Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17034, for Nathan Ratliff, Virginia
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(8-1776)
SERVICE

Va.------------
Ratliff,-----Nathan
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CONTENTS

NUMBER
S. 17034
carded
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27.893
VIrginia

Nathan Ratliff
of Monty[?] in the State of Va.
who was a pr. in the ____ commanded
by Captain _____ of the Rgt Commanded
by Col Preston in the Va.
line for 8 mo:

Inscribed on the Roll of Virgina 
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Aug. 36
and Just. R. D. Montague
Christiansburgh -  Va

Arrears to the 4th of March 36             79.98
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.     13.33
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                                                            $ 93.31
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{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk
Book E  Vol. 8 1/2  Page 30 -
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State of Virginia, Montgomery County to wit

On this 1st day of July 1833, personally appeared before the county court of Montgomery, Nathan Ratliff is a resident of the state of Virginia and county aforesaid, aged 71 years who being first duly sworn according to law. doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by an act of congress passed June 7th 1832.  That he entered the service of the United Sates under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  That he entered the service the last of May or first of June in the year 1778 when a youth and served for the term of one month as a private under Captain Joshua Wilson, and William Hungate was his Lieutenant, against the Indians. Colonel  Preston at that time acted as Colonel, in Montgomery aforesaid.  That he then entered the year 1780 under Captain Abram Trigg afterwards General Trigg.  Preston was still then acting Colonel, in the county, and we were marched to the Shallow ford of the Adkinin [Yadkin] in North Carolina where we had a skirmish with the Tories and defeated them.   Colonel Cloyd acted as our Major and was the commander of the force.  Preston remained at home during both these tours.  The two tours together amounted to eight months your applicant served.  Your applicant resided in the county of Montgomery at the time he entered the service and has remained a resident therein ever since, he has no documentary evidence of his service.  except the accompanying affidavits.  He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity whatever except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension role of the agency of any state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
           his
Nathan N. Ratliff
        mark

I Henry Bishop a resident of Floyd county and state of Virginia, do hereby certify that I served with Nathan Ratliff, in the expedition against the Tories in North Carolina and know him to be a private solder in the forces sent to Shallow ford as stated above.   Sworn to and subscribed this day  and year aforesaid

         his
Henry  N Bishop
         mark
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We Thomas Alley and Henry Bishop the former of Montgomery County
and the latter of Floyd County do hereby certify that we are acquainted with Nathan Ratliff who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration, that we believe him to be 71 years of age 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 that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
his
Thomas  his A mark  Alley
Henry  his H mark  Bishop

And the said court do hereby declare their 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 stated, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Alley and Henry Bishop who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit, that the said Alley is a resident of Montgomery and the said Bishop a resident of Floyd County and the court further certifies that there is no Clergyman residing in the neighbourhood of the applicant.
I Rice D Montague Clerk of the county court of Montgomery, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Nathan Ratliff for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 30 day of July 1833 in the 57th year of the commonwealth.
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26.418

Nathan Ratliff

Admit as private
8 mo $26.66

29-Oct 1833

R. D. Montague Esq.
Christiansburg
Va
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling [sic] with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Nathan Ratliff in the Militia of Virginia
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. | Rank of the claimant. | Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  | Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
1780 | 1 Month | Private | Col Hugh Crocker Capt Joshua Wilson Liut Wm Hungate | 72 years Betentort County Va | Daniel Howe Floyd County Va
Henry Bishop & Thomas Ally Sr
1780 | 2 months | Private | Colo Wm Preston & Danl Trigg capt |  John Duncan Floyd County Va. & Henry Bishop & Thomas Ally Sr.|  |
1780 | 3 months | Private Volunteer | Maj'r Lo. Cloyd & Capt Abram Trigg | John Duncan Sr.  Floyd Cty
1781 | 2 months | Private | Capt George Perris & Lieut Sam'l McGeehee | John Duncan Sr
8 months

This claimant states that the first month services rendered as stated in the above tabular form was rendered in an expedition against the Indians on the frontier of Virginia
His second tour was performed against the Tories in Montgomery Va 
His third tour was performed against the British & Tories in North Carolina and in which Tour this claimant was at the Battle of the Shallow Ford in which the American forces gained the victory
His fourth Tour was performed against the Indians in Montgomery County Virginia
Virginia Montgomery county Sc.
This day Nathan Ratliff the above named person solemly [sic] affirms as before me a Justice of the peace for said county that the statement by him made in the above Tabular form is correct. Given under my hand Aug't 12 183[?] Robt. Gardner

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions.
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 REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832 
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 0 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in the Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory, or District of } County of } ss. On the _____day of _____personally appeared (a) before _____ A.B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers: [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [pointing hand symbol]This form is to be varied as as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ____ Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every Applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ___ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of a least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a Soldier {Did  you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if  one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
  Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
  Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, of by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
  No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in [illegible] death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity: in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resided.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
  "personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace ,&c. A. B. who, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  __ For ____ year _____ months, and _____days, I served as a_____.  For ____ year _____ months, and _____days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
  It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase "about three or four months" is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement, the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
  [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
 [g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
 [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
 [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has not public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers

Mode of authenticating papers
  In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon., the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
 [j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
  The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
 [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
 [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
 [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. 

The applicant must state distinctly the nature [marked out: and] of his service and the place where it was [?] and [?], and is one continuous tour of 7 mo. - the militia did not serve such tours, but generally [?] one
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Virginia Montgomery County Court,
I Rice D. Montague clerk of the court of said county, do hereby certify that Robert Gardner before whom the foregoing affidavits was made is a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that I believe his signature to be genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of my office this 15th day of August 1834.
R. D. Montague C
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December 13, 1935

xxxxxx
BA-J/MOS
Nathan Ratliff, S.17034

Mrs. Charles V. Bray
West Point
Virginia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of November 23, 1935, requesting information in regard to Nathan Ratliff, a Revolutionary War soldier
from Montgomery County, Virginia.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 17034, based upon the military service of Nathan Ratliff.

While living in Montgomery County, Virginia, he enlisted and served
at various times from May or June, 1778, until sometime in 1781, amounting in all to eight months, as private with the Virginia troops under Captains Joshua Wilson, Abram and Daniel Trigg, George Pearis, and Colonels William Preston and Hugh Crockett, and he was in the battle of Shallow Ford in North Carolina.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 1, 1833, at which time he was seventy-one years of age and was living in Montgomery County, Virginia.

The date and place of his birth were not given and there are no
data relative to the soldier's family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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17034
INVALID.
File No. 17,034
Nathen Ratliff
Pri. Rev War

Act: June 7"" 32
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 310
(Arrangement of 1870.}
1917 Oct. 31. A. H. Clark ad
no company roll on
file, AW
1935 Dec. 13 hist. to Mrs.
Chas. V. Bray M.C.S.
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26.418

Nathan Ratliff
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Floyd County To wit
On this 17th day of June 18[cut off] personally appeared before me the subscriber [marked out: Jacob Holmes] a justice of the peace in & for the county of Floyd Daniel Howell & made oath [marked out: that] that he served one month with Nathan Ratliff in the revolutionary war, which time of one month commenced the last of May or first sirs [sic] of June1780 said Ratliff acted as a private soldier.
Given under my hand & seal this 17th day June 1833.
George Shelor

I [marked out: Jacob Holmes] George Shealor a justice of the peace in & for the county of Floyd hereby certify that [marked out: that] Danl Howell who has swo[rn] to the above affidavit, is a credible witness & worthy of belief given under my hand & [?] this 17th June 1833.
George Shelor
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I William Goodson clerk of the county court and circuit superior court of law and chancery for Floyd County Virginia do hereby certify that George Shelor is a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Floyd aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such and that the Signature to the within affidavit and certificate purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal for the circuit Supreme Court of law and chancery (there being as yet no seal provided for the county Court.) at office this 17th day of July 1833
Wm Goodson clk

I George Shelor presiding Justice of the peace in and for the county of Floyd do certify that William Goodson whose signature is placed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same the clerk of the county court afforesaid [sic] duly appointed and qualified according to law Given under my hand and seal this 18th day of July 1833.
G. Shelor [seal]
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Floyd County to wit.
On this 17th day of June 1833 personally appeared before my the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for the county of Floyd John Duncan senr & made oath that he knew Nathan Ratliff in the revolutionary war, the first time he said Ratliff was the last of June or first of July 1780, & knows that said Ratliff served seven months as a private soldier.  Given under my hand & seal this 17th day of June 1833.  Wm. Hancock

I [marked out: Jacob Holms] Wm Hancock a justice of the peace in & for the county of Floyd do hereby certify that John Duncan sen'r who has sworn to the above affidavit, is a credible witness & worthy of belief.  Given under my hand & seal this 17th day of June 1833.
Wm Hancock
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I William Goodson clerk of the county court and circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for Floyd county Virginia do hereby certify that William Hancock whose name appears to the within affidavit and certificate is a duly commissioned and qualified as such and the signature there to purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the circuit Superior court of Law and Chancery (there being no seal as yet provided for the county court) this 17th day of July 1833
W Goodson clk

I George Shelor presiding Justice of the peace in and for the county of Floyd do certify that William Goodson whose signature is placed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same the clerk of the county afforesaid [sic] duly appointed and qualified according to law.  Given under my  hand and seal this 19th day of July [marked out: 19th] 1833
G Sje;pm [seal]
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The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
ORGANIZED APRIL 30, 1889
INCORPORATED BY ACT OF CONGRESS JUNE 9, 1906

President General
ELMER MARSTON WENTWORTH
Des Moines, Iowa

Vice-Presidents General
ORISON J. C. DUTTON
309 Securities Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
FREDERICK E. EMERSON
Norfolk, Va.
THOMAS W. WILLIAMS
78 N. Arlington Ave., East Orange, N. J.
PHILIP F. TURNER
40 Exchange St., Portland, Me.
WILLIAM K. BOARDMAN
Cumberland Tel & Tel. Co. Nashville, Tenn.


Secretary General and Registrar General
A. HOWARD CLARK
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.

Treasurer General
JOHN H. BURROUGHS
15 William St., New York City

Historian General
DAVID L. PIERSON
Washington St., East Orange, N. J.

Chaplain General
Rev. JOHN ONESIMUS FOSTER, D.D.
Seattle, Wash

Oct 27. 1817
To Commissioner of Pensions-
Will you be good enough to inform
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[postmark:  PENSION OFFICE  U.S. OCT 29 1917]
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W
Rev. War Section.

Oct. 31, 1917

Mr. A. Howard Clark,
Smithsonian Institute,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:

In reply to your letter of the twenty-seventh instant, you are advised that there is no roll of the company of Capt. Wilson and Lieut. Hungate on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Nathan Ratliff, Virginia Troops, S.17,034, nor
any reference to such a roll.
A careful search of the records fails to show a claim for pension or bounty land on file for a soldier named Charles Hungate. See negative slip
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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West Point, Virginia,
November 23, 1935

Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Have you any record of a pension granted to Nathan Ratliff (or Ratcliffe) of Montgomery County Virginia, or his wife Patty Farmer Ratliff, whom he married in 1803? He died in 1835.
The Virginia State Library gives the following from McAllisters "Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War":
"Born, 1762, Entered service about June 1, 1778, serving one month against the Indians under Capt. Joshua Wilson and Lt. William Hungate. Went out again about July 1, 1780, under Capt. Abram Trigg, afterward a general.  Marched to the Yadkin in North Carolina and defeated the Tories in a skirmish. Eight months' service in all".
If you have a record of a pension, please let me have all the information given.

Yours very truly,
Mrs. Charles V. Bray
Mrs. Charles V. Bray.
West Point, Va.

[ink stamp:  RECEIVED NOV 26 1925}