Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,617, Jeremiah Wright, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va

Wright, Jeremiah

NUMBER
S. 32,617

CONTENTS
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(left side written vertically)
Date of death May 18 1853 AB

(right side)
25283
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Indiana 
Jeremiah Wright of Crawford Co in the State of Indiana who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Pearce of the regt. commanded by Col Gibson in the Virginia line for 1 year and 4 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Decr 1833 and sent to L Leslie Laconia

Arrears to the 4th of ---
Semi=anl. allowance ending ---
Arrears to 18th May the time of his death  117.60

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 134
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State of Indiana Crawford County & circuit Oct Term 1832
On this first day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honl Samuel Halle & Elisha Tadlock & Henry Green his associates the circuit court of Crawford County and State of Indiana now sitting it being a court of Record Jeremiah Wright a resident of Crawford County and state of Indiana aged seventy years last March who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. he entered the service in the year 1778 in the month of August was drafted for the term of four months in what was called McIntosh Campaign and served the above named time of four months under Cap. Isaac Pearce and attached to the command of Genl. McIntosh and at the building of the garrison called fort McIntosh at the mouth of big beaver in the state of Pennsylvania and was discharged in the month of December following second that he entered the service as a volunteer in November 1780 as Lieutenant under the command of Capt McCallister under the command of Col. Gibson of the 13th Virginia Regt afterwards called the 9th regiment and were mounted and served one month and was discharged by said Col Gibson was rendezvoused at Pittsburgh was from thence - marched towards the Seneca Nation but in consequence of bad weather returned back and was discharged third that in the month of April 1781 he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer and was immediately commissioned Lieutenant by General George Rogers Clark commanding the State Troops of Virginia who signed his commission, was in the company commanded by William Bruce command by Col Morgan A Harden in which term he served
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as Lieutenant upwards of seven months and was discharged in the month of October 24th day by John Crittendon aid to Gen Clark in this campaign he first rendezvoux at the (illegible) store on the Mongahalia thirty miles above Pittsburgh and in the month of July went down the river Ohio as far as the falls and there remained until discharged fourth that he volunteered in the service as Indian Spy in the month of March 1782 and served upwards of three months under the direction of James Marshal County Lieutenant of the County of Washington state of Pennsylvania and spied up and down on each side of the Ohio River during the aforesaid period when he was discharged fifth that he entered the service as volunteer and as Lieutenant in the month of September 1782 under the command of Capt McCallister under the command of Col Gabriel Cox and served upwards of one month was rendezvoux at Pittsburgh and remained there until discharged making in all upwards of nine months as Lieutenant upwards as three months as Indian Spy and four months as a private. That he was in no battles, that he never received any written discharge, that his commissions were left with his fathers papers and which papers are all destroyed, that he was born on the 29th day of March 1762 as appears from the record laid down in his fathers bible which is in the possession of one of his brothers, he was born in the County of Hampshire and state of Virginia when called into service was living on the Monongahalia in Yohogana County then the state of Virginia that since the revolution he lived on the Ohio River in the County then called Washington and now Allegania in the state of Pennsylvania in 1824 he (illegible) to the state of Indiana and has ever since resided in the counties of Harrison and Crawford in the state of Indiana, that he has no documentary evidence of his service neither does he
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know of any Person now living by whom he can
prove his services except the testimony of Isaac
Williams [inserted: a resident of Harrison County Indiana] who has some knowledge of his six
months service as Lieutenant, and whose affidavit
is herewith Enclosed. he here gives the names of James
Blackwell, Nathaniel Halcroft two neighbours to whom
he is personally known and who can testify to his
character is to truth and veracity and of [crossed out: thinking]
their belief of his services in the revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present and declares
that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency
of any State
Jeremiah Wright
Sworn and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
in open Court
E E Morgan clk

We James Blackwell a Clergyman residing within
County of Crawford Indiana and Nathaniel Halcroft residing
in the same place hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Jeremiah Wright who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration; that we
believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is
reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he
resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and
we concur in that opinion 
James Blackwell Clergyman
N Halcroft
Sworn and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid
[Illegible]

and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the [illegible] of the matter and after putting the
Interogatores 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 James Blackwell
who has signed the preceeding certificate is
Clergiman resident in the County of Crawford Indiana
and that N Holt who has also signed the same
is a resident in the same County and state and is a
Credible person and that their statements is entitled
to credit
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State of Indiana
Crawford County} Set
E. E. Morgan Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Crawford County do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Jeremiah Wright for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of office this first day of October
1832

E. E. Morgan Clk
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State of Indiana
Crawford County} Set Oct Term 1833
On this 30th day of October 1833 personally
appeared in open Court before the Honorable
Samuel Hall president Judge and his associates
being the circuit court of Crawford County
now sitting and a court of record Ezekiel
S Wright and made oath that Jeremiah
Wright a soldier of the revolution and whose
declaration was made in the Circuit Court of
said County of Crawford in October 1833 to
which this is an amendment and made Oath
that Jeremiah Wright as aforesaid departed
this life on the 18th day of May 1833 leaving
the following heirs to wit Sarah Mclain
Elizabeth Bell Ann Hammond Julia Jones
Ezekiel S Wright Lavine Fetzer and Amanda
Newman Children and heirs at law of Jeremiah
Sright deceased, and this affiant further
States that he has conversed with all the
heirs as aforesaid and that they together with
himself do relinquish all right to a pension
of Jeremiah Wright as an officer of the revolution
and that they are willing to receive the pay
as a private soldier instead of that of Lieut
as at forth in his declaration as aforesaid
E. S. Wright
Sworn and subscribed
in Open Court on
the day and year first
above written

E. E. Morgan clk
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I E E Morgan Clerk of the Circuit Court
of the County of Crawford do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceeding
of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Jeremiah Wright for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this
31st day of October A.D. 1833
E. E. Morgan
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21,318.

Jeremiah Wright, now decd
Indiana

14,

paper again retr.
Augt 1883
Lyman Leslie, Agent.
Laconia, Indiana.
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BRIEF in the case of Jeremiah Wright
County of Crawford, in the State of Indiana.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made Cort or a Judge? A Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 70 years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
Drafted
In 1778.
Vol. 1780
Vol. 1781
.. 1782.
..    ..
Duration of Service.
Years,
____
Months. 
4.
1
Upwards of 7.
.. 3. 
.. 1.
Days.
____
Rank.
As a
pr.
Lieut
Lieutenant.
____
Indian Spy
Lieutenant
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen. McIntosh,
Capt. Isaac Pearce.
Capt.t Capt. M. Callister,
Col. Gibson,
Gen. Geo Rogers Clark.
Lieut Marshal.
Col. Gabriel Cox and Capt M Collister.

5. In what battles was he engaged? None.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hampshire County, Va.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? [Crossed out: Living witness and] traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
W. R. Turner, Examining Clerk
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June 15, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Jeremiah Wright-S.32617
BA-J/AWF Our

Mrs. R. E. Cutler
222 West 10th
York, Nebraska

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Jerimiah -
Wright of Virginia.

The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, S.32617, based
upon the military service of Jeremiah Wright, during the
War of the Revolution.

He was born March 29, 1762 in Hampshire County,
Virginia; names of his parents not given.

While residing on the Monongahela, Yohogana (?)
County in what was then the state of Virginia, 
Jeremiah Wright, served with the Virginia troops, as
follows --
From in August, 1778, four months as private in
Captain Isaac Pearce's company in General McIntosh's
Campaign and assisted in building Fort McIntosh at
the mouth of Big Beaver; from in November, 1780, one
month as lieutenant in Captain McAllister's company,
Colonel Gibson's regiment; from in April, 1781, seven
months as lieutenant in Captain William Bruce's company
under Colonels Morgan and Harden, went down to
the Falls of the Ohio; from in March, 1782, three
months as Indian Spy under Lieutenant James Marshall;
from in September, 1782, one month as lieutenant in
Captain McAllister's company, Colonel Gabriel Cox's
regiment.

The soldier after the Revolution lived in
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Washington County, Pennsylvania, then moved to Indiana
in 1824 and lived in Harrison and Crawford Counties,
Indiana.

Pension was allowed on his application executed,
October 1, 1832, then living in Crawford
County, Indiana.

The soldier, Jeremiah Wright, died May 18, 1833,
leaving the following children -- Sarah Mclan or Milan,
Elizabeth Bell, Ann Hammond, Julia Jones, Ezekiel S.
Wright, Lavina Fetzer, and Amanda Newman. The name of
the soldier's wife is not given.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
AWY

Mrs. B. H. Taylor
Record Division,
Pension Bureau
Washington, D. C.

Madam:
June 27, 1927
I have to advise you from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 32817,
it appears that Jeremiah Wright was born March
29, 1762 in Hampshire County, Virginia.
While residing on the Monongahela [crossed out: River]
in what was then the state of Virginia, he served
with the Virginia Troops, as follows-
From in August 1778, four months as a private
in Captain Isaac Pearce's Company, in General
McIntosh's Campaign; from in November 1780 [inserted: 1 month] as 
Lieutenant in Captain McAllister's Company, Colonel Gibson's
Regiment; from in April 1781, seven months as
Lieutenant in Captain William Bruce's Company, [crossed out: under]
Colonels Morgan and Harden's Reg-; from in March 1782, three
months as Indian Spy under Lieutenant James Marshall,
and from in September 1782, one month as Lieutenant in

[Added in handwriting: All corrections before sending out
June 27-27
day
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Captain McAllister's Company, Colonel Gabriel Cox's
Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application
executed October 1, 1832, while a resident of Crawford
County, Indiana. It also appears that after
the Revolution, he lived in Washington County,
Pennsylvania.
Soldier died May 18, 1833, leaving the followong
children- Sarah McCan or Mclan [inserted: or Milan] Elizabeth
Bell; Ann Hammond; Julia Jones; Ezekiel S. Wright;
Lavina Fetzer; and Amanda Newman. The name of his
wife is not stated.
The above noted Jeremiah Wright is the only
soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War
records of this Bureau, from Virginia.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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3 -- 525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., ____. 192_

In reply to your request of ____, for the history of
Jeremiah Wright, a soldier of the Revolutionary War,
the following is taken from the ____ claim for pension.

[Pasted handwritten note over most of the body of this document:]
Jeremiah Wright
Grayson Co. Virginia
(Lina) Wright Pensioner
(Leeny} ? (Revolutionary War)
(1842 marriage of younger son
c/o Mrs. B H Taylor
Record Div
(Miss Vaughan)
[Illegible] 64 [illegible] - (Br 270) requested
June 20-'27

Residence at date of application, ____
Age at date of application, ____
Remarks: ____

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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David Bryant Chapter
Anna Bemis Cutler [Mrs. R. E ]
Regent
222 West 10th June 1, 1934.
York, Nebraska

Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am very anxious to secure as much accurate information
as possible concerning JERIMIAH WRIGHT of Virginia who enlisted
in the Rev. from Virginia was discharged on Nov. 27, 1777
Col. John Gibson Capt. James Sullivan Cont. Line
This is to use for a publication by and state D.A.R. and in sketch of one 
of his grand-daughters who is yet living, and I want to make it absolutely
correct as it is apt to be consulted by descendants and there are mistakes
enough now in print.
I will greatly appreciate any information you can send me contained in your
files. Especially names of any of his family.
Thanking you most sincerely,
Cordially,
Anna Bemis Cutler

RECEIVED
JUN 7 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM 23
[Illegible]
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32 617
Revy INVALID.

File No. 82, 617
Jeremiah Wright
Pri Rev War

Act. June 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 471

[Arrangement of 1870.}

Aug. 2, 1904 Hist to
Horace Bell, Los Angeles Cailf.

1927 June 27. Hist to Mrs. H.
Taylor AWF

1934 June 15 Hist to Mrs
R. E. Cutler AWF
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HORACE BELL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ROOMS 100-101 RINDGE BLOCK

Los Angeles, Cal. June 29th, 1904. 190_

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:
I send you herewith copy of the Original discharge of
Jeremiah Wright. John Gibson, the Colonel who signed this discharge
was an officer in the Continetal Army. James Sullivan was the Captain
in the Continetal Army, and the soldier must have been on the pension
rolls of the United States. He was my grandfather and resided in
West Augusta District, Virginia, afterwards Washington County,
Pennsylvania, and lived later in Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, he
died at the town of Fredonia, Crawford County, Indiana, about the
year 1834 or 1835,
If on the pension rolls of the government, please send me a
Certificate thereof, and oblige.

Your most obedient servant,
Horace Bell


U. S. P. D. 


OLD WAR & NAVY
FILES
JUL 3 1904
FILES

U. S. PENSION OFFICE
A
JUL 5 1904
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213.18
Jeremiah Wright decd
Ind.

See short brief

from 1778 private
16 months $53.33

time of death 18 May 1833
amount due to time of decease $ 117.60/100
Heirs, Sarah Milan, Elizabeth
Bell, Ann Hammond
Julia Jones, Ezekiel S. Wright
Lavina Fetzer & Amanda Newman.

L. Leslie
Laconia
Ind
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Augt 21. 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 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Jeremiah Wright decd

[This section, left blank]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Rank of claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

The widow or next heir should appear in
a court of record, prove heir or their relationship
the deceased, and the time of his death which
proceedings should be exhibited to this office,
accompanied by the enclosed papers. It should also
be stated that the
I am, respectfully,
pay of a private will 
be received as per Mr
Leslie's letter

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Leslie Letter
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[See Doc. 21 for original form]
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[See Document 22 for original document]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Wright, Jesse GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11806 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 10, 1789
to - not shown-

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.