Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10686, James Travis, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Travis James
P 10686
CONTENTS

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act passed June 7 th 1832 for the relief of the surviving soldiers of the revolution James Travis an inhabitant of the Town of Rotterdam in the County of Schenectady and State of New York respectfully sheweth
in Peekskill hollow Dutchess County That he was born in the year 1762 - does not know what has become of his fathers family record - since the revolution he has resided four or five years at Cozakie in Dutchess County in the State of New York and the rest of the time in the said Town of Rotterdam - in the summer of the year 1780 he voluntarily entered and was enrolled in a Company commanded by Captain George Lane, Ensign Nathan or Nathaniel Lane and Lieutenant Daniel Wolsey in the regiment of Colonel Luddington and in one enlistment served between three and four years as a private in the same - shortly after he joined the troops marched over Peekskill mountains and guarded and patrolled in Peekskill hollow - was stationed below West Point four or five weeks to guard the Hudson river - resided previous to the revolution and during the same in Peekskill hollow in Dutchess County fired upon the briggs and vessels that were forcing their way up the river to West Point - did not at any time receive a discharge but continued on duty in the vicinity

of Peekkill till the conclusion of the war - has no documentary evidence but can pro- -cure the testimony of Jerediah Oakley of Lysander in the Town of Utica Oneida Coun- -ty and Nathaniel O'Brien of the Town of Ren- salaerville Albany County in the State of New York - previous to and during the revo- -lution he resided in Peekskill Hollow Dutch- es County. —
James Travis
Sworn & subscribed in open court this 12 th day of October
1832
John S. Woodman Clerk

Matthew Vandebarrack William Aikins and WE Betsey Van Valkenberg residing in the Town of Rotterdam in the county of Schenectady aforesaid and residing in the do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Travis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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.
Subscribed and sworn the { day and year aforesaid {
John S. Vrooman
Clerk.
Mat V V Vrooman William Aikins Betsey Van Valkenberg March
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 Matthew Van Derburgh, William Aikins and who signed the above certificate & Betsey Van Valken- burgh who also signed the same, are residents in the town of Rotterdam in said County of Schenectady & are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John S Vrooman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Schenectady do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Travis for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
John S. Vrooman Clerk.

Dear Sir, Have the kindness to address all correspondence concerning the within application to me at the City of Schenectady New York State If Mr Travis's declaration or evidence should be insufficient inform me what more is wanting and I will endeavour to furnish you with it as soon as possible
Respectfully Yours
To the Hon. Secretary of the War Depart- ment Washington
Henry Fuller Atty at Law Schenectady

James Travis
Oct 1832.
at York.
F. F. & Appleton

State of New York... County of Montgomery...
Be it Known, that on this 24th day of January A. D. 1853 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Thomas Travis of Amsterdam in the said County resident of Amsterdam in said County, and made oath according to law that he is a legal heir of James Travis who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 4 that he is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT, of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of James Travis for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City  Elizabethton T. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises. Thomas Travis his mark
Sworn to, subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Thomas Travis to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
Joseph French Justice of the Peace
State of New York... County of Montgomery...
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Montgomery that Thomas Travis is the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the identical child of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that Joseph French Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this 25th day of January 1853
John H. Vanderkinder Clerk by D. T. Berry Deputy Clerk
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3 "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

33.569
James Travis Schenectady co. New York
Rejected.
In Vol. 9. p 40 L. 3. 18. 4 1 mo 14 days
Henry Fuller City of Schenectady New York
10686

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. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjunct 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, showing the Service of James Travis, Schenectady co New York
   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.     Volunteer between 1780 33/4 Private Capt Lame Col Liddington to Pehskill Thence below West Point 70 Dutchess co New York tradition  
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 _____
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 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 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 seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, must be annexed to the papers.
seal of office annexing 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 note [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.

C. V. York James Travis let. to Hon. M. J. Bore 16. Nov. 1839
in former reports report
Rej d B.
Act. June 1832

James Travis New York Act 7 th June 1832
Rejected - See letter to H. Fuller May 15 th 1833 letter to same June 25. 1834.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
10,686
P. O. James Travis
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Dear
Schen No 2 27 th 1834.
I spoke to you about the application of James Travis deceased for a pension when you was here. I do not know what the number of his papers is. The original papers were sent to Washington in 1832 and supplementary affidavits have since been sent to Mr Edwards. You will please call at the pension office and get the matter determined as soon as possible. The proof I suppose has not been satisfactory it is however all that can be obtained.
We are all well
Yours respectfully Henry Fuller

Amsterdam Nov. 8. 1839
Sir
I wish a copy of the report made in the case of James Travis and If- he is entitled to a certificate please forward it to me - his property taken under the Act of June 1832 and from this State
I am yours respectfully
Matthias J. Doree
Dear J. L. Edwards

War Department Pension Office June 25. 1834
Sir
The affidavits in support of the claim of James Travis are herewith returned. Before they can be received as evidence, it is necessary that the witnesses be certified credible by the Officer before whom they were sworn.
Jared Oakley should specify the names of the Officers in the different tours of service which he states the applicant rendered, as well as the place or places where rendered, and all circumstances connected therewith, which he may have in his power to relate.
The papers remain on file.
I am Respectfully Your Hon d Serv t J L Edwards
Henry Fuller Esq Schenectady N.Y.

Schenectady April 19 th 1834 Mr J. L. Edwards Sir
I send you the enclosed affidavits to prove the services of James Travis whose declaration has been filed in your office you have examined his statement but required further proof The enclosed is probably all the evidence he can procure he says he knows one more person who could testify for him but he does not know where he lives - he was in his company, the same company
To Mr J. L. Edwards Washington
Respectfully Yours Henry Fuller Atty at law

Peer of Schuyler Herkimer County Jared Oakley being duly sworn before Joshua Marther Esq one of the Justices of the Peace of Schuyler - takes oath and says that James Francis of the Town of Phillips in Dutchess County and State of New York Did actual Service in the Revolution - was in Said County of Dutchess and County of Westchester as a private Wallkill - Union - Captain - George Lane of Col 2 Henry Suddon's - Regiment Service Rendered as follows Served in the year - 1778 forty Days and in the year - 1779 twenty and five Days and in the year - 1780 three Months and in the year - 1781 four Months and in the year - 1782 four Months Making in the whole one year - two months and fifteen Days all which Service was Rendered in the old Revolution - war in Defense of The United States of America and further saith he Not
Subscribed and sworn
Before me December 4th
1833
Joshua Marther Justice
Jared Oakley
State of New York Herkimer County } ss. Clerk's Office
I Julius C Nelson Clerk of the said County do certify, that Joshua Marther before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date of the said Affidavit one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by law to act as such Justice - And further I am well acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe his name subscribed to the said Certificate to be his proper hand writing and Signature
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal Office this fourth day of December 1833
Julius C Nelson Clerk

James Travis

State of New York County of Schenectady ss
Nathaniel O'Brien of the Town of Rensselaerville in the County of Albany in the State of New York being du- ly sworn says that in the year 1783 or 1784 he resided in the town of Frederickstown in Dutchess County and became intimately ac- quainted with James Travis then a resident of the Town of Philips in the same County that he was often conversed with said Travis about the Revolutionary war, from the time he became acquainted with him until the year 1796 when he this deponent moved out N of the said County that when he lived in Dutchess County he frequently heard Mr Tra- vis say that he was in the Regiment of Colonel Ledington in a Company of Infan- Artillery commanded by Captain George Lane Ensign Nathan Lane and Lieutenant Dan- iel Woolsey and that he served in the same from the time he was sixteen years of age till the close of the war that he had often heard Mr Travis say that he was stationed below West Point and that he was on duty in Peekskill hollow and that he was en- gaged in pursuing parties that came up in that quarter from the City of New York to plunder and that he marched over Peek- skill mountains that he has heard him say that he was engaged along the Hudson river and fired on the soldiers that were forcing their way up the river in boats

that he has heard Mr Travis speak of his Com- pany taking two British refugees one Nelson and one John Marios who were executed in the Town of Poughkeepsie that he has heard him say that he was in many skirmishes that he was patrolling with the rest of the company and spent his time in catching to- ries that he has often heard persons living in the vicinity of Peekskill hollow speak of James Travis as having been an active sol- dier in that part of the country that the said Travis now resides in the Town of Rot- terdam in the County of Schenectady and that he has resided there several years past and that this deponent now resides in the Town of Milton in the County of Saratoga in the State aforesaid. Nathanael O'Brien Subscribed and sworn before me this 18 th day of April 1834
Henry Fuller State of New York Commissioner of Deeds &c County of Schenectady Clerks Office
I John S. Hooman, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said county, do certify that Henry Fuller whose name is subscribed to the above affi- davit, was on the day of the date of the said affidavit a Commissioner of Deeds &c for the said county, commissioned sworn and duly authorized by law to take affidavits &c. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner and truly be- lieve that the signature of "Henry Fuller" sub- scribed to the said affidavit is the proper hand writ- ing of the said Commissioner. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 19 th day of April 1834. John S. Hooman Clerk

I Henry Fuller do certify that I am personally acquainted with the before-named deponent Nathaniel G Bryan and verily believe that he is a credible witness and that the statement made in the foregoing affidavit is true. Dated July 30 th 1834.
Henry Fuller Commissioner of Deeds &c.

Town of Schuylerville Herkimer County Jared Oakley being Duly Sworn and in addition to a former affidavit Made By Said Oakley as to Service Rendered By James Travis in the Revolutionary war is as follows Service Rendered By Said Travis under Lieut Daniel Wiley in Taking Toveys and Searching for thiefs and guarding the Lines and also at other Times Service Rend- ered under Lieut John Brooke in Searching for horse thieves and Taking Several Toveys and finding out Several who harbored The Toveys and Boving them to the officers and Several of them Were hung and further Sayeth from the year 1778 to the End of the year of 1782 & that the Said Travis Rendered Service under a Number of officers Such as Ensign Henry Wiley and Ensign Nathaniel Lane and Sergeant Robert Oakley and Sergeant John Christian and Sergeant Desautury and Was Called out By the Said officers in Different ways in guarding The Lines and Securing thieves in General alarms and at Different Times as section Requires from the opening of the Spring Till Winter for five years all theas Service Rendered as Described in Said Oakleys former affidavit in the Said Town And the Said Countys and further the Said Oakley Sayeth that he was most all ways with the Said Travis and was Well Knowing to the Service Rendered By Said Travis for Five years and Turned out at all Calls of the officers and By his Neighbors at Every alarms of the Enemy
Subscribed and Sworn
Before me July 25 th
1824 —
Joshua Mather Justice
Jared Oakley
I Do hereby certify that I have been long acquainted with the Said Jared Oakley who has signed the above affidavit and Do say that he is a credible Witness as I ever knew
Joshua Mather Justice