Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32047, Samuel Ward, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE      Va.
Ward, Samuel

NUMBER     S 32047

CONTENTS
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Georgia           16.489
Samuel Ward.
of Oglethorpe in the State of Ga:
who was a pr:  in the  commanded by Captain Collier of the Regt commanded by Col. Gillen in the Va line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 20 Dollars  --- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27h. day of Augt '33. and Sent to Wm. H. Smith Lexington, Ga

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833        40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept -   10
$50 --

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book E   Vol.  6   Page 106


Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th March to 4 Sept 1839.  Agt notified 5 Nov 1840

Paid as above from 4. September 1840. to 4 March 1841.  Agt Notified 24 Feby 1842

[writing vertically oriented going from top to bottom of page, as follows:] Date of death not all  AB
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Samuel Ward,
Georgia

Admit as private
6 mo  $20

Ret

13.
Inty. 1.2.7.
Apl. 12. '33 --
P. 335

Wm. H. Smith
[crosse3d out 'clk. Oglethorpe Co.']
Ga.
Lexington
GCL.
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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Ward  County of Oglethorp in the State of Georgia 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court 

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 

3. How old is he?   79

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

[Service information placed in tabular form with column headings as follows:]
Period. 
Duration of Service. 
Rank.
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

Period.   October In 1780 drafted
Duration of Service.   4 Months
Rank.    As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.    Cap Colier     Col Glein

Period.   1781.  drafted
Duration of Service.   "not less than" 2 Months
Rank.    private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.    Cap Broadnax


5. In what battles was he engaged? was present at the surrender of Lord Conwalis 

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Lunenburg Co. Virginia 

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No living witnesses 

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor               Examining Clerk.
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Georgia }
Oglethorpe County }   Inferior Court__ SItting for Ordinary purposes. Sept Ten -- 1832- 

On this the third day of September eighteen hundred thirty two personally appeared in open Court before Judge Banks_ Coxe _ Pope & Hutchinson, of the Court of Ordinary of Said County now Sitting Samuel Ward a resident of the County & State aforesaid aged 79 years, who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832- That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and Served as herein Stated. 
He was drafted from the virginia Militia - drew he recollects no 10 - Sometime previous to the time of being Called out.  Was ordered in Consequence of Said draft & did rendezvous at Hillsboro North Carolina on 25th. Oct. 1780- thether he marched under the command of William Collier Capt-.  he soon left - Deponent was placed then under command of Ensign - Ferguson - field officers were Genl Green, Col Jno. Glein
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Majr Morris. Was marched from thence to Pedee & stationed at Hicks Creek _ thence in a retreat through Salisbury _ Charlotte Town Guilford Court House _ were fired on by the enemy in crossing the Shallowford of the Yadkin & discharged at Pittsylvanias old Court House on 25th Febry 1781.  Deponent then returned to Lunenburg County Virginia where he resided when first drafted. In the fall of 1781. It again became the duty of Deponent to render Service under the Same draw no 10 - and was called upon & marched from Lunenburg County Virginia to Little York under the command of Capt Broadnax, he thinks Sterling Niblet as Lieutenant. & remained at York until its Capture by Genl. Washington in all this deponent is most religiously confident making a period of More _ & certainly not less than two months the the precise dates his memory Connot now Supply him with. His discharge for the first four months Service under & from Col. Gleim he has lost. He received none at York. 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency
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of any state.- 
Sworn to Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Samuel Ward 

We [crossed out 'Elijah'] [crossed out 'John Lumpkins'] Benjn Blanton a clergyman residing in the county & state aforesaid and John Beasley residing in the Same place, hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Ward who has Subscribed & Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 79 years of age. that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he lives, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we Concur in that opinion.  Majr. Jno Beasley further Certifies that Samuel Ward the applicant lived as overSeer for his Father when he first was called upon & entered the Service- That he Served the first tour Stated by him within his knowledge - & he understood then & has no doubt of the fact that he Served the two months Stated to have terminated at York --- Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid- 
Benjn Blanton M P 
John Beasley 

And the Said Court do hereby declare their
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opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant  was a revolutionary Soldier, and Served as he states. And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Benj. Blanton [crossed out 'Samuel Ward'] who has Signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident as stated and that John Beasley who has also Signed the Same is a resident likewise of this County & State, & is a Credible person & that their Statement is entitled to credit  ---John Banks J.J.C. 
Burl. Pope  J.J.C 
P.W. Hutchinson J.J.C 
Edwd. Cox. J.J.C

I William H. Smith Clerk of the Court of Ordinary do hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Ward for a pension.

 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office this the third day of September eighteen hundred & thirty two. William H Smith clk
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Georgia } 
Oglethorpe County }   Personally came into open Court the Inferior Court of the County aforesaid being now in Session, Samuel Ward, and being duly Sworn deposeth & Saith, that he has no documentary evidence of the Services he rendered in the Revolutionary War, as detailed by him under Oath before the Court of Ordinary of said County at its September Term of 1832.   And that there are now no witnesses living within this Deponents knowledge, by whom he could establish the last tour of Service set forth in the statement refered to.  There I were many persons living in Virginia at the time Deponent left that state, by whom Said Service might have been proved.   But whether now living-- or where removed to is unknown to Deponent.   Majr. Jno. Beasley by whom the first tour is established to have been performed, was privy to it from the fact that at that time Deponent lived with Majr. Beasleys Father.   But when Deponent was called on to perform the last tour, he had left the employment of Majr. Beasleys Farther. And as stated he is wholly ignorant of any living witness by whom could establish the Same. 
Samuel Ward
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
John Landrum Clk  ---
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August 4, 1931

Mrs. Philip A. Spence 
Wytheville 
Virginia  

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section 
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Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.32047, that Samuel Ward, while residing in Lunenburg County, Virginia, enlisted, was rendezvoused at Hillsboro, North Carolina, October 25, 1780, served as a private in Captain William Collier's Company, and under Ensign Ferguson, Colonel John Glenn's Virginia Regiment and was discharged February 25, 1781. 

He enlisted in the fall of 1781, served two months in Captain Broadnax's Virginia Company, and was at the siege of Yorktown. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-nine years and resided in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. 

There are no data as to his family. 

The above is the history of the only Samuel Ward, who served with the Virginia Troops, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.  

Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator.

Date of death not on AB
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
October 28th 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," Samuel Ward, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars [crossed out 'and Cents'] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 4th Sept. 1839 
Respectfully yours, 
Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller. 


To the Commissioner of Pensions Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office, 
Feby 9th. 1842. 

Sir :

Under the date 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," Samuel Ward --- a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars [crossed out 'and   Cents'] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1840, to the 4th March 1841.

 Respectfully, yours, 
Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller. 


To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Ward which require 1further 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 of pension he is entitled? Yes 

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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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 obtain ing it? 

XIII. 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?  no

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? 

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  yes 1.  2 to 7. excp fr 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 recolelection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For --- year -- months, and --- 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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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 objection able. 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.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must 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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Lexington 24h. June 1833 

Dear Sir. 

At the Sitting of the Infr Court to day, Mr S. Ward made an additional of affidavit, amendatory of the paper heretofore forwarded in Support of his right to a Pension.  It is hoped it will now prove Satisfactory to you. It is in the shape of an additional affidavit appended to the Original Paper. I have enclosed also, the printed brief of objections, by the Commissioner, that a reference to it might at once shew that no 13  the only one not already fully answered, was now responded to. 
Very Respectfully Sir Ysvt 
Wm H. Smith.
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[front of addressed, stamped and canceled post card, with writing and printing as follows:]

[round stamp in upper left of card with the following printing inside]  WYTHEVILLE, VA.  1931  JUL 7  1130 AM

[In upper right of card is an imprinted 1 cent stamp containing the bust of Thomas Jefferson which has been cancelled with wavy lines through it]

[an oblong rectangle in center of card contains the following information inside it:]  THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Pension Dept.
Washington
D.C.

[circular date-received stamp is located in lower left of card with following printing inside it:]  U S PENSION OFFICE  JUL 8  1931
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Wytheville, Va.
July 6, 1931 

Dear Sirs,
John Thorton of Franklin Co. Va. was prob. a pensioner of either the Rev; War 1812 or the Mexican war, please see which war. Can. Sarah mar. John Ward.
Also Samuel Ward of said co, and state, was also thought to have been a pensioner of some war above, he died after 5 or 8 years the end of war, aged 100 years or more, died in above place.  His children were, John , Irma. Mautn, Jane, Polly Julia Ann.   Send all dates and data for his or asrd patriotic ancestors.  Thanks.
Mrs. Philip A. Spence.
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32. 047

Revy  INVALID.

File No.  32,047
Samuel Ward
Pri.  Rev.  War

Act :  June 7h   32"

Index :--- Vol.  2 ,  Page. 438

[Arrangement of 1870.]



1931 - August 4 - Hist to 
Mrs Philip A. Spence
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