Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,240, for Loftus Pullins, Virginia
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SERVICE
Va.

Pullins, Loftus

NUMBER
S. 14.240

carded.

CONTENTS
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1667
Kentucky

Loftus Pullins
of Madison Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Humphries of the Regt commanded
by Col Mothers in the Virginia
line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of May
1833 and Sent to Daniel
Breck Richmond

Arrears to the 4th of March..................... 40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 10 Sept.... 10.00
............................................................................$50.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol 7 Page 22

Date of death not AB
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12.956
Loftus Pullins
Madison Co Kenty

from 1780 pinate
6 months
$20

Humphin
Mathews
Va 

Daniel Breck
Richmond
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BRIEF in the case of Loftus Pullins
County of Madison
in the State of Kentucky
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 68 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
[Illegible] In 1780
1781 - [Illegible]

Duration of Service.
Years ____
Months, 3
Months, 3
Days. ____

Rank.
As a Private
..

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Captn [Illegible] Col Matthews
Captn Kincaid Col Vance

5. In what battles was he engaged? none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Augusta Co Virginia

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.

Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.
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12.956
Loftus Pullins.

Declaration

[In margin:]
[Illegible] Court do hereby certify the
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State of Kentucky
Madison Circuit ⎬ SS.
On this 10th day of September 1832
personally in open Court before
Richard French now presiding
Judge in of the Court for the
Circuit of Madison aforesaid
now sitting, Loftus Pullins
a resident of the County of
Madison aforesaid aged 68
years in October next, 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 & served as herein
Stated
That in Decr 1780 he was
drafted in Augusta County
in Virginia in the Militia
& [illegible] tour of duty of three
months - Thomas Hinklin was
his Capt. _ Humphreys, [Illegible]
Colo Sampson Mathews was
Colo _and were marked
to Portsmouth, Va. & stationed
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near that place-- served out
the 3 months & was discharged
at Meads Mill, where he was
stationed some time-
In 1781 he was drafted a second
time from Augusta County
Va in the Militia & served a
tour of three months - William
Kincaid was his Capt. Tatum was
Liet, & Saml Vance was Colo
was marched down [inserted, two words:] to York & was there
during the Siege - recollects
seeing Washington, La Fayette &c
after the surrender of Cornwallis
he was a guard for the Prisoners to
Winchester & was then discharged
was called out in the month of
___ served out the 3 months
He was born in Augusta County
Virginia _ removed to Kentucky
where he has resided about 40 years
most of the time in Madison County
He has no documentary evidence
to prove his service in his possesion
nor does he know of any person
whose testimony he can procure
to prove them. He hereby relinquishes
any claim whatever to pension
[illegible] except the present
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& declares that his name is not
on the pension roll of the
agency of any State _
Loftus Pullins
Subscribed & Sworn
to the day & year aforsd

Mr Richard Gentry & William Walker
residents of Madison County aforsaid
do hereby certify that we have been
well aquainted with Loftus Pullins
who has subscribed & sworn to the
forgoing Declaration, between thirty
& forty years- that we believe him
to [inserted:] be 68 years of age _we further certify
that he is reputed & believed in the
neighbourhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the
revolution & that we concur in
that opinion-- we further certify
said Pullins is a man of
good character -
Subscribed & sworn
to the day & year above
Richard Genrty
Will Walker
And the said Court do hereby declare
this opinion after the investigation
of the matter & after putting the 
interrogatories prescribed by the war
department, that the above
applicant was a soldier of the
revolution & served as he stated
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and the Court further certifies
that said Richard Gentry & William
Walker, who have subscribed
& Sworn to the forgoing certificate
are residents of the County of
Madison aforesaid & are credible
persons of good character and
that their statement is entitled
to credit _
Richard French

Kentucky Madison Circuit Sct
David Irvine Clerk of the Madison
Circuit Court do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings
in the matter of the application of Loftus
Pullins for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand &
seal of office this 10 day
of September 1832
David Irvine Counsel

12.956
Loftus Pullins
Declaration
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October 16, 1939.

XXXXXXXX

Loftus Pullins
S. 14240 AW

Mrs. Joseph Beard, Sr.
673 Elsmere Park
Lexington, Kentucky

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Loftus
Pullens, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein were obtained from the
papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim,
S. 14240, based upon the military service in that war of
Loftus Pullins,

Loftus Pullins (as he signed ) was born in October,
1764, in Augusta County, Virginia. The names of his
parents are not shown.

Loftus Pullins enlisted in Augusta County, Virginia,
in December, 1780, and served three months as private
in Captain Thomas Hicklin's Company, Colonel Sampson
Mathews' Virginia Regiment: he enlisted in 1781, exact
date not given, served three months in Captain William
Kincaid's Company, Colonel Samuel Vance's Virginia Regiment,
was at the seige of Yorktown and surrender of
Cornwallis, after which he guarded prisoners to Winchester,
Virginia.

After the Revolution, he moved to Kentucky, where he
had resided for about forty years, the most of the time
in Madison County, that state, when he was allowed pension
on his application executed September 10, 1832, while
residing in said Madison County.

There are no family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension,
the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of
soldier, you should address the Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and
cite the following data: "Loftus Pullins, Certificate No.
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7667, issued May 11, 1833, rate $20.00 per annum, 
commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky
Agency".

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1915. Dec 2. History to Mrs.
Helen Mary Hall. M. B. H

1931 - Nov 18. Hist. to Mrs J M
Hurner _ EEL

1935. Mar 28-  Hist to Henry C
Lindall, Ind- EEL

1939 Oct. 16. Hist to Mrs. Joseph
Beard, Sr. E.e.L. copied

Rev War

14. 240
INVALID.

File No. 14. 240
Loftus Pullins
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 304

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Hon Lewis Cass.
Secretary of War
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Richmond Ky. Sep. 12. 1832

Hon. L. Cass.

Sir:
I forward you herewith
enclosed the Declarations of [Illegible] 
[Illegible], Peter [Illegible], Loftus Pullins
& Anthony Harrington Revolutionary
Soldiers Your [the rest of the line, illegible]
in relation to their claims, [illegible]
will [illegible] to their [illegible]
to the care of [illegible]
most respectfully
your obt Servt
Daniel [illegible]
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Loftus Pullins
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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
Loftus Pullins Madison Kentucky which require
further proof or 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?
he is entitled? 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? Yes

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? 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? 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? yes
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? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct? yes

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? no

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 
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 objection
able. 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 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. [sic] Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certicate 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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Louisville, Ky.
November 7, 1931

Pension Office,
Washington, D. C.

My dear sir:-

I find in Collin's History of Kentucky that one,
LOFTUS PULLEN was a Revolutionary soldier who drew a pension.
I am desirous to find something concerning him, his wife and
children and shall appreciate it if you will give me any data
that will be helpful in establishing membership in D. A. R.

Thanking you for any information, I am

Very truly yours,
J. M. Turner
Mrs. J. M. Turner
307 Hill Crest
Louisville, Ky.
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Mrs. Helen Mar Hall.
Postland
Ind. _

Personal call Dec. 1 1915.
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RECEIVED
MAR 201935
[All else, illegible]
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1400 M. Street N
Washington, D.C.
18 March, 1935

The Commissioner of Pensions
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C

MAR 19 1935
[Illegible]

Cant Ident

Sir:
Kindly forward me a copy of the application
for a pension for services in the War of the
Revolution, with family data on file there with of
Loftus Pullen, Pullans, Pullens, Pullings, of
Virginia.
Yours very truly
Henry C. Tindall II

no C
.K
A4494816
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Bureau of Pensions - Rev Soldiers-
Washington DC

RECEIVED
SEP 28 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 30
VETS ADM

May I have the pension record
of Lofters Pullens for services in
the American Revolution
Collins History of Kentucky lists him
as a Rev. soldier living in Madison
Co Ky in 1840 aged 80 years
He is buried in Madison County
near Berea-
H.J. Eckenrodes 
also lists him in his report of
1911 - 1912. as among Virginia
soldiers in the Revolution. I should
all family history connected with
his record-
Thanking you I am
sincerely your
Mrs Joseph Beard Sr
673 Elsmere Park
Lexington
Kentucky
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March 28, 1935

XXXXXX

BA-J/ EEL
Loftus Pullins-S. 14240

Mr. Henry C. Tindall, and
1400 M. Street, N. W.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension
record of Loftus Pullen (variously spelled), of Virginia, a soldier
of the Revolutionary War.

A very careful examination has been made of the papers on file
in pension claim, S.14240, based upon the military service in the
Revolutionary War of Loftus Pullins, and the full data as contained
in said claim are furnished herein.

Loftus Pullins (as he signed ) was born in October, 1764, in Augusta
County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.

Loftus Pullins enlisted in Augusta County, Virginia, in December, 
1780, and served three months as a private in Captain Thomas
Hicklin's Company, Colonel Sampson Mathews' Virginia Regiment: he
enlisted in 1781, exact date not given, served three months in Captain
William Kincaid's Company, Colonel Samuel Vance's Virginia Regiment,
was at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis, after
which he guarded prisoners to Winchester, Virginia.

After the Revolution, he moved to Kentucky, where he had resided
for about forty years, the most of the time in Madison County,
that state, when he was allowed pension on his application executed
September 10, 1832, while residing in said Madison County,

There are no family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of
the Revolutionary War pensioner Loftus Pullins (S.14240), you should
address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, and cite the following data:
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Loftus Pullins, Certificate No. 7667, issued May 11, 1833, rate
$20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky
Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

-2-
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REVOLUTIONARY W

November 18, 1931

BA-J/EEL

Mrs. J. M. Turner
307 Hillcrest
Louisville, Kentucky

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Loftus Pullen, a
soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file
in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 14240, based upon the
military service of Loftus Pullins (the name does not appear as Pul
len ) in that war.

Loftus Pullins was born in October, 1764, in Augusta County,
Virginia.

He enlisted in Augusta County, Virginia, in December, 1780, and
served three months as a private in Captain Thomas Hicklin's Company,
Colonel Sampson Mathews' Virginia Regiment. [Handwritten in margin: Could not identify any of these officers except Wm Kincaid]. He enlisted in 1781,
exact date not given, served three months in Captain William Kincaid's
Company, Colonel Samuel Vance's Virginia Regiment, was at the siege
of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis and guarded prisoners to Winchester.

After the Revolution, he moved to the state of Kentucky, where
he had resided for about forty years, the most of the time in Madison
County, that state, when he was allowed pension on his application
executed September 10, 1832, while residing in said Madison County,
Kentucky

There are no data as to his family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

[Handwritten in margin: Date of death not on AB]
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WAR RECORDS SECTION.

3 -- 525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. ____,19__

In reply to your request of ____, received ____
a statement of the military history of Loftus Pullins
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
formation as contained in his [crossed out:] (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 14240.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Dec. 1780
1781

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 mos.
3 mos.

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas Hicklin
William Kincaid
COLONEL.
Sampson Mathews
Samuel Vance

STATE.
Va.

Battles engaged in, Siege of York
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Augusta Co. a.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 10, 1832. His claim was allowd.
Residence at date of application, Madison Co Ky.
Age at date of application, b. 1754 [inserted:] (1764) Augusta Co. Va
Remarks: there is no family data on file

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

6 -- 2856
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12 - 5 - 41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Pullis, John GRADE Private LINE New York

WARRANT NUMBER 7600 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED March 8, 1791
to __ not shown __

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.