Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 25317, for James Murphey, Virginia
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(3-1776)
Headings: SERVICE /     / NUMBER
VA. / Murphey, James / S 25317
or Murphy
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Virginia
James Murphey
Private in Colo
$8 per month
Buford  Virginia Regt
name spelled Murphy on printed list of 1835
Formal Certificate issued Feby 5, 1823
& sent to Honorable
Alexander Smyth
Mr. Paips (?)

The printed list of Wythe Co Va invalid pensioners shows James Murphy, Pvt 6th VA Regt rate $60 per an. placed on pension roll Jan 3, 1786. Pension commenced Jan 1, 1786 under Act June 7, 1785. Increased to $96 per an. from April 24, 1816 Act April 24, 1816.
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Virginia
James Murphey
Private in Colo
$8 per month
Buford  Virginia Regt
name spelled Murphy on printed list of 1835
Formal Certificate issued Feby 5, 1823
& sent to Honorable
Alexander Smyth
Mr. Paips (?)

The printed list of Wythe Co Va Invalid pensioners shows James Murphy, Pvt 6th VA Regt rate $60 per an. placed on pension roll Jan 3, 1786. pension commenced Jan 1 1786 under Act June 7, 1785.
Increased to $96 per an. from April 24, 1816 Act Apr 24, 1816.
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No 3
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State of Virginia
Wythe County to wit
On this twenty fourth day of January 1823 personally appeared before me John Johnston a Magistrate for the county aforesaid, James Murphey and made oath that he served as a private in the company commanded by Captain Woodson of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Buford during the Revolutionary War at the time he was disabled and that he was placed on the pension roll of Virginia at the rate of five dollars per month originally, which has since been increased to eight dollars per month and that he has never received a certificate to that affect from the War Department.
Sworn to & subscribed before me
on the day (illegible) above written
John Johnston J. P.
his mark James Murphey

State of Virginia
Wythe County to wit
I John P Mathews Clerk of the court of county aforesaid do hereby certify that John Johnston, Gentleman, before whom the above affidavit was taken and whose name is thereto subscribed was at the time of taking & subscribing the same and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of said county at office the 25th day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty three and of the Commonwealth the forty seventh.
J P Mathews Clk
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State of Virginia
Wythe County Court }
I John Johnston presiding Justice of the Peace of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that John P Mathews whose name is affixed to the written attestation was at the time of signing the same and still clerk for the court of the said county and that his attestation is in due form of Law. Given under my hand & seal this 25th day January 1823
John Johnston J.P.
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Richmond 12th Dec 1822
Capt. John P Mathews
Sir you will discover from the enclosed that James Murphy cannot receive his pention (sic) on account of a late regulation in the war department, the enclosed is a copy of the oath he will have to take it (illegible) be certified by you, and sent on to Washington City. The Secretary at War will then give a certificate. Authorizing the Commissioner of law at this plan is pay the money to me under the power I have in possession.
I suggest the idea of addressing it to Genl. Smyth, and the Genl to me.
The newspapers will give you much more information than I possibly can in a letter, relative to the proceedings of the legislature at this plan.
Yours Respectfully
Joseph Crockett
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No 1
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25317
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 25317
James Murphey
Prt Rev War
Act: _____________
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 289
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 11, 1903, (illegible)
E. J. Hamilton-Chicgo
1924 July 31 Hist to Hon Davis
Elkins aut
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(letterhead)
Davis Elkins
West Virginia

United States Senate
Washington, D. C.

Stamp: Office of the Commissioner
Jul 30 1924
U.S. Bureau of Pensions

(Typed)
July 29, 1924
Hon. Washington Gardner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Commissioner Gardner:-
Will it be possible for you to furnish me with a copy of the pension record of James Murphy of Wythe County, Virginia, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. If his pension record is available, I will appreciate your courtesy in this connection.
Sincerely yours, 
Davis Elkins (signature)
D

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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(handwritten at top right) AW

(typed)
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
S. 25317

July 31, 1924.

Honorable Davis Elkins,
U. S. Senate.

My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of the twenty-ninth instant, I have the honor to advise you, that from the records of this Bureau it appears that James Murphy, or Murphey, while serving as a private in Captain Woodson's Company, Colonel Buford's Virginia Regiment, War of the Revolution was disabled. He was pensioned from January 1, 1786 on account of said disability, the nature of which is not stated.
In 1823, he was in Wythe County, Virginia.
The dates and places of his birth and death and dates of his enlistment and discharge are not on record, nor is there any data on file as to his family.
Sincerely,
Washington Gardner (signature)
Commissioner.
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Washington City 2 Feb 1823
Sir,
Allow me to request your attention to the within mentioned case, that you will sign the order necessary to enable this person, who lost an arm in the service, to receive his pension.
I have the honor to be very respectfully 
your obt
Alexander Smyth