Johnston County, NC - Charles Lane Revolutionary War Pension, 1836

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March 7, 1939

Mrs. Margaret Catherine Lane Bonhomme
Vincenes, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to
Revolutionary War soldiers, Charles, Jesse, James and Joel Lane.

The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any
information relative to a James Lane who enlisted from North
Carolina, or to any Jesse or Joel Lane.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim R.6118 based on the military service of the only
Charles Lane (searched under all spellings) who served from
North Carolina that is found in the Revolutionary War records
of this office.

Charles Lane was born October 22, 1756 in Johnson County, North
Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown.

On April 11, 1836, Charles Lane a resident of Gasconade County,
Missouri, aplied for pension and alleged the following service:
while living in that part of Georgia which was later Wilkes County,
he enlisted about the first of July, 1776 and served three months
in Captain Thomas Wooten's Company in Colonel Coleman's Regiment
of Georgia Militia, was in several skirmishes with the Indians
and Tories and was generally stationed at Fort James on the fork
of the Savannah and Broad rivers; shortly after said service he
moved to North Carolina and enlisted in the fall of 1780 and 
served three months as cooper in Captain Blake's company in the
North Carolina militia under Colonel Wooten and was generally
stationed near Wake County Court House; while living in Wake
County, North Carolina, he volunteered in 1781 and served two
months in Captain Solomon Wood's company of cavalry commanded by
Colonel Malmedy who was a Frenchman; in May 1783, in Wilkes
County, Georgia, he was elected captain in Colonel Elijah Clarks'
Georgia regiment, served three months and was stationed at Scott's
Fort; about September 21, 1784 he served about ten days as captain
in the Georgia militia under Colonel Freeman and was in a battle
with the Indians on Jack's Creek.

The claim of Charles Lane was not allowed as proof of the alleged
service was not furnished in accordance with the requirement of
the pension law.

Charles Lane lived in Georgia until 1795 when he moved to North
Carolina, and lived there until 1816 or 1817 when he moved to
Missouri.

In 1853, John Gibson aged fifty years and the son-in-law of Charles
Lane made an affidavit in Osage County, Missouri that the soldier
married November 19, 1789, name of wife not given, that she died
August 10, 1818 and that Charles Lane died April 9, 1837.

A.D. Hiller

Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

Source: HeritageQuest Online

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