Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3202, John Corbin, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Corbin, John
S. 3202
carded
CONTENTS

Co. Pittsburgh DR 309 John Corbin 20309
Holmes Co in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Co commanded by Captain Thornton of the Regt commanded by Col Wheaton in the Virginia line for 8 1/2 Mts.
28 83 1/100
Enrolled on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of 28 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Oct r 1833 and sent to Harry Rice Millersburg H.C. Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 70.82 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Nov 33 14.17
$ 84.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm H Palmer Clerk, Book E Vol. 8. Page 108.
†

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June. A.D. 1832.
The State of Ohio } On this Tenth Day of Oct. A.D. 1833. Holmes County, ss. } personally appeared, before the Court of Common Pleas (the said Court being a Court of Record in and for said County) John Corbin a resident in Prairie Township in said County of Holmes, aged eighty two years, the second day of Feb. last, who being first duly qualified and sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by Act of Congress, passed June 7th. 1832:
7th. 1832: That I the said Corbin enlisted as a private in the State Troops of Virginia, in the first year of the Revolution, in the Company commanded by Capt. John Thornton, 1 st Lieutenant Rob t Powell & 2 d Lieutenant John Kemp. and in the third Regiment of the Virginia Troops or Line, commanded by Col. Wheaton - my enlistment was for two years, but I was honorably discharged between eight & nine months after my said enlistment on account of sickness by fits - my discharge was in writing which is now lost & destroyed. When I enlisted, as aforesaid, I resided in Culpepper County in the State of Virginia, and was first marched from the Court House in said Culpepper County to Burnside - Then to Alexandria - Then to Fredericksburg, then to Williamsburg then to Little York - then to Swin's Island then to the banks of the Potomack where I was discharged as aforesaid. And further I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or any emolument, except the present, and I also declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John the Corbin
John T. Doran a month

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the within named applicant was a revolutionary sol- dier and deserves a State
J. B. Hunt J. Sprague Associates Clerks
The State
John Corbin Applicant for a Pension
17162
The State of Ohio Holmes County ss
I Robert H. Emos Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the within contains the original proceed- ings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Corbin for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 10 th day of October A.D. 1832
R. H. Emos Clerk

John Corbin.
Application for Pension

The State of Ohio } Holmes County ss. }
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County, John Corbin who being duly sworn, deposes and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot reverse positively as to the precise length of his service in the Revolutionary war, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than eight months and fifteen days from and after the commencement of the Revolutionary War in the capacity and grade of a private soldier, and for such service he claims a pension. And further the said John Corbin on his oath aforesaid saith that he is not able to obtain the evidence of a Clergyman's belief as to his the said John's age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service for the reason that there is no resident clergymen in the township or neighborhood in which said John resides, nor any clergymen in the said County of Holmes with whom he since John is acquainted. And further the said John on his oath aforesaid saith that he cannot obtain the testimony of any living witness to prove his revolutionary service for reason that such witnesses who served with him as far as he can learn are now dead, and no living witness can now be found as said John believes by whom he can prove his positive revolutionary service - and all documentary evidence of his service is now lost which the said John ever had. And the said deponent further saith that he is the identical John Corbin who made the above declaration on the 10th day of Oct. A.D. 1833, and further saith not.
John Corbin
Sworn to and subscribed this 25 th day of May 1833 and I further John Corbin J P testify the above named witness to be a Creditable person

The State of Ohio } Holmes County ss. } Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Robt Goldsbury an resident of said County who being duly sworn deposits and states that he has been acquainted with John Corbin for fifteen years last past - that I first became acquainted with said Corbin in Virginia in Hampshire County and lived there near said Corbin for eight years when I removed to Holmes County aforesaid with said Corbin and have lived ever since in the same neighborhood with said Corbin. And I verily believe from my personal knowledge of said Corbin that he is eighty two years of age and has served in the revolutionary war for a considerable time, and this is the common belief of all his the said Corbin's neighbors both in Virginia and in this State who in any wise know him. and further I state that the said Corbin's character for truth and veracity is fair and good whenever he is known. & further deponent.
Robt Goldsbury mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25 th day of May 1833 and I further certify the above word witness to the aforesaid John Corbin per me
The State of Ohio Holmes County ss
I Robert K. Knapp Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County - that the said depositions of John Corbin, Robt Golds- bury the above testimony of the above I hereto sign A.D. 1833.

The State of Ohio Holmes County ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Wesley Stafford a resident of said County who being duly sworn deposes and states that he has been acquainted with John Corbin of said County for fifteen years - I first became acquainted with him in Hampshire County, in Virginia and was then acquainted with him several years & lived in the same neighborhood. and since I removed to said Holmes County in the state of Ohio, I have lived in the same neighborhood with said Corbin. and from my personal knowledge of him. I verily believe him to be eighty two years of age and that he has served in the war of the Revolution as he states, and this is the general belief of all his neighbors both in Virginia and in this State where he now resides. and I can further say that
said Corbin's Character for truth & veracity is good - and further I can say that no clergymen resides in his neighborhood with said Corbin, and I believe none is acquainted with him. & further say not.
Wesley Stafford
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
23 rd day of May 1833 and I further certify that the above John Gary J. D. named witness to be a credible person
I read in and for said County hereby certify that John Gary Esq. & Wesley Stafford on this sheet were made in and act of Justice of the peace are genuine - that full credit is due to his acts. (name and affix my seal of Office at Millersburg the 25 th day of May
R. K. Enos Clerk

Coley Corbin's Affidavit

The State of Ohio
Holmes County ss. Personally came before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Geary Corbin who being duly sworn deposes and says that she is the daughter of John Corbin who makes application for a pension, and that she is forty eight years of age and has always lived at home with her father both in Virginia and this State, and recollects perfectly well of seeing a written discharge which her father had and often was in her hearing which purported, and nearly as she can recollect, that he had faithfully served as a private in the revolutionary war for eight months & upwards, and that he was honorably dis- charged, and she believes it was signed by Col. Wheaton. She has often heard her father & others talk about his service in the revolutionary war, and all his neighbors and old acquaintances in Virginia believed that he did enlist and serve eight or nine months in the revolution, and often talked about it. And she well recollects that her discharge was pasted on another piece of paper to preserve it, and that it was put in a cloth bag with some other papers when her father removed from Virginia to Ohio, and that the bag of papers was lost on the journey, as she believes - and further says not.
Geary Corbin mark.
Subscribed & sworn to before me this Sept 17th 1833. and further I certify that the above named Geary Corbin is a credible witness this date of Jan 2nd - Wm. H. Justice of peace

17. 162 (2 d Examination)
20. 309
John Corbin
Holmes Co
Ohio
Return for
Adm 8 Months &
15 days.
26. 66
1. 66
$ 28 32
5 p. 64
14. 18
$ 0. 82
Harvey Rice Esq
Millersburg
Holmes Co
Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
25 th June - 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Corbin of Holmes Co Ohio
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     8 15 private Cap. Thornton Col Wheaton 82 Traditionary.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states:
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Corbin, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 8 mos 15 da. Pvt. John Thornton. Wheeldon 34 Va.                                                   
Battles engaged in, Not stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Culpeper Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct 10. 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Prairie Township, Holmes Co Ohio.
Age at date of application, 6 Feb 2. 1750
Remarks: He married in Culpeper Co. after he returned from the war Sarah — 70 years in 1833. Daughters: Celie 48 in 1833, Fanny 46 in 1833
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

M.13.74 Ques
Rev. War Section.
January 11, 1915.
Mrs. Vivian Elsie Lyon, 16 Budlong Street, Hillsdale, Mich.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the sixth instant, you are advised that the papers in claim Sur. File No. 3,202, Rev. War, fail to show the place and date of death of John Corbin,
In order to ascertain the date of death or of last payment of soldier's pension and to whom paid, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, Washington, D. C., quoting all of the following data:
" John Corbin, Certificate No. 20,309. issued October 9, 1833. for $28.33 per annum, from March 4, 1831, under the Act of June 7, 1832. at the Pittsburgh, Ohio Agency."
Very respectfully,
Gm Saltzman Commissioner.

Nov 5- Culver and
Prairie Twp. Holmes Co. Ohio
Va. Troops
The only John Corbin he has had record - explain that it is the only one

Rev. War Section. GENEALOGY
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MEMBER OF DAUGHTER OF COLONIAL CAVALLERS SISTERS OF COLONIAL SONS MAY FLOWER DESCENDANTS REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1812
FRANCIS B. CULVER 2203 NORTH CHARLES STREET BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
MEMBER OF MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE ORDER OF WASHINGTON KNIGHTS OF GOLDEN HORSESHOE ORDER OF LAFAYETTE
Nov 1920
Dec. 8, 1920.
Francis B. Culver, 2203 N. Charles St. Baltimore, Md.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 4" ultimo, you are advised that on June 23, 1915, you were furnished the history of the only Revolutionary War pensioner named John Corbin found in the records of this Bureau.  During to the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose it is not the practice to send the same record twice to any person. Said John Corbin served in the Virginia Troops and was a resident of Prairie Township, Holmes County Ohio in 1832.
Very respectfully,
L. H. Raper
Acting Commissioner.

ESTABLISHED 1801 DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS The Commissioner of Pensions: Washington, D.C.
Rev. Dr.
Dear Sir: Will you kindly supply, at a convenient time, the Revolutionary War record of one John Corbin , of Maryland who was a pensioner living in Holmes County, Ohio, in 1833? There was only one at the time. has been at - explain
Prairie Gap
(There was another John Corbin of Va. troops, who was living in Prairie County Ohio, in 1832, a pensioner).
no such Co. or 1833.
Yours truly Francis B. Culev

125 W. 22 nd St.
Baltimore, Md., 19 June 1915
The Commission of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Rev See v H
Sir: In my letter of June 18 th , in re one John Corbin certain errors occur.
What I desire is - the military service record (with personal data) relating to John Corbin , of Maryland Troops, Revolutionary war, who removed to Holmes County, Ohio, and was pensioned 9 Oct. 1833 under act of 1832.
Yours truly
Francis B. Culver

125 W. 22 nd St.
Baltimore, Md. 18 June 1915
The Commissioner of Pensions - Washington, D.C.
Rev Sec H
Sir Sir:
Please furnish me the military service record (with personal data) of one John Corbin , a private in the Virginia Continental Army, Revolutionary
War, who was pensioned under act of 1818.
He resides in Monroe County, Ohio. no such pensioner on list or in files
Yours truly,
Francis B. Culver

Rev Secy I
16 Budlong Street Hillsdale, Mich. Nov. 16, 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Can you tell me whether John Corbin , native of Giles pepper County, Virginia, Robert Goldsborough , native of Hampshire Co., Virginia, afterwards moved to Kentucky, or

Jacob  Fink , native of Germany, settled in Pennsylvania, were in the War of the Revolution? If so, can you give me their records?
Very truly yours -
Vivian Elsie Lyon

Jan
✓ 16 Budlong Street Hillsdale, Mich. Jan. 6, 1915.
Commissioner of Pensions - Dep't of the Interior - Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please tell me the date, and place of the death of John Corbin, a native of Culpeper Co., Virginia, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner? Thanking you, I am Very truly yours - Vivian Elsie Lyon.

1914 Nov 25: History to Mrs.
Verrian E Lyon. M.B.H.
1915 Jan 11. Mrs. V. E. Lyon advised date & place of death not known - and referred to Auditor for Int. Dept.
M.B.H.
1916 March 11 - History to Mrs.
J. K. Corbin. M.B.H.
1915 June 23: History to Mr.
Francis B. Culver - M.B.H.
1920 Dec. 8, F. B. Culver advised already furnished & no other. Aii.
Rev War
3202 INVALID.
File No. 3202
John Corbin Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: - Vol. A , Page 73
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sarah Corbin's Affidavit.

The State of Ohio Western County ss. Personally came before me a Justice of the peace in and for said county Sarah Corbin (wife of John Corbin who makes application for a pension) who being duly sworn deposes and states that she is seventy years of age and that she was married to said John Corbin after his return home from the revolutionary army in Culpepper Co. Va. and that she was well acquainted with said John several years before the commencement of the revolutionary war - and recollects that he enlisted in the revolutionary army under Capt. Thornton in the beginning of the war, and was gone in the army nine months as she believes before he returned home, and that she has often seen his discharge in writing (from Col. Wheaton or the like) and heard him read it - she had the said written discharge in her keeping in the house for a good many years after she was married, and she believes that it was lost about nine years ago in removing from Virginia to Ohio - and further she has often heard him and his old acquaintances speak of his services in the Revolution and nobody doubted it, and further states not her
Sarah Corbin mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17 th Sept. 1833 and further I certify that the above named Sarah Corbin is a credible witness the date aforesaid
Wm Herr Justice of peace

The State of Ohio, Knox County ss. 3, Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Fanny Corbin, who being duly sworn, deposed and says that she is a daughter of John Corbin and forty six years of age and that she lived with her said father during the whole time he resided in the State of Virginia and until he removed into the State of Ohio from Virginia nine years ago. and that she has often seen a written discharge and heard her father read it which her said father rec'd from Col. Wheaton the officer under whom her father served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War as she understood from hearing her said discharge read - The purport of which said discharge was, as nearly as she can recollect, that her said father John Corbin had faithfully served as a private soldier in the revolutionary army for a period of eight months and some few days the precise number of days she cannot recollect - and that her said father was honorably discharged. And further that she believes said written discharge is now lost or destroyed - she well recollects of hearing her father often read it and of his having it pasted on a piece of paper to preserve it as it was a good deal worn. and that when she lived in Virginia she recollects well of often hearing her father and one Witness . Mail talk over their service in the revolutionary war and the neighbors in Virginia where her father formerly lived often spoke of his service in the revolutionary war and all believed that he did so serve for the term of eight months and upwards from the beginning

of the war and that he was honorably discharged on account of his sickness & further affidavit not - Fanny Corbin Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19 th Sept r 1833 and further certify that the above named Fanny Corbin is a credible Witness the Date aforesaid Wm Kerr Justice of Peace
The State of Ohio Holmes County ss
I Robert H. Enos Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county hereby certify that the above named William Kerr Esquire is and was on the day instant an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such according to the Constitution & Laws of said State and that full faith and credit is due to his official acts of which the above and within are true.
In Testimony of the above I hereto sign my name and affix my seal of office at Mil- lersburg the 19 th day of Sept r A.D. 1833. R.H. Enos Clerk Fanny Corbin