Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6191, for John Tate, Virginia
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SERVICE
Va.

Tate, John

NUMBER
S.6191

carded

CONTENTS
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Peyton Oct
Death not in A.B.

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12.105
Virginia
John Tate
of Botetort in the State of Va who was a pri in the compy commanded by Captain -- of the Regt commanded by Col Lee in the Va line for 7 month 14 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 24 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of March 1833 and sent to H W Bowyer Fincastle Va.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833         49.10
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept       12.27
          $61.37

{Revolutionary Claim, Act 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book #  Vol. 6  Page 28

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Decd.  See letter to B.K. 1836-
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8138
Jno Tate

Admit for 7 mo and 14 days by private
from 1777 - 24.55
Col Lee of a
5., 11.
Int 5 y-

Decr 4
H.W. Bowyer
Fincastle
Va
P132
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8138
BRIEF in the case of John Tate County of Botetourt in the State of Virginia
(Act 7th June, 1932.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge?

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he?  71

4.  State his service as directed in the form annexed.
Period
In 1777 vol.
1778 or 79  vol.
1781 vol.
Augt 1781

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
not stated - 14 days
about 2 months
" 2-3       "
upwards of 3 months
7. 14 d  (7 months, 14 days)

Rank.
As a 
private
"
"
"

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Cap. Patrick Buckhannan
" Tate
: Maj Rowland
Gen. Green col. Lee
Cap D May

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  York

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Augusta Cty Va.

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary & witnesses

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  Correct

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

T. Waugh  Examining Clerk.
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Virginia
     At a Circuit Superior Court of Law & Chancery held at the Court house for the County of Botetourt on Friday the 7th day of September 1832 –  
     On this 7th day of September in the year 1832 – personally appeared in Open Court before the Hon’ble Allen Taylor Judge of the Superior Court of Law and Chancery for the County of Botetourt John Tate aged seventy one years and 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 passed on the 7th day of June 1832 
     That he was born in the County of Augusta on the 6th day of August in the year 1761–  in the year 1777 he served as a Private in a volunteer expedition which went from Staunton in the County of Augusta under the command of Captain Patrick Buchhanan & Thomas Smith against a Bunch of Tories who had assembled in the vicinity of the Peaked Mountain about Thirty miles below Staunton  the leaders of the party were Captured and lodged in Jail and the followers of them
dispersed. in the month of May 1778 or 1779 the Indians from the Western Side of the Ohio came in a large body against the Inhabitants of Greenbrier and made an attack upon Donnellys Fort and information of it was sent to Augusta and the companies commanded by Captain James Tate, Patrick Buchhanan and Francis Long were ordered to their assistance   this applicant again volunteered and marched in Tates Company  the three Companies
rendezvoused at the Savannah Fort which stood where the Town of Lewisburg now is, then they remained for about one month where they were discharged and returned home, this affiant received a discharge from Captn. Tate which has been lost or mislaid. 
In the year 1780 he removed with his father to the County of Botetourt where he has resided ever since –  Lord Cornwallis having made very active exertions to take the prisoners taken at the Battle of the Cowpens
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in January 1781, a requisition was made on the County of Botetourt for Militia Captains–  Mays, John Cartmill, Mathew Wilson, Holstein and Boller were called into service  a heavy draft was made and this affiant volunteered in Mays Company each man was directed to provide himself with a good horse and six days provision  the Detachment was placed under the Command of Maj’r Thomas Rowland and marched in a Southern direction untill it
crossed the Dan River then the horses were sent home and the detachment soon after joined the army under the command of General Green at a place called Allamance on a branch of Haw River  the army had a skirmish with the British where several men were
killed belonging to Mays Company   the
detachment to which this affiant belonged and the Cavelry under the command of Colo Lee were sent to bring on the action  a few days after this General Campbell of Washington County Virginia joined Gen’l. Green with about ___ men, on the morning after the junction a Battle was fought at the Reedy fork of Haw River when Captain May and all the officers of his Company and all his men, except myself and thirteen others, left the field of Battle and
came home  this affiant remained with the army which encamped at Speedwell Iron Works in North Carolina the next day after the fight Captn. James Tate and Captn. Smith from Augusta County in Virginia joined the army with their companies  my friends from Augusta requested me to join them  I declined doing so and in a few days afterwards returned home. This affiant states that he was in service on this occasion about three months as well as he
now recollects. In the latter part of July or august in the year 1781 he again volunteered as a private in Captn. David Mays Company and marched from Boyds Ferry now the Town of Pattonsburg in Botetourt County to York Town in Virginia and remained there in service
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during the whole of the Siege  after the surrender of Cornwallis he was sent with the prisoners to the Barracks to Winchester where he was discharged – He received a written discharge signed he thinks by Wallace Estin or Estill a Lieutenant of the Company which has been lost  the discharge was dated in November 1781  on this Tour he served upwards of three months  he has no documentary evidence of his service and does not at this time know of any person living in this part of the country who is acquainted with the fact of his having served except Henry Cartmill and John Hewitt both of whom served with him at York Town – he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State –  
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court 
              signed John Tate

We Henry Cartmill James Breckinridge & John Hewitt residing in the County of Botetourt do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Tate who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in the opinion.  The said Henry Cartmill and John Hewitt further state that they served at the Siege of Yorktown with said John Tate and marched from Botetourt County with him and the said James Breckinridge states that he has known the said Tate for upwards of forty years and that he believes him to be a man of undoubted veracity.  Sworn & subscribed in open Court.
       signed Henry Cartmill  James Breckinridge
                   Jno Hewitt
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And the Judge of the said Court doth hereby declare his 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 him that Henry Cartmill, James Breckinridge and John Hewitt who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County of Botetourt and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit - and further that there is no clergyman residing in the neighbourhood of the applicant - and the Judge of this Court further states that he has known the above named John Tate for many years, that he believes him to be a man of undoubted veracity and has the fullest confidence in what he has stated all which is ordered to be certified.

Virginia Botetourt County to wit
     I Henry W Bowyer Clerk of the Circuit Superior Court of Law & Chancery for said County of Botetourt do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Tate for a pensions.
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     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the office of which I am the Clerk this the 13th day of September 1832 in the 57th year of the commonwealth.
                    Hy W Bowyer Clk
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       October 7, 1935
       XXXXXXXXXXX

       BA-J/MCS
       John Tate, S. 6191

Miss Minnie Robertson
405 Hill Crest Avenue
Macon, Georgia

Dear Madam:
     Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, Robert Bean, William Howard and John Tate and the record of a John Crawford who served as lieutenant during the War of 1812.
     Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension based upon the military service of soldiers in these wars.  A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of Revolutionary War services of a William Howard who enlisted from Virginia or of any Robert Bean, or on account of the War of 1812 services of a John Crawford who served as a lieutenant.
     The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 6191, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Tate, the only soldier of that name who enlisted from Virginia that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
     John Tate was born August 6, 1761, in Augusta County, Virginia.  The names of his parents were not given.
     While living in Augusta County, he enlisted and served as private with the Virginia troops as follows:  In 1777 he served  about two weeks under Captain Patrick Buchanan and marched from Staunton to Peaked Mountain in pursuit of the Tories;  From May 1778 or 1779 he served about two months under Captain James Tate (relationship not given) and was stationed at Savannah Ford.  In 1780 he moved with his father to Botetourt County, Virginia, where he enlisted in January, 1781, and served about three months as private in Captain May's company under Major Thomas Rowland and was in a skirmish at Allamance and in the battle of Reedy Fork of Haw River.  He enlisted in July or August, 1781, and served about three
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months as private in Captain May's Virginia company and he marched to Yorktown where he remained through the siege and after the surrender he guarded prisoners to Winchester Barracks.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed September 7, 1832, at which time he was living in Botetourt County, Virginia.
     The papers in this claim contain no data relative to wife and children of the soldier.
     In order to obtain the data of last payment of pension of John Tate, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:  
     John Tate, Certificate 12105, issued March 25, 1833, rate $24.55 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1932, Virginia Agency.
                   Very truly yours

                   A.D. HILLER
                   Executive Assistant to the 
                   Administrator
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Virginia
Botetourt County  Sc
Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for said county John Tate who made a
declaration in the Superior Court of Law & Chancery for Botetourt county on the 7th day of September 1832, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed on the 7th day of June 1832, and being first duly sworn, deposeth and saith, That by reason of his advanced age, and the consequent loss of
memory he cannot swear positively to the prec[ise] length of his service, but according to the be[st] of his recollection he served as follows, viz On the expedition to the Peaked Mountain not less than two weeks, on the expedition to the Savannah Fort, against the Indians, not less than two months, this affiant in his declaration has stated that he remained at the Fort about one month  on further reflection he believes he was detained two months, he is confident that his whole period of service on that occasion was not less
than two months
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On the expedition to the South under Capt May he served not less than three months.
To York Town upwards of three months as stated in his declaration. This affiant believes that he served for greater lengths of time than is stated above but he prefers taking the shortest period. He hereby relinquishes all claims to a pension under any law of the United States except that passed on the 7th day of June 1832 and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state. In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this 13 day of February 1833
              Jacob Rudwell

Botetourt County Sc
     This day Absolom Dempsey made oath before me a justice of the peace for said county that he is acquainted with the above named John Tate and believes him to be a man of integrity and veracity.  That he lives more than eleven miles from the residence of said Tate is not acquainted with the reputation of the neighborhood as to his revolutionary services, he further states that he is a clergyman in regular communication with the Baptist Church.
               Jacob Rudwell
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OFFICE OF
Consulting Physician
R.N. MAYFIELD, M.D.

Ex. Surgeon Union Pacific Railway System.
Major and Surgeon, First Regiment, N.C.G. (retired)
Ex. President of the colo. State Board of Medical Examiners.
Late Lecturer on Pathology, Hygiene and Clinical Medicine, University of Colorado

OWN

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PENSION DIVISION
DEC 13 1901
RECEIVED

Dr. KOCH'S SANITARIUM, INCORPORATED
119 WEST 22d STREET,

New York City, Dec 6 190/

War Records & Pensions
My G.G.G. Father John Tate born 1743.  Served in Revolutionary War

     Could you give me any information in regard to him.  he died died (sic)  Dec. 15. 1828 Russell Co. Va.
     Kindly oblige
              Yours Truly
              R.N. Mayfield
              119 W 22 St
              NYC

Born 1743

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
DEC 10 1901
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       Richmond Va  12 Oct 1836

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
     I enclose a pension claim of John Tate of Botetourt Cty which was applied for some time ago, but not paid at the agency here because 90 days had expired before it was paid, & before any steps could be taken to obviate that difficulty, he died (about the last of August) and the agent still says it can't be paid without your authority - if this be paid, it will do away the necessity of administering in his state to obtain it, & I hope you will full authorize & inclined to direct the agent here to settle it, as no fraud exists about the matter as alleged.  I shall be glad to hear from you at your convenience
I am,
                 Most respectfully Sir
                     Your obt svt
                            Bernard Peyton
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Rev War
6191
INVALID.
File No. 6191
John Tate
Pri Rev War

Act:  June 7th '32
Index: - Vol. M, Page 368

[Arrangement of 1870.}

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Nov. 6 - 1907
Romaine Braden
Irvington Ind.
Dec. 31 - 1907
Dr. R.N. Mayfield - N.Y. City
1914 July 27 Hist. to John N. McCue &c
1835. Oct. 7  Hist to Miss Minnie Robertson MCS
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Virginia
Botetourt County
     I Henry W. Bowyer clerk of the County Court of Botetourt do hereby certify that Jacob Rudwell  Gent. whose name is attached to the foregoing Certificates in and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Botetourt duly commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
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     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office this 15th day of February 1833 In the 57th year of the Commonwealth.
                Henry W. Bowyer Clk
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         Macon Ga
         405 Hill Crest Ave

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RECEIVED
SEPT 28 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV
READER #22

Pension Administration
Wash, DC

Dear sir,
     In Summer's History of S. West Va., William Howard, John Tate & Robert Bean are listed as Rev. soldiers & in the battle of King's Mountain, N.C.  I am sure this is my William, as 2 generation later we had a John Tate Howard in the family - also an Elizabeth Bean, who married a Howard.  Will you please see if you have a William Howard whom this description will fit especially as regards the battle of Kings Mt.
     Also please send me the record (pension) Jno. Crawford, Lt. in Officers of
1812
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Militia 1812-1813 in 105th Reg. John Preston Col.
     Thanking you very much.
            Miss Minnie Robertson
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Box 101.
Crystal City, Mo.
15, July 1914

To the Commissioner - 
Bureau of Pensions:  Dept. of Interior.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
     Will you kindly advise me of the war record (Revolutionary) of:
     (1) Capt. James Tate, commanded Company from Augusta county Va. under Gen. Green.  Fell at Guilford Courthouse, 15, Mar. 1781; m Sara Hall (dau Edward Hall and Eleanor Stuart); was son of John Tate and March Campbell?
(no pension papers or G.C.)
     (2) Gen. Wm. Tate of Washington county Va. (bro above); m Nancy Mitchell of Southwest Va.  Participated in battle of Point Brandywine and others.  Elected to House of Delegates 1861.
     (3) John Tate of Augusta County, Va. (bro of above) b 6, Aug. 1761, August county, Va.  In 1777 volunteered under Capt. Pat Buckhannon and Capt. Thos. Smith.  in 1779 under Capt. Jas. Tate.  Discharge signed by Wallace Estell, Lieut.; m. Miss Loke?
     (4) Thos. Tate, Bro above.  Removed to Botetourt co., Va., where he probably died;  M Oct. 1764, Jane Campbell.
     (5) Capt. Thos. Smith (above mentioned)  (see p 281 Annals Augusta co. Va. - Waddell);  was called out to reinforce Gen. Greene in N.C.  Later was promoted to "Major." b 1744;  d 1805?.
     (6)  Lieut. Jas. Steele of Augusta county  Va. b circa 1735;  d 1802? m 1765, Sara Wright.  in 1777 he and Wm. Kincaide marched from Staunton, Va. with a company to a blockhouse of the west fork of the Monongahelia.
     Thanking you in advance for the                              information,
       Yours very respt.
                     Jno. N. McCue

I am
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Rev. War Section.

                   July 27, 1914.

Mr. John N. McCue,
Box 101,
Crystal City, Mo.

Sir:
     In response to your letter dated the 15" instant, you are advised that the papers in claim, Sur. File No. 6191, Rev. War, show that John Tate was allowed pension on his application executed September 7, 1832, while a resident of Botetourt County, Virginia.
     He stated that he was born August 6, 1761, in Augusta County, Virginia, and served in the Revolutionary war as follows:
     Volunteered in 1777, as Private under Captain Patrick Buchanan and Thomas Smith, marched from Staunton to Peaked Mountain in pursuit of Tories, and served 2 weeks.
     Volunteered in May 1778 or 1779, under Captain James Tate, and was stationed at Savannah Ford, 2 months.
     Volunteered in January 1781, Captain May's company, Botetourt County Militia, under Major Thomas Rowland, had a skirmish at Allamance and battle of Reedy Ford of Haw River and served 3 months.
  Volunteered last of July or August 1781, Private in
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Captain David May's company, marched to Yorktown, Virginia, where he remained through the siege, and after the surrender guarded prisoners to Winchester Barracks - discharged (smeared) 1781:  30 months.
     It is further stated that he died about the last of August, 1836.
     There is no family data on file.
                      Very respectfully,
                      GM Saltzgaber
                          Commissioner.
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B. Peyton, Va.
Octr 14 1836
GC

Record 36 Page 173
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         War Dept
         Pension Office
         Oct 14, 1836

Sir,
     I cannot order payment to be made on the enclosed voucher in the case of John Tate, decd.  No suspicion whatever is attached to the papers:  but the rules in regard to such claims are imperative.  If the Agent for paying Pensioners, or the commissioner of Pensions, knows that a Pensioner is dead, it is his duty to cease all further payment until the widow of children as the case may be, make the proper application for the balance due:  and if there is neither widow nor child, then the amount must be paid to the executor or administrator--