Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26, 200, for Lewis Land, Virginia

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(3-1776)

SERVICE
VA

Land, Lewis
or Lands, Obedience

NUMBER
W.26,200
B.L. Wt 31.784-160-55

______________________________________________
CONTENTS
      See N.A. Acc. No 874
      No. 050101 - Not Half Pay
       Lewis Land

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Obedience Land
  Pension Declaration
------------------------------------
from Greenville
South Carolina
G.F. Townes
  Atty

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State of South Carolina
Greenville District

Personally appears Obedience Land before me, Robert McKay, Judge of the Court of Ordinary for the district and in the State aforesaid, and being duly sworn makes before me the following declaration in order to obtain her pension under the act of congress of 1832 allowing pensions to the widows of Revolutionary soldiers. 
The said Obedience Land states that she is the widow of Lewis Land, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and at his death a Revolutionary Pension at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, and that said Lewis Land died in Greenville District and State aforesaid on the 28th day of July, 1854.  In which district and State he had resided many years previous to his death.  That she married said Lewis Land on the 27th day of August-1842 by one Rev. Isaac Lemons, since deceased. The ceremony was performed, but no record was made.
That her name previous to her marriage was Obedience West. That she still remains a widow & unmarried.

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(The) fact of her marriage, and the death of her husband, said Lewis Land, and that she still remains a widow is proved by evidence hereinto
submitted 
The said Obedience Lewis also states that she is entitled to the arrears of Pension, due to her deceased husband, & which was unpaid at his death. 
 Sworn and subscribed before me this 19th day of January, 1855
Obedience Land X her mark

Witness my hand & seal of office
Robt. McKay, Ordinary
Greenville District

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12,295
South Carolina
Lewis Land of Danville in the State of S. Car. who was a Pri. in the compy commanded by Captain Vowal of the Regt commanded by (faded illegible) in the Va line for (illegible) years 

Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 80 Dollars _ Cents per annual, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of April 1833 and sent to William Choice - Greenville, South Car.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  160
 Semi-anl.  allowance ending 4 Sept    40
$200.

Revolutionary Claim.
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Nathan Rice_Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6. Page 75

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130983 Act Mar 3{
17-
Mary 14
Obedience Lands wid 
Lewis Lands   Priv.
Private
[illegible] Gibson
Va Line
Ent
Ions
Rev War
[illegible] 3  [illegible] H iss July 17 [illegible]
Sus July 53
S[illegible] 
Ad. 160 act June 26 /56
O. Barrett
Mush Creek P.O.
Greenville Dist. S. C. 
(Cir crossed out) Let O. Barrett Feb 12/56
Vol L. Page 12,

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5899
South Carolina

Obedience Land
Widow of Va Lewis Land
who served in the Revolutionary war as a private
________________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on
the 28th July 1854

Certificate of Pension issued
5th day of Sept 1856
and sent to
G.F. Townes,
 Greenville, S.C.
____________________________________________

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 174 Vol. (blackened illegible)

(right side 
1857 Oct 2nd Duplicate found
and sent to Oliver Barrett
       Greenville S.C.
Hon. J.B. Ashmore
   Feby 24/60

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130982

Obedience Land
  Claim to Bounty Land

Act March 3rd 1855

Oliver Barrett Atty
Mush Creek
  Greenville Dist
S.C.

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Oliver Barrett
    Attorney
Mush Creek PO
Greenville District
S.C.

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The State of South Carolina 
Greenville District
On this 23rd day of April A D one thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me Notary Public & Magistrate O. [illegible] with in and for District & the State aforesaid Obedience Lands aged 64 years a resident of Greenville District in the State of South Carolina who being duly Sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Louis Lands Dec. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain in the Regiment of commanded by Col. in the Revolutionary War and that her said husband volunteered at for the term of three years & continued in actual service in said war for the term of Three years & was honorably discharged at 
She further states that she was married to the said Louis Lands in Greenville District on the 27th day of August AD 1842, by one Isaac Lemmons and that her name before her said marriage was Obedience West that her husband died at Greenville on the 28th day of July AD 1854 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 under the act approved March 3rd 1855 She states that there is no record of her marriage 
Obedience Lands
her X mark

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We John A Lemmons & Demarcus Lafoy resident of Greenville District in the State of S & N. Carolina upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Obedience Lands in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that She is the identicle person she represents herself to be. They further swore that they was acquainted with the within named Louis Lands & Obedience Lands and knew them to live together as husband & wife & to be so reputed from their marriage untill the death of the said Louis Lands and that his wife Obedience Lands is now a Widow
John Lemmons
 Demarcus Lafoy his X Mark

The foregoing declaration & affidavit was . Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the [illegible - offrance?] to be credable persons that the claiment is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
Oliver Barrett
Notary Public & Magistrate

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State of South Carolina
  Greenville District

J D Hoke clerk of the Court of Greenville District do certify that Oliver Barrett before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit was made is a regular appointed and qualified magistrate of office and notary Public for said District and the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

    In Testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal of office at Greenville C H this 4th May 1855.
      D Hoke  clerk

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15344
Lewis Land
Greenville di
S.C.

admit as private
for 2 yrs from 1776
Capt Vowals
Colo Gibson 
$80


William Choice
Greenville
  S.C.

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BRIEF in the case of Lewis Land of Greenville District in the State of South Carolina
(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?  70
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
(table with columnar headings)
Period.
Enlisted in 1776

Duration of Service.
Year, 
3
Months, Days.

Ranks. 
As a 

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen. Capt. Walter Vowells 1st V. Reg. State troops commanded by Col. George Gibson
Capt. Lee succeeded Capt Vowells

5. In what battles was he engaged?  Stony Point, Monmouth,
6. Were did he reside when he entered the service? Orange co. Virginia
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 soo, in what respect?  correct
* Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
F. G. Bradford
Examining Clerk.

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15344

Lewis Land

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The State of South Carolina
Greenville District   Js

On this [blank] day of October in the year of our  Lord on thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before Richard Garett a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace, now sitting, Lewis Land a resident citizen of the State of South Carolina in the District of Greenville aforesaid aged seventy 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 papered the seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  That in the month of January on the year 1776 he enlisted under Capt. Walter Vowells in the first Regiment of Virginian State Troops, commanded by Major Mennyweather, Lt. Col Brunt and Col George Gibson in Orange County in the State of Virginia for the term of three years - marched to Williamsburg Va where Capt Vowells took the small pox, returned home and died, then Capt Lee succeeded him in the command, thence marched to Alexandria where the Regiment had the small pox - after its recovery, marched and joined the main Army at the White March Camps.  Capt Lee was then promoted to the rank and command of Major, and Capt. Wilkinson thereafter succeeded to the command, and marched them into winter quarters at the Valley Forge on the Schuylkill River; that he was in active service for three years and in the year 1777 was engaged in the taking of the Stony Point Fork on the fifteenth of July by General Wagner' army; and in the August

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following the war in the battle of Monmouth and in the year 1777 he was discharged by Col. George Gibson at Fredericktown in the State of Maryland having completed his three years' Service; that he has no documentary evidence of his said services, and that he knows no person whose testimony he can conveniently procure who can testify to the correctness of the foregoing declaration, other than that herewith submitted.
   And the said Lewis Land hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the foresaid and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.

     Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid
           Lewis Land
              X  his mark

J McDaniel
   C.C.P

South Carolina
Greenville District

 We William King a clergyman residing in the District and State aforesaid and William H Salmore residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lewis Land who has been subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.
    Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

                          William King
                          W.H. Salmore

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  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 mentioned Applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William King who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the District of Greenville aforesaid, and that W.H. Salmore who has also signed the same is a resident in the said District of Greenville and is a creditable person, and that their Statement is entitled to credit.

       Richard Garett
          C C

I James McDaniel, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Greenville District in the State of South Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Lewis Land for a pension.
  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this [blank] day of October 1832.
   J McDaniel 
     CCP

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April 4, 1939 
XXXXXXXX

LEWIS LAND
W. 26200
BA-J/MLB

 Mrs. Laura Pierce Kendall 
712 N. W. 19th 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your card in which you requested the record of Lewis Land of Virginia who received a Kentucky land grant for service in the Revolutionary War. 

Land which was located in Kentucky would have been granted by the State of Virginia and not by the United States, hence, this office would have no record of that transaction. 

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and claims for pension and bounty land found which were made to the United States based upon service of Lewis Land in the Revolutionary War. His record follows as found in the papers of those claims under File No. W. 26200, 

The date and place of birth of Lewis Land and names of his parents are not shown. 

While residing in Orange County, Virginia, Lewis and enlisted in January, 1776, for the term of three years, served as private under Captains Walter Vowles, Lee and William Hoffler in Colonel George Gibson's Virginia regiment, marched to Williamsburg, then Alexandria, wintered at Valley Forge on the Schuylkill River, was in the battles of Stony Point and Monmouth and was discharged by Colonel Gibson at Fredericktown, Maryland, after having served the term for which he enlisted. 

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed in October, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy years and residing in Greenville District, South Carolina. He died there July 28, 1854. 

Lewis Land married August 27, 1842, in Greenville District, South Carolina , Obedience West. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents were not given.

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Obedience Land was allowed pension on account of the Revolutionary War service of her husband, Lewis, on her application executed January 19, 1855, at which time she was aged sixty-four years and a resident of Greenville District, South Carolina. 

Soldier's widow, Obedience, was allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land, also, on account of her husband's service, on Warrant No. 31784, under the Act of March 3, 1855. She applied for this land April 23, 1855, while living in Greenville District, South Carolina, and was still living there in 1857. 

No reference was made in the claims to children of Lewis and Obedience Land. 

If you desire information relative to the location of the land granted soldier's widow, Obedience Land, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of the act under which issued. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of soldier's widow, Obedience, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Obedience Land, widow of Lewis, certificate #5899, issued September 5, 1856, rate $80 per annum, commenced July 29, 1854, Act of February 3, 1863, South Carolina Agency. 

Your reply card is returned herewith. 

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Adminstrator

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Obediance
Land
Pension
------------------
Affidavits of Julia Lafoy & William Burnet
as to marriage & death of the husband

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State of South Carolina
Greenville District

    Personally appeared before me Mrs. Julia Lafy, who being one duly sworn, says that she was present at the marriage of Lewis Land & Obedience West, that they were lawfully married & that the said Obedience is now the widow of the said Lewis Land whose funeral she attended.
                    
                       Julia Lafoy
                        X her mark
   Sworn to me this 21st day of August 1854.
       W.H. Campbell
          Not. Pub.


State of South Carolina
Greenville District

      Personally appeared before me Willam Burns who being duly sworn says that he knew Lewis Land & Mrs. Obedience Land for eight or ten years, that they lived together as man & wife & that he saw said Lewis Land buried in the month of July last & that Mrs. Obedience Land is still a widow.

      William Burns
       X his mark

Sworn before me this 21st day of August 1854
      W.H. Campbell

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This declaration having been made before a magistrate I have directed the applicant to make one before the County ordinary which is herewith Legal_ Col. P. Fogerty
(State of South Carolina Greenville District} On this 21st day of August, A. D. One thousand eight Hundred & fifty four, personally appeared before m, a Notary Public within & for the District & State aforesaid, Mrs. Obedience Land, aged about Sixty four years, a resident of Greenville District, in the State of South Carolina, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Lewis Land, deceased who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War & that he drew a pension of Eighty Dollars annually from the Government of the United States for services in said war. 
She further stated that she was married to the said Lewis Land in Greenville, ono the 27th day of August A. D. 1942, by one Isaac Lemmons, Baptist preacher & that her name before her said marriage was Obedience West. : that her said husband died in Greenville District & State aforesaid ono the 28th day of July 1854 & that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of receiving the pension to which her said husband was entitled, during her life, & also all arrearages due him for said Pension - 
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 21st day of August 1854
W. H. Campbell, Not. Pub. (over)
                her
Obedience  X  Land
                mark

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State of South Carolina
Greenville District

I David Hoke Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions in and for the district aforesaid do certify that W.H. Campbell is a notary public & an official magistrate in and for said district that the written signatures purporting to be his are genuine 

      Given under my hand & seal of office January 19th 1855
                              D. Hoke CCP

[written sideways on document]

   Obedience Land
    Declaration
__________________________________________________
 Affidavit of the witnesses
Julia Lafoy
& William Bernard as
__________________________________________________
marriage & death of Lewis Land

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State of South Carolina
Greenville District
    Personally appeared before me, the subscribing magistrate, Daniel Lafoy who being duly sworn declared that he was well acquainted with Lewis Land for nearly thirty years before the death of said Lewis Land.  That he (Lewis Land) was a revolutionary pensioner & died about two years ago in Greenville District aforesaid.  That ever since his acquaintance with said Lewis Land, Mrs. Obedience Land lived with him as his wife & was reported to be such.  The said Obedience Land is still the widow of said Lewis Land & is the identical person who lived to the knowledge of this deponent, for many years as his wife & is still his widow & resides in Greenville District
         Daniel Lafoy
          X his mark

 aforesaid sworn to & subscribed before me this 11th Aug 1856
   W.H. Campbell
   Not Pub.
   & Ex. Off. MGO

I hereby certify that Daniel Lafoy who signed the above affidavit is represented to me as a truthful man & I believe him to be a credible witness
           W.H. Campbell
             Not Pub. &
               Ex. Off. M.G.O.

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State of South Carolina
Greenville District

   I Wm M McDaniel Clerk of Court of Sessions and Common Pleas within the district in the state aforesaid certify that Wm H Campbell whose name appears on the foregoing certificate is a magistrate Ex offico of the said District & entitled in his acts [illegible] sworn & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

     Given under my hand & seal of Office August 18 1856
         Wm H McDaniel        
                        C C P

[written on side]
  Obedience Land
   Pension Claim
  Additional evidence

[written at bottom]
  See bounty land warrant No 31.784
   for affidavit of John W Lammance &
   Jarusha Lammance

for evidence of Warrants
    Julia Lafoy
   __________
Mar:  Joseph Lemons 
John W Lamance

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Mrs Obedience
widow of 
Lewis Land
Revolutionary
Pension
_____________________
Letter of Attorney
  G. F. Townes
       of
 Greenville
  So Carolina

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Greenville August 18th 1836

  Besides that now sent -
   Having forwarded evidence as to the identity of Mrs Obedience Land as the widow of Lewis Land Revolutionary Pensioner & [illegible] answer received.  They respectfully & earnestly suggest to the authority that serves the said Obedience Land has already obtained from a coordinate department of the government - Land as the same identical pension of Lewis Land that the ordinance may be satisfactory to the facts, abandon further Testimony may be forwarded   of [illegible] both delay is sought to be avoided by referring to that already on record [illegible] sent.  The party humbly prays an immediate attention.
   Most Respectfully
   G. F. Townes

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[envelope]

  Commissioner of Pensions
  Washington City
      D.C.

[stamp] Free
[stamp]
Greenville S.C 
   Aug 17

[left side of document written sideways]

Louis Land, dec S.C.
130982 
Obedience Land 
[illegible signature]

[right side of document written sideways]
130982
Obedience Land
recvd
Louis Land

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, oof which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply tot eh claim oof Lewis Land of Greenville district S.C. which require further proof or explanation.
1. 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?
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 too 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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2
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?  yes
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. *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 too have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ** Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
SVII. 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 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  __; and for such service I claim a pension.

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3
Is 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 pensioon too 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 objectionable. 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 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.
II 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 officers, so as to prevent any papers from being improperly attached to the certificate.
(hand pointing right) 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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Obedience Land
  widow of Lewis

Admitted:  Act Feby 3/53
at rate of $80 per annum
commencing from July 28, 1854
 when husband died

======
  Husband was a private of Infantry 2 years

===== =
  Pay widow
=====
  Certificate to 
  G.H. Townes Esq
   Greenville
   South Carolina

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Pension Office, Aug 29, 1856.
The third auditor will please certify the date to which the within named pensioner was paid 
and name of widow if she received arrears 
Very respectfully 
W. Cole 
Acting Commissioner 
[?]

3d Auditor's Office 
Sept[?] 2. 1836 
Viz
Lewis Land, [?]C. Act [?]
has been paid to 4 Mar [?]
widows name not known. Very Respectfully 
W. J. S. Taylor 
City Auditor 

[?] Cole Esq 
Acts Comm of Pensions

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Brief in the case of Obedience Land 
Greenville and State of S.C
 act 3 Feb 1853 

Claim, (original " or " for increase.”) 

Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either state the substance.
Duplicate [?] heir of [?] dated 5 Sept 
1856, which “cannot be found”

(If for increase.) 
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

[?]
Name and residence of Agent 
Greenville 
S. C.

S. Cole[?]
Examining Clerk

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Brief in the case of Obedience Land, widow of Lewis 
Greenville District and State of South Carolina 
February 3, 1853 
Claim, original 
Proof exhibited, (if original) Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls If either, state the substance. 
Husband was pensioned under act of 
June 7, 1832, at rate of $80 per annum 
and was paid to 4th March 1854, as shown 
by Certificate of 3rd auditor.
Marriage in 1842 identity of the claimant, 
as the widow of the above named pensioner, 
and her present widowhood proved by 
Daniel Lafoy, Joseph Lamance, Julia Lafoy, 
John W. Lamance, and others, who also prove that husband 
died on the 28th July 1854 
allowance accordingly 

G F Townes Esqr
Name and residence of Agent 
Greenville South Carolina 

[?] Geddes Examining Clerk

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Greenville S C Jany 26 1855 
Dr Sir 
I forward the Pension 
Claim of Mrs Obedience Land of 
this district, believing the proof to be 
explicit & direct. Early attention 
will much oblige the Claimant 
With Great respect 
G. F. Townes

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Department of the Interior 
Washington City

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Pension Office
June 1886

Sir,
Please inform me to what date the pension of Lewis Landy of act 1832 was paid.  And, to whom the arrears were paid. 

Very respectfully,

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V
31.784
Nev Claim

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No. 5450
Obedience Land
Widow of 
Lewis

Sent to G F. Townes Feby 6/55.

[?]

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130982
51,784  Thoo Aevy

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South Carolina
Greenville Dist }
Personally came before me the 
Subscribing Justice, Jane Chambers and made Oath that Lewis Land now a citizen of said District was an Enlisted Soldier in the old Revolution War, that he enlisted in the first virginia 
state Regiment as she the deponent thinks, and that 
said Land served Three years a soldier & returned home. 
Sworn to and subscribed this 15 day of August A.D. 1832 
A [?] Springfield J. D. }
Jane Chambers her [handwritten] X mark

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Mrs. Laura Pierce Kendall
712 N. 15 Plac
Okla. City, Okla
(Replied with name add [illegible]
(stamp) OKLAHOMA CITY 2 OKLA MAR 1 300 PM 1939
Pension Bureau
Washington
D.C.
THIS SIDE [ILLEGIBLE] FOR ADDRESS
(stamp) RECEIVED MAR 8 1939 MAIL SUB DIV [illegible] (numbers 1-12 around the circumference with an arrow pointing to 2)
(cancelled postage stamp)

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March 1, 1939 
I shall be so grateful if you will read 
over pension record of Lewis Land of 
Va received a Ky Land grant—a Revolutionary soldier and give me name of 
wife and sons mentioned, do not 
take time to write a letter but write 
names on addressed card. you will never 
know what this will mean to me. 
I am a widow and must meet an obligation 
at once if correct data is found can 
collect some on research. I am genealogist for D.A.R. Chapter in Oklahoma City [?]

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1939. Apr. 4 - Hist to mrs. Laura P. Kendall JWG
Revy WIDOW, &C.
File No. 26200
Obedience Land
Widow of Lewis Land
Pri. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 3, 1855
Index: - Vol. A, Page 222
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Obedience Land
Pension papers
Affidavits & proof of Declarti-

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State of South Carolina 
Greenville District 
Personally appears 
before me, Joseph Lemmons, [Joseph Simmons ?] who being 
duly sworn says that he was present at the marriage of Lewis Land & Obedience 
West, that they were married by Rev. Isaac 
Simmons in Greenville District in the 
State aforesaid 
in or about the year 1842, as this deponent 
believes. He also says that he was 
present at the funeral of said Lewis Land 
sometime in July last, and 
that his widow, the said Obediance, 
is still a widow 
Sworn to before me 
this 17th day of January 
A.D. 1855  
W. H. Campbell 
Not. Pub 
Joseph Lemmons his X mark

State of South Carolina 
Greenville District }
I David Hoke 
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions for said district certify that 
W H Campbell is Ex officio notary public 
& Magistrate for said district & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine 
G given under my hand & seal of office Jany 19th 1855
D. Hoke ccp

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State of South Carolina 
Greenville District 
Personally appears before me, 
Mrs Catherine Kelly, who being 
duly sworn says, that Lewis Land died 
some time in July last & that she was 
present at his burial, that she 
knows Mrs Obedience Land, to whom she 
believes he was lawfully married & that 
she (said Obediance) is still a widow 
Sworn to & subscribed 
before me this 19th day 
of January A. D. 1855 
W. H. Campbell Not Pub 

Catherine Kelly her X mark

State of South Carolina 
Greenville District 
By David Hoke
Clerk of said District 
I certify that W H Campbell 
whose name appears above is a 
magistrate for the district & state 
aforesaid by virtue of his office of 
Notary Public & that the signature 
above purporting to be his is genuine 
Given under my hand and seal 
of office, this January 19. 1855
D. Hoke
C.CP

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State of South Carolina 
Greenville District }
Personally appears 
before me John W. Lammance, who 
being duly sworn says that he was 
well acquainted with Lewis Land, deceased
who was a Revolutionary pensioner; that 
said Lewis Land died on the 28th day 
of July A.D. 1854. He further says that 
he was present at the marriage of 
Lewis Land and Obedience West and 
that said Obedience is still the 
widow of said Lewis Land 
Sworn to & subscribed 
before me 27th Jan. 1855 
W.H. Campbell Not. Pub }
John W. Lammance

State of South Carolina 
Greenville District }
I D Hoke Clerk 
for the District aforesaid, do hereby certify 
that W. H. Campbell, whose name appears above is a Magistrate for the District 
aforesaid by virtue of his office of 
Notary Public & that the signature 
above purporting to be his is genuine. 
Given under my hand & seal of 
Office this 27th day of Jan. A.D. 1855
D Hoke
ccp

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State of South Carolina 
Greenville District 
before me Personally appears 
Mrs Jerusha Lemmons, who 
being duly sworn says that she 
was well acquainted with Lewis Land 
deceased, a Revolutionary pensioner 
the said Lewis Land died on the 
Twenty eighth day of July A.D. 1854 
Sworn to & subscribed 
before me 27th Jan. 1855 
W. H. Campbell Not Prob 
Jerusha Lemmons her + mark

State of South Carolina 
Greenville District 
I, D. Hoke, Clerk of the 
Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions 
for said District, do hereby certify that 
W. H. Campbell, whose name appears above is a Magistrate for the District aforesaid 
by virtue of his office of Notary Public and 
that the signature above purporting to be 
his is genuine
Given under my Hand & Seal of office this 27th Jan. 1855
D Hoke ccp

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Obedience Land
Additional Evidence 
Va
Bounty Land

Act 3rd March 1855

Oliver Barrett
Attorney 
Mush Creek
Greenville S.C.

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State of South Carolina 
Greenville District } ss
Personally appears before me 
J. W. Lammance and Jerusha Lammance 
and makes oath that they was well 
acquainted with Louis Land [Lewis Land] & 
Obedience Land his widow, who has made 
application for bounty land under the 
act of March 3rd 1855, they 
further declare that they was present 
and saw the above named Louis Land & Obediance Land married 
and that they knew them to live 
together as husband & wife untill the 
death of the said Louis Land & they 
further state that Obediance Land 
is still a widow & that she is now 
living with them 
they further declare that the above 
named Obediance Land 
is the widow of the identicle Louis Land 
who was a Pensioner under 
the act of Jun 7th 1832 
Sworn to this 21st day of March 1856 
Oliver Barrett N.P. 
& Ex officio Magistrate 
John W. Lammance
Jerusha Lammance her X mark

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The foregoing affidavit were sworn to
and subscribed before me the day 
and year above written, and 
I know the statements set forth 
therein to be correct 
Oliver Barrett N P
& Ex officio Magistrate 

The State of South Carolina 
Greenville District ⎬ 
I W.A. McDaniel 
Clerk of the Court 
of Greenville District do hereby certify that Oliver 
Barrett before whom the above acknowledgment 
was made is and was at the date thereof a Notary 
Public & Magistrate Ex Officio for the District 
aforesaid and the Signature purporting to be 
his is Genuine.
In testimony whearof I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal of office at 
Greenville Fifteenth day of April A.D. 1836 
W. A. McDaniel Clerk

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Greenville 
Application 
Of 
Obediance Land 
for 
Duplicate of 
Pension Certificate 
Oliver Barrett atty 
Mush Creek S. C.

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The State of South Carolina 
Greenville District ⎬ 
This declaration made 
this day and date by Oliver Barrett 
atty for Obedience Land would most respectfully show. That the said 
Obediance Land was placed a 
pensioner upon the pension Roll 
of the United States payable semi 
annually at the Agency of the 
United States at Charleston S. C.
on the 4th day of March and the 
4th day of September, at the rate 
of Eighty Dollars per year. She 
is the widow of Lewis Land a
Revolutionary soldier who drew 
a pension previous to his death 
The said Obedience Land 
placed her pension certificate 
in the hands of Col. George F. Townes
and said Townes will not permit 
her to have the said Certificate 
unless she the said Obediance 
Land will give him one 
half of the Semiannual proceeds 
of said pension - She therefore 
prays the department to send 
her a duplicate Certificate of 
said Pension. The said Certificate 
bears date I believe some 
time in the year A.D. 1856 
She does not recollect the 
number of said certificate

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nor the officers under under
whom her husband served 
in the Revolutionary war.
She refers to the affidavit 
accompanying  this declaration 
for verification of the facts as 
set forth in this declaration 
Sept 23d 1857 } Oliver Barrett Attorney

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State of South Carolina 
Greenville District }
[Personally] appeard 
before me Obediance L[and] and 
maid oath that she was plaiced 
on the Pension Some time [last] year
as the widow of Louis [Land] who 
was a Revolutionary Soldier that she 
has made two draws. She further 
Swears that her pension Certificate 
is in the hands of Col. G F Towns 
who refuses to deliver it to her, 
and she is likely to fail in 
making the draw now due her 
Sworn to this 14th day of Sept. 1857 
Oliver Barrett M. G. D.
Obediance Land her X mark

South Carolina 
Greenville District ⎬ Personally appeard 
before me John W. Lammance and 
Simon Turner and maid oath 
that they are personally acquainted 
with the above named Obediance Land 
and that She is the widow of 
Louis Land who was a revolutionary 
Soldier & that She has been 
placed on the pension and 
that Col G Towns had posesion 
of her sartificate [certificate] 
Sworn to this 14th day of Sep. 1857 
Oliver Barrett M. G. D
John W Lammance 
Simon Turner his X Mark

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The State of South Carolina 
Greenville District } 
I, W. A McDaniel 
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas 
for Greenville District do hereby certify 
that Oliver Barrett Esqr before 
whom the preceding affidavit 
was made is and was at 
the time of signing the same a 
Magistrate within and for the 
District of Greenville. 
Given under my hand & seal of office the 23d day of September AD. 1857
W A McDaniel C. C. P