Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6513, Richard Austin, Md.
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(S-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Austin, Richard
or
Austen

NUMBER
S. 6513

carded [handwritten, right aligned]

CONTENTS
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Virginia 12.82%

Richard Austin
of Bedford in the State of Virginia
who was a pri. in the company commanded
by Captain Hill of the Regt. commanded
by Guess Col: in the Maryland
line for 13 months

Richard Austin.
Records corrected. June 1 1904.

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of May '33 and sent R. N Dickenson Liberty C. H. Va.

Arrears to the 4th of March '33 _ 86.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.. _ 21.66 1/2
$108.32 1/2

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6. Page /

1886 Feby Hon. J E Kenna with date of birth & residences.

Date of death not on ro --
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13,500

Richard Austin's
declaration
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State of Virginia County of Bedford S.S.

On this 24th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the County Court of Bedford now sitting Richard Austin a resident of Russel Parish in the County of Bedford and State of Virginia aged seventy six 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 act of Congress ^passed June 7th 1832

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein Stated -- he was drafted from the Militia Prince George County Maryland about June 1777 and marched from said County thro Baltimore crossing ^the susquehannah near Elk _ thence to Swann Creek thence to Brandywine and Schuylkills, thence to a place called white horse from whence we were driven back by the Brittish_ we then went to Conastoga valley in Pennsyvania, where he joined Col. Guiss of the regular army _ his regiment united with the main army commanded by Genl. Washington somewhere between the white horse and Germantown he thinks about Pikasmer in Pennsylvania _ he was drafted from the 3d Regiment of Maryland Militia

His field [illegible mark] Company officers were Genl Smallwood_ Col. Luke Marlborough Major Lyle _ Capt. Henry Hill _ Lieutenant John Nailor _ He was he was drafted for a tour of three months and his term of service expireng before the battle of Germantown he remained in the army untill after the battle of Germantown and was in that engagement when the whole army was commanded by Genl. Washington _ He was discharged near germantown but had no written discharge has no documentary evidence of his services _ knows no person living by whom he can prove his services_ The names of some of the regular officers in the army where he was were Genl. Greene General Weedon, Col. Guiss Capt. Benjamin Brookes Capt. William Bod_ He was born in Prince Georges County Maryland April 18th 1756_ He returned home in October 1777 where he remained until sometime ^in April 1778 when there was a call for men to serve 9 months every class of 8 men in the Militia was required to furnish one man [illegible] by draft_ unless someone volunteered_ all the men in his class being men of family except himself he was hired to go without a draft_ He was from same Regiment as in first tour_ He marched to Baltimore where
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Col Guess took charge of them he caught the smallpox in Baltimore & as soon as he recovered he was sent to Philadelphia by way of Elk_ He

He was again taken sick in Philadelphia and remained in the Hospital during his term of service which expired about Christmas_ But he was at the time so sick that he could not return home and was obliged to stay in the hospital until March 1779 he cannot tell who the officers were as he was sick_ He so far recovered during the time as to be able to March and drew clothes for that purpose but while they delayed recruiting others he was taken sick a third time and so remained until the time above mentioned_ He was discharged by Genl. Hogans but his discharge is lost long since he received no pay for this tour he lived in Prince Georges County Maryland until after the Revolution and moved to Bedford County Virginia about 1788 where he has lived ever since and now lives_ He has no [underlined] documentary evidence and knows no [underlined] person by whom he can prove his services His father had a register of his age but he knows not what has become of it_

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid

[right aligned] Richard [his + mark] Austin

We Garnett Lee and Joseph Slaghter residing in the County of Bedford Virginia hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Austin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to 76 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court_ }

Joseph Slaughter
Garnett Lee

And the Court do hereby declare, after the investigation of the matter and after puting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, their opinion that the above named applicant, was a revolutionary soldier and served as he States, and the Court do further
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Certify that it appears to them that Garnett Lee and Joseph Slaughter who have Signed the Certificate thereto annexed are residents of the said County and are credible persons and that their certificate is entitled to credit.

J. Robert N Dickenson Deputy for Robert C Mitchell clerk of the County Court of Bedford in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains a true copy of the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Richard Austin for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at office, the [illegible] day of October 1832 in the 57 year of American Indipendence.

Ro. N. Dickenson D.C
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December 3, 1934

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Richard Austin-S.6513
RA-J/AWF

Beatrice M. Clutch
1025 Vermont
Quincy, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of James Austin from Maryland and George Judy from Maryland, and other soldiers, with these surnames, from Maryland.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States, based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War services of a soldier with surname Judy, who served with the Maryland troops, or of any James Austin or Austen.

The record of Richard Austin who served with the Maryland troops, War of the Revolution, is furnished herein. The data were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 6513, based upon his service in that war. This is the record of the only soldier with that surname, who served with the Maryland troops, found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Richard Austin was born April 18, 1756 in Prince Georges County, Maryland, names of his parents not given. 

While a resident of Prince Georges County, Mary-
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land, Richard Austin enlisted sometime in June, 1777, served as a private in Captain Henry Hill's company, Colonel Luke Marbury's Maryland regiment, was in an engagement at White Horse, where they were driven back by the British, soon after, joined Colonel Gist's Maryland regiment and was in the batte of Germantown, after which he was discharged. He enlisted sometime in April, 1778, in Colonel Gist's Maryland regiment, marched to Baltimore, where he was taken sick, remained in hospital in Baltimore and Philadelphia until sometime in March, 1779.

He movedffrom Prince Georges County, Maryland in 1788 to Bedford County, Virginia.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1832, then a resident of Russel Parish, Bedford County, Virginia.

The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the familty of the soldier.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing the following data:

Richard Austen (as he was pensioned)
Certificate # 12827
Issued May 30, 1833
Rate $43.44 perrannum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Virginia Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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6513

Rev War [checkmark] INVALID.

File No. 6513
Richard Austin
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32

Index: --Vol. A, Page 13

[Arrangement of 1870.]

Richard Austin. June 1, 1904.
Records corrected. 

1931 . Nov. 28 - Hist. to Viola Root Cameron - ILL.
1934 . Dec 3 - hist. to Beatrice M. Clutch [illegible]
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Richard Austin

5. 11. 12. 17 --

[smudged ink]

5. 7. 11. 17. [crossed out]

Admit as a private for 13 months $43.33

[illegible]
[illegible]
Edward --
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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 [handwritten "Richards Austin"] which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? [handwritten "Yes"]

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? [handwritten "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? [handwritten "Yes"]

V. * Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? [illegible faded handwriting]

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

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

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? [handwritten "Yes"]

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? [handwritten "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? [handwritten "Yes"]
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief repsecting his age and the general belief in his neighorhood relative to his revolutionary service? [handwritten "No"]

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [handwritten "No"]

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? [handwritten "Yes"]

[handwritten vertically on the right hand side] Richard Austin .
5. 11. 12. 17--

XIV. t 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?
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 offical 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? 
[handwritten "Yes"]

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 
[faded handwritten] 2d [2nd] 5th 7th

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 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 and _________ 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 indefinite, 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 [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.

t 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 adminster the oaths must cerify 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.
[hand symbol pointing right] 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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Old war Div.
Ins. Ex'r.
No.

Co.       Reg't

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Return this letter with your reply.

Department of the Interior
PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. February 1, 1886

Sir,
In answer to your enquiry of the 29th ult whether Richard Austin, a Revolutionary war pensioner, has any paper on file showing that the maiden name of his mother was "Chase" I have the honer [honor] to state that there was a pensioner of the above name who served in the above war, with the Maryland troops, but without more data it is impossible to identify him with the one of your enquiry . This soldier gives the date and place of his borth, without the names of his parents, or other particulars of his family. In 1832 living in Russell Parish Bedford Co
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November 11, 1931

#6128

Department of Interior
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
We would like to [handwritten check mark crosses out "to" with "ok" written above "have"] have the pension record of Richard Austin. [underlined] Pensioned in Bedford County, Virginia in 1833.

Sincerely,

VRC:BT

Viola Root Cameron [signed]

[upside down postmark stamp]
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
SECTION
NOV 12 1931
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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1025 Vermont,
Quincy, Illinois.
Nov. 13, 1934.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen:

Will it be possible to learn if you have pension records for either of the following who might have served in the Revolutionary War?

o James Austin [underlined] from Maryland
o George H. or George J. Judy [underlined] from Maryland

If you do not have those with the given name as above, but others with same surnames from Maryland, is it possible to have such record? If there is a charge for this service please let me know and I will send same.

Very truly yours,

Beatrice M. Clutch [signed]

Beatrice M. Clutch

5 Received A. G. O. NOV 17 1934

[postmark stamp saying "RECEIVED NOV 19 1934 Old Swords Division A. G. O."]

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November 28, 1931.

Viola Root Cameron
521 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York

BA-J/ILL

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Richard Austin, a pensioner of Bedford County, Virginia.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 6513, based upon his military service in that war.

Richard Austin was born April 18, 1756 in Prince Georges County, Maryland.

While a resident of Prince Georges County, Maryland, he enlisted sometime in June 1777, served as a private under Captain Henry Hill and Colonels Luke Marbury and Gist in the Maryland troops, was in a skirmish with the enemy at White Horse and in the battle of Germantown, after which he was discharged. He enlisted sometime in April, 1778, in Colonel Gist's Maryland Regiment, marched to Baltimore, where he was taken sick, and remained in hospitals in Baltimore and Philadelphia until sometime in March 1779.

The soldier moved from Prince Georges County, Maryland, about 1788 to Bedford County, Virginia.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1832, while a resident of Russel Parish, Bedford County, Virginia.

There are no data relative to soldier's family in the papers in this claim.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER, 
Assistant to Adminstrator.