Yes friends and/or relative could be the witness(s). I have several pensioners testify with (only an approximate year) and where they signed up (in MD) and who their commander was, all listed in the Rowan & Mecklenburg Co NC court records where they where accepted and did collect their pensions. Maybe someone has seen a study of what criteria accepted vs rejected rev war pension applicants. I do believe that years later there has been documentation found to support some rejected pension claims. On Dec 14, 2007, at 12:05 PM, rlmlfm@aol.com wrote: > Hello again List Members: > > Here I go again with another question that has me stumped.? If a > man who served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War was filing for > his pension in 1832 and all of his service records had been?lost, > could he?have someone who was related to him by blood, such as a > brother or cousin,?testify on his behalf at a court held hearing?? > Or, would anyone who testified?to this man's truthfulness and his > military service record?have to be someone who was not related to > this man? > > This man had three unrelated men testify on his behalf and they > stated, "that he is generally REPORTED and BELIEVED to have been a > soldier of the Revolution and that WE CONCUR in that opinion."? > There was another man who lived in the area at the time of this > hearing with the same surname as the man who was applying for his > military pension who some believe that was either his brother or a > first cousin to the applicant.? Could this man who was related > testify or would this be similar to an heir serving as witness to a > will? > > Note: The man did receive his military pension and died a few years > later.? He served in North Carolina and was living in Kentucky at > the time he applied for his pension. > > Thank you for any help. > > Linda Monticelli > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ > More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http:// > webmail.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROWANROOTS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message