Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1983-300, Richard Doggett, S.C. Va.
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SERVICE
S.C. (?)
Va.

Doggett, Richard

NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 1983-300
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Richard Doggett
No. 1983.

1914. July 27. History to W. N. Doggett.  F. W.
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Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Doggett of Bath County and State of Kentucky, do hereby [illegible] and appoint Willis Morgan of Muhlenberg County and State aforesaid and Francis P. Blair of Washington City or either of them, either Jointly or in their individual capacity, to Act, as my true and lawfull Attorneys for me and in my name to ask for demand and receive, The Bounty ^Warrant^ land that may be due and coming to me, and to apply to the Secretary of War for the same, which Bounty land Warrants are due me as Heir at law to my Father Benjamin Doggett who was a Soldier in the Virginia Continental line and died in the Service. Also said Attornies or either of them, are authorized to apply to the Secretary of War and receive the Bounty land Warrant due me as Heir at law to my Uncle Captain Richard Doggett who was Slain during the War of the Revolution all of which Actings and doings of my said Attorneys shall be as good and valid in law as if the same had been done by me in my own [illegible] as Witness my hand this 3 day of November 1832
Thomas Doggett
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Bath County Kentucky Sct.
Subscribed and acknowledged this 3d day of November 1832 before me Josiah Collins Justice of the peace for the County and State aforesaid
Josiah Collins

Commonwealth of Kentucky Bath County Sct
I Henry S Land deputy for Will Sudduth Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Josiah Collins before whom the above acknowledgement was taken is & was at the time of taking the same and acting Justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned according to Law & that full faith & credit is & to be given to all his official acts as such 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 7th day of Nov 1832
H. S. Land DCBC
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Copy evidence
Rd Doggetts [illegible]
for land Bounty allowed
V255
Granted Augt 15th 1832
Issued Oct'o 12, 1832
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To his Excellency
The Governor and Council of Virginia 
The Petition of Willis Morgan of Kentucky one of the Heirs of Charles Morgan and Susanna Morgan Decd. formerly Susanna Doggett one of the Sisters and Heirs of Captain Richard Doggett Decd. Respectfully Showeth
That Captain Richard Doggett enter'd the service of the United States at or about the commencement of the Revolutionary War, in the Virginia Continental or State line and commanded a company to the South where he served until the Battle of Stono where he was Slain all of which will be found fully proven by the Testimony of Charles Kemper William Harris and Henry Mauzy ^whose affidavits are herewith submitted. Nancy Mauzy Also proves Willis Morgan the Petitioner to be one of the Heirs of Captain Richard Doggett

[left margin] B since the Petition of Willis Morgan was filed he has ascertain'd that Thomas Doggett the only son of Benjamin Doggett the Elder Brother of Richard Doggett was the Heir at law to Captain Richard Doggett which is proved by the Depo of Joseph Morgan

The Deposition of William Harris of Culpeper County taken at Jeffersontown in the 25th day of September 1832 who being Eighty-two years of age and duly sworn Deposeth and saith
That he well knew Captain Richard Doggett the son of Bushrode last of Culpeper County Virginia who lost his life in the South during the War of the Revolution
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Revolution, and knows well that he was a Single unmarried man unless he might have got married very shortly before he was Slain, and that he left no lawful Issue as ever he understood

This Deponent Further states that he was Overseer for William Morgan the Father of Charles and John at the time that John Enlisted and was made a Sergeant of in Fauquier County, and that John Morgan tried for half a day to enlist him, and that he well recollects the time when John Morgan march'd for the North where he lost his life, that he was a single unmarried man, and never heard of his marrying and leaving Issue and that he recollects that his Elder Brother Charles Inherited his negroes left by his Grand father, a negro woman Jude and her four children Amey, Milley, Jesse & Sarah.
signed William Harris

Culpeper County to wit -
The above Deposition was subscribed and sworn to before us Justice of the peace for said County of Culpeper this 25th day of September 1832 Given under our hands and seals.
Dan Ward   seal
Fred Fishback   seal
Virginia
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Virginia
I Francis T. Lightfoot Clerk of the County Court of Culpeper in the State aforesaid certify that Daniel Ward and Frederick Fishback whose names are subscribed to the above certificate are acting justices of the peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 1st day of October 1832 in the 57 year of the Commonwealth
F. T. Lightfoot
Seal

The Deposition of William Harris taken at the house of Frederick Fishback in Culpeper County State of Virginia who being Eighty one years of age the 10th of Decr. next and duly sworn deposeth and saith that he knew and was well acquainted with Richard Doggett who was Killed in the South during the Revolutionary War and that he saw said Richard Doggett in Culpeper County when he came in from the South on furlough and that he slept with Richard Doggett the night before he set off for the South to join the Army and that
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that they travelled together the next day as far as Culpeper Court house, and the reason those circumstances made such an impression and are so fresh in his memory was that he was on his way to the Court house to get his License to get married, and said Deponent further states that said Doggett was then an Officer and believes a Captain in the Virginia Continental or state line and that he further understood said Richard Doggett was slain in one of the Battles of the South and further this Deponent saith not
his
William Harris
mark

Culpeper Cty to wit
This day personally appeared William Harris before me a Justice of the Peace for said County and made oath that the above Deposition is the Truth to the best of his recollection Given under my hand this 5th November 1831
Martin Fishback

Culpeper County to wit
I, Francis T. Lightfoot Clerk of the County Court of Culpeper in the said State of Virginia do hereby Certify that Martin Fishback whose signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in said
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said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that his signature is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this 8 day of November 1831 in the 56 year of the Commonwealth
F. T. Lightfoot
Seal

The affidavit of Charles Kemper Senr. taken at this own house on the 10th day of November 1831, in Fauquier County Virginia who being of lawful age and duly sworn deposeth and saith, That he liv'd a neighbour and went to school with Richard Doggett and his Sister Susannah who was afterwards married to Charles Morgan the son of William and that the Father of Richard sometime after remov'd into Culpeper County in said State soon after which time Richard join'd the Army of the Revolution, and went to the South, from which he return'd a few years after on furlough to see his relations when he said affiant saw him at meeting where he was known to be, and call'd Captain, and that he afterwards return'd to the South and joined the Army where said affiant heard and understood said Captain Richard Doggett was slain
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Slain in Battle or died as he never return'd and further this deponant saith not
Charles Kemper Senr.

Virginia, Fauquier County to wit:
Charles Kemper Senr. the subscriber to the above instrument of writing personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid and made Oath that the matters and allegations set forth in the foregoing affidavit and subscribed by himself are true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Given under my hand & Seal this 10th day of November 1831
Thos. O. Jennings seal

Virginia
Fauq County
I John A W Smith Clerk of the County Court of the said County, do hereby Certify that Thomas O. Jennings before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been sworn to, is a justice of the peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such. Certified under my hand this 10th day of November 1831.
John A. W. Smith
The
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The Depostion of James McElhany taken at Sharpsburg on the 22d day of May 1832 being in the 74 year of his age and duly sworn deposeth and saith,
That he served in the Army nearly the whole of the Revolutionary War, and that he entered the service in the Militia and serv'd in different capacities their until the 16 May of 1781 when he received a Commission in the Continental Army as a Captain which Commission he now has bearing date as above stated and that he Commanded a Company until near the end of the war and that he was a Resident of the state of South Carolina and performed nearly the whole of his service in that state he was well acquainted with some of the officers that was in the Battle at Stono in South Carolina and well remembers ^hearing them state the death of Captain Richard Doggett of the Virginia Continental line who was slain in that Battle, and also the death of a Lieutenant Prince of an Independent Company a particular acquaintance, also slain and a Major Davis badly wounded, and others not now recollected and said Deponent further states that he has been well acquainted with a sister of Captain Richard Doggett for near 40 years in Kentucky, and who died 2 or 3 years past and
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and that he has often conversed with her relative to her Brother being Slain at the Battle of Stono and was informed by her and her Husband Thomas Brown who is also deceas'd that Richard Doggett enter'd the United States service as a Captain in the Virginia Continental line and have also heard her state that Willis Morgan the son of Charles was a Sisters son of hers and the Nephew of Captain Richard Doggett who was slain at the Battle of Stono as before mention'd and further this deponent saith not
James McIlhanny

Bath County Sct
Subscrib'd and sworn to the day and date within mentioned before me Josiah Reed a Justice of the peace for the County above mention'd this 22d day of May 1832
Josiah Reed J.P.B.C.

State of Kentucky
Bath County }Sct
I William M. Sudduth Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid Do Certify that Josiah Reed Esqr. whose signature appears to the within Certificate is and was at the date thereof one of the Commonwealth Justices of the Peace in and for the aforesaid
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aforesaid County of Bath duly Commissioned and qualified as such to act and fill faith & credit is given to all his official acts as such as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.
In Testimony whereof I the Clerk aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the aforesaid County of Bath at (illegible) this 22d day of May 1832 In the 40th year of the Commonwealth
W. M. Sudduth
Seal

The Deposition of John Morgan taken at the house of David Short in Muhlenberg County Kentucky on the 8th day of September 1832 who being of lawful age and duly sworn Deposeth and saith
That he is the sisters son, and nephew of Captain Richard Doggett who lost his life during the war of the Revolution, and the same, to Benjamin Doggett the Elder Brother of Captain Richard Doggett, that he well knows from the information recd. from his mother now decd. that Captain Richard Doggett was never married and left no lawful Issue. He further states that he was acquainted and has often seen Thomas Doggett the only son of Benjamin Doggett the Elder Brother of
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of Richard and understands that he now lives in Bath County Kentucky and further this Deponant saith not
John Morgan

Subscribed and sworn to before me at the time and place mentioned in the above caption
David Short J.P.

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Muhlenberg County} Sct
I Charles F. Wing Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do certify that David Short before whom the foregoing Deposition appears to have been taken, is & was at the time of signing the certificate thereunto annexed an acting Justice of the Peace, in & for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such and that due faith & credit is & ought to be given to each and every of his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County this 11th day of September 1832. & in the 41st year of the Commonwealth.
Chs. F. Wing
Seal

The
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The Deposition of Richard Doggett ^taken at Joseph Hudnuts Tavern in the Town of Washington Mason County Kentucky on the 14th day of June 1832 who being of lawful age and duly sworn Deposeth and saith
That he is the Illegitimate son of Captain Richard Doggett of Culpeper County Virginia who was slain at the Battle of Stono in South Carolina, and that he was living in the County of King George with his mother at the time his Father was slain, and that his Father a short time after he recd. his Death wound, being convinced of his Death had a few lines written to his Father acknowledging me as his son and requesting that he would take me home to his house Educate and provide for me, and this Deponant states that his Grandfather Bushrode Doggett sent for him and took him to his house and sent him immediately to School, and that he was about 10 years of age when he went to live with his Grandfather and lived with him untill his death when he was about 19 years of age, and that in the conversations with his Grandfather and Grandmother who died in 4 weeks of each other he recd. the above information, and that he Deposes to the above from their information and the information of others, and not from his own knowledge of facts, and he further saith that William Foster of Culpeper County Virginia stated
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stated to him that he was in the Battle and saw Captain Doggett after he was shot through the Bowels sitting down leaning back against a tree who said he had recd, his death wound,
This Deponant further states that he is 62 years old the 10th of October next, and the battle of Stono being fought 20th June 1780 - 52 years past the 20th of the present month he was 9 years and about 8 months old when his Father was slain and that he was taken to his Grandfather the same year or year following, when he was between 10 & 11 years of age and liv'd with them untill their death when he was about 19 years of age and that while living with his Grandfather and Grandmother he often heard them state and say that his Father was a Captain and Commanded a Company during the whole of the Revolutionary war untill he was slain,
And this Deponant further states of his own knowledge that his Fathers Regimental Clothes was brought home by his Waiter a negro Boy named Ned, and that his Grandmother had them Cut up and a Suit made to fit him, and that when she dress'd him in the Clothes she pin'd the Epaulett on his shoulder to see if he would look as much like an officer as his Father and this Deponant further states that he knows from his Illegitimacy that he cannot Inherit and has no Interest whatever in the testimony contained in the within
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within Deposition and that he always understood that his Father never married and Died without a Will and that Thomas Doggett of Bath County the only son of Benjamin Doggett Decd. was his Fathers Heir at law, from being the son of his Fathers elder Brother and further this deponant saith not
Richard Doggett

Mason County Sct.
The within Deposition of Richard Doggett was subscribed and sworn to at the time and place before and within mention'd before me David Bronaugh a Justice of the Peace, for the County aforesaid
Given under my hand this 14th June 1832
D Bronaugh seal

State of Kentucky Mason County Sct.
I Marshall Key Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid Do certify that David Bronaugh Esquire who has subscribed his name to the above certificate is now and was at the time of subscribing the same a justice of the peace in and for the County of Mason duly Commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
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my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at the Court house thereof in the town of Washington this 14th day of June 1832.
Marshall Key
Seal

Executive Department
Richmond Va 24 Mar 1832
The foregoing pages numbered 1 to 14, contain a true copy of the evidence filed in this department upon which Land Bounty was granted to the Heirs of Richard Doggett for his services as a Captain in the Continental Line.
Given under my hand the date above 
Wm H Richardson Secy Comr.
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Gibson Deposition
relative to the services
of Captain Rich^d Doggett
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The Deposition of William Gibson taken at his own house in Garrard County State of Kentucky on Monday the Seventh day of October 1833 who being in the Eighty second year of his age and duly Sworn deposeth and Saith
That he lived in about One and a half miles off Bushrode Doggett the Father of Benjamin, Richard George, and Joel Doggett his four sons and that they were raisd and brought up in the same neighbourhood together untill they were all men grown and used to be much engaged in playing at the game of Fives together. And that said Bushrode Doggett with his sons lived in Fauquier County at the Commencement of the Revolutionary War, and towards the latter end and close of the War, the Old Man removed into Culpeper County, But previous to which time his sons had all gone into the Army, and this Deponant being calld upon to State what he knows of the Second Son Richard Doggett says that he knows nothing more than at the commencement of the Revolutionary war he was made a Captain in the Virginia Continental ^line went to the South
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South where he was Kill'd in Battle and further this deponant saith not
William Gibson his x mark

Garrard County Sct.
This day William Gibson Subscribd and swore to the within Deposition before me Kennith M. Coy a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid on this 7th day of October 1833, and I do Certify that the Deponant William Gibson is a respectable and Creditable person and entitled to be believed on Oath. 
Given under my hand on the day and date above and within mentiond
K M Coy J.P.G.C.
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State of Kentucky
Garrard County Court
I James H. Letcher clerk of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid do Certify that Kennith M. Coy whose signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of signing the same one of the Commonwealth Justices of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature hereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of said court to be hereto affixed at my office in Lancaster this 7th day of October 183 and 42nd year of the Commonwealth
James H. Letcher Clk
Garrard Cty Court
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February 21, 1939.

Mr. Denzil Doggett
917 North DeQuincy Street
Indianapolis, Indiana.

BA-J/ILL
Richard Doggett
B.L.Wt.#1983-300 acres

Dear Sir:
The data which follow are found in the papers in file in the claim for bounty land based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Richard Doggett.
Bushrod Doggett and his wife lived in Fauquier County, Virginia, at the beginning of the Revolutionary War; her name and the date of their marriage are not shown. They reared a family in the county: the names of those given were Benjamin, Richard, George, Joel, and Susanna (Susannah). It was stated that the four sons served in the Revolutionary Army.
Benjamin Doggett, Bushrod's eldest son, served from Virginia and died "during the revolutionary War about the year 1779". There are no further data in regard to the service of this soldier. In 1832, Thomas Doggett, son of Benjamin, resided in Bath County, Kentucky.
Richard Doggett, younger brother of Benjamin Doggett, noted above, was commissioned about the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Captain in the Virginia Line; he was in command in the south, returned home to Fauquier County, Virginia, on a furlough; the officer returned south, was in the battle of Stono under command of General Lincoln and was mortally wounded; the date of his death was not given. His negro waiter carried his uniform and epaulettes to Culpeper County, Virginia, to his parents, Bushrod Doggett and his wife. 
June 5, 1832, Thomas Doggett, Benjamin Doggett's son noted above, resided in Bath County, Kentucky. He applied then for the bounty land which was due on account of service and death in the Revolutionary
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Revolutionary War of his uncle, Captain Richard Doggett. He applied as only heir at law of Benjamin Doggett, eldest brother of said officer. He was allowed 300 acres of bounty land on warrant #1983, issued November 20, 1833.

Susanna (Susannah) Doggett, the sister of captain Richard Doggett, married Charles Morgan, a son of William Morgan of Fauquier County, Virginia. She died some years previous to 1833 in Kentucky. In 1833, her son, Willis Morgan, resided in Kentucky; another son - John Morgan, resided in that state in 1832.

On June 14, 1832, Richard Doggett stated in Washington, Mason County, Kentucky, that he was "62 years in the 10th October next", that he lived with his mother in King George County, Virginia, when his father, Captain Richard Doggett, was slain; also, that at the request of his father, his grandfather, Bushrod Doggett, sent for him, took him to his house, sent him to school, and that he lived with his grandparents until they died, about the time he was nineteen years old. He did not give the name of his mother. He stated also that his father died without any will.

If you desire information in regard to the location of the land which was granted on account of service in the Revolutionary War of Captain Richard Doggett, you should address the Commissioner, General Land Office, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, acreage and date of issuance, given above.

For further information in regard to the military record of Captain Richard Doggett, also in regard to Benjamin Doggett, you should address The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator. 
2.
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Being asked to give a statement of what I know of Capt. Richard Dogget in the war of the revolution, I can with truth say that I knew him personally, when serving as a Capt. in the Sixth Regiment of So. Carolina regulars - the regt was commanded by Colo. Thomas Sumpter (afterwards Genl. Sumpter) that he was a young man about six feet high and well proportioned -   that he was considered a brave man and good officer - my impressions from memory now [illegible] that he fell in some Battle near Charles town - I think the Battle fought at Stono by Genl. Lincoln who commanded the Regular Troops, in the South -
given this 4th octr. 1833 - 
John Adair

Subscribed and sworn to before me a Justice of the peace for [illegible] County State of Kentucky this 4th day of October 1833
Isaac Pearson J.P.M.C.
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State of Kentucky Mercer County Sct.
I Thomas Allin Clerk of the Court for the County afsd. do certify that Isaac Pearson Esqr. whose name is affixed to the foregoing Certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County afsd. duly Commissioned and qualified and as such full faith and Credit is and ought to be given to any of his Official acts as such - & I do further Certify that John Adair whose name appears to the foregoing Affidavit was a late member of Congress and formerly Chief Magistrate of Kentucky and as to veracity entitled to full Credit
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of my office this 4th day of Oct. 1833
Tho Allin 

John Adairs Deposition proving Captain Richard Doggetts Death and Services
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To John Morgans
Deposition in open
Court proving Thomas
Doggetts being the
Heir at law to
Benjamin and
Richard Doggett

Rec'd Nov 19, 1833
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At a Court held for Mercer County at the Courthouse in Harrodsburg in the State of Kentucky on Monday the 4th day of June 1832.
Satisfactory proof was this day made in open Court by the Oath of Joseph Morgan Esqr that Thomas Doggett now of Bath County Kentucky is the only Son and Heir at Law of Benjamin Doggett who died during the revolutionary war about the year 1779; and that Benjamin Doggett was the Eldest Brother of Capt Richard Doggett who was slain or died during the revolutionary war and that Bushrod Doggett the Father of Benj and Richard removed from Fauquier to Culpeper County Virginia about the year 1780. All which is ordered to be certified. - - - 
State of Kentucky  }
Mercer County Sct}
I Thomas Allin Jr. Clerk of the Court for the County afsd. do certify that the above and foregoing order is truly copied from the records in my office. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fifth day of June 1832.
Thomas Allin Jr
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I certify that the foregoing certificate
is truly Copied from the original filed
in the Law Office of Virginia

Witness my hand and seal of said
office this 28th day of Nov^r 1832.

Wm Selden [signature] R L off Virg

[faint imprint of seal]
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February 21, 1939.

Mr. Densil Doggett
917 North DeQuincy Street
Indianapolis, Indiana.

BA-J/ILL
Richard Doggett
B.L.Wt.#1983-300 acres

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Benjamin Doggett, son of Bushrod Doggett of Fauquier County, Virginia. You state that Thomas, or Thomas Bushrod Doggett was your ancestor, and moved to Bath County, Kentucky, between about 1795 and 1800.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Benjamin Doggett, under any spelling of that surname; no claim for pension has been found based upon service in the War of 1812 of a Thomas Doggett, nor issuance of a warrant for bounty land on account of service of a Thomas Doggett of Kentucky. Such claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States are the source of the data furnished by this office regarding soldiers of those wars.
The record of Richard Doggett who served from Virginia in the Revolutionary War has been found. His record is furnished you herewith, as it may, perhaps, aid in your research.
Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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F.W.
Rev. War Section

July 27, 1914.

Mr. W. N. Doggett.
235 West Main Street.
Morristown, Tennessee.

Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 20" instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the record of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his service, and the Revolutionary War records show no such claim for Chatton or George Doggett, and only one claim for any Richard Doggett. 
Richard Doggett, who was the son of Bushrod Doggett of Fauquier County, Virginia, served as a Captain of the Virginia troops and was killed at the battle of Stono. On account of said service, Warrant numbered 1983, for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued November 20, 1833, to Thomas Doggett the nephew and only heir of the soldier.
Richard Dogett had three brothers, Benjamin, George and Joel.

Very respectfully,
[signed]G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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STATE OF INDIANA 
THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
DIVISION OF ENGINEERING
INDIANAPOLIS

W. K. HATT
STATE ENGINEER
DENZIL DOGGETT
ASSISTANT STATE ENGINEER

917- N. De Suiney St - on letter returning stamp
[circular stamp]RECEIVED DEC 23 1938 [rest illegible]

December 21, 1938.
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-
I am trying to identify and prove the record of service of Benjamin Doggett who was a "Private in the Cont'l line for three years" during the revolutionary War. He died sometime previous to Nov. 26, 1778 as I have an appraisal of his estate in Fauquier County, Virginia, with that date. His father's name was Bushrod Doggett and his wife's name was Ann and he had 3 children according to a bond dated March 18, 1778 and recorded 25 May, 1778 in the Circuit Court of Fauquier Co., Virginia. One of his children was named Thomas or Thomas Bushrod Doggett. This was my great great grandfather and he moved to Bath County, Kentucky shortly before 1800, probably about 1795 or '96.
A self addressed ^ret. Dec 27 envelope is enclosed. Please advise me whether this information is available and the cost to me for its procurement, if available. 
Very truly yours,
Denzil Doggett

[several illegible handwritten notes in left margin]
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[header for W. N. Doggett Co. Hardware]
Morristown, Tennessee, July 20th 1914

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:-
In tracing my Revolutionary ancestors I am in doubt as to which of three, namely, Richard, Chatton, or George Doggett, is my ancestor. Thought by getting copy of Pension application of each of the above named, I might be able to trace my ancestors by name of wife or children which the Pension application often contains.
These names would likely be found in either the Va or N.C. records. 
Thanking you in advance for the copies of the application for pension in case you have them of the above three names 
I am
yours truly
W. N. Doggett