Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,211, for John Potter, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Potter, John
S. 14,211
Carded.
CONTENTS

7290 7291 Kentucky John Potter
of Maysville in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Slaughter of the Dist. commanded by Col. Matthews in the Virginia line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of March 1833 and sent to Gen. A. B. McAfee Frankfort Ken.
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $ 60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 15.00 $75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Bay Clerk, Book B Vol. 9 Page 22

Reborn
✓ 14.211 INVALID.
File No.
14.211
John Potter Priv. Rev. War
Act:
June 24th 1832
Index:—Vol.
1
, Page
205
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Kentucky } Mercer County ss } On this 3 rd day of December 1832 personally appeared in open court before the justices of the Mercer County court now sitting John Potter senr, a resident Citizen of said county and state aged seventy one 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 the 7 th day of June 1832 that he entered the service of the united states under the following officers and served as herein stated viz. I John Potter do hereby state on oath being sworn and interrogated by the court that I was born in Orange county state of Virginia on the 31 st day of July 1762 (as my Parents informed me) and when very young we removed to the county of Culpepper of the same state where I resided when the war of the revolution commenced and I was called into the service of my country as follows. In the month of February 1780 (as well as I now remember) I was drafted for three months in Capt John Slaughters company of Col Mathews Regiment and we marched from Culpepper county to Fredericksburgh where we were stationed as a guard about six weeks, we then marched to Halmsouth where we encamped a short time then returned to Fredericksburgh, and after five or six weeks more we marched down to Norfolk when our tour of three months expired and I was honorably discharged. - and not long after my return home I was again drafted in Capt Fowles company of Col Mathews Regiment, and we marched down to James Town and then to Hobbs Hills where we were detatched as Infantry to join Col Washingtons dragoons, and we were kept in constant marching between James Town Williamsburgh and Richmond until our tour of three months expired and I was discharged near James Town, I was not in any battle during the above two tours. —

Again about the 1 st of June 1781 I was drafted in Capt. Woods company of Col Alcock's Regiment and we marched to meet Lord Cornwallis, we first went near Richmond which we found in possession of the British and that our army had retreated we being left in the rear and narrowly escaped being taken, we joined the main army under Genl. Wayne in Orange and then retreated into Culpepper here Genl La Fayette and Wayne having united with us we turned upon Cornwallis and pursued him to near James Town I was with the rear guard of the Army when Genl Wayne ventured a Battle with Cornwallis and we were worsted and retreated to Melvin Hills at which place my time ex- pired and I was honorably discharged having in the whole performed nine months of actual service in the Revolutionary war - I further declare that I have no documentary evidence of my age and services and I do not now know of any person who was with me in service by whom I can prove them but my neighbors Huldah Ransdale and Jemima Dunn and Elizabeth Scroggs and Wharton Ransdale know of my having been out in the army at the time I have stated. I further declare that I am not now a Pensioner of the United States or of any State, and I hereby relinquish all claim which I may have to any pension or annuity except the Present - I further state that I lived in Virginia until the year 1793 when I removed to Kentucky & settled in Mercer County where I now reside. Witness my hand This 2 nd day of December 1832
John H. Potter
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Mercer (county. Virg.) on this day Elizabeth Sanford came into open court together with Wharton Ransdall who being both sworn according to law doth on their oaths state that. We are well acquainted with John Potter sen who has subscribed and sworn to the fore- going declaration, that we knew him in the state of Virginia in the year 1781, when we saw him marching as a soldier in the militia of Virginia raised to intercept Lord Cornwallis, we knew that he served our town this year, and the s d Potter lived in the adjoining county of Culpepper we lived in Orange county, and we have often heard said Potter (soon after the war) speak of serving two tours of three months each under Col Matthews and we have heard him give a detail of his services as he has stated in the year 1780, the s d Potter is a man of truth and we have no doubt of his having performed the services as part of them in the year 1781 we had personal knowledge and the remainder we have heard him detail, Witness our hands this 24 th day of December 1832
Elizabeth S. Sanford
Wharton Ransdell
1,693
Mercer (county Virg) We the undersigned Martin C. Duncan a Clergyman residing in s d county and state and as Henry Ransdall — and Jesse Rousen residing in the same county do hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with John Potter sen who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe that he is of the age he has stated, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and in

concur after interrogating him closely and we further certify That the said John Potter is a man of truth and an honest Citizen Witness our hands this 3 rd - day of December 1832.
Martin C. Duncan
Fielden Ransdell
Jesse Dunn
State of Kentucky
Mercer County ss 3 rd Dec r County Court 1832
This day John Potter the applicant for a pension herein together with Martin C. Duncan a Clergyman Elizabeth Sandford Wharton Ransdell Fielden Ransdell and Jesse Dunn came into Court and severally subscribed and swore to the statements and Certificates by them subscribed and thereupon the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter and after stating the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolu- tionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further Certifies, that it appears to them that Martin C. Duncan who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the County of Mercer & that Elizabeth Sandford Wharton Ransdell Fielden Ransdell and Jesse Dunn who has also signed the same are residents in the County of Mercer and are Credible Persons and that their statements are entitled to Credit - J Thomas Allison Clerk of the Court of the Court Mercer County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the s d Court in the matter of the application of John Potter for a Pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 3 rd day of December 1832
for R. R. Master
J. Thomas Allison
from 1780 to 1800 9 months $30.