Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32362, for Jacob Killion, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
6
Killion, Jacob
S 32362
Borin N.C. (after Rev lived for a time in Va)
CONTENTS

Jacob Killian Scott
for 1780 price 1 year $40 4 5 16 17
May Donahoe N.C.
Page 133
Rec 11/32 Feb 4/33
Robert Weeks Leesburg Indiana St. H. St. Louis

BRIEF in the case of  Jacob Killian  County of Scott  in the State of  Indiana  (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? 77  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, D. ys. As a Gen.     enlisted In 17 1 Private Major Donahoe Gen. Greene  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Craige City N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary 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? The declaration is not attached to the Clerk's seal as required. 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh
Examining Clerk.

Illinois 18859
Indiana
Jacob Hillion
of Scott Co in the State of Indiana who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain (***), of the Regiment commanded by Major Donohoe in the War of 1812 for 1 year
Inscribed in the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 40 Dollars 0 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of June 1833 and North Robert McClellan
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 80 00 Semest. allowance ending 1st Sept 70 00
$150 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Daniel P... Clerk Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 118
See letter 26 Dec 33 to Hon John Carr, duplicate certificate issued and sent to Hon John Carr
3 March 1834 see superintending
Order to pay 16th Sept 1837.
Letter to Hon H. Clay & Co
Circular 29 Jan 1835
let to Hon H. Clay, H. Carr, to Madison,
Ind. March 22 1838
To Illinois Fr. Madison Ind. From 4th Sept 1837. - 9 April 1838. - not specified sent to Hon H. Clay - Senator U. S.
Letter to Hon H. Clay 11 April 38.
Same person 21 June 1838

Jacob Skillion Application
Mr. Skillion
Adams
W. Hendrick

State of Indiana ) ss
Scott County ) On this tenth  fourth day of November in the year 1832 personally appeared before the judges of the Scott County Circuit Court held in and for said County (being a court of record) Jacob William Sen r a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged Seventy Seven years who first being 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. That he volunteered in the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated, That he volunteered in a Company commanded by Captain _____, under General Green & Major Donahoo, about the _____ and served One year, he resided in Orange County North Carolina when he entered the service as a volunteer, he was engaged in no battles. He was encamped at Hillsborough the County seat of Orange County, and was marched to a small village towards Little York (the name of the place not recollects) and remained there about a week, and was then marched back through Orange County, On to the high hills of Santee and Stationed there about One or two months, and was then marched

towards Charlestown to a place called the Eutaw Springs , he was then taken as one of a guard to guard about One hundred British Prisoners to Saulsbury North Carolina, which service he performed, and then he marched back and was taken sick and was sent to the hospital at Candin (sometimes called) Pointree , at which place he remained sick two or three months until his time had expired, he was then discharged by _____, he served in the
Regiment of North Carolina that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can now procure, who can testify to all his services— 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 Army of any State as this is his first application ever made for a pension—
Jacob his  Trillion  Seilion  Seu- mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
James Ward Clerk — 11 —

Elizah G. English & Fellow, Gray residing in the county of Scott and State of Indiana hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jacob Killian Sen. who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be as much as seventy 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 -
Moses Gray E G English
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
James Mace Black //
The Court propounded the following interrogatories, and the said Applicant made the answers thereto as follows.
Interrogatory 1. Where, and in what year were you born? -
Answer. I was born in Orange County North Carolina on the 16. of March 1755. from information -
Interrogatory 2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? -
Answer. I have no record of my age, but from my best information it is as above stated -
Interrogatory 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live? -
Answer. I was living in Orange County North Carolina when called into the service, I have lived since the revolutionary war, in Greenbrier County Virginia, and in Madison and Fleming Counties Kentucky, and I now live in Scott County Indiana.
Interrogatory 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a

Substitute, and if a Substitute for whom?—
Answer I volunteered my services and served my country for one year, I was neither drafted nor a Substitute.
Interrogatory 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 service.
Answer. I was acquainted with Col. Malmery who fought a duel with & was killed by Major Steele of Virginia at the high hills of Santee, I do not now recollect distinctly, of any particular Continental or Militia Regiments, nor can I give the Circumstances of my service more satisfactory than is stated in my declaration—
Interrogatory 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?—
Answer. I received a discharge from the service from an Officer, whom I was in the hospital, his name not recollecting, which I left long since in North Carolina, when I lived there.
Interrogatory 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?—
Answer I will refer to Isaac Trumble, John Estill, Elisha G. English Esq the present Representatives from this County in the State Legislature, Hugh Parton also an Applicant for a pension at this time, who was born in the same County that I was, Robert Morale a Revolutionary soldier, James Ward Clerk of this County, who can testify to my character for veracity, and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.

and the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories aforesaid, that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as in State, And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Colonel Morris Gray and Major Elisha G. English who have signed the foregoing Certificate are residents of Scott County Indiana, and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit—
James Ward, clerk of the the Scott County Circuit Court aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Killian Sen. for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Lexington this 6 day of November 1839.
James Ward Clerk
State of Indiana Scott County Set.
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County Jacob Killian who being only sworn deposes and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise particulars of his services and the names of all of the officers under which he served into the precise year he was out, but

according to the best of his recollection he states the following Circumstances as facts, that he served under Colonel Harmer as a private volunteer, as to the year when he entered the service he cannot state with precision but he well knows that he did volunteer for one year and at the time his time of service expired his Company was retained and the whole regiment under Genl Green being relieved by a regiment of men called eighteen months men who went into the service for eighteen months and before the regiment had again had served out their eighteen months term peace was made this he states as a circumstance to show about the time that he was in the service, from which he concludes, I believe as that his time of service expired about twelve or fourteen months, before peace was concluded - and for such service he claims a pension -
his Jacob Killion mark
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 20 th day of February 1833 - Richard Abbot J.P. (Seal)
The State of Indiana
Scott County ss I James Ward clerk of the County of Indiana do hereby certify that Richard Abbot Esq who has taken & satisfied the above affidavit of Jacob Killion is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Com

missioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his Official acts as such as well in Courts of Justice as otherwise and that his Official character Signature aforesaid is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said County at Lexington this 20 th day of Febru- ary 1833
James Ward Clerk

January 13, 1938
Jacob Killion S. 32362 BA-J/AWF C
Mrs. Henry Huffman 809 1/2 S. English Avenue Springfield, Illinois
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jacob Killion.
The record of Jacob Killion which follows was obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 32362, based upon his military service in the War of the Revolution. This is the record of the only Jacob Killion found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Jacob Killion was born March 16, 1755 in Orange County, North Carolina. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of said Orange County, Jacob Killion volunteered and served one year as a private under Major Donohoo, in Colonel Farmer's North Carolina Regiment, a part of the time he was a guard to British prisoners, from Eutaw Springs to Salisbury, North Carolina. No dates of service given.
After the Revolution, he lived in Greenbrier County, Virginia, and in Madison and Fleming Counties, Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 6, 1832, at which time he was living in Scott County, Indiana, and was then referred to as

Jacob Killion, Senior.
Jacob Killion's wife died February 18, 1828; name was not stated, and there are no further details in regard to her. On February 26, 1838, he stated in Sangamon County, Illinois, that he had moved to the State of Illinois to live with his two children; names of children were not given.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further reference to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-
Jacob Killion Certificate # 13859 Issued June 29, 1833 Rate $40.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Illinois Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

32362 Rev INVALID.
1937. May 4- list to memo. P.R. 1938. Jan. 13 " " Mrs. Henry Hoffman
File No. 32,362
Jacob William Rev Rev War
Act: June 1 st 1862
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 228
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Lexington Va. 9" Feb.
free
Hon. J. Currie #R
Hon John Carr. Miss. in Congress
Washington City
1900

The State of Indiana Scott County Set
This day personally came before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Robert Mark of lawful age who being first duly sworn says that he has not received from the War Department or Pension Office the certificate of pension for Jacob Killian of said County, and that the same has not come into his hands. And the said Jacob Killian the Applicant for a pension above referred to, being also duly sworn states that he has not ever received from the War Department or Pension Office a Certificate of pension and that if the same is granted him he has not received the same, nor has he heard the result of his application until the present time. And further said deponents saith not
signed { Robert Mark Jacob his mark Killian
The foregoing affidavit sworn to & subscribed by the said R. Mark & Jacob Killian by & before me at my Office in Lexington this 8th day of February 1834. Edward Sucke
J. P. E. G.

State of Indiana Set
I James Ward clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the County of Scott in the 3 rd Judicial Circuit of said State do certify that William Tucker Esq. who has this day taken and certified the foregoing affidavits of Robert Mock and Jacob Killian, is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his Official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court and County at Vevay this 8 th day of February 1834.
James Ward Clk

App n for new Certificate for Jacob Killian 1872
James M. Carr Jacob Killian 1872

Dear Sir
You have sent me the transfer of Jacob Kellison from the Pension Agency of Indiana to Illinois, without the letter, upon which I made the application. And, as I do not know any of the parties, and know not therefore where in Illinois to transmit your letter, I have to request that which I sent you.
Yrs' respectfully
H. Clay
9 th Apr

Office State Bank of Indiana Madison March 30 1838.
J. T. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pension
Sir
Your favor of 22 d Instant requesting to be informed, to what time Jacob Kittles a Pensioner now on the roll of this agency under the Act of 7 th June 1832 at Forty Dollars per Annum was last paid, is just received. —
In reply thereto I have to state that the last payment to Jacob Kittles by this agency was to 4 th Sept. 1837.
and am Very Respectfully
Det. & Laminat Pres. by Isaac C. Lea

In at June 27 Mr Swan.
Mr. Swan
Mr. Swan
Hon H. Clay Senate U.S.

Yrs I will thank you (if it has not been already done) to direct payment of the Prizes referred to in the enclosed to be made as requested in Illinois and to return the papers to
Yours etc. Servt
H. Clay
Not Tuesday morning

Oct 1860
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Simon App.
Washington

H. Clay presents his respects to Mr. Edwards, and requests compliance with the enclosed, and the return of the papers to him.
S. C. 29 th Jan 38.

Mr. Clay's respects to Mr. Edwards, with a request to attend to the enclosed, and send to H.C. the necessary evidence of the transfer
22 d Mar. 1838

May 4, 1937
Jacob Killion S. 32362 BA-J/ATT
The Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Jacob Killion, served with the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania militia, in the Revolutionary War, and died August 29, 1862 in Illinois.
The record of Jacob Killion which follows was obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 32362, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Jacob Killion found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Jacob Killion was born March 16, 1755 in Orange County, North Carolina. The names of his parents were not given.
Said Count While a resident of Lancaster  Said Count County, Jacob Killion volunteered and served one year as a private under Major Donohoo, in Colonel Farmer's North Carolina regiment, a part of the time he was a guard to British prisoners, from Eutaw Springs to Salisbury, North Carolina, dates of service not given.
After the Revolution, he lived in Greenbrier County, Virginia, and in Madison and Fleming Counties, Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application by Count

November 6, 1832, at which time he was living in Scott County, Indiana, and was referred to as Jacob Killion, Senior.
Jacob Killion's wife died February 18, 1832, there are no further details as to her. On February 26, 1838, he stated in Sangamon County, Illinois, that he had moved to Illinois to live with his two children; names of his children were not given.
The papers in this claim contain no further reference to family.
The application for headstone for Jacob Killion is returned herewith. There was no correspondence enclosed.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

January 1, 1938 Springfield Ill.
Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
only one I am seeking information pertaining to the Revolutionary Soldier Jacob Killian.
I would like to know from what state & town he enlisted and as much personal history as you have and information to where I may find more. Also I would like to know what Regiment he was in in the War if you have any war data pertaining to him
This is a large order and I

would appreciate all you can give to me--
Sincerely
Mrs. Henry Huffman
809 \frac{1}{2} S. English Ave
Springfield, Illinois

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Illinois County of San-gamon ss.
On this twenty sixth day of February 1838, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of San-gamon personally appeared Jacob Williams who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Demerahoe in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Demerahoe in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Indiana from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Illinois where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Indiana to the State of Illinois .
That on the 18 th day of Feby 1838 his wife died and his two children having removed to Illinois he thought proper to remove and live with them.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.
M c Brown. J.P.
Jacob Williams mark
¶ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
¶ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
¶ 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 be sent with the papers.
¶ Mode of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.

I James D Allen do hereby certify upon Oath that Jacob Killian is the Identical person named in the within affidavit and that he this day acknowledged his signature thereto affirmed given under my hand and seal this 26 th day of February 1838 James D Allen (Seal)
State of Illinois
Sangamon County 3 d I Wm B Brown an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Sangamon County do Certify that James D Allen is personally known to me and is a Man whose veracity may be relied on and that Jacob Killian stated upon Oath that the name of the Captain had been forgotten by him given under my hand and Seal this 26 th day of February 1838 Wm B Brown, JP (Seal)
State of Illinois
Sangamon County 3 d
I Charles R Matheny Clerk of the County Commission Court in and for said County do hereby certify that Wm B Brown whose name appears to the

for given certificate was on the day of the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County regularly commis- ioned and qualified and as such full faith and credit are and of right ought to be given to all his official acts
Given under my hand and seal this 8 th day of March. 1838
C. R. Matheny Clerk