Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31503, Joseph Wright, Va.
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(8–1776) 
Service Va.
Wright, Joseph 
Number S. 31503
Contents
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Illinois 7995.
Joseph Wright.
of Monroe in the State of Illinois
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Thompson of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Glynn in the Virginia 
line for six months.
$20.—

Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois.
at the state of 20. Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of May,
1833 and sent to Danl. Converse. Waterloo, Monroe Co
Illinois.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.. 40 —
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 2 Sept. 33. 10 —
$.50.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk
Book E. Vol. 8. Page 661.

1888
May 7 Ms Eliza Wright that as she
omitted to state what information was
devised; to endorse the same on & return
the office letter   Prior

State of death not on avg.
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24,453,-7995,
Joseph Wright
Monroe C. W.

Adm for 6. months
from 1780

Daniel Converse
Waterloo C. C.
Monroe County
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
183

Sir : 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when 
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Joseph Wright
[table]
Period when the
service was 
rendered.
March 1780
draf 
March 1781
aval

Duration of the 
claimant’s service.
Years.
Months. 3 3
Days.

Rank of
the 
claimant. 
Private
..

Names and rank of the Field of-
ficers under whom he served.
Capt Thompson
Col. Glenn
Capt Waddleton
Col Glenn

Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
73 years
Halifax
Co.
Virginia

Proof by which the declaration is supported
[Illegible] 
Clergyman

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District
Of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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 enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and
served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers: [blank]

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he serv-
ed under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. ☞ This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and per-
sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of 
the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolu-
tionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank]
Do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of [blank] &c. 

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the forgoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank]
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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 above named applicant was a Revo-
lutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the 
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank]
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hard and seal
of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commis-
sion; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the ser-
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will 
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at-
tempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-
pected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary 
war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. { To a Soldier { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
en and what has become of it?
6. { To an Officer { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can tes-
tify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can pro-
cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will fol-
low the rule laid down for his guidance. 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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
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.”
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent au-
thority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pub-
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
Papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which con-
tains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the wit-
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
☞ The notes from [a] to [ ] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m]The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of Illinois
Green County}
Oct the 24th A. D. 1832
personally appeared before me Alexander
King a justice of the peace for Said County
Abner Hill who being sworring according to
law deposeth and sayeth the has been acquainted with
Joseph Wright of Monroe County and State of Illinois
for the space of thirty three or four years and that he
verily believes that said Wright did serve as a militia
man in the Revolutionary War and does further swear that
he the [illegible] Hill is ordained preacher of the Gospel
Abner Hill min gosp 

Sworn to before me 
this day and date above
Written
Alexander King [illegible]
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State of Illinois
Greene County } SS
I Mortimer Kennett Clerk of
the County Commissioners Court for the County aforesaid,
do hereby certify that Alexander King whose name
appears to the within certificate, was on the day the 
Same was made, an acting Justice of the peace,
in and for the said county, regularly commissioned
and qualified, and that as such, full faith and
credit are and of right ought to be given to
all his official acts

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand saidth affixed my
seal of office 24th day of Oct 1832
A H Mortimer Kennett Clerk
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9 Jany. 1833
Dec!
Joseph Wright
24453

[Illegible]
Dec 21st [illegible]
War Office
Washington City
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State of Illinois
Monroes County } 
Is on this fifth day of December
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court
befor their Honr. Edward T. Morgan, Felix Clark &
Scipio Beaird Judges of the County Commissioners Court
of Monroe County now sitting Joseph Wright a resident
of Monroe County State of Illinois aged seventy three
(73) years who being first duly sworn according to
Law doth on his oath make the following decla
ration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress passed June 7th 1832, that he entered the
service of the United States under the following named
officers and served as herein stated he entered the
service in March 1780 as a Militia man under
the command of Captain John Thompson in a
Regiment commanded by Colonel Glenn Brigade
commanded by General Stephens — he entered the service
in Halifax County State of Virginia and remained
in March 1781 in Halifax County Virginia he
again entered the United States service as a militia man
on a tour of three months under Captain Paul Wad-
dleton in a Battalion commanded by majors
Boyce of Regiment commanded by Col. Glenn &
Brigade by General Stephens which last service he
left in June 1781 — in both of which he was a
drafted man that he was in a battle fought
At Guilford, when General Green commanded that
he was at Camden South Carolina when General
Gates was defeated at that place in the year 1781
that he marched from Halifax County Virginia
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through North Carolina that he was acquainted
With Adjutant Cobb of the Virginia Troops
and Paul Carrington. Aide camp to General Green
and that he has no documentary evidence &
that he knows of no person whose testimony he
can procure who can testify to his services —
Answers to questions — 1st where & in what year was you born
and, I was born in Mecklenburg Co Virginia in the year 1760. It is
recorded in my family Bible now in Green County in the State
I received a discharge from Genl. Green which is now lost
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a
pension or annuity except the present and
declares his name is not on the pension Roll
of the agency of any state

Sworn and subscribed in open
Court the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Wright

[Illegible] — Citizens residing in Monroe County
State of Illinois
Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Joseph Wright who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration that we believe
him to be seventy three years of age that he
Is refuted and believed in the neighborhood
Where he resides to have been a soldier of
the Revolution and that we concur in that
opinion 

Sworn & subscribed in
open court the day above written. }
James Moore [illegible]
Abram Clark [illegible]
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after put
ting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war
department that the above name & applicant
was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as
he states — And the Court do further certify
that it appears to them that Abner Hill —
—— who has signed the preceding Certificate
is a Clergyman Resident in the County of Greene State of
Illinois — and that James Moore and Abram Clark —
Who have signed the same are residents of the County
of Monroe and State of Illinois and are credible [illegible]
and that their statement is entitled to credit —

State of Illinois
Monroe County } I Daniel Converse Clerk of the Court of County
Commissioners do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
Virginia proceedings in the matter of the application of
Joseph Wright for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of office this fifth day of December in the 
Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
& thirty two. 
Daniel Converse
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March 5, 1936

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Miss Mary Ellen Richards
1517 Cherry Street
Vicksburg, Mississippi

JOSEPH WRIGHT
S. 31503
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file
In pension claim, S. 31503, based upon service in the Revolutionary
War of Joseph Wright.

Joseph Wright was born in 1760 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia;
the names of his parents are not given.

Joseph Wright enlisted in 1780 in Halifax County, Virginia,
Served three months as private in Captain John Thompson’s company,
Colonel Glenn’s Virginia regiment and was at the battle of Camden
when General Gates was defeated. He enlisted in March, 1781, served
as private in Captain Paul Waddleton’s company, Colonel Glenn’s
Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Guilford and was discharged 
in June, 1781. 

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed
December 5, 1832, while a resident of Monroe County, Illinois. 

There are no family data in the claim. 

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name
of person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you
should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, this city, and cite the following:

Joseph Wright
Certificate#7995
Issued May 2, 1833
Rate $20 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Illinois Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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March 5, 1936

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Miss Mary Ellen Richards
1517 Cherry Street
Vicksburg, Mississippi

JOSEPH WRIGHT
S. 31503
BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters of January 21, January 27,
February 10, and February 14, some of which were mailed in Kentucky
And some in Mississippi, in which you request the Revolutionary War
records of William Griffin of Colonels Spottswood's and Febiger’s
2” Virginia Regiment, John Lovell, Jordan Jackson, Seth Williams
and Joseph Wright, probably of Lunenburg County, Virginia.

There are no claims for pension on file based upon service
in the Revolutionary War of Seth Williams, John Lovell or Jordan
and some in Mississippi, in which you request the Revolutionary War
Jackson.

You will recall that a search of the Revolutionary War records
was made for you May 1, 1935, for record of William Griffin, and a
report furnished you on that date that no record was found of the
William Griffin described by you. The record has been found of only
one Joseph Wright, of Virginia. That record is furnished herewith
as found in pension claim, S. 31503.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[Stamp]
VICKSBURG MISS.
JAN 23
1936
1 30PM

[Postal Stamp]
U.S. POSTAL CARD
ONE CENT
JEFFERSON

[Stamp]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
RECEIVED
JAN 30 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV
READER 14
VETS. ARM.

[Stamp]
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Dept. of Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
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7517 Cherry St.
Vicksburg, Miss.
Jan. 27, 1936.

Dept. of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Please give me what information
you can about a Revolutionary soldier
Joseph Wright, of Virginia, probably
from Lunenburg County.
Respectfully,
(Miss) Mary Ellen Richards

(Please reply promptly.)
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sion on file in this Bureau. Joseph Wright S. 31,503
[Table]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Mar. 1780
Mar. 1781

LENGTH OF SERVICE
3 mos
3 “

RANK

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Thompson
Paul Waddleton
COLONEL
Glenn.
Glenn.

STATE
Va

Battles engaged in, 
Camden [crossed out]
[handwritten note]
couldn’t have been, as it
was in Aug 1780, he was not
then in service
[continued]
Guilford

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Halifax, Co Va.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 5, 1832. This claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Monroe Co. Ills.
Age at date of application, born 1760 in Mecklenburg Co Va.
Remarks: No data as to family
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O. W & [illegible]   C
May 21st 1907
To the Honorable mr Warner
Dear Sir, I would like very
much to have the military
History of my Grandfather
Joseph Wright He served in
the War of the Revolution from V. A.
He, married Nancy Bryant, they had 
a Daughter Edith Wright, who married
Lewis Johnson, they had a Daughter
who [scratched out] Eliza who married Robert
Lemen, I am His widow now
Eliza J Lemen
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I am now nearly 51 years
old, will be, the 1st day of July
I want the military History of
my Grandfather Joseph Wright
for my children, & grandchildren,
so that they can join some of
the societies of the Revolution
My Address

Mrs Eliza J. Lemen,
4451 Washington Avenue
St Louis
Missouri
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[Stamp]
D. W. & N. Division
May 23 1907
Received.

[Stamp]
U.S. Pension Office
A May 23 1907
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Glen
Ash Grove, Mo,
July 26th 1901.

Honr. H. Clay Evans,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
I will thank you
to furnish me with
the military history
of my great grand
-father Joseph Wright.
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A Revolutionary
Soldier, who was
placed on the
pension roll
May 2nd, 1833 while
a resident of
Monroe Co. Illinois.
Respectfully
Mrs Wyatt Bayly
Ash Grove
Mo

[Stamp]
U.S. Pension Office
C
JUL
30
1901
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Wid.   [Illegible]
Eliza Wright
.
.
.

John Wright or
John B. Wright?

L. War

No [illegible] Wid,
May 4-88. C. E. P.
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31503 Revy
C
Joseph Wright Va 7995
to Sr. e & married Nancy Bryant
Then to Ten. & Ills — Drew a
pension in Green Co died about
1838 at Waterloo Ils

[Stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE.
3 APR
19
1888

X

[Stamp]
U.S.P.O.
O.W.S.N.
APR 28 1888
RECEIVED.
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Shelby Co Ills
Stewardson, Ill
March 16th 88
Mr John C Black
Washington D.C.

Dear sir in in answer to your of
the 8th I forgot to give my husban
fathers name his name was Joseph
Wright he was in the seventh [illegible]
was enlisted in Virginia after the
war he went to North Carolina where
He married Nancy Bryant from
there he moved to tetnsee and then
to Ill while in Green co he Drew
a pension from the government as
long as he lived he died about the
year 1838 at Waterlew this state
My husban was named John Bryant
Wright but as far back as I can
remember he signed his name John
Wright until we moved to gree
county this state there was an
englishman by the name of John
Wright then he signed his name 
John B. Wright on the account
of getting each others [illegible]
I dont [illegible] whether he left the
band when he enlisted as not
Your truly  Eliza Wright
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7995-82
JHew
St Louis
July 4th 1901

[Stamp]
D. W. & N. Division
JUL 31 1901
RECEIVED.

Hon H. Clay Evans,
Commission of Pensions,

Dear Sir

I will thank you to
furnish me, with the
Military history of my
Grandfather, Joseph R Wright,
who was placed on the
pension roll, May 2nd
1833, while a resident of
Monroe County, Illinois,

Yours Respectfully
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Please Address
Mrs Eliza J. Lemen
3223 Lucas Avenue
St Louis
Missouri
Page 28

B. F. Wright,
AUCTIONEER AND REAL ESTATE.
Collections Made.
Money to Loan.
Sales Made in City or Country.
Houses, Lots and Farms for Sale or Exchange.
AUCTIONEERING A SPECIALTY.
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Office: [scratched out] 115 N. [plain text] 2108. Fifth St.
Springfield, Ill., July 8 1896
D. J. Murphy Com Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir:
I should like to have
you send me the military history
so far as you have it of one James
Wright Sr. who was a Revolution-
ary soldier who enlisted from
Culpepper County. Va. and who
was on the pension roll, I think
In 1840. I think he was with
Washington part or almost all 
the time. He moved in all early
day to Morgan County Ill.
Thanking you in advance for any
information i am &c
Very truly
B. F. Wright
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Stewardson Ill May 16” 88
Mr John C Black
Sir yours of the 7th at hand will
say I never new of any other man
by the name of John Wright but
my husband in Tennesee his brother
Reardon Wright was in the war of 1812
but in a different company & regiment
His cousin Robison Wright and
Tony Hall was in his company
In Regard to the tour he was inlisted
In I believe was Murfreesboro it
was some 20 miles from Nashville
I never lived in Teensesee can only
from what he told me and
I never [illegible] speak of any
other man by the name of John Wright
herd him speak of the town often
he inlisted in but has been so long
age that it has about sliped my
memory 
Your truly Eliza Wright
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Old War Div.
J. N. P. Ex’r.
___ No. 
_____
Co. ___ Reg’t ___
Return this letter with your reply. 

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D.C. May 7th, 1888

Madam,
In reply to yours of the 16th ult. Relative to Joseph Wright,
A Revolutionary soldier from Virginia, who you state was a
pensioner, and died in Illinois, I have to state that the name
has been identified with one who was allowed a pension, but as
you have omitted to state what information was desired, you
will please endorse the same on this letter and return it—
Very respectfully
John C Black
Commissioner

Mrs Eliza Wright
Stewardson
Shelby Co
Illinois

[Stamp]
U. S. P. B. 
Old War & Navy
DIVISION
MAY 19 1888
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Springfield Ills.,
Feb., 16, 1915.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me
the military record of service of
Joseph Wright, a soldier of the
Rev. War, who drew a pension while
a resident of Monroe Co. Illinois.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Charles D. Wright
1353 Holmes Ave.
Springfield
Ills.
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31503
Revy INVALID
File No. 31,503
Joseph Wright
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7” 82’
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 471
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

July 16’ 96 paid
Period to
B F Wright
Springfield Il
[illegible]

Aug 2. 1901
Mrs Wyatt Bayly
Ash Grove. Mo,

Aug 2. 1901
Mrs. Eliza J. Lemen
St Louis, Mo. [illegible, crossed out]

Aug 23. 1901 Mrs. Jennie W Morris
Marianna, Ark.

1904 June 1. Hist to Eliza J. Lemen. Aw
1915 Feby 23 Hist. to Mrs. Chas D. Wright
1936, Mar. 5 - Hist. 6 - Mrs Mary Ellen
Richards - - MLB