Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9.403, for John Mebane, North Carolina

SERVICE
Nb.
Nebane, John
NUMBER
S.9403
CONTENTS
carded.

North Carolina 16.027
John Melbane
Chatham in the State of North Car:
he was a priest in the Infantry commanded by Col. Dudley in the North Car: for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina the rate of 123 Dollars 33 Cents per annum. commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of June '33 and sent J. S. Guthrie St. Lawrence Chatham Co. N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 246.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 61.66
$308.32 1/2
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6. Page 49

+
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 1 st March 1837 to 18 th Sept 1837 the day of his death aged 70. Sept 1837

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June AD 1832
State of North Carolina
Chatham County
On this 30th day of March AD 1833 personally appeared before me Isaac Headen an acting magistrate of said Court - Col. John Melam of the County and State aforesaid aged 76 Years who being first duly sworn according to Law makes the following declar- ation in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June AD 1832 that he entered the service of the United States and served as herein stated Court That sometime in the Year (he thinks) 1779 or 1780 he volunteered his services as a private in the County of Orange in the State of North Carolina and joined a Company of Horse commanded by Captain Douglas and Lieut James Melam in the Regiment commanded by Col. Dudley and marched from Hillsborough into Randolph County and spent the time in securing the country in search of Tories but the principal object of their pursuit was the notorious Col. Fanning who had lately looted Col. Dudley when on his way from Charleston they failed in catching him but were fortunate enough on one occasion to capture his horse he thinks he was employed in this service about 3 months and has no distinct re- collection how when or where he was discharged but is quite certain that he did not receive any written discharge Sometimes after his discharge as aforesaid he again volunteered his services as a private in Orange County and joined a Company of Horse commanded by Captain Williams and marched under the Command of General Butler to Fayetteville and thence up the Cape Fear River to intercept the Tories in their retreat from the Battle at Moore's bridge (where they had been defeated)

by General Moore and Col. Caswell) and we succeeded in making a large number of them Prisoners at Smith's Ferry and marched them to Fayetteville - He thinks he was engaged in this service about 2 Months. He has no recollection how when or where he was discharged.
Sometime in the Year 1781 he volunteered his services and was in a Company of Horse (in Orange County) commanded by Col. Butts in Chatham County but went to Gen. Butts and was in the service at Guilford Courthouse when that Town was taken by the Tories. himself & all the Troops and the Governor of Maryland were made prisoners - he was marched as a prisoner by the Enemy to Wilmington and thrown into a prison ship where he remained for several weeks when he was paroled to the Town where he remained sometime when he was exchanged as he understood for a Lieutenant McElaine who had been made Prisoner by his brother Robert McElaine a Continental Officer (lest of the certainty of this exchange he cannot positively speak his brother Robert having been killed shortly after and that he never saw him after that his discharge) he returned home after he had served about 2 Months but he received no written discharge that he recollects - He further states that in all the above Tours he found his own horse and lost one when he was taken at Guilford Courthouse that he served a number of short Tours the particulars of which he cannot recollect.
He further states that sometime in the Year 1782 he thinks in the Month of May he was appointed a Captain in a Regi- ment of Foot called the State Regiment which was commanded part of the time which he served by Major Crofton and Colonel Joseph Lewis - Captains Swan and Proctor. Sam Jones, Capt. Sabb and Major Ferguson (a Frenchman) were in the same Regiment he marched into South Carolina with the Regiment to succour General Marion but their services were not needed they secured the Right Swamp in search of Tories.

was stationed sometime in Moore County at Lower Connor Dows where they erected a Stockade Fort was stationed sometime at Brewers Mills in Chatham sometime at Lower Mills in Randolph County - he is not certain as to the length of time he was in the service but thinks it was not less than 3 Months He has no recollection by whom his Commission was signed or from whom he received it that he entered the service and took a commission at the request of Major Crayton who was at that time commencing the Regiment He thinks he surren- dered his Commission when his claims were liquidated by the State but of this he is not certain He has no recollection in what manner he was discharged nor how when or where the Regiment was disbanded and he is unable to produce the Commission under which he served the same having been lost by time or accident - In conclusion he states that owing to the great lapse of time since the Revolutionary war added to a memory impaired by age he is unable to recount his services with any tolerable degree of accuracy but he thinks he can safely say that he served his Country faithfully for at least 7 Months as a Private and 3 Months as a Captain in the Revolutionary war - that he has no doc- umentary evidence to substantiate his services - and 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 or Territory in the Union
Yrs, M c Swane
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. H. McSwane

We Andrew Headen Jr and Nathaniel M. Alston both residing in the County of Chatham and State of North Carolina do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Col. John Mabane who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 76 Years of age that he is reputed and believed 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 date above written
before me H. Headen Jr
Andrew Headen Jr, Nathaniel M. Alston
And the said Isaac Headen doth hereby declare his opinion after investigating the matter and after putting the interrogations presented by the War Department that the said John Mabane was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and that the Andrew Headen Jr and Nathaniel M. Alston who have sworn to and subscribed the preceding Certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit And the said Isaac Headen doth further declare that John Mabane the Declarant is unable by reason of his age and afflictions from attending any Court of Record for the purpose of making his declaration
H. Headen Jr
State of North Carolina
Chatham County
I Thomas Ragland Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Isaac Headen Esquire whose signature appears to the preceding Certificate and declaration is an acting Magistrate of said County duly qualified and commissioned as such and that due faith and credit should be given to his official acts - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 30th March 1833
T. Ragland Clerk

John Melbane N.C.
Amount as Private 7 mo 23.33 Captain 5.100  $123.33
L.S. Guthrie St Lawrence Chatham Co. N.C.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Mebane
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field-officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1779-80 vol: about 3 - - { Pri: early Col. Dudley 76 years   " about 2 - - Pri: Genl. Butler Orange Co. N.C. Traditionary   " about 2 - - Pri: early Witnesses -   May { 1782 not less than 5 - - Capt. Col. L. Lewis   { says according to the best of his recollection served at least 7 mos as Pri: & 5 mos as Capt.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
 [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of do hereby certify ( h ) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal- of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. 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 services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
August 31, 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," James Meebane Exec r of the will of John Meebane dec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of one hundred three twenty Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1838 to the 13 th Sept., 1837, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Iss Sur file 9403 Rev. Mar.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Melane , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  only pensioner named "Melane" found in Rev. War records of this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Vol. Orange Co. N.C. 1779 or 1780 3 mos. Private Capt. Douglass. Lieut. James Melane Dudley N.C.   — 2 " " Capt. John Williams Gen. Butler   1781 2 " — Gen. Butler   Was captured Sept. 1781 at Hillsboro, confined in prison ship at Wilmington N.C. until exchanged. His influence of his brother Col. Robert Melane a continental officer who was killed before soldier was discharged. (Killed Oct. 1781)   May 1782 5 " Captain under Major Crofton Col. Joseph Lewis.   — — Also served under Capt. William Lefler and Col. John Hogan.  
Battles engaged in, none mentioned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, March 30, 1833 - allowed
Residence at date of application, Chatham Co., N.C.
Age at date of application, 76 years. died Sept. 13, 1837 Jas. Melane Exec or
Remarks: Sol. men Lt. James & Col. Robt. Melane - no papers filed by them. In 1832 David Melane testified to soldier's service as an officer in N.C. State troops before James Melane J.P. in Orange Co. N.C. no kinship mentioned. no reference to Mr. Melane.
Very respectfully,

1896
Jan. 31
Milky Way to Stephen A. White Mebane N.C.
1906 July 26 - History to E.W. Ross
1910 Aug 21. Hist to Mrs. Chas.
H. Baker (data from Catalogue Card) M.B.H.
Revan
9403 INVALID.
File No. 9403
John Mebane Capt Raw War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 254
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of North Carolina Orange County.
This day personally appeared before me James A. Craig one of the acting justices of the peace for the County of Orange in the state aforesaid - said James Turner Sen. a resident of the Hawfields in the County of Orange aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath state as follows: - That during the war of the Revolution he lived near to and was well acquainted with John Melbome Sen. of Chatham County in the state aforesaid. That S d Melbome was in the service of the United States as a Militiaman and that he took a prime and an active part in achieving the Independence of our Country - And that S d Melbome with his officers and others were made prisoners of war in Hillsboro' in the above County of Orange - on or about the 6 th day of September 1781, when that town was taken by the Tories under Col s Fanning and M c Neil, and that presently after being made prisoners they were all for a short time confined in the Hillsboro' Jail. Not safe keeping. Till the Tory party had plundered town and were ready to return, and this affiant well remembers, when the S d John Melbome Sen., was brought into the Jail he danced across the floor - and that upon the Tory party's leaving Hillsboro', all the prisoners they then and there made, were placed under guard and speedily marched to Wilmington in this state, where they were all confined on board of a British brig and after being there detained for a week or two, the S d John Melbome was paroled and returned to Orange, while this affiant and other prisoners were carried to Charleston in South Carolina and there detained till some time in the following year (1782).
Sworn to and subscribed on this the 22 nd October 1832.
Orat.
James A. Craig J.P.
James Turner

State of North Carolina
I John Taylor Clerk of Orange County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that from Oct. (Orange) up. before whom the annexed affidavits were made and at that time a duly qualified justice of the peace subscribed which I do hereby in my hand & seal of office 3 rd July 1833
J. Taylor Clerk

State of North Carolina
Orange County.
3
On this the 22 nd day of October A. D. 1832,
personally appeared (at his own residence) before me James A. Craig, one of the justices of the peace in and for the county of Orange aforesaid, Captain, Richard Christmas of the Newfields in the aforesaid county of Orange, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following State
That during the war of the revolution he does not know to a certainty but will be acquainted with John Melbane sen: (now a resident of the county of Chatham in the state aforesaid) That P er Melbane was attached to the militia, was a zealous and an active whig, and that when Hillsboro' was taken by the Tories under Col: Fanning, in September 1781, this affiant was then made prisoner, and well remembers, and well remembers that D r John Melbane sen: was one of the prisoners then and there made, and with the other prisoners was taken to Wilmington in this state; and after they were there kept some ten or fifteen days as prisoners of war, on board a British Brig, the P er Melbane as this affiant then stood was paroled through the influence of his brother Col: Robert Melbane, and returned home - This affiant in conclusion states he does not now recollect how long the P er John Melbane served in the militia, nor how long he was prisoner of war, and that to a memory somewhat impaired by age, he finds it difficult to recount as minutely as he could wish incidents that happened upwards of half a century ago.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and date above written.
Oral
James A. Craig Jp
His Richard Christmas mark
I do hereby certify, that Captain Richard Christmas whose name is subscribed to the above deposition, is not now and has been for some length of time unable to sign his own name from bodily infirmity.
3 rd January 1833.
James A. Craig Jp

North Carolina } This day came Capt. William Chatham County } Marsh. Sworn before me, Isaac Beaden one of the acting Justices of the peace, for the county aforesaid, and after being duly sworn depose: and saith as follows, that he came acquainted with Col. John M c Albane during the revolutionary war, and that the said Col. M c Albane was a Captain in the State Regiment, the deponent saith that he, now is in his seventy fourth year of age.
Sworn and subscribed to W m Marsh before me this 9 th day of February AD 1833
I. Beaden
I certify that that Capt. W m Marsh whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is a resident of Chatham County and that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. this 9 th day of February AD 1833
I. Beaden
Thomas Ragland Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Chatham in the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that Isaac Beaden whose signature appears to the foregoing was at the time of attesting the same an acting Magistrate in said county and that the same is his true and genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20 th day of May AD 1833
Test J. H. Ragland Clerk

X Orange County } This day Samuel Nelson of said North Carolina } county came before me James Nelson one of the Justices of the peace for said county and being first duly sworn I oath that he lived near John Nelson during the whole of the revolutionary war, that he knows he was an active & zealous whig, & that he was frequently engaged in the service of his country as a militia man that he particularly recollects that he served with the deponent one hour of duty in an expedition called in this country the Scotch Bonnet from Hillsboro or Low down the country a Way trouble under Capt. John Williams who commanded a company of men That in this expedition we took something like three hundred prisoners near John Smith's Ferry. This deponent also recollects that John Nelson was in service in the unit of Gen. Waller when he passed through this country under Capt. Thompson as this deponent believes. He also recollects that towards the last years of the war John Nelson was called Captain, but in what department he does not now remember Sworn to & subscribed this 2 nd of November 1832 before me
Sam l Nelson
James Nelson Jr
David Nelson being sworn declares that sometime towards the last of the revolutionary war there was a regiment of troops raised called the State Regiment & that he very well recollects that John Nelson was an officer in said regiment but of what grade he does not recollect. This regiment was mostly employed in search of & keeping under the Tories commanded by Col. Fanning & others in Randolph & other near boundary counties infested by them.
Sworn to & subscribed date as above
David Nelson
James Nelson Jr

Orange County } This day John Reaves a citizen of S d N. Carolina } County now in the eighty sixth  seventh year of his age came before me James McBean one of Justices of the Peace for said County at his place of residence, and being first duly sworn, declares that he believes the facts, set forth in the depositions of Richard Christ- mas, & James Purvis accompanying this to be true, for he was well acquainted with said Col. John McBean, & was frequently engaged in service with him, throughout the whole or greater part of the revolutionary war. that they both served together under Genl. Butler, Col. John Hogson & Col. William Lytle, especially one time from Hillsboro, to Fayetteville, another guarding prisoners twice to Halifax, at another time near Granville Old court house & that said McBean was generally in service throughout the war, for he & this affiant were generally together and attended to little if any other business, for when not in actual service he was always prepared to march on a short notice.
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1832
James McBean 2 nd
John Reaves

State of North Carolina
I John Taylor Clerk of Brannan County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that James McSane was before whom the annexed affidavits were made and at that time a duly qualified justice of the peace on oath whereof I do hereby set my hand & seal of office 3 rd July 1833.
J. Taylor Clerk

State of North Carolina,
SENATE CHAMBER,
Mebane North Carolina
Raleigh , Decem 21 st 1895—
Hon Leon Penson,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you please give information
on the following questions
Were any of the following named persons in the continental army during Revolution War, or in the N.C. Militia during the war.?
Alexander Mebane Sr Orange County N.C.
Alexander Mebane Jnr " " " continental or Militia
William Mebane " " " " " "
+ John Mebane " " " " " "
James Mebane " " " " " "
Robert Mebane " " " " " "
David Mebane " " " " " "
Did either of them receive a pension or bounty in land? If so, which one under law of 1818 or 1832
Did either one hold a commission under the Continental Congress or N.C. and if so which one?
By giving this information, You will confer

a very great favor on a descendent of said Mebane family.
Yours Respectfully Stephen A. White
The name may be spelled Maben or McEbane but correct name was Mebane

August 15 th 1910
Pension Bureau Washington D. C.
Please send me the Pension record of Military services of Captain James McBane of Guilford County North Carolina. He may have been from Orange County instead of Guilford County, possibly from Caswell County, North Carolina.

Send also the services of Col. John Mebane Col. Robert Mebane David Mebane
These men all served in the American Revolution.
Very Respectfully Millie Ingram Baker
Address
Mrs. Charles Harris Baker 629 South Broadway Los Angeles, California