Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41296, Robert Wadsworth, Continentel Va.
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Service: Continental Va. [extremely faint]
Wadsworth, Robert
Number: S. 41296
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5981

Virginia.
Robert Wadsworth
Private
Capt. Westfall
Virginia line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence
the 18 of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of Jany 1819
and sent to J G Jackson Esquire
Clarksburg Va

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 3 mo 18/30  	$28.67
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819	  48. 
						                        $76.67

[Revolutionary claim,   }
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
3 years
Not entitled [very faint]

Right side:
Reinstated
July 21, 1821 & 
sent to B. Wilson
June [?] Clarks burg
Va

Crosswise:
Notification delivered to the applicant in person, at the office, the 12th July 1820 -
Pension Office
City of Washington
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Virginia ss.
 At a Court held for the County of Harrison on the 22nd day of June 1820, being a Court of record established by an act of the general assembly of this Commonwealth, Personally appeared in open Court Robert Wadsworth aged 70 years resident in the County of Harrison Virginia, who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, he enlisted in the year 1776 in the 8th Virginia Regiment in the Company of Capt Abel Westfall Virginia Line, and that his original declaration was made 18 day of May 1818 and the Number of his pension Certificate is 5981. and he also took the following oath viz, "I Robert Wadsworth do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighth 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 my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Services of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18t day of March one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Shedule [sic] hereunto annexed and by me subscribed, Towit I own 5 head of horses 6 cows & 3 Calves. 8 one year old calves 20 head of hogs & pigs 4 [illegible] my house hold furniture and
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farming utentials [sic] are worth 21 dollars. I have due me $14. & am in debt $100.00 [Signed] Robert Wadsworth 
and the said Robert also declared as follows, Viz, "I am by occupation a Cooper but unable to Labour have six in family Viz, myself and children, Robert 16 years old Jesse 14 years old Mary 13 years old Rachal 12 years old and Nancy 10 years old. Their Joint Labour would not support them. 
[Signed] Robert Wadsworth
Sworn to and declared in Open Court on the 22d day of June 1820 
I John Wilson Junior Clerk of the County Court of Harrison Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the shedule [sic] thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing Schedule is two hundred and ten dollars
 In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24th day of June 1820 
[Signed] J Wilson Jr Clk
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Wadsworth
Declaration

Admitted
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Virginia Towit
At a Court held for the County of Harrison on the 18 day of May 1818 & 42d year of the Commonwealth
Present Samuel P Moore, Edward R Jackson, John Reynolds, Joseph Cheveuront, & William A. Rogers Gentlemen Justices before the Court aforesaid personally appeared Robert Wadsworth aged [blank] years resident in the County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval cervices [sic] of the united states in the Revolutionary war" That the the said Robert Wardsworth about in March in the year 1776 enlisted in the war under Captain Abel Westfall on the South Brance off Potomac, in the 8th Virginia Regiment he went to the South was in the Battle at Charles town, in the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown he served about 3 years and 11 months he first enlisted for 1 year, before his time was out he relisted for 3 years got a discharge which is lost he was considerable part of the time attached to Genl Washingtons life guard and that he has no other evidence in his power of his said services and that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his Country
for support -  }   a Copy Teste, J WIlson Jr Clk
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Robert Wadsworth served in the Revolutionary war agt. the Common enemy and from the Declararation [sic] here filed and their belief in its truth from examination of of the said Robert before the court and his standing as citizen in this County. It is ordered that the said Declaration with the Opinion of the Court be certified to the honorable Secretary of War  The Court being fully satisfied that the said Robert did serve more than [illegible] months in the army of the United States agt. the Common enemy & that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his County for support 
 a Copy Teste,  J WIlson Jr Clk
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Virginia ss
I John Wilson Jr Clerk of the County Court of Harrison do certify that the foregoing is truly copied 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this  day of July 1878
[Signed] J Wilson Jr Clk
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January 25, 1935 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Robert Wadsworth, S. 41296 
BA-J/MCS

Dr. W. W. Wadsworth 
Muncie 
Indiana 

Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Robert Wadsworth.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 4196, based upon the military service of Robert Wadsworth. 
He enlisted on the south branch of the Potomac River, the exact place not stated, in March, 1776, as private in Captain Abel Westfall's company in the Eighth Virginia Regiment, served three years and eleven months, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Charleston, and during a part of the time was attached to General Washington's Life Guard.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 18, 1818, at which time he was living in Harrison County, Virginia. 
In 1820 he was seventy years of age and he then referred to the following children: Robert, Mary, Jesse, Rachel and Nancy, aged sixteen, fifteen, fourteen, twelve and ten years, respectively. He did not give the name of his wife. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of this soldier, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid, and possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing the following data: 
Robert Wadsworth, Certificate 5981, issued January 29, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced May 18, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Virginia Agency. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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41296
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 41,296
Robert Wadsworth
Pri Rev War
Act 18th March '18
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 535

Noted on right side:
Apl. 20, 1905 Hist. to Enoch Tetrick, Clarksburg W Va.
1906 Oct. 22 - Hist. to Henry Haymond
1917 Sept. 6. Hist. to Mrs. Jas. J Quinn 
1925-May 2- Hist. to A.E. Wadsworth - MMNF [?]
1935, Jan 25. Hist to Dr. W.W. Wadsworth. W.C.S.
1931 June 8 - Hist to Mrs. Chas. Cresaps [?] Ward  W.C.S.
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applicant 70 years old.
served 3 yrs. 11 mos.
has 2 sons one 16 & the other 14 years old - and
3 daughters aged 15, 12, and 10 years.
no real estate
amt. of schedule $210.

On right side:
Reinstate
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E. B. Jackson
[Crosswise:] Honble. John C Calhoun
Sect of War
[Upside down:] Mr Edwards
J.C.C.
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Congress Hall 

Sir
I am accquainted with Mr Wadsworth who solicits a reconsideration of his case, as within, will more fully manifest, he is laboring under a hydrocele which disables him from labor, he is very old.  I should be gratified of a decision could be made before the adjournment of Congress 
With considerations of high regard 
Your Obt Sevt 
E B Jackson 

Honble. J C Calhoun
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Virginia     Towit
At a court held for the county of Harrison on the 24th day of February 1821 (being a court of record established by an act of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth)
Personally appeared before the Court aforesaid Robert Wadsworth aged 70 years resident in the County of Harrison Va. who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows  he enlisted in the year 1776 in the 8th Virginia Regiment in the Company of Capt. Abel Westfall Virginia line: his original declaration was made May 18th 1818. The number of his pension certificate is 5981 and he took the following oath before said court towit "I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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 18th day of March 1818. That I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is in the schedule hereunto annexed & by me subscribed, viz The whole of my property has been seized for rent & if sold will not pay the amount claimed $150.
[Signed] Robert Wadsworth
and the said Robert further declared as follows
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I am by occupation a cooper but unable to labour Have in family 6 persons myself my son Robert 16 years of age Jesse 14 years Mary 15 years Rachel 12 years & Nancy 10 years of age Their joint labour will not support them.
[Signed] Robt. Wadsworth

State of Virginia	}
Harrison County	} ss	I John Wilson Jr, Clerk of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the records in my office and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said court that the above named Robert Wadsworth hath no property of any kind.
In Testimony whereof  I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 22d day of February A.D. 1821.
[Signed] J Wilson Jr, Clk
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Free

Clarksburg Va
22d February

Edward B. Jackson
In Congress
Washington City
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Clarksburg 22d July 1821 
Sir
I take the liberty of enclosing to you Mr R. Wadsworth's declaration who was formerly on the pention [sic] list but stricken off for having put too much property in his Schedule Altho he at the time owed as much or more then he was worth he is also old and infirm unable to labour & labours under a complaint similar to a rupture of which you have a knowledge if you recollect, the old man says you examined him last fall. it will therefore do him a great favor to present his claims to the Secretary at War in person & urge his right & I have no doubt of success-- please [illegible] the event 
Respectfully yours
B Wilson jr [?]
turn over
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PS the old mans property is now all in the hands of the officers for debts of a greater size than can be paid from a sale of it. he actually to my knowledge owes five years rent at $30. per year which with interest amounts to a large sum for a poor man to meet
[Signed] BWjr
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Mrs. Charles Cresap Ward - 3845 Ingraham Street - Los Angeles, California

5/21/35.
[Stamped] Received May 27 1935

Pensions,
Veterans Administration,
Wash., D.C.

Sir:
Wanted Revolutionary Service and all genealogy in record of
Robert Wadsworth who in 1818 applied for pension from (Harrison Co?) Va. Served under Capt. Westfall in 1776, 8th Virginia Line - & was attached to Body Guard of General Washington part of time he served.
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Thanks.
Service for membership.

Respectfully,
Flora L. Ward,
Chairman, Eschscholtzer Chapter, D.A.R.
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Shinston. WVa.
March 7, 1925.

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
I would like very much to have what information You and give Me in regard. to the War record of My great Grandfather, Robert Wadsworth.
also the record of His Father, Mother and Children
I am respectfully Yours,
A.E.Wadsworth.
Shinston W.Va.


[Stamped]
U.S. Pension Office L Mar 9 1925
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Upper right corner: Revo. Sec. M [?]

Commissioner of Pensions 
Dear Sir, 
Please send full data concerning one Robert Wadsworth, Pri. Va. Line, Pensioned 1818,
Harrison Co. Va.    and oblige -
Yours most Respectfully, 
Mrs. Jas. J. Quinn 
Apt 23 
#557 W. 124th St. 
New York N.Y. 

Aug 16th 1917
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[Stamp] O.W.&N. Div. Files Oct 15 1906

Clarksburg West Va
Oct 15, 1906

Hon. Comr of Pensions
Washington

Sir:
Robert Wadsworth who died in Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia) sometime since 1818 was said to have been a pensioner as a soldier of the Revolution.
Upon examination if you find this to be correct, will you kindly send me a certificate to that effect.
This information is requested simply as a matter of family history.
I am Very Respectfully
Henry Haymond

[Stamp] U.S. Pension Office A Oct 15 1906
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W.W. Wadsworth, M.D.
Muncie, Indiana

[Stamp] Received Jan 18 1935

January 16, 1935.

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-
Please give me a statement of enlistment, service Discharge, Pension and Death of ROBERT WADSWORTH, a Revolutionary Soldier.
It seems he was in the 8th Va. Regiment, under a Captain Westfall. On some of our papers it refers to "I.S.C. Survivors File # 41296, Rev. War."
Thanking you for your attention, remain,
Very truly,
[Signed] W.W. Wadsworth
W.W. Wadsworth.
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[Letterhead]
Office:
50 Jacobs BLDG.
Home Phone 322.
Enoch C. Tetrick
Real Estate and Notary

Clarksburg, W. Va.
April 10th, 1905.
[Stamped] OLD WAR & NAVY FILES Apr 12 1905

Hon. John R. King,
Con'r. of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
I wish to know if Robert Wadsworth of Harrison Co. W.Va. (then Va.) was a pensioner as a soldier of the Revolution at any time from 1818 to 1821. I also wish to know if Joshua Jones [in faint pencil above this name-  [illegible] 20,895] was also a pensioner of the Revolution from Harrison Co. at any time from 1818 to 1840. Wadsworth died near Shinnston in said County in or about 1821 and Jones died near Fairmont in said county near or about 1840.
I would also like to have a synopsis of the important facts about Jones as they appear on the records of your office, where he was born and when he enlisted in the army and under whom he served.
Send me certificates of these facts as I want them in order to join the Sons of the Revolution, at Clarksburg, W.Va.
Yours truly:-
[Signed] Enoch C. Tetrick
50 Jacob Bldg
[Stamped] U.S. Pension Office A Apr 11 1905
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June 8, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXX

DA-J/MCS
Robert Wadsworth
S. 41296 

Mrs. Charles Cresap Ward
3845 Ingraham Street
Los Angeles, California

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Robert Wadsworth who applied for pension in 1818 from Harrison County, Virginia.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 41296, based upon the military service of Robert Wadsworth.
He enlisted on the south branch of the Potomac River, the exact place not stated, in March, 1776, as private in Captain Abel Westfall's company in the Eighth Virginia Regiment, served three years and eleven months, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Charleston, and during a part of the time was attached to General Washington's life Guard.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 18,1818, at which time he was living in Harrison County, Virginia.
In 1820 he was seventy years of age and he then referred to the following children: Robert, Mary, Jesse, Rachel, and Nancy, aged sixteen, fifteen, fourteen, twelve and ten years, respectively. He did not give the name of his wife.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of this soldier, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid, and possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you address
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the Comptroller General, Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:
Robert Wadsworth, Certificate 5981, issued January 29, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced May 18, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Virginia Agency.

Very truly yours
[unsigned]
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section		MMNF

May 2, 1925

A.E. Wadsworth
Shinton, West Va.

Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 41296 it appears that Robert Wadsworth enlisted on the south branch of the Potomac River, the exact place not stated, in March 1776, as a private in Captain Abel Westfall's Company in the Eighth Virginia Regiment, served three years and eleven months, was inn the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Charleston, and during a part of the time was attached to General Washington's Life Guard.
He was allowed pension on hhis application executed May 18, 1818 while a resident of Harrison County, Virginia.
In 1820 he was aged seventy years and referred to his children - Robert, Mary, Jesse, Rachel and Nancy aged sixteen, fifteen, fourteen, twelve and ten years respectively. No reference to his wife.
The above noted is the only soldier named Robert
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Wadsworth found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
[unsigned]
Wilder S. Metcalf.
Commissioner.

[hand written]
Date of death
Nov oer  AB [? illegible]

In under [illegible]
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Robert Wadsworth, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, your will find below the desired information contained in his (or his widow's) [crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S.41296

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.  Mch. 1776 |
Length of Service. 3 yrs 11 mo |
Rank. Private |
Officer under whom service was rendered.  |
Captain.                |            Colonel.
{Abel Westfall      |          [checkmark]
{Attached to Gen. Washington's Life
{Guard part of the time. |
State. 8th Va. regt.
Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Germantown & Charleston.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted on south branch of Potomac river.
Date of application for pension, May 18, 1818. His claim was alld.
Residence at date of application, Harrison Co., Va.
Age at date of application, sixty-eight years.
Remarks: in 1820 he stated that he had six in his family: himself & children: Robert ae 16 yrs., Mary 15 yrs., Jesse 14 yrs., Rachel 12 yrs., & Nancy 10 yrs. No reference to wife.

Respectfully,
[unsigned]
Commissioner.