Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,669, James Herndon, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Va.
Herndon, James
81669
CONTENTS
carded.

22,146
West Tennessee
James Hetdorn
Warrenton in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Tallifern of the reg't led Parker in the Battle of line for 1 yr. 11 months for 1779.
Inscribed on the Roll of W. Tennessee at the rate of 76 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Oct 1833 and sent to J.B. Forester McMinnville Ten
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $ 191.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th March 38.33
$ 230.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm H Ellison Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 83

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
James Berndon
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1779 18 mos Pvt. Taliaferro Parker Va.   30 mos Adams Wallace Buford   1781 2 " Richard Gains William Davidson   Joseph Hugneway Fleming  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Charlotte Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 4. 1832. His claim was allowed.
76.66 per an. issued Oct. 14, 1833. For.
Residence at date of application, Warren Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application, born in N.C. in 1762.
Remarks: No data as to family

State of Tennessee Warren County
On this 4 th day of Oct 1882 personally appeared in open court before the Warrenton court of pleas and quarter sessions for the said county now sitting Jan Thermon a resident of said county and state aged about seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as follows herein stated. Says that in the year 1879 in the month of May as he believes he entered the service for eighteen months under the following officers to wit Capt Tallifera Lieutenant Stubble field in Col. Parker's regiment he enlist- ed in Charlotte County Virginia where he then lived and continued to live until the end of the war. Capt. Talli- fero Talliner as he was called associated his company was organized at Peters- burg as also the regiment of Parker and Col. Bluford. Col. Parker marched his regiment on from Petersburg to Charleston South Carolina where they joined Genl. Lincoln and surrendered. With him when Charleston was taken. This declarant was left about one hundred miles from Charleston with others all of whom were sick as Col. Parker's regiment marched on this declarant after

Before this declaration had recovered from the attack of sickness under which he laboured the Col. Parker's regiment had surrendered. About that time Col Bluford marched his regiment from Petersburg towards Charleston and on his way came by where de- clarant then was who being anxious to serve his country joined his regiment and to  with  the  to Capt. Adam Wallace's company Col Bluford marched on towards Charleston  back then until he came to the  service within fifty or sixty miles of Charleston Col Bluford finding the American army under Genl. Lee surrendered  had  too that it would be folly in him to march against all the forces of the enemy with a single regiment he began to retreat through Camden the same day he had gone down the enemy pursued him to the upper parts of South Carolina where they overtook and defeat- ed him near the Hanging Rock This applicant was not in the battle as he was that day placed to guard the ammunition wagons and narrowly made his escape. This applicant was again attacked with the fever and ague and was sick for several months he went on to Chesterfield court house and joined Col William Danieson where he remained until his time expired and was discharged by him. This appli- cant in about two months was drafted for three months and entered the service he left Richard Gains company Col Gilliam's regiment they marched from Charleston county via Petersburg to Suffolk

thence on to Long Bridge on Potomac river where the British then had a garrison after some skirmishing Col Fleming marches back to Suffolk where this applicant remains until his time expires and he was dis- charged by General Mullenberg who had then the command and he returned home. He was again drafted in the latter part of the war and marched from Petersburg to Williamsburg where he remained until his time expired and he was discharged a few days before Lee surrendered in Oct 1865. This applicant received written discharges each time to wit three. After the war terminated this applicant was informed by Judge Barrington of Charlotte County Virg- ia that no provision had been made to pay off the troops this applicant gave him his discharges and he went to Richmond and drew his money what he did with his discharges this applicant does not know he has not seen nor heard of them since he therefore has no documentary evidence and he knows of no one whose testimony he can procure to establish the above facts or testimony to his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his claim is not an the pension roll of the agency of any State. James Henson

Sworn to and subscribed in open court October 4 th 1832. Jos Colville clk By J Colville Dcl
We James Cope a Clergyman residing in the County of Warren and William Armstrong residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Henderson who has subscribed and known to the above declar- -ation that we believe him to be about Seven- ty years of age. That he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, that we concur in that opinion. James Cope William Armstrong Sworn to and subscribed in open court 4 th Oct r 1832 Jos Colville clk By J Colville Dcl
Answers to the interrogatories put by the Court as directed by the Secretary of War Says he was born 1762 in North Carolina County North Carolina his father moved Charlotte County Virginia where he claimed lived eighteen or twenty years lived two years in Rowan County North Carolina five years in Fredell County five years in Burke County in East Tennessee eight years in Washington County in Virginia ever since in Warren County where he still resides. Has no record of his age. Lived in Charlotte County Virginia during the revolution and wars. Entered the first campaign and was drafted the other two. He has stated the officer with whom he served in his declaration he received written

thence on to Long Bridge on the Potomac river where the British then had a garrison after some skirmishing Col. Fleming marched back to Suffolk where this applicant remained until his time expired and he was dis- charged by General Mendenhall who had then the command. and he returned home. he was again drafted in the three months forays and attacked to Joseph Gurney's plantation and marched from there to Williamsburg where he remained until his time expired and he was discharged a few days before Cornwallis surrendered in Oct 1781. This applicant received written discharges each time to wit three. After the war terminated this applicant was informed by Judge Carrington of Charlotte County Virg- ia that Mendenhall had been made to pay off the troops this applicant gave him his discharge and he went to Richmond and drew his money what he did with his discharge this applicant does not know he has not seen nor heard of them since he therefore has no documentary evidence and he knows of no one whose testimony he can procure to establish the above facts or testimony to his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his claim is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. James Mendenhall

21/28.
James Herndon Warren Co. Ky.
for 1979 private 1 yr 11 months.
$76. 66 100
21 5
C. B. Forster McMinnville Warren Co. Ky.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 7 th 1883
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 subjoined 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 James Henderson, Penna & I.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     May '77 1 6 pr. Capt. Sal. Adams Capt. Wallace B. Parker Col. Bedford B. Davidson V. M. & C Carlitz Co. Tridg.   after 3 " Capt. Gains C. Fleming "   against 2 "  
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 intended 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 called into the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefit of this law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular points, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Army.  2. The State Troops and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the War Department 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 accompanying declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides, or before 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 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 day 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 he 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.
W. L. Williams Ex. Clk

March 9-1892.
Rev Jno R. Herndon Johnson City Tenn listing - and
1907 June 14. Heir to Geo. H. Bradfield and
1912 June 27. Heir to Jno. R. Herndon
Rev Jno R. Herndon
1669 INVALID.
File No. 1669 James Herndon Ins. Va. Line.
Act: June 7, 1892.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

GEORGE H. BRADFIELD ATTORNEY AT LAW AULT, COLORADO
W.A.R.
June 3, 1907.
United States Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:-
I am endeavoring to establish my relationship to a Revolutionary war veteran, for the purpose of joining the society of Sons of Revolution. I have been told that my great great grandfather James Herndon, from either Virginia or Tennessee, was a Revolutionary war veteran, and during the latter years of his life received a pension from the U.S. government on account of such service. Would you kindly look in your files and see if any such pension was ever drawn by James Herndon. If you do not find James Herndon, kindly look for Jacob Herndon, the son of James.
Thanking you in advance for this information, I am,
Yours very truly,
George Herndon Bradfield
At same time would you kindly look for name of Jonathan Bradfield, and see if he is on the pension list from Pennsylvania -
G.H.B.

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Gentlemen,
I desire to inquire if there is in your office any records to show that there was a pensioner from Warren County, Tennessee by the name of James Heredon, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, of the Virginia Continental line, who was placed on the pension roll Oct. 14, 1833, whose annual allowance was $76.66, and who received $229.98, and was 72 years old at the time of his application. Or should this name be James Herndon. If it should be found to be James Herndon, or should such name be found on the records of the Bureau, will you please give me information, if you can, as to date of his birth and where, names of his father and mother and his wife, and date of his death and where. I desire the information so that I might make application for membership in the Sons of the Revolution. I will appreciate an early reply.
Yours sincerely,
John R. Herndon.

Hendon's Declaration for Persian ..
James Hendon 21928

Discharges each time and gave them to judge Gannett to draw his wages who never returned. Says he knows William Brumley, Levi Rogers and William Hoop in his present inhabi- hood.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investi- gation of the matter and after put- ting the interrogatories prescribed by the # was department that the above applicant was a noncommissioned soldier and served as he states and the court further certify that it appears to them that James Lake who signed the proceedings is a clergyman residing in Warren county, and that William Brumley who also signed the same is also a resident of the county and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Wm. W. Gannett
A. Higginbotham
John C. Russell
State of Tennessee } Joseph Colville Clerk of the Warren County } Court of pleas and quarter sessions in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application James Henderson for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and put seal having no seal of office at office in McMinnville this 4 th day of October A.D. 1832.
J. Colville Clerk E. Colville D.C.

Ad munda Alexander Lovewall 1820.7.25
I know that Joseph Lovewall is Clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for Warren County Tennessee and that Luke Lovewall in whose hand written the the signature to the foregoing certificate appears to be his deputy and believes that there is no official seal of said court
H. Isacks
June 28 th 1838