Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31317, for Henry Rains, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Rains, Henry
S. 31317
CONTENTS

7453  Kentucky
Henry Rains of Hardin Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Dickson of the Ky Vols commanded by Col Woodford in the 1 st line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of April 1833 and sent to Henry Rains Louisville Ky
  Arrears to the 4th of March  160.00    Semi-annual allowance ending 4/20/34  40.00     $200.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 25
See letter 2 May 1833 to H. Rains Thos. Louisville.
Duplicate certificate issued 20 May 1833 and sent to Henry Rains, Louisville, Ky

No 18501-
Henry Raines
Hardin County
Kentucky
From 1776 private V o R o #80
on Reel
Dicks
Woodford
Henry Northup va
Louisville
Kentucky

BRIEF in the case of Henry Rain's  of Hardin County in the State of Kentucky  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? not Stated  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 1775. 1 Private Gen. Capt Dick Col Woodford   " 3 " " Capt Harris  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? engagement at Sea  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Spotsylvania Co Va  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Castor
Examining Clerk.

Application of Henry Pains 18501
Application by Henry Pains

State of Kentucky By On this 20 th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Hardin County of County Court of said County. Henry Rains a prudent citizen of said County who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declara- tion in order to obtain the benefits of the Provision made by the act of Congress of the 4 th of June 1832 providing for sundry serving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolutionary Says that he lived in Spottsylvania County Virginia in the year of the Independence. When he enlisted in the Army of the United States for the period of one year under Capt. Charles Dick and in Col. Woodford's Regiment. That he was commanded by a Lieut. Charles Moore who was at under Capt. Dick and he served as a Marine and faithfully served out the period of his enlistment When he was honorably discharged and in about two months he again enlisted under the same Capt. Dick for the period of three years and served under the same officers as in the former enlistment. That shortly after his enlistment he was ordered on board of the ship Merganser which sailed under the command of Capt. John Harris and was shortly afterwards captured near the Island of Bermuda on the 10 th of June 1778 by the British Ship of war the  Adriatic commanded by Capt. Pringle and was the only engagement in which the captured was. He was imprisoned the next day after the cap- ture and remained there until 14 th of January following when he was put on board a British Ship as a sailor and there kept in servitude until peace was proclaimed when he was lib- erated at the City of London. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the pension and he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the United States or of any State. I swear and sub- scribed to in open court the day and year first above written.
Henry his  X Rains mark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the

before unguined Henry Maion was a Revolutionary Soldier or Sailor and buried in the manner set forth by him in the foregoing Declaration.
Mo Seward 2 P.M. 6
I Samuel Hayscraft Clerk of the County Court of Hardin County in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the  matter of the Application of Henry Maion for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 21 st day of August 1832
Sam Hayscraft Clerk

Elizabethton Tennessee. 20 th of August 1882
Sir Enclosed is my application for the Benefit of the Provisions contained in the Act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1882 providing for certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution. You Sir will do me the kindness to cause an early investigation of my said claim and should the same be satisfactorily sustained, will cause my name to be registered on the list or roll of those entitled and entail me to the care of Henry Corbett at Lenoir in the evidence of my registry as it is necessary that I should have also the means to enable me to draw my said Pension or annuity at the Branch Bank of the United States at Lenoir. As I should my said claim be in formal or any further evidence be wanting to substantiate the same or anything generally pertaining to the same you will please advise the said Corbett of it who I have employed to attend to the same and oblige
Yours Respectfully
His Henry K. Rains Mark

December 7, 1939.
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Miss Alberta Williams 952 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.
BA-J/CC Henry Rains S.31317
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S.31317, based upon service of Henry Rains in the Revolutionary War.
Date and place of birth of Henry Rains and names of his parents are not shown.
seventeenth While a resident of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Henry Rains enlisted "the year of the Declaration of Independence" and served one year in Captain Alexander Dick's company, Colonel Woodford's Virginia regiment; about two months later he enlisted for three years, served in Captain Alexander Dick's company, Colonel Woodford's Virginia regiment, for a short time, then was ordered on board the ship "Mosquito" under command of Captain John Harris and shortly afterwards was captured near the Island of Bermuda on June 10, 1778 by the British ship of war "Arioduc"; he was imprisoned the following day and remained there until the seventeenth of the following January, then he was put on board a British ship as a sailor and kept there until peace was proclaimed when he was liberated in London.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1832, at which time he was residing in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky. His age is not shown.
No family data are shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of

Henry Rains, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and cite the following data:
Henry Rains Certificate #7453 Issued April 12, 1835 Rate $80.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

31317 Ray INVALID.
1939 Dec 7- Heat to Miss Alberta Williams letter in file S.35600 James Rains cc
File No. 31,317
Henry Rains
Rev Rev War
Act: June 1 st 33
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 333
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Henry Rains which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service ? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had ? No
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service ?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ? 1. 2. 4. 5. 7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

3 Sept.
1847.
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L. Edwards Esq rs Chief Clerk in the Revenue Office War Department Washington City

Louisville Kentucky 21 st of August 1832
Sir enclosed is the application of Jacob Baumtree and of Henry Hains for Divorce or for the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June last, will you sir cause an early investigation of said Claims and advise me of the result and oblige yours Respectfully Henry Worth

Dear
Miss Edwards Brady Commissioner of Museums Washington City

State of Kentucky } Personally appeared before Jefferson County } me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county knowing that the person who being duly sworn according to law saith that on the evening of the ten eleventh of May instant he received a letter from the Commis- sioner of Pensions J. L. Edwards of which the follow- ing is an extract (To wit) "The claims of Henry Shains and John Ellersley have also been allowed, as the first on the 12th and the latter on the 26th ultimo and their certificates sent you. The certificate of Shains has no doubt reached you before this time. That the said certificates of the said Shains and Ellersley have neither been received or heard of except  there by him at present except through the before named letter of the said Commissioner of Pensions - And that he therefore gives this affida- vit for the purpose of enabling the department to issue a new or other certificate for these men or exemplifications thereof or the proper document whereby to enable the party to obtain their Pension of the Pension Agent for the State of Kentucky and for there he saith not
Henry Wortham
Sworn to and subscribed before me, a justice of the peace for Jefferson County State of Kentucky, this 10 th day of May 1833. J. P. Johnston J.P. J.B.

I Warden Pope, Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson County, in the State of Kentucky and Keeper of the Seal of said County, do certify that the Gabriel D. Lorton Esquire, who has signed the within Certificate is a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and a Judge of the said Court, duly commissioned and sworn; and that his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the County Seal affixed the 10 th day of May 1833 and in the 41 st year of the Commonwealth
Warden Pope

Laurens Kentucky 10th of May 1833
Sir
I wrote you this morning relative to the claims of Henry Francis and John Cunningham (to wit) advising you that their Division Certificates had neither been received or heard of. And upon reflection presuming that you would require a more formal document in order to enable you to review those Division Certificates or give the necessary papers to enable them to obtain their Divisions of the Division agent in Kentucky I have given on the first page of this sheet my affidavit stating the fact that those Certificates never came into my possession or were ever heard of by me since and except through your letter of the 2nd instant last evening. and now forwarded it to you to enable you to take the necessary steps # whereby those men may be enabled to draw their Division Pray you Sir befriend those men by causing the proper papers mailed as early as practicable and truly oblige me Yours Respectfully Henry W. Brethour

December 7, 1939.
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Miss Alberta Williams 952 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.
BA-J/CC Henry Rains S.31317
James Rains S.35600
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Henry, James and Robert Raines who served with the Virginia troops.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Robert Raines or Rains. You are furnished herewith the records of Henry and James Rains.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.