Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1208-300, for John Kingsbury, North Carolina

SERVICE
N.6.
★ Kingsbury, John
NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 1208-300
CONTENTS

Warrant N o 1208 issued to the Legal Representatives of Capt. John Kingsbury of the North Carolina Line for
300 - acres of land -
February 14 th 1827
and delivered to Gab. Holmes

No. 1208
Representations of John Kingsbury Capt.
No. Car.
Duplicate in lieu of No. 1208 lost, by Spl. Act of Cong. of 17 April 1828.
It follows No. 1322 in the Warrant book but is numbered ac- cording to the Act of Cong.

General Land Office 23 d May 1828.
Sir
I have the Honor to enclose herewith three Virginia Military Land Warrants No. 3833. 5043. & 5048. For your Certificate agreeably to the Act of 20 May 1824.
with great Respect
Sir
I am Sir
G.W. Graham
Hon: Jas. Barbour Secy of War

State of South Carolina, No 1208  Wm G Holmes Newhanover County, Reunited for
Personally appeared before us, A. M. Hooper Wm Walker and William Harris, three of the justices of the Peace in & for the County of Newhanover, in the state of North Carolina, Thomas Callender Esquire aged seventy two years, & after being duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, to declare the truth, the whole truth, & nothing but the truth, touching the matter now before us, deposeth & saith, (viz), That John Kingsbury dec d was a captain of the North Carolina corps of Artillery, during the revolutionary war, that said Kingsbury served in that capacity, during the war, & on or about the close of the war, was breveted Major, & this deponent further saith, that Elizabeth Kingsbury now Elizabeth Dunbabin, wife of Francis B. Dunbabin, & Ann Kingsbury, afterwards, Ann Freeland, were daughters of Gabriel Kingsbury dec d who was the brother & legal representative of said capt e John Kingsbury, & that Courtland Freeland is the son & representative of Ann Freeland, & furthermore this deponent saith not, sworn & subscribed to Thos Callender Capt m in before us this the 31 st Jany 1827. A. M. Hooper J.P.  the Rev. John in the Revolutionary War
Wm Walker J.P.
William Harris J.P.
I Thomas F Davis, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, of Newhanover County, in the state of North Carolina do certify that A. M. Hooper, Wm Walker & William Harris — before whom the above deposition of the said Thomas Callender was taken, acknowledged, & subscribed to are three acting jus- =tices of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said court, this 1 st day of February A.D. 1827
Thos F Davis clk

We Junius C. Dunbabin & Courtland Freeland, heirs at law of bapt John Kingsbury do upon our oaths testify to the best of our knowledge & belief, that John Kingsbury was attached to the North Carolina Brigade, under the command of General Ashe & Hogan, & that he continued in the service aforesaid until the end of the war, & we further declare that we have never recd a warrant for the bounty land, promised to the said John Kingsbury, on the part of the United States, for his revolutionary services, nor do we believe he ever recd it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatever.
Therefore know all men by these pres- =ents, that we Junius C. Dunbabin & Courtland Freeland the legal representatives, of the said John Kingsbury do do hereby constitute & appoint the Honorable Gabriel Holmes Esquire to be our true & legal Attorney for us in our names instead to demand & receive from the Secretary of war, of the United States a warrant or warrants for the quantity of land due to us as aforesaid, your said Attorney is hereby authorized & fully empowered to constitute and appoint one or more Attorneys under him for the special purposes above-expressed - Given under our hands & seals this the 31 st day January 1827
Witness Dun. Holmes
Junius C. Dunbabin Seal
Courtland Freeland Seal
Personally appeared before us A. M. Hooper, John Walker & William Harris justices of the Peace as aforesaid, the above-named Junius C. Dunbabin & Courtland Freeland sub- =scribers to the foregoing declaration, & in our presence acknowledged the power of Attorney hereunto subjoined, to be their free act & deed for the purposes therein mentioned. A. M. Hooper J.P. J. Walker J.P. W. Harris J.P.

In testimony that the above-written Power of Attorney was acknowledged before the justices of the Peace as aforesaid, and that their names as there subscribed are their usual signatures, I have hereunto affixed the County seal & subscribed my name & quality at Wilmington in the county of Newhanover & state of North Carolina this the 31 st day January 1827
W m A. Davis Clk