Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18053, for Isaac James, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
James, Isaac
S. 18053
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CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 1 st Sep 1839 to 1 st March 1840. Agt notified 29. April 1841.
Date of death not known
Virginia 23.523
Isaac James 23823
Hampton in the State of Va who was a Pvt. — in the — — — commanded by Captain — of the Reg t commanded by Col Gaskins in the — — — line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of $ — Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of April 1834 and last D r B white, Romney — Va
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1834 90 — Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep — 15 — $105. —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk. Book C Vol. 6 th Page 20

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Isaac James
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State of Virginia Hampshire County } To wit.
On the 28 day of October 1833 Personally appeared in Open Court before Ephraim Dunn John Brady Christopher Hristlee and John Stump
Gentlemen Justices of the Court of Hampshire County Now sitting, Isaac James a resident of Hampshire County in the State of Virginia aged Seventy One years, who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declarations 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 he was drafted by Col o Thomas Gaskeins in the Month of August 1781 in Northumberland County Virginia that in the Month of October following he marched from said County of Northum- berland to Richmond and from thence to Cumberland Old Court House about 50 Miles above Richmond where he was attached to a Regiment (the name or Number he does not now recollect) But was commanded by Col o Baytop and Captain Spencer Fitzpatrick, whom he remained until the expiration of the term for which he was drafted which was Nine Months, that he was during the time he lay at Cumberland Old Court House he was engaged in building Sheds for the Soldiers and various other laborious duties That he was acquainted with Gen l Washington and Gen l Charles Lee, and that he has no other evidence of his services than the annexed Affidavit, That hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the presents, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to & Subscribed } the day & year aforesaid }
Isaac James

We William Welch a clergyman residing in the County of Hampshire and Reuben Davis residing in the said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac James - who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration and that we believe him to be Isaac James of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood, when he resides to have been a Soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in the opinion
Sworn and subscribed } the day & year aforesaid }
W m Welch R Davis
The following questions were in Open Court propounded to Isaac James an Applicant for a pension.
1 st Question Where and in what year were you born Answer, I was born in Northumberland County Virginia the 16 th day of March 1758 2 nd Question; Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it Answer. I have it set down in a Book, and my son took it to the west with him, five or six years ago. 3 rd Question, Where were you living when called into Service, Where have you lived, since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live Answer, I lived in Northumberland County Virginia, when called into Service, and I resided in said County three years after the war, when I removed to Hampshire County Virginia, where I now reside. 4 th Question, How were you called into Service, were you drafted or did you volunteer or were you a Substitute, and if a Substitute for whom Answer; I was drafted all the time I was in Service 5 th Question; 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 service
Answer, I was Regimented with Capt. Stokes of the Maryland line, further answers to this question will be found in the body of my Declaration
6th Question, 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 received a discharge from Spencer Kirkpatrick and left it at my Father's in Northumberland County Va. Not supposing that it would ever be of any account to me and I suppose it is now lost
7th Question, 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 William Welch Esq. & Reuben Davis & my other Neighbours
and the said Court do 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 William Welch who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said County of Hampshire and that Reuben Davis who has also signed the form is a resident in the said county, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I John B. White Clerk of the Court of Hampshire County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Jones for a pension In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28 day of October 1823 John B. White

December 19, 1935
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BA-J/EHL
George Hull-S.13317
Isaac James-S.18053
Honorable John Kee House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Kee
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of George Hull, of Greenbrier County, Virginia(now West Virginia) and Isaac James, of Hampshire County, Virginia(West Virginia).
The records of those soldiers are furnished herein.
George Hull S.13317
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.13317, based upon the military service in that war of George Hull.
George Hull was born in Rockingham County, Virginia. The date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Crab Bottom Settlement, Augusta(that part which was later Pendleton) County, Virginia, George Hull enlisted and served as a private with the Virginia Troops, as follows: from sometime in 1777, exact date not shown, three months in Captain John McCoy's Company and was stationed on the frontier as a guard against the Indians; from sometime in 1779 or 1780, three months as an Indian Spy under Colonels Ruggart and McCrady, and guarded Crab Bottom Settlement; in 1781, three months in Captain Charles Cameron's Company, under Colonel Ruggart, was stationed at Williamsburg and was in the battle of Jamestown; three months under Colonel Ruggart and McCrady and was discharged a short time before the surrender of Cornwallis; another tour of three months in which he served under Colonel Campbell in South Carolina; dates of this tour not shown.
After the war, he lived in Bath County, Virginia(West Virginia)

for ten years; then moved to Greenbrier County, Virginia(West Virginia), where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, aged about seventy-four years.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
Isaac James S.18053
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.18053, based upon the military service in that war of Isaac James.
Isaac James was born March 16, 1758  1768 , in Northumberland County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Northumberland County, Virginia, Isaac James enlisted in August, 1781, and in October, 1781, was placed in Captain Sepncer Kirkpatrick's Company, Colonel Baytop's Virginia Regiment, marched to Cumberland Court House, Virginia, where he was stationed and was engaged in building huts for the army and was discharged after serving nine months.
After the Revolution, he resided in Northumberland County, Virginia for three years; then moved to Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia) where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 28, 1833.
In 1833, soldier referred to his son who went "to the west five or six years ago" but did not give the name of his son nor is the name of soldier's wife given; no further reference is made to children/
In 1833, the sister of Isaac James, Nancy Brandon, was aged sixty-seven years and made affidavit in Preston County, Virginia (West Virginia).
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Very truly yours
A.D.Hiller Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 191
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 28'96 Sol pen to Edmund J. James Phila, Pa. Jms 3
1920 Dec. 28. History to Hon James Young. M.C.
1933-Feb 9. History to Miss Edith Hearned-Est
1935-Dec 19. Hist to Hon John Kee, H.R. Letter in case Geo Hull -D13317-Est
1936-July 15-Mrs C. F. Synes adv loan to Br. date of last pay etc sug

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Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.

Dec. 19, 1935 your department sent to Hon. John Kee a copy of the pension S. 18053 of Isaac James of Hampshire County Virginia (now West Va.). Can you give me the date and place of residence when the last payment was made to him or his heirs ?
O.W. Mu. file # 18053
Mrs. C.F. Tynes ,
# 3 Virginia Apartments ,
Bluefield, West Va.
new question

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President, EDMUND J. JAMES. Vice-Presidents, ROLAND P. FALKNER, F. H. GIDDINGS, WOODROW WILSON. Corresponding Secretary, HENRY R. SEAGER. Treasurer, STUART WOOD.
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE. Station B, Philadelphia.
WILMER H. RIGHTER, Business Manager.
July 20, 1896.
Pension Office, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
I understand that there was an applicant for a Revolutionary pension from Hampshire County, now West Virginia, by the name of Isaac James. I should like very much, if the facts relating to this application are on file in Washington, to have a copy of the same. Will you kindly tell me what such a copy would cost?
The date of the application was, I believe, 1834. He was living at that time in Hampshire County, Virginia, now West Virginia; his age was 72, and he was in the Virginia Continental line.
I understand that in these applications, the person usually gives the place and date of birth, and the facts about his service in the army; sometimes, also, the names of parents and brothers and sisters. I should like to have a full copy of his application.
very truly yours,
Address -
c/o American Academy of Political and Social Science, Station B, Philadelphia.

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18053
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O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
189...
Respectfully referred to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
Wm Lockhorn
Commissioner.
Full name of soldier:
Isaac James
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Hampshire Co. Va.
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Application filed, 1834
Date of death (as near as possible):
at age of 72 years,
Christian name of widow:
soldier in Virginia
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Continental line.
Remarks:
Your name and address:
George F. James Woodley Inn Washington

Per
Perdue
SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS
  ASBURY F. LEVER, S. C., CHAIRMAN.  GILBERT N. HAUGEN, IOWA.    GORDON LEE, GA.  JAMES C. McLAUGHLIN, MICH.    EZEKIEL S. CANDLER, MISS.  SYDNEY ANDERSON, MINN.    J. THOMAS HEFLIN, ALA.  WILLIAM W. WILSON, ILL.    THOMAS L. RUBY, MO.  CHARLES B. WARD, N. Y.    JAMES YOUNG, TEXAS.  WILLIAM B. MCKINLEY, ILL.    HENDERSON M. JACOWAY, ARK.  GEORGE M. YOUNG, N. DAK.    JOHN V. LESHER, PA.  EDWARD H. WASON, N. H.    DUDLEY DOOLITTLE, KANS.  ELIJAH C. HUTCHINSON, N. J.    ARTHUR W. OVERMYER, OHIO.  J. KUHIO KALANIANAOLE, HAWAII.    JOSEPH B. THOMPSON, OKLA.     JOHN W. RAINEY, ILL.      JAMES R. CROUCH, CLERK.     P. FRANK HAIGLER, ASST. CLERK.  
Committee on Agriculture
House of Representatives U. S.
Washington, D. C.
December 22, 1920.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
Kindly furnish me with the pension record of Isaac James , a Revolutionary soldier of Hampshire County, (West) Virginia, if such is available.
Very truly yours,
James Young

214 Virginia Ave., Clarksburg, W. Va. June 14, 1932
United States Pension Office, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me a record of the Revolutionary services and any family history or genealogical data contained in the application for pension of Daniel Taylor , a Revolutionary soldier who resided in Hampshire County, West Virginia in 1840.
I would also ask that you send me similar information for Isaac James , another Revolutionary soldier who resided in Hampshire County, in 1840.
Thanking you for this information and asking that I may hear from you at your earliest convenience, I am
Very truly yours,
Edith Heavner
Miss Edith Heavner.

Walter W. Smith After...10...days, return to UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, School of Education, MOSCOW, IDAHO.
524 East D St.
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.

February 9, 1933
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Isaac James - S. 18053 Daniel Taylor- S. 6201
Miss Edith Heavner 214 Virginia Avenue Clarksburg, West Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Isaac James and Daniel Taylor, soldiers of the Revolutionary War residing in Hampshire County, Virginia, in 1840. Their histories are given below as found in the papers on file in their respective pension claims, S.18053, Isaac James and S. 6201, Daniel Taylor.
Isaac James S.18053
Isaac James was born March 16, 1758, in Northumberland County, Virginia. His father was living during the Revolution; his name is not given.
While residing in Northumberland County, Virginia, Isaac James enlisted in August, 1781, and in October, 1781, was placed in Captain Spencer Kirkpatrick's Company, Colonel Baytop's Virginia Regiment, marched to Cumberland Court House, Virginia, where he was stationed and was engaged in building huts for the army, and was discharged after serving nine months.
Could not identify this captain
After the Revolution, he resided in Northumberland County, Virginia, for three years; then moved to Hampshire County, Virginia, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 28, 1833.
In 1833, the soldier referred to his son who went "to the west five or six years ago", but did not give his name, nor is the name of

Date of death not on AB the soldier's wife given: no further reference is made to children.
In 1833, Isaac James' sister, Nancy Brandon was aged sixty-seven years and made affidavit in Preston County, Virginia. There are no further data as to family.
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Daniel Taylor S. 6201
Daniel Taylor was born in 1758, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
He volunteered in Sussex County, New Jersey, in 1776, some months before the battle of Long Island, and served nine months as orderly sergeant in Captain Winter's Company under Colonels Frelinghuysen and Taylor in the New Jersey Troops: he enlisted at Hoopers Mills, Pennsylvania, and served one year under Captain Duncan Oliver, and made boots and shoes for the army: no dates are given for this service: he enlisted in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and served nine months as sergeant in Captain Adam Hope's Company, Colonel John Taylor's New Jersey Regiment; no dates of service given: he stated that he was in a skirmish with the Hessians between Elizabethtown Point and Springfield; in another skirmish at Elizabethtown Point and was on Staten Island "during the cannonade".
Date of death not on AB He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, while living in Hampshire County, Virginia, where he had resided for forty-four years.
There are no data as to his family.
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Very truly yours
A.D.Hiller Assistant to Administrator.

Rev. War Section.
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Dec. 23, 1880.
Hon. James Young, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Young:
In response to your letter of the twenty-second instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Survivor File No. 18,053, it appears that Isaac James was born in Northumberland County, Virginia, on March 16, 1758 and was residing there when he was drafted in August 1781 by Colonel Thomas Gaskins, and in October 1781 he was placed under Captain Spencer Kirkpatrick in Colonel Baytop's Regiment, he served nine months.
Three years after the Revolution he moved to Hampshire County, Virginia and he was living there on October 28, 1833, when he applied for pension, his claim was allowed.
There is no data on file as to his family, other than that he had a sister Nancy Brandon who was sixty-seven years old and a resident of Preston County, Virginia in 1833.
Very truly yours,
H. A. Royce,
Acting Commissioner.

July 15, 1936
Isaac James-S.18053 BA-J/AWF Barre
Mrs. C. F. Tynes 3 Virginia Apartments Bluefield, West Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the date of last payment of pension of Isaac James, Revolutionary War soldier, pension claim, S. 18053.
In order to obtain information in regard to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the pensioner, Isaac James, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following-
Isaac James Certificate # 23823 Issued April 9, 1834 Rate $30.00 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 24 th , 1841.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Isaac James, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
W. Lloyd Jones
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

J. James,
Admiral or aspirants 9 mo. $30
Mrs. D. White, Esq., of Harney St. Present

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
19 Nov: 1832.
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
   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.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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

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

Virginia. Preston County to wit
Nancy Brandon aged 64 years or thereabouts person, this day personally appeared before the subscribed a Justice of the peace for said County and made Oath that she is the sister of Isaac Jones of Hampshire County an Applicant for a pension Under the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832, that she knows of her own knowledge that the said Isaac Jones served in the Revolutionary War - Given Under my hand this 23 rd day of July, 1833
Wm Price D.
Virginia Preston County to wit
I Charles Byrne Clerk of the Court of the said County do hereby certify that William Price whose name is subscribed to the above certificate and before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been taken was at the time of taking said affidavit and subscribing said certificate and is now one of the Commonwealth's Justices of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts -
In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 23 rd day of July A D 1833
Charles Byrne C.P.C.