Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1867, for Page Portwood, Virginia
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va

Portwood, Page

NUMBER
S. 1867

Carded
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5714
East Tennessee
Page Portwood
of Anderson the State of Tennessee
who was a Sergt in the Compy commanded
by Captain Taylor of the Regt commanded
by crossed out line for 3 years from 1781

Va Line Records corrected Dec. 7 '03
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee
at the rate of 120 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Feby 1833 and sent Hon. J. Standifer, Ho. of Reps.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                    180
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33    60
[Total]                                                    $240

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Nathaniel Rice, Clerk
Book D Vol. 9 Page 109
Date of not [illegible]

[illegible stamp]
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5935
Page Portwood
application for a
Pension
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[illegible]
State of Tennessee
Anderson County   SS

On this 30th day of August 1839 personally appeared before me Edward Scott one of the Circuit judges of county and Equity in and for the state of Tennessee and the 2nd judicial circuit now sitting in the said County of Anderson and State of Tennessee Page Portwood a resident of the said county of Anderson State of Tennessee age seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
that he is enlisted in the Army of the United States in January 1789 with Captain Isaac Taylor and served in what they called the Illinois deportment under the following named officers he lived on the Mississippi River at Fort Jefferson and in January 1781 he enlisted for three years as first sergeant under Captain Isaac Taylor in Major John William' Regiment called the Illinois deportment. Rendezvoused at fort Jefferson under General George Rogers Clark Marched up the Ohio River to the Falls
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Fort Nelson where Louisville now stands and arrived there in November 1781 and [illegible] Station and then until the October following. We then marched against the Indians to the new Chillicothe Town in the state of Ohio. We burnt the Town, killed some Indians and took some prisoners We then marched to McKees Town Burnt it and took one white man from the Indians that they had as a prisoner. We then Marched back to Fort Nelson was stationed there and Scouted occasionally through the country after the Indians til August 1784. Was then & there honorable discharged his discharge was signed by Major George Wails. Which discharge is lost or mislaid his enlistment is also lost or mislaid having served about three years & six months as a first Sergeant he has the following Documentary evidence which you will receive here with enclosed Receipt for a rifle gun dated June 25 1782 Signed by Z. Blackford Clifton Receipt for one narrow  Ax dated October 22 of 1782 Falls of Ohio, 16 July 1782 signed Zephaniah Blackford C M S Receipt or one Musket & Bayonet dated October
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18th 1782 signed Zephaniah Blackford Clifton and another Receipt for Two Musket and three Bayonets dated January 18th 1782
Signed Z. Blackford C M S
he relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any state 
Page Portwood

Sworn to and subscribed in open court 30th August 1832
A Crozier Clk
By his deputy Ja M McCann

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolution soldier and served as he states.
Edw Scott one of the Judges of the Circuit Courts of Law and Equity in and for the State of Tennessee aforesaid.

I Arthur Crozier Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County of Anderson and state of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Page Portwood for a pension and that said court is a court of Record
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal having no seal of office at office in Clinton this 31st day of August 1832
A Crozier clk
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Washington City
District of Columbia
Jan 7th 1833 -

I Thomas D. Arnold member of Congress from Tennessee have examined the certificate of Arthur Crozier affixed to the pension claim of Page Portwood, and do Certify that said Crozier is a clerk of the circuit court of Anderson County - That I have often seen him write, and believe this signature to be genuine and that he has no public seal of office.
Tho. D. Arnold
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Examination of
Revolutionary Paper
Page Portwood

Rolls of Tennessee
act 1832

filed 22nd March 1832
Ex F. E. Hassler
Attorney

Power of Attorney
to
F. E. Hassler
from Coffy Childs
Revolutionary Claim
Page Portwood
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State of Tennessee
Anderson County
Be it known that before me James Hall a Justice of the Peace personally appeared J. Coffy Childs aged 32 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in in due form of law, states that he is the Administrator of Page Portwood who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of Tennessee and that he died January 1847. And that his name is enrolled on the pension roll at Knoxville Ten and that he drew a pension of One hundred and twenty dollars a year and that his wife died a few days previous to his death;
(and furthermore)

and that furthermore By these presents, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorizes irrevocably and with powers of substitution F. E. Hassler of Washington City, D. C. as my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government officers his or my rights in all and in any manner of Claim, for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due me as Administrator of Page Portwood who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law custom, or equity; that I as administrator am or may be entitled.
In witness where of I have on this
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second day of March 1852. hereunto signed his name and affixed his seal
John C. Childs [seal]

Witnesses
R. H. Coward
I G Hall

Signed, Sealed, acknowledged and
Sworn to before me, on this 2 day of March 1852.
James Hall [seal]

At the same time personally appeared before me James Hall a Justice of the peace two credible and disinterested witnesses named Jesse Henderson and John Harrell residents of the aforesaid County and State who having been cautioned by me and then duly sworn according to law do say and depose each for himself that it has always been said and it is generally believed by the community that Page Portwood was a Revolutionary soldier and that he drew a pension of one hundred 20 dollars per year; and that Coffy Childs is the administrator of the said Revolutionary Soldier.
John Harrell [seal]
Jesse Henderson [seal]

Sworn to before me the dy and year first written above.
James Hall [seal]
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State of Tennessee
Anderson County  to wit

I hereby certify That James Hall Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgement were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court  at office in Clinton.
This 2 day of March 1852.
John Key clerk
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5935
Page Portwood
from January 1781 
Sergt. three years
10.16

$120

On roll

Look on Va State Roll then send to [illegible] [illegible] for certified reports and official  character [illegible] if not on Roll [illegible] [illegible]

Hon. J. Standifer
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5935
BRIEF in the case of Page Portwood
County of Anderson in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? --
3. How old is he? 74
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
enlisted In 1781 Jany.

Duration of Service.
3 Years, 6 Months, -- Days

Rank
As a 1st Sergeant

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Capt J. Taylor, Ill Department,
Major J. Williamson,
Gen. George R. Clark,
Major George Wails

5. In what battles was he engaged? none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? On the Mississippi River at Fort Jefferson

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? documentary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The Clerk's public seal of office is not affixed

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
F. Waugh Examining Clerk.
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February 8, 1934
XXXXXXX
M-J/EEL ann
Page Portwood - S.1867

Mr. Clayton F. Dougherty
1610 West Church Street
Champaign, Illinois

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension record of Page Portwood, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data given below are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.1867, based upon the military service in that war of Page Portwood.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Page Portwood are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing at River, Page Portwood enlisted in January, 1781, as 1st sergeant in Captain Isaac Taylor's Company, under Major John Williams in the Illinois Regiment, Virginia Troops, commanded by General George Rogers Clark; he was stationed at Fort Jefferson and at the Falls of Ohio, from which place he went on an expedition against the Indians in Ohio, at the Chillicothe towns; returned to Fort Nelson [words inserted "This fort was at Louisville."], and was discharged in
August, 1784, by Major George Walls.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy four years and resided in
Anderson County, Tennessee.
The soldier died in January, 1847, and his wife had died some years previous to his death; there are no data in regard to her and
no reference is made to children.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

[handwritten]
Date of death not on A B

Identified Sol this officers in the book on Clark's Ill. Regt.
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Rev War 
1867

INVALID.

File No. 1867
Page Portwood
Sergt. Tenn. Vols.

Act: June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 295
{Arrangement of 1876.}

Va. Line Records corrected
Dec 7 '03

1934 Feb 8 - Hist to Clayton F. Dougherty
ESL
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Fort Nelson Jany 19th 1782
Received two muskets three Bayonets of Page Portwood Servient in Capt Isaac Taylors Company of the Illinois Department
by me
Z. Blackford C. M. S.
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the Falls of Ohio 6 July 82
there Receive won [sic] narrow ax of sergt Portwood  I say] Received Benj Bland DJM
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Received one Rifle Gun of Sergt Page Portwood of Capt Taylor Company this 22nd of Octr. 1782
Rec by me
Zephaniah Blackford 
C. M. S.
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2M3129
[illegible]
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Received one musket & Bayanet of Page
Portwood. it being the stand that was
Robert Davis of Capt Taylor Company
Octr. 18th 1782
Recd by me
Zephaniah Blackford
C.M.S.
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Received Rifle Gun out of Repair of Page Portwood Sergt in Baley Company June 25th 1782 Recd by me
Z. Blackford
C. M. Store
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Page Portwood which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? -
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  No
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
documentary evidence
XIV. + If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? -
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? -
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? -
XVI. ++ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  No +:
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _______ months and _______ days.  I served as a _____ . For ______ months and _______ days, I served as a _______ ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
++QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

+: "In every case where the Clerk of the Court or
other certifying officer, has no public seal of office the certificate of a member of Congress proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer; should be sent with the papers."
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CLAYTON F. DAUGHERTY
1610 WEST CHURCH STREET
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.

January 28, 1934.

Commissioner,
Veteran's Administration,
Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington, D.C.

My dear sir,

I would like to get a copy of the Revolutionary War Record of Page Portwood. He fought under George Rogers Clark, rank of sergeant, and earlier was with Daniel Boone
In a book by Mr. J.T. McAllister, entitled
"Virginia Militia in the Revolution, I find this, pertaining to Page Portwood:
"Page Portwood - age 76. Anderson County, Tennessee, transferred from East Tennessee, March 4, 1833."
It was a list of Revolutionary War soldiers
who held pensions.  His evidently was filed March 4, 1833, while a resident of Anderson County. Tennessee.
Any help will be deeply appreciated
Sincerely
Clayton F Daugherty