Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2227, for Benjamin Melton, North Carolina
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Date of death
not on A.B.
1219
Illinois
Elizabeth Milton
widow of Benjamin Milton
who served in the Revolutionary war
, as a
Private
W. Carolina line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
60 Dollars
cents per annum, to commence on
day of [4th day of March, 1848].
3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the
9th day of August 1853
and sent to
Pensioner
Lawrenceville
Lawrence Co.
Ill.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
[July 29, 1848], Page 173. Vol. [illegible] 3 February 1853
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Widows Declaration
Declaration of Elizabeth Melton Widow of
Benjamin Melton late of the County of Lawrence
and State of Illinois Deceased
State of Illinois
County of Lawrence ⎬
On this the 21st day of March A.D.
1853 Personally appeared before the Judge of the County
Court of said County, Elizabeth Melton a resident
of the said County of Lawrence and State of Illinois
aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed February 4. 1853, that she is the widow of
Benjamin Milton who was a Revolutionary pensioner under the act
of 7th June 1832 Commencing 4th March 1831, at the
rate of Sixty dollars per Annum payable semiannually
on the 4th of March and the 4th of September. The
payments to be made at Carmi by Daniel Hay agent for
paying pensioners in the agency of Illinois
She further declares that she was married to the
said Benjamin Melton at the County of Lawrence and State of
Illinois on the 17th day of October one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three (1833) that her name before her
Marraige was Elizabeth Fowler, and that her husband
the aforesaid Benjamin Melton died in said County
on the 6th day of September 1843, and that she has
remained a widow since that period
her
Elizabeth [her x] Melton
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AW
Rev. War Section.
Hon. John W. Kern,
United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
August 21, 1916.
In reply to your letter of the eighteenth
instant and the enclosed letter of Mr. J. H. Kroh of 831
Lemoke Building, Indianapolis, Indiana, I have the honor
to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim Widow's File No. 2, 227, it appears that
Benjamin Melton was born in Albemarle County, Virginia,
date not stated and while living in Caswell County, North Carolina
, he served for three months in 1776, under Captain
Berry Turner and Colonel Henry Dixon and was in battle at
a fort near Stone Ferry on the Ashley River. He was drafted in 1781, just after the battle of Guilford, and served
three months under Captain William Hardin and Major Sharp,
after which he returned home for forty days and then was
again drafted and served a year under Captain Tilghman
Dixon and Colonel Henry Dixon, during which time he was
at the battle of Eutaw Springs and in a skirmish on Saint
John's Island near Stono Ferry.
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He was allowed pension, as Benjamin Milton, on an
application executed September 17, 1832, at which time
he was 66 years old and a resident of Lawrence County,
Illinois, where he died September 6, 1843.
He married in said County, October 17, 1833, Elizabeth Fowler and she was allowed pension as Elizabeth Milton an application executed March 21, 1853, while living in that county, aged 52 years.
It is not stated
whether they had any children. Both of them signed by
mark.
For the date of last payment of her pension, name of
person paid and date of her death, you should apply to the
Auditor for the Interior Department, Washington, D. C.
citing all of the following data: Elizabeth widow of Benjamin Milton, Certificate No. 1219, issued August 9, 1853,
rate $60 per annum, to commence February 3, 1853, Act of
February 3, 1853, Illinois Agency,
Very truly yours,
GM Agaber [illegible]
(Melton 2)
Commissioner.
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Mr. B. H. Webster
1308 Ordway Place
Nashville, Tennessee
Dear Sir:
April 17, 1933
Benjamin Melton, W. 2227
William Melton, S.36117
BA-J/MLB
Reference is made to your letter of March 30, in which
you request the records of Benjamin and William Melton,
soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
You are furnished herewith the records of the above - named
soldiers as requested, the date of which were obtained from
the papers on file in claims for pension based upon their
service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator