Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18047, for Little B Hunt, Virginia
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(3-1776) 
Service
V A.	
	
Hunt, Little B 
or Litterberry 	
	
Number 
S. 18047
carded  
Contents
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Missouri 19943 
Littleberry Hunt  
Of Franklin Co. In the State of Missouri  
Who was a raider in the [illegible] commander  
By Captain Bree of the [illegible] commander 
By Gen. Lawson in the Virginia  
Line for one year X40  
Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri  
At the rate of 40 dollars 00 center per annum 
To commence on the 4th day of March, 1834  
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Sept.  
1833 and [illegible] to July  
Owens, Union. --Franklin Co. Virginia   
Arrears to the 4th of [illegible] 1833 100 
Terminal allowance ending [illegible] 20  
$120.00  
Revolutionary Claim,  
Act of June 7, 1832
Recorded by {Illegible] Palmer Clerk  
Book E. Vol. 8 Page 82
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State of Missouri  
County of Franklin fet 
On the 22nd day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable Charles H. Allen Judge of the Circuit Court of said County now in session Littleberry Hunt a resident of the town of Union in said County of Franklin and state afore said aged seventy two years and reprimands who being first duly serves according to law doth, in his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of [illegible] in 1832.  
That he internes the service of the wanted states under the following named of [illegible] and served as here in states of Bowter Price Captain, either Charles Callaway or Archibald Moon as he believes was first [illegible], Commanded by Colonel Charles Lynch and attached to General Lawson brigade. The applicant states that he entered the service as he believes in the month of January or February in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one. That his first new [illegible] was at New London in the state of Virginia a bit owing to some circumstances not said recollection, [illegible] did not then March but a few days thereafter the Company again Reground [scratched out] in Bedford County or and Marches from then to North Carolina and South Carolina and this applicant was at the battle of Gulliford and received there a wound in the foot. This applicant recollects that a Capt. Jones commanded a Company from Bedford County and that said Capt. Jones and Archibald Moon and
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others are recollected by this applicant as having fallen at the battle of Gulliford. And this applicant further states that in consequence of the wound he received he obtained a furlough and went home, and he further states that he was drafted into the service for a tour of six months and that he received a discharge for a tour of six months, but does not recollect of by whom the discharge was signed, but knows that it is lost. And this applicant states that some time in the summer of the year seventeen hundred and eighty one he was again drafted into the service for a tour of six months that he entered the service as he believes under the command of Captain Charles Callaway and he thinks led John Callaway commanded the regiment, [illegible] the many of the Lieutenants are not recollected, the company regrouped at New London in the state of Virginia in the County of Bedford and marched to York by the way of Williamsburgh and there halted for several days, [illegible] James River as any town. This applicant continued in the service until after the surrender of Cornwallis and was discharged on the way from York to Fredereksburgh owing to [illegible], but the company to which this applicant belonged went to Fredereksburgh as he believes to guard some prisoners, that for this last mentioned tour he received a discharge for six months service and he believes the discharge was signed by Col. Callaway and he knows that it is lost, and he further states that in both tours of duty he served as a private in the militia—that the names of the officers in the regular service have principally escaped his recollection, that he recollects [illegible]
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Had the command at the battle of Gullford and [illegible] Washington and Lafayette at the siege of York and he further states that he was born in Bedford County in the state of Virginia in the month of June in the year seventeen hundred and sixty one, he resided in Bedford County when he was called into service and since the Revolutionary War has lived in the states of [illegible] Louisiana and Missouri that he has a record of his age at his former place opens [illegible] and he further states that he is known to Peter Williams, John J. Porter and Jefe McLowle who are citizens of his neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution and he hereby relinquishes every claim what ever 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, and he declares that he has no documentary evidence neither does he know any person whose testimony he can provide that can testify to his service sworn to subserviced the day and year first aforesaid. Little B. Hunt  
 
I [illegible] Peter Callaway a clergyman residing in the County of Franklin and John J. Porter and Jefe McLowle residing in the same here by certify, that we are well acquainted with Littleberry Hunt who has subserved and sworn to the afore declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two 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
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We concur in that opinion sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid William G Owens Clk. Alvin P. Williams  
[illegible] J Porter  
Jefe McLowle 
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting their interrogation prescribes 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 [crossed out] Alvin Williams who has signed the preceding certified is a clergyman resident in the County of Franklin and that Jefe McLowle and John J Porter who have also signed the same are residents in said County and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.  
C. H. Klein W. Judge [Unsure of words in signature]
I William G. Owens Clark of the [crossed out] circuit Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matters of the applications of Littleberry Hunt for a pension and I further certify that C. H. Allen is the judge of said court and that the above and foregoing signature of him the said C. H. Allen is his genuine signature.  
In testimony whereof I here unto set my hand and the seal of said Court office the 22nd day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.  
William J Owns [illegible]
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION  
WASHINGTON 	
	
March 22, 1932  
Littleberry Hunt-S.18047  
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
BA-J/ 
Honorable William L. Nelson  
House of Representatives  
Washington, D.C.  
My dear Mr. Nelson:  
	
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.18047, based upon the military service of Littleberry Hunt in that war.  
	
Littleberry Hunt (the name also appears as Little B. Hunt) was born in June, 1763, in Bedford County, Virginia.  
	
While residing in Bedford County, Virginia, he enlisted in January of February, 1781, served as a private in Captain Bowen Price’s Company, Colonel Charles Lynch’s Virginia Regiment and was in the battle of Guliford, where he was severely wounded in the foot, in consequence of which he was furloughed and returned home. He again enlisted in the summer of 1781, served as a private in Captain Charles Callaway’s Company, Colonel John Callaway’s Virginia Regiment, marched to Yorktown and was discharged after the surrender of Cornwallis, length of this service six months.  
	
After the Revolution, he resided in the states of Kentucky, Louisiana and Missouri.  
	
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 22, 1833, while residing in Union, Franklin County, Missouri.  
	
There are no data as to his family.  
Very truly yours  
A.D. HILLER  
Assistant to Administrator.
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1914 Aug. 14 Hist. To Hon. Claude A. Swanson letter in W.24128 
John Apperson  
1932 Mar. 22 [illegible] to Loan from L. Nelson E. [illegible]  
 
P. 18047  
File No. 18047  
Littleberry Hunt  
Privt—Co. Regt 
Comd. By Gen. [Illegible]  
Act June 7, 1832  
Index: Vol. 1, Page 436  
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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H. 5h2. 	19.943 
Littleberry Hunt 
Missouri 
Adm 1 year $4c 
Mr. G. Owens 
Union 
Franklin County 
Missouri
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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 Littleberry Hunt which requires further proof or explanation. 

Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? 
*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 amount of pension he is entitled? No 
Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes. 
Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes. 
Has the Court given their opinion? Yes 
Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes 
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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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? This citizens only 
If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No. 
If the applicant has to 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? No. 
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 official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 
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? 
Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered? [illegible] 
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 period 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 to 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 of 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. 
†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 office, 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 office, should accompany the papers.
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Hon. Claude A. Swanson
Ull. 
This letter dated Aug. 11, 1914 in W. 24128 John Apperson 
Our File No. 18.047. Little B. Hunt was allowed pension (as Littleberry Hunt) on his application executed July 22, 1833 while a resident of Union, Franklin County, Missouri. 
He stated that he as born in June, 1761, in Bedford County, Virginia, where he resided when he was drafted in January or February 1781, under captain Bowen Price and Colonel Charles Lunch, and was in the battle of Gulliford where he was wounded in the foot and was furloughed home, six months. 
Drafted in the summer of 1781, under captain Chalres Callaway, Colonel John Callway, marched to Yorktown where he continued until after the surrender of Cornwallis, and was discharged en route to Fredericksburg six months. 
There is no family data on file. 
Very truly yous, 
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner 
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WILLIAM L. NELSON	 
8TH DIST. MISSOURI 
ROOM 262 
HOME OFFICE BUILDING
RESIDENCE: 
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI 	

MEMBER
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 

Congress of the United States 
House of Representatives 
Washington, D. C. 
March 15 
1932 

Mr. A.D. Hiller, 
Assistant to Administrator, 
U.S.  Veterans Administration, 
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Mr. Hiller, 
	I have request for information concerning certain Revolutionary War soldiers, whose names, along with such data as those interested have been able to obtain, are given below. I will greatly appreciate if if you will be kind enough to advice me as to what the records of your office disclose regarding these men: 
Hopewell Keene, of Maryland 
Littlebury Hunt, in 1833 living in Franklin County, Missouri, receiving U.S. pension. 
John Hunt, listed in Va. State Library Report as follows: 5V.R) W.D.106, l; (7V.R.) W.D. 305, 2; (5&11 V.R.) W.D. 328.1. 
Thomas Wood, listed in “Old Kentucky Land entries” Military Warrant, 400 acres Warrant No. 1035. 3 yrs. Sergeant Major, Va. Line, June 24, 1783. 
Thomas Edwards, listed in McAllisters Virginia Soldiers, as “Thomas Edwards S.L.R. Mar. 22, 1770 under Atwell, Fauquier Co. Va. 
Captain Lynaugh Helm, (brother of Leonard and Thomas Helm), lived in Fr. Wm. Co. Virginia; may have been listed from New York State. 
John Pettus, or Pettis, of Virginia. 
Thanking you for this and for past favors, I am 
Sincerely yours, 
W.L. Nelson