Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38,392, for Philip Snead, Virginia
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Va
Snead, Philip
NUMBER
S.38,392
CONTENTS
One
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12,546
Virginia R
Philip Snead
of Lunenburg in the State of Virginia
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Buckner of the Virginia
line, for the term of 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 20th of April 1818
-
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st of July 1819
and sent to Peter Randolph, Esqr
Lunenburg C.H. Va.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 -10 [mathematical notation] 83.96
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept: 1819 - 48. 00
$131:96
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
Lunenburg County
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Died Feb. 25, 1834 (AB)
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Notification sent January 15th 1821 to
Hon. M. Alexandez H of of Reps. U.S.
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Philip Snead
12,546
Jany 1819
Con
M. Alexander
H Rep
Janu 15.1821
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District of Virginia
Lunenburg County Court} Set
on this 13 day of November 1820 personally appeared in open
Court (being a Court of record) Philip Snead aged sixty six ^ years
(the 11' of December 1820.) who being first duly sworn according to law; doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the provision's made by the acts of Congress.
of the 18' March 1818. and the first of May 1820 that he the said
Philip Snead, inlisted for the term of Two years on the 28th day
of November 1775 in State of Virginia in the County of Lunenbery
in the Company Commanded by Captain James Johnson in the
regiment commanded by Colo. Masdica Buckner, in the
line of the State of Virginia on the Continental establishment
that he Continued to serve in the said Corps untill the 14th
day of March 1778 when he was discharged from the said
service in the State of Pensylvania at the place Call'd Valley
Forge, that he was in the Battles of Trentown in New Jersey
State, Brandy wine in the State of Pennsylvania, German
Town in State of Pennsylvania, and Fort Mifflin, and that
he has no other evidence of his said servicis now in his possession
or power of his said services, and in persuance of the act of
the first of May. 1820 I do solemly swear that I was a
resident Alien of the United States on the 18' day of March 1818. and that I have not since that time by gift sale
or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof
with intent, Thereby 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 the 18th
day of March 1818. and that I have not, nor has any
person in trust for me any property or sureties contracts
debts due to me, nor have I any income other than my
waring apparell as all of any kind whatsoever
as witness my hand as the date above Philip Snead
Sworn to in open Court this 13th day
of November 1824
Wm H Taylor[illegible]
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Commonwealth of Virginia 
Lunenburg Circuit
[vertical squiggle line] Ss.

DISTRICT OF [crossed out]

On this twenty third day of April 1819, before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Genl Court for and of the State of Virginia, & Judge for the said district, personally appeared Philip Snead aged 64 years, resident in Lunenburg County in the said district, who, being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he, the said Philip Snead enlisted for the term of two years on the second day of February in the year 1776, in Lunenburg in the state of Virginia in the company commanded by Captain James Johnson of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Mordeca [Mordecai] Buckner in the line of the State of Virginia on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the 14th day of February 1778, when he was discharged from service at Valley Forge State of Pennsylvania, that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Trenton, German Town and at  the siege of Mud Island that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the  assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.

I, Peter Randolph Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Philip Snead did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding  declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War,  pursuant to the  directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support. I further certify that the declarant made his first declaration on the 20th day of April 1818. Given under my hand this 23 day of Apl [April] 1819.
Peter Randolph
SEAL OF THE COURT
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Commonwealth of Virginia
Lunenburg Circuit Set
I William A. Taylor Clerk of the said court do hereby certify that Peter Randolph Esq before whom the above declaration, was taken, and whose signature is to the same, then was and now is Judge of the said circuit court -- and I do further certify that there is no seal of such belonging to the said circuit court --
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand this 26th day of April 1819 and in this 43rd
year of the Commonwealth.
Wm H Taylor [followed by handwritten flourishes]
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March 22, 1934
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Philip Snead-S.38392
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Mason Anderson
309 South Second
Clinton, Missouri

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Hardin of Franklin County, Georgia, and Philip Snead of Lunenburg County, Virginia.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the
Revolutionary War service of a William Hardin, as described by you; the surname has been searched under similar spellings.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 38392, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Philip Snead. This is the record of the only soldier of that name found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Philip Snead was born December 11, 1754, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents given.

Philip Snead enlisted in Lunenburg County, Virginia, November 28, 1775, served in Captain James Johnson's company, Colonel Mordecai Buckner's Virginia regiment; he was in the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, siege of Mud Island, and was discharged at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1778 or March
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14, 1778.

The soldier, Philip Snead, was allowed pension on his application executed April 23, 1819, at which time he was living in Lunenburg County, Virginia. He died February 25, 1834.

There are no data in this claim concerning the family of Philip Snead.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Snead Philip
declaration &c
[illegible]
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State of Virginia
Lunenburg County Set
I William H. Taylor Clerk of the County Court of Lunenburg in the said State do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and declaration are truly copied from the records of the said County Court; and I do further certify, that it was the opinion of the court that the  wearing apparel of the said Philip Snead was of too small value to give a price on -- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this 27th day of November 1820 in the 43rd year the Commonwealth
Wm H Taylor [followed by handwritten flourish]
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20 April 1818 [Crossed out: April 22nd 1819]

Philip Sneads [Snead], Sergt.
of Lunenburg Co.
Declaration

2d Feby [February] 1776 Enld [Enlisted] in Col. Buckners Regt & Line.
Dischd 14th Feby [February]1778.
Set down on Rolls as Sergt.
20 April 1818.

Admitted
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Chicago, Ill., Aug. 21, 1930.

United States Veterans Administration
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

In reply to  your letter of August 18, 1930, find enclosed fifty cents in stamps to cover cost
of certification of photostatic copies of
Revolutionary War Claim $. 30711, John
Sneed, and S. 38392, Philip Sneed.

Respectfully,

F. M. Sneed
12 E. Grand Ave., 
Chicago, Ill.

Pension
X
AUG
U. 25 S.
1930
Office

Cash-50 cents
FINANCE DIVISION
BOOKKEEPERS DESK
AUG 25 1930
BUREAU  OF PENSIONS
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August 18, 1930.
Bureau of Pensions
Rev. &1812 Wars Section.    541

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


Rev. War claim for pension of Philip Snead,
File No.S38392.     Actual   1 of each page.


xxx    60cents....4 pages

Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2
in.  at top of each page and return
papers in each case in folder with
corresponding name and number.

Chief, Rev. &1812 War Section.

The word "omit" written in 
pencil on those pages which are not
to be copied.
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List:

Sol. decl. 4/23/1819 -------1 page
Court rec. 4/24/1819 ------1 page
Sol. decl. 11/13/1820 -----1 long page
and court rec. 11/27/1820
Sol. jacket and Ctf. No. 12546 ----1 page
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August 18, 1930.

F. M. Sneed,
12 east Grand Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of July 21, 1930
with which you enclosed cashier's check for $4.20 to cover cost of photostatic copies of twenty-four pages from Revolutionary War claim,
S.30711, John Sneed (or Snead) and four pages from claim, S.38392, of Philip Snead.

You will note in bureau letter of June 30, 1930, 
the additional cost for certification of each claim is twenty-five cents.

You may remit the additional fifty cents by postage stamps, should you desire it. On receipt of same, certificates will be attached and you [your] photstats mailed to you.

Very truly yours,
E.W. Morgan,
Acting Commissioner.
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#111640
Cashier's ck. - $4.20
FINANCE DIVISION
BOOKKEEPERS BOOK
JUL 25 1930
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Chicago, Ill., July 21, 1930.

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

Referring to your communication of June 30, 1930:

I desire photostatic copes of the Revolutionary
War records on file in the Pension Bureau of 
John Sneed (or Snead), S. 30711, of Virginia
and Kentucky, twenty-four pages.

Also the record of Philip Snead, 38392, Lunenburg County, Virginia, four pages.

Both records are to be certified.

Find check enclosed for $4.20.

Very truly,

F. M. Sneed

12 East Grand Avenue.
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June 30, 1930.

F. M. Sneed
13 East Grand Avenue, 
Chicago, Illinois.

Dear Sir: 

I advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to show a claim for pension or bounty land on file on account of the services of Israel and Benjamin Sneed or Snead.

Photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claims are furnished at the rate of fifteen cents a page.

The number of pages to be copied in the claims of Philip Snead and John (2) Sneed or Snead are as follows:

(omitted in his order) John Snead (or Sneed) of Hanover and Halifax Counties, Virginia, widow Rebecca (W.6134) twenty pages.

ordered these: 
John Sneed (or Snead), S.30711, of Virginia and
Kentucky, twenty-four pages.
Philip Snead (S.38392), Lunenburg County, Virginia, four pages.

Should you desire to have then [them] certified, allow twenty-five cents additional for each of the three claims.

The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.

Very truly yours,

E.W. Morgan,
Acting Commissioner.
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Chicago, Ill., April 22, 1930.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

I am seeking information concerning the Revolutionary War activities of John Sneed, Benjamin Sneed, Isreal Sneed and Philip Sneed, all of whom, I believe, enlisted in the Sixth
Virginia Regiment, and were subsequently transferred to the First Virginia Regiment.
If any of the above applied or received pension for services rendered, please quote the applications in their entirety.

Respectfully,

12 East Grand Avenue.    J. M. Sneed
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no pen #
alppi. or geo files
JK 311
Clinton, Missouri
Feburary 18, 1934
Recieved Feb 21 1934
Mail Sub. Div. 
Vets. Adm
[illegible]

Pension Office
Washington D.C.,
Dear Sir:
Will you please send
me copy of Pension record of
Philip Snead of Lunenburg County, 
Virginia?
Were there two Philip Sneads?
Father and son (Lunenburg Co, VA)
and did both get pensions?
Thanking you in advance
I am
Very Truly,
Mrs. Mason Anderson
309 Sound Second
Clinton, Missouri

Received
Feb 27 1934
Pension Index
Section
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RECEIVED
FEB 27 1934
PENSION INDEX
SECTION
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February 6, 1932.

Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions,
Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D.C.

This letter refers to your file No.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB
SNEAD, [underlined] Philip
Rev.War.Pension No.S39392

Dear Dir:
Under date of January 6, 1932 I addressed a letter to you reading as follows: "I am seeking further information in regard to the above named Revolutionary Soldier.

It is stated on page 219 of Bell's "Old Free State" Volume II that Philip Snead made two applications for pension, one on April 23, 1819 and the other on November 3, 1820. In your letter of May 1, 1931 you state he
was allowed a pension on his application dated April 23, 1819. I would like
to know just what the application was for, dated November 3, 1820 and in
what state he was living at the time he made the latter application.

Our records show a letter addressed to someone, evidently my great-great-grandfather, dated February 10, 1860 a copy of which I sent to the Adjutant General of the Army under date of February 2, 1931. This letter was S. B. True, a Congressman and written from Washington, D.C. in which he
stated that there was still an unpaid amount of pension due Philip Snead or his descendants. Did any of his descendants receive this pension? Who were they?"

I would greatly appreciate an early answer to the above written letter.

Sincerely,
Nora Anderson [handwritten signature]
(Miss) Nora Anderson
2324 Ringo St.
Little Rock, Ark.

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RECEIVED
FEB 8 1932
[illegible]
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
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January 6, 1932.
This letter refers to your file
NO.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB
SNEAD, Philip
Rev. War. Pension No. S39392
Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions,
Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I am seeking further information in regard to the above named Revolutionary Soldier.
It is stated.
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Little Rock, Arkansas
March 25, 1931.

Commissioner
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
SNEAD, Philip
Sergeant

Dear Sir:
I respectfully request that I be furnished with
all the available information you have on record
of the above named Revolutionary soldier.
He enlisted February 2, 1776 and was discharged February 8, 1778 and served in the 6th Virginia
Regiment. His pension declaration was dated
April 23, 1819.
Thanking you in advance for the above requested information, I am.
Very Truly yours,

Nora Anderson
Miss Nora Anderson
2324 Ringo St.,
Little Rock, Ark.
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Covington, Ga.,
Oct 5th, 1927
Commissioner of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send 
me the Revolutionary war
records of Phillip Snead, who
served in the capacity of Sergeant
in Captain James Johnson's Company,
Sixth Virginia Regiment and
was transferred to Captain
Towle's Co., and of Turner Hunt,
born in North Carolina, died
in Georgia, who probably 
served in the North Carolina
Militia.
Thanking you in advance,
I am, yours sincerely,
Florence Turner
Covington, Georgia
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38392
INVALID.
Reey
File NO. 38,399
Philip Snead
Priv Rev War
Act: 18th March 18th
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 386
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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1928 Aug 21. Hist to Florence Turner [illegible]
1930 June 30. F.M. Sneed adv. cost of photos [illegible]
1930 Aug 18. F.M.Sneed adv to receive further for cost of [illegible]
1930 Sept 11. Photos mailed to F.M. Sneed & Fin. Div. [illegible]
1931. Apr 30. Hist to Miss Nora Anderson [illegible]
1932 Feb 4.  Nora Anderson adv [illegible]
1934 March 22. Hist to Mrs. Mason Anderson  [illegible]
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February 4, 1932.

BA - J/MMHF

Miss Nora Anderson,
2324 Ringo Street,
Little Rock, Arkansas.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of January 6,
requesting further information in regard to Philip Snead ( S.38392 ) whose record was furnished you on April 30, 1931.
You refer to his application dated November 3, 1820. The records of this office show that he made a declaration on November 13, 1820; he was then living in Lunenburg County, Virginia. The pension law  required that he should make this declaration in order to show the amount of his property; had he possessed too much his payment of pension would have
been suspended. He was very poor and his name was continued on the pension roll. He died February 25, 1834, place not stated.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and the name of person paid, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data:
"Philip Snead, Certificate No. 12546, issued July 21, 1819, rate $8.00 per month, commenced April 20, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Virginia Agency."
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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April 30, 1931

Miss Nora Anderson
2324 Ringo Street
Little Rock, Arkansas

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
ANF: MLB

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 39392, that Philip Snead was born December 11, 1754, place not stated.
He enlisted in Lunenburg County, Virginia, November 28, 1775, and served in Captain James Johnson's company, Colonel Mordecai Buckner's Virginia regiment, was in the
battles of Trenton, Germantown, Brandywine and siege of Mud Island, and was discharged in February or March, 1778.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 23, 1819, at which time he was living in Lunenburg County, Virginia.
There are no data as to family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.

August 21, 1928.

Florence Turner
Covington
Georgia.

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 38392, it appears that Philip Snead was born December 11, 1754, place not stated.
He enlisted in Lunenburg County, Virginia, November 28, 1775 and served in Captain James Johnson's Company,
Colonel Mordecai Buckner's Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Trenton, Germantown, Siege of Mud Island, and
battle of Brandywine, and was discharged in February or March 1778.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 23, 1819, at which time he was living in Lunenburg County, Virginia.
There are no data as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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J.C. Beaty, President, Judge  Mason Anderson, Deputy
J.W. Boyd, Associate Judge
Frank Ragland, Associate Judge

Office of 
Ray E. Dooley
Clerk of the County Court,
Henry County
Clinton, Missouri
Received 
Mar 9 1934 
MAIL SUP-DIV,
READER IS
VETS. ADM.

March 7, 1934
Mr. A.D. Hiller
Asst. Administrator
Veterans Administartion,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the
Revolutionary record of Philip Snead of Lunenburg, County Virginia, and of 
William Hardin of Franklin County Georgia?
Thanking you in advance,
I am Very Truly,
Mrs. Mason Anderson

309 South Secaud
Clinton, Missouri.