Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6495, John Whitehead, N C

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Whitehead, John Whited
W. 6495- B.L.Wt. 43514-160-55
Sarah
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Kentucky 30494
John Whitehead
of Logans in the State of Ken.
who was a Private in the Corps commanded
by Captain Moore of the Regt commanded
by Col. Lyttle in the N. Carolina
line for 13 months & 3 days
Died 20 Aug 1855
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 43 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of March 1836 and sent to P. R. Underwood H. of Reps
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $218.35 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept " 21.83
$240.18
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Abel Addison Clerk, Book E2 Vol. 7 Page 57

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
State of Kentucky } S.S.
Logan County }
On this 7 th day of October 1833 personally appeared an open Court, before the Judge of the Logan Circuit Court Now Sitting John Whited a resident of said County of Logan in the State of Kentucky aged sixty nine 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 Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
That he was born in Orange County in the State of North Carolina on the 21 st day of February 1765, he has no written record of his age but the fact of his being born as above stated is known by examination of his fathers family Register
In the latter part of the Winter or first of the Spring of the year 1781, He entered the service of the United States at Hillsborough in the State of North Carolina. A requisition of eighteen months men was made, and every minuteman militia man was required to furnish a man by draft or otherwise, He was drafted as above stated, at Hillsborough, and was placed in a Company commanded by

Captain Moore, before Richard D. Lyttle commanded the Regiment to which he was attached a man by the name Dixon was Lieutenant of the said Company to which he belonged, from Hillsborough we marched to Salisbury, from there to Cambley or Spencer's Creek, from there to Ashley Hill where the Men quartered for some time from there we marched to James's Island South of Charleston where we were stationed some months - it is necessary to state that we joined General Greene's Army at Ashley Hill above mentioned, and there or at James's Island he was transferred to Captain Barrard's Company with whom he continued during the residue of his term of Service, the whole time of his Service  which was to the best of his recollection, 14 Months, the War having terminated the troops were disbanded at James Island, the North Carolina Regiment were ordered to meet at the 10 Mile House & receive their furloughs the right wing not having arrived, the accordingly did meet at the ten Mile House receive furlou- -ughs, which was equivalent to discharge

to those who entitled for a certain pension which had not expired, said petition is either lost or mislaid, He Subjoins thereto the Affidavit of William M c Allyen which was taken in the year 1829 when the declarant contemplated applying for a pension under another Law of Congress - Said M c Allyen removed to the West and this declarant does not know whether he be dead or alive and he therefore knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his said services or any part thereof whatever. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Role of any State.
Sworn to Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
his John G. White mark
We Robert Anderson a Clergyman residing in the said County of Logan in the State of Kentucky and Thomas Grady residing in the same with hereby certify that we are well acquainted John White who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that he believes to be sixty nine 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 con- cur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
R. T. Anderson Thos. H. Grady

And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations subscribed 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 him that Robert T. Alders on who has signed the preceding Certificate, and has Alexander, who has also signed the same is a Resident residing in the said County of Logan in the State of Kentucky, and Thomas H. Brady who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of Logan and is a Credible person; and that their statement is entitled, to be read
Asher W. Graham
Judge of S d Court
State of Kentucky Logan Circuit Feb 3 I Marmaduke B. Morton clerk of the Court of Logan Circuit do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John White for a pension. In Testimony
Whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and Seal of Office this 15 th day of October
1833.
Marmaduke B. Morton clerk of the Logan Circuit Court

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Logan County This day personally came before me Robert Williams one of the Commonwealth acting Justices of the peace for said County William M c Elyea and made oaths that John Wilead now an applicant for a pension from the United States - was a soldier of the American Revolution & was mustered into service at Hillsborough in the state of North Carolina in Capt. Morris Company afterwards transferred to Capt. Bevard & Roader under the command of Col. Archibald Lytle - and that the applicant John Wilead is the same person & that he was discharged - after the war of peace at the ten mile house from Charleston S c boro- -ne and that he entered the service in year seventeen hundred & eighty two & to the best of his recollection in the month of July & that the self same John Wilead is now a live sworn & subscribed to before me William M c Elyea this 2 nd day of October 1829
Rob t Williams
Commonwealth of Kentucky Logan County I Samuel T c Card Clerk of the Logan County Court do certify that Robert Williams whose to the above certificate is a Justice said County duly commissioned and qualified according to Law and that his signature is genuine the testimony of which I do hereunto set my hand at the seat of said Court this

15 th day of October 1833 in the 42 nd year of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Sam l H. Card

Date of widow's death not on a.p.
5.986
Kentucky Sarah Whitehead widow of John Whitehead N.C. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43. dollars 67. cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. 20 th August 1855.
Certificate of Pension issued 9 th day of Dec r 1856, and sent to
W. M. Thomas. Rayesburg Ky.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 179. Vol. A.
281592

Mrs Sarah Whitehead
Co 3 application
Pension
Act Feby 3 rd 1853.
Presented by W. W. Thomas. Keysburg Logan County Kentucky.

State of Kentucky } County of Logan } S.S.
On this 4 th day of September 1855, personally appeared before me, W. M. Thomas, a Notary Public, in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Sarah Whitehead, a resident of the county and State aforesaid, aged about 60 years, who first being sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of John Whitehead, deceased who was a private in the War of the Revolution and that he was pensioned under the Act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 and paid at the Agency in Louisville in the State of Kentucky; She refers to the proofs on file in the Department in Washington City D.C. for the time he entered and left the service; the names and rank of the Officers under whom the service was performed; and the place in which he resided when he entered the service.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Whitehead on the            day of October 1820; that her said husband died on the 20 th day of August 1855; that she was not married to him prior to the Second of January Eighteen Hundred, but at the time above stated.
She further declares that she is now

a widow.
Teste
Sarah her x Whitehead mark
C. C. Crawford
N. S. her Allen mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me, and I certify that the applicant is well known to me, and is unable to attend court from bodily infirmity. W. M. Thomas. Notary Public for Logan County, Kentucky.
We C. C. Crawford and N. S. Allen residents of the County of Logan and State of Kentucky, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the above Sarah Whitehead, in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. And we further declare that we were well acquainted with the said John Whitehead and Sarah Whitehead his wife (now the widow) during the life time of the former and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to have been so generally reputed. That her said husband the said John Whitehead died in Logan County, Kentucky, on the 20 th day of August 1855, and that he was a prisoner as stated in the foregoing declaration.
Teste
C. C. Crawford
W. M. Thomas N.P.
N. S. her Allen mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the

4 th day of September 1855, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons.
W. W. Thomas. Notary Public for Logan County, Kentucky.
State of Kentucky } County of Logan } S.S.
I hereby certify that W. W. Thomas, Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and affida- -vit were made, is and was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Notary Public within and for the County and State afo- -said, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my Offi- -ce this 6 th day of September 1855.
James E. Wright Clerk of Logan County Court

212,930. (Mch. 3, 53- 281,592 Sept. 20, 53- Con'd)
Sarah Whitehead wid. of John Private
Capt. Col. Private 43574 N 6 Line Col. Dis.
Revolutionary War Ins Levy 53
Ky June 32- 30494
Ad. 160 acc Sept 11/56 Dodge
A. J. McCalla Private
Vol W-1-152

Bounty Land
Act March 3 rd 1855.
Mrs Sarah Whitehead widow of J. Whitehead
War of Revolution
Post Office
Keysburg Logan County Ky.
Presented by A. J. McCalla John H. McCalla Washington City D. C.

State of Kentucky } County of Logan } S.S.
On this 4 th day of September 1855, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths Sarah Whitehead, aged about 60 years, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Whitehead, deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain in the Regiment of commanded by Col.
in the War of the Revolution.
That her said husband entered the service of the United States at on or about the day of for the term of and continued in actual service in said War for the term of at least fourteen days, and was honorably discharged from said service as will appear by the Muster Rolls of said Company not having any knowledge of the manner of her said husband's discharge, unless it be on file in the Department in Washington City D. C.; her said husband the said John Whitehead deceased having been a prisoner, under the Act of 7 th June 1832, she refers to the proof on file as to his services &c. She further states that she was married to the said John Whitehead in the County of Franklin State of Tennessee on or about the day of October 1820 by

Abraham King/Kendall a justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Wilson That her said husband died in Logan County Kentucky on the 20 th day of August 1855, and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declarative for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3 rd 1855, never having before received bounty land under this or any other act, nor made any other application for bounty land except the present; nor has her deceased husband made any application for bounty land, for his services in said war to the knowledge and belief of this affiant.
Now Jno M c Calla is hereby authorized to prosecute this my claim and to receive any warrant that may be issued hereon.
Teste
Sarah her  x Whitehead (Seal) mark
C. C. Crawford
N. S. her Allen mark
We C. C. Crawford and N. S. Allen residents of the County and State aforesaid, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declarative was signed and acknowledged by the above Sarah Whitehead, in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. And we further declare that we are now well acquainted with the said John Whitehead and Sarah Whitehead his wife

(now the widow) during the life time of the former and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to have been so generally reputed. That her said husban- =d the said John Whitehead died in Logan County, Kentucky, on the 20 th day of August 1855; and that they have no interest in this claim, and that she is still a widow
C. C. (Engrailed Seal)
A. S. her Allen (Seal)
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. (W. W. Thomas) Notary Public for Logan County, Kentucky.
State of Kentucky } County of Logan } S.S.
I hereby certify that (W. W. Thomas Esq.) before whom the foregoing declaration and affi- =davit were made, is and was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Notary Public within and for the county and state afore- =said, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office This 6 th day of September 1855.
James G. (Engrailed Seal) Clerk of Logan County Court

281-592
Bounty Land
Act of March 3 rd 1855.
Mrs Sarah Whitehead, Widow of John Whitehead
Post Office address Keysburg, Logan County, Kentucky.
Care of W. W. Thomas.

Declaration for Widow.
Who has never received Bounty Land.
STATE OF Kentucky County of Logan } ss.
On this 8 th day of September 18 57 , personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, (duly authorized by law to administer oaths,) Sarah Whitehead , aged about 65 years, a resident of Logan  in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Whitehead , deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Sheifers to the X , in the Regiment of commanded by Col. of the Revolution in the war with
That her said husband entered the service of the United States at on or about the _____ day of _____ 18_____, for the term of _____ and continued in actual service in said war for the term of at least fourteen days, and was honorably discharged from said service as will appear by the Muster Rolls of said company, not having any knowledge of the manner of her said husband's discharge. She further states that she was married to the said John Whitehead in the County of Franklin State of Kentucky on or about the _____, day of _____ 18_____, by Abraham Ray  Ray  Head a Justice of The Peace, and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Wilson  ⊗ . that her said husband died in  Logan County, Ky. , on the ⊗ 20 th day of August , 1855-, and that she is still a widow. AS
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855, never having received Bounty Land under this or any other act, nor made any other application for Bounty Land except the present.
_____ is hereby authorized to prosecute this my claim and to receive any warrant that may be issued hereon.
Sarah her + Whitehead marks { SEAL }
Affidavit of two Witnesses.
We, A. T. Thomas and Walter Larison residents of the County and State aforesaid, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the above Sarah Whitehead , in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
And we further declare that we were well acquainted with the said John Whitehead and Sarah Whitehead his wife (now the widow) during the life time of the former and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to have been so generally reputed. That her said husband, the said John Whitehead died in  Logan County Ky. on the 20 th day of August 1855, and that she is still a widow; and that they have no interest in this claim.
A T Thomas
ev a h h u h u h u h u
Magistrate's Certificate.
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
W. W. Thomas, Notary Public for Logan County, Kentucky.
County Clerk's Certificate.
STATE OF Kentucky } County of Logan } 55
I hereby certify that W. W. Thomas Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, is and was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Notary Public within and for the county and state aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this 17 day of Septm 1857.
day of Septm 18 5 L. C. Wright Clerk.
* Joseph on file in the Updegraff, as to whom he served under the time he entered the service, when he entered it, and the length of time he served; the having been a prisoner.
She refers to the proofs on file in the Superintendent's as to her management This is now serving a piece in our Act for Feb 1855.

State of Tennessee  To any Regular Minister of the Franklin County  Gospel having the care of Souls or  any Justice of the Peace in  for Said County Greeting
These are to authorize you or either of you to celebrate the rites of Matrimony agreeably to an act of Assembly in that case made and provided Between John Whitehead & Sarah Willson of your County & them join together as husband & wife Provided She be an actual resident of  in Said County — Otherwise there shall be no license to either of you no more than if never granted —
Given at Office this 22 nd October 1820
E l Russell C. F. C
By George Foster
On the back of Said license is the following return
(To wit, Executed by me Abm Skuykendall, S. P.,
State of Tennessee  I M rs E l Taylor Clerk of the County Franklin County  Court of Franklin County in Said  State do certify that the foregoing is a full true and perfect Transcript of the license issued to John Whitehead to marry Sarah Willson October 22 nd 1820, and likewise of the return of the S. P. who Executed the same and the same remains on file in my Office
Given under my hand and seal of office at Office in Winchester this 21 day of November 1855
M rs E l Taylor Clk
By A Hancock S. C.

enacted by D.C. to shell the name John Whitehead Ken. where
(2) on Rolls Brewery company. 18mo aged 82. He says Spring of 81. also found on settle meal of 18mo men after the war.
Abner
13. 3 days/pri
43. 66.
Am J R Underwood AN
W. J. Morton Russellville Ken

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 subjjoined 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. These 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 Whitehead
   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.              
It appears from the Rolls of the N.C. line that the applicant entered the service in 1782 instead of the Spring of 1781 as stated in his declaration. It is therefore highly probable that he was not in service more than six months if as much as that time. An allowance for more than six months cannot be made.  I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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 , 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 fix 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 in 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.

Official Business
St. Louis
St. Louis Ky Sept 12 Mrs. Sarah Whitehead John 30 4 Whitsett
Commissioner of Pensions 3 Washington City D.C.
Mrs. Sarah Whitehead, Application for Pension Act of July 3rd 1853.

Kingsburg in 3 Dec 5 1880
Sarah Whitehead
Dear
John
Inflett
Proof Sarah Whiteheads Applications for Pensions 1853
Hon J. Minot, Commissioner Pensions Washington City D. C.
Yrs Q

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6495
Sarah Whitehead
Wid
John Whitehead
Print Rev War
Act: Feb 3 d
1853
Index:—Vol. 16
Page 329
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Library of Jno. Whitehead, Ky. $

7 H.3.574
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Nov 1909

Sarah Whitehead, widow of John Whitehead, Logan County, Kentucky.
Admitted, as of Feb'y 3, 1853 at rate of $43 67 c per Annum. Commencing from August 20, 1855, when her hus- band died.
Husband a private of Inf'ty 13 months and 3 days
Pay widow —
Certificate to W. M. Thomas Esq. Hegsbury, Kentucky.

5572
Act 3 rd March 1855. Application Bounty Land. Sarah Whitehead Haysburg. Logan County, Kentucky.
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington City D. C.

No 6024 Sarah Whitehead Widow of John Kentucky
Wm Thomas Sep 21/53 Same Dec 27 1855 Same June 18 1856-
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3 Files 1853

281-592 act Mar 3/33 212.980 Sept 21/37 Con Log
St. Clairmont Oct 2/57
Sarah Whitehead Widow of John Whitehead Sec Private
Capt Col
Revolutionary War
Area Oct 1/57 BK 1/57
48574-160
St. B.
Mrs Sarah Whitehead Care of W. M. Thomas Esquire Keysburg Logan Co. Ky

Keysburg Ky June 4 th 1856.
New J. Minto
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D. C.
Dear Sir.
Yours of the 27 th Dec r last in relation to the case of Sarah Whitehead of Ky "widow of John" Application for a Pension came only to hand and was handed over to Mrs Whitehead. She was of opinion from your letter that she would be enrolled as a pensioner, and has been waiting patiently for a certificate to be forwarded to her, she called to see me a few days since and requested me to drop you a line.
She is quite feeble not able to do any thing scarcely and in indigent circumstances indeed - Her friends furnish a support for her and any thing be it ever so small would be a help for her - Will you be so kind as to inform me immediately of any thing more is requisite to secure her a Pension - or forward her Certificate if the case is fully prepared - Respectfully Yours &c W. W. Thomas.

Keysburg, Logan County, Ky. September 12 th 1855.
Comr: Pensions Washington City D. C.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed you will please find Application of Mrs Sarah Whitehead, Widow of John Whitehead, Sec d for pension under Act Feb y 3 d 1853.
Allow me to say I have known her & her deceased husband for upwards of ten years - They were quiet well disposed citizens and very poor -
She applied to me to draw up her papers which I have done and now forward them free of charge and hope you will at your earliest convenience forward her Certificate of pension to my address at Keysburg Logan County Ky -
Oblige very Respectfully
Your O bt Serv t -
M. W. Thomas.

Brief in the case of Sarah Whitehead, widow of John Whitehead Logan — County and State of Kentucky — act of February 3. 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under act of June 7. 1832, at rate of $43.69 c per annum, and died August 20, 1853, as shown by records of this office and parcel.
Marriage, October 22. 1820, proved by transcript from records of County Court.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Identity of applicant as the widow of the above named pensioner proved by two credible witnesses. Allowance accordingly.
W. M. Thomas Esqr Georgetown,
Name and residence of Agent Kentucky
E. Gibbs Examining Clerk.

Applications for Pensions
Act. 3 rd Feby 1853.
Mrs Sarah Whitehead; Widow of Jno Whitehead, of Logan County, Kentucky.
Presented by, N. W. Thomas. Haysburg, Logan County, Kentucky.

State of Kentucky } County of Logan } ss.
On this 26 th day of August 1856, personally appeared before me, Henry B. Gray a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Logan and State of Kentucky, Sarah Whitehead, a resident of the County of Logan and State aforesaid, aged about 60 years, who being first sworn according to Law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd February 1853, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is the Widow of John Whitehead, who was a private in said War; She refers to the proof filed by her deceased husband during his life, (he having received a pension for his services in said War;) when he entered and left the service; the names and rank of the Officers under whom the service was performed, and the place in which he resided when he entered the service.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Whitehead on the            day of Eighteen hundred and twenty            ; That her said husband died on the 20 th day of August

1855; That she was not married to him prior to the second of January Eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated; she refers to the proof on file as to her marriage.
She further declares that she is now a Widow.
Sarah her Whitehead mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me, and I certify that the applicant, from bodily infirmity, is unable to attend court.
H. N. Lrey P.P.C.
State of Kentucky } County of Logan } S.S.
I, James E. Wright, Clerk of the County Court, in and for said county, do certify, that H. V. Gray, Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration was made, is and was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my Office, this 21 st day of November  December 1856. James E. Wright

State of Kentucky } S.S. County of Logan } I, James E. Wright, Clerk of the Court of Logan County, held at Russellville, in and for said County, do hereby certify that satisfac- tory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that John Whitehead was a pension- er of the United States at the rate of Forty Three Dollars, Sixty Seven Cents per Annum; was resident of the County of Logan in the State of Kentucky, and died in the County of Logan and State of Ken- tucky in the year of our Lord 1855, on the 20 th day of August; that he left a Widow whose name is Sarah Whitehead.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Russellville, this 21 st day of December November 1856.
James E. Wright

Mar. 18.
Rev. D.
Abt. Wells -
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
H. P. Mendenhall
CAR
12/23/62

Washington March 13, 36
Sir
I again lay before you the enclosed papers. The witness Allgeyer states that Whited (or Whitehead) entered the service in July 82, & that I suppose corresponds with the roll. The witness also states that he was furloughed after the news of Peace", & Whited in his declaration speaks of being disbanded after the war terminated before the 18 months expired for which he entered the service, & yet Whited says he entered the service early in 1781 but only served about 14 months. These statements are inconsistent. If he entered in 1781 in July or March & served until the war ended he must have been in service near two years. The armistice was concluded 20 Jan'y 1783 & was probably known in the U States in Feb'y afterwards. Whited is mistaken as to the time he entered service. Upon reexamination I trust you will think the evidence sufficient to show six months service & that you will allow a pension for that period. The old man could hardly have acted fraudulently & then furnished evidence to detect himself by forwarding an affidavit contrary to his own declaration.
Respectfully
J. R. Underwood

Keysburg Ky Decr 4 th 1855. Hon J. Minot. Commissioner Pensions Washington City D. C.
Dear Sir
Your favor of the 21 st Sept r last acknowledging the Receipt of the informal application of Sarah Whitehead, widow of "John" of Ky, under the Act of July 3 rd 1853. came only to hand - And Enclosed you will please find Record Testimony of her marriage.
I am at a loss to understand your communication fully - You say "she must make a declaration before a Court of Record, or show her inability from bodily infirmity to do so, when it must be made before a justice of the Peace or some authorized other authorized officer, who is not her Agent." This has already been done - Mrs Whitehead is the Widow of a Revolutionary Sir, and aside from bodily infirmity, is very poor and not able to pay an Attorney to make out her Papers, she resides some six Miles from me, and asked a neighbor to see me and ask me if I would fix up her Papers for her. That she was not able to go to Court or to pay any person to do it for her - I at once (as I believe any other man would who has

one spark of manly feeling or a drop of human kindness in his breast proceeded to her lowly habitation and made out her application without fee or reward or the promise thereof except that which is prom- ised in the word of God. I am not her agent and have no interest in the claim whatever and was it not from your intimation and insinuation in relation to it (which I consider entirely gratuitous and uncalled for) I should not now address you.
I am fully apprized that your position in life is more exalted than that of myself - yet I have no hesitancy in saying, that taking our positions in to consider- ation, that my character for honesty, probity, and good demeanor will not fall below that of any man your Honor or of any man let his position be what it may.
I have now been engaged in public business for about 16 years and you are the first and only man who has ever insinuated any thing criminal against me. and I should be pleased for you to explain yourself more fully.
I am a Kentuckian by birth & education, and hope never to shrink

from any responsibility let the consequences be what they may.
You will confer a favor by accepting Mrs Whitehead to my care at Kingsburg Logan County Ky - accepting The result of her Application I Obey Respectfully (W. W. Thomas.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Whitehead, John GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12669 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 14, 1792 To Robert Means, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.