Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 3443, Richard Wade, Va.
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Va. [Virginia]
Wade, Richard
S. 3443
carded
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22019 Kentucky
Richard Wade [illegible] of Cumberland County in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Com [company] commanded by Captain Watkins of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the N. Carolina [North Carolina N. C.] line for 2 years
Virginia Line records [illegible]
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 dollars [$80] [blank] cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Sept [September] 1833 and J. W. Temple Burkesville arrears to the 4th of Sept [September] 1833 $200.00 Semi-anl. [Semi annual] allowance ending 4 March 1834
$40.00 [totaling] $240.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Danl [Daniel] Boyd Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 7 page 33

Correctly rep'd to [illegible] 12 Dec
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[illegible numbers or initials]
Richard Wade, Sen [Senior Sr.]
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State of Kentucky Cumberland County [illegible initials]
On this 12th day of July 1833, personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the County Court of Cumberland County. Richard Wade, Senior [Sr.] a resident of the said County of Cumberland in the State of Kentucky aged eighty one [81] years who  being first duly sworn according to law. doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
Thant he was born in Goochland County in the State of Virginia on the 26th day of October 1752. In the month of March 1777 I was called on to serve a tour of duty to Williamsburg under the command of William Johnson, I returned and in July of the same year I went up into Bedford, I there enlisted in a company raised by Capt [Captain] Charles Watkins for the period of six [6] months to guard the frontier. From there I marched with the Company to Kentucky & to the best of my memory arrived at Boonsborough [Boonesborough] on the 12th day of October 1777. From this place I with twenty eight or nine [28 or 29] others were ordered to go to the Blue Lick with Daniel Boon [Boone] to make salt for the garrison, where we remained until the 8th day of February 1778 when we were taken prisoners by the Indians commanded by Old Blackfish.
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We were taken to the Indian towns on the Miami [River], some of the prisoners were taken to Detroit soon afterwards but John Brown & myself remained until after they were done planting corn, we were then taken to Detroit and given or sold to the British where we remained until the next summer, when seven [7] of us escaped and started home, a few miles above where the little river St. Joseph & St. Mary's meet we were taken by the [Miami] Indians and carried back to Detroit, we were then put in Irons on board a ship and sent down to Montreal where we were kept in prison until the month of July 1781. Six [6] of us [illegible] [illegible] John Brown, John Morton & myself from Virginia & James Flack, George Finly [Finley], & William Marshall of Pennsylvania were take out of prison to work on a mill [illegible], from here we escaped and after nine [9] days traveling through the wilderness we came to the head waters of Connecticut River, to a station commanded by Capt [Captain] Lovett, he sent a guard with us the next day 18 miles to Genl [General] Bayley who gave us a pass to the Governor John Hancock at Boston, on our arrival there the Governor gave us a pass with orders to draw provisions homeward, we proceeded as far as Carlisle in Pennsylvania, where Brown & Morton went on to Virginia, the Pennsylvanians to their homes & I
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to fort Pitt, to get a passage down the River, I arrived at the falls of Ohio about three [3] weeks before Christmas in 1781. and there gave my pass to Genl [General] George Rogers Clark, and returned to Boonsborough [Boonesborough], in my absence Capt [Captain] Watkins had returned to Virginia and I understood was in the Battle of Guilford. I never received a discharge nor any pay as a soldier, I served afterwards on scouting parties at various times under Capt. [Captain] Thompson and Capt. [Captain] Chas [Charles] Kavanaugh at the time of the Battle of the Blue Licks I had been left to guard the fort. I went & assisted in Burying the dead among whom were Cols [Colonels]  Lodd & Trigg & another Col [Colonel] whose name I have forgot. I never held any Commission except in my bible in my hand writing which I have no record of my Birth so I have never applied for or received any pension from the United States or any of the States I have no documentary evidence of my service and know of no persons living by whom I can prove my service except George Richardson living in this County & Ansel [Ansol] Goodman living in the County of Russell. Same state thereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension roll of any agency of any state, I do not know whether I was ever exchanged as a prisoner or not, after my return I was called on to march and took from my grandfather's bible & my age was recorded by the pastor at & over church ([illegible] Douglass) who also christened me & married me & christened 2 of my children.
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against the Indians & being as I though unable to perform the duties I did not go and was called up to be tried for it before a court martial held at [Harrodsburg] where Genl [General] Clark was present, he asked if I was not the man who had just returned from Canada. And was assured that I was, he said they had no right to call on me to serve until I was exchanged I have lived in Madison County, Kentucky until about the [blank] day of Dec. 1801 and from that time in Wayne County, Ky [Kentucky] until lately, and now live alternately with my grandson in Wayne County & my son-in-law in Cumberland County.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Richard Wade [signature]

Mr. William Cross a clergyman residing in the County of Cumberland State of Kentucky and James Williams Senr [Senior Sr] residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Wade Senr [Senior Sr] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration in our presence, that we believe him to be 81 years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of
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the Revolution as stated in his declaration and that we concur in that opinion we farther certify that we have lived in the neighborhood with him for the space of about 20 years and we have never heard any doubt of his services expressed.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[signatures] William Cross
James Williams, Sr [Senior] his mark

I John Noland one of the Justices of the County Court of Cumberland do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration of Richard Wade Senr [Senior Sr] was this day sworn to & subscribed before me & that the forgoing certificate of William Cross & James Williams was also sworn to & subscribed by them before me & I further declare that it is my opinion after an investigation of the matter and after [putting] the [interrogations] prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I further certify from my own knowledge that William Cross who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Cumberland and that James Williams who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. I further
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certify that I believe that the said Richard Wad from age and bodily infirmity is not able to attend Court. Given under my hand this 12 day of July 1833.
[signature] John Noland J.P.C.C.

State of Kentucky, Cumberland County S. S.
I Milton King clerk of the County Court of Cumberland in the State of Kentucky do certify that John Noland Esq whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cumberland in the State aforesaid and as officio a Judge of the County Court it being a Court of Record, and that the said Noland is duly commissioned & sworn as such & I further certify that the signature of said Noland [illegible] to the foregoing certificate is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name as clerk of the said County Court of Cumberland and affixed the seal of my said office this 17th day of July 1833.
[signature] M. King Clk [Clerk]
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26. 676 [26.676]
Richard Wade Senr [Senior Sr]
Cumberland Co [County] Ken [Kentucky]

from 1777 private 2 yrs [years] $80

J. W. Temple
Burkesville
Ken [Kentucky]
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War Department, Pension Office.

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. These points to which your attentions 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 [complying] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Richard Wade, Senr [Senior Sr]
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. | Rank of the 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 declarant is supported.

1777 to 1781 | taken prisoner by the Indians | Pr. [Private] | Capt [Captain] Watkins | [left blank] | 2 witnesses & traditions

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, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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 } ss.
County of
On this
---
day of
A B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
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 andserved

in the
(e) regiment of the
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
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, in 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 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 named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
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)
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 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.
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.
1,
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 in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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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 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 now live?
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 giv-
Te Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
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
inquiry 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 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 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.
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.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
very continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with provision, the length of his service, and the offerent 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, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positvely as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of me
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 afour 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
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 aupursuit
.
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
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
must fix 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 pubpapers
.
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
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.
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 name of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
neares, and the metal character and
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witof
the magistrate must be entitled by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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April 17, 1940
BA-J/MCS
Richard Wade, S. 3443

Mrs. Charles S. Passmore
717 W. Granite Street
Butte, Montana

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Richard Wade, Sr. [Senior], a Revolutionary War pensioner who was living in Cumberland County, Kentucky, in 1833.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 3443, based on the military service of the only Richard Wade who was living in Kentucky when he applied for pension that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Richard Wade was born October 26, 1752, in Goochland County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
Richard Wade enlisted in March, 1777, place not stated, and served "a tour of duty to Williamsburg" with the Virginia troops under Captain William Johnson, length of this enlistment not given. In July of 1777 he 'went up into Bedford' and there enlisted in Captain Charles Watkins; Virginia company for the purpose of guarding the frontier; he marched to Boonsborough, [Boonesborough] arriving October 12, 1777, and from there was ordered to go with Daniel Boone to Blue Lick on Licking River to make salt for the garrison and on February 8, 1779, he was taken prisoner there by Indians, carried to Detroit and sold to the British; he escaped and started home but was recaptured by the Indians, placed in irons on board a ship and sent to Montreal where he again made his escape and a few weeks before Christmas in 1781 he returned to Boonsborough [Boonesborough]. He afterwards served at various times on scouting parties with the Virginia troops under Captains Thomson and Charles Kavanaugh, length of this service not given.
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Richard Wade lived in Madison County, Kentucky until about 1801 when he moved to Wayne County, Kentucky [Ky].
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 12, 1833, at which time he as referred to as Richard Wade, Senior [Sr], and was living in Cumberland County, Kentucky [Ky].
Richard Wade stated that his age was recorded in his grandfather's (name not given) Bible by Mr. Douglass, the parson at Dover Church, wo also christened him (the soldier) and married him and christened two [2] of his children (names not given). In 1833, the soldier stated that he lived alternately with a grandson in Wayne County, Kentucky, and a son-in-law in Cumberland County, Kentucky, (their names not stated). The papers in this pension claim contain no further data relative to soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Richard Wade, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., giving the following data:
Richard Wade, Senior, [Sr] Certificate 22019, issued September 26, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev [Revolutionary] War
3443 Invalid
File No. [number] 3443
Richard Wade
Pri. [Private] N. C. [North Carolina] Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: Vol. A, Page 390
(Arrangement of 1870)
Richard Wade Sr. [Senior]
Virginia Line Records corrected  Feb 24, '04 [1904]

1916 June 26 Hist. [historical] to Flo. [Florence] Monson
1933 Aug. [August] 3 hist. [historical] to Mr. Norman M. Couty [Initials M.C.S.]
1940 Apr [April] 17 hist. [historical] to Mrs. Chas. [Charles] S. Passmore [Initials M.C.S.]
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Ky [Kentucky] [Agent]
26.676 [26.676]
Goodsons's [Goodsons] Ky [Kentucky]
20th July
Free [postage]
J. L. Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
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Burkesville July 19th 1833
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you the declaration of Richard Wade and such proof of his service as he could make with a [illegible] to his obtaining a pension under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832, he states that he understood that the State of Virginia had issued a certificate authorising [authorizing] him to draw his wages but the money had so much depreciated that he took no pains to procure it, perhaps there is some record of this at Richmond. He wishes that if there is any informality in his papers they may be sent to him at Goodsons P. O. Cumberland County, Ky [Kentucky] with directions how they should be made out, he will also receive his certificate there if one be sent him, he also wishes (if convenient) to be paid at Louisville.
Your obt [obedient] servt. [servant]  [signature] J. W. Temple
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office, Washington
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State of Kentucky, Cumberland County
This day George Richardson of Cumberland County came personally before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and made oath that he knew Richard Wade now of Cumberland County in the year 1777. That he enlisted in the Company of Capt [Captain} Charles Watkins raised in the County of Bedford Virginia, I did not see him enlist but I belonged to the Company and knew him to act as a soldier and was so considered. We marched from Virginia in the fall of 1777 to Boonsborough [Boonesborough] in Kentucky where we were stationed for some time about the beginning of 1778. Richard Wade and others were ordered to the Blue Lick with Boon [Daniel Boone] to make salt for the garrison, while he was there he was taken prisoner with the ballance [balance] of his company by the Indians and carried off. I never saw him any more until about 1801 or 1802 when he lived in Wayne County Ky [Kentucky] near the line of Cumberland, where he has lived ever since until lately. I returned to Virginia from Boonsborough [Boonesborough] in May 1778 and did not move to Kentucky until about 1801. I think Richard Wade was six [6] or seven [7] years older than me and I am now 75 years of age.
George Richardson
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I Eli Shugart do hereby certify that on this day the foregoing affidavit of George Richardson was subscribed & sworn to before me a Justice of the Peace. Given under my hand this 17th day of July 1833.
[signature] Eli Shugart J. P.

State of Kentucky, Cumberland County
I, Milton King clerk of the County Court of Cumberland in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that Eli Shugart Esq whose name is affixed to the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cumberland duly commissioned and sworn as such. And that the signature annexed to the foregoing certificate is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name as clerk of the County Court of Cumberland and affixed the seal of my said office this 17th day of July 1833.
[signature] M. King Clk [Clerk]
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State of Kentucky, Russell county
This day Anselm Goodman came personally before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Russell and state aforesaid and made oath that he knew Richard Wade of Cumberland County in the Company of Capt [Captain] Charles Watkins which was raised in Bedford County Va. [Virginia] and marched to Boonsborough [Boonesborough] in Kentucky about the year 1777. I did not see him enlist but he was considered a soldier in the company. I also belonged to the company to the best of my recollection he was taken prisoner with me, Danl [Daniel] Boon [Boone] and about 24 others by Blackfish and his party at the Blue Lick on Licking River. We were taken to the Indian towns on the North side of the Ohio [River]. I believe that Wade & some others were taken to the British & I understood they went to Montreal & Quebec & returned [away] by the Eastern States, I escaped from the Indians about two [2] years after I was taken & returned to the falls of Ohio & after staying there, I returned to
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Virginia. I have since seen Wade at his house once or twice in Wayne or Cumberland County near the line but I am so forgetfull [forgetful] I will not be certain. I saw Capt [Captain] Watkins in Virginia after I returned. I do not recollect that I got a discharge - I think Mr. Wade was a little older than me. I think I am now in my 81st year. this.
Anselm Goodman his mark

I do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit of Anselm Goodman was this day subscribed and sworn to before me a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid given under my hand this 15th day of July 1833
[signature] Abner Jones J. P. [illegible initials]
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State of Kentucky, Russell County
I do hereby certify that Abner Jones Esq. whose name is affixed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Russell of a duly sworn and commissioned as such and that full facto and credit is due him in all his official acts as such and that the [annexed] signature is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name as clerk of the County Court for the county of Russell of and affixed the seal of office hereto Given under my hand this 16ty day of July 1833 & 42nd year of the Commonwealth.
Will [William] S. Patterson Clerk of the Russell County Court, Ky. [Kentucky]
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Butte, Mont [Montana]
Mar. 18, 1940

[stamp] Received Mar 22, 1940
Mail Sub-Div Reader No. 5 Vets [Veterans] Adm [Administration] [VA]

U. S. Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs,
What record have you on Richard Wade, Sr. [Senior] 82 yrs [years] old in 1833 - a Rev. [Revolutionary] War pensioner living in Cumberland Co. [County] Kentucky - a N. C. [North Carolina] soldier. I have a record of a Richard Wade living in Clinton Co [County] Ky [Kentucky] in 1840 then 88 yrs [years] old - could this be the same person - searching for a D. A. R. [Daughters of the American Revolution] record it looks as if it was the same man.
Yours
(Mrs Chas [Charles] S.) Susie M. Passmore 
717 W. Granite St.
Butte, Mont [Montana]
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Room 314 B.
47 W. 42nd Street, N. Y. [New York] City,
K. [illegible initial] G. 1-Rec. [received]
June 10th, 1916
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: Will you please send me a copy of the pension records of Richard Wade who lived in Clinton Co. [County], Ky. [Kentucky] in 1840, age 88; Charles Orme, private of Maryland, who drew pension in Ky. [Kentucky]; also Robert Hill, private from Virginia, who drew pension from western Tennessee?
Thanking you in advance for you [your] kindness, I am Respectfully, Flo. [Florence] Monson
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Washington, D. C. July 27, 1933
Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Please furnish Revolutionary War Records of Elisha Witt W. 3059 and Richard Wade S. 3443 also war of 1812 Record of Richard Witt W. T. 7644-160-55

Norman M Couty
Belleayre [Bellaire] Apts [Apartments]
Ithaca, New York
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Revolutionary War Records Section 3-525
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.

S. F. 3443

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Richard Wade Sr. [Senior] a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[Column headings: Dates of Enlistment or Appointment | Length of Service | Officers under whom Service was Rendered | State ]
March 1777 | [blank] | [blank] | Captain [Capt] William Johnson | Va. [Virginia]
1777 | Feby [February] 8, 1778 | [blank] | Captain [Capt] Charles Watkins | [blank]
taken prisoner by Indians at the Blue Lick, carried to Detroit & then sold to the British, escaped from them, recaptured by Indians, put in irons on board a ship & sent to Montreal where he again made his escape & a few weeks before Christmas, 1781 returned to Boonsborough [Boonesborough].
Afterwards [1782] | [blank] | [blank] | Captains [Capt] Thompson & Kavanaugh | [blank]

Battles engaged in, [blank].
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bedford Co. [County] Va. [Virginia]
Date of application for pension, July 12, 1833 His cl was al [allowed]
Residence at date of application, Oct. 26, 1752 in Goochland Co. [County] Va. [Virginia]

Remarks: The children are referred to but their names are not stated. In 1833 soldier lived alternately with a grandson in Wayne Co. [County] Ky. [Kentucky] and a son in law in Cumberland Co. [County] Ky. [Kentucky]. Their names are not stated and there is no other family data on file.
Respectfully, Commissioner.
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August 3 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Richard Wade, S. 3443
Elisha Witt, W. 3059
Richard Witt, War of 1812, Wt. 7644-160-55

Mr. Norman M. Couty
Belleayre Apts. [Apartments]
Ithaca New York

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Richard Wade and Elisha Witt who served in the Revolution and Richard Witt who served in the War of 1812.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 3443, based upon the military service of Richard Wade.
He Was born October 26, 11752, in Goochland County, Virginia.
He enlisted in March, 1777, place not stated, and served "a tour of duty to Williamsburg" with the Virginia troops under Captain William Johnson, length of this enlistment not given. In July of 1777 he "went up into Bedford" and there enlisted in Captain Charles Watkins' Virginia company for the purpose of guarding the frontier; he marched to Boonsborough [Boonesborough], arriving October 12, 1777, and from there was ordered to go with Daniel Boone to Blue Lick on Licking River to make salt for the garrison and on February 8, 1778, he was taken prisoner there by Indians, carried to Detroit and sold to the British; he escaped and started home but was recaptured by the Indians, placed in irons on board a ship and sent to Montreal where he again made his escape and a few weeks before Christmas in 1781 he returned to Boonsborough [Boonesborough]. He afterwards served at various times on scouting parties with the Virginia troops under Captains Thompson and Charles Kavanaugh, length of this service not given.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed July 12, 1833, at which time he was referred to as Richard Wade, Senior, and was living in Cumberland County, Kentucky.
He stated that his age was recorded in his grandfather's (name not given) Bible by Mr. Douglass, the parson at Dover Church, who also christened him (the soldier) and married him and christened two [2] of his children (names not given). In 1833 the soldier lived alternately with a grandson in Wayne County, Kentucky, and a son-in-law [son in law] in Cumberland County, Kentucky, (their names not stated). The papers in said pension claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 3059, based upon the military service of Elisha Witt.
He was born September 18, 1759, in Albemarle County, Virginia.
He moved from Albemarle County to Amherst County, Virginia, and enlisted there in 1776 or 1777 and served three [3] months as private in Captain Richard Ballinger's company in Colonel Hugh Row's or Rose's Virginia regiment. He enlisted in 1778 and served three [3] months as private in Captain John Jacob's company in Colonel Francis Taylor's Virginia regiment. He enlisted in June, 1780, and served three [3] months as private in Captain John Diggs' company in Colonel John Pope's Virginia regiment. He enlisted in June, 1781, and served until after the surrender of Cornwallis, as private in Captain William Harris' company in Colonel John Pope's Virginia regiment and was in the siege of Yorktown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 20, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Estill County, Kentucky, having moved to that state in 1795.
He died December 16, 1836
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He married July 17, 1781, in Albemarle County, Virginia, Phebe, whose maiden name is not stated,
She was allowed pension on her application executed July 18, 1839, while a resident of Estill County, Kentucky, aged eighty [80] years.
Elisha and Phebe Witt had the following children:
William born September, 1783
Anna     " [born]    August 29, 1782 or 1784
Charles  "  [born]    ---------   21, 1786
Abner  " [born]  June 20, 1789
Elisha  " [born]  February 1, 1790 or 1792
Nathan " [born] October 20, 1794
(Name torn off) " [born]  April 19, 1797
David  " [born]  October 27, 1799
John   "  [born]  January 27, 1801
Silas   " [born]  September 9, 1803.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the bounty land claim, Warrant 7644-160-'55, [7644-160-55] based upon the military service of Richard Witt.

He enlisted at Nelson Court House, Virginia, and served as private in Captain William C. Scott's company of Virginia militia from September 1, 1814, until February 22, 1815.

He died July 29, 1834, in Hancock County, Kentucky.

He was survived by a widow, Nancy (whose maiden name is not stated), and five [5] children all of whom were over twenty-one [21] years of age in 1850 except Addison Witt who was born January 29, 1831, and Richard Witt who was born June 24, 1834.
The names of the other three children are not given.
The widow, Nancy, married Joseph McPherson prior to September 28, 1850, (the exact date of marriage not shown).
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In 1854 Joseph McPherson was forty-three [43] years of age and was living in Breckenridge County, Kentucky. His wife, Nancy, was then living.
On account of the above noted service of Richard Witt bounty land was allowed in full satisfaction.
In order to obtain the location of this land it is suggested
that you address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, Washington, D.C., citing the following data: Richard Witt, Bounty Land Warrant #7644 for 160 acres issued March 3, 1855, in favor of Richard Witt, minor child of Richard Witt (the soldier).
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator