Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9160, John Campbell, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Campbell, John
S 9160
CONTENTS
carded
1760 Pittsylvania Co. Va.

4309
Virginia
John Campbell
of Franklin in the State of Va
who was a Mr: in the Compy commanded by Captain Donaldson of the Regt commanded by Col: Shelby - in the Va: line for 2 years from: 1777.-
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16 th April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 4 Sept 1838. age Notified 10 June 1839.
✦ Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 - Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Jan'y 33 and sent to Hon. N. H. Claiborne. House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of Sept-1832 30- Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Mar: 33 10-
✦ Said rate appears to have been the allowance for "6 mos. as Pri" $ 40- { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book D Vol. 7 Page 94-

Virginia Franklin County Set
This day to wit the 35 th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the court of Franklin County now sitting John Campbell born in Pennsylvania County Va aged seventy two 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 under the officers named hereafter and served as herein stated. That in 1777 in Pennsylvania County Va he joined a company of soldiers and marched to the Long Island on Hobson river. That the company was commanded by Captain John Donaldson the Lieutenant was Moses Hutchens. That another company marched at same time from Pennsylvania to the Long Island commanded by a Captain Witches. That there were at the Long Island about seven hundred men in all the whole were under Col. Isaac Shelby Col. Briscoe commanded another body of men at the same time but had marched in some other direction. The object was to protect the frontiers from the Indians he remembers Col. Isaac Shelby. In the course of the service saw Col. Christie who he remembers. Also Col. afterwards Genl. Joseph Martin that he left home about 1 st of March and returned home about 17 th July. He served faithfully and got a written discharge which he has lost or mislaid as he has not yet found it. That he was drafted afterwards in Bedford County where he had moved during the war with Great Britain and was marched through various places to York Town where he served under the General Washington at the capture of Cornwallis. That the company he was attached to at this time to York Town was commanded by Capt. Charles Callaway the Lieut. was Jacobus Early that the last town was held three months. That he served faithfully & was discharged. The discharge signed by the Lieut. is hereby exhibited. That he has no other documentary evidence. That he has resided since the war in Franklin County Virginia and for his character can and does if necessary appeal to his neighbours. He has no recollection of any one now living near him who remembered him in his services above.

but those who know him will confide in his statement — as he verily believes he lives near Nathl H Blackburn member of Congress who knows him well — He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
John Campbell
We Moses Green Jr. a clergyman residing in Franklin County Virginia and Nathl Blackburn residing in same county & State, certify that we are well acquainted with John Campbell who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years old — 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 & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Moses Green Jr.
Nathl H Blackburn
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 Moses Green Jr. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the said County of Franklin and that Nathaniel H Blackburn who has also signed the same is a resident of the same County and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Virginia To all
I Caleb Tate Clerk of the County Court of Franklin do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Campbell for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said Court the 24 th day of October 1832 in the 57 th year of our Independence.
Caleb Tate clk

I am well satisfied from what I know of Campbell that what he states is true - and that he Campbell will be satisfied with an allowance of six months services
R. A. H. Blackburne M. C.
John Campbell Esq.
Michigan Hill M. C.
10843 2

1929 Aug. 21 - L.P. Summers adv - cost of photos. Corres. in cl - of John Campbell A. 18869 WMSF
Revised
9160 INVALID.
File No. 9160
John Campbell Priv. Beer War
Act: June 7 th /32
Index: — Vol. 102 , Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Isabel Campbell
John Campbell, b. Feb 9, 1860. Va.

This is to certify that John Cammel a Soldier in my company in the Bedford Massachus is here by Discharged this 20 days of Oct 1781

John Campbell, from 1777 promissory 6 months, $20.
6 months.
ad to

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
John Campbell, further proof or explanation.
which require
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? No, VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 25 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," John Campbell, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. , Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and _____ 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,
Edward B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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