Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6281, for John Lemmons, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
vr Lemmons, John Lemmon.
R. 6.281
Mary
CONTENTS

State of Virginia, County of Monroe . s.
I Geo. W. Hutchinson Clerk of the County Court of Monroe and State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears from a Register of Marriages directed by law to be kept in my Office that John Lemmons and Mary Berr. were married in said County on the 2 nd day of January 1800 by Rev. John Alderson a Minister of the Gospel duly authorized by law to celebrate the rites of Marriage.
The following is a copy from said Record,
Parties Names By whom married when, married John Lemmons & Mary Berr John Alderson 1800 January 2 nd
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said Court the 23 rd day of December A. D. 1855. and in the 80 th year of the Commonwealth.
Geo. W. Hutchinson Clerk

Filed Nov 22/89 - by Mrs. S. Edwards Esq. on Affid. Providence - It is not. The same evidence is already in the case & the acquit- ment of the office of 128 May 1857 has not been set - AGW
18 under my hand, and the seal of the said aff day of

LAND OFFICE MILITARY WARRANT N o . 33 85.
To the Principal Surveyor of the Land set apart for the Officers and Soldiers of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
THIS shall be your WARRANT to survey and lay off, in one or more Surveys, for Peter Fardwean  ap ee of John Lemmon
heirs or assigns, the quantity of two hundred
Acres of Land, due unto the said Peter Fardwean
in consideration of his services for the war as a soldier in the Illinoi regiment
agreeably to a Certificate from the Governor and Council, which is received into the Land Office.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of the said Office, this 6 th day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and 84
_____ _____ Acres.

Richmond Nov. 3 rd 1859. I certify that the within is a Copy from the records of the Virginia Land Office, of Warrant No. 3385 which issued to Peter Tardelean August 6 th 1784.
S. M. Parker,
Reg. L. Off ce
(See 50 ch)
In pursuance of an advice of Council, I certify, that this Warrant has issued in conformity with Laws of Virginia in force prior to the cession by that State of her Western Lands to Congress; and I furthermore certify, that no other Warrant has issued from the Land Office of Virginia on account of the services of the within mentioned
and that no Grant has issued on this Warrant.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the said office, this day of ~ 18
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of 3 d February 1853
State of Virginia } ss. Monroe County }
On this 29 th day of December 1855 personally appeared before me Isaac Campbell, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Monroe in the State aforesaid, and also presiding Justice of the County Court of said County of Monroe, which is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction, Mary Simmons, formerly Mary Owen, a resident of the said County of Monroe, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed February 3 d 1853. That she is the widow of John Simmons, formerly of the County of Rockingham, in the State of Virginia, and who to the best of her knowledge, recollection, information and belief, was a private in the Revolutionary War, and rendered service therein. That she does not now recollect, and is unable to state at this time in what troop, or Company, or Regiment, or Corps, or under what Captain, or other officer, or in what particular place or places her said husband served, or when he entered the said service, and the time when he left the same or whether he was drafted or was a volunteer, or a substitute, or the battles, if any, he was engaged in, or the country through which he passed. That her said husband was a resident of the County of Rockingham and State of Virginia when he entered the service, and as she always understood, and verily believes, that he continued for some considerable time (but how long she does not know) in the said service, and was honorably discharged therefrom. That her said husband died leaving no written memorandum, or documentary evidence of any of the above particulars, or facts, connected with his said service, and that there are now no living witnesses or witness, that she knows of, by whom the same could be established, and that she is therefore under the necessity of referring, and begs permission to refer to the Records and Rolls of the War Department for such information and proof as may be required in the above behalf and which she would otherwise be unable to produce. She further declares that she was lawfully married to the said John Simmons, in the said County of Monroe and State aforesaid on the 2 d day of January 1800 - as by the annexed certificate of marriage by the Clerk of the County

Court of said County will more fully appear. That her said husband died in the said County of Monroe on the 7 th day of February 1841 - that she was married to him at the time above stated. She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of said Act, and is still a widow, (having never again intermarried since the death of her said husband) and that she has never before made application for a pension. She further declares, that her said husband died, without ever having obtained, or, as she verily believes, without even having applied for any pension.
Mary Lemmons
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written, before me the said Isaac Campbell Justice of the Peace, as aforesaid, of the said County of Monroe, and also Presiding Justice of the County Court of said County, which is a Court of Record, having General Jurisdiction - And I do further certify that the said Mary Lemmons cannot from old age and bodily infirmity, attend in open court, so as to make this declaration in person, before the said Court. And I do also further certify that I believe the said Mary Lemmons (formerly Mary Gorr) to be the same who intermarried with John Lemmons as herein before stated, and that she has never again married since the death of her said husband -
Isaac Campbell J.P. of Monroe County and also Presiding Justice of the County Court of Monroe
State of Virginia } Monroe County } ss.
On this 29 th day of December 1855 personally appeared before me the said Isaac Campbell, Presiding Justice as aforesaid of the County Court of said County of Monroe being a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction, and also a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Monroe, in the State aforesaid Thomas Miller and George Lemmons residents of the State of Virginia and County of Monroe aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declare, that Mary Lemmons (whose declaration is herewith above annexed) is the widow of John Lemmons deceased, late of the said County of Monroe, and formerly of the County of Rockingham in the State of Virginia, - That they have always understood and believed,

from general report and information, that the said John Lemmons rendered service, as a private, in some other character, in the Revolutionary War. That they are well acquainted with said Mary Lemmons, who resided in the said County of Monroe, and who was always reputed to be the lawful wife of said John Lemmons. That the name of the said Mary, before her marriage with said John Lemmons, was Mary Berr. That her husband, the said John Lemmons, many years ago, came from the County of Rockingham to the County of Monroe, in Virginia, where he afterwards resided until his death, and that he died in the said County of Monroe on the 7 th day of February 1841. That she the said Mary Lemmons is still a widow, having never again married since the death of her said husband, and that they justly believe, from her appearance, the number of years that they have known her, and the number and ages of her children, that she is of the age stated in her above Declaration. And they swear that they are disinterested witnesses. Thomas Miller George Lemmons
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29 th day of December 1855 - And I hereby certify that the said Thomas Miller and George Lemmons are credible witnesses.
Isaac Campbell Esq. of Monroe County and also Presiding Justice of the County Court State of Virginia } of Monroe Monroe County } ss.
I, George W. Hutchinson, Clerk of the County Court of the said County of Monroe and State aforesaid do hereby certify, that Isaac Campbell Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits are made, and who has thereto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn, and was also Presiding Justice of the said County Court of Monroe, which is a Court of record having general jurisdiction. And that his signature to the foregoing declaration and affidavits is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as Clerk of the County Court of said County this 1 st day of January in the year 1856
Geo: W. Hutchinson Clerk of the County Court of Monroe County Va.

January 4, 1940.
Mrs. Frank J. Hall 2715 Washington Avenue Racine, Wisconsin.
BA-J/ILL John Lemmons R. 6281
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were found in the papers on file in pension claim, R. 6281, based upon service of John Lemmons in the Revolutionary War.
John Lemmons resided in Rockingham County, Virginia, at the time of the Revolutionary War. The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given. He moved from Rockingham County to Monroe County, Virginia.
He married January 2, 1800 in Monroe County, Virginia, Mary Cerr; they were married by Rev. John Alderson. The names of Mary's parents and the date and place of her birth were not given.
John Lemmons died February 7, 1841 in Monroe County, Virginia, in which county he had resided ever since he moved from Rockingham County, that state.
Mary Lemmons (as she signed her name), the widow of John Lemmons, applied December 29, 1855 for the pension which might have been due on account of his service in the Revolutionary War. She was then a resident of Monroe County, Virginia, aged seventy-seven years. She stated then that her husband, John Lemmons, while a resident of Rockingham County, Virginia, enlisted and served as a private in the Virginia troops "some considerable time" but she did not state the names of the officers under whom he served nor give the dates of enlistment or discharge from service. A report of the Land Office of Virginia was submitted in support of her claim for pension in which it was shown that one John Lemmons (Lemmon) served as private in the Illinois Regiment of Virginia troops and received bounty land warrant #3385 for 200 acres of land from the State of Virginia.
The claim for pension of Mary Lemmons was not allowed as

proof of service of John Lemmons as alleged by her was not furnished, nor was proof established that the John Lemmons who received the land from the State of Virginia was identical with her husband.
In 1855, reference was made to children but no names were designated. One George Lemmons was a resident of Monroe County, Virginia, at that time but his relationship to the family of John and Mary Lemmons was not stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

January 4, 1940
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Mrs. Frank J. Hall 2715 Washington Avenue, Racine, Wisconsin.
BA-3/CC John Lemmons R. 6263.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Amos Hall, born in Newport, New Hampshire, or Stonington, Connecticut, married Jenima Carter, their children were Ezra, Uriah and Reuben, and that of John, Robert and Thomas Lemen of Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of the Amos Hall nor Robert Lemen described above, nor of any Thomas Lemen under any spelling of that surname. You are furnished herewith the record of John Lemmons, of Virginia.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

July 1, 1939.
Dr. H. C. Kincaid National Service Bureau Tower Building Washington, D. C.
DA-J/ILL John Lemmons R. 6281
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Leman, Jr., of Rockingham County, Virginia.
The record of a John Lemmons of Rockingham County, Virginia, has been found; the data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, R. 6281, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Lemmons resided in Rockingham County, Virginia, at the time of the Revolutionary War; the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown. He moved from Rockingham County to Monroe County, Virginia.
He married January 2, 1800 in Monroe County, Virginia, Mary Cerr; they were married by Rev. John Alderson. The names of Mary's parents, and the date and place of her birth are not shown.
John Lemmons died February 7, 1841 in Monroe County, Virginia, in which county he had resided ever since he moved from Rockingham County.
Mary Lemmons(as she signed her name), the widow of John Lemmons, applied December 29, 1855 for the pension which might have been due on account of his service in the Revolutionary War; she was then a resident of Monroe County, Virginia, aged seventy-seven years. She stated then that her husband, John Lemmons, while a resident of Rockingham County, Virginia, enlisted and served as a private in the Virginia troops "some considerable time", but she did not state the names of the officers under whom he served nor give the dates of enlistment and discharge from service. A report of the Land Office of Virginia was submitted in support of her claim for pension, in which

it was shown that one John Lemmons (Lemmon) served as private in the Illigois Regiment of Virginia troops and received bounty land warrant #3385 for 200 acres of land from the State of Virginia.
The claim for pension of Mary Lemmons was not allowed as proof of service of John Lemmons as alleged by her was not furnished, nor was proof established that the John Lemmons who received the land from the State of Virginia was identical with her husband.
In 1855, reference was made to children but no names were designated. One George Lemmons was a resident of Monroe County, Virginia, at that time but his relationship to the family of John and Mary Lemmons was not stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

February 6, 1936.
Lieut. Sam K. Leming, U.S.A. Waldron, Arkansas.
BA-J/ILL John Lemmons R. 6281
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Lemen, Captain of the 13 th Virginia Regiment, John Lemmen who received bounty as shown by the Virginia Auditor's Account, John Leming who served as private in Captain John Hervey's company, Colonel Jarvis' 1 st North Carolina regiment, John Leming whose name is borne on the U. S. Census of 1790, Chowan County, North Carolina, and John Leming who received a North Carolina land grant in 1792, as shown by the Washington County Tennessee records.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of a John Lemen who served from North Carolina, and only one claim for pension found based upon service of a John Lemmons of the Virginia troops; the record of this John Lemmons is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in claim, R. 6281. The surname has been searched under all spellings.
John Lemmons was a resident of Rockingham County, Virginia, at the time of the Revolutionary War. The names of his parents are not shown, nor the date and place of his birth given. He moved from said Rockingham County, to Monroe County, Virginia.
He married January 2, 1800, in Monroe County, Virginia, Mary Cerr; the marriage was performed by a minister, Rev. John Alderson. The names of Mary's parents are not shown, nor the date and place of her birth given.
John Lemmons died February 7, 1841 in Monroe County, Virginia.

John Lemmons had resided in said Monroe County, ever since he had moved from Rockingham County, Virginia.
Mary Lemmons, the widow of John Lemmons, applied December 29, 1855 for the pension which might have been due on account of the service of her deceased husband in the Revolutionary War; she was then a resident of Monroe County, Virginia, aged seventy-seven years. She stated then that her husband, John Lemmons, while a resident of Rockingham County, Virginia, enlisted and served as private in the Virginia troops "some considerable time", but she did not state the names of the officers under whom he served nor give the dates of enlistment or discharge from service. A report of the Land Office of Virginia was submitted in support of her claim for pension; in said report, it was shown that one John Lemmons (Lemmon) served as private in the Illinois Regiment of Virginia troops and received bounty land warrant #3385 for 200 acres of land from the State of Virginia.
The claim for pension of Mary Lemmons was not allowed as proof of service of John Lemmons as alleged by her was not furnished, nor was proof established that the John Lemmons who received the land from the State of Virginia was identical with her husband.
At the time Mary Lemmons made application for pension, children were referred to but no names were designated.
One George Lemmons was a resident of Monroe County, Virginia, in 1855; his relationship to the family of John and Mary Lemmons was not stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Daughters of the American Revolution
STATE OF WISCONSIN
MRS. FRANK J. HALL STATE REGISTRAR 2715 WASHINGTON AVE. RACINE, WIS.
Veterans Administration. Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen -
just all names in letter Do you have a record of pension for Amos Hall, soldier in Revolutionary War, born Newport, N. Hamp. or Stonington, Conn. - married Jemima Carter, children Ezra, Uriah & Reuben. Would also like pension records of John, Robert & Thomas Lemere of Harper's Ferry, Va. - sons of Nicholas Lemere.
Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Very sincerely,
Philadelphia Hall, (Mrs. Frank J.)
Dec. 14, 1939.

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
OF
THE UNITED STATES
FOUNDED 1899
SCOTT P. SQUYRES COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
EUGENE I. VAN ANTWERP SENIOR VICE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF DETROIT, MICHIGAN
OTIS N. BROWN JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
JOE D. CHITTENDEN NATIONAL LIAISON OFFICER
CHARLES E. WEICKHARDT NAVAL LIAISON OFFICER
H. C. KINCAID, M. D. MEDICAL CONSULTANT
CASEY M. JONES CLAIMS OFFICER
ELMER P. RICHTER CLAIMS OFFICER
WILLIAM SNYDER CLAIMS OFFICER
✓ NATIONAL SERVICE BUREAU
JOE D. CHITTENDEN, DIRECTOR
✓ TOWER BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D. C.
5
June 20, 1938.
Veterans' Administration, Washington, D. C.
Pension Div
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly advise if your records show Revolutionary War service of John Lemon, Jr., of Rockingham County, Virginia, and especially anything pertaining to his family.
Sincerely,
H. C. Kincaid
H. C. Kincaid, M. D.
Tower Bldg.

John Lemen - Capt 13 th Va Nov 18-1776 - Mar 16-1778
Waldron, Ark., Jan. 28, 1936
Veterans Administration, Commissioner of Revolutionary War Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
For further information, the War Department, Jan. 23, 1936, referred me to you concerning details of one John Lemen , who served as Captain in 13 th Virginia Regiment, and borne on pay roll as John Lemon, Dec. 1776 to Sept. 1778. And one John Lemmen who was granted bounty and on Auditor's Account xxix 168, War. 5, 111. Virginia.
Also Private John Lening, 1780-81 1 st North Carolina Militia Capt. John Herveys Company, Colonel Samuel Jarvis.
U.S. Census 1790 shows John Lening, Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, with 4 females, presumably members of his family. He or one of his family may have applied for pension under the Act of 1818.
W.R. 1230 m.c. 5-1-36
Washington County, Tenn. records, formerly North Carolina, has record of North Carolina land grant to John Lening July 12, 1792, but his sons may have located the land. These are my ancestors. The name was variously spelled Lemon, Lemmons in the Great Smokies. After the seat of war was transferred to the Carolinas, some companies were made up of former officers because they had no command. It is tradition in our family that said John Lening held commission as a captain. I desire to verify.
Very respectfully,
Sam K. Lening Sam K. Lening Lt. USA Retired

Hon G. Holliday Commissioner
Dear Sir
Since the receipt of your favor of 5 th ult. - addressed to me at Salt Stephens Springs Monroe Co. Va., I have obtained a certificate from the Registers Office, at Richmond, which I herewith enclose to you showing that land was granted to the assigns of John Lemmons (the husband of Mary Lemmons, who is applying for a Pension - Please inform me (at Salt Stephens Springs Va.) what is whether this is sufficient.
Very Resp. & obedt. W. Harrison
Richmond Va. 24 th Jan y 1857,

Hon Comm'ce of Prison Prison office Washington

From: W. V. Gilman, Esq.
House Rep
January 14, 56

Virginia Act '53
Pension Office, Jany 14. 1856.
Sir,
I have examined the declaration and proofs submitted in support of a claim for pension of Mrs. Mary Lemmons, widow of John Lemmons, an alleged revolutionary soldier.
The declaration is in proper form, but not sufficiently definite as to the service of claimant's husband, to enable the office to make a proper search of the Virginia lists of soldiers of the revolutionary war. The papers have been filed under Act of February 3. 1853. = The records at Richmond might show that claimant's husband received land; and if so, evidence of service might thus be very easily be obtained. } S C
Wm. H. A. Edmondson, H. of Reps.

No. 6.201
Mary Lemmons widow of John Mogana
Ch. N. A. A. Edmundson Jan 15/56 v. N. Harrison Dec 5/56. " Same Jan. 28/57 John S. Edwards Nov 26/59
6281
Not. Pub. 3.1883

John S. Edwards.
Nov 26.

P. Pension Office, November 26, 1889.
Sir,
I have personally examined the claim of Mary Lessmore, widow of Han, for pension under act of February 3, 1853, and do not find that the evidence filed would justify its allowance. The requirements of my letter of January 28, 1857, have not been complied with.
Very truly
John S. Edwards, Esq. Washington, D.C.

Salt Sulphur Springs Monroe Co. Va
20 th Nov. 1857
To the Hon Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Office Washington Va.
Dear Sir
Some time last January or February I presented to your Department (through the Hon Dr. H. Edmunds) the application of Mary Lemmons of Monroe Co. Va. for a Pension on account of the Revolutionary Services of her husband John Lemmons, deceased, under the Act of July 7 1838 &c. — Afterwards I received information from your Department, that the proof of service was not in sufficient & that the Records at Washington, many of which had been destroyed by fire, did not supply that defect — I have recently obtained and herewith have the honor to forward, a Certificate from the Auditor at Richmond, which will be sufficient I hope to establish the fact of the service, to the satisfaction of the Board — Very Resp. In Old St. W. H. Harrison.

1895 J. A. ... Commiss ... P. ... 1895

add evidence Mary Lem on widow of John Lemmon for Rev Pension Act 3 July 1853
filed by John S Edwards

Washington D.C.
Sept 17. 1859
Sir
Enclosed I send you additional evidence in the case of Mary Lemmons widow of John Lemmons for Rev Pensions under act 3 July 1853 to prove her identity as the widow of the John Lemmons who obtained land from Virginia for his Revolutionary services.
Respectfully yours John S Edwards
George C Whiting Esq Clerk of Pensions

N. Harrison Jan, 28/37

Pension Office, Jan. 28. 1857.
Sir,
It was suggested in my letter of the 5 th ultimo that the papers upon which John Lemmon obtained land from Virginia for his revolutionary services might furnish a clue, which would enable Mary Lemmons, who now  now applies for pension under Act of Feb'y 3. 1853, to show that she is the widow of that soldier.  There That is, it was thought probable that they would show his residence, &c as the time of receiving the land, and that his sale of it could be traced to her husband. The evidence now adduced, merely shows merely shows that a soldier of her husband's name assigned his claim to said land. There is no connection established between this assignment of land and the husband of claimant.  Therefore The claim is, further suspended.
Very resp., G.C.
M c . Harrison Esq. Salt Sulphur Springs Virginia.

W. Harrison
Dec. 5.

Pension Office,
December 5, 1886.
Sir,
I have examined the papers in the case of Mary Leamon, widow of John, in connection with the additional evidence transmitted by you. The office is without evidence that the husband of claimant was the soldier who received the amount of a pension certified by the auditor of Virginia, if the fact of the identity of name be excepted. The soldier of the Virginia State line doubtless received land from the State of Virginia; and if so, the papers filed for that purpose, would probably furnish the means of satisfactory proof upon this point.
Very respectfully, JC
W. Harrison Epps Salt Sulphur Springs, Monroe County Virginia

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
6287 REJECTED
P. O. _____
Mary Lemmon Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
1936. Feb. 6 - Hint. to Lieut. Sam K. Lemmon - L.L.L.
1928. July 1 - Hint. to Dr. H. C. Linsaid - L.L.L.
1940. Jan. 4 - Hint. to Mrs. Frank J. Hall - L.L.L.

Thos H. Al'derson, Esq.

Council Chamber.
August 6 th 1784 —
I do certify that Peter Tardwean ap d of John Lemmon is entitled to the proportion of land allowed a private of the Illinois Regiment who served to the end of the war — Benjamin Harrison. Thos Meriwether.
A Warrant No. 3385 for 200 acres issued to Peter Tardwean Augt. 6 th 1784 —
Virginia Land Office.
Richmond, January 3 rd 1857.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a copy from the Records of this Office —
J. H. Parker Reg. S. Off ce

State of Virginia } County of Monroe } S.S.
Personally came before me, Isaac Campbell, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Thomas Macarty, resident of the said County and State, a person whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, says, that he is now in his 88 th year of age - that he is a resident of the said County of Monroe - that he was long and well acquainted with, and lived but a few miles from John Lemmons, or Lemmon, late of the said County of Monroe, whose widow Mary Lemmons is now an applicant for a Pension under the act of Feb'y 27 1853 - that the said John Lemmons was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and to have become entitled to Land on that account. That he (the deponent) has no doubt, and verily believes that the said John Lemmons is the same John Lemmons who assigned his claim to said land to Peter Farleswear to whom a warrant for the same (of 200 acres) issued in 1784, as appears by a Copy from the Records of the Virginia Land Office. That there was no other John Lemmons, he ever heard of as being a soldier in the Revolution, and that it is his (his widow) Mary Lemmons who is now an applicant for a Pension as aforesaid. And that he (the deponent) is a disinterested witness.
Thomas Macarty
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29 th day of September 1859
Isaac Campbell J.P.
State of Virginia } County of Monroe } S.S.
I George W. Hutchinson Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned do hereby certify, that Isaac Campbell whose genuine signature appears above is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn; that all his Official Acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit - And that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction. I also certify that I have no interest in the result of the Case & am not concerned in its prosecution. Given under my hand and Seal of Office at Union, Monroe County in the State of Virginia this 4 th day of October A.D. 1859.
Geo W Hutchinson Clerk

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia State . Line as settled their Accounts and received Certificates for the balance of their full pay, according to An Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, directing the Auditors of Public Accounts to settle and adjust the pay and accounts of the said Officers and Soldiers from the 1st January 1777 to 31st December 1781, (See Hening's Statutes at Large, Vol. 10, p. 462,) that a settlement was made on the 2 9 th day of March 1784 in the name of John Lemmond as Sol d Inf y _____ and evidence of the indebtedness of the State to him for £ 55. 8, _____ delivered to Henry Banks but as the original settlements or copies thereof are not to be found in this Office, the term of service embraced therein cannot be stated
Given under my hand, at the the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 17 th day of November 1856, →
{ NO SEAL OF OFFICE. }
G. W. Christy Audr. P. Accts.