Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8639, for Jesse Rector, Virginia
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(3 - 1776)
Va.
SERVICE
CONTENTS
Rector, Jesse
NUMBER
R. 8639
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Declaration of
Jesse Rector
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Lawrence County Probate Court
November 1833
State of Indiana 
Lawrence County 
Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
On this 11th day of November in the year 1833 personally appears in open court before a Asher Wilcox Judge of the Probate Court of the County of Lawrence aforesaid, the same being a court of record Jesse Rector resident of Shawswick Township of the aforesaid aged 73 years on the 25th day of December last past who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1332.
That he was sometime in the summer or fall of the year 1780, but on what day or month he cannot now particularly state, drafted as a militia man in the county Fauquier in the state of Virginia to service for a three-month tour as a militia man in the war of the revolution in the army of the United States under the command of Capt. Dudley. 
That at the time said declarant and the rest of the militia of Fauquier County, at the time herein stated were equipped and ready to set out for headquarters which were at the state of Virginia, that this declarant was unable to join the army by reason of a server attack of sickness, by which was confined and unable to perform any duty for a space of ___ months and that by reason of his non attendance as a militia man for the cause aforesaid he was returned for a six month tour of duty which was some time he 1st of September in the year 1781. 
That he and five or six other pursuant to their orders, met on the 10th day of September aforesaid in the year last-aforesaid at Fauquier court house in said state of Virginia from which place they marched to Fredericksburg in said state of Virginia where they remained a short time under the command of Strother Suttle, whom this declarant understood was placed there for the purpose of receiving soldiers enlisted for a six month tour. 
That said Strother Suttle measured this declaration and the rest of the men who were with him took their heights and a description of their complexions, and by whose orders this declarant and the rest of the company marched under the command of a Sargent to Little York, where they joined the main army under Gen Washington, and where this declarant remained until after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, on the 19th day of October 1781. 
That this declarant was at no other battle except the siege of Little York at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, as herein stated. That after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, aforesaid,
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This declarant was marched with a part of the army to Portsmouth to tear down some breastworks. 
That this declarant was then marched, he thinks, under a Major Dick (but is not certain in consequences of the length of time, an  a failure of memory) through Norfolk, to the sea shores after some Tories. That we took some Tories, he does not now recollect how many, with whom we marched back again to Portsmouth. 
That some short time after this said declarant was discharged. That he received his discharge from said Strother Suttle whom he met with after his return home to Falmouth in Stafford County in said state of Virginia, who this declarant believes signed his said discharge.  That he last said discharge supposing it to be of no value, and for that reason did not take any special care of it.  
That he thinks the officer under whose immediate command he was placed, when he joined the main army at Little York was Capt. Dudley. That he does not now remember the names of all the officers under whom he served during said tours of duty, having been frequently changed to different companies, but that they were all chiefly regulars. That what rank the said Strother Suttle held, the declarant at this lapse of time does not remember. 
That during said campaign this declarant recollects to have seen the following names officers: General Washington and Greene and some others that he does not now remember.
 That he has a record of his age at home, and that from said record he was born on the 26th day of December in the year 1759.
This declarant further states that since the Revolution he has lived in the following states to wit: four or five years in Virginia after the Revolution from thence he move to North Caroline where he resided about five years, from thence he moved back again to the state of Virginia where he remained about thirty years, from thence he removed to Indiana the state in which he now resides, and where he has resided for thirteen years. That he has accompanied this declaration with the certificate of the Reverend Abraham Mitchell and Levi Mitchell and Gideon Potter and Francis McBride all of the county in which said declarant resides and to whom said declarant is known, and by whom he can prove his general character and reputation for truth and veracity and who can testify as to their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution, which he prays may be received and made a part of his record.
This declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the foresent and, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state or territory. 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Jesse Rector
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We Abraham Mitchell a Clergyman, residing
in the County of Lawrence and State of Indiana
Levi Mitchell & Gideon Potter and Francis McBride
residing in the same County and State, hereby certify, that
we are well acquainted with Jessee Rector, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe
him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been
soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Abraham Mitchell G
Leir Mitchell
Gideon Potter
Francis McBride

Interrogatories put by the Court
1. Question- Where and in what year were you born?
Answer - I was born in the County of Fauquier in the State of Virginia on the 26th day of December in the year 1759.
2. Question - Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer - I have my fathers record of my age, which is now in my house in this County
3. Question- Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer - When called into service I was living in the County of Fauquier and State of Virginia, since the Revolution I have lived four or five years immediately preceeding it in Virginia, about five years in the State of North Carolina, from whence I removed back again to Virginia where I remained about thirty years from thence I removed to Indiana, in which state I now reside.
4. Questio- How were you called into service; were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
Answer - I was drafted into the service for a three months tour, and not being able to perform that duty in consequence of sickness, I was a returned for a six months tour, which I performed until discharged for which tour of six months, this declaration is intended.
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5. Question- State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental
and malitia Regiments as you can recollect
and the general circumstances of your services
Answer - Gen Washington, Commander in chief and General Greene are all the superior officers there I now recollect. I think Capt Dudley [who illegible- crossed out] who commanded the company to which I belonged after I joined the head quarters of the army at Little York. I do not at this distance of time, recollect what rank Strother suttle held, but think he was only stationed at Fredericksburg to receive soldiers drafted in that neighbourhood. I do not recollect any Continental or Malitia Regments, my memory being bad and I not having
charged it with the recollection of such incidents. My services were distinguished by no important circumstances, other than the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, which I distinctly recollect, the tearing down the breast works at Portsmouth - and the taking of the Tories near the sea shore-below Norfolk in Virginia
6. Question-- Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer - I did receive a discharge from the service which I think was signed by Strother Tuttle, but I have lost it in consequence of not supposing it of any use.
7. Question - State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution
Answer. Abraham Mitchell Minister
of the Gospel-- Levi Mitchell. Gideon
Potter and Francis McBride
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Service Va. 
Rector, Jesse 
Number R.8639
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surrender of Lord Cornwallis, but was ready to have served his tour of six months had not peace been made and the war ended - signed Jesse Thorton
Subscribed + sworn to before me this 1th of Nov.r 1833 [Signature illegible, begins Alex. H...?]

State of Indiana
Lawrence County
I Robert Mitchell clerk of the Probate Court of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contain the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Jesse Rector for a pension and that Alexander H [Illegible] Esq. whose signature appears at the bottom of the above and foregoing affidavit was at the time of the taking hereof and now is an acting justice of the peace + that full faith + credit is due to all his official acts as such Justice of the peace. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Beaford the 13th day of November, AD 1833
Robert Mitchell [illegible]
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No. 2430
Jesse Rector Lawrence County 
Indiana
8639
[illegible] served only three months + ten days, [illegible] 3 Dec. 33 to R. M. Thompson Bedford, Indiana.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 31 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 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 necefsary [necessary] to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the service of Jefse [Jesse] Little Laurence County Indiana
Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Years. Months. Days. 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 service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Draft {[illegible] [illegible] [illegible] 1780 sick and did not serve Called out 1781 for [illegible] Gl Washington Cap Gl [Gracil?] Cap Suttle 72 years Fauquier County Virginia 
Traditionary evidence, [illegible] Certificate, [illegible] certified credible paper correct
Little York
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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 [sic] 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
County of } 33.
On this      day of          personally appeared (a) before     A. B. a resident of (b) of           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          and served in the           (e) regiment of the          line, under the following named officers :            
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service : (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers : ) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service: the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [pointing finger outline] This form is to be caried 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 this 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. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion 9g0 that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states,  
I                               of the Court of                   do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                   for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this           day of             &c. 

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz.:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the            and C.D. residing in (the same) 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.  
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, by testimony of at least on 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department.   A very full account of the services of each person
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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 ex- expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
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 given
, and what has become of it?
one has become of it?
To an Officer. {
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of 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.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a 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 and
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 period mentioned below, and in the following grades: For - year --  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
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow 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.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the
witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[illegible marking] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule of
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] The traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact
[m]The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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October 11, 1933

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Mrs. W. H. Odell                 BA-J/EEL
Madison                              Jesse Rector-R.8639
West Virginia

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revo-lutionary War records of Jesse Rector and Thomas Winters, soldiers of that war. 
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers of that war.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record found of such claims having been made on account of the services in that war of a Thomas Winters or Winter. The record of Jesse Rector has been found and his history is furnished below as contained in the papers on file in pension claim,R.8639, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.  [Handwritten note in margin next to this paragraph: Search made by Mrs. Lerch.]

Jesse Rector was born December 26, 1759, in Fauquier County, Virginia.  The names of his parents are not given. 

After the Revolution, he resided for four or five years in the state of Virginia; then moved to North Carolina, where he lived for five years; from thence returned to Virginia, where he lived for thirty years; then moved to the state of Indiana. 

While residing in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana, he applied for pension on November 11, 1833, and alleged that while living in Fauquier County, Virginia, he enlisted in the summer or fall of 1780 for a three months' tour, officers' names not stated, but when his occupancy was ready to start for headquarters, he was taken with a severe attack of sickness and was unable to perform any duty: that he again enlisted about September 1, 1781, served as a private under Captain Dudley, Virginia Troops, and was at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis, after which he marched to Portsmouth and
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assisted in tearing down some breastworks and then went to the sea coast on an expedition against the Tories and captured a part of them; length of this service, three months and ten days.  

Jesse Recto's claim was not allowed as he failed to render six months military service as required by the pension laws.  

There are no data as to soldier's family. 

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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8639

P.O.
Jesse Rector

Service:


Enlisted:             ,18
Discharged:      ,18 [Stamped over this printed text: REJECTED]

Application filed:          ,18

Alleges: [handwritten] Printed list of 1852 shows cause of 
Re-enlisted: [handwritten] rejection: "Only three months ten days service"

Attorney:   
P.O.   

           Recognized.                       Contract.
         Cert. of Dis.       Searched for               ,18

[Note written down the side of the form]
1915 Jan. 4 Hist. to Hon Samuel P. Padgett &
1931 - July 16. Hist. to M. E. Gaston EES
1931 July 29 Mr. Gaston ad. m
regard to places of res. of sol.
1933 - Oct 11 - Hist to Mrs. A. H. Odell, EES
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R. W. Thompson
Dec 3. 1833
OC







[illegible] 2SS
Re. 232
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War Department
Pension Office
Dec. 5. 1833
Sir,
The papers in support of the claim
of Jesse Rector under the act of June 7, 1832
the again been ex. The time [that he was (crossed out)] [illegible] alleged to have been
engaged in actual service was three months & ten days. The act under which he claims [illegible]
for were who did not serve at least six
months. His claim has therefore been rejected
The papers will then be placed on file
in this office.
CV
R.W. Thompson Esqr
Bedford
Indiana
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July 29, 1931
Mary Edith Gaston
Glenwood
Iowa
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
[HHL?]
Dear Madame
Reference is made to your letter of July 22, 1931.
You are advised that in the papers in the Revolutionary War
claim for pension of Jesse Rector, R.8639, there is no other county
given as his place of residence in Virginia other than Fauquier County,
and no county in North Carolina is named.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Administrator.
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July 16, 1931

M.R. Gaston 
Glenwood 
Iowa 
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
EEL

Dear Sir: 

              You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolu-tionary War Pension claim, R.8639, that Jesse Rector was born Decem-ber 36, 1759, in Fauquier County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not given. 

          After the Revolution, he resided for four or five years in the state of Virginia; then moved to North Carolina, where he lived for five years; from thence returned to Virginia where he lived for thirty years; then moved to the state of Indiana. 

               While residing in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana, he applied for pension November 11, 1833, and alleged that while living in Fauquier County, Virginia, he enlisted in the summer or fall of 1780 for a three months tour, officers names not stated, but when his company was ready to start for headquarters, he was taken with a severe attack of sickness and was unable to perform any duty; that he again enlisted about September 1, 1781, served as a private under Captain Dulley, Virginia Troops, and was at the stage of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis, after which he marched to Portsmouth and assisted in tearing down some breastworks and then went to the sea coast  on an expedition against the Tories and captured a part of them; length of service three months and ten days.

          His claim was not allowed as he failed to render six months mil-itary service as was required by the pension law under which he applied. 

           It is not stated that soldier was ever married. 
                                     Very truly yours
                                     A.D. Huller 
                                     Assistant to Administrator
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January 4, 1915.

Hon. Lemuel P. Padgett,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Padgett:

In response to your letter dated
the second instant, requesting information for Miss
Harriet Talbot of #25 Highland Street, South Nashville.
Tennessee, I have the honor to advise you that the
files in this Bureau show that Jesse Rector, R. File
No. 8,639, Rev. War, applied for pension November 11,
1832, while a resident of Shawswick Township, Lawrence
County, Indiana. He stated that he was born December 26,
1759, in Fauquier County, Virginia. where he resided in 
the summer or Fall of 1780, when he was drafted for
three months as a militia-man, and in consequence of a 
severe sickness he did not serve: that he was ordered
out about the first of September 1781, and marched from 
Fauquier Court House to Fredericksburg, where he was
enlisted by Strother Suttle: proceeded to Little Yorktown
and served under Captain Dudley at the seige of Yorktown
and surrender of Cornwallis, after which he engaged
in tearing down some breastworks at Portsmouth and
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capture of Tories near the seashore below Norfolk;
three months and ten days.


The claim was rejected on the ground that the
claimant did not serve six months, the minimum time
of service required by the Act of June 7, 1832, under
which he applied.

There is not family data on file.

The records of this Bureau fail to afford any information
in regard to David Love of North Carolina.

Very truly yours,

Commissioner.

Rector - 2 -
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Madison W.Va.
September 28, 1933

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:

Please send me the war history of Jesse Rector, who served in Revolutionary War among Virginia soldiers.  He was at the Siege of Yorktown and surrendered to Cornwallis.

Also the records of Thomas Winters, who served during the Revolutionary War in John McClellands Co. as ranger of the Frontier.  He was from Westmoreland Co. Pennsylvania.

Thank you
Mrs. W.H. Odell
Madison
West Virginia
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Glenwood, Iowa.
July 22, '31

Dear Sir,

In reply to your letter of July 16, 1931 (Rev. & 1812 War Section E.E.L.), I wish to thank you for your answer pertaining to a previous letter of mine.

Does your record of Jesse Rector given [give] the name of the place of residence other than Fauquier Co. Va. previous to his enlistment in Rev. War Service?

Does the records show his residence in North Carolina, after the war?  Did he reside in what was previously known as Greenville District?

Does the records show the residence of Jesse Rector in Virginia after his return from North Carolina?  If so give me the exact addresses.

Sincerely
Mary Edith Gaston

P.S. Jesse Rector was my g.g. grandfather.
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Glenwood, Iowa,
June 18, '31

Dear Sir,
I am writing to you in regard to Jesse Rector, who served in the Revolutionary War.  He received pay as late as July 31, 1786.

Jesse Rector served in Washington's Army and received pay as late as July 31, 1786 and took part in the seige of Yorktown.

He once lived in Va & I believe later migrated to Indiana.

I should like his military record and particulars in regard to his pension.  Do you have any record that mentions the name of his father?

Sincerely,
M. E. Gaston
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Sixty - Third Congress

Lemuel P. Padgett, TENN., Chairman,
J. Frederick C. Talbott, MD.  William E. Williams, ILL,
Richmond P. Hobson, ALA.  Peter G. Gerry, R. I,
Albert Estopinal, LA.  Finley H. Gray, IND,
Daniel J. Riordan, N. Y.,  Thomas S. Butler, PA,
Samuel J. Tribble, GA,  Ernest W. Roberts, MASS,
Samuel A. Witherspoon, MISS,  William J. Browning, N. J.,
Walter L. Hensley, MO,  John R. Farr, PA.,
Frank Buchanan, ILL  Fred A. Britten, ILL.,
E. R. Bathrick, OHIO.  Patrick H. Kelley, MICH,
Robert E. Lee, PA  William D. Stephens, CAL.
E. S. Theall, Clerk.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE U. S.,
COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Jan. 2, 1915.

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
City.

Dear Sir:
The inclosed letter of Miss Talbot explains itself
and I beg to refer it to you with the request that you will
forward to me with the return of the inclosed letter such information
as you have available as to the military record of the
two persons named in the letter, and oblige. 

With kind regards, I am

Very truly,

L. P. Padgett

[rubber stamp:]
Referred to the Chief
Revolution Records
Jan4 1915
By the Commissioner

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