Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,217, for William Lorance, North Carolina

SERVICE
Lorance, William
NUMBER
S 31.217
Nb.
Born in N.C.
CONTENTS

See a letter in James Patterson - R. 8001 in which one R. B. Lawrence is informed relative to his father's service. As this is the only Wm Lorance of N.C., he may have had this one in mind. 6/2/39
13,852 Kentucky
William Lorance of Owen Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Armstrong of the reg t commanded by Col Mayhew in the N.C. Ar m time for 22 months from 1779
Enscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of June 1833 and sent to Hon R. M. Johnson, Lt. & Engs.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 146.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep " 36.66
$ 183.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 17

23027
William Lorance
Owensboro Kentucky.
from 1779 private 22 months.
$173 \frac{33}{100}
Hon. R. M. Johnson,
Great Falls,
the A. Burdman Esq.
Newton. Owensboro
Kentucky.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 25 1833
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 William Lorance, Owen Co. Kentucky.
   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.     July 1779 " 6 " Priv Col. A. Mayhew Col. W. Armstrong Lieut. Grimes 69 years Rowan Co. One Witness.   Oct. 1779 1 " " Menu Te man Col. H. Lochm Col. Caldwell Col. W. Armstrong Lieut. Armstrong 70 years N. Car.   Dec. 1880 " 6 " " Gen. Morgan Maj. McQuade Col. A. Armstrong  
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 enquiry 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 place 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 [j] 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.
Joseph Warren Esq.
the time in actual service as a minute man is required. Although he engaged to serve one year as a minute man he cannot have been in service all that time, nor can his claim for said length of time be allowed for that engagement.

Lorance
Revolutionary Claim

Commonwealth of Kentucky County of Owen . . . . . 3 Sch-
On this 3 d day of November  Decr personally appears in open Court, before the Justices  the Justices  of Owen County Court of Owen County Court, Now sitting William Sorance a resident of the County of Owen and Commonwealth of Kentucky, aged 69 last august 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 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - that is to say - he volunteered as a private soldier  soldier in a Company commanded by Capt William Armstrong upon a six months tour in the fall  spring the thirty May 1799 and accor- dingly entered the service as such - the name of his lieutenant was William Grimes  one John Grimes - He states that he was a resident of Rowan County State of North Carolina at the time he entered the service - that his Company rendezvoused at Salisbury in the said County and was attached to a regiment under the Command of Col. Alexander Mayban - that said regiment soon after his said Company joined it marched toward Deep River for the purpose of keeping down the Tories in that quarter who were making some efforts to embody themselves - that whilst in that section of the Country they came upon a number of Tories who were collecting and embody- ing themselves under a man by the name of Farnon

at a place called the haw fields on said River and after a skirmish with them they dispersed leaving their leader and several of their Companions dead on the ground. After scouring the Country for sometime, the  then upon our river & its waters, they marched to the Catawba river in the vicinity of the shallow ford at which place this declarant with his Company and the principal portion of his said regiment remained for sometime and then went into the Long settlements on Cross Creek and continued shifting their quarters from one point to another for the purpose of protecting the Whigs and keeping the Tories in awe and subjection till the termination of his said tour when he was verbally discharged by his officers and returned to his home in Rowan County having fully served out his said six months tour.
He further states and declares that very soon after the termination of his said tour he again became a volunteer soldier in a company commanded by Capt. William Armstrong - Lieutenant Abel Armstrong - Ensign Richard Grimes and entered the service as a private accordingly he thinks, in October 1779 - This Company he states was called Minute men and he volunteered for a twelve months service in it & did serve accordingly that soon after it was raised it rendezvoused together with a full regiment of Militia at Salisbury in North Carolina - That Col Matthew Locke  Armstrong took command of them - that from Salisbury said regiment then marched towards the river Catawba. that they reached said river some

distance below Beall's ferry and understanding that a body of Tories were collecting some distance above the point at which they struck the river, a detachment consisting of 3 or 4 companies of which this declarant was one under the command of Col. Campbell was dispatched against them and directed its march up the river, and a few miles above Beall's ferry at a mill called Parnours Mill came upon them and after a smart skirmish in which William Armstrong this declarant's Captain was killed. The Tories were dispersed. He states that upon the death of Capt. William Armstrong, Abel Armstrong who had been the lieutenant of said Company took the command. He further states that he was with his said Company in active service during the Winter and Spring 1779 & '80 in keeping down the Tories who abounded in that part of North Carolina and extending relief and protection to those who were well affected to the American cause. that their services were in almost constant requisition - that upon one occasion they went to the forks of the Yadkin and dispersed a parcel of Tories who were collecting. He further declares that during the summer of the year 1780 his Company usually acted separately from any other and was often called out for the purpose of keeping the Tories in subjection who were frequently committing outrages and depredations upon the Whigs; and that he was always with his said Company upon its excursions. He further states that his said Company in the latter part of the summer or first of the fall was attached to a regiment under the command of Col. Caldwell and that he marched with it to the

Vadkin and joined the Army under the command of Genl Smallwood. That his said Company himself with it frequently composed a portion of detachments which were sent from the Army for the purpose of harassing the British and keeping them down the Rivers. Genl Gates was the Commander in Chief of the American Army in that quarter of the Country and this declarant understood that he was displaced that fall, and that Genl Greene took the command. He states that he continued in the Ar- -my & served therein till the expiration of his said term of service & was verbally discharged by his officers and returned home to Rowan County.
He further states that after his return home there was again a great call for men and he volunteered as a private soldier in a Company commanded by Abel Armstrong About the Christmas (1780) following his return from the service as above mentioned, upon a tour of six months. & served therein accordingly Richard Grimes was the Lieutenant and sometime in Jan'y following (1781) as well as he now recollects, he joined Genl Morgan with his said Company, who was then stationed on the Pacolet river, and that his said Company was placed under the command of Major McDowell. That soon after he joined the Army under Genl Morgan it crossed the Pacolet and marched towards Broad River and came to a halt at a place called the Cowpens, at which place the British under the command of Col. Tarleton came up with the Army and made an attack and a battle was then fought — This declarant was in the Battle under the command of Major McDowell. Capt Abel Armstrong was still the Commander of the Company to which this declarant belonged.

He states that he was in the front line in the beginning of the action and upon the first fire it fell back upon the second line which this declarant thinks was commanded by Col. Pickens. In this battle a number of prisoners were taken and this declarant with the militia and volunteers that remained in the Army were detached with the prisoners them over Broad River and the Catawba into Virginia. Genl. Morgan followed on and Genl. Cornwallis pursued to the Catawba. After the Army crossed the Catawba and lay it encamped and rested for several days until Genl. Greene came and took the Command in person. Soon after Genl. Greene arrived Lord Cornwallis forced a passage over the Catawba at Cornwallis  Beatty's ford which was defended by Genl. Davidson & this declarant was one of the detachment under his command & a skirmish took place in which Genl. Davidson was killed and the detachment dispersed. This declarant and a portion of the Company to which he belonged including his Captain fell in with the main body of the Army which took the route to Salisbury. thence to the trading ford on the Yadkin and Cornwallis kept in pursuit. After the Army crossed the Yadkin it marched to Guilford Courthouse where it was joined by Genl. Huger and his division. The whole Army then continued its retreat towards Virginia and was pursued by Cornwallis and was at last compelled to cross the river Dan which was effected at Boyd's & Irwin's Fords which were within

3 or 4 miles of each other and this declarant was one of the men who were detailed to bring down boats for the Army to cross over in. The Army remained in the borders of the State of Virginia only a short time till it received considerable reinforce- ments and then it again crossed the river Dan and followed Cornwallis who was retiring through the country toward Hillsborough. The Sories about this time were very bad and this declarant & his Company were frequently attached to harass them together with  other parties of the British. The main body of the Army continued its march and crossed the Haw river at near its source & stationed itself on Troublesome Creek. Genl. Greene however kept the Army in almost constant motion not suffering it to encamp on the same ground two nights in succession. Whilst the Army was in this situation Cornwallis made an attack on a portion of it which was stationed on Reedy Fork under Col. Campbell and Col. Lee. And the Americans were forced to retreat with the loss of some killed and Genl. Greene retired with the whole Army to the iron works. Genl. Greene was almost daily receiving reinforcements and finally about the middle of March 1781 the Army moved the Army moved to Guilford Court House  he marched the whole Army to Guilford Court House. On the day before the Battle of Guilford, in the evening this declarant and the Company to which he belonged was detached with a parcel of the Baggage waggons belonging to the Army across a creek which lay about two miles off and they were directed after they crossed to take up the bridge and await further orders. This served them

Performed and the engagement resulting in the defeat of the American Army, they were directed to scatter the way - goers in the woods, take out the horses and join the Army, which they did do on the day after the battle at Rudy Fork Creek and soon afterwards the Army retreated to the iron works, on Troublesome creek which place had been appointed for a rendezvous of the Army in case of defeat. Some days after the battle Lord Cornwallis commenced a retreat and Genl Greene with the Army engaged in the pursuit of him and finally at Ramsay Mills on Dup river gave it up and came to a halt where it remained for several days. From this point this declarant was one of a party detached upon Crops Creek for the purpose of quieting the disturbances there and continued in that vicinity near till the expiration of his tour of service before which time they marched on the Catawba near  about ten miles from the Island ford and there had a little skirmish with a party of Loyalists under command of Jack Brown. In this little scrape this declarant received a slight bayonet wound in his right knee. At the expiration of this tour which was the last performed by this declarant he rec d a discharge from his officers and which he has since lost and returned to his home in Rowan County.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state in the army and that he has no documentary evidence of his service but that he can prove most of them by William Wright who served a part of the time with him and now alive who is

Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid William Lorance Interrogatories propounded by the Court to William Lorance the above named applicant
1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born on the 21 st August 1763. in the County of Rowan and State of North Carolina ac- cording to the best information which I have on the subject.
2 nd Have you any record of your age; and if so where is it?
Answer. I have a record of my age in an old Book which formerly belonged to my father and which I now have in my possession.
3 rd Where were you living when called into service; whe- re have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer. I lived with my father in the County of Rowan and State of North Carolina and continued to reside in said County for a number of years after the revolution and finally moved to Kentucky and to the County of Owen where I now reside.
4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer. I volunteered in each tour of service which I performed.
5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such Continen- tal and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, & the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. At various times during my service I re- collect to have seen Genl. Gates, Smallwood, Huger Greene, Morgan, and Rutherford & Stevens & Davidson who was killed at Conway  Battle Ferry, also Col. Mayban

Caldwell, Craig, Pickens, Campbell, Lee, Washington Williams, and Howard. He first entered the service as a volunteer in the company of Capt William Armstrong, in the spring of the year 1779 upon a tour of six months - during this tour he was engaged in a rencounter with the Tories on Dup river under a man by the name of Fannor at the haw fields. He continued in the service until the expiration of said tour recd a verbal discharge & returned home.
I afterward volunteered in a company command- -ed by the same man upon a twelve months tour - during this tour I was in another engage- -ment with the Tories at Rameours Mills on the Catawba in which Capt Armstrong was killed and Abel Armstrong the lieutenant of the company took the command. I continued in the service & was frequently in detachments against the Tories during the said 12 months tour and at its termi- -nation was verbally discharged and returned home.
Afterward about Christmas 1780 or early in Janu- 1781 I again volunteered upon a six months tour in Capt Abel Armstrong's company and joined Genl Morgan and was with him at the battle of the Cowpens in which action I was personally engaged. I was engaged soon afterward in a skirmish with the British at Shoemakers ford on the Catawba in which Genl Davidson was killed. I was also with the Army on the day before the battle of Guilford

Sometime after the battle of Guilford I was one of a party which had a skirmish with the Tories who were under the command of one Jack Brown near the Island ford on the Catawba. In this skirmish I received a slight wound in the right knee. I continued in the service during my tour & was discharged in writing by my officers but have since lost it.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. I never received but one discharge in writing and that for the last tour of six months which was signed by my officers and which I have since lost. 7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Answer. I am acquainted with Farmer Reuben Sherwood Maddox
who are residents of my neighbourhood and to whom I am known.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid William his  his Lorance marks
the  as  Clayton residing in the County of Guilford  and Reuben Farmer Reuben and Sherwood Maddox residing in the same County of of Surry State of N.C. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Lorance who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we

believe him to be 69 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
Levorn, and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
H. M. Rice
Sherwood Maddox
And the said Court does hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to him that than that there is no clergyman in the immediate vicinity of said Levorn who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Leavon and that and that Farmer Rice and Sherwood Maddox
who have also signed the case  above certificate are residents of the Leavon  of Leavon County and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Jas H. Sale N. M. Bacon J. H. Smith
Judges of the Leavon County Court -
I John C. Bacon Clerk of the Leavon Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Lorance for a Pension in the same now remaining of record in my office
In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 3 rd day of December Dec r 1832 J. C. Bacon Clk.

23627
William Sorane
Revolutionary Claims
The department will please to communicate to me the final action of the the on this direct case as soon as con- =venient. directed to "Quinton Quinn County Ky" where I reside.
Thos. A. Barryman "

The Affidavit of William Knight taken on the 27 th day of Sept r 1832 to be laid before the Secretary of the War department of the United States of America to be used on behalf of William Lorance an applicant to be placed on the pension Roll of the United States as a revolutionary soldier. This affiant being of lawful age and first duly cautioned, charged & sworn deposeth and saith that he this affiant was a revolutionary soldier that he served as such nine months in the militia and then enlisted as a regular soldier during the war. that he served under William Garrison as Capt in the militia & in the regular service under Capt. Lt Lites r & Capt Washington. that he was at the Battle of Guilford and Cowpens and at the siege of York when Cornwallis surrendered. that he is not on any pension roll as such - that he knows William Lorance of Devon County who is about to make his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832. That he was well acquainted with him before the revolutionary war and that he saw him in the service of the United States at a battle fought with the Tories on deep river. the Tories were to commanded by a man by name of Fannon as well as this affiant recollects. And the American troops were commanded by Col. Alexander Mayban. This affiant was present at the engagement and saw Lorance as well as himself were engaged in the action. This affiant also further states that he saw the said Lorance at the Battle of the Cowpens in which action the said Lorance & himself were both engaged - This affiant further states that at the Battle of Guilford the said Lorance was still in the service though he does not think that he was present and engaged in the Battle there but he saw him on the day after said Battle

with the Army - that he had thought that Lorance was engaged in the Battle but that when he first saw him after the Battle they conversed together & Lorance told him that he was not in the engagement but had been detailed to take care of the Waggons. After the Battle of Guilford this affiant was marched on toward York and he thinks that Lorance was amongst others was detached to Crops Creek and from what he afterwards learned went afterward on the borders of North & South Carolina and probably into South Carolina to assist in keeping down the Tories and
This Affiant is certain that he himself knew of the before this affiant marched to York said Lorance serving eighteen months A and that after this affiant marched to York York he understood that Lorance still continued in the service but how long he does not know. This affiant states that Lorance lived in Rowan County North Carolina when he entered the service. He further states that he has known the said Lorance ever since the revolutionary war. He further states that the evening before the battle of Guilford William Lorance the same man above named was in company with three other soldiers brought in five prisoners whom they had taken. The circumstance was a little remarkable is the reason this affiant supposes of his recollecting it so distinctly at so great a length of time.
William Knight

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Owen County set
I Nathaniel M. Bacon a justice of the peace for said Commonwealth in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing deposition of William Knight who is a credible person as far as I know was this day taken subscribed and sworn to in my presence. I do further certify that I first cautioned and charged said affiant. Given under my hand and seal this 27 th day of Sept r 1832
Nath l M c Bacon (Seal) justice of the peace for Owen County Ky.
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Owen County set.
I John C. Bacon Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Nathaniel M. Bacon whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is a Justice of the peace in and for Owen County and is a member of the Court of which I am Clerk and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my said office this 5 th day of Oct r 1832
J. C. Bacon clk

The affidavit of William Lorance taken at the house of the subscribing Justice on Owen County Kentucky on the 31 st day of May 1833. This affiant states that he is the identical William Lorance who made his declaration before the Owen County Court on the 3 rd day of December 1832. That said declaration was made by him in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 7 th June 1832. He now states that his services during the revolutionary war are therein correctly set forth according to his best recollection except only the time of his actual service as a minute man under Captain William Armstrong And he now states by way of amendment to his said declaration in that particulars that in Oct r 1779 he volunteered as a private soldier in the said company of Minute Men under Capt. Armstrong as in his said declaration is alleged that the other company officers are correctly named therein and he forthwith entered the service accordingly and served during his said engagement as in his said declaration is set forth. He states that it is certain that a portion of the time of his said engagement for one year as a minute man was spent out of actual service but that portion was inconsiderable. He states that although it the was called a company of Minute Men, it was with but little intermission in actual active service during the year - that he is confident and absolutely certain from his present best recollection that he was in actual active service with said company during within the period of his said engagement not less than ten months. - He cannot state the particulars of his service during his said engagement with more certainty than he has already in his said declaration - that from the time of his entering thereupon in Oct r 1779 up to June 1780 he does not recollect of his service  time being out of actual active service more than about two weeks which interval or respite took place soon after the affair at Ramsours Mill. That from June 1780 till he joined the regiment of Col. Caldwell under Genl Smallwood

which was the latter part of August or first of Septm following the intermission in his actual service were frequent but of short duration and from the time he joined Genl Smallwood his service was continued uninterrupted until his term expired in October - He states that he served in the revolution six months under Capt. W. Armstrong as a volunteer soldier upon a tour of that length - six months as a volunteer soldier under Capt. Abel Arm- strong - and not less according to his present best recollection than ten months as a Minute Man under Capt. Wm. & Abel Armstrong as stated in his original and this his amended declaration -
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
William X Lorance mark
State of Kentucky } County of Owen } Feb
I N. M. Bacon a Justice of the peace in and for said county hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit was this day taken subscribed and sworn to before me at the my house in said county as in said affidavit is mentioned - I further certify that the said affiant William Lorance is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to credit Given under my hand this 31 st day of May 1835 N. M. Bacon J.P.O.C.
I John C. Bacon Clerk of the Owen county Court in the state of Kentucky hereby certify that N. M. Bacon who has subscribed the foregoing certificate is a justice of the peace in & for Owen county & was such at the time of signing the same & is a member of the court of which I am clerk and that the fore- going signature purporting to be his is his genuine sign.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 31 st day of May 1835
J. C. Bacon Clk Owen County Court

Please send these to Carey to Mr. Miller
R. Johnson

Connton June 10 th 1833
Prof r
I take the liberty of again trespassing upon your time and soliciting your kind offices - You will find enclosed five declarations under the act of June 1832 for pensions - which I shall be truly thankful if you will forward and upon the return of the Certificates enclose them to me all the persons reside in this County - The names are William Soranec, Isaac Ellis, Hugh Conway, Robert Burke and Benjamin Holladay - I rec d the other certificates duly and am truly grateful to you for your kindness and attentions
Yours respt ly
Thos. A. Berryman

31217 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 31,217
William Lorance
Rev War
Act: June 1 st 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 245
[Arrangement of 1870.]