Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6311, Gideon Viah, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Viah, Gideon
S. 6311
Carded
CONTENTS

Ohio
3134
Gideon Viah of Gallia in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hopkins of the Reg't by Lt. Dickerson in the Virginia line for 1 year 8 mo: 20 days
1777
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 68 - Dollars 88 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Dec r 32 Liberty (Clerk) and Luther Francis Gallipolis, Ohio
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 103.32 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 34.44
137.76
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book B Vol. 10 Page 51

Gideon Viah
Ohio
No 4341.
from 1777 private 1 year 8 months 20 days, $68 \frac{58}{100}

BRIEF in the case of  Ebenezer Diah of Fuller County in the State of Ohio (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     As a Gen.   Sept In 1777 3 " Private Col John Dickinson Col John Hopkins   July 27 1778 1 " Genl Putnam Scott Col Green   fall 1780 2 Col Nathan Smith 10 Regiment Virginia Line afterwards reduced to 6 Regt Col Hove   ear 1780 3 Genl McIntire   sum 1781 1 8 20 Col Stoll Col Benjamin Harrison Col George Rusk Col Rusk Virginia Troops - Linnun R. Fleming  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Not stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Augusta County Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832.
State of Ohio Gallia County ss.
On this 11 th day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared as before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Gallia County, Ohio, Gideon Vick, a resident of Anderson Township in Gallia County in the State of Ohio, aged twenty seven years, on the 25 th day of Nov r . next, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by 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: That in or about the month of September A. D. 1777, after being a resident of Augusta County Va. he was drafted for a term of six months as a common soldier; that it was about the middle of the month of Sept. 1777 that he joined the Company commanded by Capt. John Stephens - that there were five hundred men in said Company of which his Company formed a part, who were under the command of Genl. John Dickinson & all of whom were ordered to be rendezvoused at Fort Randolph, at the mouth of the Great Kanawha River where it was expected that Genl. Hand, from Fort Pitt, would join them in opposition to the Indian Nation - that he marched with fifteen hundred Regulars, in said Company, with said troops, to Fort Randolph, where they remained until the first of the month of Oct. following, when Genl. Hand arrived who had previously arrived at Fort Randolph from Fort Pitt & dismissed the Regulars  Militia and went with them to Augusta Ga. - That he the said Gideon arrived at home about a week before the Christmas, and entered no further service under that draft.
That on the 27 th of February A. D. 1778, or about that day, at Staunton in Augusta Co. Va. where he still lives, he was again drafted for the term of twelve months - that a few days afterwards he went to Winchester in place of the Regulars  the Militia and the Company  the Company commanded by Capt. Hand marched with the troops then raised in Augusta to the Valley Forge, where he then joined the 10 th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Green, & in the Company commanded by Capt. Nathan Lamb - that sometime in the month of

June following he marched it with the off. troops to meet the British who were then understood to be about to abando- Philadelphia; until he received Colonel Fry's order, Delaware  Delaware River, where he was confined by indisposition for two weeks, during which time the battle of Brandywine was fought to Trenton, where or more; after which time he 211 went to Trenton, where he was again confined for five or six weeks with the camp from - after which illness, he was meditated joined his off. Regiment & Company at the White Plains in the State of New York: At the time that while the troops were at the White Plains, the North Virginia Regiment was reduced to the Sixth Regiment, the reason of which he does not know - That sometime in the Month of Sept. he marched with said Regiment to West Point, where Lt. Colonel was placed under the command of Col. Hance, who was under the command of Genl. Scott Brigadier & Genl. Israel Putnam Commander in Chief at that place - That afterwards they he went to Pitts Town in the Jerseys, and about the first of Jan'y 1779 he was appointed one of a selected  selected to guard the baggage of a Reserve  Reserve Det. by the name of Reserve  Reserve Leedsdale, from that place to a place near Charlesville in which service he performed  which service he performed his year service expired he was discharged  discharged and returned home -
That in the fall of the year 1780, at Rockingham Co. Va. where he then lived, he was again drafted for a term of three months - that he immediately joined the Company commanded by Capt. John Rush, & marched to Richmond Va. where he remained in service for two months, in said Company, when he was again discharged and returned home -
That some time in the month of Dec. 1780 he volunteered as a soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. George Riddell, who was under the command of Col. Wall, & marched from Rockingham Co. by  by Richmond to some  some Suffolk, in the neighborhood of which he continued to serve for a few days more than three months, when he was again discharged, Genl. M'Call being in Camp at that place -
That in the month of June 1781 five hundred Mounted men were raised in Rockingham Co. Va. to go in pursuit of Cornwallis who and then just left Richmond; that he joined one  one

Residence of the applicant of any State known to and established in the Court the day of August 11 th 1832
Gideon Vial
Francis Le Clercq Clk. c.c.p G.C.
I Samuel Entominger residing in the Township of Addison in the County of Gadsden hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Gideon Vial who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be Seventy seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this Eleventh day of August 1832
Francis Le Clercq Clk. c.c.p G.C.
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 revolution-ary Soldier and served as he states And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Entominger who signed the above certificate and Philip Swishka who signed the affidavit hereto annexed are residents in the County of Gadsden and are Credible persons and that their Statements are entitled to Credit And the Court are further satisfied that there is no Clergyman in his (the applicants) neighbourhood
Gideon Vial
The State of Ohio Gadsden County ss
I Francis Le Clercq Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Gadsden County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Gideon Vial for a pension
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said Court this Eleventh day of August A.D. 1832
Francis Le Clercq Clk. c.c.p. G.C.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Eidson Viah which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

Rev. War
6311. ✓ INVALID.
File No. 6311 Gideon Vial Print Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: Vol. M , Page 387
[Arrangement of 1870.]