Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6313, Benjamin Viers, Va.
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Va.
Viers, Benjamin
S. 6313
Carded
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Ohio 13198
Benjamin Viers
Gallia in the State of Ohio
who was a pri in the Compy commanded by Captain Reed of the Regt commanded by Col. Blueford in the Virginia line for 2 years

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of May 1833 and sent to Francis LeClercq Galliopolis Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1833 $ 160.00
Sem-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 40.00
                                                   $ 200.00

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Jn Clagett Clerk, Book E Vol. 8 page 21
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No 24, 952
Benjamin Viers
Gallia Co
Ohio

look on Va Role
On role
Adm for 2 years
$80

Francis Leclerq Clk
Gallia Co
Galliopolis Ohio
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War Department,
Pension Office
[blank] 183[blank]
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Benjamin Viers Gallia Co Ohio
Enlisted Oct 1775
[illegible] listed for the whole [war]
[column heading] period when the service was rendered [column heading] 

[column heading] Duration of the claimant's service [column heading]  

[column heading] Rank of the claimant [column heading]

[column heading] Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served [column heading]
Capt Reed
Capt Conway
Col Blueford
Genrl Mulenburg

[column heading] Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service [column heading]
80 years
Henry CH
Henry Co
Virginia
[column heading] Proof by which the declaration is supported [column heading]
Traditional evidence

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
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[printed instructions]

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
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[printed instructions]

John N Ashton
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The State of Ohio
Gallia County } Js

On this twenty fourth day of April 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Gallia State of Ohio (being a Court of Record) now sitting Benjamin Viers ^a coloured man^ a resident of the County of Gallia aforesaid State of Ohio aged eighty years the third day of September in the year 1832 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 7, 1832 - 

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated he enlisted at Henry Court House in Henry County State of Virginia under Captain Nathan Reed some time in the month of October 1775 as near as he can now recollect and shortly after was marched under Captain Conway the name of the Lieutenant he thinks was Haws & the Ensign's name he thinks was Conway. he marched with his company to Fredericksburg and from thence he marched to George Town where he joined his regiment which was the fourteenth Virginia Regiment which was at the time he joined it commanded by Colonel Blueford. shortly after joining the Regiment it marched to Valley forge where it went into winter quarters in the spring the Brigade to which the Regiment was attached
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and commanded by Brigadier General Mulenburg and was in the spring as near as he can remember marched on to the Delaware River above Philadelphia where the Brigade staid about one month on the Delaware the Brigade then joined the main army and Lord Sterling ^took the command of the army ^& then^ marched to Little York from thence the army marched to Trenton from thence he was marched to Stoneypoint and from thence he was marched to Brandywine from thence to German Town from thence he was marched to Monmouth from thence he was marched to ^a place near Little York from thence to Winchester in Virginia the American army was constantly kept on the march to oppose the British Army ^which was [illegible] [illegible] & marching to different [illegible]^ he was marched to the White Plains and was in that battle was in the battle at German Town was in the battle at Brandywine, was in the battle at Monmouth and also at Little York never received any wound - frequently saw General Green and General Washington ^who he distinctly remembers^ This declarent states that he enlisted for and during the revolutionary war and that he served out his time and was honorably dismissed at Winchester State of Virginia in the fall of 1782 by General Mulenburg he had a ^written charge which ^is lost by time and accident he thinks his name can be found on the Rolls of the 14th Virginia Regiment on continental establishment and on the 10th Regiment which was formed from the 14th after it was broken up he states that he has no dockumentary evidence other than what he has
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here stated he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify of his service He further states that he was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war over five years from the time of his enlistment until he was discharged - He further states that he was ^free born at Charlotte County State of Virginia on the 3rd day of September in the year 1752 as he has been told by his parents he has no record of his age - He states that he was living in Henry County Virginia when he enlisted after he was discharged he went home to Henry County aforesaid where he resided about one year then went to Amherst County where he resided three years as an overseer fro Capt David Oderson then he went to Amelia County Virginia where he resided two years then he moved to Henrico County where he resided one year then moved back to Amherst County where he resided one year as overseer for David Alexander then moved to Bedford County where he staid a few months from thence he went to Henrico where he staid a short time then went to Portsmouth Virginia where he lived a few months and then went to live in Amherst County where he was married to a woman by the name of Betsy Long after his marriage he moved to Botetourt County Virginia where he lived five years and in the year 1827 some time in the month of September of that year he moved to ^the County of Gallia State of Ohio where he has resided ever since he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares
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that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state nor ever has been as he has never received any pension for his revolutionary services -   Benjamin Viers  his mark
sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid  Francis Leclercq Clk.c.c.p.G.C.

[illegible] Joseph W Ross & John Waddle citizens of Gallia County we hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Viers who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty years old as he calls himself and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we hereby certify that we reside in the neighborhood with the said Benjamin Viers and from what we have heard and know of him we concur in that opinion
J W Ross
John Waddell
sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Francis Leclercq Clk.c.c.p.G.C.

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories 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 resident in the neighborhood of the applicant That Joseph W Ross and John Wadlle who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the said county of Gallia and are [illegible] person and that their statements are entitled to credit

The State of Ohio Gallia County ss
I Francis Leclercq clerk of the court of common pleas in and for said county certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Viers for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Gallipolis this 29th day of April 1833
Francis Leclercq Clk.c.c.p.G.C.
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New York, Sept 23-08.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
Can you give me any information in regard to Benjamin Viers who enlisted in Captain Nathan Reid's company - 14th Virginia Regiment on September 1, 1777 - ?
Very Truly
(Miss) Marguerite Reese
425 W. 114th St.
New York
To "Newmaw"
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1908 Oct. 3. [Hist] to Miss Marguerite Reese

6313
Rev War
[Handwritten check mark]
Invalid.
File No. 6313
Benjamin Viers
Prvt Rev War
Act: June 7 1832
Index: Vol. M, Page 387
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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8-871

Record Division.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.

Briefed by L. D. L
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Benj. Viers
Service Va
Additional Service Rev. War
No......claim, State records......, 190...
No claim, combination records....., 190...
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No claim except Invd: # 6313

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