Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38183, for John Maddox, Virginia
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(3 - 1776) 

SERVICE  VA.

Maddox, John or Mattox 

NUMBER S. 38183 

B.L. St 12374-100 Issued July 14, 1792, No papers 

May not be this soldier.

CONTENTS
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6700 JP

Virginia 

John Maddox 

of Fluvanna C. in the State of Va who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Buford of the Virginia line, for the term of three years

 Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 of June, 1818. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th of Feby 1819 and sent to the Hon. H. Nelson House of Rep. [Unreadable]

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 2 nd. 13/30. 19.46
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819 48.00 $67.46 

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} 

Discontinued

Notification sent to John Tim Carl[Unreadable]
8th Sept 1820 Union Mills Virginia 

Date of death not [Unreadable]
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State of Virginia Fluvanna County to wit On the twenty fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record for the said County proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of its proceedings and expressly made to Court of record by the laws of the said State John Maddox aged fifty six years resident in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows 

that he entered the service of the United States as a private soldier in the war of the Revolution on or about the [Blank] day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty that he belonged to a company commanded by Capt Thomas Howell or will in the second regiment commanded by Colonel Buford of the Virginia line on the continental establishment that he served as a soldier as aforesaid until the end of the war upwards of three years and quit the service in consequence of being discharged which discharge is lost or mislaid. 

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof 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 eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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 to wit one cupboard one Chest one Trunk two pine tables eight chairs one pair of smoothing irons eight Plates six cups and saucers six knives and forty six table spoons two wheels two dishes two pair of cards one bible one Testament one candlestick one loom two stays two pots  two dutch ovens two axes two milk pans one churn two plows two set of gear three hoes one coaller one handsaw one drawing knife to augers two chissels one [Illegible] one horse cart one saddle one grindstone one wheat fan one hundred and six acres of land fourteen head of cattle twenty one sheep two horses and fifteen hogs. 

The said declarant states that he is by occupation a farmer and planter which he is illy able to pursue by reason of age and infirmity being afflicted with cramp and thermation caused as he verily believes by forced marches in the time of his revolutionary services

 that his family consist of a wife aged about fifty two years a son aged about twelve years and six daughter aged as follows one about twenty one years another about seventeen years (afflicted with while swelling and unable to work), one about fifteen years one about ten years
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And the other about six years none of whom are able but in a very limited degree to contribute to their support. 

And the said declarant further states that the number of his original certificate is six thousand seven hundred and eighty eight

 John Maddox [Signature]

Sworn to and declared on the twenty fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty before me Peter H Ware, presiding Justice of the said Court.  

Peter H. Ware [Signature]

I John Timberlake Clerk of the County Court of Fluvanna do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Courts and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Courts that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Seven hundred and ninety dollars and nine cents 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twenty seventh day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty 

[Image of Seal]

John Timberlake C.F.C. [Signature] 

John Maddox 

[Unreadable]
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AvCourt of Quarterly Sessions held for Fluvanna County on monday the 22d day of June 1818 

This day John Maddox aged about sixty five years resident of this County personally appeared in Court and made the following declaration  on Oath. That he entered the service of the United States as a private soldier  in the War of the Revolution in the month of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty that he belonged to a Company commanded by Captain Thomas Ceurell or Ewell of the second Regiment commanded by Colonel Alford of the Virginia line and Continental establishment, that he served as a soldier as aforesaid until the end of the War which was upwards of three years when he got a discharge which is lost or mislaid, 

that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the aid of his Country for support, and that he has no other evidence of his said service and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the said John Maddox served in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid against the common Enemy for the term of three years and upwards and that he is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from his Country for support and he therefore has a just claim to a Pension in the manner prescribed by 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" the same is ordered to be Certified to the Secretary of the Department of War.

State of Virginia Fluvanna County Court 
I John Timberlake Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of a record in my Office 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto at my hand and caused the Seal of my Office to be hereto affixed On the thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and of the Commonwealth  the forty third John Timberlake C. L.

[Stamped with Seal]
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State of Virginia Fluvanna County to wit 

I Joseph Haden Presiding Justice of the Court of the County aforesaid in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that the within attestation of John Timberlake Clerk of the said Court is in due form and that full faith and credit are due thereto. 

Given under my hand Seal this 3 day of August 1818

J Haden [Signature]

Adm.

Hon H. Nelson
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Miss Harrison 
356 N. Kenmore Avenue 
Los Angeles, California 

December 22, 1937 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
BA-J/REL 
John Maddox-S.38183 

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of William Simpson, Robert Harrison , of Spartanburgh County, South Carolina, and John Maddox, of Virginia. 

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war. 

The record of John Maddox is furnished herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 38183, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War. 

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Maddox are not shown. John Maddox enlisted, place not shown, in January, 1780, served as a private in Captain Thomas Ewell's Company, Colonel Abraham Buford's Virginia Regiment and was discharged at the close of the war at which time he was in Captain Johnson's Company , Colonel Hall's Virginia Regiment. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 22, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-five years and resided in Fluvanna County, Virginia. The records show that one John Mattex received one hundred acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 12374, issued July 14, 1792, on account of service in the Revolutionary War. This office has no way to determine whether or not John Maddox, the pensioner, and this John Mattex were identical. 

In order to obtain information in regard to the location
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and the date of issuance. of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and the date of issuance. 

In 1820, John Maddox stated that his family then residing with him consisted of his wife, aged fifty-two years, a son, aged about twelve years and six daughters. The ages of five of the daughters were given by him as twenty-one, seventeen, fifteen ten and six years respectively. The age of the sixth daughter and the names of wife and children are not stated. 

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, John Maddox (S.38183) you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

John Maddox Certificate No. 6788 
Issued February 10, 1819 
Rate, $8.00 per month 
Commenced June 22, 1818 
Act of March 18, 1818 
Virginia Agency. 

Very truly yours A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS 
 February 4, 1933

BA-J / EEL

Mrs. Paul A. Klayder 
617 Indiana
Neadesha, Kansas 

Dear Madam: 

 Reference is made to your letter relative to John Maddox, 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.38183, based upon the military service of John Maddox in that war.

 John Maddox enlisted, place not stated, in January, 1780, served as private under Captain Thomas Ewell and Colonel Buford in the Virginia Troops, and was discharged at the close of the war at which time he was in Captain Johnson's Company, Colonel Hall's Virginia Regiment.

 He was allowed pension on his application executed June 23, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-five years and resided in Fluvanna County, Virginia. 

In 1830, he referred to his wife, as aged fifty-two years: to a son, aged above twelve years and to six daughters. The ages of five of the daughters are given by him as twenty-one, seventeen, fifteen, ten and six years respectively. The age of the sixth daughter is not shown and the soldier gave no names for wife or children. 

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

12814 - 14, 1792
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RS [Unreadable] 1823

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C., May 17, 1921

 In reply to your request of [Blank] received [Blank] for a statement of the military history of Jno Maddox soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) [Crossed Out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.

 DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. / Jan. 1780 

LENGTH OF SERVICE. / of War 

RANK. / Pvt. 

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN. / S Thomas Ewell / Johnson 

COLONEL. / Bluford / Hall 

STATE. / Va. 

Battles engaged in, / Nine 2 [Illegible]

Residence of soldier at enlistment, / not stated 

Date of application for pension, / June 22 1818

 Residence at date of application, / Fluvanna Co. Va. 

 Age at date of application, / 55 yrs

Remarks: / In 1820 he refers to his wife a son + 6 daughters no names are stated

 Respectfully, 

Commissioner.

S-2856
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Make reply to Miss Jean Harrison
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Regulation 
Insurance Service 
Life Insurance Claims Division 
Office of the Chief 
Converted Insurance Subdivision 
Term Insurance Subdivision 
Senior Administrative Assistant 

Adjustment Service Unit 
Adjudication Group
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 

Actuarial and Insurance Policy Div. 

Issue Section 

Insurance Claims Council 

Office of the Chief listment

Adjustment
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Gns 

336 N. Kenmore ave
 Los Angeles, Calif.
 December 4, 1937 

Director - Board of Pension - 
Washington D.C. 

Dear Sir:

 If Robert Harrison who served in the Revolutionary War from Spartanburgh Co. South Carolina drew a pension for his services, I should like to have a copy of his claim. 

Thanking you. I am Sincerely 
Miss Jean Harrison 

RECEIVED DEC 6 1937 Old Records Division A. G. O. [Stamped]

[Illegible] A.G.O. DEC 6 1937
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 336 N. Kenmore Ave. 
 Los Angeles, Calif 
December 3, 1937 

Adjutant Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sir:

 Please send me at your convenience a copy of the pension application of William Iempion - Kentucky, as recorded in the [Unreadable] of War of 1818. also that of John Maddox Private musician, Virginia allowed 1820. 

Yours truly 

B. Harrison
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350 Orange Street,
 Macon, Ga. 

April 26, 21. 

Gentlemen:

I wish to obtain the record of service in the Revolution of the pensioners, James Compton, of Guilford Co., N. C., 1818, and John Maddox of Fluvanna Co., Va., 1840. 

I am a descendant of these pensioners, my maternal grandfather having been Alexander Compton Maddox of Putnam Co., Georgia. 

Your prompt attention to this request will greatly oblige, 

Yours truly, 

Mrs. Charles Cork [Signature]

U. S. PENSION
APR 29 1929 [Stamped]
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38183 
Revy

INVALID. 


File No. 38183 

John Maddox 
Pri Rev War 

Act: 18th March 18 

Index:--Vol. 2, Page 274

{ Arrangement of 1870.}

 1921, May 17 Hist. to Mrs. Chas Cook - En -

J 1932 - Feb 4- Hist to Mrs Paul A Klayder -  Letter in case of John Hudson  W 3422 EEL

1937- Dec 22 Hist to Miss Jean Harrison EL
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W D.   P off  24 July 1835 

Enclosed I return your application for you last half years pay under the act of Congress of the 15 May 1828, that the Justice of the Peace may certify as the regulations require that you sworn to and signed it in his presence 

I am 
J. L. E. 
Com of Pensions 

M: John Maddox

Columbia  Va
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John Maddox Rev. Pensioner under Act of March 1818 

Dickinson - 

Papers

2 pm
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1449.

Revolutionary Claims. 

Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828. 

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 6 Sept 1828. 

SIR: 

Your claim under the abovementioned act has been received. It will be examined with all convenient despatch, and the result communicated. 

I am, sir, very respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 

Mr John Maddox of Fluvanna C. Late of the army of the Revolution 

Columbia, P. Office Va
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950.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS. 

TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 

Sept. 6. 1828 

[Specific Details Handwritten]

John Maddox of [Blank] in the County of Fluvanna, in the State of Virginia, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled ""An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828.

 He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Johnson’s company, in Col. Hall's regiment of the Virginia line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826,  nothing 

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office. 

By direction of the  [Illegible] 

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
 THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 
13 September 1828 

It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to John Mattox [Sic.]  in the Virginia line. It further appears that John Malloy [Sic.]  is not now on the pension list of any  agency, and has not been so since the 3 March 1826  at the rate of [Crossed Out]. dollars per month. [Crossed Out] 

Peter Hagner And [Signature]
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled “an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution" Approved on the 15th of May 1818. 

I John Maddox of the County of Fluvanna in the State of Virginia do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a private soldier in Captain Johnson’s Company Colonel Hall Regiment Muhlenberg Brigade 

and I also declare that I have certificates for the reward of Eighty dollar to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th May 1778 the evidence of my services will be found on the files of the Pension office War Department that I received  a pension under the act of 1818 but was struck from the pension list after the passage of the new act of May 1820 I since that time have not received any pension from the United States, 

Witness my hand this Twenty fifth day of August 1828 
John Maddox [Signature] 

Before me Settlebury Weaver a justice of the peace for the County of Fluvanna in the State of Virginia personally appeared this day George Holeman and John W. Corke Son: of the said County who did severally make oath that John Maddox by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the revolution in manner as therein stated

Witness my hand this 25th august 1828 Littleton Weaver
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I John Timberlake Clerk of the Court of of the County of Fluvanna in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Settlebry Mare before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer Oath In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this twenty sixth day of August 1878 

John Timberlake  [Signature]

Act 1828
Settled at
Treasury 
[Illegible]
With Invalid
File # 38 183