Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8679, James Haney, Va.
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VA  Haney, James   S 8679
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7166

Virginia
James Haney
of Orange Co. in the State of Virginia 
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Madison of the Regt. commanded 
by Col. Taylor in the Virginia ma[cut off]
for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 80 Dollars and 0 cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of March
 1833 and Sent to 
Reynolds Chapman Orange @ HV
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833          $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833  40.00
                                                                $200.00

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Record by W. L. Will any Clerk, Book E, Vol 6 Page [illegible]
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No 12441-
James Haney
Orange County + Virginia
look on Va  Roll
on Roll from 177- private 
2 years $80.
Reynolds Chapman
Orange County Court House Virginia
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Brief in the case of James Haney-
of Orange County in the State of Virginia
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 73
4. State his services, as directed in the form annexed.
[chart with columns headings] Period/Duration of Service/Rank/Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Period - Enlisted in 17 [year left blank]
Duration of Service - Years 2 Months 0 Days 0
Rank [none given]
Names of General and Field Officers - Capt Madison, Ensign Goodall, Capt Burton, Col Taylor
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Orange Co Va
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, 
by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? [no answer given]
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.
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12,445
James Haney
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State of Virginia, Orange County, sc.
On this 28th day of 
August 1832, personally appeared
before the County Court of Orange County, James Haney,
a resident of the upper part of the County of Orange
aforesaid and in the State aforesaid, aged 73 years
last April, who being first duly sworn according to law,
doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made
by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.- "That he
enlisted in the army of the United States during the
revolutionary war - he does not recollect the year 
he enlisted but that he was at the time of enlistment
about 21 years of age - that he enlisted under John
Goodall, who was an Ensign in the Company commanded
by Ambrose Madison, where he first enlisted, but
-soon afterwards the Company was commanded by
Capt John Burton - that he does not remember the
number of the regiment to which he belonged - but
that he was employed in the service of guarding
the prisoners British and Hessian at the Barracks
at Albemarle near Charlottesville in the State of Virginia - 
The troops employed in this service while he
was there were Commanded at one time by Col. Francis 
Taylor of the Virginia Militia, - Col. Fontaine was also
among the field Officers engaged in the same service, 
and Captain Garland Burnley commanded one of the companies - 
he does not recollect distinctly the names of any of the 
other officers with when he served - he does not recollect 
the date of his leaving the service, but he enlisted for two years
and served out the full term of enlistment. That he resided in the 
County of Orange aforesaid at the
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time of his enlistment- he was not engaged in any
battle - he marched after his enlistment to the town
of Charlottesville in  the County of Albemarle - from
the place of his enlistment in the adjoining County.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or an
annuity except the present and he declares that his name
is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State - 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Signed "James Haney" [his mark +]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary 
soldier and served as he States.

I, Reynolds Chapman, clerk of the court of
Orange county, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said court in the matter
of the application of James Haney for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of office this 21st day of September one thousand 
eight hundred & thirty two
Reynolds Chapman Cl
[illegible round black ink seal affixed lower left]
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October 12, 1914.
James Haney
S. 8679

Honorable William Hughes,
United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
     In response to your letter of the ninth instant, I have the honor to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to James Haney of North Carolina.
     From the papers in the claim sur. File No. 8679, it appears that James Haney was born in April, 1759, place not named. He resided in Orange County, Virginia, when he enlisted in the Virginia troops, and served two years, date not stated, in Captains Ambrose Madison and James Barton's company, under the command of Colonels Francis Taylor and Fontaine, and was employed in guarding the British and Hessian prisoners at the Albemarle Barracks, near Charlottesville, Virginia. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, at which time he lived in Orange County, Virginia.
     There is no data on file as to his family.
     Very truly yours.
     [signed] G M Saltzgaber Commissioner.
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Revlnary

8679

INVALID
File No. 8679
James Haney
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:--Vol:  [?], Page 161

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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PENSION
U.  Oct 10 1914  S.
OFFIVE
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William Hughes, H. J. Chairman
Thomas S Mattin, VA
Benjamin R. Tillman, S. C.
Asle J Gronna, N. Dak
William P. Dillingham, VT
James J. O'Byrne, Clerk

United States Senate,
Committee on
Expenditures in the Navy Department

October 9, 1914.

My dear Mr. Slatzgaber:
Will you kindly furnish me with the Revolutionary War record of one James Haney who resided at that time in North Carolina. It is not know where he enlisted, but his descendants think he was in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
I would also like to the Revolutionary War record of one James Hanry from Orange County, Va. 
These are all the facts with which I am possession regarding these veterans, but if you can furnish me with any information in regard there to, I will appreciate it very much.

Very truely yours,

WM Hughes
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James Hainey
Was borned in M. Carolina in 1758.
Moved from H. Carolina to Orange Co. Va.
Enlisted when 21 yr of age in a Virginia regiment under
Ensign John Goodall,
Captain Ambrose Madison
Captain James Burton
Captain Garland Berkeley
Col. Francisco Taylor

James Hainey was in June-1-1779 in Capt. Ambrose Madison company of foot soldiers in a regiment of Volunteers Guards at Albemarle Va. barracks the reg being commanded by Col. Francisco Taylor.  He was a Revolutionary pensioner having on Aug. 27.1832 sworn to his age 73 yrs. and to his enlistment when 21 yr.
Pension Bureau
Dept of Interior
Would you please send me a copy of James Hainey's Pension.
Mrs. George A. Werbe
132 W. Vermont St.
Indianapolis
Indiana.

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PENSION
H
U. FEB 9 1926
[cut off: OFFICE]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answers in the negative in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Haney which require further proof or explanation.

1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war he served?

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with regulations?

VII. has he made a relinquishment of every claim in any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, ahs he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
No

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before m, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year ____ months, and ____ days, I served as a _______ For _______ months and ______ days, I served as a ________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable, Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  Haney, John  GRADE Private  LINE Maryland

WARRANT NUMBER  11297   ACREAGE  100  ISSUED January 8, 1796 to George Ponsonby, Assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.