Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,791, George Booth, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
★ Booth, George
S. 1,791
CONTENTS
carded

Rev War.
1791
INVALID.
File No. 1791
George Booth, Pvt. Va. Line.
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index:—Vol. Q , Page 36
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mr George Booth Rutherford Co. Tennessee Thinks his pension is not of sufficiently large for the term of his service — I wish these papers to be re-examined — D.W. Wilkinson
Memorandum

See letter 4 March to R. D. W. Dickinson
7231 West Tennessee
George Booth of Rutherford in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Waller of the Regt. commanded by Col. Porterfield in the Virginia line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of W Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars  Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of March 1833 and sent to Wm Ledbetter Murfreesborough Tenn
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 160.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept th 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book 6
Daniel Bayd
Clerk,
Vol. 7
Page 72

15508
George Booth's declaration for pennon act Com. 1832
...was sworn in and the... after the battle, Capt Drew, took charge of the regiment, then

State of Tennessee } Circuit court Rutherford County } October term 1832
On this 2 nd day of October 1832 personally appeared before the Honorable James C Mitchell one of the circuit judges of the State of Tennessee now presiding in said county of Rutherford George Booth aged near seventy four 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 the 17 th 1832 That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1778, with Lieutenant Ope Danna post in the Company commanded by Captain Waller (whose christian name he does not recollect but believes it was James) in the second Virginia State Garrison regiment, then commanded by Col Nicholas George Mobile, in the Virginia line - He enlisted for three years in the County of Northumberland State of Virginia, where he resided when he entered the service. He marched to Williamsburgh where he joined the regiment & remained there until sometime in the Winter 1781. It was then Col Charles Porterfield took command of the regiment, Col Mobile having left it or been assigned to some other command, It was then also this Declarant was transferred to the Company commanded by Capt Thomas H Drew, of the same regiment There being a pressing call for men to go to the South, we marched to the South, & Declarant was in the battle of Camden on the 16 th day of August 1780, when Col Porterfield was wounded of which wound he afterwards died This declarant was wounded in three places in that battle, a sabre wound on the hand & two gun shot wounds, one in the arm & the other in the leg - After the battle, Capt Drew, took charge of the regiment, then

composed of sixty or seventy men, the remains of about five hundred, who started on the expedition. We were marched back to Richmond in Virginia, where we remained until some time in the spring of 1781. When Declarant received a discharge (having served his time out) from Major Charles McGill, who then had command of the remnant of the regiment. He knows of no person who can prove his services. He sold his discharge a long time ago to a man by the name of Stogden authorizing him to draw his arrearages of pay excepting his land. He does not know where his discharge is. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
George Boeth
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid -
M c Whorter, Clerk.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as his status -
J. Mitchell
State of Kentucky
William Cabell Jr. Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in said court on the application of George Boeth for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have set my hand and caused the seal of said court to be affixed at office in Louisville, Kentucky 16 October 1832.
W m L. D. Miller Clerk

No 15508.
George Booth Rutherford County Tennessee George Booth,
from 1778 private 3 years.
$80. on Roll
on Roll
William Sedbeter Murfreesborough Tennessee

BRIEF in the case of George Rootes  County of Rutherford  in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? near 74 -  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 17 98. 3 As a Gen. (Col Mobile)  Lieut Davenport  Capt Waller  Capt Drew - Col Porterfield   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Camden  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northumberland Co Va  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer T. Tator  Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of George Bootts which require further proof or explanation.
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? 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'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? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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 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.