Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 193, Joseph Anderson, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va.

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Anderson, Joseph

NUMBER
R.193
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Rejected
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Anderson
Joseph
}  Co Declar[unreadable] Heirs &c

Ex[...?]

Virginia Line
Col. Thom's Hawes
12 Septem'r 1779 - 18 mo


[faint writing...]
appears very infirm
E..'d 18 June 21

Joseph Anderson
193
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Fauquier County, State and District of Virginia

On this 24th day of April 1821 personally appeared in open court being a Court of Record made so by the Constitution and Laws of Virginia with jurisdiction in Law and Equity unlimitted[sic] in amount and possessed of the power of fine and imprisonment Joseph Anderson aged sixty five years and a resident of the said County and STate who being first sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the 1st of May 18[40?] that he the said joseph Anderson on the 12th of September 1779 enlisted as a soldier for the term of eighteen months in a Company of foot commanded by Captain Richard [?]avens in the 11th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Hawes of Caroline County Virginia. That he was an[sic] continental establishment; that he received a dangerous hurt which rendered him incapable of duty while he was attached to said Regiment. That he remained in the Hospital some time without moving and was afterwards sent home on furlough for recovery; that his inability detained him at home until the end of the war and has ever since rendered him unfit for labour; that he did not receive a formal discharge that he has no others evidence than the annexed affidavits of William Skinker and William Thompson.

In pursuance of the Act of the 1st of May 1820, I, Joseph Anderson, do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the Unites States on the 18th of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in many manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with  in[...?] thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled [?] Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the Unites States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto [?] and by me subscribes. 1 Negroe Mars aged nearly seventy years. 200 acres of poor land entirely unproductive. 1 horse. 6 head of cattle. 7 hogs and 12 pigs. 12 sheep. 6 chairs. 2 tables. 1 cupboard. 2 chests. 1/2 dozen plates. 1.2 dozen cups and saucers. 1/2 dozen spoons. 2 dishes. 1/2 dozen knives and forks. [2 or 7?] Barales[sic]. I live
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upon a small piece of [?] land. I am unable to cultivate it from the injury sustained by me during the Revolution in the abdomen and in the  [folly?] of my intestines on both sides of the [?] of my belly and also from the debility of age. I have a wife aged fifty seven years who is feeble but in other respects healthy. she contributes to the support of my family by [?] after females in their confinement. I have six children. Thomas twenty three years old. Milly eighteen years old and William fourteen years old who live with me. Thomas receives the principle [?] of his earnings. Milly [?] and assists my wife in cooking. Milly does not aid me. Thomas ploughs and assists in the support of my family. I have three children besides, David aged twenty eight; Joseph twenty-five; Jenny aged twenty, and they are married and live to themselves. They furnish me no assistance. I have an old Negroe named George nearly seventy years old who is an expense and burden to me.  My wife has a daughter by a previous marriage and a grandchild Sally Freeman and her son John , the one aged thirty one and the other nine. Sally weaves and spins occasionally for the family but principally for herself and child when she can get employment.

I am in needy circumstances and unable to live in humble comfort or ease without p[?] or private aid. I have several debts and am unable to pay [?]. My property is not sufficient for that purpose. I have been permitted to keep it by the clemency of my land lord and creditors.

Joseph [his + mark] Anderson

Sworn to and declared in open court this 22'd day of April 1821.    J. Y. W. Smith CC

William Skinker a Justice of the Peace for the County of Fauquier this 22'd day of April 1821 appeared in open court and made oath that ten or twelve years ago Thomas Hord a respectable citizen of Stafford County Virginia since deceased appeared before him a Justice of the Peace and made oath that during the Revolutionary War with Great Britain the before named Joseph Anderson enlisted for eighteen
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months in a Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas H[?] of the United States Army. That the said Joseph Anderson received a hurt which disabled him. The affiant also states that the said Anderson has never recovered from it; that he is a steady sober industrious person ; is too infirmed to labour, has a large family and is in very needy circumstances; that he owes more than he is worth; that the certificate of the said Thomas Hord was obtained to assist the declarant & Anderson is an intended application for a pension. That is has been lost.

Wm. Skinker [signature]

William Thompson a Justice of the Peace for the County of Fauquier appeared in open court and made oath that he has been acquainted with Joseph Anderson for twenty years; that he is reputed to be an honest, industrious sober man; that he has attended him as a physician; that he has a [...] or Hernia of such a nature that it prevents him from labouring; that he is poor and largely indebted. Sworn to in open court this 24th April 1821.
J. A. W. Smith C.F.C.C.  Wm. Thompson [signature]

Fauquier County Court. April Term 1821

Joseph Anderson a Revolutionary soldier offered his declaration and schedule of property which being sworn to by the said Joseph Anderson in open court is ordered to be filed among the records of this county and it appearing to the court upon the affidavits of Wm. Skinker and Wm. Thompson, Justices of the Peace of this county that said Joseph Anderson is needy and destitute circumstances and that the property contained in his schedule is worth only the sum of $814. It is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of War of the United States. 

J. A. W. Smith C.F.C.C.
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Fauquier County to wit:

I, John A. W. Smith, Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration and schedule and affidavits thereto annexed are surely copied from the records as they here stand in the office of said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the amount in value of the ---- property contained in the said schedule is eight hundred and fourteen dollars.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 25th day of April A D 1821 and in the 45th year of the Commonwealth.

J. A. W. Smith  C.F.C.C.
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Enlisted in 1779 for 18 mo.

wounded when in service -
injury still continues -
- ruptured -

Age 65 yrs. - wife, 57 yrs old.
6 children - only 3 of them at home -- to wit:
1 son 23 yrs old
1 Do. 14 Do.
1 daughter 10 yrs. old

the other settled from home

200 acres poor land
Amt. of sched.: $814
owes more than he is able to pay
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No 190

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 8, 1879, [crossed out]

REJECTED
Joseph Anderson