Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8462, Frederick Fendrer, Va.
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(3-1776)

Service

Va.
Fendrer, Fredrick

Number
S.8462

carded

Contents
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Virginia 23.192

Fredrick Fendrer or Finder
of Rock... in the state of Virginia who was a private in the Army commanded by Captain of the [illegible] commanded by Col. Bluford in the [illegible] line for [illegible]


Fredrick Fendrer
Records corrected


Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 60 Dollars and 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.


Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Nov. 1833 and sent to Sam M.D. Reid Clk.

Lexington

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833
Semi-anl. allowance ending  [illegible] 1834

Samuel Mc D  Reid CLK.


$150.00
+$30.00
=$180.00

{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk

Book E Vol. 642 Page 13
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28.554

Fredrick Fendrer or Finder

on the rolls 

...a Pri.

18mo 11ho
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress payed the seventh of June 1832.

State of Virginia

Rockbridge County to ....
 
On this sixth day of May 1833 Personally appeared in open court, before the court of Rockbridge County, now sitting Fredrick Fendrer, a resident of the county of Rockbridge and state of VIrginia aged 72 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 act of congress payed 7th of June 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the command of General Green, having enlisted under Capt. Hoffman in the county of Shenandoah in said state, and joined the army at Hillsborough in North Carolina about the month of June 1780. 

That was in the Battle of Guilford on the 15th of March  1781, and received a musket wound in the left arm at the elbow joint which has produced a total disability of that arm; that he remained in the hospital unti lthe 1st of January 1782, at which time he was discharged and received a printed or written discharge, which has been lost, or mislaid

That he remained under the care of a surgeon for twelve months after he was discharged; that he marched and counter marched from South Carolina into Virginia previous to the Battle of Guilford.

That the term of his enlistment was for eighteen months. All of which time he remained in service. That he was under the command of Col. Bluford and Capt. X at the time he received his wound above mentioned. He recollected that Col. Morgan commanded the eight troops in the department of the army in which he served.

That he receives a small pension as an ...pension of three dollars and 55/100  7/15 of a dollar per month. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension as annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension of the agency of any state, only on the agency of the state of Virginia for the small
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invalid pension above mentioned. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 

Fredrick Fendrer

Virginia

At Rockbridge County court May 6th 1833

A declaration made by Fredrick Findor of which the foregoing is a true copy was provided in court and sworn to by the said Findor and the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states

In testimony whereof I Samuel McReid Clerk of said county court have hereto appied the seal of said county court and subscribed my name this 19th day of November 1833 and in the 58th year of the Commonwealth.

Samuel McReid CRL
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1843
J.L. Edwards.
Court of Pensions

Washington City D.C.
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Lexington Virginia
March 28th 1843


To the Court of Pensions

Sir,

I write to request information as to the amount of money due to the ... of Fredrick Fainter, a Revolutionary solider, who departed this life, on the 9th of June, 1836. Not having the acts of congress on the subject of Pensions before me, or [illegible]within my reach  , I am.....of soliciting from you the information which might....gathered from that....

Be kind enough also, to furnish me with instructions as to the.... pressured to obtain the money for her.

Respectfully

John Letcher

F. Fainter....
Rockbridge Cty. Va.
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Rev. War 8462
Invalid

No. 8462
Fredrick Fendrer

Pri. Rev War

Act: June 7th '32

Index: Vol. ....., Page 122


[Arrangement of 1870.]

Fredrick Fedrer
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18/4 

Fred Finder

J.L. Edwards
Pension Agent
Washington City


Not entitiled

Am on May ...

Sept.30 1844
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Lexington Va Sept 25 1864

J L Edwards
Pension Agent

Dear Sir, I am requested by a very old and ...Lady in this county to make [illegible] of yours, she is the widow of an old Revolutionary Soldier who enjoyed a pension for many years, and she made the [illegible] of me whether she was entitled to a pension as his widow.

I am not so well informed in ..to the laws of Congress and that subject, and verified that...



...she was married to him in the year 1814

..from you at your...would....a favor
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name: Fenes (Fones), Daniel 

Grade: Private

Line: Rhode Island

Warrant Number: 3/24
Acreage: 100

Issued Nov.30 1799
To Aby Holbrook, assignee


"The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. 

Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.

Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives