Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38151, for James Lockheart, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
SERVICE Va.
Lockheart, James
S 38151
CONTENTS

38 157 Rev INVALID.
File No. 38 157
James Lockheart Rev Rev 1840
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 248
[Arrangement of 1870.]

19.654
Virginia
James Lockheart
of Frederick Co. in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain McGuire of the regiment commanded by Colonel Grayson in the Virginia line, for the term of three years, from Spring of 1777 to June 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd day of August, 1826
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of Aug t 1826 and sent to Genl Bent, Esq. Winchester, Va.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1826 $ 8.54 Semi-ann. all ce ending
$ 8.54
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }

Recd. Aug. 7. 1876.
No 20.052
James Schuchert
Gene Bence
Wenches
admitted
J. L. Edwards
War Department Washington City.

Winchester Aug. 3 rd 1876.
Sir,
I send you again the declaration of James Lockhart as corrected by the Clerk, who made a mistake in the former copy by the omission of a material part. Should it comport with your conscience to decide upon this case soon, you will confer a favor on me by doing so.
I remain, Sir, respectfully
Your Mo. Ob't Serv't
L. M. Brant
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Virginia County of Frederick Set
On this 3 rd day of July 1826 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the County of Frederick in the Commonwealth of Virginia James Lockhart aged sixty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension now made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820 that he the said James Lockhart enlisted for the term of three years early in the spring of the year 1777 at Staunton in the State of Virginia under ensign William Brownlee about the beginning of harvest he marched under Lieut. Thomas Bell and the said Brownlee to the white marsh in Pennsylvania where they joined the company under the command of Capt. William McGuire in the regiment commanded by Col. William Grayson in the line of the state of Virginia on the continental establishment that he continued in the said corps excepting being frequently detached until the 29 th day of June 1780 when being a prisoner in Charleston South Carolina he made his escape; having agreed to stay longer than the time he enlisted for that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present; that he was in the battles of Monmouth and Stony Point and was taken prisoner at Charleston in May 1778 under General Lincoln from whence he escaped as above mentioned and never joined the army afterwards having served his time out; and that the following are the reasons for not making an earlier application for a pension, that he was in good health and able to earn a living so that he not being under the necessity was unwilling to apply to his country for aid; And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was 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 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 pro-

vide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War "passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me of any kind whatever. That I had no property of any kind on the 18 th day of March 1818 nor have I had any since that time. I am by occupation a country schoolmaster but am unable to attend to it constantly from frequent indisposition and infirmity and have no family
James Lockheart
Sworn to and declared on the 3 rd day of July 1826 before me in open Court
T. A. Tidball Clerk of Court
I Thomas Allen Tidball Clerk of the Court of Frederick County in the Commonwealth of Virginia do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said James Lockheart served in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement in the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath is truly copied from the records of the said Court. And I do further certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that he the said James Lockheart had no property of any kind on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that he has not had none since
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 3 rd day of August 1826
T. A. Tidball