Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8724, for George Rhiner, Ohio
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Rhyner
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Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 3, 1873. [struck through]

[black REJECTED stamp]

8194 [handwritten]

P. O. 

George Rhiner [handwritten]

Service:

Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18

Application filed: _____, 18

Alleges: 
Re-enlisted:

Attorney:
P. O.
Recgnized.      Co[cut off]
Cert. of Dis.     Searched for _____,
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And the court do hereby certify declare their opinion that the
applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
The State of Ohio Gallia County SS
I Francis Le Clercq Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas within and for said county do hereby
Certify that the foregoing contained the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter 
of the application for George Rhiner alias Ryan
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of said court this thirteenth day of August
AD 1832
[Signed] Francis Le Clercq Clk.c.e.p. [Illegible]c.
[In the lower corner is the following printed vertically]
Geo Rhyan alias
Geo Rhyner alias
Geo Ryan
Declaration
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State of Ohio
County of Gallia
On this nineteenth day of August, A.D. 1832, personally
appeared before the judges of the court of Common Pleas for
Gallia County, George Rhiner a resident of Springfield Township
county and State aforesaid, aged 73 years, who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following
very declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 3rd 1832. That he entered the service of the
United States under the following named officers, or for as he recollects
and served as hereinafter stated - that he was drafted for six month in the Virginia
state troops early in the fall of the year, date of year not recollected
but was the same fall Cornwallis was taken. He was drafted
in Berkly county, near Shepherdtown, the regiment was under
the command of  Col Morgan of Shepherdtown in said county:
other officers not recollected. That he marched from thence?? to 
Fredicsburgh [sic], thence to Williamsburgh [sic], thence to Little York
to take a part in the siege of that place. That Michael Moler, Henry 
Moler, Adam Moler, Peter Hayley were roommates with him
in the same company and from thje same neighborhood. That soon
after reaching Yorktown or Little York as he calls the place, his company
was transfered into i continental regiment as he thinks under
the command of Col Merryweathers, as he pronounced the name.
He does not recollect the name of any other officer. After the close of the
siege his term of service sson expired and he was discharged by a
Major Jones, does not distinctly recollect whether he was attached to the
same regiment with himself or not. His discharge is lost, unless
preserved by his brother, who now lives where he was born in Bath County
Virginia, about twelve miles from the Warm Springs, and who 
if alive, as he was a year since, can certify to the truth of this declaration.
That he removed from Bath County Va to his present
place of residence about thirty years since.
He hereby relinquishes eery claim to a pension or annuity, except
the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension
roll of any agency or of any State.
[Signed with the note "His mark"] George Rhiner or Ryan
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[Signed] Francis Le Clercq Clk. c.e.p.[illegible].c
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And the court do hereby certify declare their opinion that the
applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
The State of Ohio Gallia County SS
I Francis Le Clercq of the Court of Common
Pleas within and for Said County do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original 
proceedings of the Said Court in the matter
of the application of George Rhiner alias Ryan
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of Said Court this thirteenth day of August
AD 1832.
[Signed] Francis Le Clerq Clk.c.e.p [illegible] c.
[The vertically written notes]
Geo Rhyan alias
Geo Rhyner alias
Geo Ryan
Declaration
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
George Rhiner alias Rhyner alias Rhyne [Illegible] which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

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

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 when he served? Yes

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?  
Yes

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

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension that the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?  Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

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? Yes
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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?  [There is a faint mark after this question that may or may not be a response.]

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining 
it?

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

XIV. [dagger added] If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?

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. [double dagger added] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
__________________________
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 me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reasons 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 the 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 his service. The use of the phrase [begin italics] about three of four months [end italics] is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

[single dagger] QUERE, XIV. [begin italics] Proof of Service. [end italics]
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as
well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

[double dagger] QUERE XVI. [begin italics] Mode of authenticating papers. [end italics]
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
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George Rhiner
No 6655

Rejected. See
letter 4 Dec 1832
to Simon Nash
Gallapolis, Ohio

8724
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BRIEF in the case of George Rhiner alias, Rhyner, Rhyne, Ryan
of Butler County in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 

3. How old is he?  73 years.

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[A table with four major columns is used.]
[Column 1] Period.
In 17 the fall after Gen Cornwall was captured.
[There is a note that is unreadable in the left margin.]

[Column 2] Duration of Service
Years,
Months, 6
Days

[Column 3] Rank.
As a Private

[Column 4] Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Col. [Illegible] Regiment
[illegible] transfer to 
Col. [illegible] Regiment
Major [illegible]
State Troops

5. In what battles was he engaged? Siege of Yorktown

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Buckley County Original

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Examining Clerk