Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 12-300, for James Maben, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Maben, James Mabon or Maven or
B.L. Wt 12-300
CONTENTS

Cpt James Melvin Clan M c L. Land
Issued W th N o 12.
Witness by Cpt. John Davidson

Know all men by these presents that I James Lyle of the Town of Manchester in the County of Chesterfield & State of Virginia, by virtue of a power of Attorney from Andrew Maben or Mavon, only brother german now in life and nearest of kin to the deceased Captain James Maben or Mavon, constituting and appointing me his Attorney & Factor as will more fully ap- pear by the Copy hereunto annexed. Do hereby constitute and appoint John Davidson of the City of Washington my Agent or Attorney to procure from the Secretary of War or other proper Officer or Officers of the General Government a Patent for the proportion of Land allotted to James Maben or Mavon late a Captain in the Army of the United States, in the name of the said Andrew Maben or Mavon heir and legal Representative of the said deceased James Maben or Mavon; And to do all lawful Acts requisite for effecting the premises. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney shall do therein by virtue hereof. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23 d Day of February 1802. Sealed & delivered in presence of S. Arch d Blair Notary Public.
James Lyle
Virginia to wit.
Be it known that on this 23 d Day of February 1802, before me Archibald Blair Notary Public for the City of Richmond, Came James Lyle the above named and acknowledged the above power of Attorney to be his free Act & Deed. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office at Richmond the Day & year last aforesaid.
Arch d Blair N. Pub.

Be it known to all men by these presents that I Andrew Maben or Mavon weaver in Pittesie in the parish of Coulls and Shire of Fife in that part of Great Britain called Scotland only Brother German now in life & nearest of kin to the deceased Captain James Maben or Mavon of the State of Virginia formerly stone mason or brick layer there. Judging it necessary to grant the power under written and having full & entire confidence in the fidelity & integrity of the person afternamed for execut- ing the same I have therefore made constituted & appointed and by these presents Do make ordain constitute and ap- point Mr James Lyle of the Town of Manchester in the County of Chesterfield & State of Virginia merchant my true & lawful Attorney & Factor for me, & in my name & for my use & behoof to ask demand, sue for, recover & receive from all & every person or persons whom it doth, or may concern all such sum or sums of money debts demands goods chattles means & effects whatsoever real or personal which pertained or belonged or which were due & owing to the said deceased Captain James Mavon or Maben my brother German at the time of his decease in any manner of way by any person or persons whatsoever within the said State of Virginia or elsewhere and which now belong and are devolved to me as nearest relation Executor & heir at law to my said deceased Brother with full power to my said Attorney to State file & settle Ac- counts with Thomas Warren Esq. one of the Administrators named or appointed to my said deceased brother and all other Administrators if any, in relation to his or their intres- missions with the Debts demands goods chattles or means

means or means and effects whatsoever which did pertain & belong to my said deceased brother at his decease and upon such settlement and receipt of the said funds & subjects or any part thereof or upon a settlement with any of my said deceased Brothers Debtors or Intromitters with the means and effects, such receipts acquittances releases & discharges to grant as shall be necessary which shall be as valid and sufficient to the Receivers as if I had made and granted the same myself. And if needfull with power to my said Attorney to pursue therefor De- crees to recover, and the same to due execution cause be put, and in case needfull I hereby authorise and impower my said Attorney to intermit with manage sell & dispose of all Land heretages, mortgages plantations & other subjects of what kind soever real or personal which belonged to my said brother or whereof he was anyway possessed or interested in within the said State of Virginia or elsewhere at the time of his decease and which are now descendable to and belonging to me as heir at law to him as aforesaid And likewise with power to my said Attorney to enter into transactions relative to all or any of the Sums or subjects above mentioned & to grant compos- itions thereof & to grant & execute all proper Deeds & conveyances that may be necessary for the effectual release or conveyance thereof in the most complete and ample manner; And further with pow- er to my said Attorney to establish proper titles in my person to the pre- mises as nearest relation to the deceased James Maben or Mann my brother german, according to the law & practice of the said State of Virginia; And generally for me and in my name and behalf to do execute & perform all & every act or Acts, thing & things in and about the premises or any part thereof, and the recovery man- agement, and disposal of the above funds & subjects as fully and effectually to all intents & purposes as I myself could or

or might do if I were personally present ratifying hereby and confirming all and whatever matters or things my said Attorney shall lawfully do execute or perform or cause to be done executed or performed in and about the premises; providing and declaring always as it is hereby provided and declared that my said Attorney shall be bound and obliged, as by acceptance hereof he binds & obliges himself to make due account rendering and payment to me of all his intromissions in virtue of these presents which are to subsist until recalled by a writing under my hand after deduction of all his necessary charges & expenses and a suitable gratification for his own trouble; In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal at Edinburgh this sixteenth day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred & eighty eight years. Signed & Sealed being first duly stamped & in presence of Joseph Blackie } David Lister Andrew Niven
David Lister of the City of Edinburgh writer maketh oath and saith That he was present & did see Andrew Niven the grantor of the within Letter of Attorney sign seal and as his own genuine act & Deed execute & deliver the same - That Joseph Blackie herein in said was also present as a witness thereto. And that the names Joseph Blackie David Lister set or subscribed as witnesses to the execution of the said Letter of Attorney are of the proper hands writing of the said Joseph Blackie & this Deponent respectively - David Lister Sworn this 16 th Day of January 1788 years before me John Grieve Provost.
To all and sundry whom these presents may concern. I John Grieve Esquire Lord Provost & Chief Magistrate of the City of Edinburgh hereby Certify & attest that this day

personally appeared before me David Lister the Deponent mentioned in the above Affidavit who made oath & deposed that the whole matters & things specified & contained in his said affidavit were Truth In Faith and Testimony whereof I have subscribed these presents & caused the seal of the said City to be hereunto affixed at Edinburgh the Sixteenth day of January One thousand seven hundred & eighty eight years and of his Majesty's reign the twenty eight year
Sealed
John Grieve Provost
We subscribers residing in the parish of Cuthbert & Melville in the Shire of Fife in that part of Great Britain called Scotland DO hereby certify and declare that we had occasion, one and all of us to be well acquainted with the now deceased James Maben or Mawen who was brother german of the within named & designed Andrew Maben or Mawen in Pillkie in the said parish of Cuthbert and Shire of Fife - that after he left Fife which was some time before the American War broke out he went to Middlethuin in the Shire of Edinburgh where he resided & wrought some time as a Stone Mason or Bricklayer and from thence he went to Virginia where he entered into & served in the military service of America during the war as a Captain or some other Officer in the American service & died there as we are credibly informed within those few years - and that the said Andrew Maben or Mawen his brother german is still in life. In Testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands & seals this Twenty Second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty eight -  Signed & sealed being first duly stamped in presence of John Burrell James Mitchell  David Sim Esq - William Burrell Esq David Smith Esq David Leth Esq
Virginia to wit. I Nichibald Blair Notary public for the City of Richmond, Certify the foregoing to be true transcripts from the records of my Office wherein were recorded the Original Writings, at the request of James Lyle Esq. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my Office at Richmond this 26th Day of February 1802 -  N. Blair