Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,614, for Yelvaton Nevill, North Carolina

SERVICE
Nb
Nevis, Yelverton
NUMBER
S. 4614 B.L.Wt. 26344-160-55.
CONTENTS

her letter 8 Sep 34 to Jas. T. Quarles, Gainesboro do 31 Dec 34. Dup: Cert. if Feb 19. 1835. and sent to James T. Quarles Gainesboro Tenn.
Original certificate referred to this office as a dead letter & was within May 23 1835
26. 897
in the State of in the Company commanded of the commanded in the
entered on the Roll of at the rate of Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of July and sent to
Arrears to the 4th of Pension allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Clerk, Book Vol. Page

No. 099 cluett 3/03 Apr 25/03
Yelverton Maria North Port
Rev. W. S. S.
Residence
Conn June 32-26804
W: 1600 A.G. May 21/86 B.H. H. H.
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H. Denton, Painesville Conn
C. H. Denton, Dec. 1 st /55
1856, June 12. Mrs. returns & remitted to Agent Yarnall'sboro. etc.
Vol & page 30,
No. 06. 344 of Mary

State of Tennessee } ss. County of Jackson }
On this twelfth day of February 1833 personally appeared in open court before John McCarver John Graham and Vandy Whitaker Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Jackson aforesaid now sitting, being a court of record, Yelwaton Neville a resident of the County of Jackson and State of Tennessee aforesaid aged sixty nine years, 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States in that part of the county of Roann State of North Carolina now Rutherford county in November 1780 the day not recollected as a volunteer for two years under Captain Earl, & Lieutenant John Cummings ensign not recollected - to scout the country from the line of South Carolina to Mumpford's cove near the head of Catawba river, and guard the frontiers of North Carolina against the Indians and Tories. He remained in the service until January 1782 when he was verbally discharged by said Captain Earl. He was not attached to any Regiment. During his term of service aforesaid, the Cherokees took Stuart Goin's fort and Mills's Station, but Applicant & the company in which he served was not present at the time of their being destroyed but was at both the fort & station soon afterwards. He served during said term thirteen months.
Applicant again entered the service of the United States in said county of Roann North Carolina in that part now called Rutherford county in January 1782 the day of the month not recollected as a substitute for John Fisher who was drafted for three months under Captain Neville Lieutenant Cummings ensign not recollected. He marched under said officers to John Cummings station near Tryon not was engaged in scouting from the South Carolina line to Mumpford's cove but nearer the mountains than during his former service, until sometime about the first of April

2 1782, he was verbally discharged by said Captain Neville. He served out his full term of three months. He was not attached to any regiment.
Applicant again entered the service of the United States in Rutherford county State of North Carolina where he then resided in August 1783 the day of the month not recollected, being drafted for three months, under Captain John Lewis Lieutenant Robert Lewis, he has forgotten the name of the Ensign & Colonel James Miller and Major James Gray. He marched under command of said officers to John Youngs on White oak creek, then to a Branch of Pigeon river where he joined the troops commanded by General Charles McDowell whose command consisted of Col Millers regiment from Rutherford county to which applicant belonged, Colonel Joseph McDowells regiment from Burke county and a regiment from Mecklenburg county the name of its Colonel is not recollected. Applicant marched under said officers to the Cherokee nation where the troops cut and destroyed the corn burned the houses killed one Indian and took some women & children prisoners then returned towards home and at said Branch of Pigeon river now in Buncombe county North Carolina applicant and the rest of the Regiment to which he belonged was dismissed by S d Capt Lewis sometime in October 1783 with directions to meet at Rutherford court house at October Court to receive discharges. He attended at the court house but no discharge was given. He served during this last term against the Cherokees two months. Whilst the troops were in the Cherokee nation as above stated. Capt. Lewis Music who commanded a volunteer company was killed by an Indian accidentally by one of his own men, who shot at an Indian. During the late term of service Capt John Lewis was appointed adjutant and Robert Lewis was appointed Captain & took command of

the company to which he belonged.
Applicant did not serve with any Continental regiments or companies nor were there  did any Regular officers with the troops where he served. Applicant was born in Fauquier county State of Virginia on the 25 December 1763 his age was recorded in his fathers family Bible. Applicant has a copy of his age from said register. He does not know in whose possession his fathers family Bible is. Applicant has lived since the Revolutionary war in Barren county Kentucky and Jackson county Tennessee where he now resides
He has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. The names of some of the persons to whom applicant is known in his present neighbourhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution are Jonas Griffith John Wilson Samuel Anderson William Gailbreath. 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 agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. William Gailbreath Clerk. Yelverton Nevill
We Jonas Griffith, a clergyman residing in the County of Jackson and State of Tennessee and Samuel Anderson residing in the said State of Tennessee and County of Jackson, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Yelverton Nevill who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be nine sixty years of age, that he is respected and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a

soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. —
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
William Gailbreath Clerk
Jonas Griffith Sam l Anderson
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Jonas Griffith who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the county of Jackson and State of Tennessee and that Samuel Anderson who has also signed the same is a resident in the county and state aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
John M c Carver John Morgan Sandy K l McWhorter
I William Gailbreath Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Jackson aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Yelverton K l McWhorter for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 13 th day of February A.D. 1833.
William Gailbreath Clerk

16092 Gervason Neville Private in Capt Lewis Company in Regt Com. manded by Col Miller Revolutionary Service Bounty Land Claim
~~~~~ H. Denton Atty Gainesboro Tenn

DECLARATION
STATE OF Tennessee COUNTY OF Jackson
On this 5 th day of April
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the county and State aforesaid,
Yelverton Arville aged about 91 years, a resident of Jackson County in the State of Tennessee , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Yelverton Arville who, was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Robert Lewis , in the drafted Militia
Miller commanded by Col. James of the Revolution in the war with Great Britain & Indians
as the Revolutionary War ; that he was drafted in Rutherford County  State of N. Carolina for the term of three months and continued in actual service in said war for fourteen days; and was honorably discharged at French Broad River on the 20 th day of September A. D. 1782
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3d 1855.
He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefor. That he is now & has been in receipt of a pension for said service for about 20 years...the proof of his said service can be seen by reference to his application for a pension which is now on file in the Pension Office of the U.S.
Yelverton Arville  (Seal)
We L G Cunningham and L D Sweeney residents of Jackson county, in the State of Tennessee , upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Yelverton Arville in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statement of the applicant that he is the identical person he represents himself to be & that he is the identical Yelverton Arville who has been receiving a pension for Revolutionary Services as stated by him above - Lamers G Cunningham  L. Larkin D. Sweeney

STATE OF TENNESSEE
COUNTY.
Jackson
On this 5 day of April 1855
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Alexander Neville
J. Peace
for Jackson Cty.
STATE OF
Tennessee
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Sampson W. Capethy
Clerk of
COUNTY OF
Jackson
the County Court of said county, do hereby certify that
Alexander Neville
Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made
and who, has made the the above certificate, is and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.—In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at
office in Gainesboro
, on this the 6 th day of April A.D. 1855
S.W. Capethy
CLERK

23026
Apelaton Neville Jackson County Tennessee
(L)
(L)
70700 pm 9 - $30.
Replied through mistake - note I does not apply to Applicant, he was not a Continental or regular but was in the militia as appears from his declaration. J. T. Quarles
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J. T. Quarles (Gainesboro) Tennessee

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Yelverton Neville Jackson County Tennessee
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. Nov. 1780 1 1 - Capt Earl March to near Tazewell 69 years Roane County N. Carolina Traditionary evidence Clergymen & Witnesses certified credible papers correct   Sub. Jan. 1782 - 3 - Capt Neville Scouting from place to place through Carolina to Munford Cove to the Mountains   Draft Aug. 1783 - 2 - Capt Gervis Genl Dowe Col Miller Major Gray  
If the applicant engaged to serve for so long a period as stated, direct proof of his service is required. It is however believed that there was an engagement made by the militia to serve for a longer period than six months. If the applicant resided on the frontier his services were peculiar to the frontier settlement.
If the applicant did not belong to the regular service he should state the time of his actual service in the militia, whenever such a length of service as that set forth by the applicant is claimed by as a militiaman, it renders the case doubtful. The militia were at no time in actual service for a year without interruption. He should therefore amend his declaration in this particular.
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions. March 1, 1834

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said 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 certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served, the duration of each term of engagement; locality; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

26.344
Rev
160 acres

Gumboro Tr April 17
Free
96.00 2 Hon L. P. Ward COUR. of Pensions Washington City
mail

Department of the Interior, Pension Office, Official Business.
Minot
W Denton Esq Gainesville Tenn
Return for letter direction

615 jacket chipping to pieces

Tadoussac Que April 10 th 1855 Hon L. P. Ward.
Court of Pensions
Dear Sir enclosed I send you the Declaration of G. Arville for Poultry Land under the act of 3 rd March 1855 which when signed you will enclose to H. Denton Esqr
Yours &c
R. M. St. Armand

96.088

Rev May
4614 INVALID.
File No. 4614
Johnson Merrill Port. N.E. Mila,
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 273
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Payments to be made at Nashville, Tenn. by Geo. A. P. N. B. R. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of W. T. Ewing
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book C o Vol. 17 Page 11 by John P. Sprague Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, Salomon P. Merrill of the State of Maine a Private in the Continental Army who was a Private during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 16th day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Geo. W. Lee Secretary of War.
Examined and } Geo. W. Crump Ck. B. Countersigned. } for & in behalf of Commissioner of Pensions.

May 23
Dear Letter and Newell of Philadelphia
J L Edward Conspirator of Paris
James J. Charles Egr Greenboro Tennessee

Elizabethton Tenn 5 th Feby 1835
(Application for duplicate certificate for Pension under Act Con. June 7, 1832)
Full
Feb 16
Appr for D te Cert
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
Mail 3

application for dupl
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions -
Mail
Washington City D. C.

Yelverton Neville

State of Tennessee County of Jackson 3 fs.
On this 31 st day of January 1835, before me, the subscriber a justice of the Peace for said County of Jackson personally appeared Yelaton Neville who, on his oath, declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Earl from Nov. 1780 to January 1782 and who belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Neville from January 1782 to April 1782, and to the company commanded by Captain Lewis from the regiment of Col. commanded by Col. Miller from August 1783 to sometime in Oct 1783. The first two termed affiant was not attached to any regiments. All of which will more fully appear from his declaration made before the County court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions as affiant believes at February Term 1833. He is informed that his claim for a pension has been allowed and his certificate issued, but he most solemnly declares that he never has received said certificate.
Yelaton Neville
Sworn & subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
J. W. Petty Justice of the Peace
James T. Dean
State of Tennessee County of Jackson 3 fs.
On this 31 st day of January 1835, before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for said County of Jackson personally appeared James T. Dean who on his oath declares that he never has received a certificate for a pension for Yelaton Neville, he further declares that Yelaton Neville who signed the foregoing affidavit is the identical person who applied for a pension and with certainty made to his declaration before the County court for said County the time not exactly recollected but believes at Feb. Term 1833.
James T. Dean
Sworn & subscribed to before me the day & year aforesaid J. W. Petty J. P.

Sampson W. Gaspety a justice of the Peace for Jackson county in the State of Tennessee, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Newton Keirle & James T. Lewis who signed & swore to the foregoing affidavits before me and that they are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit & I believe said Newton to be the same person who applies for the pension referred to in his affidavit. I know no other person in this county of that name Given under my hand this 4 February 1834
S. W. Gaspety
State of Tennessee.
Colin S. Turner Clerk of the County Court for the County of Jackson hereby certify that Sampson W. Gaspety whose signature is subscribed to the foregoing certificates is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace for said county duly commissioned and qualified and that his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Office in Gainesboro' 11 February A.D. 1835 and of the Independence of the United States the 59 th Year.
C. Turner Clerk

State of Tennessee County of Jackson ss.
On this 11 day of February 1834 personally appeared in open Court before William Scanland Sampson W. Casseth and John Liverza Esquires Justices of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county of Jackson aforesaid now sitting being a court of record, Melvaton Neville a resident of the County of Jackson and State of Tennessee aforesaid aged seventy years last December, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following amended declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States in that part of the county of Roan North Carolina State, now Rutherford county in November 1780, the day not recollected as a volunteer for two years under Captain Earl and Lieutenant John Cummings, the ensign is not recollected to scout the country from the line of South Carolina to Mumford's cove near the head of Catawba River and guard the line frontier of North Carolina against the Indians and Tories, as stated in his original declaration. The frontier of North Carolina were then in a very defenceless situation and there were frequent excursions of Indians in our settlement, and massacres of women and children. He was in actual service until January 1782 when he was verbally discharged by said Captain Earl. He was not attached to any Regiment but was in an embodied corps and served as a private soldier and was not engaged in any civil employment during said term of service. During the above term of service applicant was stationed at White oak and Mills station alternately as necessity required guarding the frontier as aforesaid, and notified the the settlements whenever any signs of Indians appeared which protected the settlements from further Indian depredation and massacre. During his term of service as aforesaid the Cherokees built Goings fort & Mills's station but applicant and the company in which he served was not present at the time of their being destroyed but was at both the fort and station soon afterwards. He was in actual service during said term thirteen months. The militia applicant thinks,

were sometimes drafted for 9 months and for no longer time: But applicant was not drafted but volunteered for the term of two years as above stated and was received as for such time by Capt. Earl on account of the defenceless situation of the frontiers and did serve as above stated 13 months. But if allowing him for so long a time during one term should infringe any rules of the Pension department applicant does not insist on it, but will be willing to receive for the longest term for which the drafted militia were bound to serve, to wit, nine months and relinquish the balance of said term tho' he confesses he does it with reluctance knowing he did serve 13 months. He hereby reaffirms his original declaration and states that he served during the several terms therein stated in all eighteen months. Applicant herewith encloses 5 State Bills of exchange which he received as part payment for his services in the Revolution which are now of no value.
Yelverton Neville
Sworn to & subscribed the day and
year aforesaid
William Gailbreath Clerk
I Edward Deyens a citizen and resident of Jackson county and state of Tennessee aged 82 years certify that I resided in Roann county state of North Carolina in the years 1780 & 1782 and both previous and subsequent those dates. I know that the frontiers of North Carolina were in a very defenceless situation during all of said term, and were guarded during all of said term by both drafted militia & volunteers. I was not acquainted with applicant during the term of service he states nor until after the revolution but was well acquainted with him afterwards.
I have seen His father was a Captain in the Revolution in the Service of the United States and I served under him a three months tour. He was a true Whig. After Revolution he was high Sheriff of Rutherford county and his son Yelverton Neville who has signed and sworn to the foregoing declaration was his deputy - Said applicant Yelverton Neville was reputed in Rutherford county North Carolina to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and a credible person. I am well acquainted

with him in the neighbourhood where he now resides; he is a man of good character and is entitled to full credit on his oath in a court of Justice or elsewhere.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Edward his Dye end mark
William Gaillbreath Clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states in his amended and original declarations. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Edward Dye end who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of Jackson county and State of Tennessee, that he is eighty two years of age and that he was in a situation to know the facts he has stated and that he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit.
Wm Sealkane J. M. Gassetty John Surphea
I William Gaillbreath clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Jackson aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Yelorton Cheville for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have this 11 th day of February A.D. 1834 hereunto set my hand and seal of office.
William Gaillbreath Clerk

State of Tennessee 3/8. County of Jackson 3/8.
On this 12 th day of May 1834 before the court of Pleas & Quarters Session, for said county, now in Session at the court house in Gainesboro' present the worshipful Justices, personally appeared Yelverton Neville a resident in said county and State and being first duly sworn doth on his oath makes the following additional declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure by whom he can prove his services as stated in his original declaration nor has he any direct proof that he served 13 months under Capt. Earl as stated, but he herewith subjoins the testimony of Richard Gordon & William Carlisle as presumptive evidence that if it should not be satisfactory to the pension department he hereby relinquishes all but 6 months of his service under Captain Earl yet he does it with great reluctance knowing he did serve 13 months during that term and five months during the other two terms making in all eleven months after the relinquishment - Yelverton Neville
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 12 th day of May 1834. William Gailbreath Clerk
I Richard Gordon a resident of Jackson county State of Tennessee aged 68 years last April, certify that I resided in Wilkes State of North Carolina county in the year 1780 & during that year there was a draft of the Militia for twelve months. Rich d Gordon
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 12 th day of May 1834. William Gailbreath Clerk
I William Carlisle a resident of Jackson county State of Tennessee aged 71 years certify that I resided in Surry county State of North Carolina in the year 1780 and during that year men were drafted for six months & volunteered for 9 months, sometimes for 12 months & they were sometimes drafted for three months -
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 12 th day of May 1834 William Gailbreath Clerk
William his Carlisle mark

And the said court do hereby certify that it appears to them that Richard Gordon and William Carlisle who have signed the preceding certificates are residents of Jackson county State of Tennessee that they were in a situation to know the facts they have stated and that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit They further certify that they believe said Richard Gordon is sixty eight years of age and that said William Carlisle is seventy one years of age.
William Gray John Switzer J. W. C. G.
I William Gailbrath clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Jackson county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application Getvaton Neville for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 5 day of June 1834.
William Gailbrath Clerk