Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31141, Zacharias Holladay, Va.
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Service: Va
Hollady, zacharias
Number: S 31141
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Kentucky  13939
Zacharias Hollady
of Adair Ct in the state of Kentucky
who was a drummer in the company command [ the d is missing as paper is missing ]
by Captain Burnley of the regiment command [ the d is missing as paper is missing ]
by Col F Taylor in the Virginia line for 9years

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 88 Dollars ----center per ann(um) [paper is missing ]
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of June 1833 and Tenth
F Wm Caldwell Colin(unreadable and missing paper)
Arrears to the 4th of March 176 [missing paper]
Semi-ani. allowance ending [unreadable] 44
[double lines under 176-]
$220.00
Revolutionary Claim, ]missing paper]
Act June 7, 1832 [missing paper]
 Recorded by Daniel Boyd  Cle[missing paper]
Book E Vol. 7 Page 12
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written sideways
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Declaration of Zacharias Holladay
State of Kentucky
Adair County
On this [ineligible] day of August 1832
personally appeared before the justices
of County [ineligible] [inserted above] Zacharias Holladay a resident of Adair county and 
State of Kentucky aged 71 years who [ineligible]
first duly sworn according to law, doth, on
his oath, make the following declaration in 
order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made
by the act of [ineligible] [ineligible] June 7th, 1832
that he enlisted in the Army of the United 
States in the year 1778 with Capt Burnly and
served in the regiment of guards that were to
guard Burgoynes prisoners tho no of Regiment
not [ineligible] of the Virginia line under the 
following named officers Col. Francis Taylor
Commander of the Regiment & Maj. Roberts left
the service in April 1787 by discharge [ineligible]
Col. Taylor. He states that he was a regular
soldier and was drummer principal part 
of the time at the request of Capt Burnly
The very same day that he was discharged he 
enlisted & the fall following was at the surrender 
of Cornwallis and afterwards was in a 
Campaign to the south under Gen. Wayne
& received a regular discharge from Gen. Wayne
The tour under his last enlistment was 
about 18 months. He states he lived in 
Orange County Virginia when he entered the [inserted above] service
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He states that when he left Virginia to
remove to Kentucky he left all his 
discharges in Virginia & has never seen 
them from that day to this. He has
no documentary evidence and he 
knows of no person by whom he can 
prove his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except
the present, an he declares that his name
is not on the pension roll of any agency 
in any state
Sworn to & subscribed this day & year aforesaid
Zacharias Holladay
And the said count do hereby
declare their opinion that the above said
applicant was a revolutionary soldier and 
served as he states
[Crossed out] I William Caldwell Clerk of the County
Court of Adair County do hereby certify that 
the foregoing contains the original processing 
of said court in the matter of the application
of Zacharias Holladay for a pension
In testimony whereof I have [ineligible]
my hand and seal of office this day of 
1802
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I William Caldwell clerk of the County 
Court of Adair County do hereby certify that
the foregoing contains the Original proceedings 
of said court in the matter of the application 
of Zacharias Holliday for a pension
In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand & fixed 
my seal of office this 15th day of
August 1832 [ineligible] year of the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Wm Caldwell C,A,E,E
Kentucky Adair County [ineligible]
I William Caldwell clerk of the county court
for the county aforesaid do herby certify that on 
this day that foregoing declaration of Zachariah
Holladay for a pension together with the answered
affidavit of Robert Covington, was presented to me
in my office and that I have connected that said 
declaration and affidavit together, [ineligible] that said affid-
avit forms testimony in support of said declaration. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set name and affixed the seal 
of said court this 8th day of
February 1833. Wm Caldwell C,A,E,E
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Columbia Ky Free
Feby. 17
Hon; Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Revolutionary City Washington
Claim. D.C.
[sideways] Returned
[sideways] [ineligible]
[sideways] $88
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State of Kentucky
Madison County Court
On this 4th day of February 1833
came personally before me [ineligible]
[ineligible] [ineligible] on of the judges
of the county court of Madison
Robert Covington a resident 
of [ineligible] county aged seventy
one years who [ineligible] [ineligible]
[ineligible] according to law, on 
his oath states [ineligible]
acquainted with Zacharias Holl-
aday of Adair County in this 
state, who has sworn to and sub-
scribed this [ineligible] Declar-
ation that he became acq-
uainted with said Holladay
in February or March 1779 at the 
Albemarle barracks in the State
of Virginia. He the said Holladay
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was then a soldier in Capt 
Garland Burnley company of
regulars, and was some short
time afterwards made a drum-
mer in said company and
in that capacity since com-
pany said Holladay served
in the revolutionary war from 
the period aft'd until 1781. The
said [ineligible] did not belong 
to the same company [ineligible]
Holladay did, but he belonged
to and served in the same re-
giment and was well acq-
uainted with said Holladay
during all the period [ineligible]
Sworn to [ineligible] the 
day and year aforesaid.
Robert Covington
Madison County [ineligible]
J Christopher [ineligible] one of
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the judges of the County Court of 
Madison do hereby certify that 
Robert Covington who has 
[ineligible] and [ineligible] to the fore-
going affidavit is a resident 
of Madison County and his
statements on oath or other
wise are [ineligible] to [ineligible]
[ineligible]. Given under my 
hand this 4th day of February
1833 Christopher Harris

Kentucky, Madison County [ineligible]
I David Irvine clerk of the court for the county
aforesaid hereby certify that Christopher Harris Esqr whos
signature is affixed to the foregoing certified [ineligible] and was
at the time of signing the [ineligible] an acting Justice of the 
Peace in [ineligible] for the county aforesaid and that all [ineligible]
faith and [ineligible] is [ineligible] ought to be given to all his
official acts as such. 
[Ineligible] Testimony whereof I have hereunto
let my hand affixed my seal of 
office this 4th day of Feby 1833
[ineligible] David Irvine [ineligible]
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[Stamped] 
Pension
A
[Bordering] US
Dec
6
1904
Office
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[Stamped] Old War & Navy
Dec 8 1904
Files

Commission of Pension
Dear Sir, 
Will you kindly let
me know, if in your records
you find anything that will
throw any light on the 
history of one Zachariah
Holliday, of VA, afterwards 
of Ky. He was supposed 
to have been a pensioner 
of the Revolution. Also of
William Jacobs, lived 
in or near Baltimore.
Was in the Revolutionary
service and any infor-
mation will be appreciated. 
Respectfully, 
Mrs CH Slack
315-6" st. Bristol Tennessee
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[Stamped]
O.W.&N. Division
Feb 14 1901
Received.
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Hon H. Clay Wans
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir, I am a dis-
cendant of Billy (probably
William) West, and of
Zachariah Holiday, or 
Holliday, both of Virginia
who were soldiers in the 
[underlined] War of the Revolution.
They both afterwards
move to Kentucky. 
Zachariah Holliday was 
a pensioner. 
If it is not too much 
trouble, will you please
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have one of your young men let me
know if the records in your department
throw any light on them or their his-
tory.
Thanking you in advance, 
I am most respectfully, 
Mrs. Chas. H. Slack
3rd and East Capital Sts
Washington,
D.C.
Oriental Cafe
Monday - Feb 11 - 1901