State of Virginia}

Floyd County} SS.

On this 15^th day of October 1832 personally appeared before the Justices for Floyd County now sitting in Open Court John Duncan a resident of said Coutny and State who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7^th 1832. That he entered the Service of the U States and served under the following named Officers as herein stated. He is aged 91 he was drafted in Fauquier in the State of Va under Capt. Chinn [sic: John Chunn]. then served the term of one year and marched through Maryland & Pennsylvania. His Major was Edmundson. the other officers he has forgotten. He has forgotten what Regiment he belonged to having lost all his papers. He next enlisted under Capt Abram Trigg and [Joseph] Cloyd was his Major in the County of Montgomery and was marched to the Shallow Ford [of the Yadkin River in North Carolina] where we had an engagement with the Tories [14 Oct 1780] he has forgotten the names of the other Officers. after this he was discharged and returned home, and his papers were all burnt so that he has none to show. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity whatsoever, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid John Duncan