Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,163, for John Pettyjohn, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Pettyjohn, John
R 8,163
CONTENTS

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

John Pettypiece Missouri
Rejected
See letter 18 Feb 1837 S. P. Campbell Clk.
did not serve six months.
8163

Springfield Mo Dec 27 Nov 21 st
Yrs
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W. L. Colwell Esq Camp of Pennans Washington City D. C.

33.982 John Pottjohn Missouri.

State of Maryland } County of Prince George } On this 8 th day of December 1836 personally appeared in open court
Before the Honorable County Court of the County of Prince George and State aforesaid now sitting John Pettijohn a resident of this vicinity county & state aforesaid aged seventy two years on the fifth day of last January who being first 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 the 7 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated - That he entered the service as a Soldier in the Militia for the term of Twenty Days under Colonel Guy Hamilton in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighteen one in the month of September as near as he recollects (the day he can not recollect) and that he left the service the same month. That he was in no engagement - That he lived near Harrisburg in the county of Rockingham and State of Virginia when he entered the service - That he was a Drafted Soldier - That he marched from near Harrisburg in the State of Virginia & Rockingham county thence to Richmond Virginia thence to Little York where he joined General George Washington's Army under the command of Col Guy Hamilton of Rockingham county Virginia. That he was in company with a Regiment from Rockingham Virginia commanded by Col. Guy Hamilton. That he recollects the names of the following regular officers viz: General George Washington & General Anthony Wayne. That in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Two he again entered the service as a Soldier in the Militia for the term of Two months under Sergeant Miller of Rockingham county Virginia who commanded a company of Twenty or Twenty five men that he entered the service in the month of June the day he does not recollect - That he left the service sometime in August the same year. That he was in no engagement, That he lived near Harrisburg in the county of Rockingham & State of Virginia when he entered the service the last time - That he was a Drafted Soldier That he & his company marched from Rockingham county & state aforesaid under the command of aforesaid through Pendleton county & crossed the South Branch of the Potomac, thence to the head of Cheat River, thence down said River, thence to Shickinorus fort of the Tiger Valley fork of Monongahela to Harry's Fort - That he & his company were stationed at the last mentioned place nearly or quite Two months - That Sergeant Samuel Miller was the only officer who commanded their company & that they joined no other company - That they were sent there to guard Fort Harry's that the people in that section of the country might make their crops, which fort they guarded until the crops were laid by and for some time afterwards He further states that he has no Documentary Evidence of the above facts and that he knows of no living or dead whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services - he hereby Relinquishes Every claim 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 in the Union - He further states that he never had any written discharge
In presence and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - in open court Charles H. Greene Clerk, presiding I B C John Pettijohn his mark

Question 1 st Where was in what year been your Birth Answer "Born in the State of Delaware Supposed County on the 5 th of January 1964"
 2 Have you any records of your age and of the so when and they  3 I have no records of my age Being an illiterate man I have previous man  4 When were you during when you entered the Service Where have you lived since  5 The Revolutionary War & when did you leave him  6 Lived in Virginia Rockingham County He then moved to Washington County in the State of Virginia Then moved to Gallia County State of Ohio Then to Richland County in the State of Ohio Then to Independence County Arkansas Territory Then to Bangaman County State of Illinois Where he now lives in Green County in the State of Illinois 
 7 Have you been called in to Service when you drafted, Did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if so a substitute for whom  8 I was drafted but I was not substituted for whom  9 State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the Troops when you served such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service 
Gen. George Washington Anthony Wayne Regular officers Col. Guy M'Kean, Sergeant Samuel Miller, during the time he was not recollect distinctly any of the Continental & Militia Regiments I was only ordered out for the special purpose of protecting the fort & frontier in Virginia under the command of Col. M'Kean the 1 st Lancers, Sergeant Miller the 2 nd Lancers as set forth in the preceding Declaration
 6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service & if so by whom was it given and what was the cause of it  7 I did not In consequence of my being taken sick an our Return from Fort M'Kean to Rockingham County when the Company was disbanded before my arrival at that place 
 8 State the names of persons to whom you are knowing in your present neighborhood & who can testify to your character for morality & their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution  9 Thomas Corbett, Esquire, Joseph Price, William Price & Robert Patterson sworn to and subscribed before me the 8 th day of November 1836 (in open Court) 
Chas. G. Young, P.C.C. - mark Polly Johnson
Thomas Corbett Esquire resident in the County of State aforesaid, and Joseph Price and William Price and Robert Patterson

State the names of persons to whom you are knowing in your present neighborhood & who can testify to your character for morality & their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution. Thomas Bassett (Blyman), Joseph Price William Friend & Robert Patterson sworn to and subscribed before the 8th day of November 1836 (in open court) Chas G. Gancey, P. C. C. mark James Pettijohn
We Thomas Bassett Blyman resident in the county & state aforesaid, and Joseph Price and William Friend and Robert Patterson of the same county certify that we are well acquainted with John Pettijohn who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age as in the said declaration specified, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Thomas Bassett Blyman Joseph Price William Friend Robert Patterson
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court Chas G. Gancey, P. C. C.
And the 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 certify that it appears to them that Thomas Bassett who has signed the preceding certificate is a Blyman resident in the county of Green and State of Indiana and that Joseph Price, William Friend and Robert Patterson who have also signed the same are residents in the county & state aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit This day and date aforesaid.
Chas G. Gancey P. C. C. James Pettijohn
State of Indiana } John P. Campbell Clerk of the county court for Green County } the county of Green do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Pettijohn for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and the said court this the 8th day of December in the year of our Lord, 1836
John P. Campbell clerk of the green county court