Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 6362, Jesse Virmillion, N.C.
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SERVICE
N. C. 
Virmillion, Jesse
or Vermillion Mary
NUMBER
W 6362
CONTENTS
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
5012
Virginia R
N C
Mary Vermillion
widow of Jesse Vermillion
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
46 - Dollars 66 -
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
14th day of Augt 1849.
and sent to
Edmund F Brown
Present,
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under a [act]
February 2, 1848, Page 195 Vol. 3
Date of death
not on AB.
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
See letter to Hon G.W. Hopkins & P. Gt. Dec
14. 1835 [illegible] to 3 And Nov 29 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1839. Agt Notified 9 Dec 1839
Paid as above from 4 March to 4 Sept 1839. Agt notified 9 June 1840
Hon. G.W. Hopkins 14 Dec 1840.
Paid as above from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 Mar 1840. Agent Notified 23 March 1841
Paid as above from 4 March to 2d Nov. 1840. Agt Notified 23d July 1841
Let. to Hon. G.W. Hopkins Oct. 27. 42
Virginia 12.931
Jesse Vermillion of Russel in the State of Virginia who was a pri: in the company commanded by Captain Moore of the Regt commanded by Col. Nash in the No Carilana [Carolina] line for 14 months Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of June '33 and sent Jas P. Carrel
Lebanon Va. (clk) Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 93.32 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 23.33 $116.65 Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 6 Page 29
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State of Virginia
Russell county to wit
On the 2nd day of October 1832 personally appeared before the County of Russell County and State of Virginia in open court Jessee Vermillion, [Virmillion] a resident in the County of Russell and state of Virginia, aged about Eighty one 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service in the revolutionary war about the year 1777 or 1778 in the state of N Carolina under Captain Alferd Moore, Lieutenant S Thompson, the name of the Ensign, not was remembered, for the term of six months. He does not remember certainly when that he entered the service but thinks it was then same year that Robinson Caswell fought the battle at the place called Blackwater. That he was attached to the State Regiment commanded by Major Clark and Col Frank Nash, and rendezvoused at Hillsborough in the state of North Carolina; and marched from thence to a place called Cross Creek, where they [illegible] from whence they took water down the Cape Fear river to Wilmington where they remained a while, and from thence marched to and fro in the state of North Carolina, watching and guarding against the depredations of the enemy both foreign and domestic, till the expiration of said tour of six months, when he was discharged at Wilmington in the state of N Carolina. He the said Jessee Vermillion [Virmillion] then returned home to Caswell County where he remained for some time, and again drafted to go against the hostile Indians, who were represented to be doing serious mischief upon the Catawba river, wither they marched but not arriving until the Indians had fled,  returned to Hillsborough where they rendezvoused, and gave up their arms, and were again discharged, after having
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been absent from home in the services aforesaid about eight weeks. Sometime afterwards he the said Jessee Vermillion, removed  to the neighbourhood of Jonesborough then in the state of N Carolina but now in the state of Tennessee, where he remained but a short time and entered the service again for no certain period of time that he now recollects, but supposes for a three months tour, upon an expedition to the south under Col Robinson, and marched from Jonesborough into the interior of N Carolina against the Tories, who were there exceedingly troublesome, and after having been absent from home in the service a source aforesaid about three months, he was discharged by Col Robinson, and returned home, where he remained but a short time, and then entered the service again under the command of Col Sevier for a three months tour, perhaps in the year 1780 under Captain Trimble, and from Jonesborough marched towards the head of the Cataba River and thence down the Country to the high hills of Santee in the state of S Carolina where they were in eight of General Green's army, and from thence marched still lower down the country, where they met with Genl Marion's Cavalry and after reconnoitering the country from place to place, until the termination of the tour of three months for which time he last entered the service he was discharged upon Santee river in the state of South Carolina and returned home after having served his country faithfully in all between twelve and fifteen months.    He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension, or an annuity, except the present, and declares that his name, is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
Jessee Virmillion
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15448
Jesse Vermillion [Virmillion]
Russell County
Virginia
Admit as a private
for 14 month $46.66
James P. Carrell, Clk
Lebanon
Virginia
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
BRIEF in the case of Jesse Vermillion [Virmillion] of Russell County in the State of Virginia (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 87
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[column headings]
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. | 
[secondary column headings] [below Period.] In 17 | [below Duration of Service.] Years, | Months, | Days. | [below Rank.] | As a | [below Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.] | Gen.
[data]
Drafted in 1777 or 1778 | | 6 | | | Marion
&c | About | 2 | 8 weeks | |  Maj Clark, Col Frank Nash
Volunteer | | 3 | | | Col. Robinson
&c 1780 | | 3 | | | Col Sevier
5. In what battles was he engaged? None named
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Willsborough, N. C.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Perfect
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the
answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. E. Bradford
Examining Clerk.
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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Jessee Virmillion was born The 25th October in the year of our lord 1752. and Mary his wife Born
March the 30th 1766. His elder daughter Nancy Was born July the 28th 1784 Rebecah was born December The 28th 1785 James was born September The 13th 1787 Wilson was Born November The 5th 1789 William was born April the 30th 1792 Jessee was born may the 2nd 1795
Mary was born December The 25th 1801
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FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Jessee Virmillion and
Mary his wife was married
The 23" October 1783.
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11261
Mary Vermilion [Virmillion]
Va
Act 7th July '38
L. s. Nov 2d '40
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[statement missing many words due to fading] 
State of Virginia
County of Russell S.S.
[illegible] 6th day of August [illegible] 1849 personally appeared before the Subscriber Henry D. Smith a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Russell, Mary Vermillion [Virmillion] a resident of said State & County aged seventy eight years in who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension of the act of Congress passed June 17th 1844. That she is the widow of Jessee Vermillion, [Virmillion] who was a pensioner of the  United States at the rate of forty six dollars per year; that she was married to the said Jessee Vermillion [Virmillion] on the twenty third day of October in the year seventeen hundred & eighty three; that her husband the aforesaid Jessee Vermillion [Virmillion] died on the second day of November in the year eighteen hundred & forty & that she has remained a widow ever since that period [illegible] [illegible] fully appear by reference to [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] declares that she is not able to appear personally in court by reason of bodily infirmity.
Mary Vermillion [Virmillion] X her mark
State of Virginia
Russell County S.S.
I Henry D Smith, a justice of the peace in & for said County do certify that the above declaration of Mary Vermillion [Virmillion] for a pension was sworn to & subscribed before me & I also certify that the said Mary Vermillion [Virmillion] is not able to attend court personally by reason of bodily infirmity. Given under my hand & seal this 6th day of August 1844
H D Smith J.P. seal
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State of Virginia
County of Russell S.S.
I, Francis Browning, of the County of Russell
in the State of Virginia, do depose & say that I was present at the marriage of Jessee Vermilion [Virmillion] & Mary Scott now Mary Vermilion [Virmillion], who has sworn to & subscribed the above declaration for a pension: Said marriage was legally solemnized in what was then the County of Washington, now Russell, by Simon Cockrell a Baptist Minister, in the month of October in the year seventeen hundred & eighty three; the day of the month. I do not now recollect.
Francis Browning
Sworn to & subscribed before me a justice of the peace in & for said County of Russell on the 6th day of August 1844. Witness my hand & seal
Henry D Smith seal
State of Virginia
County of Russell S.S.
I Larkin Harndon presiding Justice of the County Court of Russell do hereby certify that the above declaration of Mary Vermilion [Virmillion] for a pension & affidavit of Francis Browning were submitted in court & the acts & doings of Henry D Smith, a justice of the
peace, taken therein, were approved by the court. Given under my hand & seal this 6th day of August 1844
Larkin Herndon seal
State of Virginia
County of Russell S.S.
I, James P. Correll, Clerk of the County Court of Russell County do hereby certify that the above are the original proceedings had in court at the August Term 1844 of the County Court of Russell
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in the matter of the application of Mary Vermilion [Virmillion] for a pension. I do also certify that Henry D. Smith is a Justice of the peace in & for Russell County, duly commissioned & qualified according to law. Given under my hand & the seal of my office at Lebanon this sixth day of August eighteen hundred & forty four
James P. Carrell
State of Virginia
County of Russell S.S.
I Larkin Herndon presiding justice of the County Court of Russell County do here by certify that James P. Carrell is clerk of the
county court of Russell County & that the above seal & signature purporting to be his are genuine. Given under my hand & seal this 6th day of August 1844
Larkin Herndon seal
State of Virginia
County of Russell S.S.
I James P. Carrell Clerk of the County Court of Russell County do hereby certify that Larkin Herndon, is presiding Justice of the County
court of Russell County, & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine: I do also certify that the above signatures of Henry D. Smith are genuine.
Given under my hand & the seal of my office at Lebanon this 6th day of August 1844
James P Carrell
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State of Virginia
County of Russell SS
Jessee Vermillion [Virmillion] this day personally appeared open court, before the County court of Russell County in the state Virginia, being a court of record, at the April Term thereof, & after being duly sorn according to law, deposeth saith that the memorandum hereto annexed was taken from the family bible of his father, Jesse Vermillion, [Virmillion] that it has been made some thirteen or fourteen years & is in the hand  writing of Thomas Reynolds who wrote it at request & under the direction of Jessee Vermillion [Virmillion] deceased The bible remained in the possession of Jesse Vermillion [Virmillion] deceased until his death & since that time, Mary Vermillion [Virmillion] the present declarant for a pension has had it in her possession.
Jesse Virmillion
Sworn to & subscribed in open court & the court doth certify that Jesse Vermilion is a credible person. Witness the hand & seal of office of James P Carrell, Clerk of the County court Russell at Lebanon this seventh day of April eighteen hundred & forty six
James P. Carrell
Clerk of Russell County Court
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May 14, 1934
Jesse Virmillion
W. 6362
Wilson Virmillion
R. 10932
BA-J/MLB
Mrs. J. H. Letton
Valrico, Florida
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter containing further information in regard to Jesse and Wilson Vermillion, whose Revolutionary War
records, with that of Peter Willet or Willett, you desire to be furnished. Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States based upon military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of a Peter Willet under any spelling of the surname.
There was found but one record only for both Jesse and Wilson Virmillion, and those records are given herein as shown in claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War. JESSE VIRMILLION W. 6362
The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 6362, based upon service in the Revolution of Jesse Virmillion. He was born October 25, 1752, in Calvert County, Maryland; the names of his parents are not given. While residing in Caswell County, North Carolina, he enlisted
sometime in 1777, marched from Hillsborough and served as private in Captain Alfred Moore's company, Colonel Frank Nash's North Carolina regiment, length of tour six months. After this tour he
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returned home where he remained for some time and again enlisted, date not given, and served about eight weeks against the Indians,
names of officers not stated. Sometime afterward, he moved to Jonesborough, in that part of North Carolina which was later
Tennessee, and there enlisted, date not stated, and served about three months as private in Colonel Robinson's North Carolina regiment. He enlisted sometime in 1780 and served three months as a private in Captain Trimble's company, Colonel Sevier's North Carolina
regiment. He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Russell County,
Virginia; he signed Jesse Virmillion but was borne on the pension roll as Vermillion. He died November 2, 1840, in Russell County, Virginia. Jesse Virmillion married October 23, 1783, in that part of Washington County which was later Russell County, Virginia, Mary Scott, who was born March 30, 1766. Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application
executed August 6, 1844, at which time she was a resident of Russell County, Virginia; in 1846, she was still residing in that county about seven miles from the county seat.
The following names of the [following] [crossed out] children of Jesse Virmillion and
his wife, Mary, are shown in the claim:
Nancy, born July 28, 1784
Rebecah " December 28, 1785
James " September 13, 1787
Wilson " November 5, 1780
William " April 30, 1792
Jesse " May 2, 1795; in 1864 living in Russell County, Va.
Mary " December 25, 1801
In 1849, Isaac and Rebecca Virmillion acted as witnesses for soldier's widow, Mary, in Russell County, Virginia, but did not state any relationship to the family,
-2-
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State of Virginia
County of Russell S.S.
On this 30th day of April in the year of Christ one thousand eight hundred and forty six, personally appeared before the subscriber John T. Smith a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary
Vermillion, [Virmillion] a resident of said County and State, aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath as aforesaid, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 17th 1844: That she is the widow of Jesse Vermillion, [Virmillion] who was a pensioner of the United States on the Virginia roll or agency
at the rate as she believes of forty six dollars per annum; that she was married to the said Jesse Vermillion, [Virmillion] on or about the twenty third day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, and as she verily believes on that day, that her husband, the aforesaid Jesse Vermillion [Virmillion] died on the second day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, and that she has remained
a widow ever since that day, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed; that she knows of no evidence in support of her husbands title to a pension, except that which accompanied his application, and which she asks may be regarded as evidence in her own behalf. She also declares that she resides about seven miles from the
County seat of the said County of Russell at which place the Court of the said County is held, and that she is unable from bodily infirmity and old age, to appear personally in Court
Mary Vermillion [Virmillion] X her mark
I John T. Smith a Justice of the Peace in and for
the County of Russell in the State of Virginia, do hereby Certify that the above declaration of Mary Vermillion [Virmillion] for a pension was sworn to and subscribed before me; and I further certify it as my opinion that the said Mary Vermillion [Virmillion] is not able to attend Court in person, by reason of bodily in-
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firmity [infirmity] and old age. Given under my hand and seal this 30th day of April 1846
John T. Smith J.P. Seal
Know all men by these presents that I, Mary Vermillion of the County of Russell and State of Virginia widow of Jesse Vermillion deceased late of said County a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and
appoint Col. George W. Hopkins now at Washington City my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the United States wherever the same is payable
my pension that may be due me as the widow of said Jesse Vermillion deceased from the 2d day of November 1840 till the present time pursuant to the act of Congress of June 17th 1844. Witness my hand and seal this 30th day
1846.
Mary Vermillion X her mark seal
Sealed and delivered in the presence of Jesse Vermillion Jesse Browning
State of Virginia
Russel County, SS:
Be it known, that on the 30th day of April 1846 before the subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, personally appeared Mary Vermillion above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of
Attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
John T. Smith J. Peace
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
1778
Virginia, Rich
Mary Vermillion widow of Jesse Vermillion
who was a Private in the Revo husband died 2nd Nov 1840 Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of June 1846 Certificate of Pension issued the and sent to Hon G.W. Hopkins Hos of Reps Act of March 3, 1843. & 17th June, '44 Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 149 Reported
[illegible] Hon G.W. Hopkins March 2nd 1847.
let to 3 and Aug 6 1849
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
Reported
10.046
Virginia
Mary Vermillion Widow of Jesse Vermillion
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 2nd November 1840
of Russell in the State of Va who was a Private in the compy commanded by Captain Moore of the Regt. commanded by Col Nash in the Rev. [line] [crossed out] for 14 months Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the [4th day of March, 1836.[ [crossed out] 2nd Nov. 1840,
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of June, 1846 and sent to Hon Geo. W. Hopkins H of Reps Total amount, $
Act July 7, 1838. Recorded by Tho Lumpkin Clerk,
Book D Vol. 4 Page 281
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263
I take the liberty of enjoining a statement which a personal acquaintance of many years enables me to make Capt Francis Browing of Russell County Virginia, and whose evidence is contained in the within paper, is an old gentleman of the most inapproachable and exemplary character for truth and piety, No man in the county who knows him, would in my opinion hesitate to believe him. He was a member of the deputation of Virginia in 1798
& 1799, and from that time to the present has enjoyed the respect and confidence of them to whom he was known. I have now know a man in whose truth. I would more willingly and
more fully confide. The widow in this case, is a lady who has always sustained a fair and [illegible] character, and such is her standing, that her word, without the sanction of an oath, would be credited throughout the county in which she lives. I cannot but hope therefore that the claim will be allowed.
Geo. W Hopkin
May 24th 1846.
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Virginia, to wit:
At a Court held for Russell County, at the Courthouse on Tuesday, the 7th day of April 1846. On the application of Mary Vermillion to obtain the pension to which she is entitled by law as the widow of Jesse Vermillion late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, Francis Browning senior a witness of undoubted veracity appeared in open Court, and being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, That the said Jesse
Vermillion and the said Mary now his widow (whose name was formerly Mary Scott,) were joined together in matrimony by Simon Cockrell a Baptist Minister of the gospel in
Russell County (then Washington County) Virginia, in the month of October 1783, and that they constantly afterwards lived together as husband and wife till the time of said Jesse Vermillion's death which took place in Russell County on the 2d day of November 1840, and that said Mary Vermillion still remains a widow unmarried to any other person since her said husbands death  
F Browning
In testimony whereof I James P. Carrell Clerk of the Court of said County have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said County Court, the 7th day of April 1846.
James P. Carrell, Clerk of the County Court of
Russell County Virginia
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And on this 7th day of May 1833 again personally appeared before the County Court of Russell County in the State of Virginia in
open court now sitting, Jesse Vermillion who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration which is hereto attached which declaration was made before the same Court
the 2nd day of October 1832, who after being again duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statements and explanations in answer to the Queries
required by the regulation of the war Department in the matter of the application of the said Jessee [Jesse] Vermillion for a pension. That the phrase "About Eight" weeks in the
first line of the second page of his original declaration aforesaid. was used out of extreme caution, rendered prudent from a necessary distrust of the correctness of his recollection after such a lapse of time, and increasing
old age and consequent imperfection of human memory and in regard to the said qualifying expression that according to his best recollection the time referred to by the phrase in his declaration "about eight weeks" and which is objected to by the War Department as too indefinite, was fully two months. and as the said Jesse Vermillion now believes exceeded that time, but lest he might be wrong from the causes aforesaid in the correctness of his recollection he said in his original declaration about Eight weeks by which he meant to say, that it was not less than that time and as he now believes in point of fact exceeded it And
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the foresaid Jesse Vermillion further declared as aforesaid first in answer to the first interrogatory prescribed by the War Department, that he was born in the County of Colvert [Calvert] in the State Maryland of in the year 1752. And secondly in answer to the second interrogatory prescribed by the War Department, he the said Jessee Vermillion declares as aforesaid, that there is a record  purporting to be a correct and genuine record of his age now in the possession of the descendants of his Father, which he is informed is now in the County of Russell aforesaid, and which he the said Jesse Vermillion verily believes is a true and genuine
record of his age, and which record he is informed agrees with his age as stated in his declaration aforesaid, and the said Jesse now offers upon oath as aforesaid the same explanation herein to the place "about Eight weeks", to another phrase of the same qualifying character, found in the South line of the same page of "about three months" and
declares that according to his best recollection, he served upon that town fully three months
Sworn to and subscribed this 7th day of May 1833
Jesse Virmillion
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office June 2, 1840
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," Jesse Vermillion a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va Agency, at the rate of forty six Dollars and Sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1839, to the 4th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
TREASURY DEPARTMENTS
Second Comptroller's Office, Nov. 30th 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, Jesse Vermillion
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va Agency, at the rate of Forty Six Dollars and Sixty six 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 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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J L. Edwards
Commissioner of
Pensions
Pension Office
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A of R. Dec. 10. 1835.
J L Edwards Esquire
Dear Sir
I have this morning received from Wyndham Robertson Esquire, the power of attorney of Michael Sword a Revolutionary pensioner, upon which payment has been refused by the agent at Richmond for the reason that the power is attested by the justice of the peace before whom the same was acknowledged. Of this regulation, I have not before been aware, and will say that having prepared that power, I might, and could yet attest it, if it is proper and necessary that I should do so. I can in this instance, and also in referred to another power herewith inclosed [enclosed] also prepared by myself previous to my departure for this City, say with ensuring certainly, that, had I known, of such a regulation, it would have fully complied with, and that this application to my own knowledge, is just. I should be glad to be
informed, whether under these circumstances, the rule, will be rigidly adhered to, and the pensioner defined longer of the Small County allowed them by the government, untill it can be literally complied with, in case, when no
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injustice, as fraud come by possibility arise from
departure from it.
Very respetfully
I am yours
Geo Hopkins
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Tazewell C H Va
Aug 19th
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
mail
[*11261 Aug 16 '44*]
[*Va June 17 1844 Mary Vermillion should be Act 1838*]
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Tazewell C.H. Va Aug. 19th 1844
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send the declaration of Mary Vermilion [Virmillion] for a pension. If she is allowed a pension, you will do me favor by forwarding her certificate to me, if the rules of the department permit it
very respectfully
John W. Johnston
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11.261
Mary Vermilion
Va
Suspended
Let to Jno W. Johnston November
1st 1844
to Hon. G.W. Hopkins 22 Feb 1846
papers cop [illegible] Same Mar 7 '46
Act July 7th '38
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
February 17, 1841
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, The widow of Jesse Vermillion, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va Agency, at the rate of Forty Six
Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839. to the 4th March 1840.
Respectully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Ho of Rep. Feb. 19th 1847
Col. J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
sir
You will [illegible] a favor on me by informing me whether Mrs Vermillion, widow of Jessee Vermillion late a pensioner of the United States, is allowed an additional pension, under any law extending the pensions to widows of revolutionary soldiers. I make the same inquiry as to Mrs Strother of Smyth Co in Virginia. Both of them widows you will find have missed five years pension, but I suffered by subsequent laws, the pensions had been extended. If it would not give you to much trouble, I should be glad to know the names of such widows as may be embraced in any late law, in the Counties of Grayson,
Carroll, Wythe, Smyth, Tazewell, Russell, Scott, Lee and Washington, as I wish my constituents to have the benefit of
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such law, if they be [illegible] entitled.
Very truly yours
Geo Hopkins
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office July 12th 1841
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, The widow of Jessee Vermillion decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va Agency, at the rate of Forty Six
Dollars and Sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 2 Nov. 1840
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Washington City
4th August 1849.
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commr of Pensions.
Sir:
Herewith I enclose the Declaration of Mrs. Mary
Vermillion, for a New Pension under act of 2 Feb. 1849; and will thank you to have her certificate issued as early as practicable.
I am Sir-
Very Respectfully
Yr. Obt. St.
Edw. F. Brown
Atty.
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Washington May 25th 1846
Col. J L Edwards
sir
I [illegible] here with the papers of Mrs Vermillion, with the widow of Capt Francis Browing and the affidavit of the widow, and
a [illegible], the age of which is fully states and explained. The widow of Capt Browning, I hope will be satisfactory of [illegible]. I have made a statement on the papers. No man in Virginia sustains a [illegible] character. I have known him well for about twenty years, and during that time if any man of his county, would have questioned the veracity of Browning, he would have injured his own, far more than the character of that honored and venerable old man. I [illegible] your early attention to this claim. Mrs. Vermillion is an old lady of [illegible] [illegible] fair character, and
I wish to have the pleasure of informing her at an early day of the decision upon her claim.
yours truly
Geo W Hopkins
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Washington City Feb 26th 1846.
Col. S Edwards
Sir
You will oblige me by sending to me, as early as you can a copy of the Declaration of Mrs Vermillion of Russell County Va, widow of Jesse Vermillion, late a revolutionary pension.
yours truly
Geo W Hopkins
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Col J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
War Dept
[*feb 20 46 Rec [illegible] Mrs Virmillion Hon G W Hopkins H R*]
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Ho of Reps. Feb 19th 1846
Col. J. L. Edwards
Sir
I have been requested to inquire what has been done with the application of Mrs Vermillion, widow of Jesse Vermillion, late a pensioner on
the Virginia all from the County of Russell. The proof of her marriage prior to 1794 has I am informed, been procured and forwarded to your office.
Very respectfully, yours
Geo W Hopkins
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Jesse Vermillion of Russell County, Virginia which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout [amount] of pension he is entitled? [yes] [crossed out] No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a 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-- days, I served as a --- For-- months, and --- days, I served as a;-- and for such service I claim a pension.
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[preprinted form]
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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 be 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 they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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. In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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We Nathaniel Munsey a Clergyman residing in the neighborhood of Jesse Vermillion, in the County of Russell in the State of Virginia, and
William Price of the [illegible] residing in the neighborhood, County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jessie Vermillion, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration. That we believe him to be about Eighty one years of age; 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
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Nathaniel Muncy [Munsey]
William Price
And the said Court do hereby further certify, that Frances Browing [Browning] personally appeared in open court this day, and after being first duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he was personally acquainted with Jessee Vermillion, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and that he the said Vermillion, to the knowledge of this deponent, served in the war of the revolution and this deponent now believes, that the foregoing declaration contains a true vital of the said services of Jessee Vermillion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Francis Browning
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, and hearing the [affical] [rubbed out] testimony of Francis Browing [Browning] who hath sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit, that the above
named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the said Court further certifies, that it appears to them
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that Nathaniel Munsey who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in Russell County in the State of Virginia, and
that William Price a Justice of the peace who has also signed the same is a resident of the same county, and that Frances Browing [Browning] who has signed the presiding affidavit, are all credible persons, and that this statements are
entitled to credit
I James P. Carrell Clerk of the Court of Russell County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Jesse Vermillion for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 18th day of October 1832.
Jessee
James P. Carrell
[*15448 Jesse Vermillion*]
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Virginia, to wit:
I James P. Carrell, Clerk of the Court of Russell County in the State of Virginia aforesaid, do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Jesse Vermillion for a pension, explanatory of his statements in his first declaration, to which this is appended. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this 20th day of May 1833.
James P. Carrell
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11.261 263 Act 43 866 Act '44 558.
Mary Vermillion
Va
Act 7 July 38.
mm 83. d 40
Admr
14 mo [illegible]
46.66 from
2 Nov. 1840
Also acts 43 & 44
46.66
Hon. G.W. Hopkins
H. R.
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State of Virginia
County of Russel SS
I James P. Carrell, Clerk of the County Court in the County of Russell and State of Virginia aforesaid do certify that John T. Smith is a
justice of the Peace in and for the said County of
Russell, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 11th day of May
1846
James P. Carrell, Clerk of the County Court of Russell
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Act 2 Feby. 1848.
Mary Vermillion
of Virginia
Pensioner - Acts 43 & 44,
Widow of Jessee Vermillion
at $46.66, per annum.
See Certificate 7778
returned for payment up
to 4 March 1848.
E. F. Brown
Atty.
Wash D.C. 
4. Aug 1849.
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State of Virginia
On this 13th day of July 1849 before me Samuel W. Aston a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Russell in the said State, personally appeared Mary Vermillion a
resident of the said County of Russell, aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Jessee Vermillion who was a private in the army of the United States, and that under the Act of Congress of the 17th June 1844 She received a pension at the rate of Forty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow
Mary Vermillion X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me
Samuel W. Aston JP
In presence of
Isaac Virmillion
Rebecca Virmillion
I certify that Mary Vermillion, the Declarant above named is personally known to me
Samuel W Aston JP
I James P. Carrell, Clerk of the County Court of
Russel County in the State of Virginia do certify that Samuel W. Aston is a justice of the peace as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand the seal of said Court this 13th day of July 1849
James P. Carrell Clerk