Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 3028, Wright Bond, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Bond, Wright
S 3028
CONTENTS
Carded.

19044 184 Townborough Tennessee
Wright Bond
He was a private in the company commanded by Captain Clay of the Logan command Colonel in the Virginia for one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Townborough aged the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Feb 1833 and Scotts Sterling Cocks Rogersville
Arrears to the 4th of March  80.00 Pension allowance ending 1/1/34  20.00 $100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Dan Bays Clerk Book E Vol. 7 Page 7/22

State of Tennessee May Term of the Court of Pleas and Hawkins County 3 quarter Sessions of Hawkins County 1833
Declaration
This day personally appeared in open Court it being a Court of Record Wright Bond who after being duly sworn according to Law doth upon his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed the seventh day of June one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
That he was born in Charlotte County in the State of Virginia about the year 1755 agreeably to the best information he has ever been able to obtain and was removed from thence at a very early age to the County of Halifax in said State of Virginia this applicant further states that shortly after the commencement of the Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain the time he cannot recollect he entered the Service of the United States in Halifax County State of Virginia and served for a three months term of Duty as a private Volunteer Soldier under the command of Captain Martin Blay that he met the said Captain at Halifax Charlotte State of Virginia aforesaid when he was then and there mustered into the Service of the United States as a private Volunteer Soldier Soldier for the said term of three months and was then mustered immediately to Petersburg in said State of Virginia at which place said Captain Blay's Company cooperated with another Volunteer company from said State under the command of Captain Finch whose given name this applicant has forgotten this applicant further states that he continued to serve under the said Captain Blay at said Town of Petersburg till the end of three months being the full term for which he had engaged to serve as aforesaid at which time and place he received his discharge from the said Captain Blay and from thence he returned home in Halifax County State of Virginia aforesaid This applicant further states he has at this time no recollection of being under the command of any other officer during the said three months above stated than the two Captains above named and their Subalterns

This applicant further states that in the same County of Halifax state of Virginia he again entered the service of the United States as a private soldier in the Militia Service as a substitute for one John Puff and under the command of Captain Joshua Powell for a second term of three Months
This applicant further states he was mustered into the service of the United States shortly after the expiration of his term above stated, again at Halifax Courthouse State of Virginia under said Captain Joshua Powell and his Lieutenant Bates that the names of his superior officers were Colonel Dick and Major Long whose first names he has forgotten the name of his general officer was General Mendenburg his given name from the great length of time he has also forgotten this applicant further states that immediately, after being mustered into service as last above stated he was marched to or near Portsmouth Virginia the British then being in possession of Portsmouth at which place he continued to serve till the end of his term of service to wit three Months when he was then discharged by Colonel Dick and returned home to Halifax County state of Virginia aforesaid
This applicant further states that shortly after his return home from the law of duty last above stated he again entered the service of the United States as a private soldier in the Militia Service for a further term of three Months as a substitute in the place of one Joseph Giggens and under the command of Captain Barr of Halifax County Virginia, that he was mustered into the service again of his country at Halifax Courthouse State of Virginia under the said Captain Barr whose given or christian name from the great length of time he has forgotten this applicant states one Joseph Gill was the Lieutenant, he was then marched from Halifax Courthouse aforesaid through Charlotte County state of Virginia to Pointy Fork James River state aforesaid where he was placed under the command of General Barron Station who on the approach of the British troops under command of Colonel Tarleton a Retreat was ordered to Roanoke bridge this applicant further states that shortly after this he was taken sick and permitted to return home his term of service having nearly expired that after his return

have he received a discharge for the whole term of three months from his said Captain Barr
This applicant further states that during the several periods of his several terms of service as before set forth he served with embadied corps of troops as before stated who were called into service by competent authority and that during which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit
This applicant further states that there is no one in this section of country as he believes by whom he can prove his services as a Revolutionary soldier. He further says what has become of his several discharges for the terms mentioned above - he cannot now remember he further declares that he is somewhere now about Seventy eight years of age as he believes there being no record of his age and never having been one to his knowledge but from the information of others he is pretty well convinced that the above account is correct. He further states he moved from the County of Roanoke in the State of Virginia about forty years ago to the County of Hawkins State of Tennessee where he now resides he further declares that he lays no claim to any pension or annuity except the present, and that he is not on the roll of any state or agency.
Given to in open court 27 th May 1832 J. P. Mitchell Clerk
Wright & Bond mark
We William Thompson a being in the county of Roanoke with Wright Bond in the same being neighbours to the above applicant and Raleigh Dodson and Elisha Dodson residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Wright Bond who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be Seventy eight 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 William Thompson Raleigh Dodson Elisha Dodson Given to in open court 27 th May 1832 J. P. Mitchell Clerk
and the said board as 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 board further certifying that it appears to them that William Thompson who has signed the preceding certificate is a neighbor residing in the neighbourhood with the applicant Wright Bond and that Raleigh Dodson and Elisha

Dadsan who have also signed the same are residents in the same and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
State of Tennessee Hawkins County
Court of Pleas &c May Session 1832
I Stockly Pettitcheil Clerk of the court of Pleas and quarter Sessions of Hawkins County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the pre- going contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Wright Bond for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28 th day of May A D 1832
A D Mitchell Clk By W B Mitchell D Clk

Rev. War.
3028
INVALID.
Rev.
File No. 3028
Wright Bond
Rev. War. Line
Act: June 14/32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 37
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wight Build Jonesborough agency from — prints 17 = $40.
Sterling Locke, Rogersville Tenn

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Wright Bond which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? no IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no 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? no 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? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? no

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? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes 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? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes 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? No. 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 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 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 shewn 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.
‡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 authenticates 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 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

June 5. Bogsville Va May 28
St. L.
John Neto. Hon. J. G. Edwards Chairman of Senate Washington City D. C.

Rogersville May 28 th 1833
Sir
You will receive herin enclosed the amended Declaration of Wright Bond he has been unable to furnish the certificate of a Clingman in addition to that of others as required, which he was not apprised of, as regarded the Clingman when preparing his first Statement. I have for many years been personally and intimately acquainted with Mr Bond and have no hesitation in saying I believe him entitled to a pension but whether his Declaration and list of witnesses of services rendered are sufficient to entitle him to a pension is for you to determine. Your early attention to the examination of Mr Bonds case is most respectfully solicited I know him to be old and in very unfavorable circumstances and whatever bounty he may be entitled to from the Government is will be very desirable to him to get it soon.
Please enclose his certificate for pension should he be entitled to one either to me or to him directed to Rogersville. Mr Bonds Declaration is the only one I have ever attempted to prepare if there has been any thing omitted I presume the fault chargeable to me for want of sufficient experience in preparing such papers for I have the strongest conviction his claim is an honest one if however any thing in addition should be required please have the goodness to inform thereof and as far as practicable such deficiency shall be supplied or accounted for.
Yours Very Respectfully Sterling G. Cooke

State of Tennessee } August term of the court of Hawkins County } Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Hawkins August 28 th 1832
This day Declaration
This day personally appeared in open court (it being a court of record) Wright Bond, and after being duly sworn according to law, doth upon his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832.
That he was born in Charlotte County in the State of Virginia about the year 1755 about agreeable to the best information he has ever been able to obtain; and was moved from thence at a very early age to the County of Halifax in said State of Virginia - where he entered the service of his country about the age of eighteen, for a term of three months as a volunteer under the command of Capt. Mastin Clay: This applicant states, that he met Capt. Clay at Halifax Court-house, and was marched immediately to Petersburg in same State - where this applicant says, he was detained by his officers until his time expired - at which time and place he recd. his discharge from Capt. Clay, and from thence he returned home in Halifax in said State of Virginia where he remained for some time.
This applicant further states, that in the same County and State he entered the service as a vol substitute in the place of John Papp, and under the command of Capt. Payne Joshua Dowel as he believes for a term of three months - He says,

that he served part of his time under Capt! Powell - and the remainder under Col! Dock - and was discharged near Ports-Mouth to the best of his recollection - but to state positively where he was discharged this applicant will not say - from which place he returned home to same County of Halifax -
This applicant further says, that he entered the service the second time as a substitute for the period of three months each - He says, that the last term he served in the place of Joseph Siggen and under the command of Capt. Herr - From Halifax he says, he marched through Charlott to Piney fork on James River, where he was placed under the command of General Baron Sturband - who ordered the  the army to retreat to Roanoke Bridge they being met at Pineyfork by Col! Tarleton - This applicant further states, that about that time he was taken sick, and was permitted to return home - his term of service having nearly expired as well as he now remembers - He further says, that after he returned home he recd. his discharge for the whole term -
This applicant further represents, that there is no one in this section of Country as he believes, by whom he can prove his services as a Revolutionary Soldier - He further says, that what has become of his discharges for the terms mentioned above he cannot now remember - He further declares, that he is some where about seventy seven as he believes there being no record of his age, and never having been one as he believes - But from the information

of others he is pretty well convinced that the above account is correct. He further says, that there is no Clergyman in his neighbourhood who knows anything particularly concerning him. He further declares, that he lays no claim to any pension or annuity except the present, and that he is not on the roll of any State or agency. He further states this applicant further states that he moved from the County of Fleming in the State of Virginia about forty years ago to the County of Hawkins State of Tennessee where he now lives  sworn to in open court 28 th August 1832  Wright his Bond mark Wm Mitchell Clerk
Mrs. John McLean and Richard Stubblefield residing in the same neighbourhood with Wright Bond the above declarant and do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Wright Bond who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is upright and believed in the neighbourhood 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  John, J. McLean Richard Stubblefield Wm Mitchell Clerk
and the said Bond do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Bond further certifies that it appears to them that John McLean and Richard Stubblefield who have signed the preceding certificate are residents residing in the County of Hawkins in the same neighbourhood with the above applicant and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Hugh H. Hambleton L. Spear
Thos. Gillenwater
The 2nd copy in the War Dept

State of Tennessee Hawkins County
Court of Pleas de August Session 1832
I Stockley Mitchell clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of Hawkins County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Wright Bond for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29 th day of August A.D. 1832
Stockley Mitchell Clerk By M c B Mitchell D e Clerk
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