Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35173, Thomas Ashley, Va.
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SERVICE: Va.
Ashley, Thomas
NUMBER: S 35173
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Crosswise, left:
Notification Sent to W.M. Sudduth
31 Oct 1870 Owingsville Kentucky
Date of death not on [?] AB

Right side:
14,544 
Kentucky 
Thomas Ashley 
of Bath Cty in the state of Kentucky 
who was a private in the regiment commanded by 
Colonel Stevenson & Morgan of the Virginia 
line, for the term of Three years. 

Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky 
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 17 of June 1818 

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of Sept 1819 
and sent to Thomas Triplett Owingsville Kentucky 

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818- 114.66 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 48.00 
[=] $162:66
14 10/30 m. 
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.} 
[illegible - R?]
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8 Sept 1819
Ashly
Statement
Pension 
Admitted
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Thomas Ashley states that he was a continental Soldier a soldier in the Continental Army in the service of the United Colonies in the time of the revolutionary war,
that he was enlisted by Captain William Brady in the year 1776. that he belonged to the company under the Command of Captain William Brady which company on the continental line was attached to the 7th Virginia Regt of the continental armey under the command of Col Hugh Stinson and Lieut Col. [illegible] Rollins. That he enlisted for three years unless sooner discharged that he served the Three Years in different Companys on the Continental line & establishment under the Command of Capt W. Rice, of the 7th Regt and served under Captain Wailes of the 11th Regt of the Continental line & establishment, from whence he Was discharged at the expiration of his term for which he enlisted in the State of New jersey the place not recollected 
also served in Capt Longs Company in Col. Morgans Regt of the State of Virginia which was of the Continental Armey and now holds Daniel Morgans Col's. [illegible] Furlough for 114 Days to pass & repass from his Quarters at Middlebrook to Botetourt County in Virginia given by Colo Daniel Morgan the 22d of December 1778. That he is a Citizen of the United States and of Bath County State of Kentucky - That he has never been allowed any Pension from the United States Or from any State in the Union that he has a Wife & Eleven Children and that he is not able to support them Owing to his Age and inability that he is possessed of a Very small property which is wholly inadequate to support himself and family and he also states that owing to Deaths Removals and other good causes he is unable to procure Any Other or further evidence Thomas Deye Owings state that Tho. Ashly is old & a large family of children and very small property
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State of Kentucky} 
Bath Circuit} Set 
Ordered that it be certified to the Secretary at War that the preceding Examination of Thomas Ashley and Thomas Deye Owings was taken on oath in open court and that it appears to the sattisfaction [sic] of this Court by said Examination that the said applicant Thomas Ashley was during the revolution war and enlisted soldier and that he served as Such as in said examination is stated and that he said Thomas Ashley is in Such needy and indigent circumstances as to require the aid of his country provided by the act of Congress in such cases provided. The foregoing Statements sworn to in open court in due form of Law. 
[SEAL]
In Testamony [sic] Whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the  seal of my office this 17th day of June 1818 and in the 27th year of the Commonwealth
Att. Thomas Triplett Clk 

Commonwealth of Kentucky}
Bath Circuit June Term 1819} Set
 I Thomas Triplett clerk of the Circuit Court aforesaid do hereby Certify that the interlination [sic] on the forgoing Statement was
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made in open Court 
[SEAL]
In Testamony [sic] whereof I hereunto Set my hand & Seal of Office this 20th day of June 1819 and 28th Year of the Commonwealth.
Att. [signed] Thomas Triplett
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Thomas Ashley
14,544
CM [?]

Wm. M. Sudduth
Orangeville, Kenty.
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State of Kentucky}
Bath County } Set
August Court 1820 
Thomas Ashleys schedule and Statement as a United States pensioner was produced in Open Court and Sworn to by said Ashley and Ordered to be Certified as follows to wit
On this the 14th day of August 1820 personally appeared in Open Court in the County Court of Bath the same being a Court of Record Thomas Ashley aged Sixty Seven years resident in Bath County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows In the 7th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col Daniel Morgan and in Capt. Bradys [?] Company. The number of my pension Certificate 14544  and my Original Application were made on the 17th June 1818 [?] And I do further declare that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part of it with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of An Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
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Schedule 
One horse worth --- $40.00
2 head of Cattle --- 15."
15 head of Sheep --- 15 
13 head of hogs --- 13."
[=]  $83-- 
Thos (X his mark) Ashley 

I am sixty seven years of Age and my Occupation a farmer [farrier?] and unable to procure a living in that way my wife is 55 years of age and is verry unhealthy woman I have three children living with me One girl 22 years and one son named Peter 12 years old and an daughter named milly 18 years old and 2 Orphan children living with me One girl about 8 years old and one boy about 13 [?] years old. 
I William M. Sudduth Clerk of the Bath County Court I do certify [illegible] foregoing oath and schedule hereto annexed [illegible] truly Copied from the record of said Court. And I do further Certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Eighty three dollars In Testimony whereof I the Clerk aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and afixed [?] the seal of the aforesaid County of Bath at Owingsville this 14th day of August 1820 in the 29th year of the Comwth.
[SEAL]
[Signed] William M. Suddruth
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May 20, 1935 
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Peter Ashby - R.285
Thomas Ashley- S.35173
BA-J/AWF

Agatha B. Coppock 
7918 S. Carpenter Street 
Chicago, Illinois 

Dear Madam: 
The Revolutionary War record of Peter Ashby furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 285, based upon his service in that war. 
He was born in 1751 in Frederick County, Virginia, and moved in 1776 or 1777 to Hampshire County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not shown. 
Peter Ashby, while residing in said Hampshire County, volunteered and served three months as a private in Captain James Parsons' Virginia company, marched to Pittsburgh, thence down the Ohio River below Wheeling to "The Point", and assisted in burying Captain Furman and about twenty men, who had been killed there by the Indians. He enlisted in 1781 and served more than three months in Captain Thomas Neale's company in pursuit of Tories. 
After the Revolution, he moved to Mercer County, Kentucky and from there to Hopkins County, Kentucky. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, while a resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky. He died at his residence in said county, January 26 or 28, 1833. 
Peter Ashby married Winnifred Timmons; it is
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stated that they were married in 1776 in Frederick County, Virginia, also that they were married in Hampshire County, Virginia, "some few years prior to the year 1780". She died in Hopkins County, Kentucky, August 10 or 27, 1839, aged about seventy- five years. 
Their children were referred to in 1845, as follows: Jesse Ashby, Henry Ashby, Peter Ashby, and Anna Robertson, wife of Lewis Robertson, all of whom were residing in Hopkins County, Kentucky, and Frances Harman, wife of Isaac Harman of Henderson County, Kentucky, and Hannah Howell, wife of James Howell of Livingston County, Missouri. In 1852, Mrs. Frances Harman was aged sixty-three years, Mrs. Anna Robertson was aged sixty-one years, Jesse Ashby was aged fifty-five years, and Peter Ashby was aged fifty-one years. 
George Timmons, brother of the widow, Winnifred Ashby, was eighty-three years of age in 1844 and living in Hopkins County, Kentucky. 
Daniel Ashby in 1832 a resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky and aged seventy-three years, stated that he was a neighbor of the soldier, Peter Ashby, during the Revolution. A. Ashby was Justice of the Peace in 1832 in Hopkins County, Kentucky. John Timmons in 1846 was fifty-seven years of age and a resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky. It is not shown that they were related to the family or that they were related to each other. 

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The record of Thomas Ashley which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.35173, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution. 
The date and place of birth of this soldier are not found in the claim, nor are the names of his parents given. 
Thomas Ashley enlisted in in 1776, served as a
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private in Captain William Brady's company, Colonel Hugh Stephenson's regiment, and in Captains Reeds [?] and Wayles Companies, and in Captain Long's company in Colonel Daniel Morgan's Virginia regiment; length of his service three years. 
Thomas Ashley was allowed pension on his application executed June 17, 1818, then a resident of Bath County, Kentucky. He at this time referred to his wife and eleven children, but gave no names.
 He gave his age in 1820 as sixty-six years, and his wife's age as fifty-five years, and the persons residing with him at this time were one girl, name illegible, aged twenty-two years; son Peter nineteen years of age, daughter Milly eighteen years old; and two orphan children, boy, thirteen years of age and a girl, eight years of age. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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35173 
Revy 
INVALID. 
File No. 35,173 
Thomas Ashley 
Pri Rev War 
Act. 18" March 18" 
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 12 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

Right side:
1913 Nov. 11. Hist. to Mrs Lucie T. Hart ¢ 
1920 Sept. 27 Hist. to Lucie T. Hart 
1921. May 21. Hist to Hon J.C. Cantrill -MC
1935-May 21 "  " Aquillia B. Coppock see her letter in Peter Ashby R. 285 -awf
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Left side:
[illegible - Stayed? Housed?] at this Post Rations [illegible] for 2 mon. Two days
Augst. McDonald
4th Jany [year illegible -1779?]

[illegible] 17th May 1779 Served with [illegible]
days provision at this post
[signed] John Brooks [illegible] Major

Bottom: Thomas Ashley
Va
S. 35173

Right side:
The bearer Thomas Ashley is producing a certificate, Comsry To Comsry will [illegible] Comsry for the [army?] is directed To furnish [illegible] with Provisions on such Certificates, by order of Col Morgan Comdr. of Gen Woodfords Brigade
[Signed] [illegible- Stillson?]

Frederick Town State of Maryland 
Three days Rations Drawn at this Post 14th, 15th & 16th May [year cut off] 
[Signed] Richd. Butler [illegible]
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PERMIT the Bearer hereof,
Thomas Ashly a Soldier in Capt Longs Company in Col. Morgans Regiment of the State of Virginia to pass and repass from his present quarters at Middle Brook to Botetourt County in Virginia he having leave of absence for One Hundred & fourteen Days; at the expiration of which he is to return to the quarters of the Regiment he belongs to, wherever it may happen to be, (sickness only excepted, of which a proper certificate must be produced,) on pain of being treated as a deserter, should he not punctually comply with the terms of this Furlough. 
GIVEN under my Hand at Middle Brook this 22nd Day of December 1778
[Signed] Danl Morgan
Col. Comdt.

To be at camp by the middle of april
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7" Va 
Winchester Ky.
Nov 5th 1913. 

Comissioner [sic] of Pensions 
Washington D.C. 

Dear Sir: 
Please tell me if Thomas Ashley who served in Revolutionary War and entered the service from Virginia received a pension.
I am told that he drew his Pension at Lexington, Ky. but do not know it for a fact.
Thanking you in advance, 
I remain Very Respectfully, 
Lucie T. Hart 
39 North Main St 
Winchester, Ky
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[Rev]
House of Representatives U.S. 
Washington, D.C. 
18 May 1921. 

The Commissioner of Pensions, 
U. S. Pension Office, 
Local. 

Dear Mr. Commissioner: 
I enclose you herewith a letter which I have just received from Mrs. S. R. Cohen of 331 West High Street, Lexington, Ky., in which she asks for certain information from your Department relative to her ancestors. 
If possible for you to furnish this information, and if in accord with the policy of your Bureau, I will appreciate it if you will send the same to me in order that I may forward to Mrs. Cohen, as requested. 
Thanking you in advance for a reply relative to the request, I am 
Very truly yours,
[Signed] J. C. Cantrill
[Receipt mark] U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAY 19 1921
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Winchester, Ky., August 13, 1920 

U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen: -- 
Thomas Ashley who served as a private in the Revolutionary war received a pension, but I have not the original or copy of the certificate. It is very necessary for me to get this data as I wish to complete papers for the D.A.R. Society. If you have anything on record in your office about this Thomas Ashley who enlisted in Virginia please give me a copy of same. Thanking you in advance for this favor, I am 
Yours very truly, 
[Signed] Lucie T. Hart 
39 North Main St. 
Winchester, Ky.

[Receipt mark] U.S.PENSION OFFICE AUG 16 1920
I would send again it is so long since she had this record
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Winchester, Ky., September 10, 1920 
Commissioner of Pensions. 
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen: -- 
I have written to your offices before but have never received a reply. 
Mrs. James S. Phillips, Registrar General, N. S. D. A. R. society referred me to you. I wish to know if Thomas Ashley who served as a private in the Revolutionary war, and who enlisted from Virginia received a pension. I have been told that he went to Lexington, Ky, on horseback to get his pensions. 
If there are any charges for this information please write me for I am very anxious to get a copy of the original certificate. 
Thanking you in advance for any information you may be able to give me, I am 
Yours very truly, 
[Signed] Lucie T. Hart 
39 N. Main St. 
Winchester, Ky

[Receipt mark] U.S. PENSION OFFICE SEP 28 1920
History Sent Sept. 27, 1920
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In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Thomas Ashley, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. S.35.173 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN/COLONEL) | STATE
1776 | 3 years | blank | Capt. William Brady/Cols. Hugh Stehenson, Rawlings | Va.
 " | " | " | Capts. Rice, Willis, Long/Col. Daniel Morgan | "

Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Botetount Co., Va. 
Date of application for pension, June 17 1818. His claim was allowed 
Residence at date of application, Bath Co. Kentucky 
Age at date of application, [blank]
Remarks: In 1818 he stated that he had "a wife and eleven children. In 1820 he was 67 yrs of age and the persons residing with him were "wife ___ ae 55 yrs, one girl ___ 22 yrs; son Peter 19 yrs; dau Milly 18 yrs; two orphan children, boy 13yrs & girl 8 yrs."
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section.  aw
11 May 20, 1921.

Hon. J. C. Cantrill, 
House of Representatives. 

My dear Mr. Cantrill:
In response to your letter of the 18" instant and the enclosed letter of Mrs. S. R. Cohen, 331 West High St. Lexington, Ky. I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the claim, S. File 35,173, it appears that Thomas Ashley lived in Botetourt Co. Va. when he enlisted in 1776 and served three years as private in the Va. Troops, under Captains William Brady, Rice, Willis and Long and Colonels Hugh Stephenson, Rawlings and Daniel Morgan. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 17, 1818 while living in Bath Co. Ky. In 1820 he stated that he was 67 years old and that his wife was 55 years of age, her name is not given. He had eleven children, only names stated, being Peter and Milly. It is not stated that he served during the War of 1812. 
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Thomas Hart and Jonathan Hill described by Mrs Cohen. 
Very truly yours, 
Washington Gardner 
Commissioner.