Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32423, for John Osborn, Virginia

SERVICE
Osborn, John
NUMBER
S. 32423
CONTENTS

Indiana
John Osborn of Franklin in the State of Indiana who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Osborn of the 1st Inf t commanded by Campbell on the Wabash  Va line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 50 Dollars & Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Oct 1832 and P. H. Patterson Covington In a
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 200.00 Semi-ant. allowances ending 4 March 40.00 $240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by David Royal Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 173
Let to J. B. King, Aug 4. 1830 To Murray G. H. 11/1/1851 No 6 P. 16, 1. Dec 1832 1891 Aug 3 L. S. Wilson history

No 23049 John Osborn Ind o
Jan 1780 private 273 $80.
J. H. Patterson Covington Ind o

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 shew 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, shewing the Service of John Osborn Ind  Frontier County
   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.     1780 Vol 1 May 3 Private Capt Osborn Col None Va Tenn Ages 20 Montgomery Co Va Traditionary   1781 Spring - 3 or 4 6 " Osborn Va Tenn   Vol Light Dragoons Discharged Sept 1 1782 3 Gambell Campbell Cleaveland Va N.C.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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 he 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; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; 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.
Dyer Castor Exam Clerk

State of Indiana, ) Franklin County ss ) On this 10 th day of November 1832. Personally appeared an open Court, in said Court being a Probate Court in and for said County, notary public John Osborn resi- dent in said County Aged Seventy Years, who being first duly sworn according to law, did on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officer and served as herein stated. That he entered the above named Service in Montgomery County Virginia, now Patrick County on the first of May 1780 in the company commanded by Captain Enoch Osborn the company being a Volunteer company bound by agreement to serve and to be in readiness for time at or upon an emergency  when that their services was needed Marched from New River in Montgomery County aforesaid on or about the first of the month of May 1780 to Whittens Station now in the State of Tennessee against the Shawnee and Cherokee Nations of Indians depredations being then frequently commenced on the frontier Settlements of Virginia and Carolina by them and was discharged. Upon agreement to be held in readiness to enter the Service when called. In the Spring of the Year 1781 this said declarant was called into Service as a second term of Service in the Company of Captain

being afraid, Marched from the aforesaid County of Montgomery (in Virginia) towards Lynchburg Passing through to Blackstone Station in Tennessee Thence to Beers Station near the Cumberland River - where stationed for the purpose of defending the frontier settlements from being destroyed by the Indians Having tried it from another being relieved by other troops, and solicited for to go home for the purpose of procuring clothing and winter quarters so held in reserve and subject to be called into service at any time if his service was needed.
This said declarant volunteered, on a third tour to go against the Tories, under the Command of Colonel William Campbell of Virginia, Marched from New River in the County of Montgomery aforesaid to North Carolina: Scouring and searching the Country for the Tories. This said declarant volunteered on a fourth tour against the Tories in the Company commanded by Captain Campbell of Light Dragoons Commanded by Colonel Cleaveland - and a detachment amounting to about three hundred, Marched from the said County of Montgomery into North Carolina in Allegheny County (Stateless) no particular place, but employed in Ranging the Country back and forth in quest of the Tories finally discharged in the month of September 1782

and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and does aver that his name is not on the pension Roll of any Agency. That he has no documentary evidence of his Service, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his Service. This said declarant was born in, Fauquier County Virginia on 16 th day of April 1763. Engaged in the Service of the United States at the age of Seventeen Years a Volunteer in the war of the Revolution.  Yette N.B. White  Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
John X Albion Mark.  N B White Clerk. 
We Daniel Osborn a Clergyman residing in the County of Fountain and State Indiana and Joseph King of Warren County Indiana do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with John Osborn who has subscribed and sworn to the above de- claration, that we believe him to be Seventy Years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbor- hood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn and subscribed this 12 th day of November A.D. 1839 in Open Court.  Daniel Osborn  his Joseph King Mark

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter. And after perusing the voluminous presented by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary sol- dier, and lives at his death. And the said Court further Certifies, that it appears to them that Daniel Osborn who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in said County, and that Joseph King of Warren County Indiana one of the persons named in the preceding Certificate who has also signed the same is a resident in the County aforesaid is Credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit November the 12th 1832 — Jonathan Bird P.P.
{ of Town { of County { of County
State of Indiana } ss Franklin County } ss the Probate Court in and for said County, do hereby Certify that the foregoing Con- tains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the Application of John Osborn for a pension for services rendered the United States during the War of the Revolution.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 12th day of November 1832 W B White Clerk

State of Indiana } In the Fountain Circuit Court Fountain County } Term of September 1833
Personally appeared in open Court John Osborn who here at this time first tho day of AD 1833 made the following amendment to his original affidavit in the matter of his application for a pension: Question 1st Born 4 th 1763 I have no record of my age. Question 2 nd I was living when called into service in Montgomery County Virginia I have lived since there & testimony that I have lived in Rich County North Carolina & moved from there to Warren County Kentucky from thence to Harrison County Indiana and from thence to Fountain County Indiana where I now live. Question 3 rd I was called into service as was called then entering to be always in readiness from the time that I engaged when needed or called upon. Question 4 th I can state some of the names of the officers under whom I served. I know not whether they commanded regular troops or not (viz) Col Campbell Col Preston Col Glandine & Col Price Genl Robert Ewing. I never rec d a discharge My uncle Captain Enock Osborn had the charge of my papers. It was under him I served & cared nothing about my papers I thought My uncle would see that all was right with me. Question 7 th I have given the names of the persons with whom I am acquainted in my present residence who can testify to my character in South

varancy in my former declaration sworn to and subscribed 9 Sept 1833 John Osborn And The Judges of the Fountain Circuit Court hereby declare their Opinion that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served at the Battle John B. Porter
State of Indiana } I, William B. White Clerk of Fountain County } the said Court of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original subsequent proceedings of the said in the matter of the application of John Osborn for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 9 day of Sept 1835 A.D. 1835.
W B White

State of Indiana } Personally appeared before me Morgan County } the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County John Estlin of said County who being duly sworn according to law Deposed & said that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services. But according to the best of his recollection, he ser- ved not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades. (Vols) I served in the Company commanded by Captain Conoch Easton in the first tour  four months and twenty days . On a second tour I served  six months in the Company aforesaid. On both of the above tours I was commanded by Colonel Preston. On a third tour I served six months in the Company of Captain Gumbrell Colonel Campbell commanded the Regiment. On a fourth tour I served Three months in Captain Davis's Company Colonel Clearland commanded the troops at Evansville. On a fifth tour I served in the Company of Captain Ward five weeks Colonel Preston ordered us out. On a sixth tour I served in the Com- pany commanded by Captain Ward at Whitliff Station in the State of Tennessee one Year, ordered out by Colonel Preston and received all our orders from Col Cannan of Genl Garrison I was a private soldier in all the above tours that I served
John Estlin
Sworn and subscribed before me this 2 nd day of Sept. 4 th 1833 State of Indiana } Morgan County } J. B. Gains Justice of the Peace Seal
I, William B. White clerk of the Circuit Court for said County, do hereby certify that David Rootes Esq. before whom the above affidavit appears to have been made, and who has subscribed his name thereto, was at that time, and now is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all due faith and credit is and ought to be given unto his official acts, as well in courts of justice as otherwise. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 2 nd day of September A.D. 1833. W. B. White Clerk

Washington September 21, 1931.
BA-J/ILL
J. W. Stewart 402 Kenilworth Court Lexington, Kentucky.
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 32423, that John Osborn was born April 16, 1763 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
While a resident of Montgomery County (that part which was later Patrick County), Virginia, he enlisted and served as a private in the Virginia troops as follows: from May 1, 1780, four months and twenty days in Captain Enoch Osborn's (his uncle) Company, Colonel Preston's Virginia Regiment; from the spring of 1781, six months in Captain Enoch Osborn's Company, Colonel Preston's Regiment; subsequently, six months in Captain Martin Gambrell's Company, Colonel William Campbell's Regiment; three months in Captain Navi's Company, Colonel Cleveland's Regiment; five weeks in Captain Ward's Company, Colonel Preston's Regiment; one year in Captain Ward's Company, Colonel Preston's Regiment.
After the Revolution, the soldier lived in Ashe County, North Carolina, from which place he moved to Barren County, Kentucky, thence to Harrison County, Indiana, and from there to Fountain County, Indiana.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832, while a resident of Fountain County, Indiana. In 1852, he was a resident of McDonough County, Illinois, having moved there from Warren County, Indiana.
It is not stated that the soldier was ever married.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

32 423 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32, 423
John Osborn
Rev Rev War
Act: June 1 st 1897
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 306
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Apr 30-1901 Chas. Aldrich
Des. Morris Is
1912 June 15 Hist. to Mr. John F. Schultz. V.P.M. 1928- Jan. 14- Hist. to F. L. Col- ling & advised that 82- years old & refused. M.W. 1928 Sept. 10 Hist. to Mrs. A. L. Bolch. A.D.Y. 1931- Sept. 21- Hist. to J. W. Stewart. Ill.

Madison, Ind. Roll, Act 7 June 1832 John Osborn, Secy, $80 per annum. To what time last paid!
May Hogan. Oct 4 th Sept 1851,  B.W.B. Human Office Colo

Application of John Osborn a United States Pensioner, to have his name transferred from the pension roll of Indiana to the pension roll of Illinois —

State of Illinois } McDonough County } ss
This Day Personally appeared before the under signed a Justice of the Peace for said County John Osborn a Revolutionary and made oath that he has formerly Resided in Warren County in the State of Indiana and that he is now going to Reside in the County of McDonough and State of Illinois and that he wants his name transferred on the Pension Roll in the city of Springfield in the State of Illinois; Sworn to and subscribed } John his Osborn before me this 6th Day of } mark May A.D. 1852 }
James B. Tomberlin P.J.P.
State of Illinois } McDonough County } I Isaac Grantham Clerk of the County Court in and for said County of McDonough do Certify that James B. Tomberlin Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate was on the day of the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected commissioned & qualified, and that his official acts, as such are entitled to full faith and credit. And that his signature thereto is genuine. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court

State of Illinois } McDonough County }
I Isaac Grantham Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do Certify that James B. Dombulin whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is now and was on the day of the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected Commissioned and qualified. and that his Official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit. I further Certify that his signa- ture to said Certificate is genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have here- unto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at my Office at Macomb this seventh day of May 1852 Isaac Grantham Clerk

Washington City May 21. 1852
Hon. J. E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
Enclosed I send you the application of John Osborn a United States Pensioner, late a resident of Warren County, Indiana, but now of McDonough County, Illinois, for a transfer of his name from the pension roll of Indiana to that of Illinois.
Very Respectfully &c Richard M Young Attorney for John Osborn

Springfield Illinois October 20 th 1852.
J. E. Heath Esq. Sir
I presume there must be some mistake in the case of John Osborn.
I received a notice from the Department dated June 10 th 1852, that John Osborn an Invalid Pensioner from the State of Indiana at the rate of fifteen dollars per month was transferred to this Agency, & instructed to pay him from and after the 11 th March 1852.
John Osborn presented his Boucher some time ago through his Attorney, Constant Wright for 1 year pension from 11 th Sept 51 to 4 Sept 52 which I refused to pay as my instructions to pay was from 11 March 1852.
Mr. Wright presented another Boucher on the 16 th Oct. 1852 for six months pension from 11 th March 52 to 4 Sept 52, and as the Certificate which was copied and sworn to as a true copy only claimed $80 per Annum, I paid him $40 thinking there was a mistake in the notice as the pensioner only claimed $80

instead of $180 per Annum.
This morning I received another notice from your Office that John Osborn was transferred from this Agency, to the Agency of Indiana, to take effect from and after the 1 st March 1852.
I have paid him $40. Six months pension from 21 March '52 to 4 Sept '52 I thought it my duty to inform you of it, that a correction can be made of any errors, or are there two Johns Osborns?
Would be pleased to hear from you on the subject at your earliest convenience -
Very Respectfully Your O bt Servant
Wm S. Wallas, Pension Agent.
C.C.
The John Osborn I paid was under the act 7 th June 1832 (Revolutionary), is $80 per Annum. He still claims to mrs. due him - was paid in Indiana to 4 Sep. '51.

State of Illinois. Set-3 County of Vermilion
Personally appeared before the Subscriber an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County Robert Osborn who first being duly sworn de- poses & saith upon his Oath duly administered that he does perfectly recollect the time and place where John Osborn entered In the service of the United States in the war of the revolution. This deponent saith that he was living in the State of Virginia when he first became acquainted with John Osborn in Montgomery of said State & was then at a muster of the militia of said County at the time the Father of the deponent, John Osborn was volunteer in the Company of Capt Enock Osborn & Marched against the Indians to Clinch River as this deponent believes This said deponent still believes that the said John Osborn was engaged in the war of the revolution between two & three years to wit this deponent knows where the said deponent perfectly recollects of seeing the company of Capt Enock Osborn under the command of Colonel Brant while at Clinch River passing through the neighborhood where the said deponent then lived in Virginia. Knowing the Country for the reason that the said John Osborn was attached to said Capt Enock & Marched with them in the Company of Capt Martin Gumbel (and further this said de- ponent saith not) Robert Osborn
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 1 st day of July A.D. 1855. Wm Smith Justice
I certify that Robert Osborn who has been & subscribed to the above affidavit is a credible witness Wm Smith Justice

State of Illinois Norman County Oct 3 d 1835 I, James Williams Clerk of the Common Pleas Court of said County do hereby Certify that William Smith before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the time thereof and is still an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified as such, and that full faith & credit is due & ought to be given to all his official acts as such as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & subscribed my name at Danville this 1 st day of July. A.D. 1835.
J. Williams, Clerk

Marshalltown, Iowa
June 9-1912
Mr. J. L. Davenport, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
In regard to attached, the information I have is as follows:- John Osborn enlisted May 1780 in Montgomery County, Virginia.
Born April 16-1763 in Shenandoah Virginia. Died 1854 in Center Point, Iowa. He was granted a pension June 7 th 1832.
I am desirous of joining

The S. A. R. of this City was a descendant of John Olson referred to in above.
Kindly send me reference book, page and any other information necessary for me to have.
Yours truly,
Mrs. John A. Schultz Marshalltown Iowa
Box 422.

JOHN WALKER STEWART 402 KENILWORTH COURT LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
September 2, 1931
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
✓ Please send me the Revolutionary record of John Osborn who was living in Indiana at the time of filing claim for pension, but died in Iowa I believe. Also kindly give me any information shown in regard to his family.
Very respectfully,
J. W. Stewart J. W. Stewart.

Madison Oct 21. 1852
Hon J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
John Osborne was paid at this office under act 7 th June 1832 up to the 4 th Sept 1851.
Respectfully Yours &c J. M. Chapman D. agt by A. Dunning

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Hon Green B. Raum Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir
The members of Deursan Post No 244 Dept of Iowa G.A.R. wishes to place a monument on the grave of John Osborn who was a Revolutionary Soldier we have been unable to find the Co or Reg in which he served according to his Pension Certificate I presume these facts could be ascertained by examining the records which are in "Book 8 Vol 7 Records of the Pension Office" his No was 22130
If you will kindly give us the company and Regiment in which he served with date of enlistment & discharge You would confer a favor on our Post
Respectfully Yours in HCT L. L. Wilson

22130 Historical Department of Iowa Call
TRUSTEES
CHARLES ALDRICH, Curator and Secretary
GOVERNOR L. M. SHAW CHIEF JUSTICE JOSIAH GIVEN JUDGE SCOTT M. LADD JUDGE C. M. WATERMAN JUDGE H. E. DEEMER JUDGE JOHN C. SHERWIN JUDGE EMLIN McCLAIN HON. W. B. MARTIN,
Secretary of State
HON. R. C. BARRETT,
Supt. Public Instruction
Des Moines, Iowa,
April 20,
1901
Sir:
Will you kindly give me the war record of John Osborn, revolutionary soldier, of the State of Indiana?
You have heretofore sent me the records of service of George Perkins, William Blair, Timothy Brown and Charles Shepherd, revolutionary soldiers, but there is no reference to the date of their deaths and the place of their burial. Can the Department supply this?
Very respectfully yours,
Charles Aldrich
Hon. H. Clay Evans,
U. S. Pension Commissioner,
Washington, D. C.

MRS. A. S. DOLCH
204 AVENUE TWO
ATTICA, IND. Nov. 2, 1927.
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
SIMON PERRY, REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
Will you please send me the family data shown on your pension records of Simon Perry, aged 78 in 1819, in Caroline county, Va., Va. Line Service.
Do your records show whether this man had a son in the War of 1812? For admittance to the Daughters of the American Revolution, I want to trace the ancestry of John Andrew Perry, born Oct. 27, 1829, in Brown County, Ohio, who said his father was in the War of 1812, and who had brothers Simon W. Perry, born Dec. 11, 1819, Sanford and Elijah Perry, this Perry family being originally from Virginia.
If your War of 1812 records show a Simon, John or Sanford Perry, of Ohio or Virginia, would appreciate this data also.
Yours truly,
(Mrs. A.S.) Besaie L. Dolch
Nov. 3, 1927.
Information on the Revolution- classified and filed in in I will appreciate your for Jonathan Osborn who in 1835. Would also
at us sooner than is your
ER, DAUGHTERS OF AM. REV.,
e L. Dolch
ce-Regent

Attica, Ind., Nov. 3, 1927.
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS
Our Society is endeavoring to collect information on the Revolutionary soldiers of our county, this information to be classified and filed in our local libraries and elsewhere. In this connection I will appreciate your sending me all the data possible on William and John(or Jonathan)Osborn who drew pensions in this county (Fountain county, Ind.) in 1835. Would also like the same information on Tobias Mosier or Mozier.
We would appreciate it if this could be sent us sooner than is your usual custom.
Yours truly,
OUIBACHE CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OF AM. REV.,
(Mrs. A.S.)
Bessie L. Dolech Vice-Regent

3-2233
15822
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Jan. 10 1928
Chief Rev. 11812 New Section Division.
I have this day received from F. L. Coffing check in the amount of $2.00, requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.
O. J. RANDALL Chief, Finance Division. H. L. L.
507 Canada St. Attica, Indiana 1-4-28
of D. A. R. is interested in descendants of two men Fountain Co, Indiana
may be a descendant and me the data residence, birth place, and on the pension
papers? Nearest relation, descendants or family? Am enclosing a two ($2.00) dollar check to pay for clerical work necessary.
Yours respectfully, F. L. Coffing

Personal chk. $2.00
507 Canada St. Attica, Indiana 1-4-28
Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
The local chapter of D. A. R. is interested in determining the descendants of two men who were listed on the ~
List of 1835, living in Fountain Co, Indiana
William Osborn
John (or Jonathan) Osborn
I believe that I may be a descendant of these men.
Would you please send me the data as their family, former residence, birth place, parentage, etc. as shown on the pension papers? Nearest relation, descendants or family?
Am enclosing a two ($2 00 ) dollar check to pay for clerical work necessary.
Yours respectfully, F. L. Coffing

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
17. 32425
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Osborn a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1 1780 4 mos. 20 days Pvt. Enoch Osborn Pastor Pa.   Spring 1781 6 mos. " Enoch Osborn Pastor   " 6 mos. " Walter Gambrill William Campbell   " 3 mos. " Rawls Coleman   " 3 mos. " Rawls Pastor   " 1 yr. 6 mos. " Rawls Pastor  
* Soldiers wife
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Montgomery Co. Pa. Date of application for pension, Apr. 12, 1832 Residence at date of application, Franklin Co. Ind. Age at date of application, 6 in Shenandoah Co. Va. Apr. 16 1758
Remarks: In 1804 he had moved to McDonough Co. Ill.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

January 14, 1928
F. L. Coffing 507 Canada St., Attica, Indiana
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 32423 it appears that John Osborn was born April 16, 1763 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
While a resident of Montgomery County(that part which was later Patrick County), Virginia, he enlisted and served as a private in the Virginia Troops as follows:
From May 1, 1780, four months and twenty days in Captain Enoch Osborn's (his Uncle) Company, Colonel Preston's Virginia Regiment.
From the spring of 1781, six months in Captain Enoch Osborn's Company, Colonel Preston's Regiment.
And subsequently, six months in Captain Martin Gambrell's Company, Colonel William Campbell's Regiment; three months in Captain Nawl's Company, Colonel Cleaveland's Regiment; five weeks in Captain Ward's Company, Colonel Preston's Regiment; one year in Captain Ward's Company, Colonel Preston's Regiment.
After the Revolution he lived in Ashe County, North Carolina, Barren County, Kentucky, Harrison County, Indiana, Fountain

County, Indiana, Warren County, Indiana. He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832 while living in Fountain County, Indiana. In 1852 he had moved to McDonough County, Illinois.
It is not stated whether he was ever married. The names of his parents are not given.
No charge is made for this service. Your check for the amount of $2.00 will be returned in due course.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
I always give the description of check in this post- script, but as it is not now mailed from this section, but from another course & as the notice came to me from Finance Div., I could not do so.

ADY.
September 10, 1928.
Mrs. A. S. Dolch, 204 Avenue Two, Attica, Indiana.
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 32423, it appears that John Osborn was born April 16, 1763 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
While a resident of Montgomery County (that part which was later Patrick County), Virginia, he enlisted and served as a private in the Virginia Troops as follows:
From May 1, 1780, four months and twenty days in Captain Enoch Osborn's (his uncle) Company, Colonel Preston's Virginia Regiment.
From the spring of 1781, six months in Captain Enoch Osborn's Company, Colonel Preston's Regiment.
And subsequently, six months in Captain Martin Gambrell's Company, Colonel William Campbell's Regiment; three months in Captain Nawl's Company, Colonel Cleaveland's Regiment; five weeks in Captain Ward's Company, Colonel Preston's Regiment; one year in Captain Ward's Company, Colonel Preston's Regiment.
After the Revolution he lived in Ashe County, North Caro-

lina, Barren County, Kentucky, Harrison County, Indiana, Fountain County, Indiana, Warren County, Indiana. He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832 while living in Fountain County, Indiana. In 1852 he had moved to McDonough County, Illinois.
It is not stated whether he was ever married. The names of his parents are not given.
The War of 1812 records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to pension having been claimed on account of the service of John Perry as described by you or any Simon and Sanford Perry.
Due to the very large number of inquiries similar to yours and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, only two histories are furnished each person.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.