Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1713, John Campbell, Va.

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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
Va

Campbell, John
                 Sarah

NUMBER W.1713
B.L.NE26821-160-55

CONTENTS
B 1761 W 1796 D1847

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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

7122
Ohio
John Campbell

of Preble Co. in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Adams of the regt [Regiment] commanded
by Col. Williams in the Virginia ma [Militia]
[line crossed out] for 6 mo [months] 12 days from ‘78

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 21 Dollars 25 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of March
1833 and sent to
Isaac Stephens Eaton, O.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - $42.50
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Septr [September] 1833 10.62
$53.12

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk
Book E Vol. 8  Page 4

[right side of page – Order to Jay 11 Sept. [paper torn] Hon T. Webster – 11 Sept. 1837]

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The State of Ohio} 
Preble County} Ss. On this 21st day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court Before the Honorable the Judges of the court of Common pleas now sitting John Campbell a resident of Jackson Township in the county of Preble and State of Ohio aged Seventy one 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 entered the service of the United States and served as herein stated. That in the month of June 1778 he entered the Service in Bedford County State of Virginia where he then resided as a Volunteer in Captain R. Adams [Robert Adams] & Lieut. [Lieutenant McRunnal’s [McReynolds’s] Companey [Company] of Virginia Militia under Col. [Colonel] [Charles] Lynch and served a touer [tour] of duty of three months was stationed all the time at or near the lead mines [at Fort Chiswell in present Wythe County] & was engaged in gurding [guarding] the mines in Virginia, was discharged some time in September. 
And that some time in February 1781 at the County of Bedford in the State of Virginia he entered the service as a Volunteer in Captain James Dicksons Company of Virginia Militia and marched directly to N. Carolina and was

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attached to Col. William’s [Otho Holland Williams’s] Reg’t. [Regiment] of Regular Infantry and had a severe action with the British at Whitesells Mills on a Branch of Haw river [Wetzel’s Mill on Reedy Fork of Haw River, 6 Mar 1781] Shortly after this action he was attached to Col. Lynch’s Reg’t. [Regiment] of Virginia Militia and marched to Guilford C. H. [Court House] N. [North] Carolina and that he remained in said Reg’t. [Regiment] and faught [fought] in what was called the Battle of Guilford [Guilford Courthouse]. he thinks that Gen’l. [General] [Robert] Lawson commanded on that occasion the division of the army to which he Belonged as he saw him on the lines and giving orders, this Battle was faught [fought] about the 15th of March 1781 And after the Battle of Guilford he was marched to a place called Troublesome Iron works [Troublesome Creek Ironworks Initially called the Speedwell Furnace] in the State of N. Carolina - 
and was discharged out of service after serving [crossed out about two months] at least six weeks And that in the month of August 1781 he was drafted [^ for a three months touer [tour] and entered the service in the County of Bedford and State of Virginia in Captain David Beards Company of Virginia Militia in Col. Triggs [William Trigg’s] Reg’t. [Regiment] Virginia Militia & was marched directly to Yorktown, Va where we joined the main army under Gen’l. [General] Washington and remained here in the service until after the [delete the] surrender of the British army under Cornwallis [19 Oct 1781]. Shortly after the surrender he was discharged at this

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place after serving two months. 

And he does aver and declare that he did serve the several touers [tours] of duty as aforesaid makeing [making] aggregately at least seven months service during the Revolutionary War. And that he has no documentary evidence of his said service and that he knows of no person whose testimoney [testimony] he can procure who can testify to his services. that he has not written discharges he had three but has lost them 
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state. And that he has no Record of his age but believes he was Born in Bedford County in the State of Virginia on the 6th day of February 1761 – and that at the time he was called into service he lived in Bedford County Virginia and served in the Militia of that State, and since the Revolutionary war he lived in Knox County in the State of Tennessee and from that place he came to Preble county Ohio where he now lives and has resided for the space of 14 years last past. And that he is known to Matthew McWhinney and George Wolf who resides in his present neighbourhood [neighborhood] who can testify as to his character for varacity [veracity] and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution

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Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 

John Campbell

J C Hawkins, Clerk

We John Alcom [Alcorn] of Eaton Preble County Ohio and Thomas Morgan Jr of the same place [of crossed out] 
Hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with John Campbell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 71 years of age that he is believed and reputed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we fully concur in that opinion - and that no doubts have existed on this subject – Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
J. C. Hawkins Clerk 
John Alcorn 
Thomas Morgan 

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 John Alcorn [^ and Thos Morgan] who has signed the preceeding [preceding] certificate [is a clergy crossed out] are residents of the Township of Washington in the County and State aforesaid [words scratched out] are credible

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persons and that their statement is entitled to credit –
By the Court Pension J. C. Hawkins Clerk

The State of Ohio}
Preble County} SS I Joseph C. Hawkins Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said Preble County Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Campbell for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 24th day of September 1832 
J. C. Hawkins Clerk

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11569

John Campbell
Ohio


From 1778 private
6 mos. 12 day,

$21.25/100


Isaac Stephens
Eaton
O [Ohio]

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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

BRIEF in the case of John Campbell 
of Preble County in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th JUNE, 1832.)

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

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

3.  How old is he? 71

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[column headings: Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]
In 1778 June to Sept. / 3 months / As a Volunteer / Capt. Adams
1781 Febry [February] / 1 month / 12 days / do [Volunteer] / Col. Williams
Aug. 1781 / 2 months / Militia / Capt. Beard

5.  In what battles was he engaged? Guilford & Surrender of Cornwallis

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bedford Co. Va.

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? Yes, the Seal of the Court is waiting on one of the Sheets

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

W. L. Williams       Examining Clerk.

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619
Ohio Cint. 
Sarah Campbell
widow of John Campbell
who served in the Revolutionary 

war, as a private
Va Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 2/ Dollars 25
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued 
25 day of July 1850
and sent to Isaac Stephens Eaton, O [Ohio]

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
[February crossed out] July 29, 1848, Page 161 Vol. A

[right side of page sideways – Date of death not on a3]

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A
BRIEF
CONCORDANCE 
TO
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES 
OF THE 
OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, 
BY WHICH 
ALL, OR MOST, 
OF 
THE PRINCIPAL TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE 
MAY BE EASILY FOUND OUT. 

BY JOHN BROWN, 
Late Minister of the Gospel, at Haddington, in Scotland. 

Search the Scriptures; for -- they testify of me John V. 39. 
The Bereans were more noble--in that they - searched the Scriptures daily Acts xvii. 1.
REVISED AND CORRECTED. 
NEW YORK: 
PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM DURELL, BOOKSELLER, NO. 106, MAIDEN-LANE. 
T. KIRK, PRINTER.

1803

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Samuel Campbell Born ye 13th of November 1797
Jane Campbell Born December ye 19th 1798
Elisabeth Campbell Born October ye 28th 1800
Archibald Campbell Born January ye 9th 1803
Mary Campbell Born ye 11th of January 1805
James Campbell Born August ye 11th 1807
Andrew Campbell Born ye 2 January 1810
Robert Campbell Born ye 7th October 1812
William Campbell Born ye January 1815
Alexander P Campbell was born June 11, 1817
Nancy Campbell was born June the 22, 1820

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No 218

Sarah Campbell
wd [widow] of John

Act 29 July 1848

Married 1796
Husb [Husband] died1847

Adm 6 mos 12 days
Private $21:25 per
annum, con'g 4 Mch 
1848 

Cincinnati Roll 
Isaac Stephens 
Eaton Ohio

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Declaration of Sarah Campbell, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 2nd February 1848 entitled "an act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution" 

State of Ohio Preble County ss 
on this 11th day of April in the year A.D. 1849 Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Sarah Campbell (widow of John Campbell deceased) a resident of Jackson Township Preble County Ohio aged 75 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2nd day of February 1848 Granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of John Campbell [^ of the State of Ohio] who was a private in the War of the Revolution and who on account of his said services in the War of the Revolution was pensioned under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 at the rate of twenty one dollars and twenty five cents [^ per annum during his natural life] that said pension was granted to said John Campbell on the 5th day of March 1833 and commenced on the 4th day of March 1831 that he was continued on the pension list of the Ohio Agency until the time of his death, that he received said pension up to the 4th day of March 1847. She further states that her said husband the said John Campbell died at his residence in Jackson Township Preble County Ohio on the 14th day of May in the year 1847. She further states that she was married to her said husband the said John Campbell in Jefferson County and State of Tennessee

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some time in the month of December in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety six that she has no record of her marriage or age. She further declares that she is still a widow 
Sworn to and subscribed on the 
day and year first above} 
written Before me}
I Stephens J P}

Sarah [her x mark] Campbell 

The State of Ohio Preble County ss 
I Richard S. Cunningham, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Preble aforesaid, do hereby certify that Isaac Stephens, Esqr [Esquire] before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken and subscribed, was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such, and that his signature thereto is genuine: 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court. at Eaton in said County this the 23rd day of April AD 1849 

R S. Cunningham, Clerk
By Daniel Reid, Deputy

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98.574 } Act Mar 3/55
Apr 26/55

Sarah Campsall Wid [widow]
John Campbell priv [private]

Wid Act May 20/56
Boynton,
Rev. War

Ohio July 48-619

M
Clint
(Box 142)
Eaton Ohio

[right side]
Cir' Claimant Dec 6/55
Vol. 15.]

[written through – No 26821 issued May 24/56]

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98.574
Bounty land claim of
Sarah Campbell widow
of John Campbell
Revolutionary service
in the Army of the
Revolutionary War

Address
Sarah Campbell
Eaton Ohio
Box No 142

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State of Ohio Preble County ss 
on this 17th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five before me a Notary Public in and for the County of Preble and State of Ohio personally appeared Sarah Campbell aged 83 years a resident of Preble County & State of Ohio who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of John Campbell deceased who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress passed the 7 June 1832 and she refers the commissioner of pensions to the declaration of her said husband and the papers on file in the pension office in proof of the services of her said husband as a soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary War. She further declares that she is a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress passed 29 July 1848 that she was placed on the pension list on account of the services of her said husband in the war of the Revolution and to her declaration and papers on file in the pension office she also refers for proof of her marriage &c. and in support of her claim to bounty land she further declares that her said husband was a soldier of the Revolution and that he served in the Army of the Revolution as a private soldier for more than six months and that he was honorably discharged which will appear by reference to his [^ said] declaration & papers on file in the pension office she further declares that she was married to the said John Campbell in Jefferson County State of Tennessee on the [blank] day of December AD 1796 by one A. Meck [or Meek] a Justice of [the] Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Vance, and that her said husband died at Preble County & State of Ohio on the 14 day of May AD. 1846 and that she is now a widow she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled

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under the act approved March 3d. [3rd] 1855 the also declares that she has never applied for nor received under this or any former act of Congress any Bounty land Warrant or bounty land 
Sarah [her x mark] Campbell

we Joseph Berry and Michael Crowell residents of Preble County and State of Ohio upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Campbell in our presence with whom we are personally acquainted and that we believe from the appearance statement of and our acquaintance with the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that we are disinterested witnesses 
Michael [his x mark] Crowel
Joseph Berry

We Michael Crowel and Joseph Berry residents of preble [Preble] County, Ohio upon our oaths declare that we are acquainted with the above named Sarah Campbell and we were well acquainted with her husband John Campbell now deceased and we know that they always lived together as husband and wife during our acquaintance with them and they were so regarded and reputed by their neighbours [neighbors], and we know that the said John Campbell is dead and that the said Sarah Campbell is now a widow (his widow 
Michael [his x mark] Crowel 
Joseph Berry

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The State of Ohio Preble County ss 

The foregoing declaration and affidavits were Sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day and year within mentioned and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons and that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in the result of this claim 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed my Notarial seal at Eaton on the 17 day of April 1855 
I Stephens
Notary Public

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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

June 14, 1935 
XXXXXXXXXXXXX

John Campbell-W.1718
BA-J/AWF Own

Miss Edna Campbell 
Richmond, R.R. 3, Box 384 
Indiana 

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Campbell, born in Virginia, died May 14 1847 in Tennessee, soldier of the War of the Revolution. 
[The blurred out]

The Revolutionary War record of John Campbell which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 1713, based upon his service in that war.

John Campbell was born February 6, 1761 in Bedford County, Virginia, names of his parents not stated. 

While residing in Bedford County, Virginia, he volunteered in June, 1778, served three months as a private in Captain R. Adams' company, Colonel Lynch's Virginia regiment, guarding the lead mines in Virginia. He volunteered in February, 1781, served as a private in Captain James Dickson's company, Colonel Williams' Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Wetzell's Mills, shortly afterwards was attached to Colonel Lynch's regiment, was in the battle of Guilford Court House, length of service six weeks. He enlisted in August, 1781 served two months in Captain Beard's company, Colonel Trigg's Virginia regiment, marched to Yorktown, and was there until after the surrender of Cornwallis, 

He moved from Bedford County, Virginia, after the Revolution, to Knox County, Tennessee, and from there to Jackson Township, Preble County, Ohio. He was allowed pension on his application executed, September 21, 1832,

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then a resident of Jackson Township, Ohio, where he had lived about fourteen years. 

The soldier, John Campbell, married in December, 1796 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, Sarah Vance. The marriage bond was dated December 28, 1796 and was signed by James Vance. John Campbell died May 14, 1846 or 1847 in Jackson Township, Ohio. 

His widow, Sarah Campbell, was allowed pension on her application executed April 11, 1849, at which time she was seventy-five years of age and living in Jackson Township, Ohio. She was still living there in 1855. 
The children of John Campbell and his wife, Sarah: 

Samuel Campbell born November 13, 1797
Jane Campbell “ [born] December 19, 1798
Elizabeth Campbell “ [born] October 28, 1800
Archibald Campbell “ [born] January 9, 1803
Mary Campbell “ [born] January 11, 1805
James Campbell “ [born] August 11, 1807
Andrew Campbell “ [born] January 2, 1810
Robert Campbell “ [born[ October 7, 1812
William (?) Campbell “ [born] January --, 1815
Alexander P Campbell “ [born] June 11, 1817
Nancy Campbell “ [born] June 22, 1820

James Vance, born in 1773, stated in 1850 that he went to the Clerk's Office, with John Campbell, when he went to obtain the marriage license to marry his sister, Sarah Vance, and that they were married at his house, and John Vance, another brother of the widow, Sarah Campbell, was born in September, 1770, and was a resident of Jefferson County, Tennessee in 1850, where the above named James Vance was also living in 1850. Reference was made to a sister, Elizabeth Vance, who was living in Jefferson County, Tennessee in 1796. 

Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 1713
Sarah Campbell
Widow
John Campbell
Priv Rev War

Act July 29, 1848.

Index: -- Vol. A, Page 112
Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side of page – 1927 – Nov. 15 – Hist. [History] to Mrs. George V. Dawson Own
1929 – Aug. 21 – L P Summers adv [advanced]– cost of photos – Corres. Incl. [correspondence included] of John Campbell. W.18869 - MMNF
1935 – June 14 – Hist [History] to Edna Campbell own]

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Cincinnati Ohio, Roll, act 7 June 1832 
John Campbell, pri $21.25 per annum 
To what time last paid? March 4, 1847

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No 218 
Sarah Campbell 
O
Let. I Stephens 
May 16, 1849.

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26821

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State of Tennessee}
Jefferson County} Personally appeared before me [^ Robt Martin] an acting Justice of the peace of said County John Vance Sr and made oath in due form of law, that Sarah Cambell formerly Sarah Vance and Elizabeth Vance both my sisters lived with James Vance Sr and myself up to the time that my sister Sarah Vance Married John - Cambell I think in the month of December and in the year 1796 - they were married in my House I was not at home at the time but returned soon after they were Married I understood they were married by a Justice of the peace of the name of Meek, they stayed some time after at my house and then went to Washington County and stayed one year and then Returned and Built a house in my yard and stayed two years I never understood or heard the legality of the Marriage questioned I will be 80 years of age next September 

John [his x mark] Vance

Robt Martin J. P. }
of Jefferson County Tennessee }
the cost of taking this Deposition $1.00 
Robt Martin J.P.

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State of Tennessee}
Jefferson County} ss 
I James Fuller Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do certify that Robert Martin Esqr. [Esquire] whose name appears to the foregoing Affidavits of James Vance and John Vance is, and was, at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in said for said County of Jefferson duly Commissioned and sworn and that his signatures thereto are genuine.
[for 504

Given under my hand and seal of Office at Office in Dandridge this 22d day of July A D 1850. 
James Fuller Clerk 
of Jefferson County

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State of Tennessee}
Jefferson County} Personally appeared before me Rob’t. [Robert] Martin an acting Justice of the peace of said County James Vance Sr and made oath in due form of law to the following facts vz.. That Sarah Campbell formerly Sarah Vance was married at my house, in the fall or winter of the year 1796 [^ according to my best recollection] in the County of Jefferson and State of Tennessee that I was personally present, and that I went with the said John Campbell to the Clerks office where he obtained the Licence [License], that Campbell Lived some two years on my farm after they were married I further State that the said Sarah Campbell is my full Sister, further the present Deponent says he was born in the year 1773. further this deponent sayeth not this 9th July 1850 
James [his x mark] Vance 
Robert Martin J.P. for Jefferson County Tennessee 
The Cost of taking this Deposition $1.00 
Robt. Martin J.P.

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Declaration of S. Campbell

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Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 29 July 1848 
State of Ohio} 
Preble County} ss. Court of Common Pleas of the Term of May A.D. 1849 Personally appeared before the Court of Common pleas (being a Court of Record), within and for the County of Preble and State of Ohio Sarah Campbell a resident of Jackson Township Preble County Ohio aged seventy five years who being duly sworn in open court according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the 29th day of July 1848 That she the said Sarah Campbell is the widow of John Campbell who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, that her said husband the said John Campbell was a Revolutionary pensioner at the time of his death that he was placed on the pension list Roll of the Ohio Agency under the act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832 at the rate of about $21.25/100 per annum during his natural [natural] life on account of his said services in the army during the War of the Revolution, in the capacity of a private soldier as she is informed and believes.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Campbell in Jefferson County and State of Tennessee some time in the month of December AD 1796, Seventeen hundred and ninety six that her said husband the said John Campbell died in Jackson Township Preble County Ohio on the 14th day of May in the year 1847
That she was not married to him her said husband prior to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to the second day of January

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Eighteen hundred towit at the time aforesaid.
She further swear that she is now a widow and that she has not been married since the death of her said husband the said John Campbell. 
She further states that she has never before made any application for a pension, except the declaration which she made before Isaac Stephens a Justice of the peace of Preble County, Ohio sometime this last spring [^ and] which she supposes to be filed in the Pension Office 
She further states that she has no record of her marriage but she recollects distinctly that it took place late in the fall season of the year 1796 that the marriage was Solemized [Solemnized] by Adam Meek a Justice of the Peace. She has a family Record which was kept by her said husband as such of the birth of their children which record is herewith inclosed [enclosed] that her maiden or family name was Vance 

Sarah [her x mark] Campbell
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court Before the Judges of the Court aforesaid the 8th day of June 1849 being in said May term 1849
R. J. Cunningham Clerk 
Preble Com Pleas

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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Campbell 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 amout [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 than 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? No: two witnesses

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, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

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? [yes scratched out] No

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered? Yes

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 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 his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectional.  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; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 in 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.
+QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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Eaton, Ohio 
July 17. 1850

Dear Sir
Inclosed [Enclosed] herewith I send the Declaration and papers of Sarah Campbell the widow of John Campbell decd [deceased] who claims a pension on account of the services of her said husband in the War of the Revolution under the “act of Congress passed 29 July 1848. Please examine this case at your earliest convenience and write me in relation to the matter If her claim as allowed please send me her certificate 

Yours Respectfully 
Isaac Stephens

J.L. Edwards 
Commissioner of 
Pensions Department of the Interior}
Washington City}

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Eaton Ohio 
April 23d [23rd] 1849

Dr Sir [Dear Sir]

Inclosed [Enclosed] I send the Declaration of Mrs. Sarah Campbell the widow of John Campbell decd [deceased] for a pension on account of the Service of her said husband in the War of the Revolution please advise me in relation to this application 
Respectfully your obt & S [Your Obedient Servant]
I. Stephens

J.L. Edwards 
Comr [Commissioner] of Pensions}
War Department}
Washington City}

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Revolutionary Pension Claim
Jno Campbell Ohio
Act 32
Mr Ames

[written sideways]
Official Business

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City

[Stamped FREE]

[stamped, EATON O. APR / 23]

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In at Sept 11


Hon. Taylor Webster H R

[written sideways House of Rep [House of Representatives] 
Honorable James L. Edwards, Esq 
Comm [Commissioner] Pensions]

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House of Rep. 9 Sept 1837 

Sir:
Enclosed I lay before you the certificate of Pension and papers of John Campbell.
They were forwarded to me by Isaac Stephens Esqr [Esquire] whose certificate of identity is affixed. I know Mr. Stephens to be a correct and upright man and incapable of committing or of being conizant [cognizant] of any fraud. I am well acquainted with his signature as well as with that of F. A. Cunningham the Clerk of the court and know them both to be genuine. Mr. Stephens states that the smallness of the sum was the reason Mr. Campbell did not draw it semi -annually- Very Respectfully 
Taylor Webster

J. L. Edwards 
Com [Commissioner of] Pensions

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S. Campbell
Declaration

11560 [or 11569]

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[stamped – REC’D / JUN 4 1935 / MAIL SUB-DIV. / VETS. ADM. READER #25]

Richmond Indiana 
June 3rd 1935 

Pension Department 
Washington D.C. 

Gentlemen: - Looking over family records, I find that John Campbell Born February 5th 1760, Died May 14, 1847, married Sarah Vance Born January 5, 1772, died December 12, 1858, served in the Revolutionary War from beginning to the end the records do not state what State he enlisted from Just says, that he was born in Virginia and lived in Tennessee near Knoxville. If it is possible would like to get the records of enlistment and discharge. His grave should have a marker along with the rest of

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the Revolutionary Soldiers. 
Trusting that I can find out the most needed information through the Pension Department I remain 

Yours truly, 
Miss Edna Campbell 
R.R. 3 Richmond 
Indiana 
Box 384. 

P.S. Research Worker.

[stamped – A / REC’D / JUNE 4 1935 / MAIL SUB–DIV. / VETR. ADM. / READER #25]

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Know all men by these presents that We John Campbell & James Vance are held and firmly bound unto John Sevier Esquire and his Successors in Office in the sum of five hundred dollars to be paid on condition there is no lawfull [lawful] objection why John Campbell and Sarah Vance should not be joined together as husband and wife.
Witness our hands and seals this 28 day by December A.D. 1796. 
Test 
W Garnett
John Campbell {Seal}
James Vance {Seal}

State of Tennessee}
Jefferson County} S. S 
I James Fuller Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do certify that the foregoing Bond is a true copy taken from the Record of my Office. & I do further certify that I have made a search & cannot find the Marriage License, That I heard made searching in other cases and could not find the Marriage License. Which I presume is owing as I have understood to the fact that persons celebrating Marriages several years ago were not in the habit of making records of the same
Given under my hand ^ & and seal of office in Office in Dandridge this 5th day of July AD 1850 
James Fuller Clerk 
of Jefferson County

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Rochester, Ind [Indiana]
June 14 - 27 

Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir- 

Would you please send to me the Revolutionary Record of John Campbell who was living in Preble Co. Ohio in 1840 - a pensioner.

Very Truly yours- 
Effie Campbell Dawson 

Mrs. Geo. V. Dawson 
214 W. 9th St. 
Rochester, Indiana

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Rev. and 1812 
Wars Section. 

November 15, 1927

Mrs. George V. Dawson 
214 W. 9th St 
Rochester, Ind 

Madam: 

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 1713, it appears that John Campbell was born February 6, 1761 in Bedford County, Virginia. 

While residing in said Bedford County, he enlisted and served as a private with the Virginia Troops, as follows 

From in June 1778, three months in Captain R. Adams' Company, Colonel Lynch's Regiment; from in February 1781, was in Captain James Dickson's Company, Colonel Williams' Regiment, was in an engagement at Whitesell's Mills, afterwards marched to Guilford Court House, and was in the battle there under Colonel Lynch, and served six weeks; and from in August 1781, two months in Captain David Beard's Company, Colonel Trigg's Regiment, marched to York-

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town, and was there until after the surrender of Cornwallis. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1832, while a resident of Jackson Township, Preble County, Ohio. He died there May 14, 1846 or 1847. 

He married in December 1796 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, Sarah Vance. She was allowed pension on her application executed April 11, 1849, while a resident of Jackson Township, Ohio, aged seventy-five years. 

Their children were-
Samuel Campbell born November 13, 1797
Jane Campbell “ [born] December 19, 1798
Elizabeth Campbell “ [born] October 28, 1800
Archibald Campbell “ [born] January 9, 1803
Mary Campbell “ [born] January 11, 1805
James Campbell “ [born] August 11, 1807
Andrew Campbell “ [born] January 2, 1810
Robert Campbell “ [born[ October 7, 1812
William (?) Campbell “ [born] January --, 1815
Alexander P Campbell “ [born] June 11, 1817
Nancy Campbell “ [born] June 22, 1820

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT 
Commissioner.