Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36354, John Tutwiler, Va.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE 
Va.

Tutwiler, John

CONTENTS

NUMBER
S. 36354
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[Left hand side}

[illegible] August 6, 1821
and sent to
County Clerk
Richmond,
Ky


Date of death not on
A.B.

[Right hand side]

11. 291
                   R
Kentucky

John Tutwiler

of Madison C'y in the state of Kentucky
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Campbell of the Virginia
line, for the term of 18 months.
-
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on  the 3 of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 of June 1819
and sent to D M C Payne
Lexington Ky

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 8 m 28/30 4/31   $ 72.49
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819                .......48.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,$120.49

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
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J W Burdine

John Tutwiler
Ky
to
Illinois

Hon. John White H.R.
from Ken.)

2 April 1836
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Kentucky---

County of Fayette   SS.
    On this 24th day of March 1836 
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of
Fayette   ...   personally appeared John Tutwiler
................who, on his oath, declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain
And'w Wallan and another captain name not recollected in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Richard Campbell in the service of the United States; that
his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Kentucky
from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District,
or Territory,) of [scratched out: Indiana], Illinois, where he intends to
remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following
are his reasons for removing from Madison County, KY
to Cole County Illinois:   His son with whom
he had resided removed his family to that place
and he desired still to reside with him

his
John    x   Tutwiler
mark

Sworn and subscribed to, before me.
the day and year aforesaid.

Dan Bradford JP

Note    "3" was altered to "h"  & the word "Indiana" erased
before signing
              Dan Bradford, JP
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrates, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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State of Kentucky
Fayette   County Sct
This day Curtis Field of Madison
County, who is a gentleman of high respectability appeared before me, a Justice of the peace
in the said County, and made oath that John Tutwiler named within is the identical John Tutwiler who is a Revolutionary Pensioner and has a certificate from the War Department No 11. 291. Given under my hand
Curtis Field

Subscribed & sworn to
before  me this 24th day of
March 1836

Dan Bradford,
State of Kentucky Fayette County to wit: March 24th 1836.
James C. Rodes Clerk of the Court for the County afsd do certify that Danl
Bradford whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate, is and
was at the time of signing his name thereto, an acting Justice of the
peace in and for the County afsd duly commissioned and sworn agreeably
to Law and as such full faith and credit should be given to all his official acts
and that said Bradford signature to said certificate is genuine

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
seal of office this day and date above written and of the
Commonwealth the 44th year
to J. C Rodes Clk FCC
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John Tutwiler
Declaration to
obtain Pension
(A)
Sched. $214. - same
as the 1st

3d statement of property
91.00

J Speed Smith
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State of Kentucky Madison Circuit (Sct)
On this 5th day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record
for said State and circuit of Madison County John Tutwiler aged sixty three years resident in Madison County in said district, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declared that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. He served in the 8th Virginia Regiment, first in Capt Andrew Wallace Company afterwards in Capt Oldhams;  he was transfered from Capt Oldham to another company but does not recollect the name of his Capt. His original declaration is dated
the third day of June 1818 that the No of his pension certificate is 11291. And he further solemnly
swore that he was a resident citizen of the united States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that he
has not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the provisions of an act of
Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Navel service
of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that he
has not nor has any person in trust for him any property or securities contracts or debts due to him
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nor has he any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by him subscribed to wit. Three horses, one cow and calf, two heifers, one old Waggon, one bureau, one chest he owes about four dollars; has $10 owing to him to collect it
(signed) John Tutwiler

He states that he is a farmer by occupation but that he is infirm and unable to persue it, that he
has no children living with him, he states that he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable
to support himself without the assistance of his country.  sworn to and delivered on the 5th day
September 1820. And it is ordered by the Court that it be certified that the said Tutwiler property is of the value of $214.

Kentucky Madison Circuit  Sct
I David Irvine Clerk of the Court for the Circuit aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said Court. and I further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is of the value of $214.00

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court this 21st day of February 1822 and in the [illegible] year of the
Commonwealth. David Irvine
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John Tutwiler private
Colonel Campbell's
Regt Virginia line
1780- 1 year
on Roll
£ 30.
Admitted

sideways
B Wills
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District of Kentucky Sct
On the 3d day of June 1818 before me the Subscribed, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Kentucky for the Eleventh district-- Personally appeared John Tutwiler aged Sixty Two years resident in Madison County State of Kentucky who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the provision made by the late 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. that he the said John
Tutwiler in the year 1780  commenced his service as a drafted soldier in the State of Virginia for the Term of one year and six months in the company commanded by
Captain Andrew Wallace of the 8th Virginia
Regiment (so well as he recollects) Commanded
by Colonel Richard Campbell and that he
continued to serve in said corps untill the
17th day of January 1782 when he was discharged from the service in the Town of Camden in the State of South Carolina that he was in the battles of Guilford
and the Seige of Ninety six in South Carolina
and in the battle of the Eutaw Springs where he was severely wounded
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State of Kentucky
Fayette Circuit Sct      March 24 1819

I Thomas Bodley Clerk of the Court for the
Circuit aforesaid do hereby certify that Benjamin Mills whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate dated 23d March 1819 is and was
at the time of subscribing his name thereto the Judge of said Circuit Court duly Commissioned
and appointed agreeable to law

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the Seal of the said
Court at Lexington Ky this day and
date above and in the 27 year of the
Commonwealth
Thos Bodley C F CC
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in the Neck, and that he is in reduced
Circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that
he has no other Evidence now in his power
of his said services - Sworn to and declared
before me the day and year
aforesaid
B. Mills

I, Benjamin Mills Judge [illegible] as aforesaid
do certify that it appears to my satisfaction
that the said John Tutwiler did serve in the
Revolutionary war as stated in the preceeding
declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of Nine months on the continental
Establishment and I now transmit the proceedings and Testimony taken and had
before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress
June 3d 1818
B. Mills

State of Kentucky
Fayette Circuit Ct
this day Henry Asbury
made oath before me
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of Circuit Judge for the State & Circuit afd that
John Tutwiler is very poor & in reduced circumstances in life & has no property of any value.  I do certify that from the proof sd Tutwiler is in reduced circumstances in life and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support which is certifyed to the Secretary at War
Given under my hand this 29th of March 1819-

B Mills
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March 18, 1937.
BA-J/ILL
John Tutwiler
S. 36354

Mr. B. J. Walter
American Legion, Wabash Post #423
Mount Carmel, Illinois.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of John Tutwiler who served from Virginia
and died in Edgar County, Illinois.

The data given herein were found in pension claim, S.36354,
based upon service of John Tutwiler in the Revolutionary War.

John Tutwiler enlisted in 1780, place not stated, served as
private in Captains Andrew Wallace's and Oldham's companies, Colonel
Richard Campbell's Virginia regiment, was transferred and served
until January 11, 1782, when he was discharged at Camden, South Carolina,
length of service one year and six months; during his service,
he was in the battles of Guilford, Siege of Ninety Six, and battle
Eutaw Springs in which last engagement he was severely wounded in his
neck.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 3,
1818, at which time he resided in Madison County, Kentucky; he was
aged then about sixty-two years. The date and place of his birth
and the names of his parents were not given.

In 1822, the soldier's wife, Jane, was aged about sixty-five
years; her maiden name and the date and place of their marriage were
not given. Soldier's daughter-in-law, Betsey Tutwiler, was living
at that time, name of her husband not given. John Tutwiler referred
to his children, none of whom were living with him, but did not state
their names. In 1836, the soldier had moved from Kentucky to Cole,
County, Illinois, as his son, with whom he had lived, had moved to
that state with his family and he wished to live with that son.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of
person paid, and possibly, the date of death of this pensioner,
you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting
Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following

John Tutwiler
Certificate #11291
Issued June 3, 1818
Rate $8 per month
Commenced June 3, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818.
Kentucky Agency, transferred to Illinois Agency.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

Restored to Ky. roll - 1824
Transferred to Ill. A. April 1836 - A.B.
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Kentucky
Madison County,  Sct

This day personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of
the peace in & for the County aforesaid John S. Wood & made oath that he has
for many years past been acquainted with John Tutwiler, a citizen of the County
aforesaid [illegible] upon the pension list - that he has also been particularly acquainted
the with his pecuniary circumstances-- that the following list contains all the visible
property of which said Tutwiler is now possessed & that he knows of his having
no other property-- He has at this time one old cow about 14 years old, + one mare about
7 years old, one mare, 18 or 19 years old-- & one colt-- one old waggon- one bureau & one Sugar Chest
That the value of said property at this time does not exceed $91. That the value of said property in September 1820 together with one Horse, two Heifers & one calf, the same named in a schedule shewn him &
marked A. & which said Tutwiler has since that time disposed of for his support and not exceed $121- He further states said Tutwiler has had for many years past & now has a wife living with him by the
name of Jane about sixty five years of age - that she now is & has for years
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has  been very infirm & unable to contribute much, if any thing towards his support-

He further states that said Tutwiler is an honest, orderly Citizen, but aged & infirm
& not able to do much for his support
-
John S Wood

Sworn & subscribed to before William Goodloe
this 22d February 1822, and I also certify that said Wood & Tutwiler are to me well
known & that they are both men of respectability & credible men upon oath-
Wm Goodloe  J. P

Also personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the
peace in and for the County aforesaid, Robert Goggin & made
oath that he be for in any years past been well acquainted with John Tutwiler
a citizen of Madison County + [illegible] upon the pension  
that the following list contains all the visible property of which
said Tutwiler is now possessed & he state that he verity believes
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said Tutwiler owns no other property 
than what is contained in his list, nor does he believe said Tutwiler has any other
resources for a support, than said property  Viz
 - One old Wagon and old mare about 18 or 19 years old.  one Cow about 14 years old
old one mare six or seven  years old, + one colt about two months old
one Bureau and one sugar chest 
[illegible]of said property at this time does not exceed the sum of
$91- He further states that said Tutwiler has for many years past
and now has a wife living with him of
the name of Jane who is very old and infirm, and has not for many years past, nor 
is she now able to contribute much towards her own support.  He further states
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he well knows said Tutwiler to be an orderly honest citizen and not able to contribute
much towards his support from old age and infirmity
,,,,,,,  Robert Goggin
Sworn to and subscribed before me, 
     William Goodloe on this
22nd day of Feby 1822 and
I also certify that said Goggin and Tutwiler
are both to me will known to be men
of respectability & truth upon oath
William Goodloe J.P.

Kentucky, Madison County   Sct

I David Irvine Clerk of the Court for the
foresaid do hereby certify that William Goodloe
whose name is affixed to the foregoing certificate
is and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the peace
 in and for the County  aforesaid and that all due faith and credit is
and ought to be given to all his official acts as such
and the same is hereby certified to all to whom it
may concern
 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my seal of office this
9th day of March 1822 and in the xxx
year of the Commonwealth      David Irvine
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John Tutwiler
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To the Honorable, the Secretary at War respectfully represents John Tutwiler
citizen of Madison County Kentucky that he is the identical person named
in a statement & schedule a copy of which is hereto annexed & which it was
forwarded to the Secretary at war in 1820 or 1821- that the valuation of the
property contained in a Schedule was made from the representation of you
petitioner, and was valued at the highest prices of the currency of Kentucky
that time 25 or 30 per cent below [illegible] species - that in said Statement
he omited stating that he had a wife living with him & wholly dependent upon
him for a support, & whose age & infirmities then + yet render her almost entirely
incapable of contributing in the cost to her maintenance - 
He now states that his wife is still living with him; that her name is Jane-- that her age
is about between sixty four & Sixty five years, and very infirm of her age -
He States that by the common charities of his friends & by disposing of part of the property
contained in the Schedule he has been enabled to suffer along thus far, but being
unwilling longer to trouble his friends and his age & infirmities encreasing & also those
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of his wife, he is induced again to renew his application for being continued upon
the pension list. He states that he has no property other than what is contained
in s'd Schedule & no other resources for a support for himself & wife except the balance
of said property now remaining + his own feeble efforts. He states that of the property
contained in said Schedule he has disposed of the following psrt- and that for the
support of himself & wife & for no other purpose-- He has disposed of one of the Horses
also of the two heifers, also of the calf -
He states the claim of his property at this time is not worth more than $91. Healso states that 
the value of all the property contained in said Schedule at the time he exhibited it as aforesaid,
 was not, in the estimation of those well qualified to judge of its value, more than $121 as will
appear by the annexed affidavits-

At a Circuit Court held for Madison County at the Court House in Richmond on Monday the 4th day of
March 1822 

Petition and Statement of John Tutwitler was produced in open Court and sworn to by said Tutwiler, and
ordered to be certified to the Secretary of War department and that the estimate of the value of the property formerly fixed and referred to in said Petition was made by the Court upon its own opinion, from the representa-
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[representa-]   tion of the Petitioner, and not from the examination
of Witnesses, as to the value, It is further certified
that John S Wood and Robert Goggin whose statements
are annexed to this Declaration are men of good
character and entitled to full credit,

Kentucky Madison Circuit Sct

I David Irvine Clerk of the Court for the
Circuit aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing
statement is truly copied from the Record in my office

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my seal of
office this 9th day of March 1822
and in the xxx year of the Common
David Irvine
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Order to pay - 25 Nov 1837
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John Tutwiler

Pension Cert

Rejected


J Speed Smith
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War Department,
No 11. 291.     PENSION OFFICE.
August 6 1821.

SIR,


You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of
the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards

To Mr. John Tutwiller
Madison County
Kentucky
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[Left hand side]

+[scratched out] Kentucky +  Illinois

John Tutwiler, private
Served 2 years from 1780
1st Schedule dated  5th Sept 1820

3 horses one Cow and Calf -
2 heifers - old Waggon-one
bureau -- one chest, valued
by Court at    $214.

owes $4, and has owing to him
about $10.--

Schedule under Act 1st March
1823. dated 10th March 1824

1 Old Waggon     $15.
Bureau  ....            8
Chest.......               2
old mare              15
................................40.

Accounts for decrease of property 
as follows.--
2 horses dead; the third sold to Adam
Woods for $50, has not yet received
half the money.
-- Sold Cow  & Calf to Elizabeth Mahon
$5.00

of the two heifers, claimant let his
daughter in law have one of them
[ right hand side ]

 for services rendered him
and wife-- the other killed for
family use
---
Claimant aged 67 Farmer
by occupation-- From old age &
infirmity not able to pursue it.
wife- age not mentioned
tho' said to be old

Restored 20 May 1824, and at sent
to Hon. R. P. Letcher
H. R.

The original pension certificate in this case, 
was forwarded to the Dept with the
papers in support of the claim 
to be restored, and was returned
to W. H. Caperton, at Richmond, Kentucky 
on the 25 Nov 182 [cut off]
Cer Tra Apl 4th 1836

Transf'd to Illinois from 4. Mar 1836
- Apl 6th 1836-
-
Sep  / 91 Let to Hon. J. M. Robinson, 
Sept 14. 1857.
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Hon'ble  J Speed Smith
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Richmond March 10th 1822

Dear Sir
By last evening mail received yours of the 17th and 22 Feby last on the subject of the information which I requested you to forward
& covering that information.

I now send you the [illegible] and evidences in
relation to the Tutwiler claim with a request that you present the same to the Secretary of war if you think it prudent to do so, & if these
rejected, to make such disposition
of it before [illegible] as you deem correct

your obt sev't
W H Caperton 
-
Honble
John Speed Smith
HR
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Cale [Bale??] County

Illinois
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War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,..... 20th May 1824

SIR:
In conformity with the law of the United States, of
the 1st March, 1823, authorizing the Secretary of War to restore
the names of certain persons to the List of Pensioners, you are hereby
notified, that your name has been this day restored to the Pension
Roll of the Kentucky Agency, and that, agreeably to the
provisions of said act, your allowance, as a pensioner, will commence
from the 10" of March 1824, the day on which the
evidence was closed upon which you obtained a restoration to the
List.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards

To Mr. John Tutwiler,
United States' Pensioner.
Care of Hon R. P. Letcher
House of Reps
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John Tutwiler     18 March 1818   Illinois

To what time last paid


Pension Office
25  Nov  1837   Pd at Kentucky  to 4 March 1836

JH
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Sep014

W

Jno Tutwiler
   [illegible]
  
3rd Jun 19

[sideways}
J L Edwards  Esq
Pension Office
Washington DC

Hon J M Robinson
Senate  US
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Senate
Sept 11 - 37

Sir
 Be so good as furnish me the information
desired by Mr. Dunbar in the enclosed letter

Most Respectfully yours
John M Robinson

J L Edwards, Esq
Comm. on Pensions
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Applicant aged 63 years

Infirm, unable to labor

No family-

Amt of Sched: $214

not entitled
Kentucky
KY
Period 18 months
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Free


[partial page]

 l Edward Esqr
Comissioner of Pensions
-
---
Washington City
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I also send the voucher of John Tutwiler
an Invalid to whom there is 18 months pay
due for the same purpose-- I would
prefer that you return them to me
in seperate envelops-- that your orders in
each case can accompany the vouchers
in making my quarterly return


D. Hay
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John Tilford

Apr 14  ,36

John Titwiler
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Northern Bank of Kentucky
Lexington 14th April 1836

Sir
I have your letter of the 4th Inst John Tutwiler private
a pensioner on the roll of this agency under the act of March 18th 1818 at the rate of Eight Dollars per months has been paid to the 4th of March 1836 & will not be paid in future at this Agency

I am my respectfully
Your obedient Servant
M  Telford

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C
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John Tutwiler
Declaration to
obtain Pension
11. 291
Sur
June 7. 1821
Discin'd August 6
1821 and sent to
County Clerk
Richmond
Madison County
Hon H. Clay
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On the 5th day of September 1820 personally appeared
in open Court being a Court of Record in the State of
Kentucky and Circuit of Madison County John
Tutwiler aged sixty three years resident in Madison
County in said State, who being first duly sworn
according to Law doth on his oath declare that he
served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
He served in the 8th Virginia Regiment first in
Captain Andrew Wallace's Company afterwards in
Captain ...Oldham's. he was transfered from
Captain Oldham to another Company but does not
recollect the name of his captain, his original
declaration is dated the third day of June 1818
that the number of his pension certificate is 11291
And he further solemly swore that he was a resident
Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March
1818. And that he has not since that time by gift
Sale or in any manner disposed of his property or
any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it
as to bring himself within the provisions of an 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 he has not nor has
any person in trust for him any property or securities
contracts or debts due to him nor has he any income
other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto
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annexed and by him subscribed, to wit.
Three horses one Cow and calf, two heifers one old
Waggon, one bureau one chest, He owes about four
dollars has $10 owing to him to collect
(Signed ) John Tutwiler


He states that he is a farmer by occupation but that
he is infirm and unable to pursue it; that he has
no children living with him, he states that he is in
such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support
himself without the assistance of his Country. Sworn to
and delivered on the 5th day of September 1820

And it is ordered by said Court that the said
Tutwiler's property is of the value of $214.

Kentucky Madison Circuit Sct

I David Irvine Clerk of the Court for
the Circuit aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing
oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly
copied from the Records of the said Court, and I further
certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the
Total amount in value of the property exhibited in
the aforesaid Schedule is $214

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court this 12th day of January 1821 and 
in the xxix year of the Commonwealth
David Irvine Clk
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Jno Tutwiler's
Declaration for
Pension


Wm Letcher   H R
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State of Kentucky Madison County Court
On this 10th day of March 1824 personally appeared
in open Court being a Court of record for the Circuit
aforesaid, John Tutwiler resident in said County aged
about sixty seven years who being first duly sworn according 
to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration 
in order to obtain the provision made by the
act of Congress the 18th of March 1818 and the 1st of
May 1820 that he the said Tutwiler served in the
revolutionary war as follows- He belonged to the 8th
Virginia Regiment on Continental establishment, first
Capt Andrew Wallace Company afterwards Capt
Oldhams Company, that he enlisted for the Term of eighteen
months in the year 1780 and was discharged in 1782
at Camden South Carolina, that his name has been
placed on the pension list and dropt therefrom on
account of his property. And in pursuance of the act
of the 12th of May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was
resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of
March 1818 and that I have no since that time by
gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property
or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish
it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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 any income other than
what is contained in the shedule hereto annexed and
by me subscribed-
That since the exhibition of my first shedule, the
following changes have been made in my property
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2 horses one dead and the other sold to Adam
Woods for $50 but have not yet received the half
of the money - 1 Cow and Calf I sold the cow and
Calf to Mary Elizabeth Marks for $5 and received the
money-- 2 heifers one I let my daughter in law
Betsy Tutwiler, have for services she rendered me and
my wife, the other I made beef of for my family-
That he has no other property than that contained
in his original declaration, and not heretofore mentioned

That he is a farmer by occupation but from
old age and infirmity not now able to pursue it-

That no part of his children now reside with him,
that his wife is old and not able to contribute
much towards her own support-
Shedule
1 old Waggon $15,00 One Bureau $8,00 One chest $2.00
one old mare 21 or 22 years of age $15.
And it is ordered that it be certified that it is the
Opinion of the Court that the total amount in value
of said John Tutwiler property is $40.00-

I David Irvine Clerk of the Madison Circuit Court
do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the 
Court that the said John Tutwiler did serve in the Revolutionary war
as stated in the preceding declaration, I also certify
that the foregoing oath, and the shedule thereto annexed,
are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and
I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court,
that the total amount in value of the property exhibited
in the aforesaid shedule is forty dollars

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of the said Court
on this 22nd day of March 1824 and in
the 32nd year of the Commonwealth
David  Irvine
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  ...3  525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,  .... 19.....
In reply to your request of ........received.........
for a statement of the military history of John Tutwiler
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1780
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1 yr 6 mo
   dis  June 11, 1782
RANK.
pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Andrew Wallace
Oldham  ( Capt Conway Oldham probably  E  Sp)
                      8th Va.
COLONEL.
Richard Campbell
STATE.
Va

Battles engaged in, Guilford Seige Ninety Six Eutaw Springs where wounded in the neck
Residence of soldier at enlistment,   -
Date of application for pension, June 3,1818   His ap was al
Residence at date of application, Madison Co Ky
Age at date of application,    64
Remarks: Soldier refers to his wife Jane as 65 in 1822 -
a dau., in-law Betsy, and his children whose
names are not stated

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6 -- 2856
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AMERICAN LEGION, Wabash Post No. 423
MT. CARMEL, ILLINOIS
B  J WALTER.
DEPT. OF MILITARY RECORDS
AND GRAVES REGISTRATION

February 22, 1937.

The Veterans Administration,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
                          only one in Va
Please furnish pension record of a one John Tutwiler   
who served during the War of the Revolution from the
State of Virginia.

This soldier died in Edgar County, Illinois.

This information if available, will be appreciated.

Very truly yours
[Signed]

BJ Walter
Dept, Military Records and
Graves Registration,
American Legion,
Wabash Post #423,

BJW: Rof          [Stamp: Received  FEB 24 1937]
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36354
INVALID.
Revy
-
File No. 36,354
John Tutwiler
Pri  Rev  War

Act: 18 March 18th

Index: -- Vol. 2 , Page 825
Arrangement of 1870.}


[right hand side]
1915 July 9. Hist. to E. M 
Tutwiler Birmingham
Ala. (his letter is him S 35105
Jonathan Tutwiler an
1987-March 18 - Hist to B.J. Walter JLL