Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,156, for Peter Peck, Virginia
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Va.    Peck, Peter                   S.18156
carded
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See letter to H.J. Fisher & P. AG
5 June 1837
H.GJ. Fisher, 15 June 1857
do to 3d Aud. Dec 6 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from the 4th Sept 1837 to 4 March 1839. Agt. notified 19 Dec. 1839.

Virginia   (illegible)
Peter Peck of Mason in the State of Virginia who was a private in the ___commanded by Captain ___ of the Regt commanded by Col. Tipton in the Va. line for 9 months - 

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 30 Dollars ___ ents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of pension issued the 18th day of May 3? and sent Hon. J.S. Allen, H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1834           90-
Semi-anl. allowance ending $ Sept.        15
       $105-

{Revolutionary claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk
Book E  Vol. ?  Page 28.
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20876
Peter Peck Va

Admt. as private
9 mo $30

Return e f m
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office,
14th May 1833
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 show 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.
A Statement, showing the service of Peter Peck Mason Co., Va.

Period when the service was rendered.
Enlisted 1775 wd Regt. Va line
Col.
drafted
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Duration of the claimant's services.
(illegible)
-3-
not spec'd
ditto

Rank of claimant.
pr.
pr.
"
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Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Cap. Tanton
Capt. Tate
Cap. Cunningham
Lt. Wilson

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Gen. Muhlenberg
Col. forgotten
Col. Tipton

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Brandywine
Guilford
Yorktown

Country through which he marched.
Pa.
Va. N.C.
"
"

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
77
Shenandoah 
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"
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Evidence by which the declaration is supported.  
Trady,  witness who swear that he saw Peck in the war

     I am, respectfully,
          Your obedient servant,
            J.L. EDWARDS,
            Commissioner of Pensions.

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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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, non-commissioned offices, 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 

     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 first being 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; (and if he served, under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers:} the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service;  the battles, if any, if which he was engaged and the country through which he marched.  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 hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll or any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____.                         A.B.
     Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
     [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, 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 have 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 proof 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) herby 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 days and year aforesaid.
     [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
     And the said Court do hereby 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. 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 product 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 product such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in 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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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means or 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 ex-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 now live?
     How were you called into service;  were you drafted, did you volution, 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 the 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 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 the 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 seal of 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.

(The following are small type footnotes at the bottom of the page.)

[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 guidance.
[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 claim cannot be had.  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 Just of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that, by reason 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 pension 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 ribbons, 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.
     [j]  In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on 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.  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.
     [j]  The notes from [a] to [i] are 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.

(right margin next to Proof of Service)
first tour

Proof of service will be required.

W.L. Williams Cx. Clerk
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Virginia Mason County: to wit 
On this Third day of December in the year of our Lord 1832 personally appeared before 
the County Court held before the Commonwealth's Justices of the peace in and for the County of Mason Peter Peck a resident of the Lower platts [?] in the County of Mason and State of Virginia who was born on the 18th day of August A.D. 1755 and is now aged 77 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year A.D. 1777 when he was about 22 years of age in the County of Shenandoah Virginia for one year in the second Regiment of the Virginia Line (it is believed) under the following named officers and detailed circumstances. The Company into which he enlisted and served his time was commanded by one Thomas Tanton, or Taunton [?], he immediately marched through Maryland and in that State was attached to a Regiment commanded by a Colonel whose name is now forgotten – he marched 
with that Regiment into Pennsylvania and after reaching headquarters was placed under the 
Command of General Muhlenberg – was at and fought in the battle of Brandywine after that battle retreated with the main body of the American Army – Captain Tanton's Company and this applicant was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Tipton under his Command was at and engaged in the battle of 
Germantown – after the aforesaid battle he was marched to Virginia and was engaged principally at and in the vicinity of Portsmouth Virginia which was then in the possession of the British at the expiration of his term of Enlistment, he was discharged in the 
County of Shenandoah and his written discharge then obtained was soon lost in consequence of his then and still believing that he was not entitled to any Land. He then volunteered for three months in a Company under Captain James Tate marched to North Carolina Joined the Army under General Green 
and participated in the battle of Guilford Court house North Carolina and after that battle
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his term of service expiring he was discharged in North Carolina and returned to Shenandoah Virginia. He was then drafted in the County of Shenandoah and served under the Command of Captain Cunningham was at Portsmouth Virginia principally while discharging this tour of duty – there he hired a substitute to finish his tour and went to Augusta County Virginia. 
And when there was again drafted and [several words obliterated by an ink blot] Captain 
whose name is now forgotten but his Lieutenant's name was Jno Wilson during 
this tour of duty he aided at Yorktown Virginia in capturing Lord Cornwallis and was detached 
on the happening of that event to guard the prisoners taken at Yorktown to Winchester Frederick County Virginia where he was discharged his term of service there expiring. 
The last mentioned tour of duty but one the applicant can and will prove by Thomas Waddle of the County of Mason Virginia who saw this applicant in actual service whilst he himself was in a like manner serving his Country at Portsmouth Virginia. He has no written discharge of any kind having lost them all. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the 
present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State 
whatever. 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
                      Peter X Peck Sen.
                       (x his mark)

We Isaac Robinson of the County of Mason and Thomas Waddle of the County of Mason hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Peck Sen. who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six 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 and that there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood of the applicant.

Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid.
                    Isaac Robinson
                    Thos. Waddle
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Personally appeared in open Court Thomas Waddle who made oath that he saw Peter Peck senr. who has signed and sworn to the above declaration in the service of his Country as a soldier in the revolutionary war at Portsmouth Virginia whilst he the affiant was himself serving a tour of Militia duty.    
                    Thos Woodel 
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid.

And the said Court do declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department thus the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Isaac Robinson and Thomas Waddle who have signed the second preceding  certificate are residents of the County of Mason are respectable and credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and further that their ages are approximately such as to induce the Court to have full reliance that they are old enough to have participated in the revolutionary war and that Thomas Waddle the witness who has given the last preceding affidavit and certificate is well known to this court and is old enough to have participated in the period of the revolutionary war.
     I Thomas Lewis clerk of the county court of Mason County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of application of Peter Peck for a pension.
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in Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 9th day of December A.D. 1832 and in the 57th year of the commonwealth.
                 Thos. Lewis Clk

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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Virginia Mason County: to wit 
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Mason and Commonwealth of Virginia the within named Peter Peck who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent will also of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise day of his entering war leaving the service the different times he was in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War – But according to the best of his recollection he entered the Service in his first Tour of duty or Enlistment as mentioned in the within declaration on the 15th day of June 1777 and was discharged on the first day of July 1778.  – But he is positive that he was on that occasion one year and the Service and 
believes a few days over during the whole of which period he served in the ranks as a private soldier – His second Tour of Duty in chronological order is the third enumerated in the within declaration – but is now marked with red ink "Second Tour of Duty".  He entered the service in performance of this tour of the 1st of November 1778 and discharged the 1st of February 1779 having served three months as a private soldier – His third Tour of duty in chronological order is the second narrated in the within declaration but is now marked "Third Tour of Duty" in red ink.  
He entered the service in performance of this tour of Duty sometime in the month of February, the precise day not recollected but believes it to have been on or about the 14th day 1779 as he well recollects that he was in the battle on the 15th day of March of that year and that the battle was fought the day after he joined the Army and that from the distance marched and the times spent in preparation therefore that it must have been about a month before the battle that he 
joined the troops.  This Tour of duty he also served as a private soldier and was discharged in the month of May somewhere between the 12th and the 20th. His fourth and last Tour of duty was entered upon also as a private soldier as near as he recollects on the 17th day of September 1781 and believes that he was discharged about the 20th day of December the same year – this affiant may possibly have made some mistake as to the dates not having learnt in his youth and still being unable to read or write but there is one thing which he positively asserts that he cannot be mistaken about and that is that he faithfully served 
his country during the war of the revolution one year & nine months at least and for such 
services he claims a pension. 
Sworn and subscribed to before me the 17th day of June 1833
                          Peter X Peck
                          (X his mark)
                          A. Waggener
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And by way of supplement to the declaration the following interrogatories were put to me the applicant which with the answers are as follows 
Question 1st Where and in what year were you born? Ans.  In Lancaster County Pennsylvania in the year 1755 on the 18th of August 
2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? Ans.  I have no record of my age I only know it by knowing how old I was when I left my father's house. 
3rd Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the 
Revolutionary War and where do you now live? 
Ans.  I was living in Shenandoah County Virginia when I enlisted in the year 1777 and at 
the expiration of that and of each successive tour of Duty I always return to that County where my parents lived since the Revolutionary War I have lived a part of the time in Shenandoah County Virginia, but for the last 30 years I have lived in Mason County Virginia where I still continued to live. 
4th How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a 
substitute, and if in substitute, for whom? 
Ans.  I was called into the service at various times in various ways – the first of my 
service was by Enlistment for one year – the second time I was drafted the third time I 
volunteered – the fourth time I was drafted – I never was a Substitute for anyone 
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you 
served, such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general 
circumstances of your service. 
Ans.  At this distance of time I cannot recollect the names of any other of the regular 
offices other than what is set forth in my declaration.  Moreover I am not certain whether all of the officers there mentioned 

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were regular officers but in addition to my declaration I will repeat the names here again with some additional ones not therein inserted – my Captain's name Thomas Taunton the name of the Colonel who commanded the Regiment to which I was attached first I do not recollect – but General Muhlenberg commanded the brigade to which the 
Regiment I belonged to was attached.  After the battle of Brandywine I know General 
Washington commanded the Army and further no that General de Lafayette was in the Army at the time and was in the battle – After that battle Colonel Tipton commanded the Regiment to which I belonged and I further note that at the battle of Germantown the Army was commanded by General Washington my Captain's name who commanded my second tour of duty was Cunningham there were at Portsmouth Virginia Colonel Mathews and Bowyer the name of the General officer not recollected – my third Tour of duty was under Captain Tate who was killed at 
the battle of Guilford Court house – there the Army was under the Command of General green my fourth and last tour of duty was under a Captain whose name as I have stated in my declaration I did not name and cannot yet recollect my Lieutenant's name was John Wilson at Yorktown I know that General Washington commanded the Army and I saw there again General de Lafayette I do not recollect any particular Continental regiments but well know that Continental or regular troops were with us at Brandywine, Germantown, Guilford court house and Yorktown at which last place there was a great many French troops. 
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given 
and what has become of it? 
Ans.  I believe that I have received more than one discharge but by whom it was given if 
by the word given is meant signed I do not know as I could not read writing or print – my 
discharges are all lost long ago. 
7th 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 in your services as a soldier in 
the revolution. 
Ans.  Among the many persons to whom I am known in my present neighborhood the 
following are some – known to the Government viz. Doctor Jesse Bennett, William Sterrett, Esqr., Late clerk of the court of Mason County, Thomas Lewis Esquire, the present Clerk of the County Isaac Robinson – Thomas Waddle, Benjamin Thomas Esquire, the Post Master at Point Pleasant as well as nearly all of the Justices of Mason County amongst the number of which the Justices put to me the question I am answering – I have no doubt that all those as well as many more to whom I am known can testify to my character for veracity – and their belief of my service as a soldier of the revolution. All of which answers were sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the County of Mason Cty
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Thomas Lewis Esq the present Clerk of the County Isaac Robinson- Thomas Waddle - Benj. Thomas Esq the Post Master at Point Pleasant as well as nearly all of the Justices of Mason Cty. amongst the number of which the Justices who put to me the questions I am answering.  I have no doubt that all these as well as many more to whom I am known can testify to my character for veracity - and their beliefs of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.  All of which answers were sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Maston the 17th day of June 1833.     
                           Peter X Peck Sen
                            (X his mark)
                             A Waggener

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES   

I Thomas Lewis Clerk of the Couty Court of Mason County do hereby certify that Andrew Waggener whose signature is subscribed to the supplemental affidavit written on the same Street with the original application (which Street is attached to this case by passing a red Ribbon under the Public Seal of office as well s my private one) and that the Signature of the Same Justice on the Same Page with this certificate are Genuine and that the said Andrew Waggener was and is still an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Mason duly commissioned and qualified as Such (and as Such Justice is also a member of the County court of Mason County) and that full faith is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as well in Court as thereout.
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in Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Said Court on the preceding or first page of this Street on the 17th day of July 1833 and in the 58th year of our foundation.
                     Thos. Lewis Clk
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Virginia Mason County To wit
     I Peter H. Steenbergen Presiding Justice of the County Court of Mason County in the State aforesaid do certify that Thomas Lewis whose Signature is attached to the last preceding certificate is and was at the time of Signing the Same clerk of the County Court of Mason County Court in the State aforesaid.
     In Testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name this 17th day of July 1833
                  Peter H. Steenbergen

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

J Fisher Esq
Point Pleasant
Mason Co

PAID
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PAID

Henry J. Fisher Esq
Point Pleasant
Mason Co.

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

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                Executive Department
                Richmond Va 11 Nov 1833

Sir
     Your letter of the 7th October was received some time after its date.  I have made the desired recommendation but without finding the names of Peter Peck or Thomas Tanton upon any of the books in the public departments here.  There is no roll of the Virginia line, & as Mr. Peck enlisted last for one year he was not entitled to Land Bounty. It is probably he will not be able to make out his claim to a pension without resorting to the evidence of some witness who can testify to his service.
                   Very respectfully,
                   Your obt Serv.
                      Wm. H. Richardson SC
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CITY OF WASHINGTON
FEB 18

Free
11 (illegible)
FREE

Henry Fisher Esq
Point Pleasant
Mason City
Va
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War Department
Pension Office
February 13 1834
     In reply to your enquiry respecting the pension claims of Alexanders Pickins and Peter Peck I have the honor to observe that in relation to the latter, Mr. Fisher seems to be laboring under a misconception altogether.  The claim of Mr. Peck for Militia Service is not perfection in the least by the fact that he has not proven his service in the Virginia line.  Had he sent on the papers relinquishing the latter Service he might have long since received a certificate for the amount of the former.
     I will here observe for the information of Mr. Fisher, that this Department had a very perfect roll of the Virginia Continental line which is a copy of this now in the Executive Department for that State and the fact that the name of Mr. Peck is unknown thereon affords a Second reason for inquiring proof of his alleged service in that line.
     The declaration of Alex. Pickens has been examined and is herewith returned.  The applicant obliges to have performed three six months tours commencing in September 1770 and ending in the fall of 1776.  The two last tours under the same Captain and nearly continuous.  The manner of calling and the Militia in Pennsylvania during the revolution, particularly at that early period of the War, was so different from the allegations of the applicant that it renders some further explanation necessary.
     The several Militia tours in Pennsylvania and
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two months only and was very seldom continued for a longer period.
     The letters of Mr. J. Fisher and Mr. Newlon are herewith returned.
     I have the honor to be
     Y. obt. servant,
                   J.L. Edwards
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INVALID
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File No 18, 156
Peter Peck
Pri. Rev War

Act:  June 7  32
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 294

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Nove 5
Point Pleasant Va
May 28

Andw. Akerd
Peter Peck
Va line

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
District of Columbia

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Pt. Plea. Mason Cty. sct.
     Sir, Your favour of the 18th instant came to hand this day and by it I am informed that a resumption of the payment of the pensions of William Hawkins, Thomas Waddle, Leeman Gibbs and Robert Love is ordered for which I am sure that you are entitled to the thanks of those men and in this matter have done but an act of sheer Justice both Legally and morally.  There however are yet two pensions in this county where pension certificates i procured and whose names escaped my memory when i wrote to you but who called the other to see me about the matter and whose great ages are well as moral deportment and uniform good character are I humbly think guarantees for the Justice of their claims upon the Government.  Their names are Andrew Akerd and Peter Peck.  The first named person is to draw $20 per annum and obtained his pension certificate on the 21st of April 1834.  The latter is to receive $30 per annum and his pension certificate is dated the 18th of March 1834.  I assure you solemnly that I believe these men to be honestly entitled to the small stipend allowed them heretofore and hope that you will direct the payment of their pensions also to be resume.  These are all the pensions in this County where pensions are suspended.
     I shall be in Richmond on the 12th of next month (June) attending an extra session of the Legislature and will care with me their power of Atty as well as the others above named and hope and trust that these pensions will be paid.
                     Yours &c very respectfully
                     Henry J. Fisher
                     May the 27th 1837

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J.L. Edwards Esquire
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Pt. Pleasant Mason Cty. Va. Feby the 25th 1834

Sir
     In consequence of your Letter to the Hon. Jno. J. Allen which he politely transmitted to me and which is herewith returned respecting the application of Peter Peck for a pension I have again sent you his papers.  He will relinquish all claims for a pension for the services rendered in the regular army and will claim only for his nine months service in the militia.  You were right as to my "altogether misconceiving" you respecting this matter.  The laconic marginal remark on the presented papers led me to believe that the claim was altogether rejected.
     In order however to show you that what I stated in my letter respecting a roll of the Va Line was not surmised.  I herewith enclose to you the Letter of the Secretary of the Com. upon this subject.
          Very respectfully your obdt svt,
                Henry J. Fisher

To J.L. Edwards Esq
Washington City

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 9th, 1839,
Sir:
     Under the at 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," Peter Peck, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Virg. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of Sept, 1837, to the 4th March, 1839.

                      Respectfully, yours,
                      Albion K. Parris
                          Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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