Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,552, for Richard Talbot, Maryland
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Talbot, Richard

NUMBER
S. 40,552

CONTENTS
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16.635
Ohio
Richard Talbot
Monroe Co. in the state of Ohio
who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Hall of the Maryland
ine, for the term of 2 years


nscribed on the Roll of Ohio
rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 15 of June 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 of Apr 182?
and sent to the
Hon. S. Smith
House of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1820 $413.24
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1820, 120

20 mon 16/30  4/51     $543.24

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.

(?) See letter to Hon. J. Chancy
A.R. April 21. 1834
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Point Harmen
16,670
Richd Talbot
Monroe Co. Ohio
Henry Jolly
Jus.
Point Harmen Ohio
recd 21. 1820
Honorable John C. Calhoun, Esquire
Secretary of the Department of 
War Washington City DC
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State of Ohio 
Washington County ss ⎬ 
On this 15th day of June 1818 
Before me one of the Associate Judges in the said 
County, personally appeared Richard Talbot aged Sixty 
Six years, resident in Monroe County in said state of Ohio who being by me first duly sworn according to 
Law doth on his oath make the following declaration 
in order to obtain the provision made by the late  
act Congress, Entitled an act to provide for certain persons 
Engaged in the land and navel [naval] Service of the United 
States in the revolutionary war that he the said Talbot 
Entered the United States Service an Ensign in Capt Edward 
Harwood Company, Col. Josias C. Hall Regt [regiment] Maryland line about the first of 
June in the year 1776 that he continued to serve in said 
Regt untill about the seventeenth of March in the year 
1778 that he then Resigned his Commission of Lieut. 
Adjutant into the hands of the said Col Josias C. Hall and 
that he fought in the battles of White Plains [Brandywine?] 
Germantown [illegible] that he is in reduced circumstances stands in need of the assistance of his Country 
for support and that he refers to Gen. Samuel Smith 
of Baltimore for proof of Service 
Richd Talbot 
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid 
Henry Jolly Associate Judge 

I Henry Jolly Associate Judge as aforesaid Do certify that 
it appears to my satisfaction that the said Richd Talbot 
did serve in the revolutionary war as above stated 
against the Common enemy for the term of nine months on Continental establishment and now transmit the 
proceedings and testimony held before me to the Secretary 
for the Department of War agreeable to the Direction of the 
aforementioned act of Congress-- I further certify that he is in reduced circumstances 
Henry Jolly Associate Judge
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State of Ohio 
Washington County ss }
As Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and 
for the said County, I do hereby certify that the Honorable Henry Jolly Esquire, who hath signed his 
name to the within certificates then was and now is one 
of the Associate Judges of said Court duly appointed commissioned 
and qualified agreeably to the Laws of said 
State, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be 
given to all things by him thus certified as well in Courts of Justice as Elsewhere. 
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my 
hand and affix the seal of said Court 
at Marietta in said County this thirteenth 
day of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty. 
Geo. Dunlevy [?]
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As it appears that Mr. Talbot first application for a pension has by some means been lost or mislaid we thought proper to make out another which is in substance the same with the first. If there is any deviation it is in the date Mr. Talbot appears very certain that the date was between first and 20th of June 1818

March 10th 1820
Henry Jolly
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Bottom of form

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Richard Talbot S.F. 40552

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment - June 1, 1776
Length of Service - Mar 17, 1778
Rank - Ensign, Lt. and Adjutant
Officer under whom service was rendered
Captain - Edward Norwood
Colonel Josias C. Hall
State - MD

Battles engaged in - White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown
Residence of soldier at enlistment - checkmark
Date of application for Pension - June 15, 1818, His cl was al.
Residence at date of application - Monroe Co Ohio
Age at date of application - 66 yrs
Remarks - no data as to family

There is no record in this Bureau of Rich'd Talbot or (Tallbot) having served in the War of 1812 - EW 3-13-23
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[Stamp] U S PENSION OFFICE 
FEB 28 1894

1730 Wazee St. 
Denver Colorado 
Feb. 24th 1894 

Dear Sir
Your communication of the 14th inst. 
received, please accept my thanks 
for the same. 
The information I desire has nothing 
to do with the pension department; and I first addressed adjutant Generals of Virginia 
and Maryland. At Richmond Va. I was informed  that the records had been destroyed 
by fire. I wrote to Maryland and was 
directed to the U.S. Pension Department. 
What I desire to know is if there 
was a Col. Williams in the Revolutionary War (England & America) from Va? Or if there was a  Capt. Talbot in the same war, from 
Maryland. I am unable to give the initals [initials]
or christian name of either. If there is a 
Capt. Talbot with any initials from Maryland 
it is sufficient as the Talbots of 
Maryland are all related. The same I think (but not so sure) is true of the Williams
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[Stamp] U S PENSION OFFICE 
FEB [?] 1894

State of Maryland 
Adjutant General Office 
Annapolis, Jan 15th 1894 

Rev. Frank W. Henry 
D Sir—
I have the honor to 
acknowledge receipt of your Communication under date of Jan 11th inst. And would respectfully refer you to the Office of the “Commissioner of Pensions” where the records of the 
Revolutionary war are deposited. The Maryland records were removed to the War Dept at Wash city years since.
Very Respectfully 
Hy. Kyd. Douglas 
Adjutant General 
D 
C & S 
A.G.O.
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[STAMP] U S PENSION OFFICE
FEB 2 1894

[STAMP, mostly illegible] WAR AND NAV 
FEB 5 1894

730 Wazee St. 
Denver Colorado 
Jan 29th 1894, 

Dear Sir 
Will you kindly inform 
me if a Capt Talbot (from Maryland 
I think) was in the Revolutionary 
War? I am not certain whether 
he spelled his name Talbot or Tolbot. 
Please return the enclosed letter from the Adjutant General of Maryland. 
You will greatly oblige me 
by giving the information sought. 
Very truly yours 
Frank W. Henry, Rector 
St. Peter’s Church 
(Episcopal) 
Denver Colorado.
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[STAMP]  U S PENSION OFFICE
FEB 28 1894

[STAMP]  MAR 2 1894
FILES

O. W. & N. Div.
F. S.
M. E. C. 

[Letterhead]DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
M. E. C. WASHINGTON, February 14, 1894.

[Note:] No Wid

Sir:-
In answer to your communication of January 29” asking for 
certain information relative to the military service of one Capt. 
Talbot, you are advised that before satisfactory search can be 
made by this Bureau it will be necessary for you to supply the 
officer's full name. You should also state, if possible, his 
place of residence before and after service and the christian 
name of his widow, if one survived him. 
Please return all papers with your reply. 
Very respectfully, 
Wm. Lochren
Commissioner

Rev. Frank W. Henry, 
1730 Wazee St., 
Denver, Col.
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SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE 
BOUGHT-SOLD-LOANS 

TELEPHONES: BUSINESS, WORTH 9534 RESIDENCE FREEPORT 615-M

FRANKLIN GRIER 
COUNSELOR AT LAW 
299 BROADWAY 
SUITE 400-404 
NEW YORK CITY 
February 3rd, 1923. 

Office of Commissioner 
of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 
Gentlemen:-
I am writing for the military record of Richard Tallbot, born [illegible] 25, 1753- died Dec. 22, 1821. He is supposed 
to have enlisted at Marietta, Ohio, then Northwest Territory , 
and served in the Revolution, attaining the rank of Colonel. 
Some of his decendents [descendants] think he served also in the war of 
1812 and was breveted Brigadier General. None of this information 
is official. Kindly advise me if the records of your office disclose such service and if I can have an official 
transcript of the same. 
Respectfully yours, 
F. Grier

[STAMP] Pension G 
US FEB 5 1923
Office
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3-871 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
RECORD DIVISION 
Briefed by JFB 
Orig. 
Cert. 
Claimant 
Soldier Richard Tallbot. (Talbott)
Service   War 1812, 

No ____claim, Service record___, 19
____, Clerk
No Claim, Alph'b record ___, 19
____, Clerk


REMARKS: No 1812. 
No O. W.   JFB 3 / 13 / 23 

J.H. Wood 
Chief Division
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Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D.C. 
Dear Sir
Have you any records 
of one William Talbott of Maryland 
[Interlined note, partly illegible] S40552 or S 47552
or Richard Talbott of Maryland or 
Virginia serving in the Revolutionary War. 
an early answer would be 
much appreciated by 
Mrs William D Caldwell 
#814 N. Cleveland Ave 
Canton Ohio. 
Jan 8 - 1912 

[Stamp:] U S PENSION OFFICE 
JAN 10 1912. ack

[Stamp:] JAN 12 1912 aw
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Mr J.L. Davenport 
Commissioner: 
Dear Sir: 
Would you 
kindly give me the Military 
history of Richard Talbott, a 
soldier  of the Revolutionary 
War from Virginia or Maryland. 
Thanking you in 
advance. I am 
Very Respectfully 
Mrs. Grace B. Arnold 
Ironton
Ohio.

128 S. 5th St.
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[STAMP] U S PENSION OFFICE. D MAR 22 1912

[STAMP with handwritten initials] 
ack MAR 26 1912 aw
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Pension Office
Washington D.C.

Will you be kind enough to tell me whether pensions for service in the Revolutionary War were ever granted to Richard Talbott or John Lawrence Talbott, both of Ann Arundel County, Maryland.

Any information which you may be able to give me will be greatly appreciated.

Respectfully yours
H T Westermann
4435 Forest Park Bl
St. Louis, MO October 23, 1912
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[Pencilled notes at top of page:] OW&N    C


Greensburg Ind 
Feb 4th 1907 

Pension Bureau, 
Will you 
kindly tell me whether any 
Talbott ever drew a pension 
for Revolutionary service.
I am more interested in 
John and Richard C. Talbott. 
Will be very grateful 
Truly Yours 
Mrs Eliza Talbott Woolverton 
or
Mrs Ben K.Woolverton 
Greensburg Ind 

R.R. 2 - box 50 P.S. 
If so, please give me the perticulars [particulars] 

 over

[STAMP:]  OW&N FEB 6 1907
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Would also like to know if 
John Trimble of near Greensburg 
Pennsylvania ever 
received a pension 
Eliza K Woolverton

[STAMP:]  U S PENSION OFFICE FEB 6 1907
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
War Department
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[?] 2 April 1820 
Sir/
I am [?] with your note 
of yesterday in which you require a certificate 
from me “as to the circumstances 
of Richard Talbott 
of Monroe County (Ohio) as necessary before he can 
be placed on the pension list.“ I have not [seen?] 
Mr Talbot for many years and am entirely ignorant of his [pecuniary?] affairs. [illegible] 
that he is poor, afflicted with the Rheumatism 
unable to work and has a large family. The 
Judge certifies “that he is in reduced circumstances 
Therefore conforming to the letter of the law, to which he also has Sworn.  under [?] requisite law a pension be returned unless you have a good Cause 
to believe that he is perjured and that the Judge has 
connived at the perjury. I am [?]
your obt Sevt
S Smith
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Pen File 40552, Richard Talbot (only)
Appln. June 15, 1818. Monroe Co. Oh
ae 66

June 1, 76 - Ensign Capt. Edw. Norwood 
Rt. Adjt. Col. Josias C. Hall
Resign Mch 17 1778
Md line

Bat. Wh.Pl. Brandy- Germ -
[Battles White Plains, Brandywine Germantown]

No John Talbott
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8 -- 595. 
O. W. AND N. DIVISION. 
Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
Feb. 7 1907 
Searched by Gill 
Original No. 
Certificate No. 
Claimant, 
Soldier Richard Talbott 
Service Rev. War 
Remarks: No claim except lnv 40. 552 

Chief of Division.
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Left Side Page

40552
Revy INVALID

File No 40552
Richard Tablot
Lieut. Rev War

Act 18th March '18
Index Vol 3 Page 500

[Arrangement of 1870.]

Right Side Page

Mch 14/94 - Sent hist to Rev F W Henry 1730 Magee St Denver Col.
1907 Feb 19 - History to Mrs. Ben K Woolverton
1912 Jan 20 - Hist to Mrs. Wm D Caldwell
1912 Mch 27 - Hist to Mrs. Grace B Arnold 
1912 Oct 28 - Hist to H F Westermann
1923 Mar 13 - Hist to F Grier