Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7858, James Weston, N. C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.6
Weston, James
S.7858
CONTENTS
Carded

3425 North Carolina
James Weston
of Hertford in the State of N. Carolina who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gregory of the Regt commanded by Col: Blount in the N. Car. line for 1 year from 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Dec r 31 and delivered J. H. Wheeler
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 60 — Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 20 — $80 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 47

Letter to S. J. Wheeler 30 Oct '37
Same person 8 Jan'y 1838.
Duplicate Certificate issued 7 th March 1838. and sent to S. J. Wheeler Esq. Murfreesboro North Carolina
Letter to S. Auditor 13 June 1838
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1836 to 4 Sept 1837. A/c Notified 27 June 1838
Letter to S. Wheeler 10 Decd 1839.
Paid as above from 4 Sept. 1841 to 30 Jan'y 1842. A/c notified 17 April 1846.

James Weston
from 1780 private 1 year. $40.

State of North Carolina } Hertford County } ss
On this 29 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court Pleas & Quarter Sessions now sitting James Weston a resident of Hertford County State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law doth make his oath to the following declaration to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, that he is aged about Seventy three years and he entered the service about the year of 1781 as a private and as a substitute for Benjamin Sepans, under Capt. Thomas Gregory, Reg t commanded by Col. Dozier, and by Col. Blount North Carolina Militia. He entered as aforesaid in Hertford County N.C., the service of the State under the officers as aforesaid for a term of three months. He marched with his company down through the counties of Gates, Perquimans, Camden to North West River Bridge in Currituck County N.C. where he remained until his term was out when his discharge was given him signed by General William Gregory who commanded the troops rendezvous at that place.
This applicant further maketh oath that he was some time during the same year a substitute for William Best of Hertford County N.C. a private in Capt. Job Yeates Douglas's Company for the term of three months. He again went to North West River Bridge, where he served his term of service & his discharge was given him signed by Genl. Wm Gregory the commanding officer. When his

term of service expired he was drafted to stand another three months tour, which he did at the same place. During this time the applicant remembers an attack which the Americans received at this place from a party of British Cavalry from the Great Bridge in Virginia. The militia under Genl Gregory & Col Dozier were surprised, but the British were not strong enough to retain the place. After his term expired he was discharged; his discharge was signed as before by Genl Gregory; which discharge he has mislaid or lost. This applicant volunteered for the term of three months a private in the course of the next year (1781) under Capt Abner Perry of Fleetwood County R.C.A under the general orders of General Wash- ington encouraging volunteer corps to be raised against the British & Tories. He marched in this company thro' Northampton, Halifax, Warren etc to Cross Creek the place where Fayetteville now is, to contend with Scotch Tories - after staying here several months the news of the capture of Cornwallis at York Town arrived & we were discharged. He has no documentary evidence that can avail him any thing in his application - but conceives the testimony of Henry Best, and Nath- aniel Saunders to be material for him, which he here- with submits.
He hereby relinquishes every claim except the pension and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any State
Teste
Subscribed to & subscribed date aforesaid his mark James Weston

residents of Bertie We amos Raynor a clergyman, & John Vann both residents of Hertford County & state of N o C a hereby certify that we are conversant well acquainted with James Weston who has subscribed & sworn to the afore- going declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, & that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed date aforesaid
Amos Raynor  John Vann
Raynor Seal
Here the Court pronounced the interrogatories the appli- cant answering on oath - to the question 1 st he says not In Hertford City N o C a in the year 1759 as I believe 2 d I have not - there was a record but is lost
3 d I was living in Hertford County, where I live now & where I lived (with exception of a short absence) ever since
4. I was a substitute in the 1 st tour of three months for Benjamin Sepans, and the 2 d tour I was a substitute for Wm Best, and 3 d tour I was drafted as a private & 4 th tour I was a volunteer.
5. General Wm Gregory, Col Dozier, Col Blount
6. I have received a discharge in 2 tours which I served at North West River Bridge under Col Dozier, for which were given by General Wm Gregory out of which I have left - for the last tour I had no discharge - we were dismissed by our Captain for until further orders.
7. John Vann Esq r Chairman of our County Court, Lewis M Cowper Esq r Clerk of the same, R. J. Cow- per Esq r Sheriff of our County Dr Thomas V Roberts

member of our General Assembly.
The testimony of Henry Best & Nathaniel Sanders are enclosed marked A.
And the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions sitting as aforesaid do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Dept. that the above applicant James Weston was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Amos Rayson who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Berks  Hertford & that John Vann Esq r is also a resident of Hertford & Chairman of our Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, that Henry Best and Nathaniel Sanders are also residents, & that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Lewis M. Couper Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the cause, in the matter of the application of James Weston for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have set my hand & seal of office this 26 th of August a d 1832
L. M. Couper Clerk
Rev. Weston

(In the matter of A Jas Weston) a resident of Hertford Co. N.C. The testimony of Henry Best, sworn to open Court this 27 th day 1832 before the worshipful Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, who being duly sworn saith that he is about 70 years of age, that sometime during the year 1781, that he knows Jas Weston the present applicant he well recollects that James Weston of Hertford County was a private soldier in Capt Abner Perry's Company that he marched with this detachment to Crooked Creek where Fayetteville now is, the troops were commanded by Major Hogg - he knows that Mr Weston was in the service for the space of three months - but how much longer he cannot say. They were discharged at Fayetteville, by their officer - Sworn to in open Court - date as aforesaid Henry Best
The testimony of Waring Williams a resident of Hertford County N.C. sworn to in open Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions this 27 th day 1832 that he knows James Weston the present applicant and he well re- collects that Jas Weston was in the service in 1780, a-81 a private soldier in Captain Job Hester's company, Reg t commanded by Col Dozier, & Col Blount, troops commanded by General Gregory, that he marched with this detachment from Newton, Hertford County N.C. to North West River bridge in Antrim County on the Virginia line, & that Jas Weston served three months or more Sworn to in open Court - War his Williams mark

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office, June 22, 1837.
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," Isaac Weston a Pensioner on the Roll of the N. Carolina Agency, at the rate of forty 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 1836 to the 4 th of September 1837 —
Respectfully, yours,
Abner H. Lansdell Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

County of Hertford } State of North Carolina }
on this 16 th day of November A D 1837 before me Silas Parker the subscriber who is a justice of the peace for the said County of Hertford appeared personally Alfred W Darden who on oath declares that James Preston is the person spoken of in the affidavit attached hereto signed by me Silas Parker & dated 15 th November 1837 - and I Silas Parker do hereby certify that the deponent Alfred W Darden is a person of strict veracity & of good standing in his neighborhood & county
Silas Parker J.P.
State of North Carolina
I being the Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Hertford County & State aforesaid do hereby Certify that Silas Parker Esq. whose name and signature is affixed to the above and annexed Certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Hertford duly Commissioned & Qualified and that full faith and credit are due & ought to be given to his Official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of my Office at Winter this 16 th day of November A D 1837.
J. M. Cooper C.M.

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of Hertford ss.
On this sixteenth day of November 1837, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Hertford personally appeared James Meston who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captains Gregory Bayley & Yate , in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dozier & Blount in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of North Carolina that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the first day of May 1837 at or near in Murfreesboro North Carolina was lost by Col. Dr. H. Wheeler or James Wells Esq. who acted as friends in aiding him ( James Meston ) in collecting his ( James Meston's ) pension.
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Silas Parker JP
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
□ If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics , and insert, in lieu thereof, " but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one. "
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a Pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
□ 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.
□ No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
December 29 th 1845.
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, The Executors of James Weston, decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Forty ————— Dollars and ————— Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, have been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1841, to the 30 th January 1842.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Gass
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Em-ab.
Mr Evans,
Issue dup: Cab:
to-day. 10.
J. J. Wheeler, Esq. Murfreesboro' N.C.

Washington City D.C. March 7 th 1838
I Samuel J Wheeler do certify that the pension certificate of Jas Weston was lost by & between three persons viz viz in or near James Miles Esq d & myself in the town of Newbern - state of North Carolina sometime between the months of May & November 1837 by whom exactly the said pension certificate was lost or the exact time & spot where & when it was lost this deponent saith not - But that was lost in the time stated & in or near Newbern N.C. & that greatly to the detriment of the James Miles (who is an upright honest man) this deponent certifies
Sworn and subscribed before me this 7 th day of March 1838 -
S. J. Wheeler
Robt. Galt J.P.

Stub
Mr Swan
free
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Col J. Edwards Sir
Warrenton Mo Jan'y 2 d 1837
At the request of James Weston (a soldier in the army of the revolution) I have enclosed the within papers necessary to the procuring a new pension certificate - the one he received having been lost as in the enclosed certificate is set forth. The immediate action of the department over which you preside will relieve an aged & worthy citizen & oblige
Very Respectfully S. Doolittle

Oct 26. PORTLAND
FREE
Mr. Evans Col. J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions Washington City D. C.

October 21 st 1837.
This day James Weston (a soldier in the late revolutionary army) appeared before me & testified on the Holy Evangelists, that he has lost the pension certificate given to him by the United States for services performed in Revolutionary army —
3 Jas. Wells J.P.
Newbernboro NC
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions
Sir
Mr James Weston the
individual testifying above has had a pension allowed him by the department. The old gentleman's eyesight has failed him of late & he has employed an agent transact his business for him — My br o Col o Dr. J. Wheeler procured his pension for him & has acted as his friend after my brother's removal to Charlotte, he called another friend to act for him who by some means has lost his pension certificate — Hoping that the above will be sufficient to procure another.
I remain
with great respect
Yr m c obt serv t
J. J. Wheeler

Rehran
7858 INVALID.
File No. 7858
James Weston
Private Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1932
Index:—Vol. 13 , Page 398
[Arrangement of 1870.]