Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,872, for John Mc Roberts, Virginia

SERVICE
McRoberts, John
NUMBER
R 8872
CONTENTS

John McRoberts,
Rejected
see letter 18 Jan 33 to Hon. R. P. Fletcher,
Rejected did not serve 6 months, in actual service as a soldier, service driving settle cannot be allowed, and if it were, it is evident from his statement that he did not serve as long as six months?

BRIEF in the case of  John McRoberts,  of Lincoln Co  in the State of Kentucky,  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 92  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.     Feb In 17 81 1 3 private Gen. Capt. Lincoln Col Sampson Matthews,  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Augusta Co. Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

John e McRoberts Jr

State of Kentucky, Lincoln County ss.
On this 22 nd day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Lincoln County Court now sitting John M c Roberts a resident of Lincoln County State of Kentucky aged Ninety two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the 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 here in stated
He states that in the year eighteen 1781 in the county of Bath County  Virginia State of Virginia he was drafted on the 13 th day of February as a Militiaman in Capt. William Kincaid's company of the County of Augusta State of Virginia this company was commanded by Colonel Sampson Matthews who lived in the County of Augusta and the said Matthews Regiment was commanded by General Scott the other part but not recollected how long by either of them and the company to which he belonged rendezvous on the same day they were ordered  on the next day the Company took up the line of March from the Capt's House in the County of Augusta State of Pa. from thence through the town of Landown to Charlottesville from thence a direct course to Portsmouth or near that place between the annual swamps & Vincennes River and then the company was stationed the whole of the term for which he was drafted say three months but he thinks that he stayed longer than three months from a

Request made by the Colonel - he was in no engage- ment during the term in which he was in the Service that tower but a portion of the Regiment to which he belonged had a small skirmish when a Captain Birmingham was wounded. He further states that the Regiment from Rockford County was stationed at the same place the same with the Rockford Regiment commanded by Colonel John Bawyer and after the Regiment from Rockingham Virginia commanded by his brother a Colonel Bawyer and they were all discharged at Portsmouth by the Colonel & Captain and he then returned home
He states that something like three months after he returned home he was again drafted a Volunte- er and owing to his situation he could not leave the town and he hired a man by the name of Fran- cesco as a substitute to serve the town for which he was drafted he took the said substitute to where the company rendezvous and delivered him up to the Captain and he was received in my place to perform the town which was then  month the substitute served out the town he believes for when he returned he gave up his quota to this officer which he had furnished him with the state that he does not recollect any of the officers which the substitute served under or what part of the country he traveled through and he always under stood that his substitute was legally discharged he further states that he volunteered in Capt. company Hillyer's adron to drive beef cattle to York but before they got to York they were ordered to deliver the cattle.

to some person below Williamsburg and then returned home and was discharged. He states that he is confident that he served upwards of six months in the United States service in the Virginia line of troops. He states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except his son John M. (Roberts).
He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever 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 sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid John M. (Roberts).
State of Kentucky, Lincoln County ss.
We Thomas Helms & John Green
hereby certify that we are well acqu- ainted with John M. Roberts, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 92 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, knowing him to be of good moral character. to be a man of good moral character. Thomas Helms John Green

I John McRoberts Jr. being approached of several years as of late upon a talk, that my father John McRoberts before joined the militia and was present for a por- tion, also to my personal knowledge since his death of state during the revolutionary war as a mili- tia man belonging to the troops of the Virginia militia, that he has a distinct recollection of the manner in which the business of the family of his father was transacted during the absence of his father in the war of the revolution. Several times upon another occasion that his father was called upon by the proper authority to serve another tour of duty in the war. That it was in conse- quence for his father to leave home, & he hired a man as a substitute by the name of Francisco  John McRoberts Jr.
and whose name was hereby entered their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the matter before the public by the war department that the authori- ty named John McRoberts Jr. the applicant was a revolution- ary soldier, & served as a team leader. & the court further stating that John McRoberts Jr. Thomas Helm & John Green who have subscribed the foregoing certificates are recent members of the same family & are honorable persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Peter D. Paul Jr George Helm Jr J. Williams Jr

Waukesha Lincoln County Wis
I Thomas Helm, clerk of the court of Lincoln County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John and Robert for a pension, that Peter Lopanow, George Helm & J Williams esquires are justices of the peace in Lincoln County, & composed the court when the foregoing declaration was known to, that said signatures are mine are thus genuine signatures. In testimony whereof I have subscribed
my name & affixed the seal of my office this 22nd day of October 1832.
(Thomas Helm)

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
8872
P. O.
John M Roberts Mc Roberts
Service:
Enlisted:
, 18
Discharged:
, 18
Application filed:
, 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Contract
Cert. of Dis.
Searched for
, 18
Should have been John M Roberts enlisted Mar. 15, 1903 MMJF

21-192 John M. Roberts McRoberts Kentucky
Corrected Nov. 15, 1933 MMS
Rejected - see let: 18 th Jan. 1833 to the Hon. R. P. Letcher
8872

War Department Pension Office Jan'y 18. 1883
Sir,
The claim of John M c Roberts has been examined. He alleges to have performed a tour of three months, to have hired a substitute for one other tour of three months, and to have engaged for one other tour to drive cattle to the Army at Yorktown, in which tour it would appear that he did not serve the full term of three months. The revolutionary pension laws provide for none who did not perform a service of at least six months in a military capacity, and as his last service was not of that character, his claim has been rejected. The papers will remain on the files in this office.
H. R. P. Fletcher N. R.

Hon: R. P. Letcher
Jan: 18-1833,
Alb
H. B.
P-227.
Recorded Vol. 8. Page 239.