Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17198, James Wills, Va.

SERVICE
Wa.
Wills, James
NUMBER _____
NUMBER 8 17198
CONTENTS
carded

26.35  Missouri  James Wells of St. Louis in the State of Missouri who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain John of the Infantry commanded by Colonel in the Regiment for
July 29th 1833 $ 25.55
Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 25 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of July and 1833
Arrears to the 4th of March $ 19.65 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 1833  13.27 1/2 $ 92.92 { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. [unintelligible] Clerk, Book 84 Vol. 84 Page 96

Letter to Hon. J. M. Hughes Esq. 3 rd Auditor 7 th Decr. 1842.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6 th April 1835. the sum of Sep 1841. to 4 th Sep 1842. Agent Notice 10 th April 1844
See 3 rd check sent in 43

James Willis Clay Co. Missouri
Return of
Adm. 7 Months 8 29 days.
26.66 11 98.55
20. 3.83 3.72 75.55
Amos Rees Esq. Liberty, Clay Co. Missouri

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
11 th August 1833
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 a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These 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, shewing the Service of James Wells. Clay Co. Missouri
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1781 3 20 Private Lieut. Day Hame None None Guanothe Frontiers 69 years down 60 Virginia Traditionary   1782 2 10 " Capt. Jas Burn Col. W Preslon " Virginia   Dec 1783 About 8 " Not stated Not stated " "   Aug 1784 About 21 " Not stated Not stated " "   Called out a member of line, 30 not stated  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of 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 United 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.
I 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, viz:
(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.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the 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 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.

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 traditional 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 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.
[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 guardian.
[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 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 each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[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.
[k] 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 no. [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowan Esq. etc.

State of Missouri } County of Clay } ss.
On this tenth day of November eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before J. T. V. Thompson the Col. Clerk and J. B. Crampton the judges of the County Court of Clay County in the State of Ill- inois now sitting James Wills a resident of Clay County Missouri aged sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, states on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit. That he was drafted into the service in Montgomery County in the State of Virginia in March nineteen hundred and eighty one for the first time, for the particular purpose of guarding the frontier at Appomattox about eighty miles west of where he resided, that he was marched from the place where he resided and where he was dis- charged under Daniel Boone, who he thinks was a lieutenant of Militia under whom he was marched to the place of destination as above- stated stationed under Sergeants and no higher officer that he was connected in his service with no other officers than as above either field or Company that he was engaged in this service something upwards of three months, he thinks three months and a half and was discharged without receiving a written discharge that he was in no battle and did no other service than as above, that he was born in Chester County in the State of Pennsylvania and lived there until he was about ten years old when he was removed

into Montgomery County Virginia where he re- sided until he entered the Service as stated above. Tho' he has no record of his age but has always understood that he was born on the 17 th day of July Seventeen hundred and sixty three. That in the fall of 1753 he removed to the state of Be Tennessee where he lived until 1820 when he removed to Clay County in the state of Missouri where he now lives. That he has no documentary evidence by which he can establish his Service nor is there any living witness by whom he can prove the same.
He further states that on the next Sun- day 1752 he thinks about the middle he was again drafted into the Service in the same County and state under Captain James Brown who was under the Command of Colonel William Preston both of Montgomery County Virginia. That he was drafted this time for the purpose of going into North Carolina to meet Cornwallis Army but after being marched one or two days he was ordered back for the purpose of shoring horses for the Service of the United States, he being a blacksmith, in which Service he was employed during the balance of this tour of Service that he was all this time under the orders of his Captain and in the Service the same as if he had been marching and fighting. In this Service he continued until the the 20 th of March or it may some time later, following when he was discharged in all upwards of two months, that he received no written discharge. That he has no docu- mentary evidence by which he can prove this tour of Service, nor is there any living witness by whom he can establish it that he knows of, in this state.

He further states that in the next summer  May under Captain Burns & after he left the Regiment  August he was again drafted for the pur- pose of being ready for service against the Tories and any other service that in June and August he was called out for the purpose of quelling the Tories in June he was out about eight days and took several and they were whipped in August he was out about three weeks in which time they took a good many whipped them and got them to enlist there were all taken in Virginia that he was called out in numerous other cases of this kind but the time is so short as to be inconsidera- ble otherwise than  that as to force him to be in readiness that he received here no written discharge and that he has no documentary evidence by which he can prove it nor is there any written proof by which he can prove that former- ly he was during the last service attached to Capt. Preston's Regiment - Still under Captain Burns James W. Hill
I now am subscribed to William Lloyd McWilliams Wood County
We David Magill and James Dickey residing David Magill in Clay County Missouri and James Dickey in Ray County Missouri hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Wells who has sub- scribed and known to the above declaration that we believe him to be as old as he there states he is that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion - we have known James Wells for many years that is to say David Magill for about eighteen years and James Dickey about twenty four years and we

have always understood and believe that he had been in the revolution and we think it was not at any time doubted
David Magill
James Dickey
Sworn and subscribe to us after court the day and year aforesaid.
William T. Wood Clerk
I James B. Mills do certify that I have always understood and believe James Mills my father to have been in the revolutionary war. It has always been so said and believed and at no time or by any body ever doubted as far as this deponent knows or believes. This deponent states that he is near thirty years of age.
James B. Mills
Sworn and subscribe to us after court the day and year aforesaid.
William T. Wood Clerk
22. 755
I am witness
application for
Where the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after calling the interrogations prescribed by the war department. That the above appli- cant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that David Magill James Dickey and James B. Mills who have signed the preceding certificate are residents as they have stated and that they are all credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Shadrach Moore
J. W. Thompson J. C. Co. C.
Elisha Garrison J. C.
I William T. Wood Clerk of the County Court of Clay County Mo. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court on the matter of the application of James Mills for a pension on the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 12th March 1842
William T. Wood Clerk

December 9, 1932
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RA-J/REL James Wills-S.17198
Miss F.I.Lewis 402 Church Street Salinas, California
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James Wills, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.17198, based upon the military service of James Wills, in that war.
James Wills was born July 17, 1763, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he resided until he was about ten years of age, then moved to Montgomery County, Virginia.
While residing in Montgomery County, Virginia, he enlisted early in 1781, and served at various times on short tours, about seven months and twenty-nine days in all, as a private under Lieutenant Daniel Howe, Captain James Burns, and Colonel William Preston in the Virginia Troops.
In the fall of 1783, he moved to the state of Kentucky, where he resided until 1820, then moved to Clay County, Missouri, of which place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed November 20, 1832.
In 1832, son James B. Wills was living in Clay County, Missouri; the name of his mother is not given and there are no further data as to family.
The above is the history of the soldier named James Wills, who resided in the state of Missouri at the time he received his pension, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
I did not set out the different services as I thought he was confused by the serv. he gave as Jan 1782, should have been 1781-82. See note on form by A.H.
Date of death not on AB.

17 198 INVALID.
de No. 17 198 James Willis W. Rev. 7/2
Act: June 7 th 88
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 419
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Feb. 16, '88. H. S. L. to Dr. Mr. Genl. For Tombstone 1932—Dec 9—Hist. to Miss J. D. Lewis — et al

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Dec. 11 th 1843.
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 pension agents, James Wills, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri _____ Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and 55 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1841, to the 4 th Sept. 1842.
Respectfully, yours,
 Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

War Department Pension Office 6 th August 1833
Sir
The evidence in support of the claim of James Mills has been again examined. The objection as to his not stating his services with sufficient precision, has been removed. — But the relinquishment of all claim to any other pension or annuity has not been attended to. — When this shall have been remedied, the claim can be admitted. The papers are returned.
I am Sir Very Respectfully Your Ob dt Serv t J. L. Edwards
Amos Rice Esq r Liberty Clay County Missouri.

Laura Wills
application for a pension -
59 19
2. 19

State of Missouri 5 County of Clay 3/8.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace within and for said County James Mills, who being duly sworn, de- poseth and saith that by reason of old age & infirmity he cannot swear positively as to the precise time length of time of his service but according to the best of his re- collection he served not less than the periods men- tioned below. In the first term of service not less than three months and twenty days. In the second term of service described not less than two months and ten days. In the third not less than eight days & in the fourth not less than twenty one days. In the other service performed he was not engaged less than thirty days. Making all together not less than seven months and twenty nine days. And he further states that all the service he per- formed except the first term of service was under Cap- tain Burns and attached to Col. Preston's Regt. New York. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present. & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of same agency at any stage James Mills
Sworn and Subscribed to before me this 27th day of May 1833. William T. Wood Esq.
State of Missouri County of Clay 3/8 set.
I William T. Wood clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Clay aforesaid do hereby certify that William T. Wood whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate in and was at the time of subscribing the same a Com- missioned and acting justice of the peace within said County duly qualified as such In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court at office May 27 th 1833 William T. Wood Clerk

Liberty Clay County Mo 8 th October 1833.
Sir.
The matter referred to by you in the papers of James Mills. As to his relinquishing of all claim to any other pension or annuity. has been attended to. You will find it at the bottom of his last certificate. I thought it unnecessary to have it known to separately and another Certificate made. In this matter he was present and authorized the insertion of that thing, and acknowledged the same before William T. Wood the justice of the peace who was also present.
I have the honor to be Sir your Obedt Servt.
Amos Root
J. L. Edmards Esq.

Liberty No 3 18 April }
Free
J. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions Washington City.

Salinas, Calif. Nov. 28, 1932
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Veterans' Administration, Washington.
Dear Sir:- As near as I can learn Mr. James Wills was born about 1754. He lived to be 103 years of age so died about 1857. He died in Ray Co. Mo. His widow was Lillian Buchanan Wills. She died I hope this will be sufficient data to enable me

you to find out that he served in the Revolutionary War. He had lived in Nashville or Minnreeborough Tenn Yours truly,
(Miss) F. J. Lewis 402 Church St. Salinas, Calif.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON      October 21, 1932
XXERFILE REFERENCE
IN REPLY REFER TO: BA-J/EEI
Miss F. Itylene Lewis 402 Church Street Salinas, California
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James Wills, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
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.
The data given by you are not sufficient to enable this office to make a proper search of the records: as a means of identifying the particular record in which you are interested, should it be on file, in addition to the full name of the soldier, it is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the following data pertaining to him: 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 letter with your reply.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of James Killen a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Sur. F. 17,198.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     2 Mch. 1781 3 mos 20 d. Pri. Lt. Daniel Home Va.   1 Jan. 1782 2 mos 10 d. " James Burns Wm. Preston "   3 Summer, 1782 Served at various times - In all - 1 mo. 29 days. " James Burns Wm. Preston "  
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Montgomery Co., Va. Date of application for pension, Nov 12, 1832. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Clay Co., Wis. Age at date of application, Born July 17, 1763 in Chester Co., Pa. ✓
Remarks: ✓
Very respectfully,
Tombs tone letter Jan service must have been in 1781 because they went out against Cornwallis's Army Commissioner. could not have been 1782