State of Kentucky, Perry County and Circuit Sct.

On this thirteenth day of May 1825, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Joseph (?) Circuit Judge, being a court of record for the 15th Judicial District, in the county of Perry, John Combs, age 64 years the 7th of February last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818 and the 1st May, 1820, that he the said, John Combs enlisted for the term of three years on the first day of January, 1777, as he verily believes after the Battle of Trenton in the state of New Jersey, fought between the forces commanded by Gen. George Washington and the Hessians. That he enlisted as AP0 in Fredrick County, in the state of Virginia, in the company commanded by Capt. Jonathan Langdon, in the 12th Ridgemont commanded by Col. James Wood, in the law of the state of Virginia or on the Continental Establishment, that he continued to serve in the said company until two years and four months at the end of which time in consequence of sickness he was discharged by Gen. Charles Scott, former Gov. of Kentucky, who then commanded the corps to which he belonged in the state of New Jersey, near Brunswick, the name of the county is forgotten, which discharge he has long since mislaid so that he cannot find it; that he relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name is not on the roll of any state except the Virginia Roll - and that the following reasons are assigned for not making earlier an appointment for a pension - That until lately he had been informed and believed that it was necessary for him to move by some person whom he has served with the services he had before (In consequence of his discharge being lost) and that for several years he had depended on a brother, William Combs, who has for many years (?) from him about 70 miles to attend the court appointment, 20 miles from court house, when he (John Combs) has recognized said made oath to the fact. He has here disclosed as his brother knew of his enlistment and time of actual service, himself being an Ensign in the 8th Virginia Regulars on continental establishment, but he has always been unable to secure his attendance at the Court of Perry and at the present time being informed that his own oath was all that the law requiring is his name, can be found, he has concluded to offer this petition and schedule and in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 1st of May, 1820. I do sallomly sware that I was a resident citizen of this United States on the 18th of March, 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any of my property or any past item of within, intent thinking to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entittled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War", passed the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or security contracts or debts.

***************************************************************** Commonwealth of Kentucky, Perry County Sct.

On the 15th day of March, 1837, before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace for the said county of Perry, personally appeared, John Combs, who on his oath declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Jonathan Langlin and he thinks Ensign Slaughter Haftern and the company of Capt. Benjamin Casey - Field Officers, Col. James Wood, Lieut. Col. Neville, Gen. Scott, and Maj. Jonathan Clark, that there was some other Major before Maj. Clark but not recollect his name all of the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the state of Kentucky, that he recieved a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War, which certificate on or about the month of August, 1834, was as he believes taken out of his house in the said county of Perry by some mischevious hands to prevent him from drawing his money as he has not been able to find it since and as further evidence that it was taken as above, there was taken from his house at the same time, thirty-six dollars in round silver, a part of his former draw

John Combs
His X Mark

Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
Alexander Patrick Senr. J.P.P.C.