Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,942, William Guill, Va.
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[Typed form, handwritten response]
Service Va Guill, William Number S.6942
carded
contents
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[typed form, handwritten responses]
Virginia 12.948
William Guill
of Halifax in the State of Virginia who was a pri. in the company commanded by Captain Allen of the Regt commanded by Col Allen in the Virginia line for 9 months and 2 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 30 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of June '33 and sent words on Hughes -- Halifax C. H. Va.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 -- 60.44
Semi-ant allowance ending 4 Sept " -- 15.11
 $75.55
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, 
Book E. vol 6-- Page 9

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[handwritten]
Letter to 3 Auditors 28 Sept 1839.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 4 Sept 1838. Agt notified 15 Oct 1839.
Paid as above from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 March 1839. Agt notified 2 April 1840
Letter to J B Stovall 20 Aug 1841 [year underlined]
Dead
Paid as above from 4 March to 4 Sept 1840. Agt Notified 25 Oct 1841
Paid as above 4 Sept 1841 to 1 April Agt Notified  20 Dec 1841
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No 21989
William Guill Va
Return to
Admit as [illegible]
9 mo and 2 days 
$ 30.22
Woodson Hughes
[illegible, crossed out]
Halifax C. H.
Halifax County 
Court Va.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office
11. May ---- 1833 [handwritten]
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 a 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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more 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. 
[typed table, handwritten responses]
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Guill Halifax Co Va
Period when the service was rendered. || Duration of the claimant's service./ Years. | Months. | Days. || Rank of the claimant. || Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. || Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. || Battles in which the applicant was engaged. || Country through which he marched. || Place of above when he entered the service, and age at the present period. || Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
1780 --  PoC - Nov }
1781 -- VoC March 1
"   Gt Aug 1                       ||
Discharged in February 1781 3 & upwards
14
2.5 
3 13
9.2                     ||
Pri
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Capt -- 
Allen
" Nelson
" Cunningham    ||
Col -- 
Allen
" Holem             ||
Guilford.              ||
Va
Va                        ||
Aged 70 
Prince
Edward
Co Va.                 ||
Traditionary        
[typed]
I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 Clerks 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, noncommissioned 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 benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of } ss.
On this      day of     personally appeared (a) before     A.B. a resident (b) of      in the county of       and State, Territory or District of   aged (c)   years, who being first duly sworn, according to 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 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with      and served in the       (e) regiment of the        line, under the following named officers:
[here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [symbol of pointing hand] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He nearby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or 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         
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 applicant was a revolutionary solider, and served as he states. 
I       of the Court of        do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of        for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this     day of      &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proofs 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 a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the      and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify,. that we are well acquainted with        , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be        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 nearby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting 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.     who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the      and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I,      Clerk of the Court of       do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of      for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal      of office, this     day of     &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 the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and is the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the 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 you 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 you 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 known 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 in 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 applicant, who can 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 the 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 selloff 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. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
[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 [illegible].
[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 name 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 he 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, deposits 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 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 pensions 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 too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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, be 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 with an 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. 
[f] The 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 be 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.
Proof of Service 
[handwritten brackets around this section] [j] In a case where the name of the applicant is now found in 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 service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. [first part of sentence underlined] 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 from [a] to [I] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [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. 
[Handwritten signatures]
Dyer Castor
CH [illegible] Clerk
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I Samuel Williams Clerk of the County Court of Halifax do nearby Certify that the within [foregoing, crossed out] is a correct copy of the affidavit, filed in my office, and I do also certify that John S. Lewellen before whom the within affidavits of David Street and Nathaniel Carter were taken is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Halifax and that signatures to the originals are genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this 28 day of may 1833
Saml. Williams
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I David Street a Clergiman working in the county of Halifax do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Guill who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That I believe him to be seventy one years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to be a person of truth, and to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I concur on that opinion. David Street.
This day David Street a person of credibility and truth came before me and made oath to the above statement given under my hand the day and year aforesaid.
John S Lewellen J. peace
Halifax County Court:
This day Nathaniel Carter personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid, and which said Nathaniel Carter is a person of credibility and one who is believed to be a person of truth, and made oath that he is well acquainted with William Guill who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that he believes the said William Guill to be 71 years of age and that he is generally reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I concur in that opinion Given under my hand the 21st day of May 1833. John S. Lewellen
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Virginia Halifax County St:
On this 27th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County Court of Halifax now sitting William Guill a resident of the said county of Halifax and State of Virginia aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to 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 7th 1832. 
That he volunteered and entered the service of the United States as a private on the first of [Dec crossed out] November 1780. He started from the county of Prince Edward and state of Virginia in a Company then under the command of James Allen as Captain and Alexander M Clark as Lieut. which company at that time belonged to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Allen and which belonged to a Brigade then under the command of General Robert Lawson He marched from the county of Prince Edward aforesaid to Banks old store in the county of ^Amelia at which place Capt. Allen was taken sick and the company placed under the command of Capt. Nathaniel Cunningham. He then marched directly to the town of Petersburg Virginia, at which place he remained till the 14th of February 1781, on which day he received discharge from Col Charles Allen. This tour of duty was three months and fourteen days. He again volunteered and marched as a private from the county of Prince Edward on the 1st day of March 1781 in a company under the command of Ambrose Nelson as Capt. and Josiah Morton as Lieutenant which company belonged to a brigade commanded by General Robert Lawson. He marched directly after entering on the service of his second tour of duty to Guilford Court House in the estate of North Car- [North Carolina, continued on next page]
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olina [North Carolina, continued from preceding page] passing through the counties of Charlotte and MecKlenburg in the state of Virginia & crossing Roanoke River at Taylor's ferry, then to Guilford Court house, where he remained untill after the battle that was fought at that place on the 8th of March 1781. He was in the said battle and marched from there sometime after it was fought to a place called Ramey's Mill, on Deep River where he remained [where he remained repeated, crossed out] in service untill the fifth of the ensuing mo. at which time he recd a discharge from Colonel Philip Holcomb. the length of time which he was in service on this tour was two months and five days. He again on the 18th of August 1781 Marched from the said county as a substitute for one John Davidson who was a private, in a company commanded by Capt Nathanial Cunningham [illegible, crossed out] and Lieutenant Josiah Morton to little York in Virginia passing through the counties of Cumberland, Amelia and to old James Town. He remained at little York in service 'till the 1st of the following November. He was in service on this tour three months and thirteen days. 
He regularly received written discharges at the expirations of the several tours which he served, and preserved them many years, but knot knowing, or believing that they would ever be of service to him, he consequently paid no attention to their further preservation and they became lost or destroyed. He does not know by whom his discharges were signed as he is wholly illiterate.  He was born in the County of [Prince Edward crossed out] King William Virginia; he has no record of his age, but from his memory and calculations, together with what he has always been informed
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by persons older than himself residing in his neighborhood, he believes that he is about 71 years of age. He was raised in the county of Prince Edward Virginia where he resided untill sometime subsequent to the Revolution. He now resides in the County of Halifax, Virginia where he has resided for more than thirty years. He Knows of no person now living by whom he can prove his service & has no documentary evidence of it. He here relinquishes every every claim Whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 
William Guill
Questions by the Court
Where and in what year were you born?
Answer: I was born in the county of [Prince, crossed out] King William and from the best evidence that I can obtain in the year 1761.
Question. Where did you live when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Ans: When called into service I lived in the county of Prince Edward, and have lived in the said countys of Prince Edward and Halifax ever since I now live in Halifax Virginia.
Q How were you called into service?
Ans The two first tours which I served I Volunteered, and the third tour I went as a substitute for John Davidson. 
Ques: State the name of some of the regular officers [with, crossed out] who [you served, crossed out] were with troops, where you served
Look on page 4
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4 Such continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services?
I recollect that a regiment that was with me at York, from Campbell & also one from Bedford. I do not recollect the names of any the officers, except a Major from Campbell that I think was named  Brice. The particulars are detailed in my declaration. 
Did you receive a discharge from the service [from the service, repeated, crossed out] if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
I received my [first crossed out] discharges from the first tour of duty from Col. Charles Allen, from the second tour I recd my discharge from Col. Philip Holcomb, and from my third tour I received it from Capt Nathanial Cunningham.
State the names of some of the persons in your present neighborhood who can testify to your character veracity and their belief as to your services as a soldier of the revolution. 
Nathanial Carter & David Street know me well & can testify as to my character for truth. William Guill
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[paragraphs crossed out] : And the said court do hereby believe the [illegible] opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
[paragraph crossed out]: I Samuel Williams Clerk of the county court of Halifax do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said court in the matter of the application of William Guill for a pension. In testimony
And the said cout do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the above named applicant
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. 
I Samuel Williams Clerk of the county court of Halifax do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Guill for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 28th day of May 1833
Samuel Williams
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[typed letter template, handwritten additions]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 11th, 1841.
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," The widow of William Guill, dec., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va Agency at the rate of Thirty -- Dollars and 22 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1841.
Respectfully yours, 
Albion K Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present
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William Guill Va -- Act 7th June 1832
$30.22 per Ann
To What time last paid
Pension Office}   pd to the 4th of March 1840
20 August 1841                                            JH
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[typed form, handwritten response]
6942
Revtnary [Revolutionary]
INVALID
File No. 6942
William Guill
Pri Rev. War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 154
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[typed letter, handwritten additions]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office
October 1st, 1839-
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," William Guill, -- a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va Agency, at the rate of Thirty --- Dollars and twenty two Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837, to the 4th of Sept. 1838.
Respectfully, yours, 
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller. 
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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[typed letter, handwritten additions]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 17th 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," William Guill, -- a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va Agency, at the rate of Thirty -- Dollars and twenty two Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838, to the 4th March 1839. 
Respectfully, yours, 
Albion K Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
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[illegible] Aug 14
Halifax CoHo
July 28th
[illegible]
J L Edwards Esq
Comm. of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Halifax CH Va
27 July 1841
Dear Sir
I wish you to inform me when the last payment was made to Wm Guill a Pensioner of the U.S, under the act of June 7 1832, at the rate of 30.32 thirty dollars & thirty two cents per annum Va agency payable at Richmond, as the aforesaid Pensioner is dead and I wish to draw the arrearage of Pension due him
Respectfully 
J B Stovall
J L Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
-- Washington DC
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[typed letter, handwritten additions]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 9th, 1841.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act 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," The widow of William Guill, dec., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va Agency, at the rate of Thirty -- Dollars and 22 cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1840 to the 1st April 1841.
Respectfully, yours, 
Albion K Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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[typed form, handwritten response]
The National Archives 
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Guillam, John GRADE Private LINE Artillery Artificers of Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 13150 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 28, 1789 
to Richard Smith, 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.