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JOHN WEST
APPLICATION FOR PENSION
REVOLUTIONARY WAR

State of Indiana
County of Jefferson

On this 3rd day of September1832 personally appeared before the Circuit Court of the County of Jefferson aforesaid, JOHN WEST a resident in the County and State aforesaid aged 84 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, hath on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1780 with Capt. Mark Thomas and served in the Virginia State Troops under the following named officers. Capt. Mark Thomas, Capt. Benjamin Roberts, Lieutenant Robt. Sanders and Major Slaughter. Left the service in the month of October 1782. Lived in Spotsylvania County, Virginia when he entered service. Marched from Culpeper County to Red Stones, then down the river the the Falls of the Ohio. Then got a furlough to go home and served the remainder of enlistment at Richmond under Col. William Davis. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an warrenty, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension role of any agency in any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.