Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1929, Robert Childress, Va
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Service: Va, Childress, Robert Number R.1929
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act
of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Virginia
Franklin County

On this 2 day of August 1834 personally appeared before
me one of the Justices of the County Court of Franklin
Robert Childress a resident of the State & County afore
said aged 78 who being sworn according to law doth on his
Oath make the following declaration in order to [illegible]
the [illegible] of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
that he entered the service of the United States army
under the following named officers & served as
before stated. the year he entered the service he
can not at this distance of time recollect (his memory
being much impaired by age & disease)-the rest
Of that time in the County of [illegible]-
That he was drafted into the service aforesaid under the
command of Capt. Hudson & March Chickshomany
River & was in service some 25 or 30 days he
believes the latter period but wishing if he errs at all;
(and feels there is great danger of it) to err on the
safe side he therefore puts it down to 25 days;
he dont recollect who were the field officers or if
there was any- he rather thinks there was none--
thinks he was dismissed before he reached headquarters.
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After this (he dont pretend to remember dates)
he was called out for the purpose of guarding
military stores to Williamsburg & was detained in service some, or 8 weeks & probably more but adding on the principle aforesaid; he says 7 weeks;-in this expedition he was under the command of Capt.Hudson - After this he was called out and the command of Capt. Booker & marched some 8 or 10 miles below [illegible] to an old Church & detained in this service some 20 or 30 days- say 20-he thinks there was no field officers not having reached the place of rendezvous before he was dismissed. He was next called out to guard the horses that were collecting by impressments on the [illegible] about & was detained in this service 2 weeks. After this (dates not recollect) He was drafted under the command of Cap Hudson who died and was put under the command of Capt. Deputy. There was three Cols. Randolph, Tucker and Holcomb. He thinks the Judgment to which he belonged was commanded by Col. Randolph. The brigade was commanded by Gen Lawson The Army was commanded by Gen Green. That on this
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expedition he was at the battle Guilford-that he marchedthat the southern part of Virginia & Northern part of 
North Carolina. In this expedition he served [illegible]. He thinks he was disbanded without any regular discharge, but in this his memory does not serve him, that on this last expedition he was [illegible] pointers orderly Sargeant. He recollects distinctly to hold himself in readiness at all times from the time he was first drafted to march at a moments warning and was subject to various & frequent calls to different places of attack & various services but as he cannot specify time & circumstances will any thing like certainly he forbears to attempt it.-- That it will be seen he can only specify with the certainty 6 months & 13 days that he is confident of [illegible] longer line for the hand of service as will be seen above he was able & was frequently called out [illegible] for short periods only-a day or a night at a time- sometimes a few hours only; the [illegible] off & on during the greater part of war. He had formerly that he was entitled to claim from the beginning to the end of his services which would be greatly more
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more than [illegible]: but if he is wrong in this he must submit to be restricted to the time which he is enabled to specify the greatly under what he actually served if his memory would serve him,
which he repeats is greatly impaired by age & disease. This he states however, he can see but little or no difference in [illegible] & at home employed as he was liable to be called out any moment & was so called out frequently as above stated. He knows of no person but a certain John Gill by whom he can prove any part of his service whose affidavit annexed hereto[inserted] that he has no documentary evidence of. He hereby relinquishes every claim whether to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Redress-We John J. Wells and Stephen Leighton residing in the same County aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert
Childress who has subscribed & sworn to above declaration that we believe him to be 78 or 79 years of age & that he is [illegible] & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in
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that opinion subscribed the day & year aforesaid [illegible] And I Benjamin Booth one of the [illegible] of the County Court of Franklin do declare in my opinion that the said Robert Childress is to able to attend Court without great inconvenience and I do hereby furthermore declare my opinion [illegible] investigation of the matter & after [illegible] the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states & I certify that it appears to me that John J. Wills Stephen Serguson (there being no dargman in the neighborhood convenient to be had) they residing in the neighborhood & county aforesaid & having sign the same are creditable person intitled to full faith.
Benjamin Booth J. Cty Ch.
credit
 I Moses G. Carper Deputy Clerk of the County Court of Franklin do hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceedings had before Benjamin Booth in the [illegible] of the application of Robert Childress.
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as a pension & I further certify the [illegible]
Benjamin Booth is one of the Just [illegible]
County Court aforesaid & due faith & [illegible]
to be given to his acts as said of Benjamin Booth in his proper testimony whereof I have say my
hand & affix the seal of the office [illegible] the
County Court of Franklin this 7th day of
August 1834
Moses G Carper deputy
for Caleb Tate, clerk of
Franklin County Court
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August 8, 1939
BA-J/AWF
Robert Childress
R. 1929

Mrs. Cora C. Ginnings
314 North Ward Street
Macomb, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of
Robert Childress of Prince Edward County, Virginia
.
You are furnished herein the record of
Robert Childress as found in claim for pension,
R. 1929, based upon his service in the War of
the Revolution. This is the record of the only
Robert Childress, under any spelling of the
surname, found in the Revolutionary War pension
records of this office. You were furnished
this record May 18, 1932.

The date and place of birth of Robert Childress,
and names of his parents are not given in the claim.

Robert Childress applied for pension August
2, 1834, at which time he was seventy-eight years
old, and living in Franklin County, Virginia.
He alleged that while residing in Amelia
County, Virginia, he served with the Virginia troops,
as follows
About twenty-five or thirty days in Captain
Hudson's company; again in same company about seven
or eight weeks guarding the military stores in
Williamsburg; about twenty or thirty days in Captain
Booker's company; about two weeks as a guard over
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some horses; three months as orderly sergeant in
Captains Hudson's and Dupuy's companies, Colonel
Randolph's regiment, and was in the battle of
Guilford Court House. He gave no dates of any
of his service.
The claim for pension was not allowed as he
did not furnish proof of six months' service, as
required by the pension law.
The papers on file in this claim contain no
discernible data relative to his family of Robert
Childress

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Hon. N. H. Claiborne
11 Sept 1839
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War Set
P.O
Sep 11 1834

Hi
the new declaration of Robert Childress made
in August 1834 has been received and placed
on file awaiting the reception of his original
paper which were returned to you on the 28th
June 1833. Before a decision can be made all
the papers relative to a claim must be transmitted
to this Department.
The affidavit of Aden Gills in support of
this claim is ended. It should be taken
over again in detail and with the certificate
of credibility required by the regulations

N. H. Claiborne
Rocky Mount
[illegible]
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Department of War
Pension Office
Jan 29 1835
Sir

I have examined very carefully the declaration
Of Rob Childress and find that for the want of conformity to the rules of the Department, no favorable [illegible] can be had on his claim.
the claimant admits that from loss of memory from age, he is totally unable to give the period of his alleged service, but claims for one & 13 days actual service- The applicant it seems lived in the
in his or County of Amelia in Va.- He states in his 3 [illegible] that he was [illegible] and “called out and march [illegible] 8 or so miles below Petersburg to an old church and declared the 20 days. He think there was no field officers, not having reached the place of [illegible] before he was dismissed from the foregoing [illegible]. it is apparent that the applicant is in an error as to the duration of the [illegible]:- he was probably marched some fifty miles, but before[underlined] reaching the place of rendezvous, he was dismissed or released home. This man could not have
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occupied [illegible] more than five or 6 [inserted]days. He also claims as a part of the and of the [illegible]13 days, fourteen days served in guarding same pass that had been [illegible] by impressments, this serve is [illegible]: The added to the deduction made on the third day of 14 days, will [illegible] the service [illegible] 6mo.
In placing the most favorable construction
upon this claim it present [crossed out] leaves upon my mind my stray doubts whether the applicant for that appear in his declaration is at the present time fully adequate to the task of stating his service with any degree of certainty, with the exception of the [illegible] tour and Capt Hudson that [illegible] by proof. The papers are placed upon [illegible]

[illegible]
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Hon. N.H Claiborne
H.R
Rob [illegible]
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Bedford County Court
The affidavit of John Gees of the said County
of Bedford taken before me Arthur J Manson
one of the Justices of the peace for the said County, on the 9th day of May 1835, who being first duly sworn states, that he was acquainted with [illegible] Childress of the County of Amelia from their boyhood, up to the time of the revolutionary War that this affiant served one tour in Capt Hudson's Company of Militia in said war, which was under the command of General Lawson, and the saidChildress was Sargeant in said Company, who with this [illegible] was in the battle of Guildford and this affidavit well recollects of seeing said Childress hearing off Capt Moon, who was wounded during the engagement. This affiant recollects that at Hudson was taken sick and died on his way home and was handed in the command by Capt Dee [illegible]. This affidavit states that the said Robert Childress is now alive and resides in the County of Franklin
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in the State of Virginia, and further this [illegible] not 
John Gills

the above
affidavit was sworn to and subscribed be
before me this 9th day of June 1835
[illegible] J Manson

I do hereby certify there I have been acquainted with [illegible] of Bedford County for many years, and that he is entirely respectable, and that his statements are entitled to the utmost credit.
Given under my hand this 9th day of May 1835
[illegible] J. Manson
-
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State of Virginia
Bedford County
Sch.
I John R. Steptoe Deputy for Robert [illegible] Clerk of the County Court of said County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Nathaniel L. Manson who has signed the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same and acting Justice of the peace in for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court this 10th day of January
1835 in the 59th year of American
Independence

Jno. R. Steptoe DC
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Robert Childress
Virginia
Suspended
[illegible] 11Sept. 1834 [slashed through]
29 Jan 1835 [slashed through]
Hon N.H. Claiborne [slashed through]

1929
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Rev. and 1812
[illegible] Section
[illegible]

May 18, 1932
BA-J/AWF
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Robert Childress
R. 1929
Referenc

Mrs. Cora C. Ginnings
314 North Ward Street
Macomb, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request information in regard to Robert Childers
or Childress, a soldier of the War of the
Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained
from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 1929,
based upon the Revolutionary War service of Robert
Childress,
He alleged that while residing in Amelia County,
Virginia, he served with the Virginia troops, as follows:

About twenty-five or thirty days under Captain
Hudson; again under Captain Hudson about seven or
eight weeks to guard the military stores at Williamsburg; under Captain Booker about twenty or thirty days;
about two weeks as a guard over some horses; and three
months as orderly sergeant under Captains Hudson and
Dupuy and Colonel Randolph and was in the battle of
Guilford Court House. He gave no dates of any of his
service.

He applied for pension August 2, 1834, then a
resident of Franklin County, Virginia, and was seventy-
eight years of age.

His claim was not allowed as he did not furnish
proof of six months service, as required by the pension
Law. There are no data relative to his family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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February 15, 1929


Miss Rose Bybee
108 Brown Street
Glasgow, Kentucky
Madam;

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, R.1929, it appears that Robert Childress
applied for pension August 2, 1834, at which time he was
living in Franklin County, Virginia, aged seventy-eight
years, and alleged that while residing in Amelia County,
Virginia, he served in the Virginia Troops as follows:
About twenty-five or thirty days under Captain Hudson;
was called out to guard military stores at Williamsburg and
served seven or eight weeks under Captain Hudson; served
under Captain Booker about twenty or thirty days; again
served about two weeks as a guard over some horses, and
served three months as orderly sergeant under Captains
Hudson and Dupuy and Colonel Randolph and was in the battle of Guilford, no dates of service given. His claim was not allowed as he did not furnish proof of six months service as required by the pension law. There are no data as to family.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Pension Bureau
[illegible] Wash. D.C
Dear Sirs
Does the name of
Robert Childress-(dres-ders) appear on your roster of Revolutionary War veterans?
In looking up D.A.R credentials for myself.
This is my family tree:
Robert Childress 1782 - 1791 who
lived in Prince Edward Co. Va
his son John Childress
his son John Milton Childress
his son Newton Childress who was my father.
my son has lately done
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Research in archives at Richmond and made a complete chain of my forbears. 
Thanking you for the desired information I am very resp[illegible].
(Mrs.) Cora Childress Gennings. 
314 North Ward St. 
Macomb [illegible]
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314 North Ward St.
Macomb Ill.
April 11, 1932
Dear Sir:
Do you find on your records that “Robert Childers” of Va. served in the Revolutionary War? I am looking D.A.R. credentials. This name “Childers” is often spelled“Childres” and “Childress” even among our immediate relatives. my grandfather and grandmother were first cousins and yet spelled their names differently. I thank you for your services.
Respectfully,
(Mrs.)
Cora Childress Gennings
[stamped] Received Apr 13 1932
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Glasgow, Ky, May 16, 1928.
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C
Will you please send me the War Record of Abraham Spencer [underlined], Va.- in the Revolutionary War- also of Robert Childs [underlined] (Childers or Childress) of Goochland Co. or Franklin Co. Va. 
Yours truly
Miss Rose Bybee
108 Brown St.
Glasgow Ky,
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1929, Oct 15 [illegible] to
Miss Rose Bybee [underlined]
1932 May 18 lies to
Mrs. [illegible and smudged]
1939 Aug 8- list to Mrs.[illegible]
1929
Rejected [stamped]
O. Robert Childress
Service:
listed:
Discharged:
Application filed:
The limited list of 1852 shows reasons for suspicion
Alleges: “for further proof and
Re-enlisted: specification”
Attorney:
P.O
Recognized.
Cert. of Dis. 
Searched for