Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6133, for James Lane, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
U.S.
Leane, James Rachel
R. 6133
CONTENTS

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
James Lane was born October the 14 th 1753 Rachel Lane was born March the 8 th 1763 Joseph A Lane was born September the 15 th 1782 Mark A Lane was born February the 12 th 1791 James Lane was born August the 22 nd 1792 Micajah A Lane was born December the 24 th 1793 William T Lane was born October the 12 th 1795 Sarah A Lane was born October the 29 th 1797 Lucinda A Lane was born in
DEATHS.
James Lane departed this life Dec r the 10 th 1798 Joseph A Lane departed this life Dec r the 13 th 1808 James Lane departed this life Dec r 20 th 1808 Margaret A Wallaway departed this life 21 st August 1825 aged 29 yrs Rachel Lane Departed this life August 12 1838

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
James Lane was Married to his wife Rachel Lane the 2 d January 1784
Georgia ? Personally appeared before me Wilkes (County) a Justice of Superior Court in & for said County Macon Co. Ga. I am who being duly sworn, depose to & saith that the within is the Family Record of James Lane & his wife Rachel Lane, that it is Genuine & has been in his possession since the death of his Father & Mother & is in the line of descent of William & Lane
Sworn to & subscribed before me this the 4 th day of September 1855 Lewis S. Brown M.B.

Filed by Miller & Brandelug
Application for Probation under the Act of 1925, by the National Probation and Parole Board

State of Georgia — On this 22 d day of June Wilkes County. 1855. personally appeared before me a Justice of the Inferior Court in & for said County Micajah A. Lane, a resident of the county & State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that his father James Lane enlisted in Hanover County, in the State of Virginia, under Captain Abbot and served about five years in the Continental line in the Revolutionary War. He was in the army at Yorktown and present when Cornwallis surrendered. He died on the 10 th day of December 1798. He was married to Rachael Anthony on the 2 d day of January 1789. and his widow the said Rachael died on the 12 th day of August 1838. That there are no other children or heirs of the said Micajah and Rachael now living but deponent and his brother Mark. A. Lane of Cobb County, in said state. That deponent makes this applica- tion for the purpose of obtaining the Pension money due due to his said Mother Rachael Lane, in her life time under the act of the 7 th day of July 1838 He further states that this application is made in behalf of himself and his

said brother Mark A. Lane. He further states that his said Mother Rachael Lane remained a widow from the death of his father until she died and that she did not obtain a Pension, nor make application therefor, so far as he knows or believes, and that he has been informed of & believes that the foregoing facts are true
Sworn to & Subscribed before me
This 22 d day of June 1855
Lewis S. Brown J.P.C.
Thompson A. Lane
State of Georgia - I. Royland Beasley Wilkes County Clerk of the Inferior Court in & for said County do hereby certify that Lewis S. Brown before who the above declaration was made was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Inferior Court in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit and that his signa- ture to the above is genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal This 22 d day of June 1855.
Royland Beasley Clk. P.C.

James Lane enlisted in Hanover Co V a under Cap Abbott & served 5 years in the Continental Line, was at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered, Died 10 Dec 1798 — Was married to Rachel Anthony — Rachel Lane — 2 d Jany 1789
Rachel Lane died 12 August 1838 Micajah A Lane and Mark A Lane only surviving children.
Family Record shows children born before 1794 —
Thomas Anderson Wheeler, Botler swear that the above names are the only children of the S c James & Rachel Lane,
Certificate from the Auditor of V a shows that James Lane was paid £131. 0. 11 before acting as a Sergeant ,

Additional Evidence in application of James Lane's heirs
for Ancestry Pension filed 27 May

Georgia } Wilkes County }
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Thomas Anderson & Elizabeth Heard both of said State & County who being duly sworn according to law depose & say that they were well acquainted with James Lane who was a soldier in the revolutionary war in the Virginia line. That they knew him for many years having lived a neighbor to him. That they know him to be the iden- tical James Lane that served as a soldier in said war of the Revolution & that they both were well acquainted with Rachael Lane (whose maiden name was Rachael Anthony) that she was the wife of the identical James Lane who served as a soldier in the Virginia line in the war of the revolution. That they knew them to live together as man as wife until the death of James Lane.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this the 20 th day of May 1856
John A Heard J.P. } Elizabeth Heard } Thomas Anderson

State of Georgia County of Wilkes } I Royland Brasley, Clerk of the Inferior Court Wilkes and for said County & State do Certify that John D Howard Esq. before whom the Within declaration & affidavit was sworn to and subscribed was at the time thereof and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Wilkes and State of Georgia and duly authorized by law to take acknowledgements and to administer Oaths for general purposes. And that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine. —
Given under my hand and seal of Office this 21 st day of May 1856. —
Royland Brasley Clerk H.C.

Additional Evidence in Case Rev Pease Hon. James Lane etc.
Idaho, 9 Dec 1856 G. J. Miller
Washington City

Executive Department Milledgeville Georgia October 31st. 1855.
I Wm Briscoe Secretary of the Executive Department of the State of Georgia, do hereby Certify that the name of James Lane appears upon the Record of Soldiers in the Continental line of Georgia in the Revolutionary War which Record was compiled under a Resolution of the Legislature from Ancient and authentic documents consisting of letters discharges, reports &c. And I further Certify that the original discharge of said James Lane, referred to by Number in said Record is now of file in this Department of which the following is a Copy.
"I do Certify that James Lane, a Soldier, belonging to the third Georgia Battallion was enlisted for the term of three Years, which time he served as a good and faithful Soldier, except three months furlough he had given by the Commanding Officer for the recovery of his health. Given under my hand in Savannah this 15th day of February 1783."
Wm. Pearre
St. & Adjt Genl 3 rd Regt. B."
Given under my hand and Seal of the Executive Department at the Capitol in Milledgeville the day and year aforesaid
Wm Briscoe
Secy Ex. Dept.

0133 REJECTED
P. O.
Rachel Lane
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contr
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of Georgia } County of Wilkes }
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Inferior Court in & for said State & County, Thomas Anderson and Charles L Bolton both of said State & County, who being duly sworn according to law depose & say that they are well acquainted with Allicason A Lane & Mark Lane who are the children of James Lane & his wife Rachel & that they are the only surviving children of the said James & Rachel Lane.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 11 th day of September 1855
Lucas S Brown J.P.
Thomas Anderson Charles L Bolton

Georgia } Wilkes County }
I Rozland Beasley clerk of the county Court of said State & County do certify that the aforesaid Thomas Anderson and Charles L Bolton are residents of said State & County that they are credible witnesses. I further certify that Lewis S Brown before whom the foregoing affidavits were made was at the time of the same a Justice of the Inferior Court of said State & County duly commissioned & qualified as such to administer oaths, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit. And that his sig- nature to the above is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal. This the 4 th of September 1855
Woyland Beasley Clk H

Executive Department Richmond Sept 10 th 1886
Dear Sir,
Your letter of the 8 th Sept r has been received. I have examined carefully for the evidence of the service of James Lane. I have not been able to find it in this department. I find by application at the office of the Register of the Land Office that James Lane did receive a warrant for 400 acres of land as a Sergeant. His name appears on the Army Register as you state in the Continental Line. It seems that he belonged to a Company of which Capt n Biggs was the Commandant & that the allowance was made to him of land on the 23 d June 1783 as Quarter Master Sergeant. If you desire a formal certificate of these facts the fee of office will be $1.50.
Very respectfully, &c.
George W. Munford Secy of the Com te
James J. Miller Esq. Washington D.C.

Washington Dec 9. 1856
May dear Sir ?
I have had for nearly 18 mo an application for Pension before your Office, from the Heirs of James Lane, late of the State of Georgia. I have filed from time to time, evidence in support of the Claim, and satisfied the Board of the several terms that appear to be some thing wanting in the view of the Board, as to the identity of party claiming, the evidence already submitted seems to my mind sufficient beyond doubt to connect the said James Lane with the labeled person claiming. Sufficient to establish it before any jury in any Country, and I believe to your mind it will be deemed sufficient, and as a Special Application favor I most respectfully ask that you will take a few moments to examine the case. Have everything filed, before

it will result in the admission of the claim I ask it as a special favor
Yours sincerely James M. Miller

City of Washington May 27 1838
Sir
I enclose herewith a Certificate of Elizabeth Davis and Maria Anderson as to the identity of Isaac Davis whose children are applying for an issue of Pension. I desire thank you to file the same with their application. We hope in few days to furnish you with the names of the Co's under whose Capt at Fort Stevens, as this may lead to the discovery of Isaac Davis's name on his roll, and of so, as we mentioned in a previous communication. The question as to identity we hope will be settled We hope this can once commence Yrs Early attention
Very Resp Isaac Davis
Law firm Miller & Beardsley

Papers in app n of heirs of James Lane from Georgia for Rev Pension,

Additional evidence to be filed in App Henry, Anna, June Deed of George for Pension

Washington Aug d 9. 1836.
Sir
I enclose herewith a Certificate made by Thomas Anderson and Elizabeth Stewart as to the identity of James Davis whose heirs are applying for an issue of Pensions. The parental relationship of said Anderson is certified by William Stewart and I hope this additional evidence in the case will be deemed by you satisfactory.
Truly Yours James Davis
Mr. W m Stewart

City of Washington Dec 9/56 Dear Sir
I enclose herewith additional evidence in Reg. aff. of Rains I am sure need. Should these documents be not deemed sufficient please return them to me
Yrs in haste Isaac Isackson
Geo C. Whiting Esq Cor Pension

City of Washington April 22 1836
Rev Dr. L. L. L.
Sir
I enclose herewith a certificate from the Auditor of Virginia, showing that $131. 2. 11. was due to Samuel Jones as a servant of Infancy, which amount clearly appears more than two years service, the said amount filed in the papers accompanying the application of the Heirs of Jones. Same now on file from Georgia, under act of July 1835. I respectfully ask that a Certificate of Pension be issued at the rate of $120 per Annum from 4 th March 1836 to 12 th Aug t 1838., when I herewith I enclose also herewith a Power of Atty. Yours very Resp y , Milled & Beardsley
addup
Samuel Jones

Washington City May 2. 1836
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 29 th ult o , in which you state that Isaac Isaac understood that two of your friends in Vir g a contradicted him, during some of the proceedings, but that there is no evidence before the Office tending to show that he was the husband of Rachel Isaac whom the children are asking leave of permission for alleged services as servants for five years, I most respectfully ask whether a name of Isaac Isaac cannot be found in the rolls of Cape Abbot of Vir g a kind, and if so, the question of identity must be settled, as his name is thus declared Isaac particularly to disprove of the fact Isaac Isaac is said concerning.
I am very close,
How I must be obedient Your Father, Isaac I. Miller

No 6155
Rachel Lane dec. Widow of James, Georgia.
Miller & Brandenburg Sept.
28 1855 - Jas. S. Miller
April 29 1856 - Same
May 16 1856 - Same June
28 1856 - Same Sep 4
1856 - Same Jan 15
1857 July 7. '38

Georgia } The undersigned citizens Wilkes County } of said State & County having heard that the heir of James Lane an old Soldier of the Revolution has applied for Pension money due him in right of his being the legal heir of said James Lane & learning there is some difficulty of making the required proof of his service in the Revolu- tionary war, take pleasure in certifying, that they were well acquainted with said James Lane having lived neighbors to him during his life after the close of said war. They have often heard him speak of his having served as a Soldier in said war & of his privations & sufferings. They have also heard him speak of his being on some of the battles of said war but it has been so long ago that they could not now undertake to specify which they were. They believe he did serve as above mentioned, as he was a man of the strictest truth & integrity and he could not have known what he related of the war unless he had so served. He was believed by all of the community in which he lived to have been a Soldier of the Revolution. All of his then Neighbors are now dead except the Affiants, Thomas Anderson who was Eighty four years old last February and Elizabeth Heard who is now past Seventy two years of age. We know the Applicant for Pension, Micajah Lane to be the son of said James Lane, who is the iden- tical James Lane that they believed served as a Soldier in the war of the Revolution. Sworn to & subscribed before me } Thomas Anderson this the 2 nd day of August 1856 } Elizabeth Heard Debon G. Rains P. P. }

State of Georgia
County of Wilkes } I Royland Beasley Clerk of the Inferior Court within and for said County do Certify that John G Rives Esq. before whom the within affidavit was subscribed and and sworn to was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by Law to take acknowledgements and to administer Oaths for general purposes, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine. —
Given under my hand and seal of office this 9 th day of August 1856.
Royland Beasley Clerk J.M.

I am well acquainted with the within Mr. Anderson as I have known him from childhood, he was for a great many a member of my family and side of our family. Great, he is a man of good will and high character. He is unrelated to pure blood, he is between 80 to 90 years of age, but in the full vigour of his men- tal & physical faculties.
May 10 th 1856
(A. J. Smith)

Additional Evidence
in Case James
Varner: sum.
Application filed
under act 1838
by
William Dunlap
1838

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line as settled their Accounts and received Certificates for the balance of their full pay, according to An Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, directing the Auditors of Public Accounts to settle and adjust the pay and accounts of the said Officers and Soldiers from the 1st January 1777 to 31st December 1781, (See Hening's Statutes at Large, Vol. 10, p. 462,) that a settlement was made on the 22 nd day of March in the name of Warren Lane as Sergt Inf _____ and evidence of the indebtedness of the State to him for £13/10/11 _____ delivered to Col. John Gibson but as the original settlements or copies thereof are not to be found in this Office, the term of service embraced therein cannot be stated
Given under my hand, at the the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this
16 th day of February 1856.
{ NO SEAL OF OFFICE. }
J. W. Chatterton N. P. A.

Know all men by these presents, That I Nicajan Lane of _____ County of Wilkes and State of Georgia do nominate, constitute, and appoint, and by these presents have nominated, constituted, and appointed JAMES J. MILLER and L. G. BRANDBURY of the City of Washington, District of Columbia, or either of them, my true and lawful attorneys, for me, and in my name place and stead to appear at any of the Departments of the Govern- ment of the United States and examine the necessary papers and records of the same in regard to any claim I may have or be entitled to, and to ask for, and receive from said Gov- ernment, such debt due to me, pension money, or bounty land warrants to which I may be entitled, and in my name to receive and receipt for the same, and generally to do and per- form everything necessary to be done, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as I myself could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all my said attorneys or either of them may lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all other powers of attorney granted by me.
Witness my hand and seal this 16 th day of May A. D. 1855
Nicajan A. Lane 
One of the heirs of Nicajan Lane
STATE OF _____ COUNTY OF _____
Georgia Wilkes
} ss.
Judge in Court
Personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said county, the above named Nicajan Lane  who is well known to me, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16 th day of
May
A. D. 1855
Lewis S. Brown 

Original Micajah A. Lane
Amend. relation to claim for Land bounty.
Sep 20. 1855
Room 98
(Reference Application for Revolutionary Pension, for leaf from Family Bible, con- taining records of marriage & death.
The name of James Lane is not returned on the records of the V th line, among those entitled to, or who have recd. bounty land from the U.S.
Miller & Brandebury Present.

PENSION OFFICE,
August 10, 1850.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an act of Congress of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided that the Officers and Soldiers of the Army upon the continental establishment, who engaged for, and continued to serve, during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities.
STATE OF Georgia COUNTY OF Wilkes } S.S.
I, Micajah A. Lane one of the heirs at law of James Lane deceased , do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that James Lane did enter the service in 1778, for the term of five years and served as a Private in the Regiment No. _____ under the command of Colonel _____, of the Continental line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the expiration of the war
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to James Lane on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
know all men by these presents, That I, Micajah A. Lane aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint J. J. Miller and S. B. Baumbury to be my true and lawful attorneys for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Commissioner of Pensions, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest, Geo. B. Beers ,
Micajah A. Lane
Personally appeared the above named Micajah A. Lane subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest,
Lewis S. Brown  J. H. G. Superior Court Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the above written Lewis S. Brown was a Justice of the Superior Court authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Georgia at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Washington his Twenty Second day of June 18 55
Royland Brasley Clerk, &c.