Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,846, James Coalden, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Pa
Coalden, James
S 358 H 6
CONTENTS

1985 Columbia Tennessee (West)
James Galden Deer
who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Harrison of the Virginia line, for the term of 5 years
scribed on the Roll of Tennessee (West) at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 of May 1818.
ertificate of Pension issued the 20 of March 1819 and sent to Pet Harr Esq. C C Clarksville Tennessee
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 mos 31. $80. 25 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819. 48 —
$128.25
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Notes sent to the Com of Engrg
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State of Tennessee Montgomery County ss. 3
On this day being the 4 th of May 1815 - James Caldwell a citizen residing in the County of Stewart & State of Tennessee came before Mr Parry W. Humphreys one of the judges of the Circuit Courts in & for the State of Tennessee who being first sworn to declare the truth & nothing but the truth declared as follows. That he was a private soldier in the Army of the United States in the time of the revolutionary war. He enlisted with Captain George Nicholas at Williamsburg in the State of Virginia in the summer or fall of the year 1774 or 1775 - Capt. Nicholas commanded a company in the 2 nd Virginia Regiment which Regiment was commanded by Col. Woodford & Lieut. Col. Charles Scott he was enlisted for one year & served out the period & obtained his discharge he was not during that year beyond the limits of the State of Virginia. In January 1777. to the best of his recollection at the Battle of Brandywine Lieutenant John Shields who had been a Lieutenant or aide to the brig Liberty but was then recruiting for the Continental service in the first Virginia State Regiment - and of the same place in the Company of Col. Thomas Manning he was transferred to the Company of Capt. John Lee & from him to Capt. William Hopton

He was marched with the 60 th Regiment Commanded by Col d Gibson into the State of Pennsylvania & joined General Washingtons Army on the Sunday after the battle of Germantown. His enlistment was for three years but at in the latter end of 1779. Brandybrook, he requested for the term of the war Many of the Soldiers of that Regiment not having re-enlisted it was ordered to return to the State of Virginia & he had a furlow granted him until the 15 th of May 1780 which returned the Regiment at at Williamsburg was marched to Petersburg continued in service un- til the Winter of that year when Col d Gibson gave him a furlow to make him to attend to some of his family affairs Domestic Concerns until the last of May in the year 1781. Shortly after he obtained his furlow his Regiment was disbanded & he found himself many of his Comrades here in that year before the expiration of his furlow to  he joined  the  was Command- ed by Captain Samuel Edins Of Col d Geo Harrison's Regiment of Artillery & soon after until the month of September he joined Col d Charles Dabney who commanded the 1 st Virginia Regiment & he continued in that Regiment until the Siege of York & obtained his Discharge on the 22 nd of April in the year 1783. after the war was over. The 1 st Virginia Regiment was upon Court

under establishment from the time it was first married into the State of Pennsylvania He further says that during the time he was in the service of the United States he was in battle of Hampton. At the defeat of Forster at the Long Bridge in Virginia - In the Battle of Mon- mouth - at the storming of Stony Point by Genl. Wayne - and at the capture of Cornwallis at York Town - Since the War of the Revolution Revolution he says he was in the army three years under the command of General Wayne in the State of Ohio During which last term of service he got both his feet frostbitten & is now a cripple. As his feet feet were frostbitten while on Duty he supposed himself entitled to a pension but Genl. McKimber who succeeded Genl. Wayne in the command of that army refused to give him any certificate because he was not disabled in an action with the enemy - He says he is in his sixty sixth year of his age is without property or home where he can call his own, earns his subsistence by breaking flax & this precarious resource has tends to fail him by reason of his declining health His papers of the rewards of service have

been long since lost & destroyed. I have known of no person in this country who can testify any thing in his behalf. That if Genl. Charles Scott of Kentucky were living he could give testimony of the truth of a considerable part of his narrative & whether Col. Dabney is living or not he does not know but if living he is true & correct to be applied to the living some where in Virginia
Sworn & subscribed before me this 4 th of May 1818.
James his X Boalder
W. H. Mark.
P. W. Humphreys
I Parry W. Humphreys one of the judges of the Circuit Court in & for the State of Tennessee. Forasmuch as it appears to my satisfaction that James Boalder who made the foregoing affidavit did serve in the army of the United States as he has therein stated and declared. Do hereby certify the foregoing affidavit of the said James Boalder which contains all the testi- mony offered to me in support of his claim to a pension under the late act of Congress & all the proceedings had thereon. I do not doubt the correct- ness of his statement in all substantial particulars.
May 4 th 1818.
The Honble Secretary of the War Department
P. W. Humphreys

SCHEDULE.
District of Columbia 88. Washington County ss
On this 26 day of November 1821, personally appeared, in open court, (a) being a court of record (b) for the said district, circuit, county, or corporation, as the case may be.
James Coalden aged 70 years, resident in Washington City in said district, circuit, county, or corporation who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: (c) in the Regiment commanded by Col. Harrison, Virginia line, as will appear more fully by my original Declaration, bearing date the 11th March 1818, under which I have received a Pension Certificate No 7405.
And I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. (d)
I have no property whereof to make a schedule
Sworn to, and declared, on the 26th day of November, 1821. before
Wm Brent Clk
for the County of Washington I Wm Brent clerk of the Circuit Court of the District do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is no dollars and no cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 26th day of Nov 1821
Wm Brent Clk Clerk of the Court for the County of Washington

(a) The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
(b) All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the act of Congress,
1st. Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the state which create them;
2d. Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several states, to be courts of record;
3d. Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings.
4th. Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
And courts which proceed according to the course of the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal. The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record, and state why it is such.—[ Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States. ]
(c) Here set forth the regiment, company, and line, or ship, corps, or vessel, and the date of the original declaration; and, if he has received a pension, the number of the pension certificate should be inserted.
(d) Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, and subscribe the same. The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension. It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words of the third section of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, "in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.

35846 Rev INVALID.
File No. 35846
James Coalden Rev Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 91
[Arrangement of 1870.]

RECEIVED AUG 22
Free
Honorable John C. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington City
NOV 10 1841
Mr. Powell
Oct 20
Adm
Mail

Honourable John C. Calhoun.
D. Marr Clerk Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Montgomery; do hereby certify, that Larry W. Humphreys, is, and was (at the time of signing the inclosed certificate) Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of the State of Tennessee; and that due faith and credence should be given to his official transactions given under my hand and sealed with the seal of office this 21 st day of January 1819, and 43 rd year of our Independence.
D. Marr Clk "
Honourable John C. Calhoun
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James Cralden
transf from W Kennebec to D Columbia 27 Nov 1821 from 1 March 1820.
Sep 19

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Washington ss.
On this 26 day of Novr 1821, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Washington personally appeared James Coalden who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Womewether in the regiment commanded by Colonel Harrison in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of West Tennessee Agency from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory ) of Columbia where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.
James X  his  Coalden Saml Brubaker
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Joseph Dornack
WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, August 13, 1818. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

James Coalden's applica- tion for a new certificate.
issued 24 Nov r 1821.

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of Washington , D. C. ss.
On this twenty fourth day of November 1821; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Washington , personally appeared James Coalden who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Meriwether in the regiment commanded by Colonel Harrison , in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of  district of West Tennessee , that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the last day of January 1821, at or near cedar creek in the state of Tennessee he lost and has no means of obtaining it again.
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Henry Whetcroft Justice of the Peace Washington City
James Coalden Mark
NOTES. The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."