Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,581, John Wells, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb.
Wells, John
S. 32,581
Born in Va.
CONTENTS

23-780  Kentucky
John Wells of Gallatin County the State of Kentucky who was a private in the comd commanded by Captain Jones of the reg t commanded by C. S. in the Kentucky line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars 4 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of Dec r 1833 and Thomas J. Berrysman Biverton
Arrears to the 14th of Sept r 20.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 10.00
$60.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1839 }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Book E Vol. 7 Page 33
Let to Hon. R. M. Johnson H. H.
Dec 30 1835
do to Hon. G. A. Harkness, June 23 d 1836 - as to transfer.
do - self - Aug 20 d 36
do to Hon. A. S. White 15 Jan y 1839
do to Pen. Cpt. H. H. Harkness 1839
Letter to Hon. A. S. White 8 March 1839
Same person 24 April 1839
Same person 18 July 1840
do to Hon. R. M. Johnson Mar 9 d 1841
do to Hon. H. S. Lane 18 d Aug y 1841
Same person 6 April 1842
Letter to Hon. H. S. Lane 3 d (2 cases)
3 d auditor June 9 th 1842
Let to 2 d Comp y June 28 d 1842 - P o to
6 March 1841 at Treas. Dept. See letter to
Kentucky Agent June 29 d 1842. susp.
Let to Hon. A. S. White Aug 23 d 43

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Clinton ss.
On this Second day of February 1837,
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Clinton personally appeared John Wells
of said County who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Andrew Hamilton in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Abraham Bostwick in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Kentucky from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Indiana where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Kentucky to the State of Indiana in Clinton County. For the reason that Pensions were lower in the State last aforesaid and he thought that he could better provide for himself and family in Indiana than he could in the State of Kentucky before.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Ferrugga J.P. 3rd
John Wells
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

State of Indiana 33
Clinton County ss. I do hereby certify that
on this the 2nd day of February 1839. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said County - Joel M. Harland of said County of lawful age who being duly sworn according to law and upon his oath saith that John Wells who has made affidavit on the foregoing application that he is the identical person who has made affidavit and is described in the foregoing affidavit & further says that Joel M. Harland is a man of good moral character - Joel M. Harland Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day & year first above written
Joseph Denny Jr. Justice of the Peace
Sworn and subscribed to before me The day and year aforesaid.

State of Indiana 5 Clinton County 3/4
I Sam D. Maxwell Clerk of the circuit court of the County aforesaid certify that Joseph Scroggy Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of John Wells and Isaac W. Hardeman (the witness), is taken and subscribed is now and was at the time of taking the same an Acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly elected, commissioned and sworn into office And I further certify that his signature as then and there appended is genuine.
In Witness whereof I Sam D. Maxwell Clerk have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at my office in Frankfort the 2 nd day of February A.D. 1839
Sam D. Maxwell Clerk. C. C. C. C. C.

28,038
John Wells. Gallatin Co. Kentucky.
( it ) from 1781 private 6 months. $20.
Thos. A. Berryman, Owenton, Kentucky.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 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 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 John Wells
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Drafted 1780 6 Pt. Cap Jones 69 N.C. Traditionary  
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 days 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 inquiry 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 organized 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 fix 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.
□ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule if note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional 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.

State of Kentucky Gallatin County 3/1832
On this 15 th day of October, 1833 personally appeared an open court before the Justices of the Gallatin County Court now sitting John Mills a resident of the said County and state the aged 69 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 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 that is to say being a resident of the County of Surry in the State of North Carolina he entered the service of the United States on the day of Novr 1780 as a drafted militia man and private soldier in the company of Capt Jones that he rendezvoused with his company at the courthouse in the said County and was immediately detached by his Colo: under the commissary for the regiment whose name was Gabriel Jones to assist in procuring provisions of all descriptions for the Army which was then in the State of North Carolina under Genl Greene. He states that his tour of duty under his said draft was for six months and that he continued during the whole of his said tour under the by virtue of the order of his Colo: engaged in aiding and assisting the said Commissary to procure Beef & Pork & Corn & other articles for the use of the Army - that he aiding in this matter and during his term of service he recollects that the battles of the Cowpens, Guilford & Ramsays Mills were fought. He states and declares that at the termination of his said tour of duty in the month of May 1781 having fully and faithfully served out the same he was discharged and returned home. He states and declares that his tour was for six months and that he actually served out the same fully and faithfully -
He states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not

on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John his X Wells mark
Interrogatories put to the above named applicant by the court
1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer I was born in Williamsburg Va. in the year 1764
2 d Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer I have at home -
3 d Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Answer I lived in Curry County North Carolina when I was called into service, and there remained for 17 or 18 years after the war and then I moved to Grayson County Va. where I remained for about 7 years and then moved to Adair County Ky. and from thence I moved to Lincoln County Ky. and from thence to Mercer County Ky. and from thence to Nelson County Ky. and from thence about 3 years ago to Gallatin County Ky. where I have continued to live ever since -
4 th 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 -
5 th 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 service -
Answer I recollect Genl. Greene, Caswell and Morgan and Col. Clarke and Martin and Major McCorwell - I was drafted and as soon as I rendezvoused with my company I was detailed to assist in preparing provisions for the army and continued in that employment in that service during the term for which I was drafted -
6 th 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 rec d a discharge signed by my officer which I have lost y t state the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution -
Answer I will name Archibald Brant & Henry Vance Ingraham McDowell
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
John his X Mills mark
We A. McDowell a clergyman residing in Gallatin county Kentucky and Henry Vance residing in the same county and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Mills who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 69 years of age that he we have heard him say that he was a soldier of the revolution and it is his reputation in the neighbourhood where he resides & we have not heard it doubted that he was a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid -
Henry M. Dener David M. Dousell
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interroga- -toris 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. McDowell a clergyman who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Gallatin county Kentucky and that A. M. Vance who has also signed the same is a resident of the same county and state and are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit & that there is no clergyman living in his neighbourhood his neighbourhood
Ly Bullock } Justice of the John Foster } Gallatin county George D. Gulliver } Court

28 038
John Wells. Rev. Alaine
communicate to me on the subject of this claim at Benton Davi county Kentucky.
Thos. A. Bergmann

State of Kentucky } Gallatin County } set
I Richd. P. Butler Clerk of the court of Gallatin county in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Wells for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 13 th day of Octn 1833
Richard P. Butler Clerk of the Gallatin County Court

February 5, 1940.
Leslie D. Johnston 1st Lieut. 335th Inf. Res. Earlham College Richmond, Indiana.
BA-J/ILL John Wells S. 32581 aw
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Wells, who served in Sharp's Company, 10th North Carolina Regiment, and in which you cite a John Wells who was a pensioner of Gallatin County, Kentucky, in 1832.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and only one claim for pension found based upon service of a John Wells of North Carolina. He was a pensioner of Gallatin County, Kentucky, in 1832. His record follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 32581.
John Wells was born in the year 1764, in Williamsburg, Virginia; the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Surry County, North Carolina, he enlisted in November 1780, as a private in Captain Jones' company, was immediately detached by his colonel, whose name was not given, to serve in the commissary department under Gabriel Jones and continued six months. It was stated further that he served as a private in Captain Andrew Hampton's company, Colonel Absalom Bostick's regiment and in Captain Henry Hampton's company, Colonel Joseph Winston's regiment, dates and other details of these services not stated. It was not stated that he served in Captain Sharp's company, 10 th North Carolina regiment.
He continued to reside in Surry County, North Carolina, for about seventeen years after the war, then moved to Grayson County, Virginia, and resided about seven years, then moved to Adair County, Kentucky, thence to Lincoln County, Kentucky, from there to Mercer County,

Kentucky, thence to Nelson County, Kentucky, afterwards to Gallatin County, Kentucky.
John Wells was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed October 15, 1833, at which time he resided in Gallatin County, Kentucky; he had resided in that county for three years. In October 1834, this soldier had moved from Kentucky and resided near Thornton, Boone County, Indiana, also his residence in March 1835; in 1839, he resided in Clinton County, Indiana.
Reference was made to this soldier's family and to his daughter, but the name of his wife, date of their marriage, and the name of said daughter, or of any other children, were not stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city and cite the following data:
John Wells Certificate #25180 Issued December 2, 1833 Rate $20 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Indiana Agency(transferred from Kentucky Agency).
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Hon. A.S. White Senate 728

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Indiana County of Clinton ss.
On this Eleventh day of August 184 2 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Clinton personally appeared John Wells who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Henry Humpson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph H. Hinton in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Kentucky whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State, (District, or Territory,) of Indiana — where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Kentucky to Indiana  that he thought a new country, was the best country for a poor man, and that he could get land, land being cheap  John Wells mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Scragg Justice of the Peace
¶ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
¶ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
¶ In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with 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 which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.

State of Indiana  Putnam County  ss
Be it known that on this the 11th day of August 1842 Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in & for said County Isaac D Armstrong, of lawful age, and a man of Respectability, who solemnly swears that John Wells who has taken & subscribed the foregoing oath is the John Wells de- scribed in the Affidavit
Isaac D. Armstrong
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the 11th day of Aug. 1842 Joseph Scurgy Justice of the Peace
State of Indiana County ss
J. Joseph Scurgy a Justice
of the Peace in & for said County certify that Isaac D. Armstrong the Witness, who has made and subscribed the above, is a man of Veracity & of the first respectability
Joseph Scurgy Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana, to wit: County ss.
I J. D. Maxwell Clerk of the Circuit Court of the said County of Ohio in- testify that Joseph Scruggs Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit of John Wells (a Putnam) is subscribed and sworn to. And before whom Isaac D Armstrong the Witness in the cause is sworn is now and was at the time of the take- ing the Affidavit an Acting Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Ohio in duly elected Commissioned & sworn into office and as such his Official acts are entitled to full credit And I further certify that his signature as appended is genuine.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at my office in Frankfort the 11th day of August 1842
J. D. Maxwell Clerk 666-

25. 180,
Indiana
John Wells
of Gallatin Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the commanded by Captain Jones of the Regt  commanded by in the N. Carolina line for 6. Months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20. Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of December 1833. — and sent to Thos. A Berryman, Owenton, Ky
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. $50. 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March 10. 00 $60. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book E. Vol. 7. Page 33.

To Madison, Indiana, from Kentucky from 4 th March 1841.
6. June 1844. Notification sent to Hon. A. S. White, Senate. U.S.
Letter to Hon. A. S. White. March 1844
" to J. C. Lea 6 th Aug. 16 July 1844
Paid at the Treasury under the Act 6 April 1838 from 4. March 1841 to 4 March 1843 agt Notification 28 Oct 1844
Date of death not on A.B. J.L.R.

32 581 Rey INVALID.
1934 - Feb. 20 - Hist. to Mrs. Robert Rueff - ILL. 1940 - Feb. 5 - Hist. to Selma D. Johnston - ILL.
File No. 32,581
John Wells Dis. Res. War
Act: June 1 st 1894
Index: -Vol. 9 , Page 445
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Shelbyville Indiana Feb. 4- 1934
Commissioner of Pensions Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you please send me a copy of the pension claim of the Revolutionary War soldier John Mills , who served in the North Carolina militia and lived in Gallatin County Kentucky in 1833.
Thanking you for this information I am
Yours truly
Mrs. Robert Rueff S. Harrison Ave. Shelbyville Indiana.

EARLHAM COLLEGE RICHMOND, INDIANA
Department of Ancient Languages
William E. Berry Leslie D. Johnston
January 19, 1940
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you be so kind as to give me a report on the Revolutionary war soldier named below.
only one Miss Cartwright ✓ JOHN WELLS, private in Sharp's Company, 10th North Carolina Regiment. Enlisted 1781 for the duration of the war. Mustered Jan. 1782.
Was this the same JOHN WELLS who received a pension beginning 1833 in Gallatin Co., Kentucky for service in the Revolution in a North Carolina Militia? His name was placed on the pension roll in 1832.
Do you r records by any chance reveal that this man lived in Jefferson County, Indiana?
The report is desired for family records.
Yours very truly,
Leslie D. Johnston
Leslie D. Johnston
( 1st. Lieut. 335th Inf. Res. )

February 20, 1934.
Mrs. Robert Rueff South Harrison Avenue Shelbyville, Indiana.
BA-J/ILL John Wells S. 32581
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Wells.
The record of John Wells is given below as shown in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 32581, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Wells was born in the year 1764, in Williamsburg, Virginia; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Surry County, North Carolina, he enlisted in November 1780, as a private in Captain Jones' company, was immediately detached by his colonel, whose name was not shown, to serve in the commissary department under Gabriel Jones and served six months. It was stated further that he served as private in Captain Andrew Hampton's company, Colonel Absolom Bostick's regiment and in Captain Henry Hampton's company, Colonel Joseph Winston's regiment, dates or details of these services not stated.
After the war, the soldier remained about seventeen years in Surry County, North Carolina, then moved to Grayson County, Virginia, where he resided about seven years, then moved to Adair County, Kentucky, thence to Lincoln County, Kentucky, from there to Mercer County, Kentucky, thence to Nelson County, Kentucky, and from there to Gallatin County, Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1833, at which time he resided in Gallatin County, Kentucky, in which
Used as stated by soldier - I am not sure - Do according to Treatise They are all missed out in all cases I believe

county he had resided about three years. In October 1834, John Wells moved from Kentucky to a place near Thorntown, Boone County, Indiana, where he resided in March 1835, and in 1839, he resided in Clinton County, Indiana.
Reference was made to soldier's family and to his daughter, but the name of his wife, of the daughter or any other children are not shown in this claim.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

Aug 23 '43
"
Prof Wells
Fwd Alb. S. White
J. L. Edwards Esq Comt. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Lafayette Ind.
Aug 15 th 1843
Sir: Allow me to call your attention to the application of John Wells a Rev d Pensioner, for a transfer of his name from the K. y to the Ind a Agency, and to express a hope that his papers as corrected before the last transmission were found satisfactory
A friend has lately reminded me that I once knew Mr. Wells - And upon such refreshing of my memory I am able to state that he is a highly creditable old man - Such I am assured is his character
very reply Yrs at serv
J. L. Edwards Esq Com r of Pensions
Alb. J. White

June 11 th 1846
Hon. A. S. White

181 Pension Office June 11 th 1844.
Sir.
I herewith enclose the latter Pension Certificate of John Wells, as requested in your letter of the 7 th inst.
I have the
Hon. A. J. White Senate U. S.

June 8 1844
Mr Evans,
J. L. Edwards Esq Comt. of Pensins Washington

Senate Chamber Washington June 7. 1844
Sir:
Your letter of yesterday sent to my care & addressed to Mr. John Wells a revolutionary Pensioner advising him that he had been transferred from the roll of Kentucky to that of Indiana, has been rec. d & will be forwarded to Mr.
Wells — I believe that Mr. Wells pending this application for a transfer deposited with you his original certificate. If so, you will oblige me by sending it to me
Respectfully yrs ob serv
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions
W. J. White

let the man be transferred from the time to which he was last paid
J. S.
See letter of war from since 1871
Hon. A. S. White Senate U.S.

Senate Chamber Washington June 4. 1849
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir:
In the case of John Wells a Revolutionary Pensioner now on the roll of Kentucky but petitioning to be transferred to the Indiana Agency & whose application for that purpose has been hitherto disallowed by you for an apparent discrepancy between his original declaration & the one for a transfer, I have to say:
That when I was last home Sam l D. Maxwell my Agent for Mr. Wells reminded me that I knew the old pensioner. I then recollect d that I had done business for his daughter, & was able to identify John Wells as one of our most respectable old gentlemen. I have not the least doubt of his having served in the War as stated; such is his general reputation & I would believe his word implicitly. Mr. Maxwell who is a most conscientious & intelligent gentleman assures me that if there is any discrepancy in Mr. Wells' two declarations it is a

clerical error of his amnensis & does not in the least implicate the veracity of the old man
I hope no further difficulty may exist in the way of ordering a transfer of his name to the Ind a Agency - You have his original certificate which you will please send to me with his order of transfer
Yours very resp t
Abt. J. White
I know Samuel D. Maxwell very well & am positive he would have no concern in drawing up a false claim for a pension - He is a virtuous & conscientious gentleman
Sam l D. Maxwell

Hn AS White
Aug 23 rd 43

289 Pension Office, Aug 23. 1843.
Sir,
In the case of John Wells, referred to in your letter of the 15 th inst. I have the honor to inform you that the statement of his service made in his application for a transfer, does not agree with that given in the papers upon which a pension was granted; and doubts are therefore entertained whether the person of that name who applies for the transfer, is the same individual to whom the pension was allowed. In order to a satisfactory examination of the case, he should make a detailed statement under oath, shewing the name, and rank of all the officers, under whom he served, and designating the battles, in which he was engaged.
Hon A. S. White, La Fayette Indiana.

Mar 6. 41. late -
M c Wells, Ind a ville
J. J. Edwards

Col. Edwards
Please return the wills with the forms & which will be necessary to draw the pension
I oblige
Richd Johnson

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 20 th , 1844.
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, John Wells , _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Madison, Md. Agency, at the rate of Twenty _____ Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1841, to the 4 th March 1843,
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

July 11 1842
Cm
Ino Wells Ken tky
William Lloyd
Business of Southern New England City R.R.
[Faint handwritten mark]

FREE
Free
Dear A. S. White
Mr. L. L. Mason Washington City
mail

Frankfort Dec. 7. 1852
Dear Sir
Herewith I send you the application of Mr Wells for a transfer of the payment of his Pension from Kentucky to Indiana. He has drawn his Pension from the 3 d Auditor at Washington up to the 11 th of Mar. 1850. And if the Transfer is made he would be pleased, if he could be authorized, by the Compt. of Pensions to get the arrear of Pensions up the 11 th of Sept last. (One year & a half price in this state. The reason that the transfer has not heretofore been made is that there is a disagreement between the original declaration & the application for a transfer, in mention to his service in some particular, Mr Wells is quite old & infirm and it may be that there is a variance, but I think that should not prevent the old certificate & sent him to the trouble of going to Kentucky for his $20. a year is wait until 8 mo. expires after his Pension is due & sent to H. C. for it. You know the Pensions and know something of the circumstances, tell me if you plan personally attend to this letter matter, I send you the original Certificate. If the Transfer can not be made, please return the old certificate so that he may get his money in the old location otherwise. If this application is wrong, please make out one in brace in the necessary facts & send it to me for him to be supplied to. The application was made some time since but Mr Wells concluded not to send it on, until you would be at Washington to attend to it for him & suppose they would adjourn before it

could reach Washington The papers of Pvt. Mr. [?] D [?]
I have looked for the letter of the Dept. of Pensions giving the decision of the appeal in the case of the application of Harman Hughes for a pension, but I have not put my hands on it. Mr. Hughes wishes you to have something done for him - if it is possible send a request Mr. Lane, (of the Pension Bureau as they have an close and untraced his case (18) to get a true report for his benefit, If I recoll- ect, the decision of the Department was that in as much as a part of the service alleged by Mr. Hughes to have been perform- ed in the regular service, was untrace- able as a matter of fact, he could not get a pension, as the time did not untrace- able case, but that his application was filed away, and that no further work can be performed for him. This would be no recommendation. Mr. Hughes says he was transferred from this time as a soldier to the claiming of a team, in the regular service, without his consent or wish And that he thinks it hard on him to be deprived of the benefit of the pension laws. During he had no choice or power to refuse to be disposed of in the service of his country, as his officers commanded or directed, he had to comply. You and Mr. Lane both know the applicant, & know that he is a very honest old man and a man of ap- petite and while the Government is justly owing to those veterans of the Revolution, this claim of Mr. Hughes

hope that he will yet get something The calls on me every few days about the maths. And since this claim I have been in the proper department have discovered under the laws. There is for me no station to Purvis, that he could not get a Purvis He now wishes you to get him a Purvis. He speaks not if it is possible If he gets a Purvis at all it must be small from the length of time he served.
I have written to night in haste across the desk.
I am as heretofore your friend
19th Sept
Wm A. White
Y D. Mann

Sir
Pension Agency Office Lexington Kentucky 5 July 1842.
Your letter of the 29. ulto is received The name of John Wells is not on the Books of this Agency He having been transferred to the Indiana Agency by your order of the 14 th Feb y 1839. to John Selfridge the then Pension Agent at this place. a copy of which I here enclose.
To J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
I am Very Respectfully Yours Aff ly &c James A. Eastland Pension Agent

Copy "War Department Pension Office"
"14 Feb. 1839.
"Sir
"Be pleased to inform me to what time John Wells a pensioner now on the Roll of Your Agency under act of 7 June 1832 at Twenty Dollars was last paid as his name will be transferred to the Indiana Agency after the receipt of Your answer, You will cease to pay him thereafter and regulate your Books accordingly I am Very resp y Yours At ty etc J. L. Edwards."
J. L. Selfrid Esq agent for paying the Pensions Lexington Ky.

8 March 1839 Dear A. S. White G. L.
Record's 7/18 Page 120

War Department Pension Office 8 th March 1839.
Sir
In the case of John Updegraff a pensioner under the Act of the 7 th June 1832 at $20 per annum, who applied for a transfer from the Kentucky to the Indiana Agency, I have to inform you, there is such an entire variance as to the Officers under whom he served, in his application for a transfer and his original declaration, that a transfer cannot be granted.
I am R
Hon. A. S. White Lafayette, Indiana

Providence Bank of Kentucky Lexington Feby 23. 1837
Sir
John Wells a pensioner on the roll of this Agency under the Act of 7 th June 1832 at $20 pr Annum has been paid up to 21 st Sept 1835, and has been marked transferred to Indiana
I am very respectfully Your Obedient Servant C. B. H. Wray Pension Clerk
J. L. Edwards Esq.

14 Feb. 1837.
From A. S. White
L. L.
Record V. 48 Page 67

War Department Pension Office 14 th Feby 1839.
Sir
So soon as the information shall have been received from the Pension Agent at Lexington Kentucky, as to the period when John Wells was last paid, his name will be transferred to the Indiana Agency.
I am H
Hon A. S. White Ho of Reps.

Must after. M. Swan
Free
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq Comt. of Pensions Washington D. C.

Lafayette Mo. 12 th Ap. 1839
Sir -
Your letter was several days ago rec d informing me of the objections to transferring John Willis (a Rev. Sld.) from the K y to the Ind a Agency - I have seen the old man who confidently charges the variances between his original decl n and application for transfer, noted by you, to his amansenses, & not to his dictation - Desirous to send to Kentucky for his arrears of pension, he requests that you will transmit to me at this place his pension warrant left by Hon. E. A. Hannegan at 7 th office when application for transfer was first made very Respectfully &c
Alb. T. White
J. L. Edwards Esq Govt of Kentucky

Aug 9 1893
Free
FREE
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Ms. B. 1. 6. 20. 10
[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the paper]

John Wells
ans d Aug t 20 th '36

To James S. Edwards Esq
I made an application for a transfer of the place of payment of my pension from the State of Kentucky to Indiana through our Representative in Congress, Mr. Wannegan. He had sent to me your objections to the transfer and your statement that my "pension certificate is placed on file". The original certificate of course I had to send on to you and you will do me the favor to return it to this place. If I cannot draw my pension here, I can do so in Kentucky by a power of attorney and you will please forward it here. I am old and feeble and not able to travel without great inconvenience but hope to get my pension as heretofore in Kentucky.
respectfully John Wells.
Lafayette, Ia. July 20 th Dec. 1834.

Wash. Feb 28. 1843
Sir: Herewith I send you the corrected papers of John Wells of Clinton 6 th Ind th for a transfer of his name from the R th to the Ind th Agency, & I sincerely hope he may be successful as every reliance may be placed on the statements of my correspondent Mr. Maxwell. The pensioner's Certificate is also sent for the same purpose.
If possible I will thank you for a reply before Congress adjourns - Otherwise please address Sam l D. Maxwell Esq. Frankfort, Clinton 6 th Ind
Yours truly J. L. Edwards Esq. A. W. J. White Comm r of Pensions

Jan 14.
In at Gwyn
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions Present
A. S. White H. R.

Washington Jan'y 14. 1839
Sir - Mr. John Wells, one of my Constituents, a Pensioner now perhaps of the Kentucky Agency, informs me that he sent on his certificate to this City by my predecessor for the purpose of having his name transferred to the Indiana Agency - but that the matter was not attended to, & he has not since seen his certificate
Will you be kind enough to take make the necessary order for the desired transfer, or to advise me what preliminary steps it will be necessary for Mr. Wells to take - and also to inform me whether Mr. Hanne-gan deposited the certificate in your office?
very Respectfully
Yr Ob Servt
Ab. P. White
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions

Hm. R. m foliuras
Dec. 30. 1835.
96
Record V 31 page 87

War Dept Pension Office Dec r 30. 1835
Sir, I herewith return Mr. Brown's letter, accompanied by the Pension Certificate and application for a transfer in the case of John Wells. As the name of the Captain who commanded the Company to which he alleges, to have served, does not agree with that given in his declaration on file, he must amend his application and state the name of all the officers under whom he served. And he must also furnish the proof of identity required by the printed instructions which are herewith enclosed.
Hon. R. M. Johnson H. R.

John Wells
Mar. 12 '35
March 27. 1935 Pension office
John Wells See p. 11-12 John Wells Ans. Mar. 28 '35
RECEIVED
" May 27 "

Rev 27 Mar
Lafayette Ia. March 12th 1835
Hon. Sir,
I most respectfully request you to transfer my name from the agency of the State of Kentucky to that of this State (Indiana) for the payment of my pension as a Soldier of the Revolution. I have removed from Kentucky and since last October have been living near Thornton in Boon County Indiana, to which place an answer to this letter is most respectfully requested. My certificate has date Dec 2nd 1833 & is only for $20 per annum but to an old & worn out man this small sum is highly acceptable. Please place me on the Indiana Pension agency - and oblige
Witness - Joseph Goldsby
his John H Wells mark

John Wells,
Kentucky— Act 7 th June 1832, $20 per Annum
To what time last paid?
Pension Office } p st 4 th March 1841 June 5 th 1844 } 24

Mr R. M. Johnson
Mar 9. 1841
G. B.

Pension Office,
March 9. 1841
Sir,
I herewith return the letter of John Wells and have the honor to inform you that an order cannot be given for the payment of the pension until it shall have been satisfactorily shown that he is the identical person for whom the pension certificate, which is now on our files, was issued. In the year 1839 he made application at the office for a transfer from Kentucky to Indiana, but in comparing it with the original declaration upon which the pension certificate was issued, the names of the Officers under whom the service was H on R.M. Johnson alleged to have been performed Present. did not agree.

Offic. names of the officers for transfer
Capt. Henry Thompson Col. Absalom Boston
Apple returned to Mr. Harrington on a/c of names of officers not corresponding with original papers. Jan 23-36
original papers say { Capt. Jones Col. Jones

Washington Feb. 12. 1839
Sir: Enclosed I send you the affidavit of John Wells a pensioner of the Kentucky Agency, for a transfer to the Indiana Agency - fortified & authenticated according to instructions. The witness Harland is known to me to be respectable. I hope he will have no further difficulty in getting his name transferred, & request you when the order is passed to send me the proper certificate (his original certif. is on file deposited in your office) to enable him to draw his pension in Indiana.
Respectfully yours & etc
Alb. H. White
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions

Treasury Department Second Comptroller's Office June 28. 1842.
Sir,
I have respectfully to inquire whether John Wells is a pensioner on the rolls of the Kentucky Agency, under the Act of June 7 th 1832, at the rate of $20. per annum, or if he has been transferred to any other Agency, & on what rolls he is now borne?
Very Respectfully, Your Ob t Serv t ?
Alcides B. Tassie Comptroller
Jas S. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 11, 1842
Sir:
Under the date 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,"
John Wells
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and
_____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1835, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, Sirs,
William L. Harris
COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

July 1840
Dear A. S. White
G. C.
Record 30 page 162

Pension Office
18 th July 1840
Sir.
In answer to your letter of this day, in the case of John Wells, who some years since applied for a transfer from the Kentucky to the Indiana Agency, I have to inform you that it is not in my power to comply with your request, consistently with the rules of this office  to return his Pension Certificate until he shall have identified himself.  laid down for my government. I am Sir
The certificate of issue in the name of Wells cannot be sent from this office until the person who claims the pension shall have produced satisfactory proof that he is the identical person to whom the certificate was issued.
Very Respectfully
Your obedt Servt
How A. S. White Senate U. S.

Recd July 18. 1840
Mr. Warren
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions Present
A. S. White March 1840

Senate Chamber Washington July 18. 1840
Sir
John Wells a pensioner in the Kentucky Agency, some time ago filed his pension warrant in your office accompanying his application for a change of his name to the Indiana Agency - Not having been able to effect that change, he desires me to ask you for a return of his warrant in order that he may get his dues in Kentucky - You will do me a favour by transmitting the warrant to me before the adjournment of Congress
Respt
of ob wt
Alf. J. White
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions

Aug 14. 1841.
Mr Evans
J. L. Edwards Esq. City of Washington D.C.
Hon H. S. Lane N.Y.

City of Washington Aug 13 th 1841
Mr J L Edwards Dear Sir please to examine the contents of the enclosed letter & send me an answer at your earliest convenience as I wish to get an answer, before I return home I am Your sincere friend R F Hane

18. Aug 1841
Now H. S. Lane.
G. b
248

Pension Office
18 th Aug 1841
Sir.
I'm answer to your letter of the 13 th inst o in the case of John Wells, who requests the transfer of his name from the roll of pensioners of the Kentucky Agency to that of Indiana, I have to inform you that in the year 1836, he made a similar request through the Hon. E. A. Hanezan. As the statement in his application for a transfer, as to the officers under whom he served, did not agree with those mentioned in his declaration upon which his pension was granted, the transfer was not made, and Mr Hanezan was so informed on the 3 rd June 1836, until Mr Wells should satisfy the Department that he was the same person to whom a pension was granted, or further action would be had in case. The same information was communicated to Mr Wells on the 20 th Aug 1836. and also to the Hon. A. S. White. As Mr Wells, has not removed the above objection, the transfer cannot be made.
I herewith enclose for his guidance the regulations and forms in relation to transfers, together with the letter of Mr Wells.
I have H.
Yon H. S. Lane House of Rep s

6. April 1842
Hon. H. L. Lane
6. 6

82 Pension Office 1 st April 1842.
Sir
In answer to the letter of L. D. Magrall, herewith returned, I have to inform you that the amount due is payable at the Treasury under the Act of the 1 st April 1838. He should therefore have the vouchers of John Wells prepared in conformity to the enclosed printed instructions and forwarded to P. Hagner Esq d Auditor (of) the Treasury. — His pension Certificate is herewith enclosed.
I am H e
Hon H. L. Lane House of Reps.

Lafayette Ind.
Mar 20. 1843
Sir -
Herewith I send the papers of Frederick Shever for a transfer of his name from the pension roll of Tennessee to that of Indiana
Also for the drawing of his arrearages from the 4. th of Sept. 1841 to the 4. th of Mar. 1842 - If this latter branch of his business requires attention in Mr. Hagner's office you will oblige me by conveying the papers to him - A draft on Crawfordsville Land Office for the arrearages would suit, or on the Ind. t Pension Agent - I hope there will be no delay in communicating to me the necessary order & payment and any papers proper to be signed by me will be attended to on your suggestion - The officers executing the papers are known to me
John Wells of Clinton Co. Ind. t desires a transfer of his name from the Roll of Kentucky to that of Indiana

I believe his papers have been filed by myself or some one else - Is there any objection to making the order? Please advise me, & send any necessary document or order to my care
Reply as soon as possible
Alb. J. White
L. L. Edwards Esq Comt. of Pensions