Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11364, for Augustine Leftwich, Virginia
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(8-1776)

SERVICE                                             NUMBER

Va.           Leftwich, Augustine           S. 11364
                 or
                Leftwitch, Augustas

                                                            Carded
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CONTENTS
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ctf  no 23470
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Virginia                                              26.470
Augustas * Leftwitch
Bedford  County in the State of    Virginia
who was a Lieutenant in the Company commanded 
by Captain Leftwich of the [illegible] commanded
by Colonel Pophus in the  --Virginia--
Line for Militia
 Lieutenant [illegible]   53.33
Captain  [illegible[      40.00  --93.33 1/2
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 93 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of July  
                      and Sent to
    [illegible]  Leftwich, Liberty, Virginia
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Arrears to the 4th of March                      $280.00
Semi-annual. allowance ending 4 April     16.66
                                                                  ___________
                                                                   $396.66
                                                                   ___________
                                              {Revolutionary Claim,}
                                              {Act June 7, 1832.      }
Recorded by [illegible]  Clerk,
Book   6   Vol.  [illegible]     Page  22

                       Augustine * Leftwich
                         Recorder corrected
                                          April 24 [18]05  JS
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Lieutenant James Leftwitch  August 20 ‘[18]34
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30.911
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State of Virginia
Bedford County  Va    1833
on this 26 day of October 1833 personally appeared
before me Samuel Mitchell a Justice of the Peace for the County of Bedford.  Augustin Leftwich Sr. a resident of the County of Bedford aged eighty nine years and two month & 16 days, who being First duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benifit of the act of Congress passed June Seventh 1832
       That he entered the Service of the United
States as a Lieutenant about the last of May or first of June Seventeen hundred and Eighty of that year.  That he rondezous [rondevous] at Newlondon [New London] in the County of Bedford,, and marched from Newlondon [New London] about the first of June 1780 as well as he can now recollect under the Command of Thomas Leftwich as Captain and  Daniel Mitchell as Ensign and himself as Lieut [Lieutenant] in said Company-that from Newlondon [New London] they marched to Dixes ferry on Staunton River in the county of_________.   That they crossed the River at Said ferry and marched on to North Carolina to Hillsborough in Said State, that they Rendezvous [Rondevous] again at Hillsborough and remained there Six or Seven Weeks.  That I was attached to General Edward Stephen's Brigade, but General Gates was the Commander in Chief.  That from Hillsborough we marched to the Pedee [Pee Dee] and crossed over Said River into
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South Carolina, we were then marched on to deep River, and from deep River we were marched to Rugleys Mills, from Rugleys mills marched on toward Camden in South Carolina; and was attacked Early one morning
by the British army under the command of Lord Cornwallis-that I was in the battle.   That General Gates was defeated then at that time that a part of his Troops retreated Back to HillsBourough in North Carolina with me, then after arriving at Hillsborough again finding that there were not men Enough there to give me any further Command, I was discharged on the 12th day of September 1780 by General Edward Stephens which discharge I still have in my possession.  That from the time I was called to Rendezous [Rondevous] at New London untill [until] my return home again I believe to be about four month-I don't this it was less than that time;
         That during that whole Tour I acted as a Lieutenant in the company of Said Capt. T. Leftwich in a company of Virginia militia from Bedford County.
      1780   That shortly after my return I was promoted to a Captain, and was ordered to rendezous [rondevous] again at Newlondon [New London] in Bedford County where I remained Sometime, that I was ordered to march from Newlondon [New London] to Swanspoint [Swann's Point] on James River opposite to old James Town on Said River: that I passed on from Newlondon [New London]
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through Powatan [Powhatan] County and on through Petersburg on the Appomattox River in Dinwiddie County to Swans [Swann's] Point;  that I remained at Swans [Swann's] Point as well as I can now recollect between three & four weeks, that after, the British army left old James Town we crossed over to old James Town and marched a few miles from James Town when we received orders to go on to York Town in Virginia where the British Army lay encamped and was surrounded by the french and american  armys, as I was informed;  That near James Town - the commandant of that detachment- undertook to organis [organize] the different companys-that after the companys was organised [organized] there were found not a sufficient number of men to give me a Command;  that the Senior Captains took the Commands- and that Captain John Claytor of Bedford and myself was discharged at that time we both being similar Captains- that I received a discharge for a tour of duty at that time.  I think from Col. Wm Trigg, the Commandant at that place of our Regiment.  That this call was in the Virginia Militia. that I have lost the said discharge or mislaid it and all my commissions and do not know what has become of them.  That from the time I was called out on the Second Tour of duty until my return I do believe to be not less than two month and upward as a Captain in Said Requisition.
Question 1- When and in what year was you Born in
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Answer  I was born in the county of Caroline in the State of Virginia.  I was born on the 10th day of September 1744 from the register of my age.
Qs2;  Have you any record of your age and If So where is it;
Answer   it is in my large bible now in my possession
3Qs   Where were you living when called in to Service where have you lived Since the revolutionary War and where do you now live:
Answer   I moved from the County of Caroline when I was about Seven years of age.  Was living in the county of Bedford when called on to perform both Tours of duty and have lived in Bedford County ever since I first moved to it.
Qs4  How were you called into Service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom:
Answer.   I was drafted in the militia for both Tours of duty that I performed;
Qs5  State the names of some the regular officers that you served with, in the army.   Answer   from age and infirmity, my memory does not now have so well as to recollect any other officers except General Gates & General Decalb, at this time that belonged to the Regular Service.
Qs6  Did you ever receive a commission and If so by whom was it signed and what has become of It.
Answer  I received a Lieutenants Commission and served a tour of duty as Lieutenant.  I afterwards received a Captains Commission a part of a tour of duty as a Captain, but I do not know at this time by whom they were signed.  I have lost or mislaid all my commissions I ever had and one of my discharges and does not now know what h as become of any of them.
Qs7  State the names of persons to whom you are known
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In your [crosses out- in your] present neighbourhood and who can testify [crossed out-testify] as to your character, for veracity and their belief of your services as an officer in the Revolutionary War
Answer  I refer to the Revd. James Mitchell, Col. David Saunders, Doctor Thomas Mitchell, George Steptoe Esquir, Rives Scrugg, Micael Graham, Srgt. John Hudnall & Major Samuel Mitchell.
                   [signature]   Augustine Leftwich

We James Mitchell a clergyman of the Presbyterian Church and residing in the County of Bedford and Pleasant Cresey of Said County of Bedford hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Major Augustine Leftwich who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations.  That we believe him to be of the age that he has stated in the foregoing declaration.  That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Revolutionary officer and that we concur in that opinion.
      Sworn and Subscribed before me this first  day of May 1834
                          [signatures[  James Mitchell
                                               Saml. Mitchel JP
                                                         his
                                           Pleasant X Cresey
                                                        mark
And I the Said Samuel Mitchell Justice of the Peace for the County of Bedford do hearby declare that Major Augustine Leftwich who has Qualify as to the above declaration before me given [word crossed out] given age and immobility is unable to Travel to the County Court of Bedford.  That after the investigations of matter and after [word crossed out] puting The interogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named
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applicant was a Revolutionary officer and served as he has stated and I the Said Samuel Mitchel do further certify that it appears to him that James Mitchell who has signed thew preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Bedford and that Pleasant Creasey who was also signed the same
is a resident in the County of Bedford and are credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit and the Said Samuel Mitchel do further certify That when I was returning out of the Service from near York town in Virginia-That to the best of my [word crossed out] recollection I met Capt Augustine Leftwich going into Service with his company of Bedford Militia at Powhatan Court house in Virginia going on down towards York town while the British was lying at York Town.  Given under my hand and Seal this first day of May 1834.
                             Saml. Mitchel JP

State of Virginia
County of Bedford Sct.
             I Robert C. Mitchell Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that Samuel Mitchell Esq whose signature is annexed to the foregoing certificate, is an acting Justice of the Peace in aforesaid County, duly commissioned and qualified according to law and further that I believe said signatures to be genuine.
               In testimony of which I have hereto                      set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 2nd day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
                                   R. C. Mitchell CBC
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State of Virginia
County of Bedford Sct.
          I Robert N Dickerson deputy Clerk of the County Court of Bedford in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that David O. Quarles who has signed the foregoing certificate to the affidavit of John Arthur Jr. is an acting Justice of the Peace in said County and commissioned and qualified according to the Constitution and law of [illegible] and that his said signature appears to me to be genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixes the seal of the said Court the 5th day of June 1834 in the 58" year of American Independence.
                                       Ro. N Dickenson DCBC


[on left hand side a seal is affixed]
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30.911.

Augustin Leftwitch Sr.
Virginia

from 1780 Lieutenant
and Captain 6 months

Lieutenant.       4 months    $53.33
Captain.    2 months            40.00-

Returned in [illegible]               $93.33/100





James Leftwitch Esquire
            Liberty
                   Bedford County
                          Virginia
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                                          WAR DEPARTMENT,
                                              Pension Office,
                                            10 May, 1834

Sir:

        The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.    On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done.    Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:} ).    You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling [complying] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                        A Statement, shewing the Service of Augustin Leftwitch Senr.  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Period when the service was rendered. |  Duration of the claimant's service. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported. 

|  | Years. | Months | Days. |  |  |  |  |

1780 |  | 4 |  | Lieut. | Capt. T.  Leftwich   Gen Stevens | 89 years Bedford County Va | Traditionary and a living Witness   J. Arthur not certified by the Justice to be a credible witness.

|  |  2  |  | Cap. |  |  |  |  |




                                                                                                   I am respectfully,
                                                                                                        Your obedient servant,
                                                                                                              JAMES L. EDWARDS,
                                                                                                                Commissioner of Pensions.
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Regulations Under the Act of June 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4.  Indian Spies

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.  

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, of District of  } ss.
County of 
On this [blank space] day of [blank space] personally appeared (a) before [blank space] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank space] in the county of [blank space] and State, Territory or District of [blank space] aged (c) [blank space] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision make by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank space], with [blank space] and served in the [blank space] (e) regiment of the [blank space] line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service;  (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers ;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declared that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank space] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  A.  B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I [blank space] of the Court of [blank space] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank space] for a pension. 
In the testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank space] day of [blank space] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers of Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank space] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with  [blank space], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank space] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank space] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I, [blank space] Clerk of the Court of [blank space] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank space] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank space] day of [blank space] &c. 

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
    {To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be dome, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary Soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge of Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in the case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer of soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For [blank space] year [blank space] months, and [blank space] days, I served as a [blank space].  For [blank space] months and [blank space] days, I served as a [blank space]; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, of other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

Proof of Service

[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] The traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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                                                                              June 16, 1931

Mrs. W. C. Baty                                               Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
2019 Avenue D                                                AWF:MLB
Bessemer, Alabama


Dear Madam:

     You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11364, that Augustine Leftwich (pensioned Augustas Leftwich) was born, September 10, 1744, in Caroline County, Virginia.

     While residing in Bedford County, Virginia, he was appointed in May, 1780, lieutenant in Captain Thomas Leftwich's company, 2" Regiment of Virginia militia from Bedford County; he was in the battle of Camden and was discharged, September 12, 1780.  He was appointed captain in 1781 and served two months.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed October 26, 1833, while living in Bedford County, Virginia.

     It is not stated that soldier was ever married.

     The above noted Augustine Leftwich is the only soldier of that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.  

                                            Very truly yours

                                                   E. W. MORGAN
                                                   Acting Commissioner
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Rev. and 1812
War Section
AWF/HMM


                                                                                            March 11, 1930.


Mr. Walter L. Hopkins
    Law Building
       Richmond
           Virginia.

Dear Sir:

     I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim. S.  11364, it appears that Augustine Leftwich (pensioned Augustas Leftwich) was born September 10, 1744, in Caroline County, Virginia.  

     While residing in Bedford County, Virginia, he was appointed in May1780, Lieutenant in Captain Thomas Leftwich's Company, Second Regiment of Virginia Militia from Bedford County:  he was in the battle of Camden and was discharged September 12, 1780.

     He was appointed captain in 1781 and served two months.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed October 26, 1833, while living in Bedford County, Virginia.

     It is not stated that soldier was every married.
              [handwritted -the above noted A. L. only]
     With the exception of Joel Leftwich, the above noted is the history of the only soldier surnamed Leftwich (searched under all spellings of the name) that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

                                       Very truly yours,

                                               EARL D. CHURCH
                                               Commissioner.
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                                                        November 10, 1928


Miss Maggie McManaway
R. R. 1,
Stewartsville, Virginia

Madam:
        I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim, S. 11364, it appears that Augustine
Leftwich (pensioned Augustus Leftwich) was born September
10, 1744, in Caroline County, Virginia.

        While residing in Bedford County, Virginia, he was
appointed in May, 1780, Lieutenant in Captain Thomas 
Leftwich's Company, Second Regiment of Virginia Militia
from Bedford County; he was in the battle of Camden and was
discharged September 12, 1780.

        He was appointed Captain in 1781 and served two
months.

        He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 26, 1833, while living in Bedford County Virginia.

        It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
                                            Respectfully

                                             E. W. MORGAN
                                            Acting Commissioner.
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                                                                October 6, 1924

Mrs. J. W. Childs,
911 Rivermont Ave.,
Lynchburg, Va.

Madam;
     
      I have to advise you [that-crossed out]  from the papers in 
the Revolutionary war pension claim,  S. 11364, it appears
that Augustine Leftwich, pensioned Augustas Leftwitch,
was born September 10, 1744 in Caroline County, Virginia.

     While residing in Bedford County, Virginia, he was
appointed in Mary 1780 Lieutenant in Captain Thomas
Leftwich's Company in the Second Regiment of Virginia Militia
from Bedford County, was in the battle of Camden and [served until
-crossed out] was discharged September 12, 1780.

     He was appointed [ink blot] Captain in 1781 and served two
months.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 26, 1833, while living in Bedford County, Virginia.

     There [is- crossed out] are no data [on file- crossed out] as to his family.

                                                         Respectfully,

                                                           Acting Commissioner.
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                                                               January 4, 1916



Mrs. William T. Brooks,
   324 Brush (? Street,
       Norfolk, Va. 

Madam:
     In response to your letter dated the 29" ultimo,
you are advised that this Bureau has no record of
services rendered prior to the Revolution, and the only
Revolutionary War soldier named Augustine Leftwich
found on said records was too young to have been a 
Commissioned officer in 1758.
                                                        Very respectfully
 
                                    [signature]    E. C. Tieman
                                                          Acting commissioner.
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.              1-681                  PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No.     35502
     Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph Photostat, and Blue Print Work.

                                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR   
                                                    WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137.                                        September 13, 1928
Please furnish work specified below.

Bureau ordering        Pension                           Deliver to Room No.     5033

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Title and description of job.     Photostatic copies of 8 pages from Revolutionary  War pension claim of Augustine Leftwich, Virginia Troops, S.11364.

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[written perpendicular in left margin]  See claim of Joel Leftwich, S. 8830 for correspondence
[ stamp of the DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS      DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
  RECEIVED  SEP 13 1928]
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List of pages is W. L. Hopkins
[?Sel's deal.] Oct 26-"33.; Samuel Mitchell's affid [affixed].  Robt Mitchell- John Arthur's affid [affixed]- May 31, 1831 & Court affid [affixed].-- TJS

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                                           2019  Ave. D.
                                           Bessemer Ala.
                                           May 3, 1931
[handwritten- Revolutionary War]

Commission of Pension
          Washington, D. C.
                  Dear Sir;
                      I am seeking information in order tat I might become a D. A. R.  You may not be able to help me other than advise me to who I might write.
     I have gotten all the information possible from the Dept of Archives and History at Montgomery Ala, but it is'nt [isn't] enough.
     My great great grandfather was Micajah Stone.  My great great grandmother was Sarah Leftwich.
    Micajah Stone came from England and settled in Bedford County Virginia.
     Sarah Lefwich was a neice [niece] of Col Jabez Lefwich a Revolutionary soldier;
     There was a William, Augustine, and Thomas Leftwich.  Possibly one of these was my great great grandfather.
     I wonder if you can advise me where I might find out about this.  I wrote to a genealogist in Richmond Virginia.  she has helped me very little.
     I will appreciate so much any thing you can do for me.

                                Resptfully
                                [signature[ Birda Baty
(Mrs. W. C. Baty)

P. S.  Micajah Stone and is wife Sarah Leftwich moved to Lincoln Count Tenn. in 1818.
[signature]  Mrs. Baty

[stamp of receipt in pension office]
PENSION
US 
May 4, 1931
OFFICE
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[stationary heading]

Abram H Hopkins    
Walter L. Hopkins

HOPKINS & HOPKINS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
_____________________
LAW BUILDING
                                        [handwritten Recd]
                             March 6, 1030.

Bureau of Pensions
 Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

    I am preparing a history of the Leftwich family of Virginia and I found the following article in the Norfolk Gazette, Norfolk, Va., dated Sept. 16, 1812:
        "Lt.  ____________, Leftwich, of the Bedford
  (Bedford County, Virginia) Artillery, died at Ft.
  Norfolk, Sept. 15, 1812."

    I will appreciate it if you will send me Lt. Leftwich's full name and any record of his services which you may have, etc. 
    Thanking you,

                                    Very truly yours,
                                   Walter L. Hopkins [signature]
          
WLH/EC.

[stamp of  receipt at pension office]
PENSION
 US
MAR 7 1930
OFFICE
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     Revolutionary War Records
     Department of the Interior
      Bureau of Pensions
      Washington, D. C.

My Dear Friends-
     Please add to your 
many other kindnesses, by
sending me the service of
Augustine Leftwich, as a soldier
in the Revolutionary army.
Was appointed First Lt May 
28, 1781, in Bedford County, VA-
Please tell me the place and
date of his birth place and date
of his death, place and date
of his marriage and to whom.
    Any data that you have concerning
him will be much appreciated.
            (over)

[stamp of receipt at pension office]
      PENSION
           NOV   
U            8           S
          1928
          OFFICE
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                      2
Please accept appreciations
for your thought and 
kindnesses-
           Your friend-
(Oct, 27, 1928)

   Miss Maggie McManaway
   R 1  Stewartsville,
          Virginia
Page 27

[front of postcard]  Rev Sec
      [cancellation marked]  NORFOLK, VA.   [one cent stamp affixed]
                                               DEC 30
                                               130 AM
                                                1915
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office-
Washington-D. C.


[pension office stamp]
    PENSION
        O
U.   DEC     S.
        31
      1915

     OFFICE
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Will you kindly have the
record of Augustine 
Leftwich examined, 
and let me know if he 
was a Commissioned 
officer in the French and 
Indian War in 1758.
Thanking you in advance,
I am respectfully.
Mrs. Wm. T. Brook
324 Bresda St.
Norfolk, Va.
Dec-29-1915
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Roanoke, Mar. 21st, 1894.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
              Washington City,
                   D. C.
Dear Sir
     I am anxious to prove that Stephen Terry of Pittsylvania or Halifax was a Rev. soldier.  His family say that he was. He married Sarah Fuqua.  He lived near the border line of the counties and his children settled around him in both counties.  He died in Pittsylvania Co.
His oldest son (my husband's grandfather) was Wm Terry, who was made Captain of the Va Militia in Jan, 1811. by James Monroe.
     Please reply promptly,
                    Very truly yours,
                     Mrs. Peyton Leftwich Terry.
                         Elmwood
                                 Roanoke,
                                                     Va.
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Roanoke, Mar. 21st, 1894

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
     Washington City-

Dear Sir
      I am very anxious to prove that Augustine Leftwich, jun. of Bedford Co Va. was a Revolutionary soldier.
We have proof that his three brothers William, Thomas, and Joel served but have only family tradition that Augustine did.  He was married Feb. 12" 1765 to Mary Turner, he married the second time Set. 1821, Mrs. Sarah Turner.  Will you kindly write if his name is on the pension list.  
                   Mrs. Peyton Leftwich Terry
                            Elmwood,
                                     Roanoke,
                                          Va.
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[left column]
11364
Rev War
    INVALID
 _____________
File No. ___11.364____
Augustus * Leftwitch
 Pen Rev War
      ______
   Act:   June 7 1832
Index:- Vol. A,  Page 336
 [Arrangement of 1870]

Augustine * Leftwich.
 Records corrected, Apri. 24/05 JS.

[right column]
Apr 3/94 Fml Hist. to Mrs. Peyton
Leftwich Terry, Elmwood, Roanoke Va.
1916  [illegible ]  Mrs Wm. T. Brooks
that soldier was too young to 
have been a commissioned officer
 in 1758.
1924. Oct 6   Hist to Mrs. J W
Childs   ADY     see letter in Joel 
Leftwich  S. 8830
________________________________________
1928-Nov 10   Hist to Mrs
Maggie McManaway  ady
______________________________________
1929 Sept. 19.  Photos mailed to
Walter L. Hopkins & [illegible]
[illegible] ntfd.  See Joel Leftwich
S. 8830. ADY
____________________________________________
1930. Mar. 11-hist to Mr. Walter L. Hopkins.  HCJ
1931-June 16  Hist to Mrs. W. C. Baty ady
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Lieut Leftwich of the 2nd Regt. of Virginia Militia from 
Bedford County having no men to Commd. is hereby discharged.  All
commissaries are desired to furnish him with provision to carry him to the 
said County.  Taking care to Specify on the Back of this for the Quantity
 drawn at each post.  Given at Hillsborough N Carolina this Twelfth day of Sept. 1780
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Edward Stevens  BGUS
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SF  11364
Augustine Leftwich
    Va.


1.     1200       1200
4       1000       4000
2          .50         100
1,         100        100
1.           80          80
2.          40         800
                          _____
                         628.0
                                3
                         _______
                       1884.0
                             5.18
                        ________
[illegible]         1889.18

Rev the above moneys
of Mr. A Leftwich SR.
in order to fund it. 

  T {illegible]
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Bedford County

This day John Arthur Senr of lawful age personally appeared before David M. Quales a Justice of the Peace in for [crossed out-said] the County aforesaid and made Oath that he was called on to perform a Tour of duty from Bedford. In this militia service about the last of May 1780 as well as he now recollects that the Troops was ordered to meet at Newlondon in Bedford County the place of rendezvous thereafter remaining there some time he marched from there about the first of June 1780 under the command of Captain Thomas Leftwich and Augustine Leftwich Senr as Lieutenant and Daniel Mitchell as ensign that they marched from Newlondon to Dixes ferry on Staunton river from there they marched to Hillsborough in North Carolina the place of General rendezvous, that the Troop remained there between six & eight weeks that from Hillsborough they marched to the  Peedee and crossed said river to South Carolina as [page torn] there & we marched on to deep river,  crossed deep river and we marched on to Rugleys mills, we marched Toward Camden in South Carolina and hearing of the British near there, we set out before [page torn]
to go and attack the army and was met by the Briti [page torn]
army and was in said battle, called Gate's defeat th [page torn] Lieutenant Augustin Leftwich remained with us u [page torn] 
we went into Battle that after the defeat I did not [page torn]
where to go to and wandered about until I got home and saw no more of Lieutenant Augustin Leftwich that tour.  I believe that from the time I set out untill [until] my return home from that tour was not less than four months, I was again called out into service about the last of July or the first of August 1781 and rendezvoused at Newlondon in Bedford County that he marched from Newlondon where he lives  about the fir [page torn]
of August 1781 and marched through Petersburg in Dinwiddie [page torn] County to Swans point oposite [opposite] to old James town on James river under the command of Capt John Trigg of Be [page torn]
Militia that I believe Col William Trigg was Col & [page torn]
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us then that while at Swan point I saw Capt Augustin Leftwich there as a Captain in said requisition with his company from Bedford County but do not know the length of time said Leftwich served at that time as I did not belong to his company but understood that Capt. Augustin Leftwich was discharged near old James Town as there were not men enough in his company to give him a full command and his company was taken to fill out the [page torn] Captains companys  
                                  [signature[                    his
                                                               John  X  Arthur Sr    
                                                                      mark  


Bedford County Sc
     This day John Arthur Senr. personally appeared before me David W. Quarles a Justice of the peace for said County and subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit and I the said David W. Quarles do hereby certify that John Arthur Senr. lives in my neighborhood and that I am well acquainted with him and that he is a creditable witness and that our faith ought to be given to his declaration given under my and this 31st day of May 1834 
                                                            D. W. Quarles J. P.