Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S, 29,640, Joel Blancit, N.C. Va.

SERVICE
Mr. B. Va.
Blankit, Joel
NUMBER _____
S. 29640
Row in Va. CONTENTS
CONTENTS

Virginia 23.416
Joel Blanchett Private in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Captain Curtain of the Regt commanded by Green in the N.E. Arm line for bro: 25 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 22 Dollars 78 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Jan: 34 and Abraham Staples - Patrick C.H. - Va
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1834 56.95 Pensant. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 - 11.39
168.34
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M. Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. C/4 Page 5
Order to pay Letter to J. J. Hays 7 th March 1838
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 1 st April 1838 from 4 th March 1838 from 4 Sept 1838 Age notified 17 June 1839.
Dead Letter to Hon W. M. Fredray to 3 rd Auditor 9 th Feb. 1847.
Date of death not on AB

State of Virginia } ss County of Patrick }
on this 13 day of December 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County Court of Patrick County now sitting Joel Blount a resident of Patrick County and State of Virginia aged twenty 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 June 7 th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States he believes in the spring of the year of 1778. under Captain Daniel Carlan who commanded a company of Militia in the County of Henry & State of Virginia. He states that it is impossible for him to detail a full account of the services rendered by him while under this Captain not having to contend with the former enemy but with the Tories and Loyalists and Bakers who so much abounded in this section of Country, that it was doubtful for several years which should gain the ascendancy. His tours of duty were so short and frequent such tours as hunting Tories and Loyalists & Bakers that it is impossible for him to recollect the half of them. He was never stationed long at a place he was stationed a short time at head quarters at the Gap at Flower Gap and at other places. That he served a short tour of duty under Captain James Ledbetter from Surry County North Carolina over the Mountains in Virginia in search of Burke and Abner Tory Bakers who was taken conducted to his applicants father's house, condemned and hanged at Bennington Camp. Standing as a minute man he was never permitted to remain at home more than a day or two at a time from the time he first entered the service as above stated until he was drafted to go to the Siege of 96 he believes in the spring of 1781. He was drafted and marched to 96 under Captain Jonathan Hembly who commanded a company of Militia in the South County Henry March through Salisbury North Carolina to the Salisbury in the same state there joined other companies going to the same place he was there placed under

a Major Bose he believes of the regular Troops from Salisbury they march to 96 through the battle ground at Barnblin at 96  here he joined the army under the command of General Green remarked here some time fortified in near the enemy who was also fortified. frequent firing took place between the two contending armies until it was ascertained that the enemy was about to be reen- forced General Green evacuated the place under cover of the night This declarant states that he was on guard the night Green left them and knew nothing of it, until the next morning six others were also on guard. They immediately on learning Green with the the army and had retreated collected together made the best of they way to overtake them on leaving the fort they were fired on by the enemy and one of them killed They overtook the army just as they crossed on the opposite bank of the Salusby River about seven miles from the fort they had left closely pursued by the enemy they march four days and nights without breaking their fast when they reached the opposite bank of Broad River Capt Hanby and Lieutenant Edward Tatum under whom this applicant was, was ordered to take charge of the baggage wagons and keep and conduct them to Barnblin which they did. at this time Capt Hanby had served twenty days longer then he was ordered out for which was a three months tour from this place they returned now a distance of about twenty miles. This performing a tour of about four months. He further states that he was so much worn out by the fatigue he underwent in this tour of service, that immediately upon his arrival home, he was taken down with a sickness and lay for many weeks not expected to live. So that he was not afterwards called into to service. after his recovery from the spell of sick- ness above alluded to, he applied to Capt Hanby for a discharge for the last mentioned tour of service which he got, in order that he might draw his pay and let his father know it who said to a Mr Carter of Henry County Virginia who has since died. He states that he cannot tell how long he was in service of service at the time he was discharged that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person

living by whom he can prove service except James Boyd of the County of Patrick and State of Virginia and William Goin of the County of Surry as the or above That at the time he entered the service he resided in the County of Henry State of Virginia and has resided there since with the exception of the last four years resided in the County of Surry to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that his name is not on the pension Roll of the army of any state sworn to and subscribed the day of and year as above mentioned Joel his Blanchett mark
We Martin Bland and William Barton do hereby certify that we are of Patrick and State of Virginia as hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joel Blanchett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be nearly one year of age that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Martin Bland
Wm Barton
I William Goin of the County of Surry State of North Carolina do hereby certify that Joel Blanchett above mentioned served in the revolutionary under Captain Jonathan Harnly of the County of Henry and State of Virginia a three months tour at 96 and that the said Goin served with him the same tour under the same officer sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
William Goin Pension

North Carolina do hereby certify that Joel Blant above mentioned served in the revolutionary under Captain Jonathan Harnly of the County of Henry one state of Virginia a three months tour at 96 and that the said Goin served with him the same tour under the same officer sworn to and subscribed the day and year of as said
William Goin
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 said court further certifies that it appears to them that Martin Bland and William Barker who has signed the preceding certificate are residents of Patrick County and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit and that William Goin who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of Surry County North Carolina and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit and that there is no discrepancy in the neighborhood of the said applicant
December the 7 th 1832
This day James Boyd of the County of Patrick person- ally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County and made oath that he was acquainted with Joel Blant in time of the revolutionary and recollects of seeing him in the service of his country at Asberry Mills and seeing him after his return from 96 and knows that he was sick and likely to die for a considerable time and fully believes that the said Blant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states sworn to and subscribed the day and date above
Martin Bland
James Boyd

Virginia
Patrick County Sec t
I. Adiam Staples Clerk of the County Court aforesaid. As
are the Original proceedings of Joe Blanecks application for a Pension under the late Act of Congress, and that Martin Clord whose signature appears to the affidavit of James Boyd, appended to this declaration is a Magistrate of the County, duly appointed & qualified and according to law, that the said signature purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of office this 20 th day of December
1832 of the Commonwealth the 59 th year.
A. Staples Clerk
the Blaneck 21499 Declaration

the Palmetto 2199 Section
I, Abram Staples, Clerk of the County Court aforesaid do hereby Certify that Martin Clive whose signature appears to the above affidavit of Jose Blanchett is a magistrate of the County aforesaid, duly appointed & qualified according to Law that the said signature purporting to be his is genuine. Given under my hand & the seal of office at office this 20 th day of August, 1853 by the Constitution the 58 th year
A. Staples Clerk

State of Virginia } County of Patrick }
This day personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid Jacob Blankenship of the county of Patrick and state of Virginia and in order to amend further explain and more particularly specify his services in the Revolutionary war after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was born in the County of Amelide in the State of Virginia on the 7th day of April 1761 according to a record of his age now in his possession he says he lived in the county of Henry state of Virginia when called was into the service of the united states and that he remain in that county for several years of terwards when Henry county was divided and Patrick county taken off he felt into that county (the county of Patrick) where he has resided ever since until about six  ten years ago he moved to the county of Wythe State of Virginia where he lived until about Eighteen months ago he returned to the county of Patrick where he now resides. he says he entered the service of the united states in the spring of the year 1778 in the county of Henry where he then resided as a Volunteer private soldier under Captain Daniel Carlan. that he marched under Capt Carlan against the Tories to a place called heads Speaseth in the last mentioned county where they they joined Capt Shettons company was stationed at this place one month including the time he was going to and returning from the place when he was set at liberty. he says he was after this called on by Capt Carlan and March under him to the asbers milky in Surry county N. Carolina where he joined Capt Gideons company was stationed at this place two weeks was there discharged having been engaged twenty one days on this expedition than  ten days as a Volunteer and he believes in the year 1779 as  as a Volunteer and under Capt Gideons in search of Burke and Oldkins as mentioned in his declaration. he says he was at another time in the same year March under Capt Carlan in search of Tories in Surry county North Carolina on Starks Creek he was engaged in this Town  one  day  days he was another Port Royal to  where

Lieutenant Thomas Carlton in search of Tories on Johnsons Creek in Henry county, he was engaged in this expedition four days, he says he was again called out under Capt Carlson in the same year 1779 to go against the Tories and after marching a few miles rounded about in the Edge of Carolina was stationed at Flower Gap in Henry county Virginia three days engaged in this tour in March and stationed eight days. He was after this in the latter part of the year the year 1780 on first of the year 81 in March under Lieutenant Thomas Carlson against Lord. Cornwallis really when this officer was at the Morristown Tories in Carolina. but not being able to procure a horse to ride he was discharged and sent home having been engaged in this expedition eight days — he states that he never got any written discharge, either as any of the short tours mentioned above, he says that Colonel Abram Penn commanded the Regiment to which he belonged but was never present at any of the above mentioned places where this declaration was made or taken — that the above statement of his services taken with his service to act 96 under Capt Hambley mentioned in his declaration is all the services he can have positive recollection of performing in the Revolutionary war. — Thus 63 days in the whole under Captain Carlson — 12 days under Lieutenant Carlson 10 days under Capt Grooms four months under Capt Hambley making in the whole 6 months and 25 days records and subscribed before me this 12th day of December 1833 —
Arthur Blanchard
his Joel Blanchard mark

Virginia
Patrick County S.C.
I, Abram Staples Clerk of the County Court aforesaid do hereby certify that Martin Cloud whose signature appears to the annexed Declaration of said Plunkett is a magistrate of the County aforesaid duly appointed & qualified according to law that the said signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 13th day of November 1877 in the 58th year of the Comm. ealth
A. Staples

No 24999. A. Soel Plancat A.
Return in m.
Annual as per record. broad 25 days 12278
Wram Staples Clerk Patrick Co. B. Patrick County Court A.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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. Those 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 Abel Blount Patrick County Virg
   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.     1778 Priv Capt Curlan " Gidin E. Green Shurmus N.C. Aged 71 Henry Co. Va. Tradition Severy's trip   Drafted 1781 about 4 months " Hamby May N.C. Y.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.
31. 2. 3
for Cawler

February 13, 1935
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Mr. J. Blanchard 463 West Street New York, New York
BA-J/HEL Joel Blancit-S.29640 Thomas Blanchet-W.20395
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of February 5, with which you enclosed a list of Revolutionary War soldiers as found in the "Colonial and State Records of North Carolina" with your surname, under various spellings and request to know whether this office has further information in regard to them.
The Revolutionary War records of this office consist of claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States based upon service in that war.
The Revolutionary War pension and bounty land records have been searched and records found of two soldiers only, with that surname, who served in the North Carolina Troops; all spellings of the name were used in the search and those found were Thomas Blanchet and Joel Blancit. Their records are given herein as found in the claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
Joel Blancit S.29640
Joel Blancit was born April 7, 1761, in Amelia County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Henry(that part which was later Patrick) County, Virginia, he volunteered early in the spring of 1778, and served at various times on short tours, generally against the Tories, under Lieutenant Thomas Carlon, Captains Daniel Carlon and Jonathan Hanby and Colonel Abram Fann in the Virginia Troops and Captain James Gedens or Gidens in the North Carolina Troops. He was at the siege of Ninety Six. He stated that his entire service amounted to six months and twenty-five days.
Could not identify any of these officers except Col Penn.
m m H. T.

Joel Blancit was allowed pension on his application executed December 13, 1832, while residing in Patrick County, Virginia, in which county and in Henry County, that state, he had always lived except for eighteen months spent in Wythe County, Virginia.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Joel Blancit(S.29640), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Joel Blancit Certificate No. 23416 Issued January 17, 1834 Rate, $22.78 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831. Act of June 7, 1832 Virginia Agency.
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Thomas Blanchet W.20395
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Thomas Blanchet are not shown.
Thomas Blanchet married in December, 1778, at Hampstead, Orange County(later Ramapo, Rockland County), New York, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary Burgess. Elizabeth was born in said Hampstead, date not given. Her father, John Burgess, died before the Revolution. At the time of Elizabeth's marriage to Thomas Blanchet, her mother was living at Hampstead and the army was encamped on a part of the grounds at her home.
Elizabeth applied for pension on June 27, 1837, at which time she was aged seventy-nine years and resided in New York City. She stated that as well as she could remember her husband, Thomas Blanchet, enlisted for five years(she did not state the place of enlistment) and served in Captain Robert Fenner's North Carolina Company. In 1779, he marched with the army to the South, was

taken prisoner at Charleston, South Carolina, and died while in prison.
There is an official statement made by the Secretary of State of North Carolina on file in this claim which shows that the name Thomas Blancet was not found on the rolls of Captain Robert Fenner's Company but that one Thomas Blanchet was shown as having enlisted as sergeant for three years on June 21, 1777, and was made a private in June, 1778, that he served in Captain Vanoy's Company and that Warrant Number 1929, for one thousand acres of land was issued to the heirs by the State of North Carolina: the date of his death was not recorded.
At the time of the application for pension of the above named Elizabeth, she was the widow of Deacon Peter Lane, to whom she was married about four years after the death of her former husband, Thomas Blanchet. After the marriage of Peter and Elizabeth Lane, they lived for many years at Crumpton, Westchester County, New York. Peter Lane died December 13, 1821, after which his widow moved to New York City and lived with her son-in-law, Caleb Leverich or Leveriel(not clearly written) at #69 King Street, that city. The name of the wife of said Caleb was not given.
The claim of Elizabeth Lane for pension on account of the services of her former husband, Thomas Blanchet, was allowed for twelve months and nineteen days service as a private and eleven months and eleven days as sergeant in the North Carolina Line.
Elizabeth Lane died February 4, 1842, place not shown. It was stated that she was a member of the Presbyterian Church for more than fifty years.
The name of one child by her husband, Thomas Blanchet, is given, that of a son, Levi. There are no data in regard to him. In 1838, a grandson, Thomas Blanchet, was living; the place of his residence and names of his parents are not given. The name of one child by her marriage to Peter Lane, is given, that of a son, James B. Lane, who, in 1838, was residing in Tuckerton, New Jersey. His age was not given.
Soldier had a brother, Frederick Blanchet, who was also in the service.
The widow had six brothers in the Revolutionary War. They were John Burgess, killed near Tappan, in September, 1778; Peter Burgess, who was killed at White Plains; James and Archibald Burgess, both of whom were wounded while in service; Daniel and

Michael Burgess. In 1838, it was stated that all but Michael were then dead. In that year, Catharine, widow of Peter Smith, a sister of Elizabeth Lane, was residing in New York City and was aged eighty-two years.
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

29 640 Rey INVALID.
1935- Feb 18 - visit to Mr J. Blanchard - Prof
File No. 29, 640
Job Blanchard
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Act: June 1 st 89
Index:—Vol. 7, Page 42
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 5 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Joel Blancik, ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty two Dollars and seventy eight Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1838, to the 4 th Sept., 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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REPLYING TO
Veterans Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am enclosing herewith a memorandum containing the names of several North Carolina Blanchards who are recorded in the "Colonial and State Records of North Carolina" as having served in the armies of the United States in the War of the Revolution. I wish to inquire if you have any further records of any of these persons in your files and if it will be possible for me to obtain such information. The variations of the name, such as Blanchet and Blanchitt, I am equally interested in.
I desire this information in connection with some genealogical studies that I am engaged in.
Yours very truly,
J Blanchard J. Blanchard
Enc. at
Memo. "N.C. Blanchards in the Revolutionary War."

NORTH CAROLINA BLANCHARDS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
In the "Colonial and State Records of North Carolina" there are several lists of North Carolina soldiers in the War of the Revolution. One of these, in Vol. 16, p. 1002 and following, is a "Roster of the Continental Line from North Carolina, 1783." The names of all Blanchards, and variations of the name, found in this list, with the caption at the head of the list, are copied below:
Copy of a Register showing the names alphabetically, rank, dates of Commissions and enlistments, periods of service and occurrences, taken from the original muster and payrolls of the North Carolina Line of the late Army of the United States.
Names and Rank Companies Commissions & Enlistments Period of Service 3rd Regiment, Jethro Sumner, Col Blanchet, Jno., Music Jas. Emmets 11 Oct., '76 3 yrs. (Mustered 2nd Reg. 27 March for W.) 10th Regiment, Abraham Shepard, Col. Blanchet, Thos., Sergt. Andrew Vanoy's 21 June, '77 3 yrs. Blanchett, Fredk., Musc. " " 20 Aug., '77 " Blanchets, Jas., pt. Blount's 20 July, '78 9 mo. Blanchard, Michaja, pt. Hall's 17 May, 1781 12 mo. (Left service Aug. '82)

In Vol. 13, pp. 513, 515-516, 524 and following, there are recorded the rolls of a number of companies of the 2nd North Carolina Battalion commanded by Col. John Patton while at Camp White Plains, during Sept., 1778, in which the following names appear:
No. Name Enlistment Years
Captain Thomas Armstrong's Company
58 ✓ John Blanchard Oct. 11, 1776 2-1/2
Captain Robert Fenner's Company
25 ✓ Thomas Blanchett 25 June, '77 3
Captain John Craddock's Company
48 ✓ Frederick Blanchard Aug. 28, 1777 3
In Vol. 17, p. 189 and following, there is another list of North Carolina soldiers. The names of the Blanchards found therein, together with the heading of the list, are copied below:
Abstract of the Army Accounts of the North Carolina Line - Settled by the Commissioners at Halifax from the 1st of September 1784, to the 1st Feb., 1785, and at Warrenton in the year 1786, designating by whom the claims were receipted for respectively.

No. Names and Rank Amount By whom Rec'd. £ S D 2069 ✓ John Blanchard, M. 185 5 8 Joshua Davis 2074 ✓ Amariah* Blanchard 76 7 3 " " 2039 ✓ James Blanchitt 21 4 7 William Sanders 2917 ✓ John Blanchard, M. 167 11 4 Charles Guerard
With respect to Revolutionary War activities, the following item about one Moses Blanchard , of Chowan County, is found in Vol. 12, p. 34, in a record of the proceedings of a Session of the Assembly at New Bern, Tuesday, 22nd April, 1777:
"This House, being informed that Jacob Bagley, John Jones, and Moses Blanchard of Chowan County were sometime since enlisted into Companies under the Command of Continental Officers and have since been discharged on paying to such Officers, & others, Enormous Sums for such discharge.
"Resolved that the said Jacob Bagley, John Jones & Moses Blanchard be directed to attend this House immediately, and that they procure all the testimony they can respecting discharges, and the Sums they have paid, that the case may be inquired into and the Officers be represented to the Commander in Chief for such Mal-practices, and that a committee be appointed to execute this resolve."
(* Possibly the same as "Amerias". - J.B.)