Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,622, John Yocom, Va.

SERVICE
Yocom, John
NUMBER
S 32.622.
CONTENTS

Indiana 27.5.55.
John Deere
of (blank) in the State of (blank) who was a (blank) in the Company commanded by Captain (blank) of the (blank) commanded by (blank) in the (blank) line for
No 11 (blank)
Inscribed on the Roll of (blank) at the rate of (blank) Dollars (blank) Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the (blank) day of (blank) 1834 and (blank)
Arrears to the 14th of (blank) Semi-ant. allowance ending (blank)
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by (blank) Clerk, Book (blank) Vol. (blank) Page 144
New certificate issued 19 May 1835 (blank) to (blank) (blank) Bowling Green Indiana, (blank) of (blank) within
order to pay, conditionally June 24, 1837.
Letter to (blank) and (blank) Agent (blank) 3 Auditor (blank) Sep 1840
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th March 1838 to 4 th Sep 1839. Agt notified 7 th Oct 1840
Mr. (blank) (blank) 1/100
(blank) Ind o
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31 403
John Yocom Indiana
f-1780 p-6 p20.
Lepe McIntire Clerk, Bowling Green Indiana

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Dyson
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     in the month of May 1780 or in 1781 6 Private General Clark Col. Morgan Major William Bowyer, Capt. George Jackson Rightdown Claydon Dorsetshire State of Augusta county State of Virginia by William Dyson and Lewis Foster   by age and consequence of loss of memory - can't be dated 2 Private under Capt. Rowland Thompson in New Jersey by William Dyson  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia , &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal; and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany 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 of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Indiana } Clay County } 3
On this Eleventh day of August and in the year of Our Lord — Eighteen hundred and thirty four. Personally appeared John Yocom before me Daniel Wools one of the Associate Justices of Clay county Circuit Court living in the Seventh Judicial Circuit, said Yocom being a resident of the county and State aforesaid aged Eighty Seven Years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declarati on in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress Passed June the 7 th day 1832 That he Entered the Service of the United States as a Volunteer, he then a Resident of Augusta County and State of Virginia, Under the following named Officers. Under the Command of General Clark Colobill Morgan, Major William Lawder he thinks called  under Captain George Jackson, That he served a term of six Months under the said officers by reason of age and lapse of time he states that he cant distinctly recollect the time he Entered the Service but thinks it was in the month of May 1780 or in the year 1781 thinks it was the same year when Ruddles Station in Kentucky was taken by the Indians he recollects that while out on said Expedition that he saw a company of men and two Indians going to the relief of said Station, or to see what had become of the people living at the Station, and that he was in no Battle while out in Service, and states that he marched by Land from Augusta county Virginia to Morgan Town, and then took water and went to Fort Pitt and from thence down the Ohio River to Louisville in Kentucky, and Landed there on the 25 th day of August following, during which time he served as a private, by age and consequent loss of memory he cant distinctly recollect at which of those dates above stated that he Entered the Service, but is certain that he served a six months term in one or the other of those years —

and that he has no documentary Evidence and that he knows of no person living, whose Testimony he could procure to prove his Services, and after the Six months Services were Rendered, he became a resident of Kentucky and there his house was consumed by fire by which Misfortune he lost his discharge and all his papers - and after the Expiration of the first Six months Services above Spoken of he served a term of two months in Kentucky on the Ohio River as a private Guarding the Frontier Settlements of Kentucky under the command of Brant Thompson, but in what year he served the two months, by age and loss of Memory he can't distinctly recollect, but thinks it was in the same year when General Scott took the Weaw and Kickapoo Indian Towns on the Wabash River - and when he lived in Virginia near Tygers Valley he served on various scouts against the Indians in that section of country - in relation to the Six Months Expedition above after landing at Louisville, that he was not engaged in any Civil pursuit nor in any part of the Six months only served as a Soldier under arms, whilst at Louisville keeping General and took one Scout after the Indians but made no discovery of any - and doth hereby Relinquish Every Claim to a pension or Annuity Except the present one and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State - and also states that by reason of Bodily infirmity he is not able to get to Court to make his declaration in Open Court, he being now a resident of Clay county Indiana State - Dawn and Subscribed to the day and year aforesaid
his John Yocom
I William Yocom a resident of Clay County now and state of Indiana do hereby certify that I do well recollect of meeting John Yocom about the time by him above stated in the Wildcamp part of Kentucky I think on Richland Creek - he was then on foot and had a gun and I think a Knapsack on his back - my father was then on his way moving to Kentucky, they halted and talked together I then understood by their conversation that the above John Yocom

had with my father that he had been out on a campaign in Kentucky at Louisville under the Command of General Clark he then stated that he was on his way to the state of Virginia and I will recollect that in a few years after, that the said John Groom moved out to Kentucky and shortly he moved to Kentucky he lived on my father's plantation and continued to live in that neighborhood for several years during which time I frequently heard him and my father conversing together respecting their services rendered in the revolutionary war - I still understood by him of having served the six months Tour above named by him and also heard him state that he served a two months Tour on the Ohio River in Kentucky and frequently heard him and my father talking about their ages I think he had no record of his age but from the last account he could get he was some older than my father perhaps two or three years my father was born in the year 1750 agreeable to record and do further certify that I have been acquainted with the above named John Groom for the space of fortyfive years past, he was a good farmer a hard labouring man and a man of truth I believe and I do believe his oath is entitled to Credit - Given under my hand this Eleventh Day of August 1834 William Groom
Sworn and Subscribed to Lewis Fortner a Clingyman resident of Clay County Indiana do hereby certify that I have known John Groom for about twentyfive or thirty years and I have always heard him spoken of as a man of truth and as an honest farmer - and I have frequently heard that he served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war - and as to his age I can only state that he is a very old man and quite infirm - Sworn and Subscribed to this 20 th August 1834 Lewis Fortner

The above Named Daniel Wool one of the Associate Judges of the Clay county Circuit Court for the State of Indiana, do hereby declare my Opinion that the above Named Applicant John Gocum was a Revolutionary Soldier and that he performed the Services above stated by him, and that he can without much pain and difficulty be conveyed to the Court house so as to make his declaration in Open Court - by reason of age and bodily infirmity - and do also hereby declare my opinion - That William Gocum - who signed the preceding certificate is a resident of Clay county Indiana State that he is a credible person, that his statements are entitled to credit Also Lewis Fortner a clergyman resident of Clay county Indiana who signed one of the preceding - certificates is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to credit - who were both duly sworn to the certificates to which their Names are subscribed Given Under my hand and seal this 29 th August
1834 - - - - -
Daniel Wool Associate Judge B. B. B. B.
State of Indiana } I Sepe. Jt. Intire Clerk of the Clay Clay County Set } Circuit Court do here by certify that Daniel Wool whose name appears to be subscribed to the above Instrument of Wrighting is and was at the time of signing the same one of the associate Judges of our said Court duly Elected commissioned and qualified and full faith and credit may and of right ought to be given to all his official acts as such Given under my hand and affixed my seal at office in Bowling Green this 6 th day of September 1834 J. Sepe Jt. Intire Clk

State of Indiana County of Clay
SS be it known that before me a Justice of Peace in and for said
County of Clay and State of Indiana being duly qualified according to Law to administer Oaths etc.
personal appeared before me George Yocum and Deborah  Elizabeth Hensley Residents of Lawrence Township County of Clay and State afore said and who being first qual- ified according to Law being duly sworn and made Oath that he & she is the Son and Daughter of John Yocum the identical person who was a pension- er and is now dead and to whom a pension certificate of Pension was issued which is not here with herewith it not being possible as it being not attainable said Applicant being the legal heirs and lawful Representatives of the said John Yocum and that he said John Yocum (De- ceased) resided at Bowling Green in the County of Clay & in the State afore said for the space of about fifty years before his death and that previous thereto he resided at the State of Kentucky

into claiming under act
of 18-Mar 1818
Pension Office at the Department of the Interior upon the Pension List among the names of the Pensioners who are and have their names placed upon the Pension List as beneficiaries of the United States the said Applicant George Goone and Sarah Mansley heirs at law and representatives hereby make this application through said John L. Luce their said Attorney to demand what may be due according to them as legal heirs at law and representatives of the said George Goone the before mentioned (heirs and representatives) of George Goone know all men by these presents that George Goone and Sarah Mansley hereby nominate & appoint John L. Luce our said Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Depart- ment of the Interior what ever may be due and owing unto us as heirs at law and representatives of George Goone a pensioner of the United States who is herein to represented and our said Attorney is hereby empowered to constitute one or more substitutes & is hereby author

or said to substitute one or more of the Institutes under, inasmuch as the Power of Substitution Provision for the purpose above mentioned and expressed as fully as I could do we are For Either of us personally present at the signing thereof and my said Attorney is fully Authorised and empowered to obtain from the proper Authorities at Washington City or else where Certified Copies of any Army or Navy records or documents in which his said Services may be recorded & to procure any and all other evidence that may be necessary to establish his or her claim as widow as fully as he is the Court so if personally present and hereby renouncing & waiving all former Authority that they have been given by before hereinabove for the above Special Purpose given and under his will seal this 18 th day of June 1860. Grace his  his Goody his  his & her  her  his  his H. C. his  his and on the same his  his day personally came before me

Declarations of the County of Colby & State of Indiana aforesaid Subscribed to me. Know to me all credible witnesses, who being duly qualified, are & known to be Cor- ning to Law declare that they are personally acquainted with George Goodman and Sarah all Hambley who make and subscribe to the foregoing Declaration that they are present and have the appli- cants subscribe their names to the foregoing declaration and from the appearance of the applicants & their acquaintance with them and the appearance of them they believe that they are the persons and individual persons that they represent themselves to be and that they are disinterested in this matter and that they reside at the place above named
Jacob 4th  1811  mark  aglo
John & his Gocum mark .
The above mark is subscribed to and sworn to before me this 18 th day of June 1860. Isaac M. Compton A.M. and I further certify that I have no interest in this Claim and not in any way concerned in the pros ec ution of said Claim and I further certify that I know and am personally acquainted with the Affiants and know them to be credible persons and Witnesses and

and entitled to be read that the Declarant is the person then represented there. Sealed to be Witness my hand and seal this 18 th day of June 1860 Isaac M Compton Justice (Seal)
State of Indiana } Clay County ss }
I John C Major Clerk of the Circuit Court do hereby certify that the Isaac M Compton Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were made was at the time of so doing a justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that his signatures are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bowling Green this June the 23 rd A.D. 1860 John C. Major Clerk.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section. MS
September 19, 1925.
Cornelius F. Fosson 817 Traction Terminal Building, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S-32622 it appears that John Yocom while residing in Augusta County, Virginia, enlisted in May 1780 or 1781 and served six months as a private in Captain George Jackson's Company, Colonel Morgan's Virginia Regiment.
Soon thereafter he moved to Kentucky and served as a private, two months, guarding the frontier under the command of Rowland Thomson.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 11, 1834 while residing in Clay County, Indiana, aged 87 years.
He had a son George and a daughter Mrs. Sarah Hansley. His wife's name is not stated.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

32 622 Rev INVALID.
File No. 82,622
John Groom Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1925. Sept 19. Trial to Comr Luis F Poisson - Malt see letter in Cl. W. 4785. John Hopfer, Conn.
1928. Jan. 25. Visit to Pearl Finley. Tombstone Data req.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section. awf
January 25, 1938.
Pearl Finley 115 E. Kruzan St. Brazil, Ind.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 32622, it appears that John Yocom, while residing in Augusta County, Virginia, enlisted in May 1780 or 1781 and served six months as a private in Captain George Jackson's Company, Colonel Morgan's Virginia Regiment.
Soon after the above service, he moved to Kentucky and served as private two months, and guarded the frontier under the command of Rowland Thomas.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 11, 1834, while residing in Clay County, Indiana, aged eighty-seven years. The date and place of his birth are not given.
In order to obtain the date of last payment

of pension, the name of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Yocom S. 32622, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data-
John Yocom, Certificate No. 27628, issued September 20, 1834, rate $30.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Indiana Agency.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
John Yocom Data

CLAY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BRAZIL, INDIANA
January 18th. 28.
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. Dear Sir:-
We the Clay County Historical Society, together with the William Oard Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution and the Clay County Commissioners are arranging to, very early this spring, erect permanent granite markers at the graves of two of our Revolutionary patriots, whose graves have thus far never been marked.
We have definitely located the grave of Mr. John Yocum, in Posey Township this county, but we lack the exact date of his birth as well as his death. Will you please send us a copy of his Service Record as the same is shown on your records. This data is very necessary for the use of our monument maker as well as to complete our D.A.R. files. Our files show that he was on the 1840 Pension List and that he was 96 years old at that time.
We have the full service record of the other patriot whose grave we will mark. Thanking you in advance, Very respectfully.
Pearl Finley
Secy. Clay County Historical Society. and member of Wm. Oard Chapter D.A.R.
115 E. Krugan St. Brazil, Ind.
"Brazil Manufactures World's Best Clay Products"

Payments to be made at (Cayuga, N.Y.) by (Rev. Henry G. ...) Agent for paying Pension= ers, in the Agency of (J. ...)
Recorded in the Pension Of= fice, in Book (C. Vol. 1).
Page 14 by _____
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Henry [unclear] of the Stt of [unclear] who was a First [unclear] during the Revolutionary War, is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 10th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
Malhon Dickerson Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

May 19
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Prose
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pension Washington City.
Burlington Ia May 7

Bowling Green Clay County Indiana May 5 th A D 1835
Dr Sir I here with return to you the revolutionary claim of John Yocum and it should have been John Yocum and for want of the right Name the old Gentleman can not draw his pension you will confer a favor on me By returning to me his claim I am Sir very Respectfully yo r Most Obedient Servt
Jose M. Fulton
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

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John Brown
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Application
War Department U.S.
of Pensions Pension Commissioners Washington City District of Columbia

Warren Boro. Nov 13 th 1804 pursuant to the Commissioner of the U States. Dr Sir herewith Enclose the Petition of Mrs Sarah Hensley heirs & c. Representing at Law of John Hensley who was a Revolutionary pensioner & they application to claiming her due Act of Pensions passed 18 th March 1818. & 1832 claiming all that may in due & arrears as when you report in this case In your com- munication please to enclose all the amount or draft to me or address to my Post office or direct

Washed to Warren Brock Warren County State of Pennsylvania Yours to hasten Yours Respectfully Geo. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions

Off. Natl Bank of National Banc June 12. 1837
Sir,
I herewith enclose the account of John G. Locum Particular Pensioner for your inspection and instruction, By my Roll No Locum was last paid March 4. 1835
Very Respectfully
Sir
Dear Mr. Smart
M c Cartan
Hon J. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 29 th 1840.
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," John Goeon, ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Indiana Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and ————— Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 7 th of March 1838. to the 4 th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
J. Beaver Acting Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.