Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8451, for Jeremiah Preston, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Preston, Jeremiah
R 8451
CONTENTS
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Set to Km St. Tibbalt's N.B.
Jan 22, 1844
84157

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
8407
P. O. _____
Jeremiah Preston
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Washington City 1 st Jan y 1844 J. L. Edwards Esq r Com. of Pension Sir/
Enclosed please find the application of Jeremiah Preston for a Pension, to which your attention is requested at your earliest convenience
I have the honor to be very respect l & fully your ob t . serv t .
John W. Libbatt

State of Kentucky ss . On this 20 th day of December 1843, Campbell County ss Personally appeared, before me Jesse Yelton a Justice of the peace, in and for the aforesaid County Jeremiah Preston , a resident of the county and state aforesaid; age seventy, eight or eighty years, (to the best of his memory), who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath make the following Declaration , in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed on the 7 th June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States as a drafted Militia man, in the sixteenth year of his age to the best of his recollection, for the term of three months, under Capt. Silman Weaver as a private but Capt. Weaver did not go out with us, and we were put under the command of Capt. Miner Wynn , and Wynn went with us a far as Hillsborough and there we were put under Capt. Frank Triplett , and Wynn returned home, or at least he went no farther with us, and the company that I was in joined Genl. Morgan at a small town called Charlotte , in one of the Carolinas but I cannot tell which, and after we joined Morgan we had a battle at the Cow- pens, and I fired 17 Revolvers, and there I saw the British Genl. Tarleton , and it was stated that we took 518 prisoners, but this was from report, and this battle was in the Winter but in what month I cannot state, and some time after this battle by some means, that I am unable to explain, we had to stay three months longer, and all the company that I was in had to stay as well as myself, and it was my choice to stay, for I was anxious to go at first, and would have ran away from my Father had I not had been Drafted, - and we started home from a Town called Salisbury in one of the Carolinas (I think and then I got a discharge from Capt. Triplett, but I am not able to tell what become of it, as I do not can anything, about it, and to the best of my memory returned home on the 24 th March

after being drafted, though some men that was with me stated to me, that they were 6 months and fifteen days, but I think it was six months and 4 days that I was in the service, but these men that stated this to me had farther to travel than I had to reach their homes. He further states that he has no documentary evidence of his age, and never could write neither could his father either read or write, and all that he knows is from memory, and that was once very good, but is now much impaired, and had my health lasted my memory would still have been good, but I am much afflicted with the Cancer and the Hernia, so that I can neither walk nor ride any distance — He hereby relinquishes every claim to a Pension or annuity whatever, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency, in any state or Territory in the United States. Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year last above mentioned.
Jeremiah his Preston mark
We Richard Tarrin a clergyman residing in the same neighborhood of Jeremiah Preston, and Samuel Baker a respectable person residing in the same neighborhood certify that we are acquainted with Jeremiah Preston who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be of the age seventy-nine or eighty years, and that he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion, sworn to and subscribed this 22 nd day of Decr 1843
Rich d Tarrin
Samuel Baker

Inquiries by the court. Where and in what year were you born? Ans. I was born in Fauquier county in the state of Virginia, but in what year I cannot tell. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it? Ans. I have no record of my age nor have I had, nor neither had my Father any record of my age, but the Minister that Baptised me had a record of my age, and from him I had all the knowledge I know of my age, and from what my Father said when I was drafted. Where were you living when called into service. When have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and when do you now live? Ans. I lived in the state of Virginia when drafted, and have lived since the Revolutionary war in Kentucky in Fayette and Grant counties, and now I live in Campbell county Ky. Did you ever receive a discharge, and if so by whom was it signed? Ans. I did receive a discharge, and it was signed by Capt. Frank Triplett, but I took no copy of it, & it was lost, and I cannot tell how. I am acquainted with Edward Morris, John H. Barker William J. Morris Dr. E. P. Dameron, Gen. Beagle, W. H. Lacy and some others, but not very many for I am not able to travel and in the vale of poverty, and keep in affliction and under the care of a Doctor from Ohio, and have neither opportunity nor inclination for society.
I Jesse Yelton a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Campbell & state of Kentucky cer- tify, that the above named Jeremiah his Preston personally appeared before me, and made oath to the above declaration, and after the investigation of the whole matter, and putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, I am of opinion that the said Preston was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states, and I also state that his residence is about 10 or 12 miles from the court house and that he is unable to travel and is a poor old and afflicted man. Jesse Yelton J.P. cc

Commonwealth of Kentucky Campbell County to wit
I Benjamin D. Beall clerk of the court of said county, do certify that the foregoing the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the application of Jeremiah Preston for a pension, and that Jeremiah Preston is and was at the time of subscribing his name, a justice of the peace, in and for said coun- ty, commissioned and qualified according to law and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 26 th day of December 1843 -
Benj d D. Beall clerk of the court of Campbell County
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Jeremiah Preston
Ky.
Act. 7 June 1832