Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13692, for John Lackland, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Lackland John
S13692
boarded
CONTENTS

4044
Kentucky,
John Ackland of Scott Co in the State of Kentucky, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Gray of the Reg t commanded by Col [blank] in the Virginia mil- itia for six months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Jan- uary 1833 and sent to R. M. Johnson, Sec. of War.
Arrears to 14th of September 1832 $ 30. - Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 1833 10
$ 40. -
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H. H. Wilson Clerk Book D. Vol. 9 Page 47

Rechar
13692 INVALID.
File No. 13.692
John Lackland Phil. Rich. war
Act: June 7 th 1832.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Declaration.
In order to affirm the principles of the act of Congress passed June 19, 1852.
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State of Pennsylvania
vs. the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1839 - The defendant personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace of said State & being first lawfully sworn, deposes & says that he is the person described in the complaint & that the facts stated in the complaint are true to the best of his knowledge, information & belief. Subscribed & sworn to before me this 10th day of May 1839. The undersigned a Justice of the peace of the act of Congress passed June 19, 1852. That he was born in the year 1806 on the 9th day of Oct. & the name of his age is in his Bill now in his hands. That he was living in Rockbridge County in Virginia, where he was able to do service by a draft for three years then that he served successfully as a Minister of the Militia, he cannot state the day or year he entered the service it was in the Spring of the year he was first marched to Pittsburgh & then to Wheeling & there remained the three months, when he was discharged back to Pittsburgh where he was discharged. That while he was at Wheeling the Indians still remaining attacked the fort about spring the building, killed fifty or 60 persons as well as the stock & all the cattle they could come at. That several years after that about three months before the defeat of the Indians by General Wallace he was

again drafted for three months He still living in Rockbridge County & served under Capt. David Gray of the Militia & was marched to the siege of Yorktown where he served until the expiration of his term, a few days before the sur- render of Cornwallis, when he was discharged & returned home - I believe he received a pension during that he had received $100.00 in pensions from 15 to 16 years ago in Biloxi, Miss. He was not known as a soldier in Mississippi as white he is at present at the siege of Yorktown and remains there until he is sure that Genl. Cornwallis has been defeated & that he has no more to do with the war as a soldier and is now as a civilian, that he knows of, when he can be discharged, who has to be discharged. That he is known to the following persons in his neighborhood who can give information as to his character for service & his military experience - Capt. John L. Lewis, Capt. John L. Lewis as also to Maj. General Nathan G. of the present - Genl. David G. J. T. Johnson, Genl. John L. Lewis Got up the Sumner & Shelby which he any & ... always ... John Lack Carr

State of Kentucky Scott county. St. Louis
The foregoing declaration was subscribed and sworn to by John Lockland on the date therein named, before me a Justice of the peace for the 8 th County and state and that the applicant is unable to attend court by reason of bodily infirmity given under my hand this 22 nd day of Sept r 1832
James Patterson J.P.
We the undersigned, referred to in the foregoing declaration of John Lockland as his acquaintances and neighbours, unhesitatingly testify, that we have known the said John Lockland for many years, that his character as an honourable and correct man stands deservedly high That he is a man of strict veracity, whose statements (on oath or otherwise) are entitled to the most unqualified belief and that we fully believe in his statement of having served in the war of the revolution as set forth in said declaration given under our hands this _____ day of _____
James Patterson J.P.
We L. T. Johnson, a regularly appointed public Teacher of Christianity, residing in Georgetown, Scott County Ky & R. M. Johnson residing in same County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr. Lockland, who was subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - That we believe him to be 76 years of age as stated - That he is expected & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution; & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed this 15 th Oct 1832.
L. T. Johnson R. M. Johnson
And the 1 st James Patterson a Justice of the peace for the County of Scott aforesaid, do hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the

John Lockland
was 15 th Dec r 1832, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And he further certifies, that it appears to him that R. J. Johnson who has signed the preceding certificate is a public Teacher of Christianity as stated resident in Georgetown Ky & that R. M. Johnson who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Scott, & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit. Witness my hand & seal this 15 th Dec r 1832. James Patterson J.P.
State of Kentucky
Scott County, ss. I
I, Ben B Ford clerk of the
Court for the County aforesaid do certify that James Patterson esq before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were made was at the time of administering the said Oaths and now is an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly app d Commissioned and Qualified and Authorized to administer Oaths and full faith and credit is due and of right ought to be given to all his Official acts as well within as without this Commonwealth
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name, and caused the Seal of the said County to be hereunto at my Office in Georgetown the 17 th day of October 1832 and 48 th Year of the Commonwealth
Attest Ben B Ford clerk