Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6615, Henry Campbell, Va.

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Va. Campbell Henry, Sarah, W6615.

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4666.
Virginia, Richmond 
Sarah Campbell
widow of Henry Campbell
Va. 
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Jan. 1844 and sent to R. H. Gray
Lynchburg, Va. 
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. 
Vol. 1 Page 153

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to certain widow
State of Virginia
County of Nelson
S.S. 
Oh this 31st day of October Eighteen hundred and thirty nine, personally appears before me Edmond F Coffey, a Justice of the peace for the said County of Nelson, Sarah Campbell (of the said) [crossed out] a resident of the said County, aged seventy five year, on account of a [illegible] bodily infirmity, is unable to attend the County Court of said County, and in April next, who being first duty sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to certain widow. 
That she is the widow of Henry Campbell deceased who was a soldier, and served as such, in the Virginia Militia and service of the United States in the War of the Revolution, for about the period of seven months, in the companies commanded by a Capt. James Dillard and Capt. John Soveig - That she desires her knowledge of the services of her said husband, partly from her own recollection and partly from his repeated declaration of service whilst alive, and from the fact that he was a pensioner of his county on account of his said services [illegible] to the period of his death which took place on the 13th day of January 1835. That she has procured and herewith files and annexes hereto and part of this her declaration, an office copy of the declaration of her said husband, whereupon the pension he received was allowed to him. She further declares that she was lawfully married to the said Henry Campbell on the 19th day of May in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty six that her said husband as before states died on the 13th day of January 1835, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service aforesaid but the marriage too place previous to the 1st day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, Towit: at the time above stated.

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That her marriage with the said Henry Campbell, solemnized on the day and year aforesaid by the Reverend Benjamin Coleman, an officiating minister in the Baptist church, with license from the clerk of the County Court of Amherst, previous to the division of this County into Amherst and nelson, which was then and still is one of the legal modes of celebrating the rites of matrimony in Virginia, and if the marriage bond and certificate authorizing the [illegible] of the paid license cannot be found, she presumes it has been lost or mislaid, in the course of the long space of time which has since lapsed - all which appear by the proof herewith sent and hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed in open before her
Sarah Campbell  
me a Justice of the peace for the said county of Nelson
Edmund F Coffey J P mark 

State of Virginia
Nelson County
S.S. 
I Edmund F Coffey a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Sarah Campbell who hath this day made before me and the foregoing declaration is a credible person, and that her statements on Oath are entitled to full faith and credit. I do also certify that the said Sarah Campbell, by reason of old age and bodily infirmity, is unable to attend the County Court of this County to make her declaration. Given under my hand this 31 day of October 1839
Edmund F Coffey J.P. 

Nelson County Town:
This day personally appears before me a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Matilda Cash aged Seventy years, and made Oath in due form of law that she is the sister of Sarah Campbell the widow and relict of Henry Campbell deed that she is of course well acquainted with her, the said Sarah Campbell, and has been acquainted with her [crossed out] ever since she can recollect, Towit: about sixty years

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past, and that she well recollects when the said Sarah intermarried with the said Henry which took place on the 18th day of May in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty sic and that the marriage aforesaid was celebrated by Benjamin Coleman a minister of the Baptist church, after obtaining license from the Clerk of the County Court of Amherst, which County then composed the present counties of Amherst and Nelson, and that she understood and believes that the said Henry drew in his life time a pension from the Government of the United States for his revolutionary services under the act of the 7th of June 1832, which is mentioned to identify the said Sarah as his widow, and that the said Henry departed this life at his residence in the County of Nelson on the 13th day of January 1835
Given under my hand this 31 day of October 1839
Edmund F Coffey J.P. 

I certify that Matilda Cash who has made the foregoing affidavit in a respectable and creditable person
Given under my hand this 31 day of October 1839 
Edmund F Coffey J.P.

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Virginia 12.833
Henry Campbell
of Nelson in the State of Virginia 
who was a pri: in the company commanded 
by Captain Dillard of the [crossed out] commanded by [crossed out] in the Virginia 
line for 6 months and 28 days 
M. '86 Apr 16. 1836 
Jun 15. 1835
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia 
at the rate of 23 Dollars 11 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of May '33 Lovington C.H. Va. and Lent S. Garland
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept
46.22
11.55 1/2 
$57.77 1/2 
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, 
Book E. Vol. 6. Page 5

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Henry Campbell 
Va
No. 25771

[illegible]
6 mo. 28 days
$23.11

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War Department 
Pension Office
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. This 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 must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked i 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 Henry Campbell
Pension when the service was rendered 
1781 drafted 
Duration of the claimant's service. 
Years. Months. Days. 
3 lacking 
a day or two
4
7 22
6 28
Rank of the claimant. 
Pri. 
Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. 
Age at present, and pace of abode when he entered the service. 
69 years
Amherst County
Proof by which the declaration is supported
Traditionary [illegible]
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, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians 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 _ day of _ personally appeared (a) before _ A. B. a resident (b) _ in the county of _ and State, Territory or District of _ aged (c) _ 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 Unted States in the year (d) _, with _ and served in the _ (e) regiment of the _ 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 _
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.
_ of the Court of _ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _ day of _ &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, vis:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _ 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 day 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. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _ Clerk of the Court of _ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal _ of office, this _ day of _ &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 is the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

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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?
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 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 of 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 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 [italicized] about three or four months, [end italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions [illegible] 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; 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 of 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 [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies 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 fact.
]m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department with the declaration.

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Revy. WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 6615
Sarah Campbell Widow
Henry Campbell
Pvt. Rev: War
Act: Mch. 3/73
Index : Vol. H, Page 114
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Sarah Campbell
Wd of Army
Ruth Brown 12 March 1840
to J. T. Sutton 1 Nov. 1841
Act 1838

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6456x
Virginia
Sarah Campbell
widow of 
Henry Campbell dec
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1834. 
and who died on the 13 January 1834
of Neilson in the State of Virginia
who was a private in the Comp. commanded 
by Captain Dillard of the Regt. commanded 
by [crossed out] in the Virginia
line for 6 months & 28 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia 
at the rate of 23 Dollars 11 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Nov. 1841 Sent to Jas T. Sutton Jr. Esq. 
Lynchburg Virginia
Arrears to the 4th of March 41 $115.55
Semiannual allowance ending  
$115.55
Act July 7,
1838
Recorded by Theodore L. Moody Clerk, 
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 184

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Lot of J. T. Sutton filed with [illegible]
of Sarah Campbell, wid of Neilson 
Va. ca. July 7. N: 6430

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Henry Campbell Va. act June 7, 1832
$23.11 When paid
H H Sylvester
23 Nov 1841
M Harry
[illegible mark] 4 Sep. 1834
[illegible mark]

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5177
S. Campbell
widow of Henry Campbell
$23.11 per an
R. H. Gray
Lynchburg Va.

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State of Virginia, Nelson County, S.S.
On the 25th day of Augt. 1843 before me William Bourne a Justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared Mrs Sally Campbell a Resident of said County. Aged 77 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision, made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3rd of March 1843 - granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. 
That she is the widow of Henry Campbell decd. of said County- who was a private in the malitia during the Revo. War- and a U.S. pensioner from said County at the rate of $23.11 cents per Ann. at the time of his death- which was on the 13th day of Jan. 1834. That the annual amount which she Recd. from the Gen. Govt. as the widow of said Henry Campbell - was at the rate of $23.11 cents per Ann. under the Act of July 7, 1838, for 5 years - to witt from the 4th day of March, 1836, to the 4th day of March 1841. She further declares that she is still a widow. 
Lt Ro H Gray
Sally Campbell 
of pension interlined before signed- W Bourne J.P. 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written- 
Before me- William Bourne J.P. 
In presence of John H Campbell

State of Virginia, Nelson County S.S. 
I Edmund F Coffey a Justice of the peace in and for said county, do hereby certify, that Mrs. Sally Campbell, who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration before me [illegible] is the widow of Henry Campbell decd. of said County- who was a U.S. pensioner at the time of his death - under the Act of June 7, 1832 - at the rate of $23.11 cents per Ann.

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and who died on or about the day of Jan. 1834. 
And that the aforesaid Sally Campbell is personally Known to me as the Identified person, who Recd. a pension from the Gen. Govt. as the widow of said Henry Campbell, under the Act of July 7, 1838- at the rate of $23.11 cents per An. for 5 years to witt, from the 4th day of March 1836, to the 4th day of March 1841. And that she is still alive and a widow, and to infirm to attend court. Given under my hand this 16th day of November 1843. 
W. Bourne interlined before signed - Edmund F Coffey J.P. 
State of Virginia Nelson County S.S.
On this 25th of Augt. 1843, before me W. Bourne a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Mr H Campbell a respectable resident of said County- who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say - that Sally Campbell, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration is the widow of Henry Campbell decd. who was a U.S. pensioner at $23.11 cents per An. and that his widow Sally Campbell alive [illegible] also obtained a pension for 5 years at $23.11 cents per An. - it was obtained for her by Mr. Sutton the pension Agent. She is still alive and a widow. 
John H Campbell
sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written- 
Before me William Bourne J.P.
State of Virginia Nelson County S.S. 
I Spotswood Garland, Clerk of the Court of Nelson County in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that William Bourne and Edmund F. Coffey are Magistrates as above, and that the forgoing signatures, [illegible] to be theirs and genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I have herewith affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this 12th day of December, 1843. 
Sp:Garland, Clerk of Nelson County Court.

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6464
Copy Henry Campbell
Declaration for a Pension 
Aety July 1838
Va
Jno Campbell 
- Campbell
Late - 
-   [illegible]
Sarah Campbell
Wm Campbell
[illegible] Wright- 1785
-   - 
S. Campbell late
Henry Campbell [illegible]
Ex.

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This 24th day of Sept. 1832
Alex r Brown
A here copy from the records of said Court. 
Leste, Sp:Garland. CK

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State of Virginia 
County of Nelson
}SS:
On this 30th day of November 1832. personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Nelson County, now sitting, Henry Campbell a resident of the said County and State of Virginia, aged 69 years who being first duty sworn according to [illegible] doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. 
That he entered the services of the United States, under the following named offices and served as herein stated. That to the best of his recollection in the year 1781 he was drafted from the militia of the County of Amherst for a tour of three months service to go on what was afterwards called the Guilford expedition & was a private solider in the company commanded by a Captain James Dillard marched in the said service, and served out the said tour of three months except a day or two, for proof of which he refers to the affidavit of Henry Cashwell and William Cashwell who were eye witnesses of the same which is hereto annexed _ That thereafter he was again drafted as a private soldier, from the same County of Amherst in the same year of 1781 and marched from the same County of Amherst under the command of Capt. John Loving and served out a tour of four months that during this latter tour he was at the siege of York Town _ That for proof of this service he refers to the affidavit of John Campbell, who was with him during the whole tour, which affidavit is also hereto annexed _ That he has no recollection in the great lapse of times of the days that he entered or quit the services aforesaid and has no documentary evidence to sustain his said claim _ That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever for a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State whatever. 
Interrogatories by the Court
1st. where and in what year were you born. 
Answer I was born in Feby. 1764 in the County of Amherst that part of which is now Nelson 
2nd. have you any record of your age, and where is it _ 
Answer  I have a record of my age at my residence
3rd. where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since, the Revolutionary War. and where do you now live.

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Answer I lived in Amherst County when called into service and in the same County since the revolutionary until Amherst County was divided and a part of it made Nelson County _ the last named of which is my present residence. 
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom _ 
Answer I was drafted both tours
5. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it 
Answer I have no recollection ever to have recd. a discharge
6th. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were the troops where you served: such Continental and Militia Regts as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service _ 
Answer_ In my first tour of Guilford I saw a Gen. Stevens and Col. Holcomb and Gen. Nathaniel Green_ I don't recollect any of the Regts. by name _ In my second tour at York Town Gen> Lawson was one General Col. Richeson commandant of one Regiment. 
7th. 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. 
Answer there is no Clergymen resident in my neighborhood, but Jesse Wright and William Campbell are my neighbors and will I expect testify to my character for veracity and my reputation for Revolutionary services
his mark
Henry Campbell
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
We Jesse Wright and William Campbell _ residing in the County of Nelson do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Henry Campbell, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 69, years of age in Feby. next; 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jesse Wright
William Campbell
his mark

And the said Court do hereby certify, that it appears to them that there is no

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resident Clergymen near the residence of the applicant, and that it also appears to them that Henry Cashwell and William Cashwell and John Campbell, whose affidavits are referred to and hereto annexed are credible persons and that their evidence is entitled to full credit _ And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after their investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations, presided 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 William Campbell and Jesse Wright who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the County of Nelson and are credible persons and that their statement is entered to credit. 

The affidavit of Henry Campbell and of William Cashwell of the County of Amherst sworn to according to law States that they are acquainted with Henry Campbell of the County of nelson_ that during the war of the Revolution the said Henry Campbell was drafted as a Militia man in the County of Amherst and State of Virginia and marched in that character on a Tour of three months, service under Captain James Dillard from the County of Amherst in the State of Virginia to North Carolina_ that the said Henry Campbell with the said company under the command of the said Dillard arrived on the battle ground of Guilford just before the termination of the engagement _ the company was not in the battle_ These affiliates know the said Henry Campbell served his tour, and was regularly discharged_ Given under my hand as a Justice of the Peace for the County of Amherst, this 19th day of September, 1832. 
David S Garland

Nelson County to wit. 
This day personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid John Campbell, and made oath, that in the year 1781 he was drafted from the County of Amherst in the militia service and marched under Capt. John Loving from the said County of Amherst and served four months on a tour on the expedition against the British forces, then in Virginia and that he was at the siege of York Town_ and that Henry Campbell now of the County of Nelson but then of Amherst was also in the said service and served with him in the same company as a private soldier. Given under my hand

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Sarah Campbell
Declaration
widow of Henry Campbell
No 8060 See No. 6464
same case 
Virginia

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State of Virginia County of Nelson S.S.
On this the 23rd day of October 1841 personally appeared before Edmund F Coffey a Justice of the peace in and for the County and state aforesaid Mrs. Sarah Campbell a resident of the County and state aforesaid aged seventy seven years (widow of Henry Campbell decd) who first being duly sworn according to the law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed July 7th 1828: That she in the widow of Henry Campbell decd who was a United States pensioner in the County of Nelson State of Va.. and who drew at the rate of twenty three dollars and some cents per annum. That she was married to him the said Henry in the County of Amherst by Parson Coleman. She believes in the month of May Seventeen hundred and Eighty Six she knows she was married the same year that Mrs. William Campbell's oldest child James was born which is on record, that her husband the said Henry died the 13th day of January 1834 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed _
Sarah Campbell
her mark 
Sworn to & subscribed on this the 23rd day of October 1841 before 
Edmund F Coffey J. Peace
I furthermore certify that Mrs. Sarah Campbell (widow of Henry Campbell deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner) is a Lady of respectability and that I have entire confidence in the truth of her declaration [illegible] her marriage & I am also well

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acquainted with Wm Campbell Jr [crossed out] (the oldest child of Henry and Sarah Campbell) who says he is in his fifty fourth year and I am perfectly satisfied of the correctness of his statement and also that Mrs. Campbell above named is from old age and infirmity unable to attend Court. Given under my hand the 23rd day of October 1841 ~
Edmund F Coffey J. Peace 

State of Virginia 
At a Court held for Nelson County, the 25th day of October 1841 ~ 
The Court having examined the Declaration of Mrs. Sarah Campbell, widow of Henry Campbell decd. (who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States of Nelson County), and also the certificate of Edmund F Coffey, (a member of the body), respecting said Declaration, order it to be certified to the War Department, that they have entire confidence in the truth of said Mrs. Campbell's statement made in said Declaration, and that they approve of the proceedings of said Edmund F. Coffey 
A true copy from the records of said Court. 
In testimony whereof, I, Spotswood Garland have hereto signed my name as Clerk of said Court and Affix the seal of my office, this 25th day of October 1841. 
Sp: Garland, Clerk of Nelson County Court.

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Lovingston Va. 
James T. Sutton Esq. 
Lynchburg Va.

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State of Va County of Nelson SS
This day personally appeared before E.F. Coffey a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Mrs. Sarah Campbell widow of Mr. Campbell decd. and made oath in due form of law that she well knows that Mrs. Sarah Campbell widow of Henry Campbell decd. was married to said Henry previous to the Birth of her oldest child James Campbell [crossed out] which is affixed to her declaration ~
her mark
Sarah Campbell
Sworn to & subscribed the 23rd day of October 1841 before
Edmund F Coffey J. Peace

State of Virginia
Nelson County } to wit. 
I, Spotswood Garland, Clerk of the County Court of Nelson County in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify, that Edmund F. Coffey, whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate, is an active Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his paid signature is genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I do hereby sign my name, as Clerk of the said Court, and affix the seal of my office, this 10th day of November, 1841. ~ 
Sp: Garland, Clerk of Nelson County Court.

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[crossed out]
5177 Decem. 22 1843
Va
Sally Campbell
Sarah Painter
Sarah Campbell } 3 Dec 1843

J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City.

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Lovingston, Nelson Co. Va. 16 Dec 1843 ~
Sir, 
At the request of Mr. Robert H Gray, agent or attorney for the parties, the [crossed out] enclosed papers are sent to you. 
Permit me at the same time to enquire whether you have received the Declaration of Mrs. Elizabeth Spitfatham, which was sent to you from this place in Sept. last, for a pension for the present year under the law of the last Session? She is in need of the pension and if her declaration has failed to reach you, please inform me, and I will draw up another one for her. 
very respectfully, 
Ro: C: Cutler.

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Henry Campbell

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Virginia to wit: 
I Samuel M Garland clerk of the County Court of Amherst in the said State of Virginia do hereby certify that the said County of Amherst was previous to its division in 1808, composed of the present Counties of Nelson and Amherst, that all the records and papers belonging to the said County previous to the division were left in my office. That I have made diligent examination therein and have been unable to find either the marriage certificate, marriage bond or ministers return in relation to the intermarriage of Henry Campbell and Sarah his wife: and I suppose in the length of time since elapsed and the frequent removal of the papers from one office to another they have been lost or destroyed _ once [illegible] of such papers being known to be lost
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and annex the seal of the said Court this 5th day of December 1839
Samuel M Garland
Clerk of Amherst County Court

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Sarah Campbell
Wid of Henry
Va
Act July 1838
Married 1786
died Jany. 13 1834
Allow $23.11 per an
from March 4 1836 

Jas T. Sutton Jr Esq
Lynchburg Va.