Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38,904, for John Lasley, North Carolina

SERVICE
Lasley, John
NUMBER
S. 38904
CONTENTS

16.214 West Tennessee
John Lasley
of Sumner Co. in the state of Tennessee who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Clark of the North Carolina line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 3 of September  1812
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of Sept and 1 of Oct  1818 Nashville Tennessee
Arrears to 4th of Sept  1818  90.50 Semi-annual all'ce ending Mar 1820  48.00 12 Mo 2/50 $144.50
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }

District of West Tennessee.
John Lawley aged sixty four years a citizen of Sumner county in the State of Tenn has come before me and learned to be placed on the pension list of the United States in consequence of his services as a soldier in the revolutionary war; and after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he enlisted as a soldier in the continental line under the command of Captain Robert Roane in the 1st North Carolina Regt commanded by Col. Thomas Clark the Bri- gade was then commanded by Genl. James Moore afterward by Genl. Francis Nash, that he en- listed about the last of March or the first of April in the year 1776 for one year, in the Continental line that he served his said term faithfully and was discharged at Wilmington in North Carolina that he has long since lost his discharge, and served afterwards many hours in the Militia, taking altogether more than three years. that for most nearly eight years he has been severely afflicted with rheumatism so that he is unable to

to labor for his livelihood having a very helpless family. That he is very poor and in such reduced circumstances that he stands much in need of aid from Government That he never had any pension from the United States or any state. That he has no other evidence that he knows of in his power sworn to subscribed his before me this 3 rd day of September 1818 John X. Casley marks
John Wm. Wm. Wm. District Judge
Mayor David Tatum a ci- ty of Davidson county in said State made oath that he was an officer of the Reg t spoken of by the Applicant, and that from a minute's conversation with him about the route battles and other circumstances narrated by him, he is well satisfied that he was in the army and does believe he has stated the truth in his affidavit to Tatum last sworn to before me
John Wm. Wm. Wm. District Judge

Schedule
Declaration to be continued on the Pension list under the act of June 18 th 1820
County of Davidson & State of Tennessee County of Wake & State of North Carolina
On the 26 th day of July 1825 personally appeared in open court being a Court of Records in the State of Tennessee so created part of the County of said State. John Pasley resident in said County aged about seventy years who being first only sworn according to law rather than make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & the act of May 1820 that the said John Pasley entitled for the term of one year on the 18 th
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five in the State of North Carolina in the company of Capt Beaman in the Regiment commanded by Col. Clark in the line of the State of North Carolina on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in said corps until [cannot recollect the date of discharging but in 1818] when he was discharged from the service of the State of North Carolina that he then held no money claim whatever as a general result the present that his name has been placed on the pension list that the number of his pension certificate is 16,292 and the reason why he was before exhibited a Schedule was because of his absence from the State on a visit to his Children in the State of Mississippi and on account of his age affliction and indigent circumstances he was unable to travel to return.
and in consequence of the act of 18 th March 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States (on the 18 th day of March 1818) and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other manner disposed of any property or any part thereof which there by so disposed of is to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th of March 1818) and that I have not since that time been paid any money for any services rendered or to be rendered under any contract, or with any other person, or persons that since the 18 th of March 1818) no claim has been made in my property that I did not at that time own then as I at present own same that any interest in said property owned and other property than my own and affixed to the land is to be considered as also making it is about twenty years of age and unable to gain a support for his family being very infirm & unable to assist with his own hands his family (living with him on any grounds)

to contribute to his support so that he is unable to subsist without the aid of public or private charity.
Sworn to in Open Court 26 th July 1825
his John Lasley mark
State of Tennessee Davidson County Court July Sessions 1825
John Lasley a Revolutionary Pension claimant appeared in Court being a Court of Record for the County of Davidson in the State of Tennessee and made Oath and made Oath that the facts stated in the Schedule exhibited by him to the Court are just and true, and said Court are of Opinion that the facts stated by said Lasley in said Schedule with respect to his Property and Circumstances in life are true and Order that the Clerk certify them Accordingly which said order was Affidavit of Record in this Court.
In Testimony whereof I Nathan Ewing Clerk of said Court have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of said Court at Office in Nashville this 3 rd day of August in the year of our Lord 1825
Nathan Ewing

John Lasley Private 46-147 Clark N. Carolina
Regt.
Wanting the judge's certificate of the reduced circumstances of the appli- cant.
1 May 1819
See addendum Proof with her
J. W. N.

I have enclosed some cer- tificates signed by Joshua Hadley Col d Edward Douglass and James Reed & William Montgomery I am acquainted with them all. They are men of undoubted good character and would not work- for to an untruth. I do certify that I am well satisfied of the truth of the statements made by the applicant John Lasley in his affidavit.
John W. Morris,

This may certify that I am well satisfied of the poverty of the widow Applicant and of his need of aid from go- vernment
John Wmacy
District Judge
26 th Oct. 1819.
John Lasley
Private
46-142
Clark N. Carolina
Dept.
Wanting the judge's certificate of the residence

Adams Ex rs P.O. Office
Oct. 14 1835
Has John Lasley, formerly of West Sennebec, out March 18. 1818, ever paid at that Agency? and if so, to what time?
J. S. Edwards

Oct 3 d
J. L. Edwards Esq Campina of Pines Washington City

Pension Agency, West Tennessee Office Dark W. C. Talc.
Nashville 28 th Septm 1835
Sir
John Lasly, a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of March 1818 died in February last - leaving no widow. He had eight Children, of whom two only are known to reside within the State of Tennessee - to wit Sally Lasly (Mary N. Daniel (late Mary Lasly) - Of the residence of the other six Children or whether any of them be now living, there is no knowledge. The last information received by them of the existence & residence of any of the six absent Children - was that Margaret Lasly (now, or formerly, Margaret McDodal) & Nancy Lasly (now, or formerly, Nancy McDodal) resided in the State of Alabama - The other four children - to wit Nancy Jane Lizzett (late Jane Lasly) - Catherine Lasly - John Lasly & Isabella May (late Isabella Lasly) have not been heard of by Sally & Mary for several years - All the Children, if living, are of mature age - Sally Lasly is unmarried for several years past & has had the care of her father, who was addicted to the excessive use of ardent spirits, and therefore very troublesome - and consequently she is entitled to the whole of the pension - I undecieved her on this point. - She has either lost or so mislaid her father's pension Certificate as not now to be found. - The proof adduced by Sally Lasly to the court of Sumner County in this State, of the

death of her father with a Certified Copy of his Pension Certificate (for it is since this proof was made that she has lost the Certificate) and a power of attorney from her Sister Mary & her husband Allen M c Daniel - I enclose herewith for your specific instructions in the case - viz - shall the whole be paid to Sally Gentry - or only their distributive shares? -
Sally Gentry states that her father never received any part of his pension from its commencement on the 1 st Septm r 1818 to the 1 st Septm r 1825 as he had resided in the state of Mississippi until late in 1825 or early 1826 and could not be paid at the Mississippi Agency. b. cause he was registered at Nashville - where he was first paid by Mr. Gantlett, Agent for West Tennessee, from the 1 st Septm r 1825 to the 1 st of March 1826 - at which place he has been regularly paid from that period to the 1 st of Septm r 1824.
The Pensioner always stated to his daughter that the first 7 years of his Pension was still due to him, and therefore she respectfully requests the favor of you to have the account of her late father on the Books of the Pension Department opened into, as if any payment has been made previous to Sept 1825 it will then appear and to when paid - and advise her of the result of your investigation through this agency -
On examining the attached lists of papers of this agency whilst Mr. Rutherford Gantlett was agent and in immediate correspondence with Mr. Gantlett, I find that instructions from J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War, of the 25 th Feby 1825 - were rec d by Mr. Gantlett as Resident of the Nashville District Agent for paying Pension thereat, in which John Gentry is recorded to be placed on the Roll of the West Tennessee Agency as a Revolutionary Pensioner under

the act of 1818 - at the rate of $8. per month - to be commenced on the 1 st of September 1818 - and with this exception his name does not appear amongst the transactions of Mr. Catell. -
I am Most respectfully.
(Yours at least)
Thos H Welch Sec y of the Navy
J. A. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Lot 16217 Herb Penn, Ariz.
Label 16217

38 904
Ray INVALID.
File No. _____
John S. ... 18th Mar 1880
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 886
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1 May 1825 W. L. L.
John Casley
Nathan Ewing, Nashville, Tenn.
Recd. 20 Aug. 1825.
Three

10th ... 1818 ... Policy ...
John Lashley has lived a number of years a near neighbor to me as to his being in the Revolutionary war I know nothing as to his having himself say that he was I believe him to be a man of 80 the he is old and infirm and has no means of support only by yearly labor and he is ill able to do much of that September the 2 d 1818
Sumner County Miss Montgomery
John Lashley has been a near neighbor for several years ... Land he is infirm unable to do much labor James ... Sept 2 d 1818

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Page Schedule Pension
to be certified

Schedule
District of West of Tennessee ss.
On this eighteenth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred & twenty five personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record in the said district, John Seeley aged eighty years resident in the County of Davidson & State of Tennessee & District aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war in the first Regiment of North Carolina Infantry in the Company of Captain Robert Roan he was put upon the pension list & obtained a certificate No. 16,217 which was suspended for the want of the proper Schedule & on which he never drew any thing.
And I do Solemnly swear that I was a Resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred & eighteen & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the eighteenth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred & eighteen & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in this Schedule.
Schedule ————— The condition of the declarant is that he is in the occupation of the declarant is that he is about eighty years of age afflicted with Rheumatic pains & unable to gain a support by his own labour he has no family or any one to contribute to his support.
John Seeley maker
Sworn to and declared on the eighteenth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred & twenty five before me Robert C. Foster William Williams & William B Lewis judges of the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Davidson & State of Tennessee Robt Foster W.B. Lewis

I Nathan Ewing Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing each and every and the Schedule Sheets annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is — Dollars — Cents in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this
1825
day of April
State of Tennessee Davidson County Court April Sessions 1825 I Nathan Ewing Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify to whom it may concern that John Lasley whose Name is signed to the foregoing Statement appeared in Open Court and being duly sworn and examined by said Court they are of the opinion that said John Lasley is not Owner of any Valuable Property Real or Personal all of which is ordered to be so certified
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of said Court at Office in Nashville this 19 th day of April AD 1825
Nathan Ewing