Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9359, for Henry Isbell, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Va. 
Isbell, Henry
NUMBER
S. 9359
carded
CONTENTS
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Virginia 16.608

Henry Isbell

Of Goochland Co in the State of Virginia
who was a private in the company commanded
Captain Leake of the Regt. commanded by
Col Monroe in the Va Militia
line for 4 mo.

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Septr
1833 and Senth
J. McCutcher. Present

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $91.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 3. 18.33
$110.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book C Vol. 6. Page 13
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Henry Isbell.
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State of Virginia
Goochland County} S.S.
On this 17th day of September 1832 personally appeared before the justices of the County Court of Goochland now sitting Henry Isbell a resident of the County of Goochland and State of Virginia, aged ~ seventy one as near as he can ascertain, not having any register of his age, 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States in the year when the British prisoners were carried to the Albemarle Barracks, (the date he cant recollect) with Capt. Elisha Leake from the County of Goochland, that he went to the Albemarle Barracks to guard the British prisoners and served there about one month & returned home, and in about one month of towards he was again ordered from the County of Goochland where he resided to the Albemarle Barracks under Capt. Josiah Leake & remained on the second tour about one month more & then returned home: some months thereupon he volunteered & marched with a detachment of Militia under Capt. Humphrey Parrish & Lieutenant David Rutherford; rendezvoused at Richmond and then marched to Cabbin Point and lay there & reconntered the country around for some time. I am under the impression that Genl. Mulenburg had the command of the troops at that place. I recollect a Major a frenchman by the name of Decluman or some name like that. I also think that Col. Charles Fleming & Col. Monroe were also there, but I do not recollect which of the Colonels. I was then under the command: - Major Magill was also there: we remained some time longer than the tour for which we were ordered out, but I cannot now positively tell how long: we moved from Cabbin Point to Petersburg where I was under the command of Major Magill & continued home & recollect the Snow was about half leg deep. - then I got home I was sick & as soon as I was able started again as well as I recollect in the month of February, the whole Militia being called from the County of Goochland Capt. Clarke the principal command of the Goochland militia, we went to James River and camped at M[illegible] town & went to Petersburg, from Petersburgh to Seventy Hundred, thence to North F[illegible] up to Ebbin town in Henrico, thence to Hiccory neck Church either in Charles City James City where we remained several days; thence to Cabbin point where I remained some time as well as he recollects under the command of Colo. Fleming or Colo. Monroe he does not now recollect which under the immediate command of Capt. Thomas Hatcher, how long he remained there till his discharge he cannot recollect. - After this he was called out in the militia stationed below Richmond and attached to the Company of infantry commanded by Capt. Thomas Richardson at the time of Cornwallis's invasion and there remained until the Militia were discharged, but how long it was he cannot now recollect.
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That he was called out in the Militia at the siege of York town, the rendevouz being at Williamsburg, and was in the Company of Gideon Hutcherson Capt. Edward Duke he does not now recollect which, the Capt not going down, that Company was commanded by Lieut. Thomas Bates. that he remained there till the Surrender of the British Army under Lord Cornwallis, that the Cols commanding the regiment in which he was in was Will Darcks. that he does not recollect how long he was there but that he went some time before the siege & remained till he was discharged in Williamsburg after the surrender
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Henry Isbell
We Benjamin Isbell and Anthony Layne residing in the county of Goochland do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Isbell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy one years of age: we know that he was in service as a militia soldier in the army of the revolution, and [illegible] he served as stated in his declaration. -
Benjamin Isbell
Anthony Layne

And the said Court 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 the said applicant could not with reasonable Convenience produce a Clergyman in open Court to make the usual Certificate and that Benjamin Isbell and Anthony Layne are persons residing in the said County and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
I William Miller Clerk of the Court of the County of Goochland, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
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matter of the application of Henry Isbell for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of Office this first
day of October One thousand eight
hundred and thirty two
Will Miller. CC
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State of Virginia
Goochland County} SS
On this 21st day of May 1833 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Henry Isbell resident of the said County and being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following amendment to his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1833. That in his first tour as set forth in the former Declaration, he served one month as private in the infantry and was drafted. That in his second tour as stated he also served one month in the same station. That his tour under Capt Parrish as stated heretofore was [illegible] in the fall of the year '80 as he thinks and in that tour he served three months as private in the infantry. That in his fourth tour as formerly stated he served to the best of his belief two months as private. That in his tour under Captain Richardson as described in his former Statement, he served two months also as private. And that in his last tour as mentioned heretofore he also served two months to the best of his belief in the same grade. That he can procure direct proof of some parts his services and to the rest he can procure Circumstantial proof, and that he has no [illegible] evidence -
To Question 1st he replies. In Goochland Va. 3d Octr 1760
To Question 2d I have no record of my age -
To Question 3d I lived in the same County when called into service, I have since lived in Caroline and Fluvanna Counties Va and now reside in Goochland -
To Question 4th I volunteered once and was drafted the other times -
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To Question 5th. I saw Genl. Muhlenburg, Genl Shelton Majors Decluman and Magill, Genl Lafayette and Genl Wayne and Washington. I recollect Lafayettes Army and the regular Army of York and the French Army and Militia under Southall at the siege. I can state no other circumstances than those formerly mentioned.
To Question 6 I received a discharge only at York. I do not recollect who signed it and do not know what has become of it ~
To Question 7th Colo Joseph Shelton, Anthony Layne and Benjamin Isbell 
Henry Isbell
Sworn and subscribed this 21st day of May 1833
before me
John Martin J.P.

State of Virginia
Goochland County SS
Be it known, that before me John Martin a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally Appeared Anthony Layne a resident of the said county, and a credible person and on his oath saith - That he has known Henry Isbell who has subscribed the foregoing declaration since his boyhood. That living in the same neighbourhood he knows said Isbell served frequently during the Revolution, And that he recollects serving in the Militia on two occasions with said Isbell in the year '81 as he supposes one at Cabin point in the late part of the winter and again in the spring and summer in the country below Richmond And that he verily believes said Isbell served the term faithfully -
Anthony Layne
Sworn and subscribed this 21st day of May 1833
before me - John Martin JP.
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State of Virginia
Goochland County} SS
Be it known that before me John Martin a Justice of the peace in and for the said County personally appeared Benjamin Isbell a resident of the county aforesaid, and a credible person and being duly sworn, on his oath saith, that during the Revolutionary War he lived in the house with Henry Isbell who has subscribed the proceeding declaration. That he knows said Isbell volunteered drafted to go to the barracks in Albemarle, was absent from home during the tour, and he never heard but that he served faithfully - and that in the one under Elisha Leake he served with said Isbell at that place - That he also knows said Isbell volunteered under Capt Parrish and although he was not with him, he never heard but that he served the tour and verily believes he did so. That he served a tour with said Isbell in the spring of 1781 when they marched from Goochland and said Isbell served under Capt Richardson. And that he knows said Isbell served again in the fall of the same year as he was called for and was from home the whole time and he never heard but that he served the tour -
Benjamin Isbell
Sworn and subscribed this 21st day of May 1833
before me John Martin JP.
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Birginia Goochland county } ss
I william Miller clerk of the county court of the said county, do hereby certify that John Martin before whom the supplementary Declaration of Henry Isbell and foregoing Affidavits were made was then, and is now an acting Justice of the peace in the said County duly commissened and authorised to administer oaths and that his signatures to the same are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23d day of May 1833 Will Miller Cl

Henry Isbell
Va [illegible] Henry Isbell
Adm 11 Montsh private $36.66
73.33 18.33 91.66
John McCutchen Washington City
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
EEL

May 10, 1930

A.P. Brill
618 South Jefferson
Neosho, Missouri

Dear Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.9359, it appears that Henry Isbell was born October 3, 1760, in Goochland County, Virginia.

While residing in Goochland County, Viriginia, he enlisted "in the year the British prisoners were taken to Albermarke Barracks" and served at various times until after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, amounting to eleven months in all, as a private with the Virginia Troops under Lieutenant Thomas Bates, Captains Elisha Leake, Josiah Leake. Humphrey Parrish, Thomas Hatcher, Thomas Richardson, and Gideon Hatcher or Edward Bake, Colonels Charles Fleming or Monroe and Darke. HE was at the siege of Yorktown.

After the Revolution, he lived in Caroline and Fluvanna Counties, Virginia.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832, while residing in  Goochland County, Viriginia. It is not stated that soldier was ever married. 

Very truly yours

E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner

Date of death not on AB
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Henry Isbell which require further proof of explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, any 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? No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ? yes

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? no
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? -
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? -

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? -

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. 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, and days, I served as a . For months days, I served as a and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 in definite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn 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 embulied 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
ployed in any civil pursuit.
+QUERE XIV. 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 claimants 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.
++QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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January 30, 1932 BA-J/EEL Henry Isbell S9359
Mr. A. P. Brill 339 South Hamilton Neosho, Missouri
Dear Sir
Reference is made to your letters of January 11, 1932, relative to Henry Isbell and Raudon Isbell, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
The history of Henry Isbell, S.9359, furnished you on May 10, 1930, and that of Henry Isbell, S.35451, furnished you on July 25, 1931, are those of the only soldiers of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
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 in 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 of Raudon Isbell, under any spelling of the surname.
The pension which you state, he was drawing in 1840, may have been paid by the state of Pennsylvania.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Commissioner of Pensions, Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me a copy of application for pension for Henry Isbell of Goochland County, Virginia who was drawing a pension in 1835.
Pen 2. 141 R.C. Char 4. 238
Also furnish same of Benjamin Isbell, Goochland County, Virginia, who was drawing a pension in 1835.
Pen 2. 141
Very truly A. P. Brill 618 South Jefferson, Neosho, Missouri
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAR 6 1930
March 3rd 1930.
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C Henry
U.S Bureau of Pensions Revolution and 1812 Wars Section Washington, D.C. 
Gentlemen: Will you kindly furnish me a copy of Pension Papers of henry Isbell of Virginia who was drawing a pension in South Carolina in 1820.
Thanking you, I am Very truly A. P. Brill 339 South Hamilton Neosho, Missouri
Jan 11th 1932
[stamp] [illegible] JAN 13 1932
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1930 - May 10 - Hist to A. P. Brill - EEL
1932 Jan 30 - Ad. AP. Brill [illegible] hist. on May 10/30 EEL
Rev War 9359 INVALID.
File No. 9359 Henry Isbell Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 188
[Arrangement of 1870.]