Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40611, Solomon Vail, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Vail, Solomon.
S. 40611
CONTENTS

Ohio Roll.
4,793
Solomon Vail, of Cochecton County Ohio, Private in the Virginia line.
77 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 d of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of Dec r 1818, and sent to Benj. Robinson, Esq. Cochecton, Ohio. -
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 . . . $ 35. 46 Semi-ann. all ce ending Mar. 4. 1819 . . . 48. " an d 4 m s : 13/30. $ 83. 46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Aug 6-95. Mil History to Mr. Benj. Vail - City. K
Notes sent to Col. Johnston By Clerk. 16 Nov r 1820. Cochecton, Ohio

Col o Vail
18 5
4.793. 8. Dec r 1818.
A. Johnston, Clerk: Coshington, Ohio.

State of Ohio Lorbeckton County ss -
On this 31 st day of August, 1820 - Personally appeared in Open Court Solomon Weil aged 75 years resident in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, each on his Oath declare that he served in the revolutionary War, as follows Namely, in Col d Morgans Regiment, Captain Longs Company Rifled Choir, Antiqua Electaration made April 21 st 1820 Received a Pension Certificate Numbered 4793, and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the united States On the 15 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift Sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof, with intent there- by so to diminish as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act, of Congress, Entitled, an act to provide for Certain persons Engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the united States, in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor have any person in trust for me, any property Contracts securi- ties, contracts or debts due to me; Nor have I any income other than what is con- =tained in the Schedule herewith annexed. And by me subscribed. -
Schedule of my property
One book between one and two years old; of the value of twenty dollars - I am by occupation a Blacksmith, but for several years past have been unable to pursue that or any other kind of business. I have no family. -
Solomon Weil mark
Sworn to in Open Court August 31 st A.D. 1820.
Attest.
A. Johnston, Clerk.
State of Ohio Lorbeckton County ss -
I Adam Johnston, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio within and for said County of Lorbeckton, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is twenty dollars as appears of record -
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of the said court, on the Twenty Sixth day of September A.D. 1820 -
A. Johnston, Clerk of the Supreme Court for Lorbeckton County Ohio

Solomon Nail of the County of Washington State of Ohio being duly sworn deponeth & saith that at Winchester in Frederick County Virginia he entered as a volunteer in the service of the Revolutionary army under Colonel (then Capt.) Morgan; on or about the last of the year 1775 or the first of the year 1776 and as a private was in the Canadian Campaign & at the Siege of Quebec. That he returned to Winchester, Frederick County in Virginia and, in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven, at said Frederick County, enlisted as a private soldier, into Capt. -stein's Company, under the command of Colonel Morgan, of the Eleventh Virginia Regiment - for & during the continuance of the war of the Revolution - That he continued to act as a soldier, in Colonel Mor- -gan's Regiment, from the time of his enlistment in in 1777 until the Peace & disbanding of the army in the year seventeen hundred & eighty three; when he was duly & honorably discharged by Colonel Morgan, at Winchester, Frederick County Virginia - That as a soldier of the Continental Army he faithfully performed his duty against the common enemy of his country for more than seven years, & was at the capitulation of Bur- -goyne & Lord Cornwallis - And this deponent further saith, after receiving his discharge as aforesaid he lost the same by accident & has never regained the same - And this deponent further saith that he has at no time received any pension from the United States & that he does hereby relinquish his right to such pension, if any, as may have heretofore been granted to him - And that he is a citizen of the United States of America, and by reason of the infirmities of age, and of the destitution of prop- =erty

much in need of assistance from his country for support and further this deponent saith not
In presence of Wm H Hubbard Brevet Major
Solomon his Vail (mark)
Sworn subscribed to this twenty second day of April eighteen hundred eighteen, before me,
Benj Robinson associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Coshocton County and State of Ohio
Thereby Certify that it has appeared satisfactory to me that the statements in the foregoing deposition or affidavit, of Solomon Vail are true & correct & that he is intitled to a pension as a soldier in the Revolutionary war -
Coshocton April 22 d 1818
Benj Robinson associate Judge
Solomon Vail's Affidavit for a Pension. Ap 22 d 1818
Adm
State of Ohio Coshocton County ss
I Adam Johnston clerk of the court of common pleas for said county of Coshocton hereby certify that Benjamin Robinson before whom the foregoing deposition appears to have been taken is and was at the time of taking the same one of the associate Judges of the court of common pleas for said county duly commissioned and qualified as such -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said court at Coshocton the 2 nd day of May A.D. 1818 -
Johnston, Clerk
Solomon Vail 22 April
Sworn for on oath

Department of the Interior,
Office of the Deputy Commissioner.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
August 6, 1895.
Mr. Benjamin Vail,
314 E Street N. E., City.
Sir:-
In reply to your personal request of this date for a statement of the history of Solomon Vail, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, I have to advise you that from his pension papers it appears that the soldier entered the service the latter part of the year 1775 or the first part of the year 1776 at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, as a volunteer under Colonel, then Captain, Morgan. The date of the termination of this tour of service is not stated, but during its continuance he took part in the Canadian campaign and was at the siege of Quebec. In the year 1777, in Frederick County, Va., he again enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Posey's company of Colonel Morgan's 11th Virginia regiment and served until the close of the war. During this last service he was present at the capture of Burgoyne and Lord Cornwallis.
At the time of the making of this application the soldier, it appears, was a resident of Coshocton County, Ohio, probably in the town

of Coshocton, but this is not definitely stated. In August, 1820, he made a supplemental claim at which time he stated that he was a resident in the same county in Ohio and that his age was seventy-five years but the place and date of his birth are not stated, and neither is it stated that he was ever married, as is frequently done in so many of the claims for pension for service in the Revolutionary War. He was pensioned in December 1818, and his certificate for pension was sent to Benjamin Robertson, Esq., Coshocton, Ohio.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

40 611
Rey INVALID.
File No. 40.611 Solomon bail in Mr. Ind
Act: 15 March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 524
[Arrangement of 1870.]