Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,523, John Peter Arnaud, Md. Privateer.
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Service
MD
Privateer

Name
Arnaud, John Peter

Number
S. 31523
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Georgia 12.843

John P Arnaud
[illegible] in the state of Georgi who was a Priv in the company commanded by Captain Williamson in the Maryland Line for 7 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 23 dollars 33 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of June '33 and sent B.C. Howard Baltimore, MD

Arrears to the 4th of March '33 $46.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept '33 $11.66
$58.32

D Sept 4, 1833

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk
Book E Vol 6 Page 85
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Admit for 7 mo
as a private $23.33
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State of Georgia
County of Chatham

On this fourth day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Superior court of said county, now sitting John Peter Arnaud, a native of Marseilles, in France,  aged eighty years, now a resident in the city of Savannah, in the county and state aforesaid, who being first duty sworn according to law, with his oath, makes 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 at Baltimore, Maryland, in the month of January seventeen hundred and eighty-one, as a volunteer, in the capacity of the private, in a militia company under the command of a Captain Williamson, a Canadian by birth, as well as he can recollect; In which company he performed military duty during seven months, sometimes in the Fort of Baltimore, and at other times to other places on or near the Bay of Chesapeake, in said State of Maryland, where said company had received orders to march, without meeting the enemy; That at the expiration of these seven months in the land service, on his return to Baltimore, he obtained permission to retire from said company, and to embark on board of the American Privateer [Rysource], commanded by Captain Odet, then in the the harbour of Baltimore, which he did in the month of August, following, as a volunteer; That after a cruise of fifteen days, said Privateer was captured by the British frigate [unsure of this name], the captains name not recollected, and carried to Hampton Road, from whom he was taken, with his companions, to the prisons of New York, where they remained until the ratification of peace between the United States and Great Britain; That he has no documentary evidences, and that he knows of no persons whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.  He hereby relinquishes every claim 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, or (if any) only in that of the agency of the State of Georgia
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

William Law
Judge

John P Arnaud - His X Mark

Reverand George F Pierce - a clergyman, residing in the city of Savannah and Thomas W P Charlton also residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Arnaud who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration of the other part; that we believe him to be eighty 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.

Geor F Pierce
Thos W P Charlton

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

Wm Law - Judge

The Rev Pierce certifies that the above certificate [illegible] he has by [illegible] with the applicant J P Arnaud.
G.H. Pierce


Georgia
Chatham County

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 aforesaid named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and the court further certifies that it appears to them that G F Pierce who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Chatham and that Thomas W P Charlton who has also signed the same is a resident in the county of Chatham and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

William Law - Judge
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Georgia
Chatham County

I Robert H Porter clerk of the Superior Court of the County of Chatham do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John P Arnaud for a pension. IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three

Robert H Porter
Clerk S.C.C.C.
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Revolutionary War Records Section

3-525

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

S.F. 315-25

In reply to your request of blank received blank for a statement of the military history of John Peter Arnaud 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: Jan 1781 and Aug 1781
Length of Service: 7 Months and 15 days
Rank: Private (on 15 days enlistment was captured by the British and taken to [illegible] where he remained until the ratification of peace)
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Williamson and served as privateer resource 
State: MD

Battles engaged in - blank
Residence of soldier at enlistment - enlisted at Baltimore, Maryland
Date of application for pension - Feb 4 1833 - His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application - Savannah, Chatham Co GA
Age at date of application - 80 years a native of Marseilles, France. Died Sept 4, 1833*

*from A.B.

No date as to family

Respectfully

Commissioner.
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31523
Revy  INVALID.

File No. 31,523
John P Arnaud
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:--Vol. D  , Page 11

[Arrangement of 1870.]


1914 Dec. 14 Hist. to Mrs. Wm. Neyle Colquitt.
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(Duplicate of page 8)
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Mrs. William Neyle Colquitt
112 East Capitol Street
Washington D.C.

personal inquiry. Dec. 14, 1914--
wants record of John Peter Arnaud
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B. C. Howard

 (circular stamp)
Apr 22 

FREE
Free
Benjn. C. Howard


J. L. Edwards  Esq.
Pension Office
Washington
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Mr. Edwards will please to file the enclosed Papers in the case of Arnaud. of Georgia.
Benjn. C. Howard.
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(circular stamp)
ANNAPOLIS Md
FEB 26

Free (with lower case f written overtop)

Honble. Benj. C. Howard
of the House of Representatives
City of Washington
District of Columbia
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Western Shore Treasury
Annapolis 26 Tele 1833.

Sir,
I do not know in what particular Circumstances, applicants to the General Assembly of Maryland, are directed to be placed upon the Pension Roll--
All such applications are addressed to the General Assembly--by each Branch referred to its Committee on Pensions--upon their report, either granted or refused--and if granted the resolutions to such effect, only, come down to the Treasurer directing him to pay accordingly, and giving him no further information--
The document covered by your letter of the 22d rec'd today, is of Course herein returned--

Very respectfully
George Mackubin
Treasr. W. S. Md.

Honble. Benj. C. Howard