Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9770, James Caldwell, Va. Indian War 1790
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Service - Va.


Caldwell, James
Meeke


Number  - W.9770


Indian War 1790
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25939

Missouri


James Caldwell
of St. Francois Co. in the State of Missouri
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Wood of the Regiment commanded
by Col. Brown in the Virginia 
line for Militia

8 Months 26 days private $29.54


Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri
at the rate of 29 Dollars 54 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of January 1834  and sent to HOn. J. Bull House of Representatives

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833  - 73.85
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1834 - 14.77

$88.62

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J.T. Sprague Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 8 Page 80



See letter to Pension Agent Dec. 31 1836
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This day personally appeared before us the County Court of St. Francois County State of Missouri now sitting on this fourth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three James Caldwell aged between seventy and seventy one years of age and makes oath to the following services agreeably to the late law of Congress allowing pensions to old soldiers. In the spring of  the year 1778 I served a tour of militia duty of fifteen days pursuing a party of hostile Indians who had burned Farlow's Fort in Cullerson's Bottom on new river under the following named officers - Capt. Archibald Woods in the county of Green Brier on the frontier of Virginia, I served another tour of militia duty fro my Father in the spring of the year 1779 under the command of Capt. Thomas Wright of one month stationed at the house of William Lafferty in Greenbrier County Virginia on new river at the mouth of Indian Creek. Both of these tours I served before I was sixteen years old. In the fall of the year 1779 I emigrate to Kentucky and in the spring following year I returned to Virginia.  In the year 1781 I served a tour of duly a drafted militia man of one month under the command of Capt. Archibald Woods who was stationed at the house of Thomas Shelton at the mouth of Richland Creek on new river in the county of Greenbrier state of Virginia.
I served another tour of duty the month following of one month at the same place and under the same officer as a substitute for a Mr. Richards.
Late in the fall of the same year I served a tour of one month under the command of Capt. Archibald Woods in guarding the frontier stationed at the house of William Lacy on new river Virginia. The field officers Col. Samuel Brown Lieutenant Col. John Stuart. For the above services I never received a cent of pay
* The next services I rendered was in the year 1782 in what is now the state of Kentucky, then a district of Virginia
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I was drafted and served a tour of one month under the command of Capt. John Woods who was stationed at Estill's station of the waters of silver and drowning creek.
I served another tour of one month at the same place and the same year a substitute for Henry Boyers during which time we were fired upon by the Indians which was returned by us. we received no injury said services were rendered in Lincoln County Kentucky under the command of Col. Benjamin Logan.
In the fall of the same year I was drafted and rendezvoused at Bryant Station Fayette County company  officers Capt. Andrew Kinkead Lieut. William Young ensign John Bryans Commandant of Battalion Col. John Logan Commander in Chief General George Rogers Clark, we joined the army where Cincinnati now stands and marched to the now Chilicothe head of big Miami where we killed sixteen warriors and took about as many  prisoners women and children.  The Indians fired on us in the night, there was a considerable firing on both sides the Indians bearing off their dead if any they had.
To the best of my recollection the said terms of service lasted about six weeks. (X) In the fall of the year 1781 I took up my permanent residence in the neighborhood of the celebrated Col. William Whitley in Lincoln County Kentucky who fell in the battle at the River Thames, I was and always considered myself as a minute man ready to march against the enemy whenever they were known to be amongst us during which time I did may hard tours, that is out of my power to recollect their duration or date of service but among them I was at the recapture of a William McClure at the horse lick on rock castle river Kentucky also that of
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a Negro woman who was a prisoner we retook the spoil of about six families and that day fortnight we met a company of Indians in Millers' bottom on Kentucky river that had defeated a company of about twenty families we retook the spoil which the Indians had taken from the said families Whitley and myself killed one wyandot there was another killed and one wounded each of the two last mentioned tours lasted about eight days we were commanded by said William Whitley.  
About the middle of the summer 1783 there was two men came from the head of Kentucky river and made oath that there was an Indian town settling there Col. Logan and Shelby called for volunteers there was about two hundred and fifty among whom I was one where I served a tour of about three weeks under the command of Captain Joseph Kennedy.
In the fall of the year 1783 Capt. John Woods was ordered out by Col. Benjamin Logan to guard in families through the wilderness among whom I was one and served two months.
In the winter of 1783  I enlisted in Lincoln County Kentucky under Capt. Moses Luny, and went to the muscle shoals on Tennessee River under the direction of General Rutherford of North Carolina which lasted three months.
In the summer of 1785 I went a tour of eight or ten days a substitute but for whom I do not recollect under Capt. Joseph Kennedy ordered by Col. Benjamin Logan of Lincoln County, Kentucky. In 1786 on the tenth day of Sept. I rendezvoused at Lincoln Court house under the command of Capt. Baker ? of Col. James Barnett's regiment commander in chief General George R. Clark who marched to the Wabash against the Weas a tour of about six
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weeks a substitute for Parker Steel

In the year 1790 I rendezvoused at Bourbon court house on the tenth day of September - commanded a company as a captain Maj. Horatio Hall commanded the battalion Col James Trotter commanded the regiment we marched to Cincinnati the place of general rendezvous where we joined General Harmar we marched from there to the Maumee (Miami?) village on the maumee of the lakes where on the twenty second day of Oct. we had a battle where we lost nearly two hundred men I was ordered out about midnight with twenty two of my company there was eleven fell three wounded three up a hind riders a brought in  Vincent Cushinberry, was one of them which will be seen by reference to the papers of Gen. Harmar's campaign my muster Roll.
The campaign lasted about six weeks to the best of my recollection.

James Caldwell


State of Missouri
County of St. Francois

Personally appeared before me, the undersigning, a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid James Caldwell, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and in consequent loss of
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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 aforesaid applicant was a revolutionary soldier and ?officer and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that James Halbert who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in St. Francois County and that Eleazer Clay who has also signed is a resident of the same County and William Holmes and Jesse Blackwell who has also signed are residents of St. Genevieve County all of the State of Missouri aforesaid and that their statement is entitled to credit.

William Murphy  Presiding Justice
George W. Robinson county Justice
Thomas Haile - Justice 


State of Missouri - 
County of St. Francois

As Clerk of the Court aforesaid I certify that the foregoing embraces the full proceedings in the application of James Caldwell for a pension.

In testimony whereof,  I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office 4th of November 1833

John D.Peers Clerk
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loss of memory I cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades, for one month and fifteen days, I served as a Captain - For one year and four months I served as a private and for such service I claim a pension.

James Caldwell

Subscribed and sworn 
to before me this 4th
day of November 1833
John Boyce Justice of the Peace


We James Halbert a clergyman of the Baptist order and Elezaer Clay of the of the county of St. Francois and William Holmes and Jesse Blackwell of the County of St. Genevieve state of Missouri  aforesaid do certify that we are well acquainted with James Caldwell who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and believe him to be between seventy and seventy one years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier and officer of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

James Halbert
Eleazer Clay
William Holmes
Jesse Blackwell
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James Caldwell

Missouri


Admitted 8 months 26 days



Hon. J. Bull
House of Representatives
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WAR DEPARTMENT,

Pension Office,

27 January 1834



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 show what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margins with a brace, (thus:  } ).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.


A Statement, showing the Service of James Caldwell


Period when the service was rendered - 

1779
1781


Duration of the claimant's service - 
15 days
1 month
1 month
1 month
1 month
1 month
1 month
1 month

Total 7 months and 56 days

Rank of the claimant  - 

Private
Private 
Private
Private


Names and rank of the Field Officers under whom he served - 

Capt. A Woods
Capt. Wright
Capt. Woods
Capt. Woods
Col. Brown
H and ?

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.

7o years
Greenbrier Co.
Virginia

Proof by which the declaration is supported. - 

Traditionary



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 to 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 un 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 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 this 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 this 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. --> This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above 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 the applicants, making such declarations, 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 made 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. and C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the 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 at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances 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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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 can 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 if it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now? 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 service. 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 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 he 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, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court of 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 case of 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 his services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 




[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 resides. 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 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 than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ---- year ---- months, and ---- days, I served as a ------. For --- 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 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 officer, 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 relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court if 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 no 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 [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required 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 be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Left side

Missouri

Meeke Caldwell

widow of James Caldwell

who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private

Va.


Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
29 Dollars 54 
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848.


Certificate of Pension issued the 
3rd day of Aug. 1850

and sent to 
Hon. T. R. Young
House of Representatives


Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 359 Vol. 3


1858 March 13. Letter to P. Agent
1858 March 13. E.C. Sebastian
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10534


Meeke Caldwell

Missouri
Act 7 July 1838
Admitted
8 months 26 days

$29.54



Hon. O. B. Ficklin
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State of Missouri
St. Francois County


On this twenty third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four, personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, Meeke Caldwell a resident of the County of St. Francois and State of Missouri, aged seventy four years, who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th, 1838, entitled and Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, that she is the widow of James Caldwell who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and was placed upon the Missouri pension roll at the rate of twenty nine dollars and fifty four cents a year and served as set forth in his original declaration now on file at the War Office of the United States, and to which she refers for further particulars respecting his services she further declares that she was married to the said James Caldwell by License in Lincoln County in the State of Kentucky on the thirteenth day of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six, that she has a family record of the marriage, which record is marked B, and annexed to this Declaration, that the same has been in her possession for the space of Fifty years and she believes the same to be a true record of her marriage. She further declares that she was
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married to the said James Caldwell in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six and that her husband the aforesaid James Caldwell died on the sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six and that she has not intermarried but remained a widow ever since that period, that she was not married prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place prior to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz.  at the time above stated.

Meeke Caldwell

Sworn to and subscribed on 
the day and year first above 
written before me

E. C. Sebastian One of the 
Judges of the County Court of St. Francois
County, Missouri


State of Missouri
St. Francois County

I Edwin C. Sebastian one of the Judges of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, said Court being a Court of Record and so declares by the Law creating it, Do certify that Meeke Caldwell was this day duly sworn to and in my presence subscribed the foregoing the foregoing Declaration I further certify that said Meeke Caldwell on account of old age and natural decrepit of body is unable to attend said Court at the usual place of sitting.

Given under my hand this twenty third day of January  AD 1844

E.C. Sebastian One of the Judges of the County Court of St. Francois County 
Missouri
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State of Missouri
St. Francois County

I John Cobb Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, do certify that Edwin C. Sebastian is one of the Judges of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, the same being a Court of Record and so declared by the Law creating it, that the said E.C. Sebastian is duly qualified and commissioned and the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have this twenty fifth day of January--------in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four, set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court.

John Cobb Clerk
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James Caldwell was born July the 4th 1763
Meeke Caldwell was born February 17th 1769
Wedded November the 30th 1786
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Rev. War Section.


February 1, 1919.
James Caldwell 
W.9770


Mrs. Edward Ferris,
Laddonia, 
Missouri.


Madam:

In response to your letter dated the twenty-third ultimo, you are advised that the papers in the claim of James Caldwell, W. File No. 9,770 Rev. War, show that he was allowed pension on his application executed November 4, 1833, in St. Francois County, Missouri.
He was born July 4, 1763 (place not stated), enlisted in the Spring of 1778, under Captain Archibald Woods in Green Brier County, on the frontier of Virginia, and served against the Indian, fifteen days.
Substituted for his father (name not stated), in the Spring of 1779, under Captain Thomas Wright, and was stationed in the same County on New River at the mouth of Indian Creek; one month.
In the fall of 1779, he emigrated to Kentucky, but returned to Virginia the following Spring.
In 1781, he served three terms of one month each under Captain Archibald Woods and Colonel Samuel Brown on New River; three months.
In the Fall of 1781, he moved under Colonel William Whitley in Lincoln County, Kentucky (then Virginia), and was with him at the recapture of Mrs. McClure, and in a skirmish with Indians; served about sixteen days.
During 1782, he served under Captains John Woods and Andrew Kinkead, Colonels Benjamin Logan and John Logan, and was in the expedition to Chillicothe under General George Rogers Clarke; three and one half months.
During 1783, he served under Captains Joseph Kennedy, John Woods and Moses Luny, and Colonel Benjamin Logan; five months and three weeks.

After the Revolution, he was ordered out in the Summer of 1785, under Captain Joseph Kennedy, Colonel Benjamin Logan; eight or ten days.
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September 10, 1786, under Captain Baker Uin,
Colonel James Barnett and General Clarke, marohed to Wabash; six weeks.
September 10, 1790, commanded a company of Major Horatio Hall's battalion, Colonel James Trotter's regiment; joined General Harmar at Cinoinnati, and proceeded to the battle of Maumee Village; six weeks.

Jamee Caldwell married in Lincoln County, Kentuoky, November 30, 1786, Meeke Perrin[illegible]who was born February 27, 1786.
He died September 6, 1836, and she was allowed pension on her application executed January 23, 1844, while a resident of St. Francois County, Missouri, and she was still there in 1858.

There is no further family date on file.
Very respectfully,

[signature][illegible]

Commissioner.

Caldwell  [illegible]
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Revy.  WIDOW, &c.

File No. 9770

Meeke Caldwell
Widow of 
James Caldwell
Pri. Rev. War


Act:  February 27 1848

Index:-Vol. A, Page 116


[Arrangement of 1870]


Left side

1915 Oct. 23. Hist. to Hon. Walter L. Hensley - 
________________________________________
1915, Dec. 15. ?To Mr. Gen U.S.A.
For Tombstone
_________________________
1919 February 1. To Mrs. Edward Ferris -
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8219


Missouri

Meeke Caldwell
widow of James Caldwell
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 6th Sept. 1836
of St. Francois in the State of Missouri
who was a Private in the company
commanded by Captain Wood of the 
Regiment commanded by Col. Brown in 
the Virginia line for 8 months and 26 days



Inscribed on the Roll of St. Louis
at the rate of 29 Dollars 54
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.


Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of
March, 1844 and sent to Hon.
O.B. Ficklin House of Representatives


Total amount,  $147.70

[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by Thomas Lumpkin Clerk
Book D  Vol. 1 Page 411


Reported
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5780

Missouri

Meeke Caldwell
widow of James Caldwell
who was a Private
in the Va Line


Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
29 Dollars 54
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843.


Certificate of Pension issued the 
28 day of June 1844
and sent to 
Hon. James H. Relfe
Caledonia
Mo.


[Act of March 3, 1843.]

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 189


Letter to Pension Agent June
24, 1847.
Same person May 13, 1848.


rep. 28 June 1844
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April 5 1844


Ado?
M. Caldwill


Hon. O. B. Ficklin
House of Representatives


J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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House of Representatives
April 4th 1844


Sir:

Enclosed please find proof of the marriage of Mrs. Caldwell whose case was presented by me in December last.  Please the goodness to file the proof and take up the case as soon time will allow.

Yours respectfully,

Orlando B. Ficklin
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House of Representatives
6 February 1844

The commissioner of Pensions will do me the favour to give his early attention to the application of Mrs. Caldwell of Missouri.

Respectfully,

James H. Relfe


J.L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office
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House of Representatives
10th June 1844



Sir,

Sometime since I transmitted to your office, a communication asking information relating to the claim of Mrs. Meeke Caldwell the widow of a Revolutionary soldier, to a pension.

Permit me to call your attention again to the subject, and request of you such information as your office affords.

Very Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

James H. Relfe


To James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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Pension Agency St. Louis, Mo
Sir June 11, 1847
Be pleased to find enclosed the pension papers of Catharine Adair and Meeke Caldwell, on the Roll of this Agency under Act 17 June '44, both unpaid for a year ending 4th - March '47, and, consequently, subject to examination and approval before authority for payment.
The Certificate of the Justice in the case following the Oath of identity by the pensioner, I suppose to be equivalent to the usual form marked B, and sufficient additional identity. 
I am very respectfully
your ob. Svt.
Wm. C. Anderson

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
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Pension Agency, St. Louis, Mo
April 20, 1848

Sir

I enclose the pension papers of
Meeke Caldwell and Catharine, both on this
Roll under the act 17 June 1844 and unpaid
for a year. If right, be pleased to return the with
your Orders in regard to payment.
Very respectfully
your Ob. Sert.
Wm. C. Anderson
Agent

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
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Washington
Aug 3 - 1880 - 
Sir - 
Enclosed please find appli-
cation of Meeke Caldwell for
widows revolutionary pension -
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
T R Young

Col J L Edwards
Commr of Pensions -
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Payment to be made at St Louis
by Wm. C. Anderson Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in
the Agency of St Louis.

Payable on the 4th September
and 4th March.

Recorded in the Pension Office
on the Roll of Pensioners under
act February 2d 1848.
Page ~ Vol ~
M. E. Robinson Clerk.
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(Copy)
Department of the Interior.
Widow's pension.

I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Meeke Caldwell, widow of James Caldwell, of Missouri, who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty nine dollars and fifty four cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior
this 5th day of August one thou
=sand eight hundred and fifty
D. C. Goddard
Secretary of the Interior
ad interim,
Examined and Countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Pension Agency St. Louis, Mo
Dec 9th 1836

Sir
I transmit for examination
the papers of Henry Brooke and James
Caldwell, pensioners, whose claims are
unpaid for two Years.
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Sert.
Wm C. Anderson

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Comr Pensions
City of Washington
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Mr J L Edwards
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House of Reps Feby 14th 1844

Dr Sir
I have the pleasure to enclose
to you the papers of Mrs. Caldwell
asking an allowance under the Pension
laws. your obt Servt
Orlando B Gicklin
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Locust Ridge. St. Francois County MO.
October 12th 1857.

Sir
My object in addressing you, is to ascertain what course I am to pursue to obtain the amount of Pension due me, I was informed by Majr. Anderson, Agent for paying pensions at St. Louis, when I last applied for my pension (about 6 Months since) that it had been so long since I made application, that my name had been struck from the Roll supposing me to be dead and that I would have to apply to your Office to have my name placed upon the Roll of pensioners again
Herewith I send a true Copy of my pension Certificate with the endorsements thereon, and will forward the original if required, I have not drawn my pension for 6 or 8 years, the exact time I have forgotten -
Hoping to hear from you soon I am Dr Sir
Very Respectfully &C
Meeke Caldwell by
Comr of Pensions} E. C. Sebastian
Washington City}
D.C.}
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State of Missouri}
County of Francois} SS
On this eighteenth day of July in
the year One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty, before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Meeke Caldwell a resident of said County aged Eighty-One years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed on the 2nd day of February 1848, granting pensions to Widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of James Caldwell who was a soldier of said war. That she has been pensioned on the Missouri Pension Roll under the act of 7th July 1838 at the rate of Twenty nine Dollars and fifty four cents per Annum, and that she refers to her application under that act. That she is still the widow of the above mentioned James Caldwell
Sworn and Subscribed to this} Meeke Caldwell
18th day of July 1850 before me}
William Shaw Justice of the Peace

I certify that Meeke Caldwell who has this day subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration before me, is the same person she therein represents herself to be, which I certify from my personal knowledge and personal acquaintance with her
July 18th 1850. William Shaw Justice of the Peace
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State of Missouri}
St Francois County} SS
I John Cobb Clerk of the County Court
in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that William Shaw is a Magistrate in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of Said
Court, at Office, this 20th day of July
A.D. 1850.
John Cobb Clerk
By H.W. Craw D.C.
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State of Missouri SS
St Francois County On this Seventeenth
day of April 1844 personally appeared
before the subscriber a Justice of
the Peace in and for the County and
State aforesaid Meekee Caldwell a
resident of the County of St. Francois
and State of Missouri aged Seventy-five
years who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by the Act of
Congress, passed on the 3rd of March
1843 granting pensions to widows
of persons who served during the Revolu
tionary war That she is the widow
of James Caldwell who was a private
in the Army of the Revolution and
for the particulars of his services
she refers to his original Declaration
now on file at the war Office
of the United States And that she was
a pensioner under the Act of July
7, 1838 at the rate of twenty nine
dollars and fifty-four cents per
Annum She further declares
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that she has not intermarried but
still remains a widow
Sworn and subscribed
on the day and year} Meeke Caldwell
above written before me}
E C Sebastian JP.

State of Missouri 
St Francois County SS I Edwin C. Sebastian a
Justice of the Peace in and for the
County aforesaid do Certify that Meeke
Caldwell did this day swear to and
in my presence subscribe the
foregoing Declaration I further Certify
that I am personally acquainted with
the said Meeke Caldwell and am
fully satisfied with the truth of the
Statements by her made In testi-
mony whereof I set my hand here
unto this 17th day of April 1844
E. C. Sebastian J P

State of Missouri
St Francois County} I John Cobb
Clerk of the County Court in
and for the County aforesaid
do Certify that Edwin C Sebastian is a
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Magistrate and duly qualified
and Commissioned and the fore
-going signatures purporting to
be his are genuine
In testimony whereof
I have hereunto affixed
the official seal of said
Court and set my hand
this twentieth day of April
1844
John Cobb Clerk
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Know all men by these presents that we James
Caldwell and Andrew Harris are held and firmly bound sends his Excellency the Governor Of Virginia in the sum of Fifty pounds current money to the Regiment, whereof to Co. made to the said Governor and his successor we ? counselors our ? and firmly by release presents ? vouch our seals and dated this Twenty ninth  (29th) day of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty six (1786).  The conditions of the above obligations as such that whereas there is a marriage shown to be solemnized between the above bound James Caldwell and Meeke Perrin for which a license has issued.  Now if there ? legal cause to obstruct the marriage  then this obligation to be ? or else to remain in full force.  

James Caldwell (his mark) seal

Andrew Harris seal

Sealed and delivered in the presence of 
John Read RC


Kentucky Lincoln County To wit I Thomas Helm Clerk of the Lincoln County Court do depose and say that I hold the office of clerk of the County Court of Lincoln County in the State of Kentucky, that the above and foregoing is a true copy of the Marriage Bond now on file in my office, transcribed by me from the original now before me which is as executed by the said James Caldwell and Andrew Harris has sincerely for the purpose of obtaining a license for a marriage license the said James Caldwell and Meeke Perrin unto this qual-
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qualification and exception has in the original Bond the date is put or written 29th day of November 1786 and I have inserted the date in letters.
And that the Bond so transcribed by me is a true copy from the original with the exception above named.  Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of March 1844.

J.D. Scott J.P.


Kentucky, Lincoln County To wit

I Thomas Helm Clerk of the County Court holden for the County aforesaid do certify that    whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is a Magistrate in the County, of Lincoln duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature annexed thereto is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this day of March 1844.

Thomas Helm Clerk
Lincoln County Court
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State of Missouri
St Francis County Ss
On this twenty third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Forty four before me on the Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Edwin C Sebastian who being first duly sworn according to Law upon his oath says that Meeke Caldwell is the widow of James Caldwell, and that the said James Caldwell died on the sixth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty six, and that the said Meeke Caldwell has not intermarried but continues the widow of the said James Caldwell, that he has known the record marked B and annexed to the Declaration of Meeke Caldwell for the space of fifteen years, that he believes the hand writing to be that of Josephus Perrin and he believes it to be a true record of the births and marriage of James and Meeke Caldwell
E.C. Sebastian
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me
Zeno T. Blanks
one of the Justices of the peace within and for said County

I testify that Edwin C. Sebastian who was this day by me sworn to and in my presence subscribed the foregoing deposition is a credible witness and his statements are entitled to full credit  Given under my hand this twenty third day of January A.D. 1844
Zeno T. Blanks
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State of Missouri
St Francis County Ss
On this twenty third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four before me one of the Judges of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Samuel Kinkead who being first duly sworn according to Law upon his oath says that Meeke Caldwell is the widow of James Caldwell and that James Caldwell died on the sixth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty six, and that the said Meeke Caldwell has not intermarried since his death, but still continues his widow,  that the said James Caldwell was a pensioner of the United States in his life time
Samuel Kinkead
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me
E.C. Sebastian one of the Judges of the County Court of St. Francois County Missouri.

I testify that Samuel Kinkead who was this day sworn to and in my presence subscribed the foregoing deposition is a credible witness and his statements are entitled to full credit  Given under my hand this twenty third day of January AD. 1844
E.C. Sebastian

State of Missouri
St. Francis County Ss  I John Coble Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid Do certify that Edwin C. Sebastian is one of the Judges of the County Court and Zeno T Blanks is one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid  that they are both duly qualified and commissioned and the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of January A.D. 1844
John Coble Clerk
[STAMP]
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Mrs. Meeke Caldwell
Locust Bridge Mo.
Feb. 24 1858

Respecting the nonpayment of her pension

Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions
Moses Kelly 
Chf. Clk.

Dept. Int.
March 6/58
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St Francois County, Missouri
Locust Ridge. P.O. Feby 27th 1858.

Sir
The undersigned widow of James Caldwell who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the US. has failed to draw her pension since Sep 4th 1850.  I wrote to your office for instructions which were recd and the papers made out, and sent on to the Third Auditor of the US. Treasury for payment from the 4th Sep 1850 to Sep 4th 1857.  Payment was made to Sep 4th 1856. and Senator Polk who attended to the matter informed me that the balance for one year would be paid at the Pension Office in St Louis Mo.  I made out the papers and presented to the agent at St Louis a few days since, and he said payment could not be made at his office without instructions from your office for the reason that more than 14 months had expired since the last payment.  Will you give such instructions as may be necessary to enable me to get my money & thus confer a great favor on a Widow of 89 years.
Very Respectfully
Meeke Caldwell
pr E.C. Sebastian

Sec of the Interior
Washington City
D.C.
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House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

Walter L. Hensley, M.C.
Committee on Naval Affairs

Farmington, Missouri,
October 18, 1915.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Sirs:
I shall thank you to advise me the revolutionary war record of one James Caldwell, who was born in Kentucky, and who no doubt enlisted from Kentucky and was either a Major or a Captain.  The name of his wife was Mickee.  This is  all the information the interested parties have relative to Caldwell's service.
Yours truly
WL. Hensley.
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Rev Sec.
M

Laddonia Mo.
Jan 23-1919

Comm. Pensions
Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Please send military history of W9770 James Caldwell Rev. pensioner St Francois Co. Mo. and of W8616 Wm. Conn Henry Co. Ky (Rev.)
Oblige
Mrs. Ed. Ferris
Laddonia Mo.

[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office
N
Jan 27 1919
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Rev. War Section.

October 23, 1915.

Hon. Walter L. Hensley, M.C.
Farmington, Mo.

My dear Mrs. Hensley:
In response to your letter dated the eighteenth instant, I have the honor to advise you that James Caldwell, W. File No 9,770, Rev. War. was allowed pension on his application executed November 4, 1833, in St. Francois County, Missouri.
He was born July 4, 1763, (place not stated) enlisted in the Spring of 1778, under Captain Archibald Woods in Green Brier County, on the frontier of Virginia, against the Indians, and served fifteen days.
Substituted for his father (name not stated) in the Spring of 1779, under Captain Thomas Wright, and was stationed in the same County on New River at the mouth of Indian Creed;  one month.
In the Fall of 1779, he emigrated to Kentucky, but returned to Virginia the following springs.
In 1781, he served three tours of one month each under Captain Archibald Woods and Colonel Samuel Brown on New River;  three months.
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In the Fall of 1781, he moved near Colonel William Whitley in Lincoln County, Kentucky,(then Virginia) and was with him at the re-capture of Mrs. McClure, and in a skirmish with Indian;  about sixteen days.
During 1782, he served under Captains John Woods and Andrew Kinkead, Colonels Benjamin Logan and John Logan, and was in expedition to Chillicothe under General George Rogers Clarke;  three and one half months.
During 1783, he served under Captains Joseph Kennedy, John Woods and Moses Luny, Colonel Benjamin Logan;  five months and three weeks.
After the Revolution, he was ordered out in the Summer of 1785, under Captain Joseph Kennedy, Colonel Benjamin Logan:  eight or ten days.
September 10, 1786, under Captain Baker Uin, Colonel James Barnett and General Clarke, marched to the Wabash;  six weeks.
September 10, 1790, commanded a company of Major Horatio Hall's battalion, Colonel James Trotter's regiment, joined General Harmar at Cincinnati, and proceeded to the battle of Maumee Village;  six weeks.

Caldwell  - 2-
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James Caldwell married in Lincoln county, Kentucky, November 30, 1786. Meeke Perrin born February 27, 1769. He died September 6, 1836, and she was allowed pension on her application executed January 23, 1844, while a resident of St. Francois County, Missouri, and she was still there in 1858.

There is no further family date on file.
Very truly yours,

[signature][illegible]

Commissioner.

Caldwell -3-