Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8951, for Micajah Pendleton, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                  NUMBER
Va Pendleton, Micajah S8951
carded

CONTENTS
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Virginia  23352
Micajah Pendleton
Amherst in the state of Virginia
who was a prv  in the   commanded by Captain     of the Regt commanded by Mecklen burgh in the Rev
time for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of virginia
t the rate of 30 Dollars cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of June 34
and  [illegible]S Garland
Amherst C H Va
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833  75
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Mar 34  15
$90
Revolutionary Claim 
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Noth Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol  A/ [illegible] Page 28.

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1836 to the 4th Sept 1837 Agt notified
26 Oct 1838
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 
4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838
Agt Notified 20 March 1839


Death not in AB
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A Copy from the record of said court
In testimony whereof I Spotswood Garland clerk of the said court do hereunto sign my name and affix the seal of the said court this 19th day of September 1833 and in the 58th year of the Commonwealth
Sp Garland




27425
Micajah Pendleton
Va
Adms as private
mc $30=

Suspended [illegible] 
G 1833 A
S Garland
Amherst C H
Va
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Virginia
AT a court held for Nelson County, at the courthouse, on the 26th day of August 1833.
State of Virginia, Nelson County to wit:
On this 26th day of August 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Justice of Nelson County, now sitting Micajah Pendleton a resident of the said county and state of Virginia, aged seventy five 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 Act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832. That he was drafted for the Militia service from the county of Buckingham and served a tour of duty under Captain William Duiguid of three months either in the year 1778 or 1779. he does not distinctly recollect which that during the whole of that tour he was in service at the Barracks in Albemarle County as a Guard to the British Hessian prisoners then detained there that during that time there was no particular occurrence monthly of note this service was in the winter season, and he was discharged at or about the first day of March that Col Taylor was in command.  That on the 10th day of January 1781 he was again detached in the Militia service, under the command of Captain Charles Patteson from the county of Buckingham, and served three months he was stationed  in about ten miles of Portsmouth near the Burnt Mills  The corps at that station was under the command of Gen Muhlenburg he thinks he was attached to the 18th Regiment but does not recollect the names of either of the Field Officers during this time he was not engaged in any battle nor does he now recollect any particular occurrence except an occasional Commanding about Portsmouth. That in the month of June 1781 he was again detailed and served a tour of three months under the command of Captain Robert Gary during this tour he was stationed part of the time at James Town and another part of the time below Williamsburg during that time he does not recollect the number of his Regiment but he was again under the command of Gen Muhlenburg  as well as he recollects but does not recollect the names of the Field Officers during this tour he was in no battle or skirmish but he well recollects the troops were concentrating upon York Town where Lord Cornwallis had taken his stand.  That the only documentary evidence he has of his services aforesaid are two discharges from his Captain Charles Pattson and Robert Gary and the affidavits of Giles Davidson and Frances Mc as to his services in Capt Duiguid's Company which said certificates of discharge and affidavits herewith filed he wishes to be taken as part of this Declaration. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State or Territory whatever.  He also makes the following answers to the following questions propounded by the Court, viz:
Quest 1st  Where and in what year were you born?
Answer  I was born in the county of Buckingham, State of Virginia in the year 1758.
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Quest 2nd  Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer  I have a record of my age at home in the family register.
3rd  Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Answer  I lived in the county of Buckingham, Virginia, at the time I was called upon each tour after the Revolutionary War I moved to that part of the County of Amherst which is now Nelson County and I now reside in Nelson County, Virginia
4th  How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Answer  I was drafted each time that I went into the service.
5th  State the names 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.
Answer  I can now only recollect General Muhlenburg who was in command the Marquiss La Fayette arrived about the time of my discharge and also recollect Genl Wayne was about these  I do not know whether Col Taylor who commanded at the Barracks in Albermarle County, was a regular officer or not  I do not recollect the number of any Regiment to which I belonged except the 18th as I think  All the general circumstances of my service are stated in the body of my declaration
6th  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer  I received a discharge from Capt Patteson and another from Capt Gary herewith filed if I ever received one from Capt Duiguid it has been lost or mislaid.
7th  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of  your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer  I would refer the court to Spotswood Garland and James Garland who have known me for many years, and who can testify as to my character for veracity, and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Micajah Pendleton
Spotswood Garland and James Garland residing in the county of Nelson certify that we are well acquainted with Micajah Pendleton, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, as he states, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion and that we have the greatest confidence in him as a man of veracity.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Sp Garland
J Garland
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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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Spotswood Garland and James Garland, who have subscribed and sworn to the following certificate are credible persons, that they are residents of the county of Nelson, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
The following are copies of the certificates of discharge, and the affidavits referred to in the foregoing declaration:
Buckm County I hereby certify that Micajah Pendleton mearched in my company Militia on the 10th day of Januy last, and made a touer of duty of three months, & was dischd 9th April last C. Patteson a Capt Militia, Buckm
17th July 1781.

Camp New Magazine Spet 18th '81.
Micajah Pendleton a soldier from Buckingham County and in Capt Garys compy leaving served his Tour of duty is hereby discharged given under my hand the day & date above mentioned by order of the 
Robt Gary Captn

Viriginia, Buckingham County to wit:
This day Francis McCraw, aged seventy three years came personally before me a Justice of the Peace for said County, and made oath before me in due form of law, that he was intimately acquainted with Micajah Pendleton, the militia applicant for a pension, in the Revolutionary War, that he served with him upwards of three months in the year 1781, and about the City of Williamsburg as a private in Gen Lawson's Brigade.  F McCraw
Sworn and subscribed to before me the 20th day of June 1833.
Th: Pittman J P 

Buckingham County, Virginia SS
This day came personally before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County Nathaniel Lancaster & Wm N Patteson, and made oath that they had been well acquainted with Francis McCraw above named for a number of years, tha they believe him a man of undoubted veracity & respectability, in which opi
I Daniel Guerrant fully concur     D Guerrant J P 

Virginia
I Rolfe Eldridge, Clerk of the County Court of Buckingham in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify, that Thomas Pittman & Daniel Guerrant who have signed the within certificates are acting Justices in & for the said County, & that their signatures are genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the 
S L   seal of my office on the 22nd day of June 1833.
Rolfe Eldridge C B C

Virginia, Amherst County, to wit:
This day Giles Davidson, aged seventy one years, personally appeared
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before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and made oath in due form of law, that he was acquainted with Micajah Pendleton now of the county of Nelson in the year 1778 or 1779, and that said Micajah Pendleton served a tour of three months duty in the Revolutionary War from the county of Buckingham in Captain William Duiguid's company at Albermarle Barracks
Giles Davidson
Sworn and subscribed to before me a Justice of the Peace this 6th day of July 1833.
William Dillard JP
Amherst County Virginia
This is to certify that we have been many years acquainted with Giles Davidson of said county and do believe him & have always considered him a man of veracity and entitled to credit for any statement that he may make on oath. Given under our hands this 15th July 1833. John Horsley
James D Watts

Amherst County to wit:
This day John Horsley and James D watts personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and made oath to the above certificate. Given under my hand this 15th July 1833.  William Dillard
A copy from the records of said couty
In testimony whereof I Spotswood Garland, clerk of the said court do herewith sign my name and affix the seal of the said court this 19th day of September 1833 and in the 58th year of the Commonwealth
Sp Garland

27L25
Micajah Pendleton
Va 
Admt as private
mo  $30
Suspended [illegible] Nov 8 1833 [illegible]
1833
S Garland
Amherst Co. [illegible]
Va
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October 8, 1938
RA-J/MCS
Micajah Pendleton
S 8951

Mrs. Ed McCarty
740 Breys Avenue
Salem, Oregon

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to Micajah Pendleton, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The date which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.8951, based on the military service of Micajah Pendleton.

He was born in 1758 in Buckingham County, Virginia.  The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Buckingham County, he enlisted and served with the Virginia troops as follows:  from the winter of 1778 or 1779, three months under Captain William Duiguid and Colonel Taylor and was discharged in March; from January 10, 1781, until April 9, 1781, under Captain Charles Patteson:  from June, 1781, until September 18, 1781, under Captain Robert Cary.

After the Revolution he moved to that part of Amherst County which was later Nelson County, Virginia. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 26, 1833, at which time he was living in Nelson County, Virginia.

The papers in this claim contain no data relative to family of Micajah Pendleton.

Very truly yours
A D HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
February 7th 1839
Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Micajah Pendleton, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Virginia Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and -- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept 1837 to the 4th March, 1838.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
20th Oct 1838
Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Micajah Pendleton, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Virginia Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and -- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept 1836 to the 4th Sept, 1837.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Micajah Pendleton
SF 8951
Va
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Camp New Magazine Spet 18th 81
Micajah Pendleton a soldier from Buckingham County & in Capt Carys Company having served his Tour of Duty is hereby Discharged given under my Hand the day earlier mentioned by order of the Genl
Robt Cary Capt
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Micajah Pendleton
S F 8951
Va
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Buckm County
I hereby certify that Micajah Pendleton Mearched in my Company Militia on the 10th day of Jany last and made a Tour of duty of three months & was Dichd 9th of April last
J Patteson a Capt
Militia Buck
17th July of 81
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1916 Feb 25 Hist to Mrs A R Lyles
letter in W18,504 Henry Menefee
1923 June 21 Hist to Mrs A V Lester
1978 Mar 3 hist to 
Mrs C F Tynes WCS
1938 Oct 8 hist to Mrs Ed 
McCarty MCS

Rev War

8951
INVALID

File No 8951
Micajah Pendleton
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: Vol 1st, Page 292
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Dept of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Wash D C

Will you please send me the record you have of Micajah Pendleton of Virginia Nelson Co who served in Revolutionary War
Most Respectfully
Mrs A V Lester  (over)
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Mrs A V Lester
917 Bryer Marry Dr
Dayton, Ohio
May 1st 1923
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Box 193
Bluefield, W Va
Winfield Scott
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear sir,
Will you please send me at once a copy of the pension of Micajah Pendleton of Nelson County Va, a soldier in the Revolution. My papers on this line for the D & R are complete with exception of official copy of said pension.
Thanking you I am 
Sincerely
Mrs. C F Tynes

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Salem Ore Aug 29 1938
Mgr Veterans Administration
Washington D C
From you pension files could you please give me the Revolutionary War record of Micajah Pendleton of Buckingham Co Va, born in 1758 and died in Nelson Co Va in 1844 and was granted a pension in 1843.
Thanking you for any information you may be able to give me in this regard  I am yours very sincerely
Mrs Ed McCarly
740 Breys Ave
Salem Ore

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SEP 2 1938]