Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,491, for John Line, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Line, John.
S. 18.491.
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CONTENTS

Ohio
No 13. 463
John Line
of Shelby Co in the State of Ohio who was a Pvt & Cap in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col Clarke in the _____ line for 1 year 10 Months & 14 days 3 Months thereof as Captain.
Nov 23 07
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 12 3/4 Dollars 88 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of July 1833 and sent to P. G. Hood Sidney P. G. Shelby Co. Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 248. 76 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sep. 62. 44
$ 311 20
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. S. Evans Clerk Book E Vol. 8 Page 75
Aug. 29. 1835
Aug. 29. 1835

Apr 17/54 John Fine of Shelby County Ohio
Return 5. 13. 14.
Adm for 1 year 10 Months 8 1/4 day - 3 Months thereof as Captain
$ 124. 88
Special letter
P. G. Goode
James Miller of Shelby County Ohio (Sidney)

BRIEF in the case of John Linn  County of Shelby — in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Associate Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75 years  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. As a Gen.     Vol — In 1777 time of service not stated but as Capt of Militia 3 months between 1779 & 1781 private Col Geo. A. Clark, Capt Wm. Herrod,   Vol — 1781 time of service not stated private Capt Rose, Col. Crawford,  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Sandusky  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Washington County Penn a  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses & traditional  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.
Richd. H. Heyprall
Examining Clerk:

The State of Ohio Shelby County to wit.
on this 18 th day of October 1832 Personally appeared before me David Henry one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County - John Linn in his twenty fifth year - who being first duly sworn according to law - doth, on his Oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress. Passed June 7 th 1832, That he entered at Private, in a volunteer corps under Col. George Rodgers Clark, Capt. William Herrod, 1 st Lieut. John Swan 2 d Lieut. Richard P. Shears, some time about the 18 th of Dec r 1777 on Ten mile Creek (near Monongahela river) (now) Washington County Pennsyl- vania, from Ten miles we march d to Wheeling in Va o , from thence we descend the Ohio to the falls New- Louisville, where we built a Stockade on the Island in the river in the spring of 1778 some time in May we descended the Ohio to the old Cherokee Fort, from thence under Col. Clarke we march d to and was at the taking of Illinois and Governor Rosbrough - in Sept we returned to the falls of Ohio In Feb y 1779 - we march d to Opeet. and took it and Governor Hamilton (I was then under Capt. Williams) from thence we return d to the falls in March on the 1 st of June we left the falls, and was March d to old Chillicothe which we took - from thence we were march d to Wheeling where we were Discharg d in July as I believe In the year 1781 I volunteered under Capt. Rose at Ten Mile, in Col. Crawford's Expedition and was in that defeat at Sandusky - also between 1779 & 1781 - I serv d as a Capt. in Militia a three months tour of duty - He hereby relinquishes every claim what- ever to a pension or annuity except the present - and Declares that his Name is not on any Pension Roll - of the Agency of any State - or That he has no documentary evidence nor knowledge of any person to whose testimony he can procure to testify to his services, except his brother Joseph Linn whose affidavit is now swearing, he never received a written discharge except from the one year service

Territory -
# and that he has lost by frequent removals
his John Line mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me
D. W. M. A. J.
We Walter Evans and Jonathan Nichols Both of Shelby County aforesaid certify as follows to wit Walter Evans says that he has been acquainted with John Lines for Forty years and believes both from his own knowledge well as from the prevailing opinion of the community which he does and has receded that he (the same who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration) that he is of the age set forth as he believes, and is also reputed and believed to have been a revolutionary soldier as he states also Jonathan Nichols says that he has been acquainted with the said John Lines for Twenty six years and fully believes the statements made both in the Declaration and certificate of Walter Evans to be substantially true - and John Line of Miami County states that he has been acquainted with John Lines aforesaid from a boy to the present and knows him to be about seventy five years of age and that he served in the revolutionary war as he has stated in his declaration above
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 18th of Oct. 1832 -
Walter Evans Jonathan Nichols Samuel Line
D. W. M. A. J.
Joseph Lines being duly sworn Deposeth and saith that he was personally with his brother John Lines the above declarant. thro all the depositions he states in the above declaration Except at Opost. and knows them to be substantially true - and further saith not his
Sworn to and subscribed before me The 18th of Oct. 1832
Joseph Line mark
D. W. M. A. J.

And I the said Associate Judge - do hereby declare any 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 I the said Judge do further certify that it appears to me Walter Evans Jonathan Nichols and Samuel Lines Shelby & Miami Counties as is respectively stated is creditable persons and that their statements is entitled to credit - Also that Joseph Lines the after deponent, his certificate is entitled to good credit and that the county of Shelby  the county of Shelby given under my hand & seal the 15 th day of October 1832 D. H. W. M. Ap d Judge
The State of Ohio } ss. I James Miller Clerk Shelby County } of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Shelby aforesaid. Do hereby certify that David H. W. M. Esq. before whom the foregoing proceedings were had in my Office was at the time & now is an Associate Judge of our Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned & sworn as such & that full faith & credit are due & ought to be given to all his official acts as such as well in courts of Justice as otherwise
In testimony whereof I have set my hand & affixed the seal of our said Court at Sidney the 24 th day of October A.D. 1832 James Miller Clerk

1833
Consigned
The State of Ohio } to wit Shelby County - }
the undersigned
Personalty Appraiser before me, an Acting Justice of Justice in and for said County John Lines who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that from the long lapse of time gone by since performance of the service as well as from old age and loss of memory I cannot recollect positively the dates or length of service perform d as within but I am Positive that I serv d not less than six months a volunteer under Capt Wm Ferriss of Col Geo Dodge's Clark of the Da line also I serv d one year a Private Soldier under Capt John Williams of same Reg t and was discharged at Wheeling in July 1879/1879 at wheeling as well as the different service within stated and for such Service I claim a pension - I know no living Witness to prove the facts at this day but my Brother John Lines whose deposition is accompanying
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the 12th day of June 1833
D Henny Just of Peace

WCS am
January 5, 1928
Mrs. H. E. Bennett Bennett Heights Sidney, Ohio
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 18491, it appears that JOHN LINE enlisted near Ten Mile Creek in what was later Washington County, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1777, and served six months as a private in Captain William Harrod's Company in Colonel George Rogers Clarke's Virginia Regiment. In July, 1778, he enlisted and served twelve months as a private in Captain John Williams' Company in Colonel George Rogers Clarke's Virginia Regiment; he was in the battles of Kaskaskia, Vincennes and Old Chillicothe. In 1779, 1780 or 1781, he served three months as captain of a company of Virginia militia. In 1782 he served one month and fourteen days as a private in Captain Ross' Company in Colonel Crawford's Virginia Regiment and was in the battle of Sandusky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 18, 1832, at which time he was seventy-four years of age and was living in Shelby County, Ohio.
There are no data on file relative to his wife and children.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

18491
INVALID.
File No. 18,491
John Line
Capt Rev 1841
Act: June 7 th 39
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 226
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1907 Nov. 16. Reist. to au Capt. Ralph Harrison 1907 Dec. 23. Capt. Ralph Harrison wife wife & children not mentioned
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1928 Jan. 5. hest. to Mrs. H. E. Bennett See letter in case of Edward Severns No. 9394. ULS

John Line, Shelby Co. O., act 7 June 1832 $124 88 p am
To what time was he last paid?
G. B. A.
Pension Office July 20 1849
Died 15 th January 1843 P u A t his death
W. B.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Lewis 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? the Decree has IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal afixed? 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? No clergyman certificate - Witness XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No 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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? No # If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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? yes
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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

The state of Ohio } p Shelby County }
Personaly learned before me David Henry an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for Sand County Joseph Line who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that John Line (who made declaration to obtain a pension on the 18 th of Oct r last before David Henry Associate Judge for said County) was volunteered into the Virginia Service at less mile then call d Virginia (now Washington County Penn a ) on the 18 th of December 1777 under Capt. W m Herrod Col Geo Rodgers Black's Reg t V a Line and served as such Volunteer until July 1778 during which service he was at the taking of Leasaska and Vincennes - in July of 1778 he said John Enlisted of the senior Capt. John Williams of said Reg t V a Line and serv d as a private soldier in said Company and was station d at Illinois, from where he was march d to O'rost. from thence he was march d to Wheeling where he was regularly Discharged these facts he says he is enabled to state certain as he was personaly with him the whole time only at O'rost - I was knowing to his being at Col. Croufords defeat at Sandusky also that he serv d at a station three months as a Capt. of Militia in the Virginia Service his discharge as above stated at Wheeling was some time in the month of July 1778 1779 -
Sworn To and Subscribed before } me the 12 th day of June 1833 }
Joseph his Line mark
D Henry a Jus t of Peace.

State of Ohio } Shelby County } ss I James Wells, Clerk p. s. of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County aforesaid, and do hereby certify that David Henry Esquire before whom the within Affidavit appears to have been sworn to as at the date thereof and now is an acting Justice of the peace within and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith credit is due & ought to be given to all his official acts as such; as well in courts of Justice as thereout
In Testimony whereof I here- unto set my name and affix the seal of our said Court at the Court house in Sidney June 19 A.D. 1833
State of Ohio } Shelby County } ss
James Wells Clerk
I David Henry the Justice of Peace within named do certify that I am personally acquainted with Joseph Linn the within named deponent and am satisfied and from what I know of his character I am satisfied that full credit may be given to his oath or statement. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal the 12th of June 1833
D. Henry Justice of Peace

I, Patrick G. Goode a Clergyman residing in the county of Shelby in the state of Ohio and in the vicinity of John Dine who made the declaration to which this is annexed, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted said John Dine who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration to which this is attached, and that I believe him to be the same a sixty five years old; That he is reputed and believed in his neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I am in that opinion.
Patrick G. Goode
Given in and subscribed before me an acting justice of the peace in and for Shelby county on this 19 th day of June 1833.
C. M. G. Goode Justice of the Peace.

The state of Ohio Shelby County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the county of Shelby and state of Ohio John Line who being duly sworn, deposes 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 the term of six months as a volunteer and later a private, For twelve months a private soldier of the regular army, For one month and fourteen days a volunteer under Col. Crawford, M c Kinzie in all nineteen straight days, which he served as a private and also For three months service as a Militia Captain: and for such service I claim a pension.
his John I Line Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me an acting justice of the peace in and for the county of Shelby aforesaid This 8 th day of June 1833 - C. H. Green
State of Ohio Shelby County
Justice of the Peace
I Jas Wells Clerk p.s. of the court of common pleas within and for the county of Shelby do hereby certify that Elijah M c Ginn Esquire before whom the above certificate and declaration appears to have been sworn to was at the date thereof and now is an acting Justice of the peace within and for said county duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such as will in courts of Justice as heretofore
In Testimony I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of our said court at the court house in Sidney the 19 day of June A.D. 1833
James Wells Clerk

Headquarters Department of Dakota
Office of Chief Commissary
St. Paul, Minnesota
Nov. 10 - '07.
To The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir, -
Will you please let me know whether or not Private John Hunt, of Captain James Mills Company, of the 10th Regiment furnished by North Carolina to the Continental Army was ever on the pension rolls? If so, please send me his military history as contained in the application for pension. HE

enlisted Feby 6th 1782 and served a year.
I would also like very much to have what your records show concerning John Line who served in Capt. Harrod's Company of Col. Clarke's Virginia regiment during the Revolutionary War.
I do not know that John Line was ever on the pension roll but his brother Joseph was.
If there is any way of telling whether or not John knew his father or any of his brothers served with the

North Carolina Troops, I would like to know it. Probably if John Stark ever received a pension, some of this infor- mation will appear?
Very respectfully, Ralph Harrison, Captain U.S. Army.

Record Division.
December 23, 1907.
Captain Ralph Harrison, U. S. A., Office of Chief Commissary, St. Paul, Minn.
Sir:
In reply to your letter without date, which was received the 13 th inst., you are advised that there is no mention of wife or children in the Revolutionary War pension claim of John Line, Survivor File 18491.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
John Lewis S. 18491
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 18, 1777 6 mos Pvt. Wm. Harrod Geo. Rogers Clarke Va   July 1778 12 " " John Williams " " " "   - 3 " Capt of a Militia Co. "   x 178x 2 1 mo. 14 d. Pvt. Ross Crawford "  
Battles engaged in, Kaskaskia, Vincennes, Old Chillicothe, Sandusky Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wash Co. Pa Date of application for pension, Oct. 18, 1832. His claim was al- Residence at date of application, Shelby Co. O. Age at date of application, 74
Remarks:
bat Sandusky June 1782 see Journal Vol. 2. p. 288. bat Kaskaskia was the Capture of Gov. Rocheblave + bat Vincennes " " " " Gov. Hamilton
Very respectfully,