Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17992, Samuel Gwinn, Va.
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Va. Gwinn, Samuel S 17992
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[?]
Virginia 23.706
Samuel Gwinn
Greenbrier in the state of Va
 [w]ho was a pr in the __ commande[d by]
Captain ___ of the Regt. commande[d by] 
Lewis in the Va 
[lin]e for 18 months
off
Inscribed on the roll of Virginia 
[at] the rate of 60 dollars __ Cents per annum 
[to] commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of pension issued the 22 day of Mar 34 
and sent Hon. Wm
McComas H.R. 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834  180
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept [?] 30
$210
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nath Rice  Clerk
Book E  Vol. [?] Page 15

[vertically at left:]
Dropd. Let Agent 9 March 1835
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State of Virginia    }
Greenbrier County}

On this 12th day of March 1834 Personally appeared before me Henry Erskine a Justice of the peace in and for sd. county Samuel Gwinn
a resident of Said County and State Aged 82 years who being
first sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832, That he entered the service of the United States
under the following Named Officers and Served as herein after Stated
1st In the year 1771 or 2 he served a three months tour under Capt
Laughridge was drafted in Augusta County Va and was stationed
at Clover Lick on the head waters of Greenbrier in Augusta County
and was Stationed at that place to guard the frontier Settlements
against the Indians, during this time there some skirmishing, he served
out three months and was discharged at Clover Lick 2nd. He entered
the Service as a Volunteer he thinks in May or June 1774 in Capt
Laughridge's Company in the County of Augusta to go Against the Indians
and was Marched to Fort Union (Now Lewisburg) where he joined the
Main army under Genl. Andrew Lewis and was Marched from Fort
Union to Point Pleasant on the Ohio River and was in the memorable
Battle which took place on the 10th Oct 1774 at Point Pleasant and which
lasted from Sunrise until Sunset, after the Battle was over the
Army under Genl. Lewis crossed the Ohio River and Joined 
Dunmores army near the Pickaway Plains where peace was
made with the Indians and that he was discharged on the 1st Nov
1774 at Point Pleasant and returned home to Augusta County Va 
after haveing [sic] Served five months 3rd In the year 1776 He moved to
Greenbrier and was classed in the Militia to Serve tours as called
on and he was called on he thinks some short time afterwards to
serve a tour and was marched to New River and was Stationed
on New River with Several others whose business it was to act
as Scouts and spied to reconnoiter the country on new River
where the Indians were in the habit of crossing and to give information 
to the setlers [sic] if any Indians made their appearance, That
they were under no regular officers - That the Captains Company
to which he belonged was Capt Glass, That he Served three months
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on this tour as a scout and spy That at the time he was detailed for This Service he was Forted at Thompson Fort and had been Forted there for Some Time. a Short time afterwards he Served another month as a Scout and Spy and after he returned and was Forted at Thompsons Fort News reached the Fort that Donnellys Fort was  attacked when he with many others marched all night to get to their aid and got to the Fort during the attack Succeeded on getting in to the relief of the few that were in the Fort who must inevitably have been taken as the numbers of the Indians were Said to be about three Hundred and the Fort only defended by about Twenty Men that he was employed in This Service five days that he was afterwards at Vanbevers Fort Stationed and Forted there for Two months That he was Stationed and Served in Arbuckle Fort in 1776 five months In Thompsons Fort in 1777 five months in Vanbevers Fort again in 1778 or 9 Two months That he was Forted in different Forts and places and was frequently called on to go in Small Scouting parties the amount of which Services he cannot bring to he recollection But with perfect safety to himself and doing Justice to his conscious he is well satisfied that he was Stationed and served five months in Arbuckles Fort Five months in Thompsons Fort four months in Vanbevers fort at Two different times besides four months as a Scout and Spy and his services of five months in 1774 and his three months services in 1771 or 2 with the five days at Donnellys but these five days are included in the time he was in Thompsons Fort, That he hereby relinquishes every claim to any Pension or Annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency of any State and that he has no documentary evidence that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Services.
Samuel Gwinn

Sworn to and subscribed before me
the 12th day of March 1834
Henry Erskine J. P.
Virginia Greenbrier County Sct
I John Mathews Clerk of Greenbrier County do hereby certify that Henry Erskine is a magistrate as above Stated & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are Genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have here unto affixed my Seal of office & Subscribed my Name the 12th day of March 1834 & in the 58th year of the Commonwealth
John Mathews CGC
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State of Virginia
Greenbrier } SS

Be it known that before Mr Henry Erskine a Justice of
the peace in and for s.d county personally appeared John Mathews aged 65 years and Thom Creigh
aged 68 years both of whom state they have known Samuel Gwinn for upwards of forty
years and that they have made oath according to law that they believe him to be a man of
veracity and that they could put every confidence within his word or oath that they
believe he served in the Revolution as he states

John Mathews
Thomas Creigh

Sworn and Subscribed before me
this 12th day of March 1834}
Henry Erskine JP

State of Virginia Greenbrier County SS

And I Henry Erskine a Justice of the peace for s.d county
do here by declare as my opinion after the
investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatory.s
described by the war Department that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary Soldier and Served as he States and I do
certify that John Mathews and Thomas Creigh are men of the first respectability
in the s.d county and that every confidence may be placed in their statements
and I do further certify that the erasures and interlineys were all made before dying
Given under my hand this 12th day March 1834

Henry Erskine JP

1 Questions
Where and in what year was you Born
Answer
I was Born in Augusta County Va I think in 1752

2 Qust
Have you any record of your age
Ans
I have not only I know I was about Twenty Three in 1774 when
I went in the Campaign against the Indians at Point Pleasant

3 Quest
Where were you liveing when called into Service where have
you lived Since the revolutionary War and Where do you now live
Ans
I lived in Augusta County Va when called into Service in
1771 or 2 1774 I afterward moved to Greenbrier and lived there
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during the balance of my Service and have lived there ever since

4 Quest
How were you called into Service were you drafted did
you Volunteer or were you a Substitute and for whom
Ans
I was first drafted in the tour at the head of Greenbrier 2nd
I was a Volunteer against the Indians in the Campaign of 1774
in the other duty I was drafted to Serve as a Spy it Comeing
to my tour to do so and had to Serve in the different Forts
from Necessity to protect myself and family and guard the
inhabitants from the Indians

5 Quest
State the Names of Some of your regular Officers who were
with the troops, where you Served, Such continental and
Militia regiments as you can recollect and the General
Circumstance of your Service
Ans
In the campaign of 1774 Gen.l Andrew Lewis was Commander
in Chief Col Charles Lewis Served as a Col under him
and was killed at the Battle of the Point Capt John
Stuart of Greenbrier was likewise in that engagement -
Together with Several or many other officers that I could Name in
the other Service there were no regular officers and the Statement
made in my declaration gives the General circumstances
of my Services

6 Quest
Did you receive any regular discharge from the Services and
by whom was it given and what has become of it 
Ans
I never received any written discharge that I now recollect of

7 Quest
State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your
present neighborhood and who can Testify to your character for
Varacity [sic] and their belief of your Services as a Soldier of the 
Revolution
Ans
John Mathews + Thomas Creigh I am know by and can Certify as to
my character for varacity [sic] and their belief of my Services in the Revolutionary War
Samuel Gwinn

Sworn to and subscribed before me the 12 day March 1834
Henry Thompson J.P

[written perpendicular to the above:]
Samuel Gwinn
30.073  Va

Admt capad
18 mo. $[?]0

Hon Wm McComas
H R
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Samuel. Gwinn -
Applicant -
Greenbrier county -
Not Entitled -
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Samuel Gwinn - Applicant
I the undersigned Samuel Gwinn - Give the following Statement of my age & Revolutionary Services - To wit- I am in my 85th year of age - was born in augusty county - before Dunmores War of 1774. I  done sevral [sic] tours of duty against the indians in Greenbrier-- at Warricks Fort - after the forgoing Service. I enlisted under Capt Lewis and went to Point Pleasant where we had a Severe battle with the Indians this was in 1774 a year or two after the last preceding Service, I moved to the county of Monroe, with my wife & two children lived at Thompson Fort - for a year or two. then moved to a blockhouse, & finally to Vanbibbers fort - at these 2 places, I forted in the summer months. all the time of the war. in the winter. I returned to my Cabbin and devoted the winter to hunting - all the people of the settlement took their families to the Forts in the summer months - where we lived pretty much in common - we would turn out all in a body and work each others corn and potato patches by turns - whilst we would be working some one or two would be watching for Indians - we worked and watched by turns. We Selected from among our selves some one in whom we had confidence as a sort of leader or Captain - and in this way we got along as well as we could - I was four or five days defending the attack made on Donley's [sic: Donnally's] Fort - was called out for this Service Mr. Erskine write my Declaration. I gave him the Same Statement now given - In Witness of all [illegible] I hereto Subscribe my name. Jany 22, 1835

Saml. Gwinn
A Copy. W. G. Singleton
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September 17, 1934
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Samuel Gwinn - S. 17992
BA-J AWF

Mrs. Virginia Kious
Layland
West Virginia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Gwinn
of Virginia.

The date furnished herein were obtained from 
the papers on file in pension claim, S. 17992, based
upon the service of Samuel Gwinn during the Revolution.

He was born in the year 1752 in Augusta County,
Virginia; the names of his parents were not given.

While residing in Augusta County, Virginia, he
was stationed in 1771 or 1772, three months under 
Captain Laughridge at Clover Lick on the "haedwaters
of Greenbrier in Augusta County," to guard the frontier
settlements against the Indians. He volunteered
in 1774 and was in the battle of Point Pleasant under
General Andrew Lewis. He moved in 1776 to Greenbrier
County, Virginia and served at various times as scout
and spy on the frontier.

He was allowed pension on his application exe -
March 12, 1934, then a resident of Greenbrier County,
Virginia. His name was dropped from the pension roll,
March 9, 1835, as upon the reexamination of his claim,
his service was not considered in an embodied military
corps, during the War of the Revolution, which was 
required by the pension law.

The soldier, Samuel Gwinn, referred to his wife
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and two children moving with him to Greenbrier County,
Virginia in 1776, but he did not give any names.

There are no further data in this claim concerning
the family of Samuel Gwinn.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Washington August 3, 1931

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF

Hon. Hugh Ike Shott
Bluefield
West Virginia

My dear Mr. Shott:

Reference is made to your letter of July 31, 1931
in which you request the marriage date of the Revolutionary
War pensioner, Samuel Gwinn, S. 17992.

You are advised that Samuel Gwinn stated in 1835,
that he moved, about two years after the battle of Point
Pleasant, with his wife and two children, to Thompsons
Fort, was there a year or two, then moved to a block
house, and then to Vanbibbers Fort. He makes no further
reference to wife and children.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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July 27, 1931

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
AWF

Honorable Hugh Ike Shott
Bluefield
West Virginia

Dear dear Mr. Shott:

Reference is made to your letter of July 21, in 
which you request the Revolutionary War recordsofSamuel
Gwinn of Greenbrier County, Virginia.

You are advised that it appears from the papers in
the pension claim, S. 17992, that Samuel Gwinn was born
in 1752 in Augusta County, Virginia.

While residing in Augusta County, he was in the battle
of Point Pleasant, in 1774, and served at various times as
a scout and spy on the frontier of Virginia, during the war
of the Revolution.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
March 13, 1834, while a resident of Greenbrier County, Virginia.

He was dropped from the pension roll, March 9, 1835,
as upon reexamination of his claim, his service was not
considered military service in an embodied corps in the
Revolution, as required by the pension law.

A wife and two children are referred, but their names 
are not given. 

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section

AWF:MLB

September 22, 1930

Major John B. Nicklin, Jr.,
Saint Albans, West Virginia

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17992, that Samuel Gwinn
was born in 1752, in Augusta County, Virginia.

While a resident of that county, he was in the battle 
of Point Pleasant, in 1774, and served at various times as
a scout and spy on the frontier of Virginia during the
Revolution.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March
12, 1834, while a resident of Greenbrier County, Virginia,
but he was dropped from the pension roll March 9, 1835, as
upon reexamination of his claim, his service was not considered
military service in an embodied corps in the Revolution, as
required by the pension law.

A wife and two children are referred to but no names are 
stated.

Due to the very large number of requests similar to yours,
and the lack of clerical force available for the purpose, this
bureau is unable to furnish more that two histories to each 
inquirer.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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AWF/HMM

March 25, 1930.

Mrs. W.E. Massey
738 Quapaw Avenue
Hot Springs
Arkansas.

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim, S. 17992, it appears that Samuel Gwinn was born in
1752 in Augusta County, Virginia.

While a resident of that county, he was in the battle of
Point Pleasant in 1774, and served at various times as a scout
and spy on the frontier of Virginia during the Revolution.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March
12, 1834, while a resident of Greenbrier County, Virginia, but
was dropped from the pension roll March 9, 1835, as upon re-examination
of his claim his service was not considered military service
in an embodied corps in the Revolution, as required by the
pension law.

A wife and two children are referred to but no names are
state.

The above date is furnished you without charge and your
remittance of one dollar ($1.00) will be returned to you in due
time.

Very truly yours,

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.

Finance Dir. notified
to refund $1 00/100 March 25- 1930

[handwritten perpendicular and in the margin of above:

under separate cover, she was 
notfd only Samuel Gwinn(all spell) + no
Richard Gwinn
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May 7, 1929
Ruth Clay
1835 San Andros Street
Santa Barbara, California
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S.17992, it appears that Samuel Gwinn
was born in 1752, in Augusta County, Virginia
while a resident of that county, he was in the battle of
Point Pleasant in 1774, and served at various times as a
scout and spy on the frontier of Virginia during the
Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
March 12, 1834, while a resident of Greenbrier County,
Virginia, but was dropped from the pension roll March 9,
1835, as upon re-examination of his claim his service was
not considered military service in an embodied corps in
the Revolution, as required by the pension law.
A wife and two children are referred to, but no names
are stated.
Due to the very large number of inquiries similar to
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Rev. and 1812 Wars section
[illegible] Secti
MEE/eel

yours and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, the bureau is unable to make immediate reply to each request pertaining to soldiers of the Revolution. 
Letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in orderof their receipt.
Respectfully,
E.W. MORGAN
Acting Commisisoner.
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Rev.  Rev. &1812 Wars Section.
Wars MEE/
COPIED BY ADY

September 17, 1928.
Mrs. J. T. Abbott,
1406 Winona Avenue,
Portland, Oregon.
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 17992, it appears that Samuel Gwinn
was born in 1752 in Augusta County, Virginia.
While a resident of that county he was in the battle of
Point Pleasant in 1774 and served at various times as a
scout and spy on the frontier of Virginia during the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
March 12, 1834 while a resident of Greenbrier County, Virginia, but was dropped from the pension roll March 9, 1835, as upon re-examination of his claim his service was not considered military service in an embodied corps in the Revolution, as required by the pension law.
A wife and two children are referred to, but no names
are stated.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
add
Due to the very large no. etc
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
January 8, 1925
Mrs. Avis G. Johnston
873 Roscoe St.,
Chicago, Ill.
Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 17992 it appears
that Samuel Gwinn was born in 1753 in Augusta County,
Virginia.
While a resident of that county he was in the battle
of Point Pleasant in 1774, and served at various
times as a Scout and Spy on the frontier of Virginia
during the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 12, 1834 while a resident of Greenbrier County, Virginia, but was dropped from the pension roll March 9, 1835, as upon re-examination of his claim his
service was not considered military service in an embodied
corps in the Revolution, as required by the pension
laws.
A wife and two children are referred to, but no
names are stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

[vertically in right margin:  this inquirer said he was of Greenbrier Co Va.]
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Rev. W[ar]
Aug. 19, 1922.
Mrs. H. C. Hays,
Princeton, W. Va.
Madam:

In response to your letter of the 28" ultimo,
you are advised that in the claim of Samuel Gwinn, S.
17992, it appears that he was born in Augusta Co. Va.,
in 1753, and while a resident of that county was in the
battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, and served at various
times as a Scout and Spy on the frontier of Virginia during
the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on an application executed
Mar. 12, 1834, but was dropped from the pension roll Mar.
1835, as upon a re-examination of his claim his service
was not considered military service in an embodied
corps in the Revolution, as required by the pension laws.
A wife and two children are referred to, but no
names are stated.
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Record Division.
November 25, 1911.
Mrs. Edwin L. Read,
1631 Edmondson Avenue,

Baltimore, Md.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 20" and received the
21" instant, you are advised that in the claim of Samuel Gwinn
Sur. File No. 17,992, Rev. War, it appears that soldier was
born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1752, and while a resident
of that County, was in the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774,
and served at various times as a scout and spy on the frontier
of Virginia during the Revolution.
He was erroneously allowed pension on an application executed
March 12, 1834, and was dropped from the pension roll
March 9, 1835, his service not being considered military service
as required by the Act of June 7, 1832, under which he
applied.
A wife and two children are referred to but no names are
stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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V.L.M.
Rev. War Section.
August 13, 1915.
Mrs. Charles H. Brown,
Sutton, Nebraska,
Madam;

In reply to your letter dated the 6" instant,
you are advised that Samuel Gwinn who served as a scout
on the Virginia frontier, was pensioned by Certificate
numbered 23,706 and the number of his claim is survivor
File No. 17, 992, Rev. War.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
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6769
3-2233

BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
June 13. 1827
Chief Rev. War Section Division

I have this day received from
Alta Gwinn Saunders
cash  No ___
for $75/100, requesting
photostat copy
[marked out: post office addresses], as per
letter herewith.

O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Division.
H.C.L.

[overwritten:  Copies mailed & Finance Division notified June 29 1927]
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1-681   PHONE Branch 476
a[ll enqu]ires regarding this job should refer to Requisition No.
15999
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
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Please furnish work specified below.
June 24, 1928   192_
Bureau ordering PENSIONS Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of five pages, from Revolutionary War pension claim of Samuel Gwinn, S. 17992.
No. of copies one of each page all form be kept standing? no days
For further information see A. E. Wilson
5033 Room No.  541Phone No.
Approved G. L. Gaubert Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Margaret M. H. Frich Acting Chief of Branch
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June 11, 1927
Commissioner of Pensions
I desire photostat copies, not certified, of
five pages, from the Revolutionary War pension claim
of Samuel Gwinn, S. 17992, Virginia Troops.
Received payment
75 cents
Antonia W Ford
Rev. & 1812 Wars Sec.
Alta Gum Saunders
1210 W. California St
Urbana
Illinois
FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK-KEEPER'S DESK
JUN 13 1927
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

.15
5
.75
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Aug 21 - 1934

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

I am anxious to learn whither
one Samuel Gwinn was a soldier
in the Revolutionary War with
the Continental army, all the information
I have is from "History of Summers
co" West Va, that "Samuel Gwinn was 
Irish" (perhaps, direct frome Ireland)" and
that he fought against King George"
(probably as a private, I judge) He may have
been with the Va forces. The History 
states he came from Calf
Pasture river Va to Lowell now 
West Va in 1780 - He was an ancestor
of mine -
I shall be glad w/ your help in this
matter. I wrote the Adjutant General's
office Washington but they had no
record of him but gave me your
address, they said their records were
not complete - Respectfully yours

Mrs Virginia Kious
Layland
Fayette Co West Va

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PS There may be a mistake in the
Christian name of This Gwinn Tho
the "History" Invention states it was
Samuel

There are also other ways
Gwinn is spelled as Guin,
Guinn, Gwynne,

[rubber stamp: 
Received
Aug 24, 1934
[illegible]
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HUGH IKE SHOTT
5th West Virginia
District

Office:
Room 216, House Office Building

Committees:
Mines and Mining
Civil Service
Accounts
Printing

C.J. Farrington
Secretary
Miss Elizabeth Bond
Assistant Secretary

Congress of the United States
House of representatives
Washington, D. C.
Bluefield, W. Va.
July 31, 1931

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section,
A. D. Hiller, Ass't to Administrator

Gentlemen:
On July 21st. I wrote you concerning the Pension Record of one Samuel Gwinn, Revolutionary War soldier of Greenbrier County, Virginia. Your reply of the 27th.
was very prompt and much appreciated. However, there is one more question my constituent is desirous of settling, so I will ask you to refer to this record of
Mr. Gwinn again and see if any note is made of the date of the marriage of this man.
Thanking you in advance for this information, I am
Yours very truly,
Hugh Ike Shott
HUGH IKE SHOTT, M. C.
HIS/EB

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HUGH IKE SHOTT
5th West Virginia
District

Office:
Room 216, House Office Building

Committees:
Mines and Mining
Civil Service
Accounts
Printing

C.J. Farrington
Secretary
Miss Elizabeth Bond
Assistant Secretary

Congress of the United States
House of representatives
Washington, D. C.
Bluefield, W. Va.
July 21, 1931

Hon. E. W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Morgan:
Will you kindly have some one look up the Pension Record of one Samuel Gwinn, Revolutionary War soldier of Greenbrier County, Virginia, for me? I am advised that his pension was #2-143 and my constituent for whom I desire to secure this information is very anxious to know the date of application for pension, and to whom the man was married and the date, all of which the believes is given on the application. I will greatly appreciate any information you are able to give me along the above lines.
Yours very truly,
Hugh Ike Shott
HUGH IKE SHOTT, M.C.

HIS/EB

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Arnie & Massey(?)
P.S. a prompt reply will be
appreciated,
I [word] A.C, [Name] compiled a list of [word] drawing [word], drawing them is [word], but I have nothing for me(?).
Can you help me here?
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[round black ink stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
U.S.
MAR 7 1929
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San Andres Sr.,
Aus
J/7/29

1835 Sanluidreo Street
Santa Barbara Cali
March 2nd - 1929
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D.C.
Will you please forward
to above address war
record of Samuel Gwinn
born in Augusta Co. Va.
March 25th 1952, he served
as scout and spy. sur file
no 17.992. was in the
Battle of point pleasant
in
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1774 - on the frontier of
Va - was allowed a pension
Mar.12 - 1834 -
I have to have dicumentary authority
upon which to place my
claim as a decendant of
said Samuel Gwinn
before I can become
a member of the D.AR.

[illegible],
very sincerely,
(miss) Ruth Clay -
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[rubber stamp:
Revolutionary & 1812 Wars
Section
May 6 - 1929
Bureau of Pensions]
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[Document is only a corner of a page, placed on top of another page and scanned]

Ruth Clay -
1835 San Andres ST
Santa Barbara, Calif

[postage cancellation:
Santa Barbara, Calif
Apr 30
8?0 PM
1929]

Dept. of Interi

[incomplete] Street -
[incomplete] bara, Calif -
April 30th 1929
Dept of Interior Bureau of
Pensions Rev - war Section:
Washington D.C.
About two months ago I
sent a letter to your dept.
asking for war record of
Samuel Gwinn, who acted
as scout and spy during
the Am Revolution, -
Samuel Gwinn Sur file
17. 992 - was allowed a
pension Mar 12 - 1834 - Please
give all the data on file +
+ hasten reply to above address
I am, very sincerely -
Ruth Clay -
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San Andres Street -
Santa Barbara, Calif -
April 30th 1929
Dept of Interior Bureau of
Pensions Rev - war Section:
Washington D.C.
About two months ago I
sent a letter to your dept.
asking for war record of
Samuel Gwinn, who acted
as scout and spy during
the Am Revolution, -
Samuel Gwinn Sur file
17. 992 - was allowed a
pension Mar 12 - 1834 - Please
give all the data on file +
+ hasten reply to above address
I am, very sincerely -
Ruth Clay -
Page 37

Portland, Ore. Nov. 17 ,27
1406 Winona Ave.

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:-

Will you kindly give whatever information you can concerning the war record of Samuel Gwinn (Greenbrier) S. of W. 1835 Pen 2 143. Report from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Pension establishment of the U.S. Vol 2, Washington 1835.
Thanking you for this favor,
I am very sincerely,
Mrs. J.T. Abbett

[ink stamp:  Pension Office  U. S. Nov 22, 1927]
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Himes(Left side) Dear Ser(Right side)
Dept of Interior Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Red. [word] Dept.

Stamps:
Left Side:
Pension
O
Nov
27
1916
Office
Right Side:
Sutton
Nov
25
10A
1916
NEBA.
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Sutton, Nebr.
Nov. 25

Dear Sir: - 
I had written you the
second time in regard to information
pertaining to Samuel Gwinn. But 
the day after I sent my last letter rec'd
information from you. I did not
want you to go to the same trouble
the second time. Respectfully -

Evelyn Himes -
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673 Roscoe Street
Chicago, Illinois
January 7, 1925

Bureau of Pensions
Washington
District of Columbia

Dear Sirs:
"The Report of the Secretary of War -----In Relation
to the Pension Establishment of the United State" (1835)
Vol. 2, page 143, of the part of the volume which contains
the Virginia pension roll, contains an entry which
shows that Samuel Gwinn was a private in the Virginia
Continental Line in the Revolutionary War. His name appears 
in a list of pensioners of the United States
living at the time that the report was made in Greenbrier
County, Virginia. His name was placed on the 
pension roll February 22, 1834, and his pension, $60
a year, began March 4, 1831. His age is given as 82 years.
Please write me whether your [illegible] can furnish
me a certified copy of all information in your
files concerning this Samuel Gwinn and what the
cost to me would be. I enclose a stamped envelope
for reply -

Your very truly
(Mrs.) Avis Gwinn Johnston.

[postal cancellation:
Pension
L
Jan
10
1925
U.S.
Office]
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673 Roscoe Street
Chicago, Illinois
December 8, 1924

[postal cancellation:
Pension 3
Dec
10
1924
U.S.
Office]

In re: Record of
Revolutionary Soldier

The Bureau of Pension
Washington
D.C.

Dear Sirs:
The "Report from the Secretary of War --- In
Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United
States" (Washington, 1835) Vol. 2, page 143, shows the
name of SAMUEL GWINN as a pensioner by reason of
having served in the Virginia Continental Line in the
Revolutionary War as a private. His pension of $60
a year was granted February 22, 1834. His age was
given as 82 years. He lives in Greenbriar County, Virginia.
Can you furnish me from your records any additional
information concerning him? For instances, do
your records show the names of any or all of his children? Or any further details of his service?
I enclose a stamped envelope for reply. If there
is a fee for this service, please notify me.

Yours very truly,
Avis Gwinn Johnston.
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Bureau of Pensions
Dept of Interior
Wash. D.C.
Gentlemen - will you kindly give
me the Revolutionary War service
of Andrew Gwin or Gwinn
of Va. (Hampshire).
also James Gwinn Va.
[written in margin:
none of all in files
none on Va agency
nor on Va [illegible] Mar 9, 35]
Samul Gwin, (Greenbrier Co) Va
Capt. Wm Lively (Heitman) (war.5)
These names were secured from
a book of Va soldiers under
the Pension list.

Very obligingly
Mrs. H.C. Stays.
Princeton- W Va
Mercer. Co.

[rubber stamp :
Pension
F
JUL
28
1922
U.S.
Office]
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[rubber stamp:
Pension
Nov
25 
1916
U.S.
Office]
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Stamp + [illegible]
Box 423,
[illegible] Sutton Nebr.
one 2 ¢ stamped envelope rec.d
Rev. Sec
Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: - Last spring I
wrote you for what information
you could give me
pertaining to Samuel Gwinn
a Rev. soldier, born in
Augusta Co. Va.
You sent me the battle
he fought in, His Sur. No.
File, when his pension
was granted and the
capacity in which he 
served.
In sending my papers 
in to be passed on by the 
D.A.R. they found them
satisfactory, excepting
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that they asked for a
certified copy of my information 
from the
Nav. Dept. In trying to
find your communication
I found it has been destroyed -
I am sorry I have
to ask you again for it -
but I will appreciate it
so much if you will
again send me what 
you did.
I wrote you about 10 days ago but perhaps you
didn't receive it.
Thanking you for the 
favor
Respectfully yours
Mrs. Emlyn Himes
Page 46

[rubber stamp:
Pension
D
Nov 
4 
1916
U.S.
Office]
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Rev [illegible] Sutton, Nebr.
J.C.1 Nov. 2 - 16.
Dept of Interior Bureau of Pensions.
Washington - D.C.

Dear Sir: Will you
send my what information
you can about
Samuel Gwinn of
Augusta Co. Va. who
fought in the Rev. War.

Sincerely
Emlyn Himes,
When was his pension
granted?
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Rev Sec.
[illegible]
[Letterhead: 
Daughters of the 
American Revolution]

Sutton, Nebraska. Aug 6. 1915.
to the Pension Department.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs: -
Will you give me the
pension number of
Samuel Gwinn, who served
on the frontier as a scout in
Va. during the Revolution and who was in the
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thanking you for the
same.

Mrs. Chas. M. Brown.

Sutton, Nebraska.

Regent. Butler - Johnson Chapter.
W.A.R.

[rubber stamp:
Pension
Aug
9
1915
U.S.
Office]
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Battle of Point Pleasant
in 1774. Was allowed
pension on application
executed March 12, 1834
Record found in Third
Biennial Report of State
Dept. of Archives and History
of W. Va. page 87.
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Pension

A
Jun 
19
1915
U.S.
Office.
Page 52

One 2 ct Stamped 
Envelope Enclosed [illegible]
[illegible] per Sept
Sutton, Nebraska, June 16 -
Stpmd. enve. retd
Pension Dept, Rws
Please send me a
duplicate copy of the pension
certificate of Samuel Gwinn,
showing proof that he was
a soldier of the Revolution
His home was in Virginia.
Kindly give name of 
his regiment and any 
information that might be
mentioned, and oblige.

Sibyl B. Jarrett
Sutton
Nebraska.
Page 53

[rubber stamp:
Record
Nov 
21
[illegible]
Division]

[rubber stamp:
Pension
D
Nov 
21
1911
U.S.
Office.]
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Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir -
Will you please
give me the Revolutionary
War Record of Samuel
Gwinn "from Greenbriar 
Co. Va -(I think-)

Very Truly -
Mrs. Edwin Leigh Read -
1631 Edmonton Ave

Monday 20th 1911.
Page 55

[rubber stamp:
Pension
E
Apr
22
1901
U.S. 
Office.}
Page 56

[illegible]
[rubber stamp:
O.W. & N. Division
Apr 25 '1901
Received]

'Commissioner of Pensions" -
'Washington D.C.'
From, the
"Pension Rolls of Revolutionary
War," from Greenbrier County -
Virginia. I find that "Samuel Gwinn"
was a Soldier - private, $60 per mo.
Virginia Continental TC -, I want
to know in whose "company he was -
and what Battles he fought -"
I have often been told he was
with Colm- John Stuart - in the
Battle of Point Pleasant Oct, 10, 1774.
Do you find a record of him
in this Battle. Andrew Lewis
was the Major General of all
the Va - troops -.

Very Truly -
M. Emma Gwinn -
155 Dearborn Ave-
-Chicago -

Apr, 20th - 01
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{Following written perpendicular and to the left of fold of pages 1 and 2}:

1930 Sept 22 - Hist to Maj. John Nicklin
Jr. see letter in Thomas Johnson S.18064
1931 - July 27 Hist. to Hon Hugh Ike Schott [illegible]
1931 - Aug 3. Hon Hugh Ike Schott a dr. no fur
ref to to family [illegible initials]
1934 - Sept 17 - hist to Mrs. Virginia Kious [illegible initials]


[page 1]
P 
17992
Invalid.

File No. 17,992
Samuel Gwinn
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Index:-Vol 1, Page 155
[Arrangement of 1870.]

{Page 2}:
Apl, 20 - 1901

M. Emma Gwinn
Chicago Ill

1911 Nov. 25 Hist to
Edwin L Read. V.LM.
1915 June 23, Hist. to Mrs Sikyl
B.Jarrett.
1915 Aug. 13 Mrs. Chas. M.
Brown furnished number
of this claim.
1916 Nov. 21 Hist to Evelyn Himes.
1922 Aug. 19. Hist to Mrs. HC. Hayes
1925 - Jan-8- Hist to Mrs- Avis G-
Johnston - [illegible initials]
1927 - June 29 - Photos mailed to
alto Gwinn Saunders [illegible initials]
1928 - Sept. 17- Hist to Mrs J.L.
Abbett - [illegible initials]
1929 - May 7, Hist to Ruth Clay, M.E.E.
1930 - Mch- 25 " "  Mrs. W.E.
Massey, + Fin. Div. [illegible] to
refund $1.00 [illegible initials]
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[rubber stamp:
Lewisburg
1
Mar
Va}

Free

William McComnis Esq
Member Congress
Washington City

[left margin perpendicular:
Va]

[right margin perpendicular:
Hn W M Comas]
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Lewisburg March 12 ' 1834

Dear Sir
You will find enclosed the declaration of Old Mr
Samuel Gwinn that he requested me to send you for you for you to lay
before the war department. You will see the declaration has
been made before me as a Magistrate in place of being made
before a Court of record, The reason of this is he lives some distance
from Lewisburg and is an old infirm man and came here at
this time on some business and aledged [sic] that it would be im[torn]
from age and it would be dificult [sic] for him to attend at a 
court time. He is regarded as a man of as much integrity
as any other man in the county. You will see his caracter [sic] has
been certified to as such by Mr. Matheus + Mr. Creigh two
men that have resided and known him for upwards of forty
years and there are no men in the county that stand higher than
Matheus + Creigh. Your attention to W Gwinn's declaration will
confer a favour on him
I wrote you sometime past and enclosed Pleasant Ward's declaration that I presume the department have not yet acted on M W  is anxious to know the year of his he aledges [sic] that he served I think three years after the revolution agt the Indians that he did not set fourth [sic] in his declaration. Should the law pass embracing such he could amend his declaration  as to that Service. You will please attend to his business likewise.

Yours Respectfully
Henry Erskine

P.S please attend to the draft
I inclosed yours