Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38477, Elisha Winn, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Winn, Elisha S. 38477
CONTENTS
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12618.   Alabam. 
Elisha Winn      
Of Madison Cty: in the state of Alabama who was a private in the regiment commanded by Capt. Johnson of the 6th Regt. Virginia for the term of 2 yrs:
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 
Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 30’th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21’st of July 1819 and sent to Roy Pope, Esq
Huntsville, Alabama
Arrears to 4’th of March 1819 
Semi-anl. 4 Sept: 1819.               $136.34
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
[illegible]
2 years from 1776 Madison county

Notification sent to [illegible] Le Roy Pope 1st June
[illegible] Alabama
Name not on AB
1835 shows cty issued July 21 1819 [illegible]
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The State of Alabama
Madison County

Circuit Court
September term 1820

Schedule of the Estate income of Elisha Winn of Elisha Winn of Madison County State of Alabama.

     A negro woman served you between forty & fifty years, afflicted with the Rheumatizm and her child a girl about six years old, the labor of the two not more than sufficient to cloath and maintain them. 
                                       Elisha Winn

I Elisha Winn do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner whatever disposed of any property or any part thereof with interest thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of congress written act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18’th day of March 1818, & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property except as stated in the above schedule and my necessary cloathing & bedding; or security contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income further than what is 
contained in the schedule hereto assigned and by me subscribed     Elisha Winn
Sworn to & subscribed in open court September term 1820
L Mead clk CC
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Elisha Winn of the county a pensioner under the provisions of the act of congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the eighth day of March one thousand and eight hundred and eighteen came into open court and subscribed a Schedule of his whole estate and become & took subscribed and produced the oath required by the act of the first session of the sixteenth congress passed the first day of May eighteen hundred and twenty And after due inquiry it was considered by the court, that the income or annual value of said property was not worth any thing Ordered that the Clerk of the court certify to the Secretary said Schedule and oath together with the opinion of the court herein
I Lemuel Mead clerk of the Circuit court of Madison county certify that the foregoing and true copies of the declaration of Elisha Winn & his Schedule and affidavit is filed in said court at September term 1820 & of the order by said court made therein In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name & affix my private seal (there being no seal of office) at said office the 1st day of November 1820
L Mead seal
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I Clement C. Clay chief Justice of the State of Alabama & Presiding as Judge of the circuit court of Madison county certify that the foregoing attestation of Lemuel Mead Clerk of said court is in due form given under my hand and said state the 2d day of Novr 1820 C. C. Clay
12618
isd July 1819
Con
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Alabama Territory of the United States Madison county Sct
The declaration of Elisha Winn made on oath, before me Charles Bett one of the Judges of the county court of said county
The said Elisha Win saith that he resides in said county and has resided in the same for four years last past
that in the month of February one thousand seven hundred and seventy six he resided in Lunenburg county Virginia and then & there enlisted into the company commanded by Captain James Johnson of the Sixth Virginia Regiment in the continent service that he remained in service in said company and Regiment until the month of February one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight when his term of service (agreeable to his inlistement) expired and he was honorably discharged at the Valley Forge in Pennsylvania As well he recollects his discharge was signed by Brigadier General James Weldon He has lost said discharge That he has several children is nearly blind & cannot see well enough to carry on  & perform the business of a farm
That from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support said Winn for their states that he is the same
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Elisha Winn to whom an allowance in land was paid several years since for his services in said company & regiment during the period aforesaid Elisha Winn
the declaration aforesaid this 30th day of April 1878 at said county of Madison was by said Elisha Winn sworn to & subscribed before me
[illegible]
this day came Richard Bacon before the aforesaid Charles Betts & having duly sworn says that from his childhood untill about three years since (when he removed from the county) he has generally resided in Lunenburg county Virginia That in February 1776 he resided about seven miles from the residence of the above named Elisha Winn in said county of Lunenburg
That said Winn about the last of February or sometime in the early part of the year 1776 marched from said county for the lower part of Virginia in Capt James Johnson company of the Sixth Virginia Regiment in which the applicant was then informed and believes said Winn enlisted a private soldier
That to the best of this applicants recollection said Winn was absent
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Elisha Winn _ Priv:

6th Virginia Regt
1776 -- for 2 yrs
30th April 1818-
circumstances

On roll

This claim will be
admitted when the 
applicant is in
Judge shall certify that
admitted when the
applicant is in
indigent circumstances

Admitted
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from Lunenburg County about two
years [crossed out: about] and then as well as this
affiant recollects and as he believes returned
home _ That this affiant together
with said Elisha Winn in the year
1779 marched to Stono in South 
Carolina in the Militia Company
commanded by Captain Joseph
Winn of Lunenburg County Virginia
Richard Bacon
Sworn to & subscribed before 
me at said county of Madison
this 30th day of April 1818

I certify that from the affidavits
and Testimony aforesaid, it appears to my
satisfaction that the above named Elisha
Winn served in the Revolutionary War, against
the common enemy, in the aforesaid company
of Captain James Johnson of the
Sixth Virginia Regiment, for the time
of Two years from the month of February
1776 - Given under my hand at 
Madison County in the Alabama Territory
the 30th day of April 1818
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Alabama Territory of the United States, Clerks
office of Madison County Court Set
I Henry Minor Clerk of said Court
Certify. That the within named Charles Betts
before whom the foregoing affidavits of Elisha
Winn and Richard Bacon were taken and who
has subscribed the foregoing certificate of the
proof before him made [corssed out, illegible] is and was
on the aforesaid 30th day of April 1818, one of the
Judges of said County Court of Madison
duly commissioned and sworn
In Testimony whereof I
hereto affix the seal of said
Court and subscribe my
name at Kentville the
6th day of May 1818
Henry Minor Clk

Le Roy Pope Chief Justice and
Presiding Magistrate of the aforesaid County Court
of Madison County, certify that Henry Minor
who has subscribed the foregoing certificate
is Clerk of said Court and that his attestation
aforesaid is in due form _ Given under my hand
at said county the 6th day of May 1818
Le Roy Pope C. J
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January 22, 1936

Elisha Winn-S.38477
BA-J/AWF

Clara B. Dean
Shawnee Woods
Knoxville, Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you
request information in regard to Elisha, William,
James, John, Peter, Samuel, and Richard Winn, both
of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 from Lunenburg
County, Virginia.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War
and War of 1812 data and the limited trained clerical
force available for furnishing such information, it is
not possible to comply in full with each request
for such data.

The record of Elisha Winn of Lunenburg County,
Virginia is furnished herein as found in pension
claim, S. 38477, based upon his service in the War
of the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of this soldier
are not given, nor are the names of his parents
stated.

While residing in Lunenburg County, Virginia,
Elisha Winn enlisted sometime in February, 1776,
served as a private in Captain James Johnson's Company
in the 6th Virginia Regiment, and was discharged
at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, sometime in February,
1790 [corrected to 1778]. He served in 1779 in a militia company commanded
by Captain Joseph Winn of Lunenburg County,
Virginia, and marched to Stono, South Carolina, length
of this service not shown.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
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April 30, 1818, at which time he was living in
Madison County, Alabama, where he had resided
four years. He at this time referred to several
children, but did no state any names.

In 1819 one Banister Winn was a resident of
Madison County, Alabama; his relationship to the
soldier, Elisha Winn, is not shown, nor is it
stated that the Captain Joseph Winn under whom the
soldier served was a relative.

If you desire information in regard to the last
payment of pension, name and address of person paid,
and possible the date of death of this pensioner,
you should apply to The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C.,
and cite the following:

Elisha Winn
Certificate # 12618
Issued July 21, 1819
To commence April 30, 1818
Rate $8.00 per month
Act of March 18, 1818
Alabama Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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38477

INVALID.
Revy

File No. 38,477
Elisha Winn
Pri Rev War

Act: 18" March 18"h
Index:-- Vol 2, Page 567

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1936 June 22 Hist to Clara B. Dean

1940 May 13 hist  to Cong., John
Sparkman for Mrs. B. W.
Gandrud. See his letter in
this claim AWF
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The Secretary of the Department of War is very
respectfully informed, that communication for Elisha Winn &
Shadrach Ready addressed to Col Le Roy Pope, Lemuel Mead
Esqr Clerk of the Circuit Court, or to Henry Minor _ [Illegible]
will be promptly conveyed to them

Shadrack Ready case filed with my claims
and to be taken up when this schedule is
acted on _
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Mr. Richard Bacon William Baker and Banister
Winn of Madison County, Alabama Teritory, do
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Elisha Winn (who has petitioned to be placed
on the Pension list of the U. States) and feel no
hesitation in saying that said Winn is [inserted: in such] indigent
circumstances as to stand in need of assistance
from his country, Given under hands this 21"
June 1819
Richard Bacon
William Baker
Banister Winn

Madison County Alabama Teritory SS
The above certificate of Richard Bacon William
Baker and Banester Winn, was this day sub[part of page missing]
& and sworn to before me this 21st June 1818
CP Betts

I Charles Betts one of the Judges of the coun[part of page missing]
Court of Madison County in the Alabama Teritory [part of page missing]
certify that by the above affidavits it is proved
and appears to my satisfaction that the above
named Elisha Winn is in indigent circustance [sic]
& stands in need of the assistance of his country
for support. Given under my hand at said
County this 21st day of June 1819
CP Betts
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I Henry Minor Clerk of the County Court of Madison
county, Alabama Territory certify that Charles
Betts Esquire, before whom the Testimony was taken on
the application of Elisha Winn for a pension (as an
indigent soldier of the continental line), and who has
certified said Testimony & proceedings had before him
as well on the 21st day of June 1819 contained on
this paper as on the 30th day of April 1818, 
contained on the paper hereto annexed is and was
in said 30th day of April 1818, and on said 21st day of
June 1819, one of the Judges of said County Court
duly commissioned & sworn, and that full faith
& credit is to be given to his official acts as such
as well in Court as thereon
In Testimony whereof I hereto affix
the seal of said Court & subscribe my
name at said Clerks office in Huntsville
the the 24th day of June 1819
Henry Minor Clk
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Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
May 2, 1940

RECEIVED
MAY 10 1940
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM. 
READER # 9

JOHN SPARKMAN
STH DIST. ALABAMA

MILITRY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

SECRETARIES:
HAROLD T. POUNDERS
MERLE FREEMAN

Major General E. S. Adams
The Adjutant General
War Department
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
I am enclosing a letter from Mrs. B. W.
Gandrud, of 311 Caplewood Terrace, Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, which is self explanatory.

If the records of the persons mentioned
in her letter are available, I shall appreciate
your giving me information which will enable me
to reply to her letter.

Sincerely,
John Sparkman

Enclosure

P. S. Please return the enclosed letter for my
files when it has served its purpose.

5 AGO
MAY 3 1940
Received 10 = 40

MAY 11: 940
MAIL SUB-DIV
CONGRESSIONAL #1
VETS ADM

RECEIVED
MAY 3 1940
OLD RECORDS
DIVISION
A. G. O.
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Shawnee Woods,
Knoxville, Tennessee,
Dec. 30, 1935

RECEIVED
JAN 2 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADMIN
READER 1

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Some time ago I wrote you asking you for the war records
of John Winn (or Wynn ), Peter Winn and Samuel Winn who fought in
the War of 1812.
You said that you had no record of John Winn of Tennessee and
that from the meager information furnished by me you could not
identify the record of any particular Peter Winn or Samuel Winn.
I shall give you what information I have about these two, or rather
about the Winn family that I am interested in tracing, and hope
that you will be able to help me.
My great-grandfather was Archer Winn from Lunenburg County,
Virginia. We believe that he was the son of Peter Winn of that
county and that his father was dead when Archer came to Robertson
County, Tennessee, in 1816. Archer had relatives living in Sumner
County and in Montgomery County, Tennessee. So we would be inteested
in a Peter Winn from Lunenburg County, Va., from Sumner County, Tenn.,
from Montgomery County, Tenn., or from Robertson County, Tenn. It is
likely that Archer's father was still in Lunenburg in 1812, though.
The same would be true of Samuel, who might have been Archer Winn's
father. Have you a record of a John Winn from Lunenburg?
There is also a Richard Mourning Winn, (sometimes he was
called Richard and sometimes Mourning ) who fought in the Battle of
New Orleans. He was from Sumner County, Tennessee.
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I do hope I have given you enough to enable you to trace the
Peter Winn who was originally from Lunenburg, at least. We are
so anxious to know about his family and we have exhausted other
sources.
Thank you for your past help.
Sincerely yours,
Clara B. Dean

RECEIVED
JAN 2 1936
READER 1
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                              Shawnee Woods,
                              Knoxville, Tennessee,
                              Jan. 30, 1935

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
     I am in need or records about some members of the Winn family who were citizens of Lunenburg County, Virginia.  Elisha Winn, William Winn and James Winn enlisted in Capt. James Johnson's Company in the Sixth Va. Regiment during the Revolution.  Elisha was corporal and I believe he applied for a pension because I know he was wounded.  William Winn was listed as sergeant, though I find a record of a Capt. William Winn of Lunenburg who may or may not have been the same man.  James Winn was corporal.  
     I shall be most grateful if you will send me what records you have about them, and their descendants.

                                           Sincerely yours,
                                           (signed) Clara B. Dean
                                           Clara B. Dean

(stamped)
Received Jan 2 1936
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A. G. 201 Winn, Elisha
(5-2-40) CR 1st Ind. MN

War Department, A. G. O., May 8, 1940. To the Veterans Adminstration,
Washington, D.C. Attention: Miss Nevitt.

1. Inviting attention to the basic communication with inclosure
and to letter of acknowledgment, a copy of which is inclosed.

2 Inclesures:
Letter 29 - 40
Copy of letter 5-8-40.

E. S. ADAMS
Major General,
The adjutant General.
By

RECEIVED
MAY 10 1940
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM.
READER # 9
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(COPY )
WAR DEPARTMENT
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL' S OFFICE
WASHINGTON
May 8, 1940. ESA

A. G. 201
Winn, Elisha
( 5-2-40 ) OR

Honorable John Sparkann,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Sparkran:
Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of May 22, 1940, inclosing
one from Mrs. B. W. Gandrud of 311 Caplewood Terrace, Tuscaloosa,
Oklahoma, who requests copies of the Revolutionary War pension records
of Elisha Winn and Gallenus Winn of Alabama.

The renew Elisha Winn and Gallenus Winn (or Wynn ) have not been
found on the records on file in this office of Georgia soldiers in the
Revolutionary War. During the period of the Revolutionary War Georgia
embraced the territory now known as Alabama and Mississippi.

The collection of Revolutionary War records on file in this office
fice is incomplete, but it is possible that the desired information
may be obtained from the Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

As the pension records of Revolutionary War soldiers are on
file in the Veterans Administration, this city, your letter with
inclosure, has this day been transmitted to that Administration for
consideration.

Very respectfully,

E. S. ADAMS
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
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[Crossed out: VETERANS ADMINISTRATION WASHINTON]  May 13, 1940

[Handwritten: "This letter belongs in", and arrow drawn to Elisha Winn].
BA-J/AWF
Elisha Winn-S.38477
Galanus Winn-S.14849

Honorable John Sparkman
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Sparkman:

Reference is made to your letter, in which was
enclosed one from Mrs. B. W. Gandrud of 311 Caplewood
Terrace, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who requests the Revolutionary
War pension records of Elisha Winn and of
Gallanus Winn, both of Madison County, Alabama.

Elisha Winn-S.38477

The data furnished herein concerning Elisha
Winn were obtained from papers on file in claim for
pension, S. 38477, based upon his service in the War
of the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of Elisha Winn
were not given, nor are the names of his parents
shown.

While a resident of Lunenburg County, Virginia,
Elisha Winn enlisted sometime in February, 1776,
served as a private in Captain James Johnson's company,
in the Sixth Virginia Regiment, and was discharged
at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in the month
of February, 1778. He served in 1779 in a militia
company commanded by Captain Joseph Winn of Lunenburg
County, Virginia, and marched to Stono, South Carolina,
length of this service not stated.

He was allowed pension on his application

[Added in pencil: See her letter in this claim
the remainder of the letter was
Galanus Winn S. 14849 [Illegible]
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2 -

executed April 30, 1818, at which time he was living in
Madison County, Alabama, where he had resided
four years. He at this time referred to several
children, but gave no names.

In 1819 one Banister Winn was a resident of
Madison County, Alabama. It was not stated that he
was related to the soldier, Elisha Winn, nor is it
shown that the Captain Joseph Winn under whom he
served was a relative.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible family data.

Should Mrs. B. W. Gandrud desire information
in regard to the last payment of this pension, name
and address of person paid, and possibly the date
of death of this pensioner, it is suggested that
she apply to the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and
furnish the following data:

Elisha Winn
Certificate # 12618
Issued July 21, 1819
Rate $8.00 per month
Commenced April 30, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Alabama Agency.