Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20324, Richard Bass, N. C.

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(3-1776)

SERVICE     N.C.                         
Bass, Richard
or Boss
NUMBER  R. 20324

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CONTENTS   [blank]

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Re'd 1 June 1829
Revolutionary Claims
[B]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates. 

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I Richard Bass [handwritten] of the Revolution [handwritten] in the county of Dekalb [handwritten] in the State of Georgia [handwritten] do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a * Private Soldier [handwritten] in Captain Thomas Page [handwritten] Company, in the American [handwritten] Regiment, of the continental [handwritten] Line. And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778.

And I further declare, that I was not, on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States. That I served two tours of three months each and that I have never Recived any Pension from the United States either Personally or by Agent [handwritten]

Witness my hand, this sixteenth [handwritten] day of May [handwritten], in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred + twenty nine

John Jennings JJC "      Richard x Bass his mark
                        """ [crossed out]

Before me, John Jennings one of the Trustees of the Inferior Court [handwritten] in the county of Dekalb [handwritten] in the State of Georgia [handwritten] personally appeared, this day, Daniel Dudley of [inelligble] [handwritten] and Sarah Williams [handwrittten] of the said county, who did severally make oath that Richard Bass [handwritten] by whom the forgoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.

in [handwritten] Witness my hand, this Sixteenth [handwritten] day of May [handwritten] in the year our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred + twenty nine [handwritten]
John Jennings JJC "    Daniel Dudley his D mark
                                   Sarah Williams her mark

I, Charles Murphy [handwritten] Clerk of the Court in the County of Dekalb [handwritten] in the State of Georgia [handwritten] do hereby certify, that John Jennings [handwritten] before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a trustee of the inferior court [handwritten] and duly empowered to administer oaths.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L. S.] said Court, this Sixteenth [handwritten] day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred + twenty nine [handwritten]

* Sergeant, Corporal, Musician, or Private, as the case may be.
+ The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15th May, 1828, may have been on the list on or since the 3d of March, 1826, and afterwards stricken off: if so, he will add, and that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of [blank space] dollars, paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions in the State of [blank space]
++ Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths. 
S Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be.

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Georgia Dekalb County
Before me James Padin a Justice of the Inferior Court in state and county Personally appeared this day John Jennings the attorney named in the foregoing Power of Attorney and made oath that the same was not given to him by any transfer Levy or seizure by any Legal Process whatever of the pay therein [illegible] to be received but that the said pay is wholly to [illegible] to the personallal Benefit of the person by whom the said power was Executed. Witness my hand and seal this 16th day of May 1829
James Padin J.J.C.                John Jennings SS    

Before me James Lemons in the county of Dekalb   + state of Georgia Personally Appeared this day John Jennings and James Paden of said county who did severally make oath that Richard Bass by whom the foregoing Declarations was Subscribed is Generally reputed and believed to have been and officer and soldier in the army of the Revolution in manner as therein states
Witness my hand this 16th day of May 1829
James Lemon J.J.C.      John Jennings JJC
                                    James Paden J.J.C.

I Charles Murphy Clerk of the County of Dekalb in the state of Georgia do hereby certify that John Jennings + James Paden before whom the foregoing affidavit were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Inferior Court Duly Empowered to administer oaths in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal having no seal of office this 13th May 1829
C Murphy ClK {ClK encircled]

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1575
State of Georgia }
Dekalb County }
The United States of America indebted to Richard Bass for Services Rendered in the revolutionary war against Great Britain in Behalf of the United States of America while a citizen of Duplin County North Carolina During the revolutionary war services Rendered as follows [:] Served as Ensign one tour of three months in the years 1774 & 1775 at Wilmington No. Carolina under the command of Collonel [sic] James McKinnon of N. Carolina Duplin County the dates above as well as recollected - No 2 [-] Also served as Captain afterward three months at Duplin Court House [.] 3rd [-] served der three months tour at Rock fish Bridge [.] 4th [-] served three Months at [illegible] East river Bridge [.] 5th [-] served three month tour at Wilmington and fort Johnston and Brunswick [.] at the Expiration of the Last Mentioned tour I resigned my commission as captain [.] 6th [-] tours served two tours in scouting of those month Each under the command of Collonel [sic] James Moore of Duplin County North Carolina as a private soldier and not having my Discharges that I was in possession of was and having my horse plundered by the Tories while on Duty in my absence and Robed [sic: Robbed] of my Discharges and my property taken [.] the above statements is as near as my memory serves me at this time are Just and true and never have Red [sic: rec'd or received?] the first Dollar for my service yet
Richard [his mark +] Bass
S/John Jennings J.I.C.


Georgia Dekalb county }
Personally come before me this day John Jennings one of the Justices of the Inferior court in and for said county Richard Bass and after being Duly sworn Deposeth and saith that the Above statement of services Rendered in behalf of the United States of America is Just and true to the best of his knowledge [.] sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd Day of March 1829
S/John Jennings J.I.C.
Richard [his mark X] Bass

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Georgia Dekalb County }
Before me Alexander Corry a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally came Daniel Dudley who after being Duly Sworn Deposeth and saith that Richard Bass now a citizen of the afforesaid [sic] county did serve three tours of Duty in the revolutionary war and I served with him the said Richard Bass who served his county faithfully [.] Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of September 1827
Daniel [his mark D] Dudley
S/A. Corry J.P.


Georgia Dekalb County } 
Before me James Paden one of the Justices of the interior court of said County Personally came Sarah Williams who being Duly sworn Deposeth and saith that Richard Bass now of said county was in the service of the revolutionary war for some considerable time [.] sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day of September 1828
S/James Paden J.I.I.
Sarah [her mark S.] Williams


The above Probate copies of original forwarded 

Know all men by these presents that I Richard Bass of Dekalb County and State of Georgia do hereby constitute and appoint John Jennings of Dekalb county and state of Georgia my true and Lawful Attorny [sic] for me and in my name to receive from the United states the amount of Pay Now Due me with a power of substitution - under the act of Congress for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution - approved the 15th May 1826 as an officer & soldier in the ridgement [sic: regiment] of Collonel [sic] James Moore of the Line of the army of the revolution [.] witness my hand and seal this 2nd day March 1829
in presence of 
S/James Lemon J.I.C.
Richard [his mark X] Bass [private seal LS]

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Georgia }
Dekalb County }
Before me Alexander Corry a justice of the peace in & for said County ^personally came Daniel Dudley who after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that Richard Bass now a citizen of the aforesaid County did serve three tours of duty in the revolutionary ^war and I served at the same time with said Bass who served his country faithfully

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th Sept. 1827.
Daniel [his mark D] Dudley
S/A Corry JP


Georgia }
Dekalb County }
Before me James Paden one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Said County person [sic: personally] came Sarah Williams who being sworn deposeth and Saith that Richard Bass now of said county was in the Service of the revolution war for Some considerbal [sic: considerable] time [.] Sworn to and Subscribed Before me 27 of September 1828
S/James Paden J.I.C.
Sarah [her mark S] Williams

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Georgia Dekalb County } 
Before me James Lemon one of the Justices of the Inferior court in and for said county in the state of Georgia. Personally Appeared this day Richard Bass whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Power of Attorny [sic] and acknowledged the same to be his act and Deed [.] witness my hand and seal this 2nd day March 1829
S/James Lemon J.I.C.
Richard [his mark X] Bass [private seal LS]


Before me James Lemon one of the Justices of the Inferior court of Dekalb County state of Georgia Personally appeared this day John Jennings [crossed out: and] the Attorny [sic] named in the foregoing Power of Attorny [sic] and made oath that the same was not Given to him by reason of any transfer or of any Attachment Levy or seizure by any Legal Process whatever of the pay therein authorized to be received but that the said pay is wholly to [crossed out] intended to innure [sic: inure] to the personal benefit of the Person by whom the said Power was Executed [.] witness my hand and seal this 2nd day March 1829
S/James Lemon J.I.C.
S/John Jennings [private seal]

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I Charles Murphey Clerk of the Inferior Court of the county of Dekalb in the state of Georgia do certify that Alexander Corry [,] James Paden [,] James Lemon & John Jennings before whom the foregoing affidavits were made were at the times Justice of the peace and Inferior Court with full Power and authority to administer oaths [.] in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed ^my private seal having no Seal [crossed out: the seal] of said court this 2nd day of March 1829 & that the same is in due form 
S/C Murphey Clk, I.C


Georgia }
Dekalb County }
[rest of page blank]

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1575
State of Georgia }
Dekalb County }
The United States of America indebted to Richard Bass for Services Rendered in the revolutionary war against Great Britain in Behalf of the United States of America while a citizen of Duplin County North Carolina During the revolutionary war services Rendered as follows [:] Served as Ensign one tour of three months in the years 1774 & 1775 at Wilmington No. Carolina under the command of Collonel [sic] James McKinnon of N. Carolina Duplin County the dates above as well as recollected - No 2 [-] Also served as Captain afterward three months at Duplin Court House [.] 3rd [-] served der three months tour at Rock fish Bridge [.] 4th [-] served three Months at [illegible] East river Bridge [.] 5th [-] served three month tour at Wilmington and fort Johnston and Brunswick [.] at the Expiration of the Last Mentioned tour I resigned my commission as captain [.] 6th [-] tours served two tours in scouting of those month Each under the command of Collonel [sic] James Moore of Duplin County North Carolina as a private soldier and not having my Discharges that I was in possession of was and having my horse plundered by the Tories while on Duty in my absence and Robed [sic: Robbed] of my Discharges and my property taken [.] the above statements is as near as my memory serves me at this time are Just and true and never have Red [sic: rec'd or received?] the first Dollar for my service yet
Richard [his mark +] Bass
S/John Jennings J.I.C.


Georgia Dekalb county }
Personally come before me this day John Jennings one of the Justices of the Inferior court in and for said county Richard Bass and after being Duly sworn Deposeth and saith that the Above statement of services Rendered in behalf of the United States of America is Just and true to the best of his knowledge [.] sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd Day of March 1829
S/John Jennings J.I.C.
Richard [his mark X] Bass

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Georgia Dekalb County }
Before me Alexander Corry a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally came Daniel Dudley who after being Duly Sworn Deposeth and saith that Richard Bass now a citizen of the afforesaid [sic] county did serve three tours of Duty in the revolutionary war and I served with him the said Richard Bass who served his county faithfully [.] Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of September 1827
Daniel [his mark D] Dudley
S/A. Corry J.P.


Georgia Dekalb County }
Before me James Paden one of the Justices of the interior court of said County Personally came Sarah Williams who being Duly sworn Deposeth and saith that Richard Bass now of said county was in the service of the revolutionary war for some considerable time [.] sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day of September 1828
S/James Paden J.I.I.
Sarah [her mark S.] Williams


The above Probate copies of original forwarded

Know all men by these presents that I Richard Bass of Dekalb County and State of Georgia do hereby constitute and appoint John Jennings of Dekalb county and state of Georgia my true and Lawful Attorny [sic] for me and in my name to receive from the United states the amount of Pay Now Due me with a power of substitution - under the act of Congress for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution - approved the 15th May 1826 as an officer & soldier in the ridgement [sic: regiment] of Collonel [sic] James Moore of the Line of the army of the revolution [.] witness my hand and seal this 2nd day March 1829
in presence of
S/James Lemon J.I.C.
Richard [his mark X] Bass [private seal LS]

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_________________________, Ex'r.
_________________________ Date.



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Rejected
_________ Ex'r. OLD WAR.
File No. 20324        om

[crossed out: Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.]
Ricard Bass
Pri, Ensign &c.
Col Kenion
N.C. Line
Revy War

Died at _________________
[stamp: REJECTED]
____________ other claim.

_________, 187 . _______________ Clerk.

Application filed: ______________, 18__.
Attorney: ________________________
P.O. _________________________

[noted over the top: Not allowed.
Act 1828.]

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Ref, & New Aim Red Book.


om Rej
#20.324
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Richard Bass or Boss - Ensign
No. Car. Milit -

Not allowed }
Act 1828}

Georgia
Exd. Wid - Inval.
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Old books - Susp. & Rejct'd   S.

No Record
[illegible]
priv - 8/10

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Rec'd. / June 1829

Revolutionary Claims.
_______________________
[A.]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Richard Bass a citizen by birth, of America -----, in the State of Georgia --------, do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such* Viz one tour of Three months at Wilmington [note in margin: Ensign] N. Carolina one as Ensign one tour of three months Duplin Court house one tour of three months at Rock fish Bridge [note in margin: as Captain] & three month at N. East river Bridge three months at Wilmington ft. Johnston and Brunswick ---- at which period I was a Ensign and Captain - in the Revolutionary War in the regiment of the Continental Line under Collonel [sic] - James Kenion after General line. 

And I also declare that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March 1788, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780.

And I do further declare, that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3d day of March, 1826, † no money and that I have not received as a pensioner from the United States personally or by Agent or in any manner whatever for Paying pensions in the state of Georgia. ---

Witness my hand, this Sixteenth day of May -, in the year Eighteen Hundred and twenty nine [.] Sworn to before me this day and year above written ---
S/John Jennings J.I.C.
Richard [his mark X] Bass

Before me, ‡ John Jennings one of the Justices of the Inferior court in the county of of [sic] Dekalb ---- , in the State of - Georgia ---- , personally appeared, this day, - Daniel Dudley Senr. & Sarah Williams, and did Severally - of Hall county and said State, of the said county, who did severally make oath that Richard Bass aged 70 years and Captain, & Ensign by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution,  in manner as therein stated. as 

- Witness my hand, this Sixteenth day of May -, in the year Eighteen Hundred and twenty Nine 
S/John Jennings J.I.C.
Daniel [his mark D] Dudley
Sarah [her mark X] Williams


I, Charles Murphy ---, Clerk of the Court of the county of Dekalb ----, in the State of - Georgia -----, do hereby certify, that - John Jennings, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a ‡ Justice of the Inferior court, and duly empowered to administer oaths. and - 

- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [intentional brackets as printed.] [L.S.] --- said Court, this [blank] day of [blank]




* Here insert, To the end of the war, or (as the case may be,) to the time when the arrangement of the Army provided by the resolves of Congress of the 3d and 21st of October, 1780, was carried into effect; and that I was reduced under that arrangement.

† Here insert, The sum of _______ dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of __________. If the claimant has not been a pensioner, this part of the declaration may be omitted.

‡ A Justice of the Peace, or other magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths, as the case may be.

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Know all men by these presents that I Richard Bass of the County of Dekalb in the State of Georgia do Hereby constitute and appoint John Jennings of Said state & County my true and Lawful Attorney ^with a Power of Substitution for me and in my name to receive from the United States the amount of Pay now Due me under the act for the relief of Certain officers and soldiers surviving of the revolution approved the 15th day of May 1826 as an Officer and Soldier in the American Ridgement [sic: regiment] of the continel [sic: Continental] Line of the army of the Revolution of James Kinions Ridgement [sic] - in Witness my hand and Seal this Sixteenth day of May one thousand Eight Hundred & twenty Nine in presence of 
S/James Poden J.I.C
Richard [his mark X] Bass



Before me this day James Poden a Justice of the Inferior Court of the county of Dekalb in the state of Georgia came Richard Bass whose name is Subscribed to the foregoing Power of Attorny [sic] and acknowledged the same to be his act and Deed [.] Witness my hand and seal this Sixteenth day of May - 1829
S/James Poden J.I.C
Richard [his mark X] Bass


I Charles Murphy clerk of the court of the county of Dekalb and State of Georgia do certify, ^that James before whom the foregoing Power of Attorny [sic] was acknowledged was at the time and now a Justice of the Inferior court in and for Said County [.] in testimony whereof I set my hand and affixed the seal of the court this Sixteenth day of May 1829
S/C Murphey [private seal Clk]
private Seal having County Seal

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Rec'd 1 June 1829.
C.

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May 16 - 1829
To the Honorable L. D. Ingham Esqr

I discover from your notes that my Declaration has been Red [received] at your Department and would have been attended to if in due form [.] I have attempted to adjust the business from [illegible] open Declaration before me and one of  the Justice of the Inferior Court and Court of Ordinary [.] I have as Plainly Set forth as I am able from your Instructions and Evidence this application is beyond all doubts entitled to the most entire Confidence and their vouchers and as they have Served and Defended this Union I would firm hope that their petitions would be heard [illegible] the utmost confidence in your ability and zeal we wait for the result in a Declining age of 79 years and some retaliation for his faithful Services is Expected with that chering hope that the Labors of a youthful day will be awarded by a free and Republican government [.] your health and prosperity is my Desire with Ever praying to Exist the consolidation of this Union of States [.] I am your most Obt. Sevt. --- Respectfully-----

if this is attended to with Success send any money by Mail to Decatur Dekalb County Direct to this Agent and to his care
John Jennings

To Mr S D Ingham Treasurer 
Washington Cty.