Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32358, for Devault Keller, South Carolina

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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S. C.

Keller, Davault
or Devalt

NUMBER
S. 32358

Born in Germany

CONTENTS

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26797
Indiana
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Devault Keller
of Morgan Co. in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the com commanded
by Captain Watters of the regt commanded
by Col. Beard in the S Carolina
line for 6 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 20 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May
1834 and Hon G. L 
Kennard HR
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Arrears to the 4th of March               60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.   10.00
                                                         $70.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.      }

Recorded by Danl. Boyd Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 7  Page 118

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Devault Keller
Indiana 
pri 1779 for 6 mos
$20

Hon G L Kinnard
HR

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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has 
been examined, and the papers and herewith returned.  The following is a statement of 
your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and 
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which much be removed,
before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your 
claim.

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A Statement, shewing the Service of Devault Keller
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Period when the service was rendered.
1776 to '80 '81
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.
4 [years]  6 [months]
Rank of the claimant.
Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Col. Beard of S. Carolina Militia
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
85 years   Saluda river S.C.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary evidence and opinion of the Court.


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

JAMES 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 claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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.

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] 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 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 served
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 marched. ☛This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a 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.
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 revolutionary
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 (j) 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

[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 Revolutionary
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.
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 commission; 
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 services
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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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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 attempted; 
and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be 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?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you 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 given, 
and what has become of it?
6. {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 soldier 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
inquiry 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 procure, 
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.

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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow 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 to
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what
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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank]
days, I served as a [blank].  For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; 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 each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into serivce 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[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 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.

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 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.

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

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The applicant Devault Keller, bears
the reputation of an honest man; is 
however, extremely illiterate - But such 
is the interest of those who know him,
taken in the success of his application.
I should think his declaration 
true in substance But will accept
for him, until his case is more fully
made out, an allowance for six months
service.
29th May 1834

Very respectfully


Geo. L. Kinnard

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State of Indiana
Morgan County SS

Personally appeared on this 16th
day of May in the year of our lord Eighteen
hundred and thirty four before me the undersigned
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
of Morgan aforesaid.  Devalt [Devault] Keller resident
of said County and State aforesaid aged 85
years, who being first duly sworn according to Law
doth on his oath make the following amended
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 
Act of Congress passed June 7th 1834
That on the Saluda river in the State of 
South Carolina in the year 1776 He volunteered into 
the service of the United States as a private soldier
and entered a company under a Captain 
John Watters, in a regiment commanded
by Col. Beard of the South Carolina Militia.
That dureing the first three years of his 
service he was stationed at differant places 
in the states of S. Carolina & Georgia  was
a part of the time at Augusta and Savannah,
and at other parts on the Savannah
river in the State of Georgia.  He however
spent the greater part of his time in the 
district of Ninety six on the Congaree,
Wateree, and in the neighborhood of Orangeburg
& Charleston in South Carolina  That between 
ten and twelve months before the surrender of Charleston
by the Americans he was attached to the 
Garrison in that city.  He was taken prisoner
with General Lincoln's army at the

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surrender of Charleston, some time about the first
of May in the year 1780.  And there detained as a 
prisoner of war until a short time before the battle 
of Camden when he was taken by the british into 
the vicinity of the last mentioned place, whence
a few days after the aforesaid battle he made 
his escape and about the first of September
rejoined his old regiment.  He was a short time
after rejoining his old regiment marched into 
the district of Ninety six where he continued 
until about the first of October in the same year
year when his regiment was marched toward
the Kings mountain.  He was in the battle of the 
last mentioned place, which to the best 
of his recollection was fought on the 7th
of October 1780.  In the battle of King mountain, this declarant says he received a severe
wound by a musket ball which entering 
the forepart of his left arm near the 
shoulder and running downward passed out 
at the back of the same near the elbow, the
arm bone being entirely shattered.  And his 
officer discerning that he would not be able to 
render further service as a soldier 
discharged him from the army after he had 
been in constant service therein including 
the time he was a prisoner as aforesaid
not less than four years and six months.
Although his wound has never been such 
as to prevent him from following the ordinary
avocations of life yet he has never
been called on to perform military duty
since the revolution, and he has now in 
his possession a bone of considerable

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size which was extracted from said wound
about twelve years after the war.  And this 
declarant further says that through old age
and the consequent loss memory that he 
cannot state more definitely as to the periods
he served than he has stated above; that he
has always considered himself in constant
service during that period, but is 
extremely illiterate and of imperfect memory
and is well aware that he cannot recollect with 
certainty many of the important events of the 
revolution, nor can he with certainty recollect
many of his officers names, but well recollects
General Green Col. Buford & Col Williamson.  He says that 
he believes he never had a very correct understanding
of the history of the services which 
he himself rendered, he being a native of Germany 
and at that time being almost entirely
unable to understand the English Language.  He 
received a written discharge but lost it.  He 
knows of no surviving witness by whom to prove
his services.  He believes that he served not less than 
four years and six months, as a private soldier in 
the revolutionary war as above stated and for 
which service he claims a pension.
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
In answer to the the interrogatories presented by
the war department he says.
1st  That he was born in Germany in the year
1749 and that his parents emigrated to America
and settled in Charleston S. Carolina when 
he was about six years of age
2nd  He has no record of age

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3rd  He was living on the Saluda river about
60 or 70 miles from Charleston S. Carolina when 
he entered the service  The name of the County
or district in which he lived when he entered
the service is not now recollected  He resided
in N. Carolina for a number of years after 
the war.  Thence he removed to Virginia.  Thence
to Kentucky and thence about Seventeen or 
Eighteen years since to Washington County
Indiana from which place he removed to 
Morgan County aforesaid where he now resides
4th  He volunteered into the service as stated
in the foregoing declaration.
5th  That he being entirely destitute of Education 
and owing to his extreme old age and 
the consequent loss of memory it is out of his 
power to state many of his officers names
or the general circumstances of his service
in so satisfactory a manner as he could 
desire  He however well recollects General
Green Col. Buford and Col. Williams of
the district of Ninety six The latter of
whom was killed at the battle of 
Kings mountain  That although he well 
recollects of having been at the different
parts in S. Carolina and Georgia above
named yet it is out of his power to say what 
particular period he was at those places
except as he stated above.
6th  He received a discharge from the 
service which he thinks was signed by General
Green and Col. Beard but this discharge

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was lost, and he is unable to say in what manner
or at what time it was lost he believes that 
he kept it but a short time.
7th  He has no documentary evidence, and 
knows of no person who can testify to his
services, But he is well acquainted with 
James Johnson Levi Johnson William Stewart
Andrew [M?] Prichard and Abraham Lafevre 
The latter of who he has been acquainted 
with for 37 years, respectable citizens
who reside in the county
of Morgan aforesaid and who can testify
to this declarants character for veracity
and their belief of his services as well as 
his reputation as a soldier of the revolution
He has none but a very slightly acquaintance 
with any Clergyman of this county
whose testimony he can procure  That at the 
October Term of the Morgan Circuit
Court 1833 this declarant made his declaration 
for a pension which was by said Court
duly certified.  that the same was forwarded to the 
pension office and that he is informed the same was 
returned, but he has after due inquiry been unable to 
find the same.  And also at the April Term last of said 
Morgan Circuit Court, he made another declaration 
for a pension, to which declaration this is an amended
copy, the same having been forwarded to the war
department, and returned for correction and is now in his 
possession

Devalt Keller  X  his mark

Sworn to and subscribed this day and year first above mentioned 
before me 

Charles B. Butler Jus. Peace

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I Hannibal R Stevens Clerk of the Morgan Circuit
Court do hereby certify that the above
named Charles B Butler is a Magistrate as aforesaid
duly commissioned and qualified and that his 
official acts as such are entitled to full 
faith and credit and that the foregoing signature
purporting to be his is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and the Seal of 
said Court at Martinville [Martinsville] the 
17th day of May 1834

H R Stevens Clk

[seal]


We James Johnson Levi Johnson Enoch Myers and 
Abraham Lafevre residents of the present immediate
neighborhood of the applicant of the County 
of Morgan and the State of Indiana hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Devalt [Devault] Keller
who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration.  That we believe him to be of 84
years of age, that the last named witness has 
been personally acquainted with the said Devalt
Keller for upwards of thirty seven years, and 
during his acquaintance with him, he 
has always understood that the wound he 
described in the left arm was received in a battle
against the british in the revolutionary war
And further that in his presant neighborhood
as well as in the neighborhood as well as in the 
neighborhood where the last witness has been 
formerly acquainted with him, he is and has

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been generally reputed and believed to be a soldier
of the revolution and that we concur in that 
opinion

James Johnson  X  his mark
Levi Johnson
Enoch Myers
Andrew M Prichard  X  his mark
Abraham Lafevre

Sworn to and subscribed in 
open Court on this 9th day
of April 1834

H R Stevens Clk


And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion, after the investigation of the matter
and after putting the interrogaries presented
by the war department, That the above named
applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and 
served as he states, and the Court further
certifies that it appears to them that Abraham 
Lafevre who has signed the preceding 
certificate is a resident in Morgan County
and is a credable person, and that his statement
is entitled to full credit

B F Morris
James Burnes
Hiram Matthews


I Hannibal R Stevens Clerk of the Morgan 
Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing 
contains the original proceedings of the 
said Court in the matter of the application
of Devalt [Devault] Keller for a pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the Seal of 
said Court at Martinville [Martinsville] the 9th day 
of April 1834

Hannibal R Stevens Clk

[seal]

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State of Indiana  Morgan County SS

I Hannibal R Stevens Clerk of the 
Morgan Circuit Court do hereby certify that 
the foregoing traditionary evidence, certificate 
of the Morgan Circuit Court, and 
certificate of the Clerk of said Court is a 
true copy of the original Testimony which 
was appended to a former declaration made
by Devalt [Devault] Keller for a pension in the 
said Morgan Circuit Court at the 
April Term thereof 1834
In witness whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and the Seal of 
said Court at Martinville [Martinsville] 
the 17th day of May 1834

H R Stevens Clk

[seal]

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.   3-525
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,  [blank date], 19

In reply  to your request of  [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of  Devalt or Devault Keller.                           
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his application for pension 
on file in this Bureau. S. 32.358
==================================================
DATES OF  ENLISTMENT OR  APPOINTMENT.                                            
1776

LENGTH OF    SERVICE   
Was taken prisoner at Charleston in may 1780, Escaped in August
1780 and joined his regiment about the first of Sept. 1780; Was
in the battle of Kings Mountain where he was severely wounded in 
left arm, after which he was discharged.

RANK. 
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM    SERVICE  WAS RENDERED.  
  Captain                       Colonel
John Walters                 Beard

STATE.
S. C. 

Battles engaged in,   See Above

Residence of soldier at enlistment, On Saluda river. 60 or 70 miles from Charleston S C.

Date of application for pension, May 16. 1834 His claim was allowed.

Residence at date of application, Morgan Co. Ind.

Age at date of application, born in Germany in 1749, when he was about 6 years 
of age his parents, names not stated, emigrated to Charleston. SC
There is no further family data on file

Respectfully,


Commissioner
6_2856

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Rev. War HH

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

Please send 
me a record of the military
service and family connections,
mentioned in their applications 
for pensions of "Benjamin B. Rose
or Mercer Co. Ky in 1834" and of 
"Devault Keller of Morgan Co.
Indiana in 1834."  These 
are in your published list 
of Pensioners of the Revolutionary
war.  Thanking you
for the courtesy I am,

Yours very Truly

Mrs. A. M. [Perkerson?]
32 East Ave
Atlanta, Ga.


Jan 25 1916 -

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32,358
Revy INVALID.
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File No. 32,358
Devault Keller
Pri  Rev War
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Index: -- Vol.  8   ,  Page 220  

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side]

1916 Feb 1, history  Mrs.
A.M. Parkerson- M.B.H.

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*


NAME  Keller, Francis 

Grade Private

Line Pennsylvia

WARRANT
NUMBER  9784

ACREAGE  100

ISSUED  June 29, 1789
to M Mc Connell  assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are 

registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.

Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.

Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.