Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16008, Alexander Turpin, Va.
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1776),
Va.
SERVICE
CONTENTS
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of
Turpin, Alexander

NUMBER
S. 16008
carded
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letter 28 Feb
Agent
54 to pension
Richmond

Virginia
Alexander Turpin, Dec.
Service in the State of VA
who was a private
in the      ______commanded
by Captain ________
of the Reg commanded
by Col Presents in the VA Line
certificate to
Eliza Radford and Sarah Childers
his heirs &
---
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 26 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Feby 1834
and sent to H. A. Claiborne
Reco
Book

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-anl. allowance ending- $41.37
Died Apl 1. 1833-

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
ed by Nath: Rice, Clerk.
Book C  Vol. 5  Page 35
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State of Virginia
Henrico County to wit:
On this first day of October, 1832, personally appeared in open Court before John S. Ellis, John Hales Lyddall Bowles and Richard Adams Justices of the Henrico County Court, now sitting, Alexander Turpin, of the County
and State aforesaid, aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn accoding to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States in January, 1781 at Richmond (Va) as a private in a militia company commanded by Captain Joseph Price, of the 5th  Regiment of Virginia Militia. From
Richmond, he marched in a single company to Sandy Point, and James River,
from thence to Williamsburg, from thence to Little York, and from thence to
Hampton, where he was stationed during the remainder of this tour of duty
He entered the service of the United States again in the spring of the same year (1781) as a private in a militia company commanded by Captain William Mosby attached to General Nelson's brigade 5th
Regiment of Virginia Militia - Field Officers, Col. John Pleasants and Major Miles Selder, both of Henryr County. He recollects that General Muhlenberg then commanded another brigade of Virginia Militia From Richmond where he entered the service as aforesaid, he proceeded to the neighbourhood of Shirley in Charles City County (Va) and from thence on his return to New Market about ten miles below
Richmond, where he was stationed for a short time, from thence he proceeded through Richmond. (General La Fayette and his detachment of troops then accompanying the Regiment) to Culpeper County, when he remained until he was discharged. The march to Culpeper was
at the period when Lord Cornwallis was in pursuit of the American forces. He recollects having been engaged while stationed in the
neighborhood of Shirley in a skirmish with two of the boats belonging to the shipping of the enemy then lying at City Point which were approaching Shirley. one of the boats was captured, and the other escaped. In this skirmish four men belonging to the enemy, were killed, and as well as he remembers, four or five made prisoners-
He
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entered the service of the United States, for the third and last time in the latter part of the summer of the same year (1781) as a private in a militia company commanded by Captain John McCabe Cornwallis was
then in possession of York. In this last period of service, he was engaged a part of the time of transporting flour by water from Richmond to Sandy Point, and from the former place to Shirley- the residue of the
time he was chiefly engaged in sending bombs & balls to York-
He served a period of two months in each of the aforesaid tours, making six months service as a private in the Virginia Militia. He has documentary evidence of his services. He obtained only one certificate
of discharge, which was given to him at Culpeper, by Capt. William Mosby, by order of Col. John Pleasant. This certificate he kept for some time, but finally lost it. With the exception of Henry Woodcock (whose certificate upon oath as hereunto 
annexed), he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services as a soldier of the revolution. That the said Woodcock he believes
is about ten years older than himself, and that he is a resident of the County of Henrico, and a near neighbour of his. That he, the said Alexander Turpin, was born on the 7th April, 1764, within a few miles of the City of Richmond, in Henrico County, where he resided at the time of intering the service, and where he has continued to reside to the present period. that he has no record of his age that the record thereof which is contained in a family bible, as and
that contained with family bible. That he is well know nto Dr Samuel Pleasants, Capt. Richard Lorton & others residing in his (the
said Alexander Turpin') neighbourhood, who, he doubts not, can testify to his veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on
the pension roll of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Alexander Turpin
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Alexander Turpin
22986
Herbert A Claiborne
City of Richmond
Virginia
Dec. 15, 1832
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Henrico County August 1832.

I hereby certify that I was born and raised in this County in the neighbourhood in which Mr Alexander Turpin resides. I distinctly recollect that he was a soldier in the revolutionary war and served in the the militia, but how long and what part of the country he saved I do not know.
I further certify that Mr Turpin throughout
his life has sustained a fair and reputable
character.
Given under my hand the date above written -
Harry Woodcock

Henrico County SS
This day Harry Woodcock personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and made oath to the truth of the above certificate.
Given under my hand this 10 day of Augt 1832
Saml Pleasants
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Virginia Henrico County to wit:
I Squire Loflin N. Ellett Clerk of
the County Court for the County aforesaid in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Samuel Pleasants before whom the affidavit on the other side written was sworn was at the time, and still is, an acting Justice of the peace in and for the
County aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified, and that faith and credit are due to his acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe
my name and annex the seal of the said
Court this 15th day of November 1833 and
in the 58 year of the Commonwealth-
Loflin N. Ellett Clerk



Henry Woodcock
Certificate
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We, Miles Turpen, a clergyman, rending in the County of Henrico and Samuel Pleasants residing in the same county, hereby certify that
we are well acquainted with Alexander Turner who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ninety eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood
where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Miles Turpin
Saml Pleasants
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Virginia
At a monthly court held for Henrico County at
the Courthouse on the first day of October
1833 the foregoing declaration of Alexander Turpin was subscribed
and sworn to in open court by the said Tupin, (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 Miles Turpin who has
signed the certificate annexed to the said declaration is a
Clergyman resident in the County of Henrico, and that
Samuel Pleasants who has signed the said certificate is also
a resident of the said County and is a credible person and
that their statement is entitled to credit-
I Login N. Ellett Clerk of the County Court for the County
aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Alexander Turpin for a pension.
-
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of Office
this 5th day of October 1832 in the 57th:
year of the Commonwealth
Loftin N. Ellis, Clerk
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In Henrico County Court Novem-7th 1833
On the motion of William Reddick administrator with the will annexed of Alexander Turpin deceased, it is ordered that it be certified that it was this day proved to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Alexander Turpin
died in the month of April last.


Virginia: Henrico County to wit
I Squire Loflin N. Ellett Clerk of the
County Court for the County aforesaid in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true transcript taken
from the records of the Court of the County aforesaid.
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my name
and annex the seal of the said Court this
15th day of Novem 1833 in the 58th year
of the Commonwealth-
Loftin N. Ellett, Clerk
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Know all men by these presents, That I Alexander Turpin (the same whose name is subscribed to the annexed declaration) of the County of Henrico State of Virginia, have constituted and appointed,
and by these presents, do constitute and appoint, Herbert A. Claiborne Esq Attorney at Law, of the City of Richmond, and State aforesaid, my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, but to my use to ask demand and receive, all and every sum and sums of money, pension or pensions, annuity or annuities, to which I am or may be entitled, as a soldier of the revolution, by virtue of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832, and of the annexed declaration made in conformity to the requisitions of that act; and for me, and in my name, to grant all necessary and proper acquittances & discharges, and further, for me and in my name to do and perform all and every other lawful act and acts needful for effecting the premises, or any part thereof, as fully and 
effectually to all intents and purposes as if I were personally present;
hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever my said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in or about the premises
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my seal, this twenty sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Alex Turpin
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In Semico County Court February 4th 1834
On the motion of William Roddick administrator of Alexander Turpin deceased and it being satisfactorily proved to the Court by the Cash of Abraham Childress a witness introduced for that purposes the
Court doth certify that the said Alexander Turpin deceased, was a widower and had no wife at the time of his death, that the said Turpin was survived by his daughters Eliza Redford wife of Benan Redford of Adair County and Sarah Childers the wife of Peter B.
Childers of said County and by two grand children Viz William B. Reddick and John H Reddick infant children of Elizabeth Reddick and who was the daughter of said Turpin, and wife of said William Reddick, that the said Eliza Redford Saint Childers William and
John H. Reddick, the two last in right of their  eceased mother are by the laws of Virginia, the only heirs of said Alexander Turpin deceased


Virginia Henrico County at
I Loflin Ellett on Call Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid in the State of Virginia
do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true transcript taken from the reccords in  the Court of the County aforesaid - In Testimony whereof I hereto set my name and annex the s al of the said Court this 5th day of February 1834 in the 58th year of the Commonwealth
Loflin Ellett
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Corporation of Richmond, to wit
we Nathaniel Charles and Martin Devoy, Justices
of the Peace in the Corporation aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, do hereby
certify, that Alexander Turpin, a party to a certain Power of Attorney, bearing
date on the 26th day of November, 1832, and hereto annexed, personally appeared
before us in our corporation aforesaid, and acknowledged the same to be his act and
deed, and desired is to certify the said acknowledgment to the Clerk of the proper
court of record in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, in less that the
said Power of Attorney may be recorded. Given under our hands and seals
this 26th day of November, 1832
Nath Charter
Martin Dury



Virginia, City of Richmond to wit:
I Thomas C Howard, Clerk of the Court of Hastings
for the said City do certify that Nathaniel Charter and Martin
Drewry, whose names are subscribed to the foregoing certified
and Justices of the peace in and for said City, and members of
the Court of Hastings thereof -
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my
hand and affix the seal of the said Court
of Hustings, this seventh day of December
one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
M. C. Howard
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Alex Turpin
Va
No 22986
Admit as private
no
$20.
Certificate to issue in the
names of
Eliza Redford
Sarah Childers
and due up to Apl 1. 1833. 4.37
Herbert A. Claiborne
Richmond 
Va
Herbert A Claiborne
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Sir:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
May 28 1833
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
Statement, showing the Service of Alex Turpin, Henrico Co. Va
Duration of the
claimant's service.
1781
2
2
2
Rank of
the
claimant.
Pri:
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
68 years
Col. J. Pleasant Richmond
to
I am, respectfully,
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
Witness
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, 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 , County or District
On this
day of
A.
personally appeared (a) before
of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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)
served in the (e) regiment of the
with
andline

, 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, 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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and 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 exexpected
. 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.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
a Soldier, and what has become of it?
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 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
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.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, anddays
, 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 place 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
┃ The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
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
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
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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Alexander Turpin's
Will
Copy
.
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In the name of God Amen I Alexander Turpin of the County of Henrico being sick and weak in body but of sound and disposing mind and memory do make and pronounce this to be my last will and Testament
Item In the first place I wish all my just debts paid
Item I give unto Miles Turpin his heirs executors administrators and assigns the following property to wit, one half the land on which I now reside, and all my household and kitchen furniture, except one feather bed and furniture hereinafter named, In Trust for the sole and exclusive benefit and
behoof of my daughter Sarah Childers and such child or children as she now has or may hereafter have separate and free from the control debts or engagements of Peter B. Childers her husband or any future husband) during the life of the said Sarah Childers; and at her death to convey the same by proper deed or deeds to such of the children of the said Sarah lawfully begotten as may then alive and to the issue of my deceased child or children, the issue of such deceased child or children to take and have such part or portion of the property hereby given as their parent
or parents would have been entitled to if living
Item I give unto William B. Reddick and John H Reddick children of my deceased daughter Elizabeth Roddick the other half of the land whereon I at present reside to them and
their heirs forever, and to John H. Riddick one feather bed and furniture 
Item I give to my daughter Eliza Redford and her husband Bernard Redford one cent. having heretofore given to them every thing that I intend they shall have.
 Item I nominate and appoint Miles Turpin
my Executor In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal dated this 22 day of February 1833.
Signed, sealed, published and declared by
the Testator as and for his last will and Testament
Alexr Turpin
℗
in our presence who at his request in his
presence and in the presence of each other have
subscribed our names as Witnesses
Richard Lorton
John Childres
John A. Mosby
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As a Quarterly Court continued by adjournment and held for Henrico County at the Courthouse on the 13" day of June 1833. This last will and testament of Alexander Turpin deceased was presented in Court proved by the act of
John Cherry and John O Mosby me of the Witnesses to the same and over
be recorded, and Miles Turpin the Executor in the said Will named by his writing addressed to the Court, which was proved by the oath of John 
O. Mosly the subscribing witness to the same refusing to take upon himself the burthen of the execution thereof on the motion of William Reddickwho made oath thereto according to law and together with John O. Mosby his security entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of onehundred and fifty dollars conditioned as the law prescribes a certificate
was granted him for obtaining letters of administration on the Estate of the
said Alexander Turpinn deceased with his will annexed in due form
Cole
Loften N. Ellett.


Virginia Henrico County to wit:
Lossin N. Ellett W.C. Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid in the State of Virginia do
certify that the foregoing is a true transcript taken from the records of the Court of the County aforesaid
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my name
and under the seal of the said Court this 8 day
of February one Thousand eight hundred and
thirty four
Loftin N Ellett C.
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40  1 year /1.66
30/66/5
150
10
26.25
                   41.16
                        27
                   -------
                  41.39  

J L Edwards esq
Court of Pensions
Washington
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Richmond 10th Feby 1834
J L Edwards Esq
Sir

Yours of the 16 ult with the papers relating to the claim of Alexander Turpin dec. was duly received, but it was not in my power to obtain the certificate on arrived till the 4th Just that certificate you will find on the page next to the last & thereby it is proved that Alexander Turkin had no wife at the time of his death had no children at the time of her death but Eliza the wife of Bernard
Redford and Sarah Childers the wife of Peter B Childers but that he was survived by William Reddick, John H Riddick the infant children of William Reddick & his late wife Elizabeth now decd who was another daughter of Alexander Turpin. I have considered  it proper to send you an authenticated copy of the Will of Turkin by which you will perceive the that the testator carefully provides that what he gave to his daughter Sarah Children should not be subject to the control of her husband who I  understand is that the husband is being very abusive and difficult and has abandoned his wife & child
they now live with William Riddick who married
Elizabeth  another daughter & who is the ???
am with the Will of Alexander Turpin.
I flatter  myself that you now have all the evidence
that you can desire & with which you conduct
the money to be paid to such persons as may be
entitled thereto either by operation of Lawyer of the iall
I will only suggest that Redford and wife I presume 
entirely excluded in participation by the last clause
of the Will. Let me hear from you as soon as possible.
very respectfully
Herbert A. Claiborne
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INVALID.
File No. 16008
Act
Alexander Turpin
Pri Rev War
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June 7"1832 
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 381
Arrangement of 1870.]