Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4434, for Obadiah Jackson, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Jackson, Obadiah
S. 4434
CONTENTS
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W. Turner 1644 Kentucky.
Obadiah Jackson
Simpson in the State of Kentucky who was a private Co. G in the Army commanded by Captain Updegraff of the Regt commanded by Col. Seaberg in the Virginia line for 13. months 12 days from 1778
Transf. to W. Turner Agency 14 May 31 and pay in check to $50 per annum per letter 16 May to W. Turner & Co. Agent.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of $5.50 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Nov. 1832 — and and  with Pensioner Franklin Ky
  Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832  68.70    Pension allowance ending 4 th March 1833  22.90     $91.60  
Pay increased to $50 per annum { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book 29 Vol. 9 Page 44

8015
Abadiah Jackson
advent of the from 1748 privett it 2nd + can. 13 mo. 12 days $45.80

8015
BRIEF in the case of  Obadiah Simpson Jackson  County of Simpson  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? 73  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.     Entered in 17 78 1 Private Gen. Capt Updegraff Lt Coombs   again a substitute time not mentioned " 2 d Va Regm? & afterwards attached to Capt Taylor's   again Drft do " Com: same Regm Col   4 th do do " Sebeegar   5 th Vol 1 1/2 " 5 th Edward Walker Cavalry  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Amelia County Va  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional on Roll  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.
J. Waugh
Examining Clerk.

Wimpson County } September Term 1832 (September 10. 1832) State of Kentucky { Personally appeared
Obadiah Jackson Resident of the County & State afforesaid In Open Court aged seventy three years the twenty seventh of October Next who being first duly sworn according to Law do on his Oath make the following Declaration in order to Obtain the benefit of the provision made by The Act of Congress Passed June the 7 1832
That I Obadiah Jackson Inlisted in The Army of the United States on the 14 th of February 1778 in Amelia County State of Virginia for the term of twelve Months Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel and March to Valley Forge where we found the main Army under Captain James M'Phearson in the 2 d Virginia Regiment In consequence of Death & relaxation In the Different Company, I was attached to Captain Taylor's Company in the same Regiment commanded by Colonel Hobbeggar and was discharged by him after serving a little over Twelve Months Discharged in March 1779 I think at Middle Brook
The second son of John Pleasants. Substituted and went in the place of my Father who was Drafted in the Militia served under Captain Mumford and Marched from Amelia Court House towards Williamsburg but cannot recollect at present Nothing more about said time But was discharged or

to be permitted to return home I became the next tower of Duty I was Drafted for a tower of three months under the command of William Watson Captain but my time of Service and weather I was attached to any Regiment or Not or my marches I do not recollect at this time The fourth tower I I was drafted and went under Captain William Gradoe & Marched to Peters- Burg from Thence to Cabin John we joined army commanded by Colonel Manucathus and I further recollect where we lay there an Express arrived for us to meet the Enemy we marched down James River some distance But not Meeting the Enemy we March Back to Cabin John and Pay till discharged about 80 or Ninety miles from home I returned home by Peters Berg home The fifth and last tower I Volunteered in the horse service for a tower of six weeks under Edward Walker Captain & Marched up James River to the Junction of Forks then I was permitted to return home to get some clothing clean I did not want to return and substituted James Brooks to fill my place Lent him my horse and Saddle and he was Taken by the British and Exchanged my Lieutenant way Richard Young This is my present recollection of Events after So long Elapse of Time I may have End But as to the test of my recollection

I further declare my house was Burnt and my Discharges and all papers relative to my services In the County of Davidson Tennessee and have since moved to Simpson County Kentucky my present Place of Residence Therefore It will be some what inconvenient to procure Further Evidence of my services and expensive to all Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court this the day and Date first written and after relinquishing any claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is Not Bulany pension Roll of the Agency of Any State whatsoever
Test Wm Moore
Abadiah Jackson
we Isaac Steele a clergyman residing in the County of Simpson and George Kirk In the County & Vicinity we hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abadiah Jackson who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration That we believe him to be about seventy three years old , as he states and It is reported and believed in the Neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and be concern in that Opinion Sworn & subscribed this the day first written - Test Wm Moore
Isaac Steele George Kirk
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 Isaac Steele who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in said County of Simpson and that George Beck who has also signed the same is a resident of the same. is a creditable person and their statement is Intitled to credit State of Kentucky, Simpson County 1st.
I John Moore - Clerk of the Court of Simpson do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the application of Obadiah Jackson for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this the 15 th day of September 1832 John Moore, Clk No 8015

Rev Han
4434
INVALID.
File No. 4434
Obadiah Jackson Port. Br. Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 190
[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 Obadiah Jackson which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides ? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides ? yes 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 ? yes 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 ? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations ? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832 ? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion ? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? yes 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 ? yes

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? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? — 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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? — 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? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 18. 2? 58 7/2
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 the 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.
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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.

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Abadiah Jackson Penson papers Ak - 25.
Sum. Col. History of War. Washington Co.
Franklin Ky Sept 11
fee

8015 Chadwick Jackson
Denson / papers
25 A.R. —
I was Capt. Secretary of War. Washington 6-9
Franklin Ky Sept 11
free

Payments to be made at by Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Recorded by Clerk, in Book            Vol. page

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Obadiah Jackson of the State of Kentucky, who was a private of Cavalry in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty five — dollars and Eighty — cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this — 8 th day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Isaac Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards

Pension increased to $50 per annum.
Transfer by permission of the Edw.

Personally appeared before me Moses Marley --- a Justice of the peace for Robertson County State of Tennessee Obediah Jackson of Simpson County Kentucky deposeth & saith he who was a private of Cavalry and foot service in the Army of the Revolution Received a pension certificate N o 16444 Drawing forty five Dollars Eighty cents pr Annum dated the 8 th of November which will more fully appear by being the Inclosed in this application and fully believing my time of service Not fully ascertained from my former application Not knowing it was to be so Justly entitled Therefore I Solemnly declare to the Best of my knowledge & belief I served Not less than fifteen Months in five
Years of duty In the foot and Cavalry putting or adding all my services together viz one year & three Months Now I further pray to be placed on the pension Roll at Nashville Tennessee and Strickland or from any other as that will be the nearest pension office to my place of Residence Direct my pension papers to Springfield Robertson County Tenn In addition I further declare I have never been placed on no pension office In the United States Government to and subscribed This the 24 th of April In the year of Lord Eighteen Hundred & thirty three before me Moses Marley Justice of the peace for Robertson County } Obediah Jackson

State of Tennessee Robertson County 3. I William Seal Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Moses M c Carly Esq. whose name is attested to the foregoing Declaration is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such, that full faith and credit is due ought to be due to his official acts as such and that the signature that pur- ports to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at office in Springfield this 24 th day of April 1833
W. Seal