Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46407, for Peyton Powell, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE   NUMBER
Va. Powell, Peyton  S.46407
or John Peyton. {B.L.Wt. 1743-200. Lieut. Issued Nov. 22, 1791 no papers.

this Envelope Includes FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Rhp Received from GAO
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[stamped] FREE   HUNTS A. JUL 13
Honorable Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury Washington City 
Revolutionary Claim}

P. Powell 
rec'd 29 July 1828
ach'd 15 April.

449

amd # 46.407
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Huntsville Alabama 10 July 1828.
Capt. Powell of this neighborhood has handed me his authenticated declaration for the purpose of availing the relief of the act of last Congress for the surviving officers & soldiers of the Revolution; he has also given me a concise statement of the times, places & events of his service, which is here stated for the purpose of aiding a reference to any documents on file, or of record in Washington City in confirmation of the declaration. He states that he entered the Continental Service A Cadet in his 14th year, in Capt. Johnson's company in the 11th Virginia Regt. in March 1777. in about 4 or 5 months Col. Morgan procured for him an Ensign's commission. That he continued in the Northern States with the army until the winter 1779 - 1780. when the first and eleventh regiments were consolidated into the first. he was then appointed Lieutenant and marched to Charleston South Carolina & was there taken prisoner 12th May 1780 & paroled on Haddly point & discharged in 1781. & went round to Old Jamestown in Virginia from thence was marched to New Castle where he met with Genl La Fayette collecting troop to take Cornwallis & went with his to Little York after Cornwallis was taken part of the Virginia Troops were marched to Cumberland Court house Then says the Captain "our ranks were settled & I was entitled to the commission of a Captain & accordingly
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appointed, I was then ordered to march my company to Georgia but before we were ready to march the order was countermanded I was then ordered by Genl Muhlenburg on the recruiting service at which I continued until I got orders to desist & to discharge such recruits as I had not marched to the station, & to meet him & all the officers of the Virginia line on a day appointed at Fredericksburg to settle our demands on the country. He states further that all the officers with whom he served are either dead or live at too great a distance for him to travel Genl LaFayette & Chief Justice Marshall are two now living with whom he served & with whom he is well acquainted. From Judge Marshall he can if necessary procure evidence to establish or corroborate his declaration he has lost all his commissions & other evidence except the parole & certificate of exchange which agreeably to your request are inclosed - I can state that I have known Captain Powell since 1806 having resided near him in Powhatan County Virginia in this country - He married a relative of Mrs. Jefferson & of the late John W. Epps & is a brother of Levin Powell formerly a member of congress from one of the Northern districts of Virginia. The facts stated in his declaration I have always heard since I first knew him; his character for integrity & propriety of deportment has been & is of the very first order; his circumstances have been reduced chiefly from parental affection & the present
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act of Congress affords a very reasonable relief - & will with what he has make him & his family comfortable during life - He requests that he may be informed without delay if any difficulty should occur in your department likely to obstruct the success of his application in order that he may promptly apply the remedy - the amount due him may be remitted to him at Huntsville in a Bank check or a draft on any fund the government may have in this quarter,
I am with Great respect, Lemuel Mead
Honbl Richard Rush -Secretary of the Treasury Washington City. }
As my name is perhaps unknown to you it may be proper to refer you to our senators & Representatives or to such citizens of this state as may be in your city & known to you - L. M. -
P. S. Capt Powell generally from his youth up has been called & known by the name Peyton Powell thus in that name always transacted business but I have understood his hame given by his parents was John Peyton Powell so that it is possible his evidences of record may be in the name of John P Powell
L. Mead
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State of Alabama Madison County}
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, appeared the 15th of May 1825
I Peyton Powell, (formerly of Virginia) now a resident Citizen of Madison County in the State of Alabama do hereby declare that I was an officer in the continental line of the Army of the Revolution & served as such to the end of the War at which period I was a captain in the first - Regiment of the Virginia Continental line -
And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate (commonly called a commutation certificate) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay - which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22nd of March 1783 instead of the half pay for life to which I  was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October 1780 -
And I do further declare that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the third day of March 1826 No money (not having been of the pensions list)
Peyton Powell
State of Alabama Madison County} Before me William Kirkland a justice of the peace in the County of Madison in the State of Alabama personally appeared this day Peyton Powell of Said County and made oath to the above declaration given under my hand and seal this 3rd day of July 1828
William Kirkland J.P. ["seal" handwritten & circled]
State of Alabama Madison County} Before me William Kirkland a justice of the peace in the County of Madison in the State of Alabama personally appeared this day Richard Harris & Efford Bently of said County who severally make oath that Peyton Powell by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated - Witness my hand this third day of July in the year of our Lord 1828
William Kirkland J. P. ["seal" handwritten & circled]
I Thomas Brandon Clerk of the County Court of the County of Madison in the State of Alabama - do hereby certify that William Kirkland before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn
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was at the time a justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer oaths & was duly sworn according to law In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 9th day of July in the year 1828.
Thomas Brandon Clk [seal]
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS. TREASURY DEPARTMENT of Augt 15. 1828 Peyton Powell, in the County of Madison in the State of Alabama, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled ""An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution,” approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war, at which period he was a Captain in the first regiment of the Virginia line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing  
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office. By order of the secretary, A. Dickins TREASURY DEPARTMENT. THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 22nd August 1828 It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Peyton Powell, Lieutenant in the Virginia line, amounting to Sixteen Hundred dollars. It further appears that Peyton Powell is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been since the 3d March 1826 Peter Hagner Aud
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General Land Office 13 Jany 1829.
It appears from the Lists of Warranty issued by the Register of the Land Office at Richmond that Peyton Powell is stated to have been a Lieutenant for three years and as such a Warrant for 2666 2/3 acres of Land was issued in his name - and it further appears that an additional quantity of Land of 333 1/3 acres was granted to him for having served 9 months over seven years -
Geo. Graham Commissioner
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No 1
Peter Powell (deceased) "Act 15 May 1828"

Huntsville Ala.
4th Jn 1844
Box - 17
Chalk - 17