Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,958, Peter Dillow, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
★ Dillow, Peter
NUMBER
R. 2958.
CONTENTS
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Washington 15 July 1850
To Commissioner of Pensions
Sir.
I enclose for your action the application of Peter Dillow for a pension under the act of the 7 June 1832. The proof is weak in the case, and reliance for success is based more on what we hope to find in the records of the Department. Will you please to have them examined to see if they sustain the petitioner's declaration, and inform me of the result.
Respy
Your ob S.
M c M c Walla

No 38-079
Fela Dillon,
Virginia
Let f. ch. M c Calla. Nov. 23/50
2958
Jan 7, 1832.

Deposition of John Moore of the County of Jefferson, in the State of Virginia, taken before me Geo B Stephenson, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, in the matter of the claim of Peter Dillon, a revolutionary Soldier, for arrears of Pension, claimed to be due to him from the United States of America, for services in the war of the Revolution.
The said John Moore being first duly sworn on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, deposeth and saith that he has been acquainted with the said Peter Dillon, for a number of years, say at least forty five or fifty years, during which time he resided in the said county of Jefferson & State of Virginia. He further deposeth and sayeth, that many years ago, at least thirty, he heard the said Dillon declare he was at the taking or surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown - and further the said Dillon was regarded, altogether as a man of truth and veracity.
Sworn to & subscribed this 10: June 1850
Geo. B. Stephenson J.P.
John Moore

Deposition of George Eichelberger, of the County of Jefferson in the State of Virginia, taken before me B. B. Stephenson, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, in the matter of the claim for arrears of Pension, claimed to be due to Peter Dillow, from the United States, for services as a Revolutionary soldier.
The said George Eichelberger, being first duly sworn on the Holy Gospel of Almighty God, deposes and saith that - He has been acquainted with the said Peter Dillow a number of years, say at least thirty four years, during which time the said Dillow has resided in the said county of Jefferson, in the State of Virginia. He further saith, that he has heard said Dillow repeatedly say, that he was a soldier in the revolutionary war, & that he believed his statement to be correct.
Sworn & Subscribed to before me this 10: June 1850. Geo. B. Stephenson J.P.
Geo. Eichelberger

July 17/52
Oregon 12
Peter Salton
Fullerton Ave Box 32
M rs Alvin
J. A. B.
The Commissioner of Pensions
J. M. McCalla Post

2958
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Peter Dillon
service:
REJECTED
enlisted:
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discharged:
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application filed:
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alleges:
re-enlisted:
attorney:
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Recognized.
Contract.
Cert. of Dis.
Searched for
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No 38.079 Peter Dillow.
Revolut n army
Claims a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832
from W m Walla

Virginia, Jefferson County ss.
Be it remembered, that the undersigned, Peter Dittow, hereby claims the pension, pay and emoluments due to him as a soldier of the War of Revolution not having heretofore made the claim, or received any thing for said services, to which he may be entitled by the laws of the United States made and provided in such like cases.
He is now unable to declare the name of the military Corps to which he belonged while in service: but to the best of his knowledge and recollection, which is much impaired by his age and infirmities he says that the company in which he served was commanded by Captain Vestal; that the name of the Major of his Command was Willis, and that of the Colonel, Van Metre. That he entered the service some time in the year 1781, at or in the neighborhood of Shannondale in the then County of Berkeley, in the State of Virginia, and continued in service till the close of the war. He does not

to remember to have been actually engaged in any battle, but in a skirmish with the troop of the enemy, at or about the time of and near to the place of the battles which lead to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. He has an indistinct recollection that the place was Guilford Court House.
He declares that he did receive a regular discharge from the Army which has been lost in the lapse of so many years; - having therefore resisted all efforts made by others to engage him in the prosecution of this claim, he did not preserve with proper care the evidence of his services, as would be apparent by the production of such a paper. No doubt however, the corresponding facts are shown upon the books and company returns of the officers named in this declaration.
Sworn to & subscribed before
me.
Geo. B. Stephenson J.P.
D. Stone B. B. Allen

Virginia, Jefferson County.
I, George B. Stephenson, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Jefferson in the State of Virginia, hereby certify that the foregoing declaration of Peter Dillen was acknowledged and made before me, in the County and State aforesaid, and further that the age and bodily infirmities of the said Peter Dillen are such, as to preclude, his travelling to the Court House of the County without great pain and difficulty.
Given under my hand and Seal this 10 th day of June 1830
Geo. B. Stephenson