Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42046, John Trotter, Va.
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Trotter, John S 42046
CONTENTS
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From 16,407.
Kentucky
To Ohio (R.)
John Trotter, prive.
of Lincoln Co: in the state of Kentucky
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel J. Wood, of the Virginia 
line, for the term of 5 years - p 175-8

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky.
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13. of August, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28. of Jan'y.
and sent to hon: Geo. Robertson
Member of Congress for KY.

Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1819. $101.97
Semi-anl. a''ce ending 4. March 48."
1820
12 mos. 19/31} $149.97.
& 4/30.}
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818}

Continued -

Notification sent 26 June 1823, to Hon: T. Montgomery Stafford, Kty.
Date of death not on AB-
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John Trotters
Claim
The line must be
mentioned
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John Trotter aged 61 years for the purpose of obtaining a pension in Conformity with the provisions of the act of Congress passed in March 1818. states upon oath that in the year 1775 at Winchester Virginia, he enlisted as a regular soldier in the service of the United States in the war then raging with great britain, that his enlistment was during the war, that the Company he enlisted in was Commanded by Capt John Nevill, the Reg't was the 12th Commanded by Col James Wood, & the brigade was Commanded by Gen'l Charles Scott; That he served five years faithfully & was captured at Charlestown South Carolina, that he escaped from his Captivity & returned to his place of residence about 20 miles from Winchester afs'd & reported himself to Major Andrew Waggoner, who ordered him to return home & remain there untill called upon for further service: That he never was called upon again for further service & owing to the before mentioned separation from his Corpse & the circumstance above stated he never obtained a regular discharg; that he was at the storming of Stony Point, & the battles of Brandywine & germantown. He states that he is afflicted with the Rheumation, that he is unable to procure a comfortable living by labour, is reduced in his pecurriary circumstances, & really needs the --
contemplated in the act of Congress before recited. John Trotter
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At a Circuit Court holden for the County of Lincoln at the Courthouse in the Town of Stanford on Thursday the 13th day of August 1818 before the honble Thomas Montgomery one of the Circuit Judges for the state of Kentucky 
John Trotter an applicant for a pension made oath to a statement in writing which was filed; the Court after hearing this statement & interrogating the said John Trotter is of opinion that he has stated the facts truly therefore it is ordered that the said statement together with the above expression of this Courts opinion be copied & Certified to the secretary of the War department of the United States.
Kentucky Lincoln Circuit Sct.
I Thomas Helm Clerk of the Lincoln Circuit Court do hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of the statement of John Trotter which was sworn to & filed in my office, & also a Copy of the opinion of the Court in relation thereto: In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my office hereto this 2nd of September 1818.
Thomas Helm
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John Trotter
for
Pension

Virginia line
Col. James Wood
12 Regmt
1775 - 5 yrs

Correct by Roll
p. 293.

Hon. Geo Robertson
HR
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State of Kentucky, Sct.
On this day John Trotter
personally appeared before me
& after being sworn, stated in
addition to his declaration made
on the 13th day of August, A.D.
1818 in the circuit court for Lincoln
county, in order to procure a
pension, which is annexed here-
to, that he believes that he belonged
to the Virginia line upon conti-
nental establishment. And I do
certify further that it is my opini-
on that the act of Congress does
not require the old soldier to
make the above statement, and
that I have no doubt that every
clerk in the war department
ought to know to what line
General Charles Scott, belonged;
and if unknown to any, it might
have been ascertained upon a minute's 
enquiry. Given under my hand
as one of the Judges of the circuit
courts
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of the state aforesaid; and pre-
siding Judge of the Lincoln
circuit court the 14th day of
August, A. D. 1819.
Thomas Montgomery

Kentucky Lincoln Circuit Court Sct
I Thomas Helm Clerk of the Lincoln Circuit Court do hereby Certify that Thomas Montgomery Esq whose name is subscribed to the preceding Certificate is one of the Circuit Judges in the State of Kentucky & persons in the Lincoln Circuit Court
In testimony whereof I Thomas Helm
Clerk of the Circuit Court holden for
Lincoln County have hereunto subscri
bed my name & affixed the seal of my
office hereto this 14th day of August
1819
Thomas Helm Clerk
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John Trotters
claim
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State of Kentucky 12th Judicial District and
Circuit Court for Lincoln County Sct
On this 18th day of August A.D. 1820 in 
open court before the court above mentioned,
it being a court of Record by act of Assembly
proceeding according to the course of the common Law John Trotter aged over 63 years old, personally appeared in Court and being first duly sworn according to law doht on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows (to wit) five years that he in the Month of June in the year 1774 in Winchester in Virginia he enlisted for the term aforesaid which he served out and was prevented from obtaining a discharge by Captivity he enlisted in the company commanded by John Neville in the Regiment commanded by James Wood and Brigade commanded by Genl. Charles Scott; that his Regiment was part of the Virginia line upon the continental establishment as will more fully appear by the affidavit under which he obtained his Certificate for a pension No 15,407 dated the 28th day of January 1820. And I the said John Trotter do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent so to diminish it as to bring myself within the
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provision of the Act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or Debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule below hereto annexed and by me Subscribed Viz
one mare of the value of} $30.00
$30 and no more}
one or two dollars owing to him} 2.00

Sworn to declared and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid John Trotter
And the said John Trotter further states
upon his atoh that he is a cooper by Trade but is entirely unable to labour on account of bodily infirmities being sorely afflicted with Rheumatic pains, that he is a Widower and has four children alive namely Lewis William Anny and Betsy all residing in the State of Ohio and unmarried and all over twenty one years old. except William that he has had four other children, but that they are all dead. two of whom died in the army not long since as he supposes
Sworn to declared and Subscribed before me John L Bridges presiding Judge of the court above mentioned the day and year first mentioned
John L Bridges
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And at a Circuit Court holden for Lincoln County on Tuesday the twentieth day of May in the year 1823 at the Court house in the Court of Stanford by the honorable John L Bridges one of the circuit Judges in the State of Kentucky. John Trotter an applicant for a pension exhibited a written statement in addition to the one made by him on the eighteenth day of August in the year eighteen hundred twenty, into Court and made oath to the correctness of the Same which was ordered to be recorded and the same follows in these words towit State of Kentucky 12th Judicial District and Circuit Court for Lincoln County Sct on the 20th day of May in the year 1823 personally appeared before the Circuit Court above mentioned it being a Court of Record by act of Assembly proceeding according to the Course of the common law John Trotter who being duly sworn upon his oath declares that he is the same John Trotter who made oath to a Schedule of his estate before the court aforesaid on the 18th day of August in the year eighteen hundred and twenty for the purpose of being reinstated on the Pension Roll under the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and he states upon his oath aforesaid that at the time
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of taking his Oath aforesaid on the same 18th day of August 1820 he was an inhabitant of Said County of Lincoln and within the Jurisdiction of the Court aforesaid
John Trotter x his mark
And Thomas Montgomery & Schuyler Barnett two Credible & respectable Witnesses were sworn touching the species amount & value of the property Contained in the Schedule of the said John made on the eighteenth day of August 1820. who declared on oath that they believed the same as stated by the said John Trotter to be true. And the Court being satisfied that the statements made by the said John as to the manner & time of his entering the service of the United States & also as to the value of his property contained in the Schedule of the said John one time. do order it to be Certified to the Secretary of the War department.

State of Kentucky Lincoln Circuit Court Sct.
I Thomas Helm Clerk of the Lincoln Circuit Court do Certify that the John L Bridges Esquire before whom the foregoing written declarations were made, is one of the Circuit Judges in the state of Kentucky. that he held the Court at the time when the said declaration was respectively made, that the declarations schedule & oath have been admitted to the record of said Court, the same are truly copied therefrom &
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I do further Certify that it is the opinion of the Court that the total amount in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is thirty one or two dollars. In testimony
Whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and
affixed the seal of said Court, on this 26th day of May 1823. Thomas Helms Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Lincoln County.
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May 4, 1938

Mrs. Paul D. Voorhies John Trotter
321 W. Sandusky Street S. 42046
Findlay, Ohio BA-J/AWF

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of John Trotter of Virginia, died in Adams County, Ohio, about 1826.

The data which follow concerning John Trotter
were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 42046, based on his military service in the War of the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of John Trotter
were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.

While residing about twenty miles from Winchester, Virginia, John Trotter enlisted at said Winchester, sometime in June, 1775, served as a private in Captains Neville's and Joseph Swearingen's companies, Colonel James Wood's 12th Virginia regiment; he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Storming of Stony Point, was taken prisoner at Charleston, South Carolina, made his escape and returned to his home, and was not called into service again.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed August 13, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-one years and a resident of Lincoln County,
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Kentucky.

The soldier, John Trotter, was a widower in 1820, name of his wife not shown; he at this time referred to four children- Lewis, William, Amy, and Betsey, all residing in the State of Ohio, and all over twenty-one years of age "except William"; he also at this time referred to four "other children", all dead, two of whom died "in the army long since", names of these children not stated. (not)

On March 21, 1825, John Trotter stated that he had "lately removed" from Kentucky to Adams County, Ohio.

The papers on file in this claim contain no further reference to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address of person aid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:

John Trotter
Certificate # 16407
Issued January 28, 1820
Rate $8.00 per month
Commenced August 13, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Ohio Agency, transferred from Kentucky.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Application for Transfer
State of Ohio
Adams County SS
On this Twenty first day of March 1825
before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Adams personally appeared John Trotter who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Joseph Swearingen in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Wood - in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the Kentucky agency from where he has lately removed and that he now resides in the State of Ohio in the county aforesaid where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be payable in future that he at present Receives Eight dollars per month 
Sworn and Subscribed before
me the day and year aforesaid
John Trotter x his mark {seal}
J. Patterson seal
Justice of the peace
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The State of Ohio Adams County SS
I Joseph Darlinton Clerk P.T. of the Court of
Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that the within named John Patterson Esqr. who has signed the within deposition of John Trotter was at the time of signing the same & still is a Justice of the Peace in & for the county aforesaid duly Commissioned and quallified & that full faith & credit are due to his said Certificate 7 all other Official acts by him done as well in Courts of Justice as thereout In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of the said 
Court at West Union this 21st day of
Marchi n the year of our Lord 1825
and in the 23d. year of this state
Joseph Darlinton
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Stanford Ky Free
June 12
The Honble John C. Calhoun
Washington City

Pension Papers enclosed

Cont.
Recd. 26 June 1823.
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Stanford, 11th June, 1822.
Sir,
I send enclosed the schedule &c. of
John Trotter, a pensioner
whose pension was suspended under
the act of May 1820, as also an amend-
ment to his affidavit &c. with an expressi-
on of the courts opinion as to the verity
of the matters stated, as required upon
the presentation of the first mentioned
document. You will please to trans-
mit his certificate to me at this place.
Respectfully
your Obedient
Servant
Thomas Montgomery

Honble John C. Calhoun
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RECEIVED
APR 21 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER No. 6

Veterans Administration,
Revolutionary War Pensions,
Washington,D.C.

Gentlemen:-
JOHN TROTTER of Va. Continental line, died in
Adams County, Ohio about 1826, aged about 76 yrs. In 1826 he was on the pension rolls of Adams County, O., having been transferred there from Ky. If you please, I would like to secure a copy of his pension papers as I am trying to complete my Trotter Family records. Thanking you in advance, I am
Yours very truly,
Ruth K. Voorheis
Ruth K. Voorheis
(Mrs. Paul D. Voorheis)
321 W. Sandusky St.,
Apr. 18th 1938- Findlay, Ohio.
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1938 - May 4. hist to Mrs. Paul D.
Voorheis AWF

42046
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 42,046
John Trotter
Priv Rev War

Act: 18" March 18"
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 513
[Arrangement of 1870.]