Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,268, Boston Daimwood, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Daimwood Boston
S. 3268
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CONTENTS

13890 West Tennessee
Boston Dainwood of Robertson Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Posey of the reg t commanded by Col. McLane in the Virginia line for 2 years from 1776.
Enscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum. commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of July 1833 — and sent to Mr. Seal, Springfield.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160. — Pens ant. allowance ending 4 Sep " 40. —
$200. —
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk Book E. Vol. 7 Page 96

Boston Daimwood Tennessee
N o 6055. from 1776 p er mit 2 Yrs $80. return for authentication
16.
P. 286 E
On Virgin State Roll
If not on the roll
March 8-53
Wm Seal
Springfield Tenn.

BRIEF in the case of  Boston Daimwood  of Robertson County in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79 Years  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 1776 2 " Private Gen. John McLanahan Col Thomas Patsy Lt Wallace 7 Regt Virginia Line afterwards attached to General Morgan's Command Col Butler Majors Morris & Sabney  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Pocahontas, Saratoga & White Marsh  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Botetourt County Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective Signature of the Clerk omitted on state Roll 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

Pension papers of Boston Common
2nd Springfield Mass Augt 16
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City
Free P.O. 6055 Aug 16

State of Tennessee Robertson County } August Term County Court 1832
On this 14 day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of said Court of Robertson County now sitting Boston Daimwood a resident of Robertson County and state of Tennessee aged Seventy nine in years whose name was subscribed to the foregoing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June the seventh 1832 that he enlisted in the army of the of the United States in the year 1816 with Captain Thomas Posey as a regular soldier for two years and served in the 7 Virginia regiment under the following named officers Capt Thomas Posey Lieutenant Adam Wallace Samuel Lapsly ensign commanded by Colonel John McLanahan He enlisted at Fincastle Rockland County from there we marched to Williamsburgh from thence to Queen's Island where we departed Danmore from thence we were ordered to march to Philadelphia where we remained until the Troops were ordered

from thence we marched to Brimfield from thence by express to reinforce General Gates but when we arrived the battle at Middlebrook was over and we had no fight there we remained a few days and from thence proceeded to Middlebrook where we continued some considerable time General Morgan had the privilege of choosing a company out of the Seventh Virginia Regiment and he made choice of Captain Posey's company of whom I was one of the number the commands of that regiment were General Morgan and Colonel Battle Major Morris and Major Dabney after this arrangement we marched to Piscataway where we had a severe fight with the loss of several of our regiment tho we came out victorious with considerable loss on the part of the British we then had orders to embark in Schooners in the North River up to Albany from thence to Saratoga to meet with General Burgoyne whom we met and defeated a few miles distant from Saratoga in our first engagement we then pursued them to Saratoga where we took him and his army prisoners then we returned back to White Marsh near Philadelphia there we had a battle and we were defeated Major Morris was wounded and died this was the last battle that I was in until I was discharged which

was in the year 1778 after the expiration of the two years service, that shortly thereafter he moved to Louisville on the Ohio & was not again in the service until the close of the war - he does not recollect whether he rec d a written discharge or not - that he has heard that Col. Joseph Crockett & Anthony Crockett & Joseph McCallister are probably living somewhere who could prove his service, if they are living - he has not seen either of them for near thirty years & is now too old to hunt them up - he hereby relinquishes every claim to any pension or annuity except the present I declare that his name is not on the pension roll of any State or any agency in any State - that he has no written evidence to prove his services -
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Test W. Seal Clerk Boston his Daimwood mark
We William Coarter a clergyman residing in the county of Robertson and state of Tennessee and Miles Draughan residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Boston Daimwood who has subscribed and sworn to the above declara- tion that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age, that he is respected and beloved 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 & year aforesaid
Test N. Seal clerk
William Cantor M.G.
his Miles J. Draughan mark
W 6055.
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 William Cantor who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the county of Robertson & state of Tennessee and that Miles Draughan who has also signed the same is a resident in the same and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I William Seal Clerk of the county court of Robertson certify that the preceding contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Boston Darnwood

for a pension In testimony whereof I have here to set my hand & affixed the seal of my office at Springfield in said county this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two W. Seal
State of Tennessee } Robertson County } Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Boston Daimwood who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was born in the year 1753 in the State of Pennsylvania near Schuylkill, the County he does not recollect being very small when his parents left that section he also states that he has no record of his age and only acquired a knowledge of his age by the sayings of his parents at the time he entered the service he was living in Botetourt County Virginia he has no recollection of ever receiving any written discharge, that if he did he knows not what he ever done with it, he resided for many years in Kentucky at the falls of the Ohio and then removed and resided for some time in Shawneetown in the State of Illinois from there he moved to the State of Tennessee in

Robertson County where he now resides and has resided for the last seven years there resides in his present neighbourhood by whom he can prove his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a revolutionary soldier several respectable citizens, Stewart, Peter Fiser, Henry Newton, Doct Christopher Stearns, Jeremiah Bell, and several others which he thinks unnecessary to enumerate He also states that he has no living witness within his knowledge nor within his control by which he can make proof of his services, He supposes that his name is on the Virginia State Roll Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of April 1833
his Boston BD Daimwood Mark
WM BOWMAN Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee } Robertson County } ss William Earl Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that William C. Conrad, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit of Boston Daimwood is a Justice of the peace in said County duly commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith is due to his attestation as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at office in Springfield this 20th day of April 1833
W. Earl

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File No. 3268
Boston Daimwood
Port. War. Line
Act: James V. 32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]