Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19286, Jonathan Dunbar, Va.

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(3-1776)

Service                                                  Number
Va.                 Dunbar, Jonathan           S. 19286
                                or (John)


born Penn.                                               carded
contents

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             23.923
Virginia
Jonathan Dunbar.
of Nicholas in the State of Va
who was a  in the company commanded
by Captain Cravens of the __________ commanded 
by ___ ______ _____ in the Va
line for 12 months
Dead.

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 0 Dollars  ----- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Apl. 34
and  Samuel Price Nicholas CH Va

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 24        120
Semi-anl. allowances ending        20
                                                  $140
                               {Revolutionary Claim,
                                 Act June 7, 1832.}
      Recorded by A Nath Rice Clerk,
Book  Vol. 6 Page 9

Let: Addison M Laughlin Aug 12 '35

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Jonathan Dunbar

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State of Virginia
Nicholas County

On this 14 day of January 1834 personally appeared in open court before the county court of Nicholas the [illegible] being a court of record now sitting Jonathan Dunbar a resident of said county and state of Virginia aged seventy two years on the fifteenth day of April [illegible] who being first duly sworn according to laws doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to attain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated He was drafted in as he believed the fall of 1780 and placed under the command of Capt. Cravens for a term of three months and was engaged during his whole service on guarding prisoners of the Barricks near Winchester Virginia at the end of the said three months he was discharged receiving a written discharge. He was very young at this time and his memory now will not enable him to say who signed his discharge or to give a list of the officers names under whom he served. His place of residence was in the County of Augusta Virginia.
In either December 1780 or January 1781 to the best of his recollection he again volunteered for a tour of three months service under the command of Capt. Thomas Smith who collected his company in Stauton Augusta County Va. and was marched through Virginia to the State of North Carolina where they joined General Green's army and was present and an actor at the famous battle of Guilford" which was fought in March At the end of his said term of three months service he was discharged from the service receiving a written discharge which was handed to him by his aforesaid Captain Thomas Smith  but whether he signed it himself or was signed by some other officer he cannot tell.
In the month of May 1781 he was again drafted under Captain John Dicky Lieut John Gamwell They were marched on to Eastern Virginia and joined the regular army at "Machunk Creek." The regular army was commanded

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by either Fayette, Mhulenberg or Wayne which one he cannot say. Col. Thomas Huggard. Lieut Col Jno McCreary and Major Wilson commanded the regiment to which he belonged. They were hardly ever stationary they were kept almost constantly on the alert watching the enemy Maj. Tarlton especially. But their movements were confined pretty much to the country about Richmond and Petersburg Va. He was in two engagements during this term of service. The first one was at a place called Hotwater near Williamsburg where the americans were defeated. The other was on the bank of James river near James Town. This last battle was fought on as he thinks Friday and on Sunday he with other was called out to aid in burying the dead of the enemy. After serving his time out he was again discharged receiving a written discharge.
In the month of September 1781 he was again drafted under the command of Capt Patrick Buckhannon for a term of three months He was marched to Yorktown and joined General Washingtons army and was  present when Lord Cornwallis' army surrendered. He cannot recollect the names of the [crossed out] all Regimental officers but ^Col Vance belonged to the [illegible]  Charles Baskins was Lieut. of the company after serving out his term of three months he was again discharged at Winchester to which place they had marched to with the prisoners receiving a written discharge.
He was born near Lancaster Pennsylvania as we was informed on the 15th day of April 1762 and which he has on record at home. Augusta County Virginia was the place of his residence during all the terms of his service. He moved then to Bath them to Greenbrier afterward Monroe County Va from which place he moved to what is now Nicholas County in the year 1806. He was drafted for three terms of service and volunteered for the fourth He served under the officers stated in the forgoing declaration. He received four written discharges signed by some of his officers by whom he does not recollect nor does he know what has become of them but they are lost or destroyed.
He ^never received any commission as an officer

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He is known to Edward Rion and Robert Hamilton (there being no clergyman) of his neighborhood who can testify to his character for  veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state  Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jonathan Dunbar

We Robert Hamilton and Edward Rion residing in the neighborhood of Jonathan Dunbar hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Dunbar who has [illegible] and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be ^nearly seventy two years of age; that he is [illegible] in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we [illegible] in that opinion Sworn to and [illegible] the day and year aforesaid

R Hamilton
Edward Rion

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter  and after putting the interrogatories [illegible] by the war [illegible] that the above [illegible] applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served the states [illegible] the court [illegible] certifies that that it offers to them that Robert Hamilton and Edward Rion are residents in said county of Nicholas are credible persons and that these statements are entitled to credit and that there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood of said applicant who can be procured at court
I Samuel Price Clerk of the County of Nicholas County do hereby certify that the [illegible] contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application Jonathan Dunbar for a pension 
In testimony whereof [illegible] set my [illegible] I affixed the seal of my office this 15th day of January 1834 and in the 58 year of our Independence 

Samuel Price

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Record Division          8-525
Revolutionary War Records Section
S. 19386

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.  ......, 19.....

In reply to your request of  ...., received ..... for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Dunbar a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment | Length of Service  | Rank | Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered
Captain | Colonel | State

Fall 1780 | 3 mos. | Pvt | Cravens | Va
Dec 1780 or Jan 1781 | 3 mos. |Thomas Smith
May 1781| 3 mos.| John Dicky | Thomas Huggard
Sept 1781 | 3 mos. | Patrick Buchanan | Vance

Battles engaged in, Guilford, Hotwater, Jamestown, Taking of Cornwallis
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Augusta  Co Va.
Date of application for pension, Jan 14 1834  His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Nicholas County, Virginia
Age at date of application, born Apr 15 1762 near Lancaster, Penn
Remarks: He died November 1834
There is no data in file as to his family

Respectfully, 

Commissioner,

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19286
INVALID.

File No. 19.286
Jonathan Dunbar

Pri Rev War

Act: June 7 32

Index: Vol. 2, Page 115

(Arrangement of 1870)

1923 Feb. 8 - Hist to Mrs. E.A. Grose. Aug.

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30.589

Saml Clark [crossed out]

M
Affidavit in support of Jonathan Dunbar
Declaration

Admit on a [illegible]
12 mo $40.00

Saml Price E
Nichola C H
Va

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State of Virginia
Monroe County } S.S.

On this 1st day of February 1834 personally appears before me James Hanly a justice of the peace in & for this county & state aforesaid Samuel Clark of lawful age, who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that he is well acquainted with Jonathan Dunbar who now resides in the County of Nicholas State of Virginia; that the said Jonathan Dunbar as well as this deponent were drafted in the year 1781, in the County of Augusta & State of Virginia to serve a tour of duty, in the revolutionary war, of three months; that they were marched from the said County of Augusta in the month of May 1781 under the command of Colo Thomas Huggard, Colo John McCreery and Maj Wilson until they joined the regular army under the command of Generals La Fayette and Wayne near Richmond Va; that the said Jonathan Dunbar did serve with this deponant , the full term of three months as aforesaid and that during the said term they were in two engagements with the enemy, one near Williamsburg Va. and the other near James Town Va.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this date above} Saml Clark

[illegible] aforesaid James Hanly J.P

I do hereby certify that the said Samuel Clark is a credible man  & that his statement as above is entitled to full credit
James Hanly

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I John Hutchinson Jr clerk of the Court of Monroe County do hereby certify that James Hanly is a magistrate as aforesaid and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof of have [illegible] set my hand & seal of office of Union this 3d day of February 1834 and in the 58h year of the Commonwealth
Jn Hutchinson Jr Clerk

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Jonathan Dunbar
[illegible]
Nicholas County
[illegible]

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Jonathan Dunbar Pensioner

The man died in [illegible]. I was unable to procure any evidence of his services –
and I was equally unsuccessful in my efforts to ascertain the neighborhood opinion – There
seemed to be no opinion on the subject – The Declaration in this case was written by Samuel
Price of Nicholas – if it be correct, it is the only one of that [illegible] writing –
 [illegible] 20, 1835

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D. H. Morgan Telephone 1194 E. A. Grose
Morgan & Grose
General Mechandise
Country Produce A Specialty
501 Morgantown Ave
Fairmont. W. Va.
Jan. 16, 1923

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

Please furnish me whatever data you have concerning the life of Jonathan Dunbar, of Nicholas County, Virginia (now West Virginia), who was a soldier in the Revolution, and is listed as a pensioner in Bulletin No, 4 Sons of the Revolution in the state of West Virginia.

Yours very truly,
Mrs. E. A. Grose
EAG/E

615 Pittsburg Ave.,
Fairmont, W. Va.

[Stamped in black ink]
Pension JAN 19 1923 Office US