Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31649, John Dillard, Va.

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(left of top) Va.  
(middle of top) Dillard, John 
(right of top) S. 31. 649

(bottom right)
This Envelope Includes
HJ
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

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Georgia 29.873
John Dillard
Rabun in the State of Geo:
was a p in the [blank] command
Captain Dillard of the regt commanded
Col. Lewis in the [illegible]
for 9 mo: 9 days.
Reduced from $40.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia 
the rate of 31--Dollars--Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of Park, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of May 35
(right side of page) [illegible mark] I. Grishan
Falls So. Ca
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 35                 124.
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible]    15.50
                                                             $139.50

(right of page) 
(Revolutionary Claim.)
Act June 7, 1832        )

[damage to page] [Re]corded by Nath Rice Clerk
[damage] [bo]ok E. Vol. G Page 88

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Dead
Paid as [illegible] Revolutionary war
[illegible] Act for [illegible] 18[illegible]
[illegible] March to [illegible] 18[illegible]
Motified [sic] 24 Act 1844

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STATE OF GEORGIA,  )
Chatham County.      )ss.

Be it known, That on the 16th day of September 1844
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County,
personally appeared William H. Smith the Attorney
named in the foregoing Power of Attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by rea-
son of any sale, transfer, or mortgage of the pension, or arrears of the pension therein authorized to
be received by him.
(right of page) Wm. H. Smith 
Sworn and subscribed the Day and Year)
last above mentioned before me           )
Joseph Pet

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(center top) Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.
State of Georgia )ss.
Rabun County    ) On this seventh day of July 1834
Personally appeared before the undersigned
Judge of the Superior Court for Rabun County being a Court of Record
John Dillard a resident in Rabun County in the State of Georgia
aged nearly seventy nine years, who being sworn according to law
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th
1832.  That he entered the service of the United States on the 1st
day of February 1776 by turning out volunteer under Capt. 
Dillard, Col. Lewis and General Stephens in the Minute
men service in Pittsylvania County Virginia.  On the first day of
May we marched for Petersburg and arrived there on the 10th we
were there several days, then marched by James Town to William
burg and thence to Little York, thence to Chesapeake Bay
near the mouth of the Rappahannock River opposite Givens
Island, where a British fleet lay at Anchor, a considerable
Bombardment took place & lasted over half a day, the enemy
were compelled to hawl off.  He was stationed on the coast to
prevent the enemy from landing & plundering the inhabitants
Himself with many other back woods men were taken sick
and were sent home in the Baggage waggon [sic] he arrived at
home on the last day of August. On that Capt. Dillard
dismissed his men.  But as many as were able were afterward
mustered as many of his men as were able & marched for the
Long Island on Holstein River then North Carolina now in
Tennessee, declarant was unable to go and remained at home
This declarant on the 1st day of February 1778
volunteered, under Capt. Dillard and Colonel Clark
marched immediately to Boons Fort on Kentucky River in the
State of Virginia now Kentucky, where he arrived on the 26th day
of March 1778 and was stationed there three months & two
weeks and on the 10th day of July marched for the Falls of Ohio
where he arrived on the 20th July and built a stockade fort &
2 log cabbins [sic] upon an Island in the River, and on the 1st day
of August he was dispatched with a company of sick men
who were sent home.  The Captain being one of the sick they arrived

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at home on the 18th day of August when the Captain gave him
a written discharge, which is lost or mislaid.
And that on the 27t January 1780 as well as he recollects
the whole Militia were ordered out to appose the  progress
of Lord Cornwallis & they joined General Greene on Dan 
River in Halifax County, that he was then a Lieutenant & was commanded by Capt.
Isaac Clemmons and Col. Perkins, they remained under 
& with Genl. Greene until the 22d
day of March when he
was dismissed without any written discharge and arrived at
home on the 27t day of the same month and further he 
[illegible] he knows of no living witness who can testify to
his said services.  That his first Tour was not less than
Four months.  The second tour six months & [word strike]
18 days.  The third Tour as a Lieutenant one month & twenty six days. 
The whole not less than ten months & eighteen days
as a private__ and one month and twenty six days as Lieut. at least.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or 
annuity except the present, and he declares that his name
is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
And to the Interrogatories propounded by the Court
he makes the following answers.
1st He was born 12th. August 1760 in Culpepper County in 
the State of Virginia
2nd. Had a Record of his age in a Bible but it is worn out.
3rd. In Pittsylvania County Virginia, after the Revolution
he moved to Buncomb County N.C. and from there to
Rabun County Georgia where he has lived for the
last eleven years.
4th.  Volunteer.  Except the last Term when the Militia 
were ordered out generally.
5th. General Stephens, General Greene and Col.
Clarke.
6th. Received one discharge but it is mislaid, Commissioned by Gov. [illegible] but com. lost.--
7th. With confidence can refer to all respectable men--
of the County. Col. Beck, Major Coffee, Maj. Price
H. T. Mozley Senator. W. Kelly Esq. Re[illegible] to testify to his
credibility.  
(right of page) John Dillard
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Beily Dour [illegible marks] J. H. Sloan [illegible marks]
E. [illegible] [illegible marks] Wm Gillespie [illegible marks]
Robt Brown [illegible marks]

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[illegible marks]
1 Feb to
18 Aug

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No. 23495
John Dillard
Rabun County
Georgia 

[illegible numbers]
[illegible numbers]
709
12m 13day

Make return to
Col Joseph Grisham
Falls Post Office
Pickens [illegible]
So Carolina


e. f. i. not authent.d

[the following name and address have been crossed out]
John N. Thompson Esq
Clarksville Ga

[following name and address have been crossed out]
Henry T. Mosley Clk
Rabun Co.
Georgia

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Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of
your case in tabular form.  One comparing these papers with the following rules and 
the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is
necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).  you will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and 
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of John Dillard Rabun Co. Georgia

[table format]
[heading of first column] Period when the service was rendered
[column below heading]
Vol [illegible]
1775
______________
Feb - 76
2d tour
Vol 1778
_______________
3rd Tour 78
_______________

[heading of second column]
Duration of the claimant's service
[subheadings]
Years. Months. Day
[column below heading]

indefinite as to time of service (as to 1775)

4 months (as to Feb 76)

3 months (as to Vol 1778)

1 month 26 days (as to 3rd Tour 1780)

8 months 26 days (total service)

[heading of third column)
Rank of claimant

Private (as to 1775, Feb 76, 2nd Tour Vol 1778)

Lieut (as to 3rd tour 1780)

[heading of fourth column]
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.

Capt Dillard
Genrl stevens
Col Lewis
(as to 1775 and 1776)

Capt Dillard
Col Clark
Col Wilson
Genrl Green
(as to 1778 and 1780)

[heading of fifth column]
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.

77 years
Pittsylva
nia

[heading of sixth column]
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

Traditional Evidence

[numbers and tabulations at bottom of columns 1, 2, and 3]
1  4 [mos]
2  6 [mos] 18 [days]
3   1 [mo] 25 [days] Lieut + dn[symbol] a [illegible]
12.13 {total months and days]

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I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim-
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [sic] or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

(center of page) DECLARATION,

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of  )
County of                               ) ss.

On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District
of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sown, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and
served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he serv-
ed under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the 
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marked. [hand symbol] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and per-
sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  (right of page) , A.B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolu-
tionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of 
the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank]
day of [blank] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (f) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and 
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with   [blank], who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank]
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
(middle of page) Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

(middle of page) [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

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 Revo-
lutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank]
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank]
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of {blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank]
for a pension. 

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In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commis-
sion; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if 
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the ser-
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light 
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person.

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 will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at-
tempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-
expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? [faint handwriting] work out - had it in a Bible.
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have your lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services.
6,  To a Soldier,     Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it giv-
en, and what has become of it?
  To an Officer, Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 
has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a solider of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed 
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a 
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can pro-
cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will  fol-
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  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."
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 objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of engagement; 
the particular place or place, where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent au-
thority; 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [illegible mark]
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pub-
lic seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers. 

(center of page) Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which con-
tains the affidavit, or other papers 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.

(center of page) Proof of Service.

[j] 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 claimant's 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 wit-
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[hand symbol] The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule is
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k]This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases,
[i] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

(handwritten at bottom of page) the applicant must specify his [illegible] [two additional 
handwritten lines but too faint to read].

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State of Georgia    )       4 [illegible] 42
Rabun County       ) ss.

I James Bleckley Clerk of
the [illegible] court of the County aforesaid
certify that the following facts were proved to the
satisfaction of said court on the month [illegible] Day
of July 1844 namely That John Dillard formerly 
of said county died on the fifth day of June 
1842 that the said John Dillard was a Revolution
ary Pensioner of the United States on the Roll
of the Georgia Agency at the rate of Thirty one 
Dollars per annum at the time of his death
and that he left no widow and but two
children James Dillard and Mary Dickenson
formerly Mary Dillard who are of lawful age
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto affixed my
private seal then [illegible] no seal of the [illegible]
and subscribed [illegible] this twenty third
day of July one Thousand Eight Hundred and 
Forty Four.
(right of page) James Bleckley Clerk

Know all men by these presents that
we James Dillard and Mary Dickenson
of Rabun County State of Georgia only children
of John Dillard Deceased a Revolutionary
Pensioner of the United States late of Rabun
County State of Georgia deceased do hereby
constitute and appoint William H. Smith
our true and lawful Attorney for us and in any
names to receive from the agents of the United
States for paying Pensions in Savannah State of
Georgia the pension due to the said John 
Dillard deceased from the fourth day of March

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1842 [illegible mark] the fourth day of June 1842
Witness our hands and seals this twenty
third day of July 1844
(right of page) James Dillard (seal)
(right of page) Mary Dickenson (seal)
Sealed and Delivered
In presence of
Leonard Coffee
James Bleckley Clk

State of Georgia   )
Rabun County     )
Be it know that that on
the twenty third day of July 1844 before the 
subscriber clerk of the ordinary court of 
Rabun County personally appeared
James Dillard and Mary Dickenson above
named and acknowledged the foregoing Power
of Attorney to be their act and deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand the day and year last above
mentioned
(right of page) James Bleckley Clk

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Clayton Ga     )
[illegible] July )

(right side of page)
Peter Hagney Esq.
3 Austin Texas  [illegible]
Washington
DC

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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER [ink stamped]

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(right of page, top) October 18, 1958

Mr. John L. Dillard
417 Huntington Bank Building
Columbus, Ohio

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[illegible letters]/M[illegible]F/ILL
John Dillard
[illegible] [handwritten notation] Dead

Dear Sir:

in response to your personal request of October 15, 1938,
the record of John Dillard is given herein as shown in the papers
in his claim for pension, S. 31649, based upon his service in the
Revolutionary War.

John Dillard was born in Culpeper County, Virginia; the
names of his parents are not shown.

While living in Pittsylvania County, Virgina, John
Dillard volunteered February 1, 1776, as a minute man under Captain
Dillard and Colonel Lewis in the Virginia troops, and May 1, 1776,
marched to Petersburg, arrived there May 10, then to Jamestown,
to Williamsburg, to Yorktown, thence near to the mouth of the
Rappahannock River, opposite Gwyn's Island, where the British fleet
lay at another in the Chesapeake Bay, and where the bombardment
took place which continued more than a half day.  John Dillard was
stationed on the coast to protect the inhabitants from the enemy; he
became ill and, with many others, was carried home on baggage
wagons where they arrived August 31, 1776, and Captain Dillard dis-
missed his men.  As many as were able were mustered later and went 
under Captain Dillard to Long Island on the Holston River in North
Carolina, but John Dillard was unable to join the company.  He
volunteered February 1, 1778, served under Captain Dillard and
Colonel Clark, was stationed at Boone's Fort on the Kentucky River
at which place he arrived March 26, and remained there three months, 
two weeks, thence to the Falls of the Ohio, where he assisted in
building a stockade and two log cabins on an island in the river;
August 1, he was dispatched with a company of sick men, of which his
captain was one, and arrived home August 18, 1778, where he received
a written discharge from his captain, which he lost.  He was commissioned

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lieutenant by Governor Henry and when the militia was ordered 
out against Lord Cornwallis, he served from January 27, 1780, in
Captain Isaac Clemmons' company, Colonel Perkins' Virginia regi-
ment in Halifax County, Virginia, ntil March 22, 1780.  He
cited no other engagement in which he took part than the one at
Gwyn's Island.  The full name of Captain Dillard is not shown
nor any relationship to him.

After the Revolutionary War, John Dillard moved to [illegible]
County, North Carolina, thence to Rabun County, Georgia.  He was
allowed pension on his application executed July 7, 1834, at
which time he was a resident of Rabun County, Georgia, where he
had resided eleven years.  He stated then (July 7, 1834) that he
was aged "nearly seventy-nine years", however, when his birth
date was written in figures in this application for pension, it
is shown as August 12, 1755, with the figures 60 written over the
55, or perhaps, the other way, making the year 1755 or 1760;  1755
agrees, of course, with his other statement in regard to his age.
He died June 5, 1848, the place not stated.

John Dillard was survived by children whose names are not
shown, nor any information in regard to his wife.
In order to obtain information in regard to the date of last
payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and,
possibly, the names of the children, you should apply to The
Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and
cite the following:

(middle of page) 
John Dillard
Certificate #29873
Issued May 19, 1835
Rate $31 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Georgia Agency.

(right of page)
Very truly yours,

(right of page)
A.D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

(middle of page, bottom)
2.

Page 15

We John S. Henley a clergyman residing in the county of
Rabun and Henry T. Mozley residing in the same county
hereby certify: that we are well acquainted with John Dillard
who has certified subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration
that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age as he states
that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he
resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we
concur in that opinion.
(right of page) John S. Henley
(right of page) Henry T Moseby

Sworn to and subscribed the day  )
and year aforesaid                          )
Bailey Dour JJC Wm. Gillispie JJC    )
E. Wilborn JJC                                 )
J. H. Sloan JJC                                 )
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 ap
plicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that 
John S. Henley who has signed the preceding certificate
is a clergyman resident in the said County of Rabun and
that Henry T. Mosley who has also signed the same is
resident in the said County of Rabun and is a credible person
and that their statement is entitled to credit.

(right of page) 
Bailey Dour, J.J.C
E. Wilborn J.J.C.
J. H. Sloan J.J.C
William Gillispie J.J.C
Robt. Brown J.J.C

I A. L. Barry Clerk of the Inferior or County
Court of Rabun County do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court
in the matter of the application of John Dillard for a
pension.

(right of page)
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal ["of office" is crossed out] no
seal of office have set my private 
seal the 7th day of July 1834
A. L. Barry (seal)
Clerk of the Inferior or County Court
Rabun County Georgia

Page 16

I certify that A L Barry whose signature
appears within is Clerk of the County of Rabun
County as he states and that the Signature
purporting to be his is genuine.
(right of page) James M. Wayne
(right of page)  [illegible] Georgia

(sideways right of page)
John Dillard
Private & Lieut
Georgia

Page 17

John Dillard
[line illegible, page damage, dark image]
at Savannah [illegible]
by the Cash [illegible]
agent for paying Pensions

Georgia

Recorded in the Pension
Office in {illegible, page damage, dark image]
Page 88 by [illegible, page damage]

Page 18

(center top) WAR DEPARTMENT.
(center0 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United
State of the 7th June 1832, John Dillard
of the State of Georgia
who was a private in the war of the Revolution

is entitled to receive Thirty one -- dollars and
----- [cents is crossed out] per annum, during his natural life, com-
mencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-
annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in
every year.

(right side of page)
Given at the War Office of the United
States this 19th day of
May -- one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-five
C A. Harris,
Acting Secretary of War.

(left side of page)
Seal
Examined and   )
Countersigned. )

JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Page 19

(top, right side of page)
[illegible letters]
John Dillard-[illegible mark]. 31649

(left of page)
Mrs [illegible] Dillard Howard
Sylvania
Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request informat-
tion in regard to John Dillard, Nelson Gunn and Thomas Watson, sol-
diers of the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained
from claims made to the United States [illegible] pension and bounty land
based upon military service of soldiers of that war.

A search of the records has been made and no records found of
such claims having been made on account of the service of a Nelson
Gunn.  The data given by you are not sufficient to enable this of-
fice to make a proper search of the records for a Thomas Watson.
As a means of identifying the particular record in which you are in-
terested, should it be on file, it is essential that you furnish as
much as possible of residence at enlistment and after service and given
name of widow.  Upon receipt of this information, another search will
be made in your behalf.  The record of John Dillard and been found and is
given below as obtained from the papers on file in his claim for
pension, [illegible].31649, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary
War. [Handwritten notation to right of paragraph "Resrched by AAY]

[handwritten ? to left of paragraph]
John Dillard was born August 12, 1780 [handwritten notation "may be 1755], in Culpeper County, Virginia.
The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.

While residing in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, he enlisted and
served with the Virginia Troops as follows:  from February 11, 1776, to
the last of August, 1776, in Captain Dillard's (no relationship shown)
Company, Colonel Lewis' Regiment: from February 1, 1778, to August 18,
1778, in Captain Dillard's Company, Colonel Clark's Regiment:  from 
January 27, 1780 to March 23, 1780, as lieutenant in Captain Isaac
Clemons' Company, Colonel Perkin' Regiment.

Page 20

After the Revolution, John Dillard moved to Buncombe County,
North Carolina; thence to Rabun County, Georgia.

He was allowed pension on his application amended July 7, 18[illegible]4,
while living in Rabun County, Georgia, where, he stated, he had then 
lived for eleven years.

He died June [illegible], place not stated.

He was survived by children:  their names and the name of sol-
dier's wife are not shown and there are no further family data.

(middle of page)
Very truly yours

A. B. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.

Page 21

(top right of page)
December 18, 193[illegible]
BA-J/EEL

Mr. N. K. Rogers
[illegible]
Georgia

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pen-
sion record of John Dillard, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, of
Raun County, Georgia; also data concerning Zilpha Sapp, the widow
of a Revolutionary War soldier, who resided in Burke County, Georgia,
and whether or not any member of the Sapp family of the Sapp family of Burke County,
Georgia, drew a pension for Revolutionary War service.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained
from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land
based upon military service of soldiers of that war.

A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no
claim for pension or bounty land found based upon the service in that
war of a soldier with surname Sapp, who widow Zilpha, applied for
pension.

As a means of identifying the particular record of any soldier
with surname Sapp, in which you might be interested, should it be on
file, the full name of the soldier is essential with as much as pos-
sible of the following data:  approximate dates of birth and death, 
places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name
of widow.  It will expedite the matter if you will return this let-
ter, should you reply.

The record of John Dillard has been found and is furnished you
herewith.  

(middle of page)
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

Page 22

(right of page) 
December 18, 193[illegible]
FA-J/EEL
John Dillard-S. 31649

Mr. N. K. Rogers
[illegible]
Georgia

Dear Sir:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in
Revolutionary War pension claim, S.31649, based upon the military ser-
vice of John Dillard in that war.

John Dillard was born August 12, 1760, in Culpeper County,
Virginia.  The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in
the pension claim.

While residing in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, he enlisted and
served with the Virginia Troops as follows:  from February 1, 1776, to
the last of August, 1776, in Captain Dillard's (no relationship shown)
Company, Colonel Lewis' Regiment:  from February 1, 1778, to August 18,
1778, in Captain Dillard's Company, Colonel Clark's Regiment from
February 27, 1780 to March 23, 1780, as lieutenant in Captain Isaac
Clemmons' Company, Colonel Perkins' Regiment.

After the Revolution, he moved do Buncombe County, North Carolina.
thence to Rabun County, Georgia.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 7, 1834,
while living in Rabun County, Georgia, where, he stated, he had then lived for eleven years.

He died June 5, 1842, place not stated.

He was survived by children:  their names and the name of soldier's wife are not shown and there are no further family data.

(middle of page)
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

Page 23

(right of page) July 1, 1926.

Honorable Thomas M. Bell,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Bell:

in response to your letter of the
thirtieth ultimo, I have the honor to advise you, that
from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim,
S. 31649, it appears that John Dillard was born August 12,
1760, in Culpeper County, Virginia.
While living in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, he
enlisted and served as a private, from February 1, 1776,
to the last of August 1776, in Captain Dillard's Company,
Colonel Lewis' Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted February 1, 1778 and served to August 18,
1778, as a private in Captain Dillard's Company, Colonel
Clark's Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted January 27, 17[page damage] and served to March 22,
1780, as a Lieutenant in Captain Isaac Clemmons' Company,
Colonel Perkins' Virginia Regiment. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed
July 7, 1834, while living in Rabun County, Georgia.
He died June 5, 1842, leaving children, their names
and that of his wife are not on record, nor is it stated 
whether his Captain Dillard was related to him.

Page 24

The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail
to afford any information in regard to a James Martin
of Jasper County, Georgia, but if he lived in any other
counties, or state, and you will so advise, also fur-
nishing as much as possible of the following data in
regard to him, another search of the records will be
made in your behalf; approximate dates of birth and death,
places of residence at enlistment and after service, pe-
riod of residence at enlistment and after service, pe-
riod of residence in Jasper County, Georgia, and given
name of widow, if he left one.
In order to make a proper search of the records
for any particular soldier named Ritchie, who may have
resided in North Carolina, or South Carolina, in addition
to his full name, some of the following data is essential:
approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence
at enlistment and after service, given name of widow, if
he left one. 

(middle of page)
Very truly yours,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner

Page 25

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
[paper damaged] statement of the military history of John Dillard
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 
information as contained in his [following is deleted (or his widow's)] application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.  
(right side of page) Sur. File 31,649

[table format 5 columns, 2 sub-columns under the 4th column]

[column one]
DATE OF 
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.

[column two]
LENTH OF
SERVICE.

[column three]
RANK.

[column four]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
[sub-column 4]
CAPTAIN.
[second sub-column 4]
COLONEL.

[column five]
STATE.

[row 1 column one]
Feby.1. 76 to

[row 1 column two]
last of Aug.

[row 1 column three]
Priv.

[row 1 column four first sub-column]
Dillard

[row 1 column four second sub-column]
Lewis

[row 1 column five]
Va.

[row 2 column one]
Feby. 1. 78 to

[row 2 column two]
Aug 18. 78.

[row 2 column three]
Priv.

[row 2 column four first sub-column]
Dillard

[row 2 column four second sub-column]
Clark

[row 3 column one]
Jany 27. 80

{row 3 column two]
Mch 22. 80

[row 3 column three]
Lieut

[row 3 column four first sub-column]
Isaac Clemmons

[row 3 column four second sub-column]
Perkins 

Battles engaged in, not specified.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pittsylvania Co., Va.

Date of application for pension, July 7 1834. Allowed.

Residence at date of application, Rabun Co., Ga.

Age at date of application, Born Aug. 12, 1760 in Culpeper Co., Va.

Remarks:  [illegible marks] He died June 5, 1842 leaving [illegible marks]
their names & that of wife not in rec
nor is it stated whether he was related to
his Capt Dillard.

Page 26

(middle of page top) Oct. 15, 1938

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Please furnish the records of John Dillard,
S. 31649, and John Redd, S. 18174, Rev. War
soldiers.

(middle of page) 
yours etc.,

John L. Dillard
417 Huntington Bank Bldg.,
Columbus, Ohio --

Personal Call.

Page 27

(stamp)
Arrow pointing to 12
Received Feb. 24 1934
Mail [illegible marks]
March 12
Vets Div

(right of page top)
Sylvania, Ga
Feb. 22. 1934

The Pension Department
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please write me if John
Dillard was allowed pension
on his application executed July
7, 1834, while living in Rabun
County, Georgia.

The Data which follows was
obtained from papers on file in
Rev. War claim, S-31649
based upon Military Service
of John Dillard, in that war.
Did Nelson Gunn of Twiggs 
County, Georgia, ever apply
for a pension?
(center of page) --more inf--
Did Thomas Watson, an

Page 28

Revolutionary soldier, apply
for pension.  I am writing
to the War Department about
all of them.
& will have to have
proof that they fought, of
course if you will send 
some information, I will
get in alright,

(right of page) Yours truly,
Mrs. Blanche Dillard Howard
Sylvania, Ga

Page 29

(envelope)

[Received date stamp illegible]

[black tombstone shape upper right]

[printed text outlined]
This side [illegible]

Pension Department
Old Ricmd Division
Washington D.C.

Page 30

Cusseta, Georgia
Nov. 21, 1933
Please send all data
found in pension records
of John Dillard living in
Rabun [page damage],Ga.  1840, he [illegible]
pension.  [illegible] was his
age in 1840 and when 
did he die (pension cease).
Did any member of the
Sapp family of Burke
Co. Ga. [illegible] pension for
Rev service? data wanted
concerning Zilpha Sapp
widow of Rev. Sol. there
(middle of page)
Yours truly
[first initial illegible] K. Rogers

Page 31

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Please advise me if you have record of John Dillard,
a Revolutionary War soldier who was pensioned in 1840 from Rabun
County, Georgia.
[handwritten insertion "S 31649" to the right of paragraph]

Also kindly give me the record, if you have it, of
James Martin, a Revolutionary soldier, from Jasper County, Georgia.
[handwritten "?" inserted above Martin.  Handwritten insertion "there were two in other counties" to the right of paragraph]

Also advise me if you have any record of any one by
the name of Ritchie from North or South Carolina - Revolutionary soldier.
[handwritten "?" inserted above Ritchie.  Handwritten insertion "Coundnt tell anything by this as it does not even say enlisted from" to the right of paragraph.]

If you can give me this information it will be
appreciated.

(middle of page)
Very respectfully,
Ths M. Bell

(stamp to the right, bottom of page)
PENSION
H JUL 
U. 1 S.
1926
OFFICE

Page 32

(left page)
(center top) 31649
Revy INVALID
No. 31,649
John Dillard
Pen Rev War

Act: June 7th 22
Index:--Vol. [illegible], Page 498

(middle of page)
[arrangement of 1870.]

(right page)
1909 Feby 20.  Hist. to Miss Helen M. Prescott
letter in S. File 31691 James Gilbert [illegible]
1922. July 1. Hon. Thos. M. Bell
fur. [illegible], etc. aw
1933 Dec. 18. Hist. to N. K.
Rogers - [illegible]
1934. Msr 5 Hist. to Mrs.
Blanche D. Howard. stat.
1938 Det. [illegible] Hist. to John L. Dillard.
(right of page) M.M.H. [illegible] D.L.L.

Page 33

[black rectangular shape in center of page]

Page 34

(illegible symbol top middle of page)

(middle of page) No.19,088.

(illegible symbol middle of page)

John Dillard
(children of)
(illegible marks)
(illegible marks) June 1832
(right of page) $7.89

To Sept 18(illegible)
25

Regr(illegible marks) 5528 dated Sept 1 1846
Sent to Treasury 27 Sept 1844

Page 35

[illegible mark] the N States.
To the children of
John Dillard,
[illegible marks] Georgia roll
[illegible marks] 7 Jun 1832

For his pension from 4 March
to 5 June, 1842, 93 days
at [symbol of 0 with a slash through it] 31 c per annum, per
voucher filed herewith - $7.89

(right of page)
3rd {illegible marks] = Office_
24 Sept. 1841,
Stated by Joel Lynne

2d. Comptroller's Office
Sept. 25. 1844
Ex. by J. Sessford

Page 36

(right top of page)
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office
Sept. 25th, 1844

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United
States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pen-
sion agents, the children of John Dillard, decd.,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia __
Agency, at the rate of thirty one Dollars
per annum, under the law of the [illegible marks] June
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of March to the 5th June 1842.
(middle right of page) Respectfully, yours,
(right of page) Albion K. Parris

(bottom left of page)
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Page 37

(top right corner)
John Dillard

Page 38

Falls
Pickens District S.C.
2nd December 1834

This is to certify __ that the original 
Declaration papers in the case of
John Dillard of Rabun County
Georgia __ Is lost or mislaid __
or distroyed [sic] that they were not dis-[sic]
troyed to prevent the strict examination
or comparison __ That the Amended
one does not especially vary
from the Original & all statements 
upon the subject of the alleged
services --

(middle of page)
Given under my hand
date above
Joseph Grisham

Page 39

Hon. J M Wayne
Sept 1. 1834
OC

(bottom left of page)
R Vol 3 [page damage] p 377

Page 40

(right of page)

War Dept.
Pension Office
Sept. 1, 1834

(left margin)
Sir,
The papers in the following men-
tioned cases have been examined, and they are herein
returned.
The certificate of the Member of Congress
as to the official character and signature of the Clerk of the
Court should be annexed to each paper.  He is required
to certify [word crossed out] according to the form written on the back of 
John Dillard's declaration.  The original declaration of
this applicant is wanted.  No decision can be had in the case
without that paper.  The enclosed is his amended declaration. No. 23,495 [inserted to the right of paragraph]
The papers in Lazarus Tilley's case [word crossed out] want your certificate.
The remarks in Dillard's case apply also to the cases of
23494 Josias Callahan, 235[illegible number]3 Joseph Brown, 23422 John McClain, and Joseph 23501 Pinson

I have the honor [illegible symbol]

(bottom left margin)
Hon. James M. Wayne
Savannah
Georgia

(bottom right corner)
Enter this letter on Index--
The cases numbered have been here
before--Georgia cases
Act 1832

Page 41

(top right of page)
War [illegible]
P. C.
Feb 20 1832

Sir
The rules of this office require that all the 
papers relating to a claim be kept together in
order that a careful examination may be made.
The new declarations of Joseph Brown, Henry
Hicks Josias Callahan Joseph Pension,
John Dillard & John McClain have been
placed on file awaiting the return of their
original declaration which may required by my letter to the Hon. J. M. Wayne of the [illegible].  When they shall be
received here, the new papers will be examined.
A further explanation must be furnished
as to the first and last terms of pension stated in 
the declaration of Lasarus Tilley.  [illegible] against
the Cherokees in 1780 should be given in detail as to
the officers in command, duties performed [illegible] and
the company field officer at the last term
must be given.  The papers are here

Page 42

with returned

[sideways left margin]
C.J. Jos Grisham
20 Sep 1834
OC

[bottom of page]
Cd. Joseph Grisham
Falls PO
Pickens district

[right side of page sideways]
[illegible] Vol. 3[illegible] P [illegible]

Page 43

(top left) Col: Jos: Graham
1 April 1835
G.C

(bottom left of page)
{illegible] Vol 2[second number illegible] page 985

Page 44

(top middle)
Depart. of War
Pension Office
[illegible] 

Sir

Since the issuing of the certificate
for Jn' Dillard, an error has been [word crossed out] discovered
in the compilation of his [word crossed out] pension, [illegible]
[Illegible] thereof release [illegible] this office the [illegible]
that the error may be canceled

(middle of page bottom)
[signature illegible]

Page 45

Hon J. M. Wayne
[illegible number] Jany: 1835
OC

(bottom of page)
R. Vol 40. P26.

Page 46

(right side top of page)
Department of War
Pension Office
Jany 1. 1834

Sir
The claim of James Callahan, Joseph
Penson and Jn Dillard have been suspended
and then paper placed on file.
The [illegible] letter [illegible marks]
claimants, and included herewith, will
explain

Page 47

Payment to be made at Savannah by the [illegible] Planters Bank
Agent for paying pensioners in the agency of Ga.
Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E Vol. 6 Page 88 by N. Rice clerk

Page 48

(center top of page)
WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United
States of the 7th June, 1832, John Dillard
of the State of Georgia
who was a private in the War of the Revolution

is entitled to receive Forty-one dollars and
Eleven cents per annum, during his natural life, com-
mencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-
annually on the4th of March and 4th of September, in
every year.

(right of page)
Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 26 [illegible mark] day of 
March one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-five.
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

(left of page)
[signature block partially obscured by piece of paper]
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Page 49

(middle top of page)
Falls S. C.  
22d April 1835

Sir Agreeably to your request
of the 1st [illegible marks] I now herein
return you the Certificate
of John Dillard of Rabun
County Ga.  Please send 
the one corrected to me
as early as convenient &
oblige your obt.
Humble Servant
Joseph Grisham

(bottom left of page)
James L. Edwards, Esquire
Com. Pensions

Page 50

(upper left)
Falls S.c.
23 Apl
May 7
S.C. 
[illegible marks]

(top right)
Free [in circle]

James L. Edwards Esqr
Com. Pensions
Washington City
Dist. C__

Page 51

(left side and sideways left)
Peter Hagner Esq.
3rd Auditor Treasury Department
Washington D.C.

(right side and sideways right)
Savannah Ga
17 Sept 44
Wm. H. Smith
Pension Claim of 
John Dillard
Rev 23 Sept 44
[illegible marks]

(stamp)
Savannah 
Sep
[illegible]

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Page 52

Savannah Ga
17 Sept 44
Wm. H. Smith
Pension Claim of 
Jn Dillard
Rev. 23 Sept 44
[illegible mark]

Peter Hagner Esq.
5th Auditor Treasury Department
Washington D.C.

(date stamp)
Savannah
Sept 
[illegible]

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received [illegible date]

Page 53

(right top)
Savannah 4th Sept 1844

Peter Hagner Esqr
3rd Auditor dc

Dear Sir
Enclosed you have the papers relative
to the final claim of an old Revolutionary pensioner named John
Dillard through his legal [illegible] please enclose to me at this place
an order for the amount due

(right of page)
Yours Respectfully
Wm. H. Smith

Page 54

(left page)
Georgia 29.873
John Dillard
of Rabun in the State of Geo
who was a pr in the (blank) [illegible]
by Captain of the Rgt commanded
by Col. Lewis in the Pa [illegible]
line for 12 mo: 13 days.

Should be 9 mo & 9 ds
$31.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 41 Dollars 11 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Mar 35
and [illegible] J. Grisham
Falls. So. Ca

Arrears to the 4th of Mar "35  164.44
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. [35] 20.55
                                           [total] $184.99
(right of page) 
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by N. Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 88

(right page)
Let 1 April 1833 Pen: agmt not found
[second line re: W.Jo. Grisham has been crossed out)
14 May [1835] pen agmt not found
[illegible] is Grisham [illegible] Z. Wm. Hughs