Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,310, John Anderson, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE Va.
Anderson, John
NUMBER S. 16.310
carded.
CONTENTS
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6575
Kentucky
John Anderson
Spencer Co in the State of Ky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Winston of the Regt commanded by Colo. Danddridge in the Virginia [crossed out: line for] Militia for 9 mo. from 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certficate of Pension issued the 2nd day of March 1833 and sent Hon C. A Wichlepp
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 45.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833 15.00
$60.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Henry H Symzton Clerk, Book D Vol. 9 Page 29
Death not on A. B.
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State of Kentucky Spencer County} Sct.
On this Eighth day of October 1832. personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court of Spencer County in the State of Kentucky, now sitting John Anderson a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy five years On the 25th of December 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 the 7th 1832. He states that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, he served under Capt. Gaddis Winston, Magor Trevillian and William Dandridge Colonel. he states that he does not at this time distinctly recollect the time he entered the servic, but is under the impression, it was in May 1778. he continued in the servic under the above named Officers two months he states that he was stationed at Williamsburgh the most of the time of his servic. He states that he resided in Hanover County Virginia when he entered the service, and that he was a vol
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State of Kentucky Spencer County} Sct. On this Eighth day of October 1832. personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court of Spencer County in the State of Kentucky, now sitting John Anderson a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy five years On the 25th of December 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 the 7th 1832. He states that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, he served under Capt. Gaddis Winston, Magor Trevillian and William Dandridge Colonel. he states that he does not at this time distinctly recollect the time he entered the servic, but is under the impression, it was in May 1778. he continued in the servic under the above named Officers two months he states that he was stationed at Williamsburgh the most of the time of his servic. He states that he resided in Hanover County Virginia when he entered the service, and that he was a vol
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unteer, he was mustered into servic at Hanover Court House, and marched from that to Williamsburgh, at which place he was discharged.
He states that he again entered the service under Captain Elisha White Robert Good was Magor and James Monroe was Col. and sirved a Tour of four months which service was rendered immediately after the preceding tour he was resident of the same County and State as aforesaid, he was mustered into servic of the same place as in the preceding tour and he marched to Richmond and then to Westifor there he crossed James river and went to Cabbin Point where we joined the army and then to Mackys Mills, and then to Cabbin Point where we were dismissed, he sirved the above tour as a volunteer he was in no engagements. ~
He states that he entered the servic again under the command of Capt. Isak Haden, Magor Campbell and John Taylor was Colonel, he entered the servic the first of August 1781. he resided in the same County and State as above mentioned that he was a volunteer. He entered the service at Hanover Court House, and marched to west point where he crossed York river, and to Gloster County
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at Hubbards old field, where we were commanded by Genrl. Ennis. at which place we were dismissed the last of October of the same year. He states that he performed several other Tours from three weeks to three months at a time but does not at this time recollect the names of the officers at this time but is verry confident that the time taken all togeather would amount to betwen 5. and 7. months, he states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person he can procure who can testify to his services. He hereby relinquishes any clam 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.
John Anderson (seal)
State of Kentucky Spencr County} sct
We William Stout – a clergyman residing in Spencer County and Joseph Watson residing in the same County hereby
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certify that we are well acquainted with John Anderson who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be about Seventy five 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
Sworne to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Wm. Stout
Joseph Watson
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 William Stout who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Spencer and that Joseph Watson who has signed the same is a resident in the County of Spencer and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
[right margin] Admit 9 mo.
I Raphael Lancaster Clerk of the County Court of Spencer County in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Anderson for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my County Court Office at Taylorsville the 8th day of October 1832. In the 41st Year of the Commonwealth.
Raphl. Lancaster Clk Spencer Cty. Ct.
[left margin] John Anderson 21878
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July 23, 1935
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BA-J/MCS Om
John Anderson, S. 16310
Mrs. J. R. Bradfield
3907 Gillon Avenue
Dallas, Texas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the record of John Anderson, a Revolutionary War soldier from Hanover County, Virginia.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 16310, based upon the military service of John Anderson.
He was born December 25, 1757. The place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Hanover County, Virginia, he enlisted in May, 1778, and served two months as private in Captain Gaddis Winston's company in Colonel William Dandridge's Virginia regiment. Immediately afterward he enlisted and served four months in Captain Elisha White's company in Colonel James Monroe's Virginia regiment. He enlisted August 1, 1781, and served three months in Captain Isak(?) Haden's company in Colonel John Taylor's Virginia regiment. He served several other short tours amounting to between five and seven months in all, no details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1832, while a resident of Spencer County, Kentucky.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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16.310 INVALID.
File No. 16,318 John Anderson Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32 Index:—Vol. A, Page 430 [Arrangement of 1870.]
1917 July 13 Hist. to Mrs. T. B. Walton.
1918 Mch. 22 Hist. to Mrs. J. R. Rich.
1919 Oct. 25 Hist. to Mary H. Walter.
1924 Sept. 12. Hist. to Dr. P. J. Coultos, M.C.S.
1924. Oct. 25 – Mrs. P. J. Coultas inf. how to obtain date of last pay etc.
1935. July 23 hist. to Mrs J. R. Bradfield. M.C.S.
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Rev Sec: Enc
Washington, Ga. July 9, 1917 –
Commission of Pensions. War Department, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:—
Please give me as soon as possible, the War record of John Anderson of Virginia, of Hanover County, I think, but he may have gone
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from some other county or the name may have been changed.
Any information will be greatly appreciated.
very respectfully
Mrs. T. B. Walton
Box 64, Washington Wilkes Co. Georgia.
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3907 GILLON AVENUE DALLAS, TEXAS
July 9, 1935.
RECEIVED JUL 11 1935
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sears:–
Will you please send me the pension record of John Anderson of Hanover County, Virginia, who served in the Revolutionary War. If this contains any information of any members of his family I would like to have that also.
Thanking you for this information, I am,
Yours very truly,
Mrs. J. R. Bradfield.
Mrs. J. R. Bradfield, 3907 Gillon Avenue, Dallas, Texas.
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Answered Oct. 25, 1924
DR. P. J. COULTAS
801-809 MAIN ST. TELL CITY, INDIANA
Oct. 20, 1924.
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OCT 22 1924 U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Mr. Washington Gardner, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Can you advise me from your records the date of the death of John Anderson, Revolutionary War Pension Claim No. S 16310?
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly,
Dr. P. J. Coultas.
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MRS. P. J. COULTAS 809 MAIN STREET TELL CITY, INDIANA
Oct. 6, 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C
Sir:—
In regard to the papers in the Revolutionary War Claim S. 16310 John Anderson will You Kindly advise me as to the date of his death? and whether your office shows that he left a widow?
I shall thank you very much for this along with your other recent courtesies.
Respectfully,
Mrs. P. J. Coultas.
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DR. P. J. COULTAS 801-809 MAIN ST. TELL CITY, INDIANA
Aug. 18, 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir:
I am coming to you for help in establishing the Revolutionary War record of one John Anderson who enlisted from Virginia, possible from the vicinity of Fredericksburg, and who we think married a Poindexter, possibly Louisa Poindexter, according to our family tradition. There were of course many men named John Anderson who served in the various organizations from the State of Virginia during the Revolutionary War, but it has been impossible so far to identify the service of this particular John Anderson. This man was the father of a large family, possibly eleven children.
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DR. P. J. COULTAS 801-809 MAIN ST. TELL CITY, INDIANA
I have not been successful in finding the names of the boys – there were eight – but the three girls were Eunice, Agnes, and Tabitha. This man is supposed to have moved to Tennessee about 1815, and later to Kentucky where he died.
Any information you can give will be greatly appreciated, and any suggestion will be gratefully received.
Very truly,
Dr. P. J. Coultas.
P. S. Do your records any service during the Revolutionary War, of one Jesse Lee of Virginia.
P. J. C.
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DR. P. J. COULTAS 801-809 MAIN ST. TELL CITY, INDIANA
Aug. 15, 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My Dear Sir: –
Desiring to establish the parentage of Alice Lee, born near the Ohio–Virginia line on Feb. 14, 1796, and proving her of Revolutionary War ancestry, it is possible that your records may throw some light on the search. Her father is supposed to have been one William Lee, [interlined: more data] and family tradition has always given him as a Revolutionary War veteran.
I shall be grateful indeed for a careful seach of your records in this case, also any clue that may establish a John Poindexter Anderson of Ky as a son of John Anderson of Virginia of Revolutionary war fame, another family tradition.
Thanking you, I am, Very truly,
Dr. P. J. Coultas.
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Rev Sec ED
Office of Dr. F. Walter
Perry, Missouri October 12th 1919
Commisioner of pensions
Dept. of Interior, Washington D.C.
My Dear Sir; will you please send me the record of the military service of John Anderson of Spencer County Kentucky, who served in the Rev. from Virginia and such family history as is set forth in his pension application. Thru him I hope to trace my eligibility to the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Miss Mary Harte Walter
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HUNTINGTON,W.VA. MAR19 1-PM 1918
U.S. POSTAGE 1 CENT 1
U.S. POSTAL CARD ONE CENT 1 JEFFERSON 1
U. S. PENSION OFFICE O MAR 21 1918
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
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Please send me copy of pension for Revolutionary War service of John Anderson who fought from Virginia and was aged 77 in 1835,residing in Spencer County,Kentucky. Thank you!
Mrs. J.R.Rich, 1215 Tenth St., Huntington, West Va.
Rev Sec In
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3—525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S. F. 16.310 Washington, D. C., _, 19_
In reply to your request of _, received _ for a statement of the military history of John Anderson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE.
May 1778 | 2 mos | Pvt. | Gaddis Winston | William Dandridge | Va.
Immediately after | 4 mos. | | Elisha White | James Monroe | 
Aug 1 1781 | 3 " | | Isak Haden | John Taylor |
Battles engaged in, none stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hanover County, Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 8, 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Spencer County, Ky.
1832
75
1757
Age at date of application, born Dec. 25, 1757.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6—2856
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Rev. and 1812 War Section.
October 25, 1924.
Mrs. P. J. Coultas, 809 Main St., Tell City, Ind.
Madam;
I have to advise you that in order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary war pensioner, John Anderson, S. 16310, you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E St., N. W., Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data–
John Anderson, certificate No. 6575, issued March 2, 1833, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.
It does not appear in above mentioned claim, whether soldier was married.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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M.C.S.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
September 12, 1924
Dr. P. J. Coultas
801–809 Main St.
Tell City, Ind.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.16310, it appears that John Anderson was born December 25, 1757, place not stated.
While a resident of Hanover County, Virginia, he enlisted in May 1778 and served two months as a private in Captain Gaddis Winston's Company, Colonel William Dandridge's Virginia Regiment.
Immediately afterward he enlisted and served four months in Captain Elisha White's Company, Colonel James Monroe's Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted August 1, 1781, and served three months in Captain Isah? Haden's Company, Colonel John Taylor's Virginia Regiment.
He served several other short tours amounting to between five and seven months in all, no details given.
Office report sent under date of Oct 25, 1919, did not give this service but it appears that soldier claimed said service M.C.S.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1832, while a resident of Spencer County, Kentucky.
There is no date on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner