Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3486, John Webb, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
NC
Webb, John
S 3486
CONTENTS
Carded

19118 West Tennessee
John Webb
of Maury Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hays of the Ar. commanded by Genl. in the War of the line for Nine months
Henry County -
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Aug t 1833 and sent to John W. Dunlop Paris
Arrears to the 4th of March 60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep t 15.00
$75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 101

Rev. John Webb
3486 INVALID.
File No. 3486
John Webb
Bapt Rev War
Act: June 7. 1832
Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 397
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10. 235 John Webb Henry C. T. ...
9, 10, 15, 17 from - private 9 months. $30.
John H. Dunlop Paris Jan

BRIEF in the case of John Webb  County of Maury  in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 4 Draftsman Gen. W. Hays   5 " Col. J. Wall Gen. H. H. H. H.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Richmond Co. N Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  No Seal — The certificates are not sworn to before a notary public 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Catts Examining Clerk.

10.235
Leu
free
Russian Agent
Washington City

Declaration in order to entitle the applicant to a pension under the act of 1832 State of Tennessee } September 1832 Henry County } on this 5 th day of September 1832 personally appeared John Webb aged about eighty years - a citizen of said county - in open court before the honorable county court now sitting the same being a court of records - who being first duly sworn according to law - oath and his oath made the following decla- -ration in order to entitle to a pension under said act of Congress - That he entered the ser- -vice of the United States - at Rockingham court house - in the county of Richmond and State of North Carolina - about the commencement of the revolutionary war - the precise year not recalled - as a draftsman - was a term of four months - in Capt Mays company That at the expiration of said term - he again en- -tered the service in the said county of Richmond and served five months as a drafts man in Capt William Mack's company - and Gen Rutherford's Brigade - that during said service he was principally engaged in scouting parties against the Tories - that he was not in any battle except one with the Tories - at Betty's Bridge an arming creek in North Carolina

That Gen Rutherford gave him a discharge at the expiration of his time with the Tennessee - served principally upon the Savannah River - which discharge is lost or mislaid so that he cannot find it. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State in Union -
Test Sworn to in open court John his Webb John H. Wm. of September 7 th 1832 Clerk (B.C. Brown D.C.W.) mark
We do hereby swear that we believe that John Webb - who makes the foregoing application for a pension - is a credible man that it is also understood in his neighborhood where he now resides & has resided for many years that he was a soldier of the Revolution as above stated Sworn to before me John Gibbs (May 17 th 1833 B.C. Brown D.C.W.) Sworn to before me this 10 th day of May 1833
I Samuel Hawkins a minister of the gospel do here- by state that John Webb is an honest respectable man and his statements are entitled to full faith and credit - and also that he is under- stood and believed to be a soldier of the Revolution Sworn to before me May 17 th 1833 (B.C. Brown D.C.W.) Samuel Hawkins Minis- ter of the Gospel

and the court do hereby declare their opinion after investigating all the facts set forth in said petition - and after putting the interrog- atories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolu- tionary soldier as stated - and the court further states that Samuel Hawkins who subscribed his name to the foregoing enclosed certificate is a minister of the gospel and respectable citizen &c. John Bradduck P.D. Julian Frazier M c Dowells P.D.
State of Tennessee & Thomas H. Porter Clerk of the Henry County & County Court of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Webb for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office. This 17 th day of May A.D. 1833 and fifty seventh year of the independence of the United States. Thos H Porter Clk G. S. Brown D.Clerk

State of Georgia Henry County To all to whom it May Concern, Know ye that we the undersigned having been called upon to certify the character of John Webb late of the County & State aforesaid, formerly of Rich- land County N.C. and whether he can be be- lieved upon oath, As Respectfully State that having known him for some years and living near him have always found, and observed him to be an honest, upright, and indis- pudent man, and am in whose im- plicit confidence may be placed in any case upon oath, And having understood that a pension has been allowed to Matthew Soldiers of the Revolution do recommend Mr Webb to the liberal notice of the government as he is old, poor & truly needy -
David Hawkins M.C.
J.D. Looney
William Gibbs

Farm N.C.
J. L. Edwards Commissary of Prisons Washington City D.C.

State of Tennessee } Personally John Webb before me Henry county } Washington H Bennett an acting Jus- tice of said county - who being duly sworn, deposes & saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise period of his entering or leaving the service of the United States - but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned, before and served during each of said Terms as a private and for such service I claim a pension. The further states that Samuel Hawkins whose signa- ture will be found to a certificate with the enclosed papers signed, etc. G. as a preacher of the gospel and is the person alluded to in the certificate of the court - He states that he knows of no person by whom he can identify his services nor has he any documentary test- imony by which he can prove the same
Sworn & subscribed to John Webb before me this 9th of May 1833 mark
W. H. Bennett
State of Tennessee } Thomas A Porter Clerk of the County Henry County } Court of said county do certify that Washing- ton H Bennett whose signature appears above is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace for said county duly commissioned and qualified as such according to law and that all due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts as such
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at office in the town of Paris the 21 st day of May A.D. 1833 and 57 th year of Ameri- can Independence
Thos A Porter CLK By S. Brown CLK