Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1686, for John Maban, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6.
Maban, John or Mabin
S. 1686
CONTENTS
carded.

22085 West Tennessee
John Mabin
of Dickson in the State of Tennessee who was a professed in the Inf command of Captain Hicks of the Inf command Col. Paisley in the Inf command for 6 months professed 42 — — Inf
Inscribed on the Roll of W Tennessee the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Oct 1833 and issued Warren Charlott
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 100.00 Pension allowance ending March 70 — $120.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 89

John Mabin's
Pension papers
26.641
From Dixon
John Mabin
Blk Lumber
1893
1896
of Carolot Ind
10 years
Pr. Cat. 25.00
Pr. Int 15.00
40.00
Archer Partly not
18.33 1.66 15.00
John Mabin Dixon Co. Ct. Lumber Charlotte
Wash City

Rev. Wm.
✓ 1686 INVALID.
File No. 1686 John Nabin Pro. N. C. Line.
Act: June 7, 1882.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 234
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Tennessee } July Term 1833 Dawson County }
On this 2 d day of July in the year 1833 personally appeared in open court, before the Justices now sitting John Mahan a resident of Dawson County & State of Tennessee doth now be sith aged Eighty four years who first being 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 Jan y 7 th 1832. He states that he was born in the County of Orange in the state of North Carolina in the year 1749 and his father moved from them to Guilford County where he entered the service as well as he now recollects in the year 1776. Under the command of Col John Paistly, Maj John Darnell, Capt Archer Forbes, Lieut William McLean, Ensign William Gilmore, from them to Hillsborough North Carolina as a guard for Prisoners, we then were moved back to Guilford after a tour of three weeks. After this I was again called on to go against what was then called the rebels , and we were moved to Haverhillville, and returned I was under the same officers as I have above stated. Lieutenant William McLean who is now present will testify as to those two tours of duty this was about 3 weeks. He did not recollect the time

We again went out on a tour against Branning the Long General, under the command of Capt Forbes. in this trip we were about four weeks , we returned to Gilford, In the year 1781. I was again called on to go against Leon Wallace, under the command of the same officer except Lieutenant William Allybie, who was not with me this trip. we marched into Markle Berg. we were then compelled to retreat across the the river Adkin where we took a stand in wait for the enemy, I was here taken sick and got a furlough to go home, and did so, I served in this tour 3 months .
He state that he does not recollect what year for he is now old and infirm, but he has a distinct recollection of entering the service as a volunteer in the house under the command of Capt Thomas Jenkins in the county of Gilford, we served in all as he firmly believes in actual service of eight months. under the command of Capt. Jenkins, as a volunteer horse man, In those days they were called Minute men and subject to be called at any moment, In all the service he rendered the government. he state was Ten months and 1/2, This is all that he can now recollect of his service, from Gilford county he moved to the county. Saxon

in the year 1807 where he now lives and has lived since the war. He has no record of his service but the affidavits of William Myles as to part of his service, who served as his Lieutenant and whose affidavit is attached nor has he any record of his age, his father family bible having been burnt by fire. He hereby relinquishes any claim to a pension whatever except the pension and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state in the union or territory sworn to in open court Field Harrar clerk
John his M c Lean mark
William Myles of the age of Eighty two years makes oath that the service as stated in the declaration of John M c Lean of the two trips to Hillsborough & Fayetteville He knows to be correct that he was with him and acted as his Lieutenant both trips, but as to the length of time he cannot state, nor has he stated either of of those trips in his declaration for a pension sworn to and subscribed before me, in court Field Harrar clerk
William Myles

We David Campbell & A Clergyman resident in said Joseph Wiley — — — — — County and also a resident of said county. here by Certify that we are well acquainted with Christopher  Wiley the Applicant that we believe him to be  Eighty four  seventy three years old & that he has the reputation in the neighbourhood where he lives of being having served in the Revolutionary War. & that we concur in the Opinion Sworn to & Subscribed S David Campbell in Open Court } John Stewart Field Farrar clerk } Joseph Wiley
and the said Court declare it as their Opinion after an investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the said John Maybourn was a Soldier of the Revolution and that he served as stated in said declaration and they further Certify that David Campbell is a Clergyman residing in said County and that Joseph Wiley is also a Citizen of said County and that they are credible persons and that their statements are intitled to full credit
J. H. Turner J. B. Brown Morton Duke
State of Tennessee } Dickson County } ss
Preceding proceedings for D. Wiley's Pension
I Field Farrar Clerk of the County Court of Dickson. Certify that the preceding pages contain the original proceedings in the matter of the appli- -cation of William Wiley for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the public seal of my office, at Charlotte this 2 d day of July 1833 Field Farrar clerk
26. 641.