Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32452, for Oliver Porter, Virginia
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Service
Va.    

Number S. 32452

Porter, Oliver
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Georgia 23.4445
Oliver Porter
of Green in the State of Geo:
who was a Pri in the comma[nd]
by Captain Owen of the Regt command[ed]
by Stephens in the Va line for 6 mo. 26 days 
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 22 dollars 88 cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of 
June 34 and sent to Vincent Sandford - Geensboro - Ga. 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833  57.20                    
Semi-anl.  allowance ending January 24  11.44
$65.64

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 100
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State of Georgia, Greene County on this they 27th day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared before the Honorable the Superior Court of said County Oliver Porter a resident of the county & state aforesaid aged seventy years, who first being duly sworn according law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed June the seventh 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States in the Militia of the State of Virginia & on the 25th of May 1780, that he was drafted for the term of five months, commanded by Capt Jesse Owens rendezvoused at Hillsboro North Carolina, the whole detachment was put into Regt's commanded by Gen'l Stephens he does not recall at the name of the Commander of the Reg't that he served in, but thinks that it was in the reg't. marched from then so to
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Ridgly's Mill twelve miles from Camden South Carolina and thee joined Gen'l Gates on the 15th August 1780, on the 16th was in Gen'l Gate's defeat, the remnant of our Reg't after the defeat rendezvoused again at Hillsboro, from thence marched to Guilford Court House, under the command of Col. Faulkner and was discharged on the 25th Oct. 1780, if any written discharge was given it has been lost or mislaid. - also volunteered in the Militia of the State of Virginia on the 18th of February 1781, and joined Gen Greene's army near  (illegible) Ferry on Dan River, under the command of Capt. Andrew Baker 1st Lieut. Joseph Park 2nd Lieut. Joseph Reed was detached from Gen'l Greene's headquarters under the command of Col Otho Williams of the Continental line of light infantry, and was in a skirmish at Whitills Mills on the reedy fork of the Haw River with the main body of Lord Cornwallis's army on the 8th March 1781.  Also was at the storming of a British Picket guard
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previous to the engagement at Whitsell Mill under the command of Capt Kirkwood of the Maryland continental line and was discharged some three or four days before the 15th March 1781, after a service of one month.  Also some time in the summer of this year (the date he does not recollect) he volunteered & served two days guarding military stores from Prince Edward County to New London in Bedford to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy.  Also volunteered & marched to ( in the same year he does not recollect at the date) to Petersburg Va, under the command of Capt Williamson Bird & after a service of fifteen days was discharged without any (illegible) worthy of notice, with the exception of takeing (sic) a (illegible) and delivering of him to Baron Steuben at Chesterfield Ct. House.   Also entered the service as a substitute for a man by the name of Johnson in the year 1781, about
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the Fifteenth of September under the immediate command of Capt Nath'l Cunningham of the Gen'l. Lawson's Brigade of Virginia Militia, was at the siege of York, & captive of  (illegible) Cornwallis on the 19th day of October 1781, & was discharged ont he 20th October makeing (sic) a service of thirty five days as near as this applicant recollects.  This applicant further states that there is no liveing (sic) testimonary in this state by which he can substantiate the above statement of facts.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever t a pension or annuity except the present and declaires that his name is not on the pension orle of the agency of any state except the present. 

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. 
O Porter

Vincent Sandford, Clk
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Questions by the Court

1st   Where and what year were you born? 
Answer - In the State of Virginia, Prince Edward County in the year 1763.

2nd   Have you any record of your age & if so, where is it.
Answer - I have none but have seen it as above.

3d   Where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you now live?
Answer - I lived at the time of my service in Prince Edward County, Va.  I have resided in Greene  County State of Georgia ever since 1783.

4th  How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute?
Answer - I was drafted & volunteered as set foregoing narative (sic) I was a substitute in the service
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at the siege of York for a man by the name of (blank) Johnson.

5th   State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollects, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer - I have seen Gen'ls Greene, Washington, LaFayette, DeKalb, Gates.  Col's Smalwood & Howard & others of the Continental line Col's Lee & Washington of Light Dragoons.

6th   Did you ever have a discharge from the service, & if so by whom was it give, & what has become of it?
Answer - If I ever received a discharge for any of the terms before stated, they have long since
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been lost, destroyed, or mislaid.

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day & year above written. 
O Porter

State of Georgia  Greene County
The Edwin H Macon a Minister of the Gospel in the County & State aforesaid & Edward H Wingfield residing in the same State & County  hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Oliver Porter who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy years of age and that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
E H. Macon
E H Wingfield
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State of Georgia  Greene County
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that  (blank) who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Count of Green & said State & that  (blank) who has signed the same as a resident in the County of Greene & said State& is a creditable person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
27th Nov 1833  Thos Stocks J. J. C. G Co
                         Geo. Heard J. J. C. G. C
                         A, Hutchinson J. J. C. G C
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Georgia
Greene County }   Personally came before me Thomas Stocks one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of the County & State aforesaid, Oliver Porter 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 period mentioned below to with for Eight months.  I served as a private in the Militia of the State of Virginia & for each service I claim a pension.  This deponant further states that it impossible for him to give a more (illegible) or detailed account of his service then what is set forth in his declaration herewith submitted.  Deponant begs have to refer the Department to Hon Thomas H. Horton a Representative in Congress
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from this State, who he has no doubt will satisfy the Department that his statement may be relied upon as true.
O Porter

Sworn to & subscribed before me this  (blank) Nov. 1833
Thos. Stocks  J J C GC

Georgia Green County    I Vincent Sanford Clerk of the Inferior Court of said county  I hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court on the matter of the application of Oliver Porter for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 27th Nov 1833
Vincent Sanford, Clk
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Oliver Porter
Ga
No. 19548


Rev
Admit as private
1 mo & 21 days
2288


not authenticated
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office
April 16, 1833.

Sir: 

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus}),  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will by complying with this request; greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Oliver Porter

Period when the service was rendered.    
May 1789 drafter disch'd 25 Oct. 1780

Rank of Claimant    Pri.

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.    Capt. Jesse Owens

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers;  Genl Stephens

Battles in which the applicant was engaged   Camden

Country through which he marched      From Hillsboro thence to Ridgeley's Mills rendezvoused again at Hillsboro, from thence to Guilford C.H.

Place of abode when he entered the service,  and age at the present period.   69 years Prince Edward Co. Va.

Evidence by which declaration is supported       Traditionary

Period when the service was rendered
February 1781 Vol   About 6 weeks
1781  vol about 2 weeks

Names and Ranks of Company Officers     Capt Andrew Baker Capt. Kirkwood

Names and Ranks of General  and Field Officers    General Gates, Gen'l Green

Battles in which the applicant was engaged    Siege of York

Period when the service was rendered
About 1st Sept. 1781  Sub.   

Duration of claimant's service   6 months

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions

Name and Rank of Company officers of whom he served    Capt. Williamson Bird Capt. Nath'l Cunningham

Name and Ranks of General and Field Officers    Genl Lawson
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832,

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers,
 all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as (illegible) to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval service.
4.  Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION

In order to obtain the befit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of }
County of                                 } ss.

On this (blank) day of (blank) personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of (blank)  in the county of (blank) and State, Territory or District of (blank) aged (c) (blank) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on this oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) (blank) , with (blank) and served in the (blank) (e) regiment of the (blank) line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officer; the time he left the service; ( and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and state in which he resided when he enered (sic) the service, the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.   [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteer, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any ) only on that of the Agency in the State of (blank). 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

A.B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.  I  (blank) of the Court of (blank) do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of (blank) for a pension.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of (blank) &c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe as declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B, a Clergyman, residing in the (blank) and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with (blank), who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be (blank) years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood 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.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after puttig 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 A.B, and that C. D. who has also signed the same is a resident in the (blank) and is a credible person,  and that their statement is entitled to credit

I,  (blank) Clerk of the Court of (blank) do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the atter of the application of ( blank ) for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this (blank) day of (blank) &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative wit the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.  

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.

1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
4.  How were you called into service; were drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And, if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  { To a Soldier. }  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
    { To an Officer }  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are know in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied i the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The Applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such an applicant, who an testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace,  the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

_______________________________________________________________________________________

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the nae of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension is entitled.  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 swear positively as to the precise length of service; but, according to the best of his recollective, he served not less then 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."
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 to 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 by clearly shown 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 within 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. 
{ Section E is bracketed for special attention}
[f] This law makes the relinquishment indispensable
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

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 papers 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.
{This section is bracketed for attention}

Proof of Service
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is to 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 claimant's entering the services 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.
The notes form [a} to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule is rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories, must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

July 16, 1930

Mrs. Ora Lee Evans
517 W. 4th Street
Owensboro, Kentucky

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 32452, it appears that Oliver Porter was born in 1763 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

While a resident of Prince Edward County, Virginia, he enlisted May 25, 1780, served as private in Captain Jesse Owen's Virginia Company; was at the battle of Camden, and was discharged October 25, 1780.

He volunteered February 15, 1781, as private in Captain Andrew Baker's Virginia Company; was under Captain Kirkwood at the storming of a British picket guard, and in the battle of Wetzell's Mills in a detachment under Colonel Otho Williams, length of service one month.

He volunteered in the summer of 1781 and served ten days guarding military stores, also served fifteen days in Captain Williamson Bird's Virginia Company.

He enlisted September 20, 1781, served as private in Captain Nathaniel Cunningham's Virginia Company; was at the siege of Yorktown, and was discharged October 20, 1881.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 27, 1833, while a resident of Greene County, Georgia, where he had lived since 1785.

There are no data as to his family.

Very truly yours
E W Morgan
Acting Commissioner

(date of death not on AB)
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July 18, 1932

Oliver Porter-S.32452

Mrs. Bama Jennings Porter
#1 University Place
New York, New York

Dear Madam;

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to Nathaniel Porter, a brother of Oliver Porter, whoserved from Prince Edward County, Virginia, in the War of the Revolution, whose record you state might be found in the claim for pension of said Oliver Porter.

The papers on file in the above noted claim of Oliver Porter, have been examined and there is no reference to a brother, Nathaniel

The records of the Revolutionary War have been searched and there is no claim for pension on file based upon the service of a Nathaniel Porter, of Virginia.

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

February 7, 1927

Miss Estelle Penick
Madison, GA.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 32452 it appears that Oliver Porter was born in 1783 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

While a resident of Prince Edward County, Virginia he enlisted May 25, 1780, served as private in Captain Jesse Owens' Virginia Company, was at the battle of Camden and was discharged October 25, 1780.

He volunteered February 15, 1781 as private in Captain Andrew Baker's Virginia Company, was under Captain Kirkwood at the storming of a British picket guard, and in the battle of Watsell's Mills in a detachment under Colonel Otho Williams, length of service one month.

He volunteered in the summer of 1781 and served ten days guarding military stores, and also served fifteen days in Captain Williamson Bird's Virginia Company.

He enlisted September 20, 1781, served as private in
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Captain Nathaniel Cunningham's Virginia Company, was at the Siege of Yorktown and was discharged October 20, 1781.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 27, 1833 while a resident of Greene County, Georgia where he had lived since 1783.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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military history of Oliver Porter..... of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

S.32452

Date of Enlist / Length of Service / Rank / Officers / State

May 25, 1870 to Oct 25 1780 / Private / Jesse Owens / Va
Feb 15, 1781 / 1 month / private / Capt Andrew Baker and Col Otho Williams / Va
Summer 1781 / 1 month, 15 days /  / Williamson Bird / Va
Sept 20, 1781 to Oct 20, 1781 / / Nathaniel Cunningham / Va

Battles engage in:  Gates' defeat Aug 16, 1781; Wetsell's Mills ; siege and surrender of Yorktown

Residence at enlistment:  Prince Edwards County, VA

Date of application for pension:  Nov 27, 1833;  allowed

Residence at date of application:  Greene County, Georgia

Age at date of application:  born in 1763 in Prince Edward County Va

Remarks:  His claim was allowed.  No family data on file
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS BOOK STORE
WASHINGTON SQUARE EAST
NEW YORK CITY

JAMES H. LOTT, MANAGER
TELEPHONE SPRING 9300
DOROTHY M. BORGHS. ASST, MGR.

Bureau of Rev. War Department,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
Will you please let me know if you have any record of Nathaniel Porter, who was a brother to Oliver Porter, and son of John Porter, of Prince Edward County, Virginia. I think he removed from Va. to Georgia with his brother, Oliver. You may be able to find this information from the pension application of Oliver Porter as I understand that there was a
good deal of family data in this war record or service or pension application.

Thanking you very kindly, I am

Yours very truly, 
Mrs. Bama Jennings Porter,
One University Place,
New York City.

Please also state the name of the wife of Nathaniel Porter if it appears among the records.

June 9, 1932
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Madison, Ga.
Dec. 8, 1926
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. D.
Dear Sirs:
In regard to a letter from you some time ago telling me that I would have to give you more dates about Oliver Porter before you could give me his Revolutionary War record.
John Porter & Mary Anthony married in Ireland, moved to Prince Edward Co. Virginia about 1740 raised a family of (5) five sons & (3) three daughters. After the death of John. 
(Wife Mary having died about 1770)
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the entire family moved to Kentucky except Oliver and Nathaniel who moved to Ga. soon after Nathaniel moved back to North Carolina
Oliver (known as Major) married Margaret Watson. Their daughter
Mary Anthony married Fames Fears Oct. 30, 1805, in what is now known as Green or Warren Co. Ga. She died Jan. 8, 1826
Also, William Penick (wife Judy) of Prince Edward Co. Virginia near Hamden Sidney College.
His sons were Charles, William, Robert & Joseph, Robert & Joseph. Robert & Joseph came to Georgia in 1806 & 1808.
I do not know the date of birth or death of William Penick.
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Will appreciate any information you can give me. Oblige Mrs. Estelle Penick P.S. It is my understanding Oliver went from (Green Co. ) ( underscored)
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Record Division                    Oct. 23, 1911.       Mrs. F. X. Burton 723 Main St. Danville , Va - Madam : - In reply to your letter dated the 14 and received the 16 " instant, you are herewith fur. mil. hist of Oliver Porter S 32453 Rev War & advised that the Rev. War pens rec. fail to afford any inform in reg to John Taylor & Archibald Murphey descr by you, and that this Bu. has no record of service rendered prior to the Revolution.
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Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.  Will you kindly give me any information.. .( ? that you might have ) ( illegible ) relative to the following 4  names. John Porter -  ( underscored ) of Prince Edward C. Va. .. ( illegible ) of Res. originally came from Mass. to .. ( illegible ) Norfolk Co. - married Mary Anthony - Probably born around (1700)      ( underscored )   Oliver Porter - ( underscored )   ( 332452 ) son of Whm Porter- was at Battle of
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Yorktown - a lad of about 28 - married Margarett Watson in ( Va.) ( underscored )- moved to ( Ga. ) after the Revolution - 3 ( Not Rev -) Davis Stockton  - a resident of Albermarle Co. Va. about ( 1735 ) ( underscored ) - probably born  ( 1660 or 1670 )( underscored )  Mike Hannah - will be much obliged for any information.
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+ Col Archibald Murphey originally for Penn - lived in Orange Co. N.C.  & commanded a Co of Troops from that Co Member of Committee of Safety in 1774 or 5 - was born Dec. 18" 1742          ( died 25 Oct 1817 )( underscored ) married Jane De Birr who was b. Feb. 25 1750 d. Feb. 1827
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(post mark) [ RECORDS DIVISION  OCT 16 1911 ] All Respy Mrs. F. X. Burton 723 Main St Danville Va. Oct. - 14 " 1911(post mark) [ U.S. PENSION OFFICE O  OCT 16 1911  ] au Oct 20 1911 au
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(left page) 32 452 Recy  INVALID.  File No. 32.452 Oliver Porter Pri Rev War Act June 7th 32" Index:- Vol. S Page 326 [Arrangement of 1870](right pge) 1911 Oct .23. History to Mrs. F.X. Burton 1927 - Hist to Miss Estelle Penick 1980 July 16 - Hist to Mrs. Ora Lee Evans M MHF1982 - July 18 - Ad Mrs. B .J. Porter that there is no ref to Nathaniel Porter in  claim of Oliver
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Porter, Ockelo
GRADE Private
LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6272
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED Oct. 31, 1791
to Isaac Bronson, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General land Office records in The National Archives.