Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3455, John Farris, Va.
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Service
Va.
Farris, John
Number
R.3455
Contents
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Suspended

See letter to
Martin Newman

Frankfort, Ills.

4 March 1835
let same 12 May 1835
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
["Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 9, 1873" crossed out]

3455
P. O. [left blank]
John Farris
Service: [left blank]
[stamped] REJECTED
Enlisted: [left blank], 18 [left blank].
Discharged: [left blank], 18 [left blank].
Printed List of 1852 Rejected : Sus-
pended [Suspended] claims shows following
cause of suspension:
Application filed: [left blank], 18 [left blank].
"Not on the rolls -- no proof
of service."
Alleges: [left blank]

Re-enlisted: [left blank]
Attorney: [left blank]
P. O. [left blank]

[left blank] Recognized.  [left blank] Contract.
[left blank] Cert. of Dis.  Searched for [left blank], 18 [left blank].

[perpendicular at right margin]
1936 Aug. 12 -- Hist. to Mrs. Elva Farish Givens -- [initialed] MLB
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30. 733

John A...
John Farris

Illinois

[illegible]
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State of Illinois
Franklin County

On this 2nd day of June 1834
personally appeared in Open Court before...of law and Jeremiah Neal... Justice, of the [illegible] County commissioner Court John Farris, a resident of Franklin County, State of Illinois, aged eighty seven 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 1779 in Capt. George Brown Company and service in IL. Regt. of the countineute or Virginia [illegible] and that he then joined the Regt. which was commanded by [illegible] Col. Slaughter

 from there they marched to a place called [illegible] ill, near the state line of Virginia at which place I've had a small arrangement in which we lost two men, one  [illegible] and the other left wounded from there they went to Guilford Courthouse in the state of North Carolina where we had a general engagement which lasted, he thinks,near one hour and a half.    

From there, they marched to Petersburgh in the state of Virginia and joined the Marquis de Lafayette and when the British marched they appeared in the River they then need orders to  [illegible] the river and rejoin the headquarters at James River seven miles below Richmond at the Brickhouse.

They then were marched to Pointsmith to guard the mouth of the River until the French Fleet came in and after the French Fleet arrived we were marched to Williamsburgh state of VIrginia when he
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was legally discharged by Major Rusel and that he had a private discharge he thinks, leaving date 1781 or 1782 he thinks his service ammounted to three years.

[illegible] he left his discharges in the state of Virginia not knowing it would ever be of service to him and that when he entered the service before mentioned he lived in the state of Virginia , Hanover County.

And that after he returned home and that in the year 1782 he volunteered under Col. Charles Dabay from there they marched to the service of little York when he remained until the surrender of Lord Cornwallis.

From there he went as a guard with the prisoners to Winchester Barracks in the state of Virginia from which peace he was discharged by Col. Hawes. We having served two months and that the discharges for this tour of duty was left with the... first .... he hereby relinquishes ever claim to a pension or annuity except the... andn declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afforesaid.

His (mark) 
John Farris

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.

Demsey Odum JOCC

Jeremiah Neal JPCC
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I, SM Hubbard clerk of the county commissions court of Franklin county state of Illinois that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the precaution of John Farris for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have unto set my hand and the clerk private seal that being no public seal at Frankfort.

June 1834

SM Hubbard Clk.
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Franklin Jem
July 25 1936

Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen,

Please give me the Revolutionary War word of Robert Farish of Spotsylvania County Va. his wife was Judith Johnson also of their son John Farish who married Anne Roger.

This will be greatly appreciated.

Mrs. Elva Farish Givens
Franklin Tens
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James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Franklin County Ill. 17th Apr. 1835

Sir,

I have the pleasure to acknowledge your letter 28th March informing me you had examined the paper of William Rogers. Samuel Tausner and John Fariss and that you had communicated the results to me in a letter of that date.

I have examined the  office at... Gallitin County 
 and Frankfort Franklin County and got no account of that. 
Will you have the goodness to inform me again what the result of  your examination was. Please direct your communications [illegible] post office.

Your Ms....

Matthew Newman
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JOHN FARRIS
R. 3456
August 12, 1936

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BA-J/MLB


Dear Madam:


Reference is made to you letter in which you request the records of Robert Farish, of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, whose wife was
Judith Johnson, and their son, John Farish, who married Anne Rogers, both soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of Robert Farish, under any spelling of the surname. Such claims are the source of the Revolutionary War data furnished by this office. 
It is suggested that information in regard to his military service might be obtained from the Adjuant General, War Department, this city. The record has been found of only one soldier John Farris, which may be the one in the papers on file in claim for pension, R.3455 based upon this service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of John Farris are not shown.

John Farris applied for pension June 2, 1834, at which time he was aged seventy seven years and a resident of Franklin County, Illinois. He alleged that while living in Hanover County, Virginia, he enlisted and served as a private in Captain George Brown's company, Lieutenant Colonel Slaughter's Virginia regiment, where he was in a small engagement, that he was in the battle of Guilford and was discharged after having served three years;
that after returning home, her volunteered and served as a private in Colonel Charles Dabney's Virginia regiment , marched to Yorktown where he remained until the surrender of Cornwallis, after which he was a guard with prisoners to Winchester Barracks, and was discharged by Colonel Hawes after having served on this tour for two months.
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John Farris' claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service in accordance with the requirements of the pension law.

There are no family data shown in this claim.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator