Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1391-100, John Weaver, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Weaver, John
B.L.Wt. 1391-100
CONTENTS

N o 1391
John Weaver
priv
Va.
add to the agent of
As: Watson
D.C.

BOUNTY LANDS
FOR REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES—INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION.
STATE OF North Carolina County of Hertford } ss.
I, John Weaver aged Twenty one or 22 years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that about or in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty  eighty I enlisted or entered the service as a private for the term of "during the war," in the regiment, commanded by Col. Davis and afterwards served in the same regiment under the command of Colonel Campbell and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war when I was regularly discharged from the aforesaid regiment, commanded by Colonel Duebeck of the Virginia line, and when I was a (1) private and that my discharge I lost being lost at sea soon after peace
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever:
THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, John Weaver aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Col. JOSEPH WATSON , of Washington City, to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my (2) Mark and seal, this 13 th day of October A. D. 1828
I, James Smith aged sixty eight years, do, upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with John Weaver who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated. (3)
Attest. John Anderson STATE OF North Carolina County of Hertford } ss. James Smith his Mark
Before me, John Anderson a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared the above named John Weaver subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared James Smith who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this 13 th day of October 1828
STATE OF North Carolina County of Hertford } ss. John Anderson In testimony that the above written John Anderson was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of North Carolina at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name, at Winton this 16 th day of October 1828 in my capacity as Clerk of the County aforesaid. J. M. Conner
INSTRUCTIONS
As to the manner of filling out and executing the foregoing documents.
 1. In the large blank towards the close of the declaration; if the commission in the case of an officer, and the discharge in the case of a non-commissioned officer or soldier, does not accompany the claim, state the reason; and in case of loss, state the manner and time.  2. Here insert mark or hand , as the case may require.  3. This declaration should be made by a person older, or about the same age of the claimant, if practicable. 

BOUNTY LANDS
FOR REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES—INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION.
STATE OF North Carolina County of Hertford } ss.
I, John Weaver aged Seventy one or 72 years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that about or in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty  eighty I enlisted or entered the service as a private for the term of "during the war," in the regiment, commanded by Col. Davis and afterwards served in the same regiment under the command of Colonel Campbell and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war when I was regularly discharged from the aforesaid regiment, commanded by Colonel Duebeck of the Virginia line, and when I was a (1) private and that my discharge I lost being lost at sea soon after peace.
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever:
THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, John Weaver aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Col. JOSEPH WATSON , of Washington City, to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my (2) Mark and seal, this 13 th day of October A. D. 1828
I, James Smith aged sixty eight years, do, upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with John Weaver who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated. (3)
Attest, John Anderson STATE OF North Carolina County of Hertford } ss. James Smith his Mark
Before me, John Anderson a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared the above named John Weaver subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared James Smith who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this 13 th day of October 1828
STATE OF North Carolina County of Hertford } ss. John Anderson was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of North Carolina at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal , and subscribed my name, at Winton this 13 th day of October 1828 in my capacity as Clerk of the County aforesaid. J. M. Conner
INSTRUCTIONS
As to the manner of filling out and executing the foregoing documents.
 1. In the large blank towards the close of the declaration; if the commission in the case of an officer, and the discharge in the case of a non-commissioned officer or soldier, does not accompany the claim, state the reason; and in case of loss, state the manner and time.  2. Here insert mark or hand, as the case may require.  3. This declaration should be made by a person older, or about the same age of the claimant, if practicable.