Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,810, James Yelton, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Yelton, James Yetton
S. 30,810
CONTENTS

Date of death not on AB
19.337 Kentucky
James Yelton
Pendleton Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Primrose of the reg't - commanded by Col Phillips in the King's mile for 2 yrs from 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of August 1833 — and sent to H. R. Mr. Johnson Great Crossings
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $160. — Remnant allowance ending 14 Sep " 40. — $ 200. —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 34
W. 75 N 20 E

James Galt K
From 1775 print page #80
W. H. Drake Salvador.
H. N. Johnson Gt. is. K

State of Kentucky } Sub. Pendleton County }
On this 15 th day of August A.D. 1833 I personally appeared before M. H. Drake a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Pendleton James Yelton a resi- dent of Pendleton county and State of Kentucky aged eighty five 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 7 th A.D. 1832. That by reason of old age, infirmities of body and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length or exact periods of his services; but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods hereafter mentioned as a private soldier in the Militia of Virginia and that he now resides about fifteen miles from Harrison the county seat of Pendleton and owing to the infirmities of body, old age and the loss of his eye sight to such a degree as to make it difficult for him to find the road unless it be one with which he is well acquainted with he cannot without great inconvenience and danger appear at and in open court to make and swear to this his declaration. In the year 1775. This

declarant then a resident of the county of Stafford and State of Virginia was drafted into the service of the United States as a militia man and was from that time (say about the middle of 1 st year) until the close of the Revolutionary war held to militia duty and to be ready to march at a moment's warning to any point to which he was ordered and all the Militia of that part of Virginia was so held to duty and was usually called minute men and when there was any sudden call for them they were called for and if they were wanting for a longer time than about thirty days there would be a selection by draft for so many as was wanting out of the whole who would have to serve some times for three and sometimes for six months. This declarant does not think that he served in camp for any time in the first year say 1775. but in all the years which succeeded it up to and during the year 1781. say he was thus held to duty six years and a half during which time he does believe that he performed military duty in camp and under the orders of regularly appointed officers at least five months per year and in the whole time that he performed duty as aforesaid not less than two years and six months he has no doubt but that he served a longer period but will in order to be within rather than over the time

for his service at the time aforesaid, as before stated he cannot fix the particular periods of his tours of service either as to the particular month or year except that his actual service commenced in the year 1776 and closed with the year 1781 or in the beginning of the year 1782 or at least about that time his service usually consisted in marching out whenever called by his officers which was when the English would ascend the Patowmack River the Militia would then be called and they would be kept stationed along said River and marching up and down its shores watching the enemys movements ready to oppose them should they attempt to land as also when the enemy would be expected to crop the country to commit depredations and the period of service on such occasions would depend upon the stay of the enemy in the country or the apprehension of danger from them These services were so much of a sameness that owing to the effect of memory as aforesaid he cannot but few of the incidents attending said service that will relate a few of them of which he has a distinct recollection Stating at the same time that he was called on and did serve several times in each of the years 1776. 1777. 1778. 1779. 1780 and 1781 but his recollections of his various tours are rather confused to speak distinctly of them The first tour of which he has a distinct recollection was soon after about the time

of the declaration of independence the enemy had ascended the Potomac and the Militia was called out and he marched with the company to which he belonged which was commanded by Captain John James Lieutenant John Cawards Ensign not recollected and although he has a recollection of the persons of his Major and Colonel yet he cannot call to his recollection their names he on this occasion marched to the house of one Brent which was on the Potomac River and burnt by the enemy the house being burnt after at least set on fire so that it could not be saved he with the other Militia marched still lower down the river to a farm called Marlborough where he remained some time he was out this time at least three months there was other Militia with him but he does not recollect any thing particular about them except that they like himself belonged to Virginia The next place that he has a recollection of having been stationed was at a place called the Horse pen for on the Rappahannock River a short distance above Fredericksburg Virginia he remained at this place and moving about from one place to another not up there three months his Captain this tour was James Primm his Lieutenant and Ensign not recollected there was several Captains and their companies with him but he does not recollect the names of the officers or anything worth stating about

the soldiers, the field officers not recollected with the troops on this occasion was called together in consequence of a report that Talton and his light horse troops was coming to lay waste the country but Talton did not make his appearance. The nest at which he was stationed was at Frederick- -burg Virginia he was called at this time to guard a number of prisoners of war and after remaining a short time at Fredericksburg they were removed to Winchester Virginia and he went along and when there guarded them until the militia of the neighbourhood could be called out and organised which made this tour at least four or five months he was under the command at this time of Captain Primm the Lieutenant & Ensign not recollected the Colonel was William Philips no other field officers recollected There was several companies in company but their officers except those mentioned not recollected He was called out into the service when arrangements were making to invest Loudoun Wallaceland remained out some time but before she arrived at Little York his younger brother took his place and went on as this declarants family was in a condition that demanded his presence the above are all the minute details that

This declarant can in consequence of his loss of memory make yet he will again repeat that he served many other tours of service but he cannot recollect them so distinct as to be able to give a correct account of them nor can he say what particular year any of those tours which he has described was in but does know that they were performed during the Revolutionary war and now again repeats that to the best of his recollection and belief that he did average for six years at least five months per year as aforesaid and in all did serve in camp and under orders two years and six months and was regularly each time called out according to Law he does not recollect the did he ever know the number or name of the Regiment to which he belonged unless the name of it was the Stafford Regiment which was the name we usually called it when speaking of it to distinguish it from others he does not recollect particularly any continental or regular troops with which he served but was frequently with other troops the time at this time not recollect except that he does recollect that he was a short time near the French troops as they passed on to Little York and supposes that the reason of his recollecting them is that their military equipment was so splendid and so far excelled any thing of the king which he had ever seen

that their appearance made a more lasting impression on his mind than any other troops he was with or near. He does not recollect any thing of consequence in relation to any of the continental or regular officers he may have been with some of them but does not now recollect it. He did see generals Washington, Sturdivan and Lacy Fayette but does not recollect to have served in company with any of them but supposes that for a while that his officers received orders from Lacy Fayette. He was born some time in the beginning of the year A.D. 1748. The month nor day not recollecting. He knows his only by reference to the age of one of his elder brothers named Charles Gyetton who is long since dead but whose age is registered in an old bible now in the possession of his descendants. The difference of the age of his brother and himself being recollecting He was born in Stafford county Virginia He has no record of his age. There was one in an old bible of his father but it has been destroyed by time. He was born in Stafford county Virginia and a resident in the same county in a state until the fall of the year 1785. when he removed to Amherst county same state and there remained until the fall of the year 1803. when he removed to Iredell county State of North Carolina and remained there until

the Spring season of the year 1819 when he removed to the State of Kentucky and in fall season of said last year he settled in the county of Pendleton and State of Kentucky where he now resides and has resided ever since He has no record evidence of his services and does not recollect that he ever received any discharge from the service in writing but thinks that he was always discharged by word of mouth if however he ever did receive a discharge in writing he has lost or destroyed it and does not recollect it He does not know of any living person by whom he can prove his services except that Elizabeth Henson his sister in law and William Agerton this declarants brother both of whom can speak as to a part but neither of them can speak as to all of their own knowledge his sister in law however can speak as general turning as to the length of time this declarant was absent from home for the purpose of serving she having lived at that time in the family of this declarant In all the service this declarant performed he was a private soldier He refers to Mr George Taylor and Charles Tucker his neighbours who will state what his character as a man of truth and as to the general belief of the neighbourhood as to his being a revolutionary soldier there

being no clergyman residing in his neighbour- hood whose attendance he can procure with- out great difficulty such as he cannot encounter owing to his infirmities
He hereby relinquishes every claim what- ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of State or Territory — his James & Yelton marks Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid M c H. Drake J.P.P.B.
I William Yelton a younger brother of the above applicant and at this time a pensioner under the Law of 1818 and 1820 do hereby certify that I believe him to be 85 years of age and that although I have not a knowledge of all the services of the aforesaid James Yelton yet I do know that he was out as he states several times and do further believe from the many times that he left home to go in to the service and the general report of his services at the time in the neighbourhood where we then lived that he did serve at least the time which is set forth in his declaration to which he has sworn and subscribed his William & Yelton marks Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid M c H. Drake J.P.P.B.
I Elizabeth Henson sister in Law to James Yelton who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration do hereby certify that although I cannot speak as to the certain time of his services yet I do believe him 85 years of age and that resides in his family during the revolu-

tionary war and that he was frequently out in the service and I do verily believe that he served more than two years and six months for it then seemed to me that he was absent nearly half his time I know his memory to have failed him very much of late years for he could many years ago entertain his family with many anec- dotes of the army and tell all about his officers but of late years he cannot recollect any thing of the war or anything else and I know that such is his infir- mities of body and loss of eye sight that he cannot without great difficulty attend  an court at Falmouth to make his declaration sworn to and subscribed Elizabeth her Genson mark The day and date aforesaid W. B. Drake J.P.P.C.
We George Taylor and Charles Tucker residing in Pendleton county and State of Kentucky hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Yelton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 85 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 we concur in that opinion and that we believe that he has experienced such a loss of memory that he cannot detail with precision any occurrence long since passed and that he cannot without great difficulty attend court in consequence of his loss of eye sight and the infirmities of body sworn to and subscribed 3

the day and year aforesaid W. W. Drake J.P.P.C.
Geo: Taylor Charles Tucker -
And I the said W. W. Drake a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Pendleton do hereby declare my opinion, after the investiga- -tion of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, (and receiving answers corresponding with the body of the declaration) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me (from an examination) that the above named applicant (James Nelson) resides about fifteen miles from Falmouth the county seat of Pendleton, that he is very old and infirm and is nearly blind and cannot without assistance attend at and in open court to swear to his declaration. It further appears to me as aforesaid that his memory is very defective. And I further certify that William Nelson, Elizabeth Henson, George Taylor and Charles Tucker who has signed the preceding certificates is residents of the county of Pendleton and State of Ken- -tucky and that they all are credible persons know that their several statements is entitled to credit and that they have severally by me been duly sworn to their statements Given under my hand this 15 th day of August 1833. W. W. Drake J.P.P.C.

State of Kentucky
Pendleton County
I Reuben McCarthy Clerk of the County Court of the County Aforesaid do hereby Certify that W. H. T. Drake whose Signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of Signing the same a regularly Commissioned Acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid. And as such full faith and credit is due to all his official acts. and that the foregoing Signature in his own hand writing is his genuine Signature.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set My hand and Seal of office This sixteenth day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. Reuben McCarthy. Clk

April 15, 1938
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BA-J/NEL James Yelton-S. 30810 William Yelton-S. 35753
Mrs. O.K. Rumbel Mission Texas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of James and William Yelton, soldiers of the Revolutionary War from Virginia, who received pensions while residing in the state of Kentucky.
The records of those soldiers are furnished you herein.
James Yelton S. 30810
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 30810, based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of James Yelton.
James Yelton was born early in the year 1748, in Stafford County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in said Stafford County, James Yelton en- sometime listed in 1775, as a minuteman and from that time until in 1781 or early in 1782, he served at various times of short tours, being always in readiness to be called at a moment's notice, at least two years in all, as a private under Captains John James and James Primm and Colonel William Phillips in the Virginia troops. The principal service rendered by him was in guarding the shores of the Potomac River.
In 1785, James Yelton moved from Stafford County, Virginia, to Amherst County, that state, where he lived until the fall of 1803, then moved to Iredell County, North Carolina, and lived until the spring of 1819, when he moved to Kentucky.
Could not identify officers

James Yelton was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1833, while residing about fifteen miles from Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky,
There is no reference to wife or children.
The names of two brothers of the soldier are given, Charles Yelton, an older brother and William, a younger brother. The latter made affidavit in 1833, in Pendleton County, Kentucky, in support of his brother, James Yelton's, claim for pension. The ages of the brothers are not given. In 1833, Elizabeth Henson lived in Pendleton County, Kentucky, and made affidavit that she was the sister-in-law of James Yelton and lived in his home during the Revolutionary War. She did not give her age.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, James Yelton(S.30810), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
James Yelton, Certificate No.19337, issued August 26, 1833, rate,$80.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.
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William Yelton S.35753
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.35753, based upon the military service in that war of William Yelton.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of William Yelton are not shown.
William Yelton enlisted in the state of Virginia, sometime in 1781, served as a private in Captain Kirkpatrick's Company, Colonel Darke's 4 th Virginia Regiment, was at the siege of Yorktown and was discharged in 1783.

William Yelton was allowed pension on his application executed July 21, 1820, at which time he was aged sixty-three years and resided in Pendleton County, Kentucky.
In 1820, above year, soldier stated that his family then residing with him consisted of his wife and a daughter, the latter aged twenty-seven years. He gave no names and there are no further data in regard to his wife and no names of any other children are shown.
In 1822, one James Yelton was aged sixty-six years and made affidavit in Pendleton County, Kentucky, in support of William Yelton's claim for pension; no relationship to said William was given.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, William Yelton (S.35753), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
William Yelton, Certificate No.18540, issued April 6, 1822, rate $8.00 per month, commenced July 21, 1820, Act of March 18, 1818, Kentucky Agency.
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Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

30810 Ref INVALID.
1938-Apr 15, visit to Mrs O.K. Remtbl - Ek
File No. 30,810
James Getton Dis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 497
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mission Texas
March 25, 1938
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs: I am searching for family data of James and William Yelton . Both were Revolutionary soldiers from Virginia and received pensions and land grants in Kentucky.
Is there any information that your office could give me? Any that you may have will be greatly appreciated, by,
Mrs O.K. Rumbel
Mission Texas

I subscribe for the truth of the within A. A. Johnson
Scott County Kentucky
A. A. Johnson
Rev.

Halmouth Aug August 16 th 1833
Dear friend
Inclosed with this I send you two pension declarations the one for Gabriel Mullins his declaration as you will see was made in March but detained for the deposition of Mr. Becken you know Mr. Mullins he is the Father of Col. Stephen Mullins and is I have no doubt entitled to a pension but if you think any thing is wanting return them to me and I will have it attended to The other is for Mr. James Yetton you I suppose know him also at any rates you know the family

which is very large in this county and respectable I presume that the requisitions of the war department has been complied with in both those cases Mr James Gilton is as you will see very old and I will assure you very poor and infirm
Be so good as to forward both to the pension office with such remarks as you think they deserve and you think necessary
I have a case for old Mr Joel Berry at the pension office which I forwarded about the time you left congress (or it would have went through your hands) which gets along slowly if you think any thing necessary to be said in relation to it say it either of myself as an agent or of the claim and you
Recd this part etc.

will much oblige me
I have heard that you have experienced much distress and loss in your family and have felt every disposition to con- -sole with you and as there is much said in these alarming times I would be glad to hear the extent of your misfortune We have had the epidemic among us and have lost a few citizens among them M.C. Kenner our Clerk of court and you will see that our mutual friend R. M. Carty has been appointed to that office This leaves me well and for the last week or two our little town also With much re- -spect I subscribe myself your friend W. H. Drake Hon. R. M. Johnson