Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31311, for Reuben Ratliff, Virginia
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(8-1776)
SERVICE     (star)            NUMBER S.31311

Va.        Ratliff, Reuben
CONTENTS
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31311
Req  INVALID.  ON
File No ...31,311...
Reuben Ratliff
Pri ...Rev...War...    
Act:... June 7th ...32...
Index:---Vol. 2..., Page...333
[Arrangement of 1870]
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 Co. KY   26.915    Sar lat , by Date 1834
Reuben P. Ratliff       to pay by 4  J.G. 76 ajl?
of Hajar, Co in the state of Ky.
                                   ?rigs. pension hips ?
                letter Hon. Liv. Anderson July 7, 1841
                same July 13, 1841
who was a J  in the State of  KY
commanded by Captain Christly (?) of the Right commanded
by C??? in the ???
l h 1. ????    3.33
Inscribed on the Roll of ???
at the rate of 43 Dollars .33 cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension Signed the 10th day of 
and
July 13, ?? ????, Ky 
Arrears to the 4th of Mch 3,
Lom??. allowance ending
Recorded by 
Book        Vol     Page 42
130.10
  21.66
---------
$151.66
{Revolutionary Claim}
Act June 7, 1832
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West Liberty Ky}
Oct 2nd 1834}

J.L.Edwards Sect. of war
Washington City
D.C.
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West Liberty, Sept 29th 1834

Sir
I made application for my pension to the agent at Lexington for paying pensions and he would not pay my claim owing as he informed me of your not having sent him directions to pay the claim if that be the case you will please send directions to him to pay it off and oblj yours
Reuben Rattliff
J.L. Edwards
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July 6, 1841
Reub Ratcliff
Va.

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
[] July 7, 1841

L.W. Andrews HR
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HR Jr 5th July 1841

Sir

Sometime in the year 1834 - Reuben Ratliff of Ky made application for a Penson. Please send me at as early a day as convenient a coppy of his Declaration & Evidence as filed in your office.

Also please send me a Blank Declaration (if you have such) for individual pensions.  Your obt sert
L.W. Andrews
of []
JL Edward Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
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31,417
Reuben Ratliff
Kentucky
from 1776 pr 18 mon
$43.33 []

CCk West Liberty Ken
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Declaration
Sworn to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passes June 7 1834

State of Kentucky} ss
County of Morgan}

On this 2nd day of June 1834 personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the county of Morgan and State of Kentucky Rueben Ratliff a resident of the courtly of Morgan State of Kentucky age seventy two years and being first duly sworn according to law dot on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress June 7th 1832.
That he enlisted in the service of the United State under the following named officers and service as herein stated
That he entered the service in the month of September 1776 under the command of Capt. Gilbert Christy Maj [] Col. Williams Christy as a volunteer in the [] County Colonel [] the army at  [] on Holston in Washington County [] we were [] from their men to the [] town on the Lissiy river where we[] some short time late after [] in a property we were marched back to Washington County [] & discharge having been out [] he states he again entered the service of the United States between the 1st and 10th of June 1777 as a volunteer under the command of Cap. Lonny Col A. E. Campbell he was immediately marched to [] Holston Reiver where we were stationed about two weeks [] we was then marched against the [] towns on the Tennessee River which we as troops staid there some 5 or six weeks we was  then marched back home to Washington County & discharged in December 1777  I again volunteered int he month of May 1779 in the service of the United States under the command of Capt c& Brown who was a captain of
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the spec's on the Frontiers of Virginia I found him in Montgomery County Virginia when I then [] and served a tour of three months & was in the month of August 1779 marched back to Montgomery County Va & after having been out in New River & Holston) & discharged in August 1780 I volunteered under the Command of a [] Trigg Captain Joseph Lloyd Morgan we were rendezvoused at a place called [] on new River & was marched [] to some short distance of Kings Mountain (say about 15 or 20 miles) we was then turned and marched to the Shallows of the [] river in north Carolina where we had a battle with a party of Tories who we repulsed we remained there about an week & were then marched home to Montgomery County Virgina & discharged [] him out the months [] time which I volunteered
Immediately (after I served out my time named above) went to North Carolina Henry County I volunteered in May 1781 under Captain C. A[] Colonel Green as a spy or ranger for three months against the tories we were out searching  through the county from Henry county to [] county at the [] time of service I was discharged by my Capt. he cannot distinctly recollect all the officers whom he saw in the service he state he has no documentary evidence of his service nor any & his age and that he knows no person in this state
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discharged by his captain he moved to []well County Virginia where I lived for some years & moved from there to Morgan County Kentucky where I have lived ever since Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Reuben Ratliff His mark X

I Elias Johnson a clergyman residing in Morgan County and I J [] residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Reuben Ratliff who has subscribed and swore to the above declaration that we believe him to be 75 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have ben a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid}
Elias his mark x Johnson & J C []

[] J p [] Justice of the peace in and for the county of Morgan & State of Kentucky no hereby declare [] investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he sates & I further certify that it appears to me that Elias Johnson who has  signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman residing in Morgan County & that [] who has also signed the same is a resident in the same county and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit I do further certify that the above named applicant is unable
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of Morgan County to certify that I [] whose name is signed to the proceeding certificate is a duly commissioned qualified [] Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid and that the same is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have to set my hand and seal of office this 2nd day of [] 1834
J [] Clerk
 Morgan County Court