Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 64-300, for Littleberry Mosby, Georgia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                     NUMBER
Ga.           Mosby, Littleberry      B.L. Wt. 64-300
Va.

CONTENTS
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Issued Wt 64
Capt. Littleberry Mosby J
claim to military bounty
Land.

(Georgia)

1928 Oct. 16 Meddie M. Massie
furnished hist. A.D.Y.
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Know all Men by these presents that I Littleberry Mosby jun. late 
Acting as Captain and Paymaster in the second Continental Regiment, State
of Georgia under the command of Samuel Elbert during the late War with 
Great Britain but now presently residing in the County of Powhatan and 
State of Virginia, do make constitute and appoint John Davidson of the 
City of Washington and District of Columbia, my lawfull [lawful] Attorney for
me, in my name and in my behalf to receive from the Honorable the 
Secretary at War, a Warrant for the proportion of Land due me
in Consideration of my services aforesaid and to do all lawfull [lawful] acts requested
for effecting the Promises hereby confirming and ratifying all that my
said Attorney shall do by Virtue hereof.
In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and 
seal this Sixth day of September One Thousand eight hundred and Three
Signed Sealed and Witnessed
In the Presence of 
Littlleberry Mosby Jr       [seal]
Capt. & Paymaster of S.C. Regt

Chesterfield County [illegible]
This day appeared personally Littleberry Mosby Jr. before me
James Lyle jr a Magistrate for said County and acknowledged the above
letter of Attorney to be his hand and seal act and deed for the purposes
therein mentioned and I do moreover Certify that the said Littleberry
Mosby jr has been for Fifteen years personally known to me .
Given under my hand this Sixth day of September One thousand
eight hundred and three.
James Lyle [Judge?]
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July 11, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mr. Alan M. Leake
2915 Griffin Avenue
Richmond, Virginia

LITTLEBERRY MOSBY
B.L. Wt. 64-300
BA-J/ADY:MLB

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Littleberry Mosby (variously
spelled), of Georgia and Virginia.

The record of Littleberry Mosby follows as obtained from the
papers on file in his claim for bounty land based upon service in
the War of 1812.

Littleberry Mosby, Junior, was a captain and paymaster of
Colonel Samuel Elbert's 2" Regiment of Georgia troops; he was
captured at Savannah, Georgia, in December 1778, held a prisoner
twelve months then furloughed home to Virginia.

While on furlough, at the request of Mr. Jefferson, the Governor
of Virginia, he raised about sixty men and joined General Baron
Steuben at Petersburgh, and after the battle of Petersburgh, he was 
under General Lafayette until the siege of York.

Littleberry Mosby applied for bounty land September 6, 1803, 
while a resident of Powhatan County, Virginia, and was allowed
three hundred acres for his services as Captain of Georgia troops,
on Warrant No, 64, issued September 16, 1803.  His age is not given
and there are no family data on file.  For information in regard to 
location of this land, you should write to the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, this city, and site the number of the warrant,
the acreage and date of issuance.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Virginia to Wit

I do hereby certify that James
Lyle junior who Signs the annexed Certificate
is one of the Commonwealths justices of
the peace for the County of Chesterfield
and that full faith and Credit ought 
to be given to all things certified by him
as such.

Given under my hand as 
Governor & under the Seal
of the Commonwealth at 
Richmond the ninth day 
of September 1803

John Page
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Abstract 2 Regt
for September
1778

L 84"9"7 1/2
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I hereby Certifie [certify] that I have examined
the within abstract, and the different
vouchers that prove.  Eight hundred & forty
Eight pounds nine shillings and seven
pence half penny is due the officers
and men of the second Georgia
Conll [?] Batt

B. Porter
Major 2nd Batt.
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A Regimental abstract of sundry sums of money due the officer men & belonging to 
The 2nd Conl Georgia Battn [illegible] pay Rolls for the  month of September 1778

[column 1]
Field officers
Saml Elbert Col withdraw  ---
Dan Roberts Lt Col          30"0"0
Benj Porter Major            20"0"0
                                        50
Bery Porter Major's pay   15.10.0
from 1st to 24th October 65.10.0

[column 2]
Staff Officers
Litby Mosby P.M.             5"0"0
Matt Roach                      3"5"0
D L Braider [illegible]      22"0"0
A Alexander Mat             12"10"0
R Gunder [illegible]         12"10"0
Giltran [?] PMSert [?]       24"10"0
                                        58"5"0

[column 3]
Capns Corm [?] pay due
1  Saml Elbert                   71"5"0
2  Edward Wood               81"6"0
3  Danl Roberts                 62"6"1
4  Ina Bard                         68"6"11
5  Geo. Hancock               70"10"0
6  Litly Mosby                   83"10"0
7  Jr Cunningham             71"11"8
8  Elisha Miller                  81"2"3
9 Fra P. Moore                136"16"8
Staff Officers                   724"14"77
                                         50"5
Field officers                    65"10
                                        848"9"77
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Virginia 9 Nov. 1802 [?]
Littleberry Mosby Jr
Claiming military bounty
land for himself & others

The Honble

H Dearborn
Secretary at War
Washington City

Post

[seal or postmark]
RICHMOND VA
NOV
22

Recd 26 Nov. 1802
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Virginia Powhatan County, Nov. 9th 1802

Sir

From seeing your Advertisement of the 16th
of August I have taken the liberty to address
you on the subject, and request the favour of your in-
formation.  I was a Capt in the 2nd Continental Regi-
ment belonging to the Georgia line which Regmt was
commanded by Col Samuel Elbert.  I was also appoint
ed paymaster to the same, which the returns in your
office will show if they were not destroyed by fire.
The greater part of our Regmt were held and taken
prisoners in the Town of Savannah in December 1778
I was one that was taken and remained a prisoner for
12 months, and then was exchangede for by Major Genl
Lincon [Lincoln] who then commanded in Charlestown, who gave
me a ferlow [furlough] to return to Virginia for a few months
which prevented my being taken again with the
balance of the Regmt in Charlestown.  After the
fall of that Town and while I was at home on ferlow [furlough]
I received a letter from Mr. Jefferson who was then
Governor of Virginia requesting me to try and raise as 
many volunteers as I could & join Genrl Barron Stuber
as soon as possible.  I raised out of the Militia about
60 men and joined Barron Stuber at Petersburgh, and 
after the battle at Petersburgh, I was under the command
of Genl LaFayette until the seige [siege] of York where
I met with our Col there Genl Elbert who told 
me I might remain at home in Virginia untill I
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I should be cald [called] for, as we had at that time no
men to command shortly after that there was an 
end to the war and what few officer and men that
belonged to the Regmt were scattered almost through
the United States. what few officers and that
were in Virginia at the close of the war who belongs to that Regmt I am satisfyed [satisfied] that never did receive their
bounty of Land from Congress for this is the first appli-
cation I ever made for it.  If the pay Rolls and Ab-
stracts of pay for the Regmt will be a sufficient
voucher of my services I have them now in my possess-
ion one of which I have inclosed you, or if a Certi-
ficate from a few respectable men in this County will
answer a better purpose.  I can forward one as I know
of no superior officer living whom I could apply to 
for a certificate of my services.  There are a few 
Soldiers that belong to the same Regmt that have 
made application to me requesting information
how they were to obtain their bound of Lands.  I 
promised them that I would write you on the 
subject.  Sir you will confer a great favour on me
if you will please to inform me by line whether
 the vouchers spoken of will be sufficient as to myself
and what will be sufficient for those that have
made application to me.  

I have the honour to be with
the greatest respect Sir yr mo [illegible]
Littleberry Mosby Jr.

B the pay Rolls were 
made out in Georgia money
at 5/ to the Dollar.
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Paducah, Ky.
Jan - 4 - 1928

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Will you please send me the 
Revolutionary records of the names below;
Thomas Mansfield - may have served in 2nd Va. Reg.
William Thurman, said to have served in 3rd Va Regiment
Geo. Royster of Charles City or New Kent co - Va
Gen. Littleberry Mosby - of Va.

All available information of families of
above desired, and will be greatly appreciated.

address
Meddie M. Massie
631 Ky. Ave.
Paducah Ky.
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A. M. LEAKE
2913 Griffin Avenue
Richmond, Virginia

June 24, 1935

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I am writing in hope of securing information about one
Littlebury Mosby (first name possibly spelled Littleberry or Littlebery, etc.), an officer in the Continental Army, 
as I am informed by the War Department that  your office
has custody of the U. S. pension records.

The War Department has a return on file as follows:  Dated Savannah April 1, 1784, "of Officers of the Georgia Line of
the American Army," shows:  Mosby (Christian name not shown), 
1st Lieutenant.  Commissioned July 23, 1776.  Returned to 
Virginia 1780.

And from Heitman's Historical Register of Officers of the 
Continental Army: "Mosby, Littlebury (Ga.) Captain 2d
Georgia, 23d July, 1776;  taken prisoner at Savannah, 18th
October, 1779; exchanged December, 1779, when he returned 
to Virginia and was Colonel Virginia Militia, 1780-1782."

His name also appears on a pay roll of the extra officers
of the Georgia Regiment, Covering the period from January 1 to December 31, 1782, which shows time of service 12
months.

I would be very grateful for any information, of any nature
(place and date of birth, war record, etc.), that you may be kind enough to give me.

Thanking you in advance, I am,
Very truly yours,
Alan M. Leake [in script]
A. M. Leake [typed]


aml:em
pers-file

date stamped June 2[next number too faded] 1935  [the remaining information is too faded]
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STATE OF KANSAS
TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
J. C. RUPPENTHAL, JUDGE
RUSSELL, KANSAS

[on the left side additional information on the letterhead]:
Terms of Court
-------
Russell County - First Monday of January, May and October.
Ellis County - First Monday of February; Third Monday May and October.
Trego County - First Monday of March, June and November.
Gove County - Third Monday of March, June and November.
Logan County - First Monday of April, September and December.

Sept. 30, 1929.

United States Department of the Interior
Bureau of the Pensions
Washington, D. C.

I am anxious to receive the Revolut-
ionary Record, birth dates and date of death of the following.
Littleberry Mosby son of Benjamin Mosby and Mary Poindexter.
Littleberry Mosby lived in Cumberland or Powhatan Co. Virginia.
Also Record of
Jacob Michaux of Virginia.
Samuel Ramsey of Virginia.
John Payne of Virginia 
Is there a John Hagan listed among the Soldiers of the Revolution.

Very truly yours,
(Mrs.) Margaret Ruppenthal
1208 Lincoln St.
Russell, Kansas.

[date stamp at the bottom]
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS 
SECTION
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
OCT 3 - 1929
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
ADY/eel

November 20, 1929

Mrs. Margaret Ruppenthal
1208  Lincoln Street
Russell, Kansas

Dear Madam:

I advise you that the papers on file in this bureau
show that Littleberry Mosby, Junior, was a Captain and Pay-
master of Colonel Samuel Elbert's Second Regiment of Georgia
Troops; he was captured at Savannah, Georgia, in December,
1778, held a prisoner twelve months, and then furloughed
home to Virginia.

While on furlough, at the request of Mr. Jefferson, 
the Governor of Virginia, he raised about sixty men and 
joined General Baron Steuben at Petersburgh; and after the 
battle of Petersburgh he was under General Lafayette until
the siege of York.

He applied for bounty land September 6, 1803, while
a resident of Powhatan County, Virginia, and was allowed
three hundred acres for his services as Captain of Georgia
Troops, on Warrant Number 64 issued September 16, 1803.  
His age is not stated and there are no family data on file.

Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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Meddie M. Massie,
631 Kentucky Avenue,
Paducah, Kentucky.

Madam:

I advise you that the papers on file in this bureau
show that Littleberry Mosby, Junior, was a Captain and
Paymaster of Colonel Samuel Elbert's Second Regiment of 
Georgia Troops; he was captured at Savannah, Georgia in
December 1778, held a prisoner twelve months, and then fur-
loughed home to Virginia.

While on furlough, at the request of Mr. Jefferson the
Governor of Virginia, he raised about sixty men and joined
General Baron Steuben at Petersburgh; and after the battle
of Petersburgh he was under General Lafayette until the 
siege of York.

He applied for bounty land September 6, 1803, while a 
resident of Powhatan County, Virginia, and was allowed three 
hundred acres for his services as Captain of Georgia Troops,
on Warrant Number 64 issued September 16, 1803.  His age is 
not stated, and there are no family data on file.

In order to make a proper search of the Revolutionary
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War records for Thomas Mansfield and William Thurman as 
much as possible of the following data is essential:
approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence
at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

The Revolutionary War records of the bureau fail to
afford any information in regard to any George Royster.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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April 28, 1916.

Mrs. H. F. McFarland,
957 Century Building,
St. Louis, Mo.

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the seventeenth in-
stant, you are advised that the papers on file in this Bureau
show that Littleberry Mosby Junior was a Captain and Paymaster
of Colonel Samuel Elbert's Second Regiment of Georgia troops;
he was captured at Savannah, Georgia in December 1778, held a 
prisoner twelve months, and then furloughed home to Virginia.

While on furlough at the request of Mr. Jefferson the
Governor of Virginia, he raised about sixty men and joined Gen-
eral Baron Steuben at Petersburgh; and after the battle of Pet-
ersburgh he was under General Lafayette until the siege of York.

He applied for bounty land September 6, 1803, while a res-
ident of Powhatan County, Virginia, and was allowed 300 acres
for his services as Captain of Georgia troops, on Warrant #64
issued September 16, 1803.  His age is not stated, and there is no family data on file.