State of North Carolina
Court of Ashe County
November Ten 1832

On the 13th day November officially appeared in open court before the Justices of the court of pleads and near to Jefferson County, now sitting Landrine Eggers of the county of Ashe in the state of North Carolina, resident being age seventy five years, the eleventh day of last March who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress papers, June 7 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated.
He born in New Jersey near the valley of Freehold and when he was age nine years old his father removed to the Highlands of New York in the neighborhood of Goshen. He resided there and in the army until his twenty first year when he removed to Rowan County, near Salisbury where he resided ten years & upwards when he removed to the county where he has resided ever since. He has no record of his birth, the family bible in which it was having been carried to Indiana upwards of twenty years ago.

His first service was in the State of New York, a volunteer in the Militia under Captain Smith in the regiment commanded by Col. Benj. R. Thurston under General Clinton.

He was at the building & helped to build a fort below Fort Montgomery called the Burnet Region fort or Fort Tryon. Each term of service was two months. The corps was called The Minute Men- but he continued to serve all the time
for between two and three years under various Captains, Miller, Smith, and others but he thinks the same Colonel and General. He had various written discharges for the service as the periods would expire, but they were lost his
house having been burnt and the discharges in it. He was near New Windsor when the battle took place on Long Island and remained until Fort Montgomery was evacuated, just before which he went home being discharged. He then got
a (?)and came to North Carolina to Rowan. His first tour of service in the south was from Rowan County under Capt. Sapp afterward made colonel. Went down Pee Dee river toward Canides when the battle of Colson took place--
Which he was not engaged in but was in the skirmish with the Tories at the (Grappy?)Island. Col. Fanning commanded the Tories- Col. Childs commanded our troops and was wounded. This tour was about six weeks - On their return
he volunteered under Captain Cunningham when they went to Lynch Creek in south Carolina for two months. When he was discharged he was continued under the same Capt.Cunningham
as a ranger for about six months more but did not go far from home. They continued so until the British came into Rowan; but before this he was with Capt. Cowan as a Volunteer guarding the prisoners taken at Canides as he believes. He was engaged in this six weeks or two months when the prisoners were delivered to the other corps in Virginia. From that time he was out as a Volunteer with Captain Headrick as a Minute Man as long as troops were called for. He believes his service at the South was two years.

I hereby relinquish all claims to a pension except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension rolls of any state. (signed) Landrine Eggers

We Jesse Coffey, a clergyman residing in the county of Ashe, and Bedent Baird of the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the applicant, Landrine Eggers who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be aged seventy five years and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier and that we do concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. (signed) Coffey (signed) Baird

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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jesse Coffey who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Ashe County and that Bedant Baird who signed the same is a resident in Ashe County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. (signed) Gideon Lewis (signed)B. Baird

State of North Carolina
Ashe County

I Jeremiah Green do hereby certify that I was in the service of the United States with Landrine Eggers, the applicant who has acquired this declaration- for the greater part of two years the greater part of which time we were in South & North Carolina and I know him to have been a Revolutionary Soldier, sworn and subscribed to this 13th day of November 1832 (signed) Jeremiah Green

I Thomas Callaway, Clerk of Ashe County Court State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Landrine Eggers for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal of office this 14th day of November A.D. 1832 (signed) T. Callaway

State of North Carolina
Ashe County

On the 16th day of February A.D. 1835 personally appeared before me Landrine Eggers resident of said county who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration for an increase of pension in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he suspects there was an omission in his original declaration "that he hired Richard Owens and gave him ninety dollars to serve twelve months in the Continental service under Colonel Francis Lock, who received him in the town of Salisbury" and also when there was a requisition for every third man in the county of Rowan, North Carolina to serve a nine month (tour). He also hired Samuel Love and gave him forty five dollars to serve nine months; which payment was made by himself and two others : (towit John Green and Jeremiah Green in the Co.) which exempted them from personal service for that term. (signed) Landrine Eggers (signed) Bedent Baird

State of North Carolina
Ashe County

On the 21st day of February 1835 personally appeared before me Jeremiah Green resident of said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration--------"That when there was a requisition in the county of Rowan, N.C. for men to serve in the Continental service he, with two others, John Green and Landrine Eggers hired and paid Samuel Love to serve nine months, who as he believes went, as was always reported, and served his time out as stipulated. (signed) Jeremiah Green (signed) B. Baird

State of North Carolina
Ashe County

I, John Ray, Clerk of the court of pleas and quarters sessions for Ashe County do certify that Bedant Baird is an acting justice of the peace for the county of Ashe and that due faith and credit should be given to all his official acts as such in testimony where of I have put my hand and applied the seal of my office. (signed) John Ray

State of North Carolina
Watauga County
Be it known that before me Benjamin Councill Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Hugh Eggers and made oath in due form of law that he is the son of Landrine Eggers the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead and Landrine Eggers to whom a certificate of pension was issued which is herewith surrendered bearing date at the war department the 17th day of January 1833 and signed by Lewis Cass as a secretary of war and J. L. Edwards at the rate of 41 dollars and 66 cents per annum that my father Landrine Eggers dead on the 24 day of July 1837. Leaving a widow which is my mother who died on the 17th day of March 1840. Her name was Johannah Eggers. This declaration is in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of congress passed which makes provisions for children of soldiers of the Revolutionary War after their deaths for the errors of pension (due) up to the time of their deaths and that I have been often informed that my father Landrine Eggers was or might have been entitled to an increase of pension. My father lived in this county, it formerly being Ashe County and state above mentioned 50 years and previous thereto in Rowan County North Carolina.

There is living at this time of children of Landrine Eggers and Johannah Eggers five children Sarah Reese, Mary Ford, Hugh Eggers, Johanna Reese, Lydia Swift, which are now all the surviving children that is living. Sworn and Subscribed 30 Nov 1852 (signed) Hugh Eggers

State of North Carolina
Watauga County

Be it known in that before me Benjamin Councill, Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, Duly Authorized by law to administer oath, personally appeared Gordon Councill and made oath in due form of Law that he the said Gordon Councill is in the 54 year of age and that he was well acquainted with Landrine Eggers from my boyhood up to this time of his death and was also well acquainted with his wife Johannah Eggers up to the time of her death,

that I acted as the Agent of Landrine Eggers, myself to draw from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in Fayetteville North Carolina all amounts due him for his pension up to the date of the last draw previous to his death, his certificate of pension has been in my possession ever since his death until the present time, and I have no doubt from the personal statements of Landrine Eggers in his life time but what he aught have an increase of pension as he always told me that his first Declaration was made out that more than half of his service was not taken and he frequently told me in his life time that, -that he intended to file another declaration and send on to the war department but he never did so and that I am well aware that Johanna Eggers which survived after him was his lawful wife and his only wife he ever had as I was intimately acquainted with them both and their children.

Also I can further say that the statement made in the foregoing declaration by Hugh Eggers as to the date and time of the death of Landrine Eggers and wife Johanna Eggers is the death true and correct although I was not present at this County of their deaths but examined the tomb stones at their graves and saw their deaths and the day and date of is according to the declaration set forth and the arrears of pension will be due from the 4th day of March 1837, up to which date was the last draw made for him previous to his death.
This was subscribed to before me this 30th day of November 1852. (signed) B. Councill J.P. (signed) Gordon Councill

(The following paper was extremely difficult to read)
State of North Carolina
Watauga County A.W.Ponty Clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of the County of Watauga do certify that this pension commenced and as acting justice of the peace for said county at the time of the disbursement and as Constable to finish with -------- in all his ___________ in office
Under my hand and--------at office on this 3rd day of December 1852. (signed) A. W. Ponty ? Clerk (signed) By W. L. Atkinson?

Pension papers courtesy of Darlene Fermental