot say precisely when or where, but thinks the captain was named Tolls. Given under my hand this day and year above written
Wm Shelton (alliev)
Justice of the peace for Louisa county, Va.

State of Virginia, Louisa County, to wit:
I John Hunter clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid, in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Shelton (Minr) before whom the the foregoing affidavit was made is a Justice of the peace in and for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to Law, and is a Judge of said Court, and that his signature to said affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office. this 24th day of September. One thousand eight hundred and thirty two. John Hunter