Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3406, David Goens, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE    NUMBER
[handwritten] Va.  Goens, David   S.3406. [/handwritten]
[handwritten]Carded [/handwritten]

CONTENTS
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26755
East Tennessee
David Goens
of Hamilton Co. the State of Tennessee who was a private in the conn commanded by Captain Rogers of the regt. commanded by Col Terry in the Virginian line for 9 months

Dead - 

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

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of May 1834 and [illegible]
Standefer [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of March 90.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending [illegible] 15.00
$105.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Danl Boyd. Clerk.
Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 44

Letter to 3 Auditor 4 March 1839
Paid at the Treasury under this Act of [illegible] April 1838 from 4 Sept 1835 to 4 March 1838. Agt notified DD March 1839

Paid as above, from 4 March 1838 to 4 Sept 1838. Agt notified 10 June 1839.

Paid the children at Treasury act 6 April 38 fr: 4 March to 30th: Nov:, 40
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30 967
David Goens
Tennessee
Hamilton Co.
[illegible]
$30

Hon James Standefer
N R

Hon. J. Standefer
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State of Tennessee
Hamilton County S.S.
On this, twenty sixth day of February 1834 personally appeared in open Cort before the Worshipped Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Hamilton County, now sitting David Goens a resident of the said County of Hamilton and state aforsaid, aged seventy six 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 7th 1832- That he entired the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated that is to say, as a volunteer under Captain Rogers in Halifax County State of Virginia, and was mustered into service in his company under Col. William Terry at Halifax Court house, and was marched by him from Halifax Court house, to Williamsburg, from Williamsburg to Norfolk and from Norfolk to Portsmouth, where this applicant was discharged by Captain Rogers, which discharge this applicant thinks and believes [illegible] are up when he was paid for his service in performing this tour, after he returned home, having served three months before being discharged as above mentioned (the troops were entirely militia with whom this applicant served as above stated.) Six or eight months after this applicant returned home he was drafted, according to his number, under Captain Bates and joined the regiment at Bibbs ferry under Major Jones, being marched there by Capt. Bates, all in Halifax County Va. and was marched from there to Cabbin Point below Petersburg Va and was stationed there about two months or until our terms of service expired, having served three months this tour and was discharged by Capt.
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Bates and returned home. this applicant sold this discharge for three months service as last above mentioned to one David Bates in Halifax County Va, at that time, it was thought by some that the militia would not get pay for their sevices, about two years after the last mentioned service this applicant was again drafted according to his number under Captain Prigmore in Halifax County Va. and marched under him (the field officer names this applicant has by old age and loss of memory forgotten) and joined General Washingtons army at Portsmouth. where this applicant remained about two months before the surrender of Cornwallis, soon after which (this applicant thinks about three days after) his term of services expired and he was discharged by his captain (Prigmore) and returned home, having served three months. This [illegible], this last discharge was kept by this applicant until about four years ago. This applicant then lived in the district represented by Pryor Lea, in congress to whom he gave it. for the purpose of obtaining a pension, this applicant being poor and unable to support himself. after Mr Lea returned from Congress this applicant made application to know if anything had been done for him Mr Lea told him that he had lost or misplaced his discharge so that he could not find it and afterwards this applicant removed from Grainger Country then in Mr Leas district to this County, about one hundred and thirty miles and is now unable to procure Mr Leas state
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ment with regard to the loss of his discharge as above stated. This applicant knows that he served three tours as a private in the Militia as he has stated that he did not become acquainted with any Regular officers whose names he recollects. having served with none in either of his first tours. In his last tour while at Portsmouth under Gen. Washington, he was in service with  Continental Troops as well as Militia, but has forgotten the names of the Continental officers in service then except General Washington himself. He states that he was born in Hanover County state of Virginia in the year 1757, the 21st day of [illegible] he has no record of his age nor never had but from the information derived from his father and mother the above statement is correct. He has stated where he was living when called into service, four or five years after the termination of the Revolutionary War he removed from Halifax Vo. Va. to Grayson Co. Va. where he resided three years, from there he removed to Wythe Co. Va. and resided there ten years from there he removed to Grainger County (Tennessee) and resided there fourteen years, from there he removed to this (Hamilton County Te.) and has resided here twelve months the last day of this month, and still resides here. He has stated how he was called into service, as well as he can recollect [illegible] of the officers with whom and under whom he served, and all the circumstances of his services- as far as he remembers. He is known in his present Neighborhood to.

Who can testify as tho his character for veracity and good behavior, and services as a soldier of the Revolution, he knows of no person who can testify (or whose testimony he can procure) to his service, except a younger Brother (Laban Goen)
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I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -

his
David & Goens
Mark

{illegible} to and subscribed
this day & year aforesaid
Asahel Rawlings, clerk

I Laban Goens a resident of Hamilton County and State of Tennessee do herby certify that (being aged seventy years) David Goens an elder brother of mine, did enter the service of the United States and return therefrom as he has stated in his declaration to which he has been sworn and which he has subscribed, I was not in the service with him but both of us lived with our parents when he entered and returned from the service, and I well recollect that he served three, three months tours for the Revolutionary War, being entirely illiterate I cannot recollect the dates when he performed his service but do recollect that it was at and before the time of the surrender of Cornwallis.
Labran ^his Goens
Mark
Sworn to and subscribed
this day & year aforesaid
Asahel Rawlings, clerk
We                            and
residing in Hamilton County and State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Goens who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy- six 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
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that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed
the day & year aforesaid

We Asahel Rawlings and Cornelius Milliken aforesaid to hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Laban Goens who has sworn to and subscribed the above statement that we believe him to be seventy years of age and that his statement is [untitled] to credit and is a credible person.
Subscribed and sworn to       Asahel Rawlings
the day and date above         Cornelius Milliken
Asahel Rawlings, clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations 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 there is no Clergyman in the neighborhood where he resides and that [Labran Goens, full name striked] Asahel Rawlings and Cornelius Milliken who have signed the certificates are residents in the County of Hamilton and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit also that the statement of Laban Goens is entitled to credit he being a credible person and a resident of said County.
                   [signed][illegible  Jones]
                                William Pogus
                                 Jashua S. Green
I certify that Asahel Rawlings is clerk of Hamilton County Court and that his signature is in his own handwriting and that there is no sort of officer for said Court.
12th May 1834           James Standefer
                                            M C
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
July 30, 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 children of David Goens, deemed a Pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville, TN Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and 0 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the [illegible] of March to the 30th Nov. 1860.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
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Treasury Department,

Second Comptroller's Office

May 28", 1839,

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," David Goens, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville, Ten: Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and ---- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7" June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4" of March 1838, to the 4" Sept. 1838.

Respectfully yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,

Present.
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3406
Invalid.
File No. 3406
David Goens
Pvt Va. line
Act: June 7, [illegible]32
Index: - Vol. A, Page 145

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Treasury Department.
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 12,1839

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitle "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," David Goens, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville, TN Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and 0 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of Sept., 1835, to the 4th March, 1838.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
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[Dallas TX]                           Free
30 April '34

Col. James Standefer
Mail:
Member D.A.R.
Washington City
D.C.
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Dallas TN: April 30, 1834
Dr Col. [illegible] from you occasionally a congressional document and sometimes a newspaper, for which I am indeed thankful, and am under every honorable obligation to you for attending the business that I am interested in - at the City. I have enclosed transmit to you the papers of David Goen, as well an then [ticated/authenticated] as the nature of his case and his circumstances in life permit were he able to go and see Pryor Lea he would get his statement with regard to the top of his discharge, but he cannot go to [Mr.] Lea down at our Circuit Court, is the reason I did not send the papers on sooner, but he was not down I have written to Mr. Lea on the subject, but have received no answer. He (Mr. Lea) once told me at Kingston that he would certify to the top of the discharge for Goens, if called on at any time, but has neglected to do it, or perhaps has
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not received the letter I addressed to him, in Goen's name. It seems to me the proof made by Goen is satisfactory - if not, he must get the certificate of Mr. Lea. Perhaps the records of the War Department will show his service, H.

Your with high esteem
B.B. Cannon

The people are generally well in this country --------