Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,408, Samuel Turbutt Wright, Md.
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE
Md.
CONTENTS
Wright, Samuel Turbutt 
Ann
NUMBER 
W.4.408
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Maryland 3283 
Ann Wright 
widow of Samuel Turbutt Wright
who was a Captain 
in the Maryland line 
[intelligible]

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 480 Dollars [left blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5. day of December ‘43 and sent to S.W. Spencer Baltimore Md:

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 — Page 145

Letter to Hon I.A. Pierce Apl 26, 48
Letter to the Hon. A. Evans Apl 28, 48

Dead.
Letter to Hon I. A. Pearce 
July 27, 1848.
(Letter to Hon. A. Evans 
April 27; 1850 —
[intelligible] Spencr, Nov 16/50
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3775 Jan 5.
Md.
7 July ‘38 

admitted 
Capt. $480.

 left by S.W. Spencer
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State of Maryland
Queen Anns County

On this twelfth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty eight before the subscriber: [intelligible] Judges of the Second Judicial District of Maryland personally appeared Ann Wright of Queen Ann county aged Sixty nine years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of [intelligible] July 7, 1838, entitled “An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows” that she is the widow of Samuel T. Wright who was a Captain in the Maryland [intelligible] three and an half years in the service, and he resigned in the year 1779 in consequence of his health having been impaired by confinement, having been taken prisoner at the battle on Long Island. She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel T. Wright on the fourth day of March Seventeen hundred and ninety two as by certificate of marriage will appear: that her husband the aforesaid Samuel T. Wright died in the month of July Eighteen hundred and ten: that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the period of January, Seventeen hundred and ninety-four, [intelligible]: at the time above stated, and she has remained a widow ever since —
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before the subscriber in open Court, before

[intelligible] Ann Wright
E.F.Chambers
P.B. Hopper
J B. [intelligible]

[faintly written at bottom] after Judge Hopper signs get a certificate from the clerk that he is Judge
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State of Maryland 
Queen Anns County
On this twelfth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty eight before the Subscriber Judges of the Second Judicial District of Maryland personally appears Richard P Earle and Thomas C Earle Esq of the County and State aforesaid, and makes oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that they are well acquainted with Ann Wright the person who sign the annexed declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension laws of the United States, that the said Ann Wright is the widow of Samuel T. Wright therein alluded to and who departed this life in the year 1810 — and the said Ann Wright has never married since the decease of the said Samuel T. Wright — 
Sworn to before the subscribes in open Court. E.F. Chambers 
P.B. Hopper 
J.B. Eccleston 

Maryland:  Queen Ann County Court: I hereby certify that E. [full name intelligible] F Chambers, Philemon B. Hopper and John B. Eccleston Esquires before whom the above and foregoing affidavit was made and who have thereto subscribed their names were at the time of the making and subscribing the same and full and Judges of the County Courts in the second Judicial district of Maryland, [intelligible] the Counties of Cecil, Kent, Queen Ann’s duly commissioned and qualified and Talbot and to all their acts as such and faith and full credit is and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as thereon —
In Testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the [intelligible] of Queen Anns County Courts this thirteenth day of November 1838. 
John [intelligible] of Queen Anns County Court
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The Revd
W. Kennis Certificate of W. S. T. Wright’s Marriage with Miss Ann [intelligible] Wright.

[intelligible] March 1792 to be recorded in the Records of Queen Ann County.
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The Reverend W.S.T [intelligible] Certificate of [intelligible] Wright’s marriage with Ann Wright

Received the 4th day of March [intelligible] 1792 to be Recorded, and the Recorded in Lib. S.T.W. No. 2 folio 195 & 196 one of the Record Books for Queen Anns County
[intelligible signature]
Examined
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At Maryland Queen Ann's County

I Samuel Keene Junr Rector of St. Pauls Parish in the said County do hereby certify that on this day, I celebrated the Rites of Marriage between Samuel Turbutt Wright & Ann Wright Daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Wright of Reads Creek, all of the above County according to Law, & the Form of Marriage in the Protestant Episcopal Church of Maryland. 

Given under my hand this fourth
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Day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred & ninety two  — 
Samuel Keene Junr
with [intelligible signature]
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Balt. Oct. 29th 1850

Hon. J.L.Edmunds, 
Sir:
In March, 1848, my aunt, Mrs. Ann Wright, widow of Capt. Saml T. Wright of the Revolutionary Army, died, having at the the time  due her by the department under your [intelligible] $240, being one half of the yearly pension which she had been allowed by Government for some years prior. She desires me, whilst apologising for any [intelligible] may occasion, to respectfully request a reference to that particular account, with a view of ascertaining whether it had ever be paid over, & to whom — as she, being the legal recipient, has heard X with reference to it. By attending to this at your convenience, you will oblige.
by [intelligible] John M. [intelligible]
J.M. Spencer

23 Fayette St
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one of the nine Mr. F. 3 -- 1872. 
Office of the Commissioner.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington. 
Nov. 30, 1907. 
Mr. F. B. Culver, Chief Clerk, Office of Adjutant General of Maryland, Annapolis, Maryland.

Sir: 
In reply to your letter dated the twenty-third and received the twenty-fifth instant, you are advised, that from the papers in the pension claim (Wid. File 4408) of Ann, widow of Samuel Turbutt Wright, it appears that soldier was a Captain in the Second Maryland regiment, date of appointment not stated. Served under General Smallwood, was captured at battle of Long Island, was in service three and one-half years, and resigned in July, 1779. 

He was a resident of Queen Anne County, Maryland, and married on March 4, 1792, Ann the daughter of Thomas Wright of Read's Creek, Queen Anne County, Maryland. He died July — 1810. Date and place of his birth and place of death not stated. 

She was allowed pension on an application executed November 12, 1838, while residing in Queen Anne County, Maryland, aged sixty-nine years and she died March 1848. 

Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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STATE OF MARYLAND. 
OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, ANNAPOLIS. 

November 23, 1907. 

The Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Sir: — 

I am directed by the Adjutant General of Maryland to request (for preservation in the archives of this office) such data as your Bureau may contain concerning the military record and personal history [(crossed out “such”) as date and place of birth, date and place of death), of the following former Adjutants General of this State:

W. 4408 Samuel Turbutt Wright - lieut. 1776, in Capt. Edward Veazey's 7th " Independent" Co., Md. militia, (Rev. War): prisoner at battle of Long Island, August, 1776: Captain, 2nd Md. regt. in 1777. 

W. 26183 John Kilty — 2nd lieut., 4th Md. regt., 1777: 1st lieut., 1777: officer in 3rd regt., Light Dragoons, Continental Troop, 1778 - 1782. 

Very respectfully, 
F. B. Culver 
Chief Clerk. 

[stamp] U.S.A. PENSION OFFICE NOV 25 1907
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1907 Nov. 30. Hist. to F.B. Culver Chief Clerk of of Adj. Gen. of Md —

 Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 4408
Ann Wright 
Wid. 
Saml. T. Wright 
Capt. Md. line
Act: Mch. 3 of 43
Index: — Vol. M, Page 361
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Land Office Annapolis, 19th Oct, 1838, 
Thereby certify, that by a “List of officers of the Maryland Line, remaining in this office, Showing their rank, time of service, when left the service and place of Residence”, it appears that Samuel T. Wright, held the rank of Captain, was three and ahalf years in service, Resigned in July 1779, and resided in Queen Anne's County, and I further Certify, that by the pay rolls of the revolution, also remaining in this office, that Capt Saml T. Wright received pay as a Captain the 2nd Maryland Regiment, 
George G. Brewer
Reg Land off W.J.M.
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3276 
Ann Wright 
$480 

S.W.Spencer 
Pattimore 
Md
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Maryland 
Queen Anns County 

On this 2nd day of August [crossed out July]  Eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before the subscriber an Associate Judge of the Second Judicial district of Maryland, Mrs Ann Wright of the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy Two 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 3d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War — That she is the widow of Samuel T. Wight who was a Captain under Gen Smallwood and taken prisoner at Long Island. That the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7 1838 was Four hundred and eighty dollars — She further declares that she is still a widow — 
Ann Wright 

The declarant is personally known to me — Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written before 
P.B. Hopper

Queen Anns County [intelligible]: The State of Maryland Thereby certify that the Honorable Philemon B. Hopper before whom the above affidavit was made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of making and subscribing said affidavits associate judge of the Second Judicial District of Maryland, Comprehending the Counties of Cecil Kent Queen Anns and Talbot, duly Commissioned and Sworn: InTestimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Queen Anns County Court this 8th day of August 1842. 
John [intelligible]
Sheen Anns County Court

Cost 25 cts
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Ann Wright 
led - 43 - 3283 

Ex by W. Addison 
March 1st 1857
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Baltimore 10th Feb 1852
To the law of Pensions [intelligible]

Sir, 
I am one of the heirs of Major Saml T. Wright’s widow and respectfully request you to permit my attoney Mc.D.D. Addison to examine her papers on file in your office. —
I am very Respt Yours [intelligible]
Serena M. Spencer
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office, 
November 18th 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,” Ann Wright, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maryland Agency, at the rate of Four hundred & 80 Dollars [crossed out “and {blank}  Cents”] per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 of Sept. 1839, to the 4th March 1840. 

Respectfully yours,
Allison H. Parse [signature; last name unclear]
Comptroller. 

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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[Cont’d from prev page or folded page] Since Roll Act 17 June 1844, Ann Wright, widow of Samuel T. Wright, Capt $480 per annum 
To what time last paid? The heirs also desire to be informed to whom paid. 
March 4, 1848 
(Special cases.)

Pension Office
Cole

[intelligible] Auditors Office.
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[cont’d from cut or folded page] Be pleased to inform me to what time
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[vertically written section]
July 27/40
[intelligible signatures]
Atten to
[intelligible]

[horizontally written section]
[intelligible]
J.L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
[intelligible]
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Senate July 25, 1848 

Sir
I have here [intelligible] papers by the executor of Ann Wright deed of Maryland authoring me to receive the [intelligible] of her (revolutionary / pension due her at the decease on March last — But the exec. informs me that he cannot find her original certificate of persons without which the [intelligible] agent not [intelligible] —

Will you inform me what the exec. must do to supply the [intelligible] of the certificate. —

[intelligible signature]
J L Edwards
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3276 Aug 11 /43.
Ann Wright 
March 3rd 1843.
Md 

[vertically written paragrah]
Jas. L. Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Washington

[faded stamp Aug 10]
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Baltimore Augt 10 1843 
Sir,
I herewith enclose the declaration of my aunt, Mrs. Ann Wright, relative to her pension under the act of 3rd March 1843 —
I shall be obliged if you will forward the proper certificate to me, together with such instructions as may be necessary for her to obtain her pension on the 4th [intelligible] 
Very Respectfully [intelligible]
S.W. Spencer 

Jas. L. Edwards Esqr 
Commr. Pensions
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Dear Sir 

You will oblige me by giving answer to the within quared & by returning the letter to [intelligible]
Alin Evans 
April 21, 1850
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1.545 
Maryland 
Ann Wright 
widow of Samuel Turbutt Wright 
[crossed out “who was a pensioner under the Act of”]
who died on [crossed out “the”] the July 1810 of Queen Ann the State of Md.
who was a Capt [crossed out “in the {blank} command by Captain {blank}”] of the Regt. commanded by Col. [crossed out a blank space] int he Md. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Md.
at the rate of 480 Dollars [crossed out a blank space] Cents annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Jan.ry 1835 and sent S. W Spencer Esq present

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $1.200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. ‘39. 240.00 $1.440.00 Act July 7, 1838.

Recorded by [intelligible] Addison Clerk, 
Book A Vol. 2.0 Page 175
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 March 1840 Agt notified 27 Nov 1840
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Maryland Queen Annes County [intelligible]:
I Samuel Keeene Innr: Rector of St. Pauls Parish, in the said County do hereby certify that on this day, I celebrated the rites of marriage, between Samuel, Turbutt. Wright. and Ann Wright, daughter of the late Mr: Thomas Wright, of Reads Creek, all of the above county according to laws and the form of marriage in the protestant Episcopal Church of Maryland.

Given under my hand this fourth day of March in in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety two Saml. Keene Innr:

[intelligible]
Queen Anns County [intelligible]. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is truly taken and copied from [intelligible] S.T.W. [intelligible] folios 195 & 194. one of the [intelligible] Record Books for Queen Anns County.
Given under my hand and seal of my office this 29th day of Oct: 1838. [intelligible signature] of Queen Anns County Courts.