Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2685, for David Keeton, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Keeton, David
S. 2685
carded
CONTENTS

Ohio 2777
David Hutton
of Gallia in the State of Ohio who was a Pvt in the Compny commanded by Captain Davis of the Regt commanded by Col. Lyons in the Virginia line for 1 1/2 year from 1777-
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio - at the rate of 60 - Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Dec r 31 and sent to Francis Liberty Gallipolis, O
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 90- Semi-annual allowance ending 4 m th 33 20 120.-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book D Vol. 10 - Page 41-
Letter to Kern & McNeelcaroft P nd under 21 st June 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 1 st April 1838 from 1 st March 1838 to 4 th Sept 1838, the day of his death Age notified at 19. July 1839.

Daria Rulon
Ohio
No 4343.
from 1777 private 1 yr 6 mo.
$ 50.
Francis Leblency
Gallipolis
Ohio

BRIEF in the case of David Keeton  of Gallia county  in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 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.     Under   drafted  In 1777 " 6 " Private Gen. Col Irons Regt. Capt Isaac Davis   " " 6 " "   " " 6 Capt Orrery Virginia Militia   1 6  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Albemarle County Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

+ No 4342 David Keeton's
Declaration for a petition
filed August Term 1832.
DO 3
Q - Did you ever receive a discharge -
Ans - I was discharged each time but received no written discharge
And the said court Do hereby declare their 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 the court further certify that it appears to them that Samuel R. Holcomb and David Boggs who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the said county of Gallia and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit - and further that there are no clergyman in the neighbourhood of the said David Keeton -

State of Ohio ss Gallia County ss
On this twelfth  fourth day of August 1832 person- ally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Gallia State of Ohio now sitting David Hutton a resident of Gallia County aforesaid aged twenty six years and seven months 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, 1832 state that he entered the service of the United States and drafted soldier in the County of Albemarle State of Virginia in a company commanded by Captain Isaac Davis the field officer's name he does not recollect he thinks he was drafted and entered the service in the winter of of 1777 for six months he then resided in the County of Albemarle and served out the time for which he was drafted and was honorable discharged he was in no engage- ment, he marched from the place where he was drafted to the Shenandoah River the particular place he does not at this time remember but there took charge of Prisoners and marched them to Charlottesville in Albemarle County and a short time after helped to build Barracks about seven Miles from Charlottesville where the prison- ers were removed to and where he staid until he was discharged as one of the guards. Between two and three years  as near as he can recollect was aged drafted for six months into the United States service in Patrick County Virginia to which place he had moved, he served under Captain Herman Leitner after he was drafted was employed

in carrying baggage wagons from North Carolina into Virginia and also from Virginia into North Carolina does not recall the names of the field officers was in no engagement and was honorably discharged About one year afterwards as near as he can recollect and about the close of the revolution - any war he was drafted a third time at Patrick County Virginia for six months and served under Captain Haman Britz. thinks the Regiment was commanded by Colonel James Leon, was never to his knowledge attached or served with any Regiment or company of the continental establishment. During the last six months he was mostly engaged in North Carolina a part of the time on the Roan River and another part of the time on the Dan River and the balance of the time marching through the State of North Carolina in pursuit of the Tories and was dismissed at the close of the war in Halifax County Virginia as near as he can now recollect he further states that he served in all one year and six months and that he has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
David Keton
Sworn to and subscribed me
the day and year aforesaid
Francis Satterfield Clerk S.C.P. Saml R. Holcomb
the preceding We the undersigned David Briggs
residing in the County of Callen above - see a with certify that we are well acquainted David Keton who has subscri-

and second to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years old and that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Francis Sellery Clerk C.C.P. Pleas Gallia County
Interrogatories by the Court
Ques Where and in what year were you born
Ans I was born in the County of Albemarle in Virginia I think in the year A.D. 1756
Q Have you any record of your age if so where is it
Ans I have no record of my age at present I have had but it is lost
Q Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
Ans I lived at the time I was called into the service in Albemarle County in the State of Virginia and after the war was over I resided in Henry County afterwards called Patrick County in Virginia until about twenty two years since I have resided in Huntington in Gallia County
Q How were you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute
Ans I was Drafted each time
Q Can you state the names of some of the Regular

officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect (and the general circumstances of your service)
Ans I was commanded by Capt. Davis and the second rower by Capt. Bright attached to Col. Lyon's Regiment - most of the time I was stationed to guard prisoners and baggage wagons - and served three tours
2 - Did you ever receive a discharge -
Ans - I was discharged each tour but received no written discharge
And the said court do hereby declare their 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 the court further certify that it appears to them that Samuel R. Holcomb and David Buggs who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the said county of Gallia and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit - and further that there are no clergyman in the neighbourhood of the said David Keeton -
No 4342 David Keeton Declaration for a pension filed August Term 1832.
The State of Ohio Gallia County ss
Francis Sepleray Clerk of the court of common pleas for the said county of Gallia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proce- edings of the said court in the matter of the application of David Keeton for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth Day of August A. D. 1832
Francis Sepleray Clk. c.c.p. G. C.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of David Keeton 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? Yes 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? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? 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? Yes
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? Yes
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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 the 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.
‡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 authenticated 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 end 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.

Rev War
2685 INVALID.
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File No. 2685—
David Hutton
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7, 1882
Index:—Vol. A , Page 201
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 10 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," David Beeton, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio _____ Agency, at the rate of Sixty _____ Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 4 th Sept., 1838,
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.