Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,504, David Campbell, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Campbell, David
S 1504
CONTENTS
carded.

26.842
W. Tenn.
David Campbell of McMinn in the State of Tenn who was a Sp in the Company commanded by Captain Moon of the Regt commanded by Col Bayer in the Virginia line for
6/10 Pr $ 20.00
Inscribed on the Roll of W. Tenn at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of June and sent to Mrs. Mary D. Crockett
Arrears to the 14th of Feb 31 50.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep 10.00 $ 70.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. P. Spence Clerk, Book C 2 Vol. 1 Page 85
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27.509
David Campbell Semper
from 1781 private 7 months $23.33
Drafts were for 3 & not 4 months, so therefore only allow for 7 m.
M. J. Wisdom Clk

Declaration of David Campbell in Order to Obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Tennessee } McNairy County } ss.
On this the Twenty third day of September in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three. Personally appeared in Open Court before the County Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for McNairy County in the State of Tennessee. Now Sitting David Campbell, a resident of McNairy County in the State aforesaid. Aged Twenty Two years next October. 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 was Born in Chester County State of Pennsylvania On the first day of October in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight  Seven hundred and sixty One. When he was Six years Old his Father Moved from Pennsylvania and Settled in Augusta County Virginia, which was afterwards divided and I fell in a new County called Rockbridge. Here I entered the Service of the United States as a Drafted Soldier On the 10 th day of January 1781 Under Captain Andrew Moore. We Ranavoued at a place called the red house Tavern in said County, and was there attached to Col. John Boyers Regiment, the next day after I joined the Army which was On the 11 th of the month we took up Our line of March and went to the Rock fish Gap, there we Met a Regiment from Augusta County, we here Croped the Mountain and Marched directly On to Fredericksburg Virginia at this place we lay two days. Then we Marched to James River. On Our way joined General Mullinburghs Army. On the Armys Arrival

at James River in Virginia at a place called Sandy Hook Or Sandy point, here my Regiment the Troops from Botatot County and Two new Regi- ments croped the River, and Marched directly On to a place Called Edmonds Hill, here we lay for some time waiting the British. General Mullinburgh remaining On the Opposite side of the river, From Edmonds Hill we Marched to the Great Bridge in Virginia. we lay here for some time watching the British who was then in Norfolk. From here we took up Our line of March On the 18 th Or 20 th day of April 1781 for Rockbridge County my place of residence. and Arrived home by the time my Term of four Months the length of time I was Drafted for. was Out. here I was discharged after having served four Months 4 I do not believe I received Any written discharge Nor do I believe Any of the Company did I will also mention that my Adjutant was a Man by the name of John Mc Candless before that time a Regular Soldier in the Northern Army-
On the 6 th day of June in the year of Our Lord 1781 I again entered the service of the United States in Rockbridge County Virginia as a Drafted Soldier under Captain Gray here we was attached to a Battalion Commanded by Maj Long. and Marched to a Widow Tayes not far from the Rock fish Gap. where we met some Troops from Augusta County Virginia Commanded by Col Samuel Lewis we was attached to his Regiment, From here we Marched directly to Richmond. from there pretty much through that Section of the Country. On Our March we met the British at James Town where we had

a Skirmish with the British , we also had an other Skirmish with the British at a place called Hot Water thru we went to Richmond there joined other Troops and marched to the neighbourhood of Williamsburg. (Cornwallis and his Army at this time was in Williamsburg) here we lay for some weeks, then the British marched to Little York and we went to Burrells Mill One Mile below Williamsburg here we lay for a long time, during our stay at this place my Term of Four months the time I was Drafted for was Out which was On the 6 th day of October 1781. About this time General Washington and General Laffayette was Expected to arrive with their Troops, so I volunteered together with our whole Company for One month, so I again entered the service of the United States as a volun- -teer soldier On the 6 th day of October 1781 at Burrells Mill near Williamsburg Virginia for the Term of One month, under Captain Gray Maj Long and Col Lewis, a few days afterwards Gen Washington and Laffayette arrived we was joined to his Army and marched to Little York, we besieged that place, and On the 19 th day of October 1781 the British Surrendered. I was in this engagement, after the Surrender of Cornwallis, we marched directly back to Rockbridge County at which place we arrived by the time my Term of Service was Out, and was then discharged. I do not think I received any written discharge nor do I know why I did not. I have no Documentary Evidence and that he knows of no person whose Test- -imony he can procure who can Testify to his Services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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 Question. When and in what year were you Born Answer. I was Born in Chester County State of Pennsylvania On the first day of October 1761
Question. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer. I have my age recorded in a Bible now at my house in McHenry County. The same was taken from my Fathers Bible
Question. Where were you living when called into Service when have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer. I was living in Rockbridge County State of Virginia when I entered the Service of the United States and lived there after the Revolution until the year 1802 then I moved to East Tennessee and lived there until the year 1826 then I moved to McHenry County where I now live
Question. How were you called into Service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer. I served Two Trips of four Months each as a Drafted Soldier and One Month as a Volunteer Soldier
Question. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops when you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the General Circum- stances of your services
Answer, I saw General Washington & Lafayette at the Siege of Little York I also was acquainted with John McBandlap who had been a regular Soldier, but afterward was my adjutant the first Tour I performed. The balance of the Question I have answered in the body of my Declaration

Question. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer. I do not recollect of ever receiving any discharge from the service I do not know why, nor do I think any of the soldiers did at the time I served.
Question State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer. I am well acquainted with Parson Anthony B Lambert and Col. John T. Burtwell both of my neighbourhood. They can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief and the neighbourhood's belief of my services in the Revolution.
Sworn to and subscribed David Campbell the day & year aforesaid
W ms S th Wisdom clk of McNairy County Court
Tennessee
We Anthony B. Lambert a Clergyman residing in the County of McNairy and John T. Burtwell residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Campbell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the A. B. Lambert day and year aforesaid
W ms S th Wisdom clk of McNairy County Court
Tennessee
John T. Burtwell

And the said Court do hereby Declare their Opinion after the investigation of the Matter and after putting the Interrogatories presented 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 Anthony B. Lambert who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in McHenry County Tennessee and that John T. Buntwell who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of McHenry and is a credible person and that their Statement is entitled to credit
Joseph Smith Pres
Wm Markham J.P.
W.P. Pace
I William T. Wisdom Clerk of the County Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of David Campbell for a Pension
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed my Seal of Office at Office in Purdy this 23 rd day of September A.D 1833 & 58 th year of the American Independence
W.T. Wisdom Clerk of McHenry County Court Tennessee

New War
INVALID.
Ann
File No. 1504.
David Campbell Mrs. M. G. G.
Act: June 7, 1882.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 56
[Arrangement of 1870.]

85080
West Tennessee
David Campbell
McNabb in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Moore of the reg. commanded by Col. Boyd in the Virginia line for 7 months
Enscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Nov 1833 and Mrs. Mary Wisdom Purdy
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 58.34 Pemi-anl. allowance ending March 11 66 $120 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. Page 75
See letter to Pm Agt Jackson, Ten. and to W. C. Dunlap, 22 o Dec 1835

Oct. 12, 13.843
Orderly J. H. [unclear]
W. D. Crockett M.R.
13.843
David Campbell
Juniper
h 1781 p 6-
$20.
for 1781 p 6- 6 months
Official character
Signature of the Clarke should be certified by a Mem. of Congress for the distruction of the Clarke resides
Simon [unclear] Penton Bureau Washington City
The Abn from [unclear] Belle Secretary at War
Free
Hon. J. S. Crockett

Mr. J. F.
13.843
David Campbell
Sumner
p 1781 p 6-
#20.
13.843
Oct. 12.
The Oldon
John Doyd
Post Secretary at War Penton Bureau Washington City
AVee
W. D. Crockett W.R.
Official character of signature of the estate should be certified by a notary public to be a true copy of the original and to be used as such

State of Tennessee } September Term of the County McNairy County } Court 1832.
I William S. Wisdom Clerk of the County Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing power of Attorney
from David Campbell to Henry S. Hardy was produced in Open Court at the Term aforesaid and the due execution thereof duly acknowledged by the said David Campbell for the use and purposes therein expressed - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal there being no seal of said Office yet provided. in Purdy this 26 th day of September 1832
W. S. Wisdom Clerk of McNairy County Court
I David Crockett, Member of Congress, do certify that William S. Wisdom is Clerk of the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of U.S. Nairy County Tennessee, and that the above is his signature.
David Crockett

State of Tennessee McGuire County } On this the 25 th day of September } in the year of Our Lord 1832 Personally appeared in Open court before the Justices of Our Court of pleas and quarter sessions Now sitting for said County. David Campbell a resident of McGuire County in the State of Tennessee age 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 the 7 th 1832 States that he was Born On the first day of October in the year 1761 in Chester County State of Pennsylvania - about the year 1767 my father Moved from Pennsylvania and settled in Augusta County Va a short time before the Revolution Augusta County was divided and I fell in a new County called Rockbridge and On the 10 th day of January 1781 I was drafted and entered the service of the United States under Captain Andrew Moore Col John Boyer - and Our Adjutant was John McBandless who was a regular soldier before that time, but had returned to Rockbridge County and received the Command of Adjutant, we encamped immediately after I was drafted at a place called the Red house in said Rockbridge County, and On the 11 th day of January 1781 we took up Our line of March and went directly On to the Blue ridge Crossing the same at a place called the rock fish Gap and Marched directly On to Fredericksburg Va. at Fredericksburg we joined the Militia of Augusta & Rockingham Counties who was commanded by Col William Boyer, we then Marched in the vicinity of Richmond, when we joined Genl. Mullenburgs Army, said Mullenburg belonged to the Regular Army but I do not believe he had any regular soldiers with him when we joined him, but had some militia we then March to Petersburg, from Petersburg we went to a place called Sandy point Or Sandy Hooke On James River, here Mullenburg and some of the Virginia Troops Crossed to the North side of the River and we March On the South side to a place called Edmunds hill, we lay there for some weeks, Mullenburg On the

On the North side and we on the opposite bank we encamped there for the purpose of cutting off Genl Arnold belonging to the British. I remained at this place until the 10th day of April when I received a discharge from Captain Moore and went home having served three months. this trip -
I staid at home until some time in July 1781 when I was again drafted and went out under Captain John Gilford, Maj Long and Col Samuel Lewis so soon as we were organized we marched towards Richmond Virginia the British Troops was lying at this time in the neigh- =hood of Richmond. On our march we joined Genl Mullinburgs Army - the British having left Richmond and making their way towards Williamsburgh. we marched in pursuit and encamped near the Army, a short time after the British encamped at Little York in Virginia, and our Army marched a short distance from Williamsburgh and encamped at a place called Burrells Mill, and there remained until we were joined by Washingtons Army and Genl Laffayettes Army who commanded the French Troops. a few days after they joined us we marched directly to Little York, and was in that Battle. The Captain who I started under took sick and he went home on a furlough after I had served two months under him, I was then commanded by Captain Gray after the capture of Lord Cornwallis at Little York I was discharged by Captain Gray having served this trip something like as well as he now recollects four months, I presented my discharge to the paymaster when I received my pay after the war, he detained them in his possession - after peace was made I resided in Rock then County Virginia until the year 1802 and then I moved to Washington County Tennessee and resided there about two years then moved to Blount County Tennessee and resided there until the year 1813 and then I moved to Maury County Tennessee and resided there until the year 1821 and then I moved to Lauderdale County Ala and lived there until the fall of 1826 and then

I moved to McHenry County Tennessee where I have resided ever since, that I know of no person by whom I can prove my services by, Anthony Lambert of McHenry has known me for some time and can testify as to my General Character and his belief of my services and Neighbourhoods belief as to my services Col John T. Burtwell has known me for some time and can testify as to my character and belief of my services - I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of any agency of any state Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court this 24 day of September 1832 David Campbell W. S. Wisdom Atty
We Anthony Lambert a clergyman residing in McHenry County and John T. Burtwell residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Campbell who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years old, he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, And that we concur in that opinion Given under our hands this day & date above Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court the day & date above
W. S. Wisdom Atty
A. B. Lambert John T. Burtwell
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

Then that Anthony Lambert who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in McHenry County and that John T. Burtwell who has also signed the same is a resident in McHenry County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit Given under our hands and seals this day and date above
Isaac Sherman of the county court of McHenry County State of Tennessee Nicholas Gillentine
Joseph Smith
I William J. Wisdom Clerk of the County Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings in the matter of the Application of David Campbell for a Pention
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal there being no seal of Office yet Provided in Purdy this 26 day of September 1832.
Wm J. Wisdom of McHenry County Court
Know all men by these presents that I David Campbell of the County of McHenry and State of Tennessee do by these presents nominate constitute and appoint Henry S. Handy of the city of Washington my true and lawful attorney in fact for me and in my name to present the foregoing application before the Secretary of War and have my name placed on the pension roll of West Tennessee and to draw from the department all monies which may be coming to me and execute a receipt for the same and to do every thing else he may conceive to be necessary in and about getting said pension hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney may do about the same Given under my hand and seal this 26 day of September 1832 David Campbell