Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,565, for Virgil Poe, Virginia
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Poe, Virgil

NUMBER
S. 35.565

CONTENTS
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Kentucky
17,596

Virgil Poe,
of Franklin Coy., in the State of Kentucky,
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Spotswood of the Virginia
line, for the term of 3 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky,
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence
the 9. of May, 1818.   1820

Certificate of Pension issued the 10. of July, --
and sent to Jeptha Dudley,
Frankfort, Kentucky.

diff: between Invalid & Revy.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1820, --- 87.4
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept 1820. } 48 "
21 mos. 27 / 31. } $135.4

{Revolutionary claim, )
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Invalid pensioner,
@ $: 4 p month.
diff: to 4. March, 1820. - 87
continued

O--- sent to the Pensioner  Frankfort Ky
21 Apr 1821
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Service admitted, but The seal of the Court
attesting the official character of the Judge
should be affixed to the Document The
original certificate granting his invalid pension should be returned to the dept with this document
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United States of America }
Kentucky District } Sct.
This day Virgil Poe aged about sixty two years, a
Citizen of the United States and a resident of Franklin County in the State of Kentucky this day came before me Robert Trimble District Judge of the U. States in the District aforesaid and for the purpose of obtaining a pension from the United States under the provisions of the act of Congress passed the 18th day of March 1818
did upon oath, declare that about February 1776
he enlisted as regular soldier of the United States in the Revolutionary war, in the company of Captain Hawes, of the 2nd. Virginia Regiment on Continental establishment, commanded by Alexander Spottswood, for three years; -  that he forth fully served out the said term of three years, & something upwards, as a soldier in the Army of the United States, in the sd. 2d. Virginia Regiment; - that during his service Col. Spotswood was promoted, & the Regiment was
afterwards commanded by Col. Christian Febiger from whom this affiant obtained an honorable
discharge at Springfield, in New Jersey on the 9th
of May in the 1779; but which discharge he has lost many years ago: That he was in the battles of Germantown & Brandywine,  in the former of which he was wounded by a shot in the left hip, from which wound he had not entirely recovered when he left the army: That he does not recollect any one now living in Kentucky by whom he could prove his services, except Majr. William Taylor of Louisville, who belonged to the same com -
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pany & Regiment, the said Taylor being Captain
of the company after the promotion of Captain
Hawes: - the said Poe further declared that
he obtained a pension from the United States
in the year 1811 or thereabouts of $2.50 per
month on account of the wound before mentioned,  upon the affidavit of said William Taylor, as the papers in the war office will shew: =
That he is in such received circumstances in life as to need the assistance of his County for support; = that on the 9th day of May 1818, he made a similar declaration upon oath before the his District Judge of the Kentucky District, for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of the 18th of March 1818; which was transmitted to the war department, & returned for further proof as to his circumstances: which proof being
made it was again, as he is informed by the Judge transmitted, to the war department but has probably mis---ed.
He worries, the former pension allowed him on account of wounds &c if one shall be allowed him, upon this application which he prays &c and he hopes that it will be allowed to take date from the date of his former declaration & applica
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tion, to wit, the 9th of May 1818. &c.
Virgil Poe

Sworn to before me this sixth day of January 1820
Robt Trimble

United States
Kentucky District Sct.
I Robt Trimble District Judge of the District aforesaid do certify, that the above named
Virgil Poe, on the 9th day of May 1818, did
make before me a former & similar declaration
upon oath to the preceeding for the purpose of
obtaining a pension under the act of Congress
of the 18th of March 1818; that I transmitted
forth with the said former declaration to the
war department, & that the same was returned
to me for further proof, some time prior to May
1819; That about the 20th of May 1819 I called before me Jeptha Dudley & others, as witnesses who proved to my satisfaction that the said Virgil Poe was in such reduced circumstances in life as to need the assistance of the Government for support; which proof I attached to said former declaration & immediately put it into the post office directed to the Honble John C. Calhoun Secretary of War; but that from a letter 
from a letter from J. L. Edwards to Col. R. M. Johnson dated Novr. 11th 1819 it would seem, that
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it hard mis----; and I have therefore again taken
the preceeding declaration of the party upon oath.
I do further certify that I was, when I transmitted
his former declaration & application of the 9th 
May 1818, that I am yet satisfied that he performed the services by him stated, & that he then was & yet is in such reduced circumstances in life as to need the assistance of his County
for support.
Given under my hand at Parris Kentucky this 6th day of January 1820
Robt. Trimble
District Judge

P.S.
Please to direct the answer to Jeptha Dudley, Frankfort, Kentucky.
R. Trimble
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I Robert Trimble District Judge of the Kentucky District do certify that Virgil Poe within named
came before me on this day and being by me first duly sworn declared, that to the best of his
knowledge & belief, he never received the Original certificate granting him a pension as an
Invalid pensioner; -  that the said Certificate is not in his possession, nor does he know where it is, if it were issued
Given under my hand this 24th day of June 1820
Robt. Trimble.

The District Judge respectfully certifies to the 
department of war that he declines permitting
his Clerk to certify "his official Character" by the seal of the Count or otherwise, to any of the
departments of the General government, being of opinion that they have the means of ------- 
& are bound to recognize his official character without such certificate.
Robt. Trimble
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Virgil Poe
affidavit

se. se. se.
"    "    "  
17596

con
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State of Kentucky
Franklin Circuit Sct
October Term 1820.
On this seventeenth day of October 1820
personally appeared in open Court, being a
Court of Record for the said Circuit, and held in the County of Franklin, Virgil Poe aged sixty two years resident in the said County of Franklin, within the said Circuit who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, declare, that
he served in the Revolutionary war as follows
to wit." That he in Caroline County Virginia, on the first day of February 1776 enlisted as a private soldier to serve three years into Captain Samuel Haws company belonging to the Second Virginia Regiment on continental establishment, then commanded by Col. Spotswood, That he
was marched to Williamsburg Virginia thence to Wilmington in the State of Delaware thence to Philadelphia where he joined the main army and continued to serve in the main Army until some
time in May 1779 when he was discharged
at bond-brook in the State of New Jersey.
That he was in the following Battles towit
Brandywine & Germantown and was
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wounded in the latter battle by a musket Ball in the hip, which has disabled him ever since. 
That he has received a pension certificate under the act of Congress of the 18th day of March 1818.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other manner disposed of
my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in
the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th
day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the
Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. That he is by occupation a farmer and is unable to labor much on account of his wound aforesaid
received at the Battle of Germantown, and that he has no family but a Wife,
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A Schedule of the property of Virgil Poe. and its value to wit
1 Blind mare & Saddel. Value $22.00
1 Ponney horse - Do - 20.00
1 Cow & two Yearlings - Do - 18.00
1 Kettle  2 pots 1 cast dutch oven & }
1 frying pan } 10.00
1 Plough & Apparatus - Do -  7.00
3 chairs 75 cents each - Do - 2.25
1 Axe 1 Hoe 1 handsaw 1 chissell }
1 pair of compasses 2 flat Irons Do } 8.00
1 Tea Kettle 1 set of cups & saucers 4 } 4.00
pair of pot hooks & one chest Do }
Two Tables - Do - 2.00
1 Cupboard - Do - 7.00
1 Bible 1 Bunyan Hackle Do 2.00
Pilgrims progress 1 spelling Book Do 6.00
1 pewter Ba--- & 1 Bowl  Do 2.00
2 Sheets 75 cents each Do 1.50
$112.75

Virgil Poe
State of Kentucky
Franklin Circuit Sct
Francis R Bland clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the
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said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is $112, 75 cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal (no seal for my office having been provided) on the 7th day
of November 1820 and in the 29th year of the Commonwealth
F.R. Bland F.C.C.
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35 565
Revy INVALID.

File No. 35,565
Virgil Poe
Pri. Rev War

Act: 18th March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 485

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Free

Honble
John C. Calhoun
Sect of War
Washington City

Bureau of Revy. }
Pensions }

Kty - 
260

NOV 9

Recd. 22 Nov
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Frankfort Kentucky, Nov 7. 1820

Honble. John C. Calhoun, Sect. of War
Sir
Be so good as to direct to
Nathl. Sawyier at this place - 

Virgil Poe
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Virgil Poe.

Franklin Co. Ky
1st. declaration
9. May, 1818
Jeptha Dudley
Agt
Frankfort Kty.
recd. 10 July 1820.
Colo. Spotswood; Lt Col.
Febiger's 2. Va. regt.   
3 years
found on the rolls.
Admitted.

Free

Washington City


declaration
July
Frankfort his
it
Washington
10 July 1820
of
Col. Spotswood & Col
to
Febigers, 2d reg
found on the rolls.
Admitted
the
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