Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6766, Daniel Bradley, Va
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
Va.

Bradley, Daniel

S.6766
NUMBER

carded
CONTENTS
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[typed form, with handwritten responses] 

[left side] 12.218
Virginia

Daniel Bradley
of Pittsylv [Pittsylvania County] in the State of Va. who was a pr. [private] in the --- Company commanded by Captain ----- of the Regt [Regiment] commanded by Col. Campbell in the Va. -- line for 20 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 60 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of April 1833 and sent William Turnstall, Pittsylvania, Va.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833    133.32
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 
4 Sept. [1833]                                    33.33
                                                        166.65

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 2

[right side] Date of death not on AB
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10.882
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State of Virginia } 
County of Pittsylvania } Sct 
On this 22nd day of August 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before David H. Clark, James Soyars, William S. Panside and C. D. Bennett the County Court of Pittsylvania now sitting Daniel Bradley a resident of the County of Pittsylvania aforesaid in the state of Virginia aged 75 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 Act of Congress passed June 7 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated:
That he first enlisted and entered the service of the United States as a regular soldier in the first Virginia Regiment in the Southern Army was enlisted by Ensign Belen in Cumberland County Virginia where he then resided on the 1st of July 1780 engaged to serve for eighteen months and was marched by Capt. Alexander Guthery from Cumberland County to Chesterfield Court House the place of rendezvous where he was put under the command of Capt. White whose command was attached to the armed force commanded by Colonel [Richard] Campbell, Mulenburgh [sic: Peter Muhlenberg] the commanding General, from thence we marched under the command of Colonel Campbell & Captain Morton to Guilford Court House or its neighborhood and was engaged in the Battle of Guilford [15 March 1781] commanded by Majr [Major] Gen’l. Green [General Nathanael Greene]. From thence after that Battle he marched under Colo. Campbell & Maj. General Green and Captain Morgan who fell in on the way to Ninety Six where he remained 31 days the whole Month of May 1781 [Ninety Six S. C., 22 May - 19 Jun 1781]. from thence he marched under the same General Officers, Colo. Campbell & General Green skirmishing and taking by the way Scotch lake fort [Fort Watson near Scott Lake], Friday Fort [Fort Granby near Friday’s Ferry near present Columbia S. C., destroyed by Lee on 15 May 1781], Thompson’s Fort, Augusta [GA] Fort, & the Block House to Camden, where they were stationed 9 or 10 days, from thence he marched under the same officers, Capt. Morgan, Colo. Campbell & Gen’l. [General] Green to Eutaw Springs [SC] where on the 8th of September 1781 he was engaged in that Battle. From thence they
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reconnoitered about that section of country checking the Enemy during which time they remained several Weeks on the High Hills of Santee, the place of Rendezvous. from thence they were marched under Lieutenant Green, (Captain Morgan being wounded at the Eutaw Springs) to Stono [Stono River in Charleston County SC] from thence to Salisbury in North Carolina where he was discharged by Lieutenant Green in January 1782 but his written discharge is mislaid or lost. that he has no documentary evidence to prove the facts required therefore present authenticated certificates. that he now lives in Pittsylvania County & has since the year 1783. 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. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written. 
Daniel [his X mark] Bradley

Pittsylvania County Sct 
This day Elisha Burton personally appeared before a Justice of the peace in the said County & made oath that Daniel Bradley was a soldier in the Revolutionary War that he served Eighteen months in the Southern army, that he marched from Cumberland County under Captain Alexander Gatrey [Guthery] in the year 1780.
Given under my hand this 14th day of July 1832 – 
Danl Verser J P 

Pittsylvania County Sct. 
This day Thomas Davis and James Soyars personally appeared before me David H. Clark a Justice of the peace and made Oath that they have been for 30 or 40 years acquainted with Daniel Bradley & believe him a man of truth & that he is 75 years of age & that it has been reported in his neighbourhood that he has been a soldier of the Revolution & they concur in that opinion - Sworn to this 22d day of August 1832 – 
David H. Clark JP

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed
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by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that James Soyers, Thomas Davis and Elisha Barton are residents in the County of Pittsylvania who had given the foregoing certificates, that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit—

I William Tunstall Clerk of the Court of Pittsylvania County Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Bradley for a pension- -  

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 29" day of August One thousand Eight hundred & thirty two – 
Will Tunstall
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Daniel Bradley 
Virginia 
No 10882 
[Illegible] Roll 
On Roll 
On the Roll
Admd [Admitted] for 20 mo [months]
as a private from 
1780 - - 66.66 
Cap White 
Col. Campbell Va.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

BRIEF in the case of Daniel Bradley, of the County 
of Pittsylvania Co. in the State of Virginia
(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:  73 years

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[column headings: Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]
1 July In 1780 Enlisting 1 [Year] 8 [Months] 11 [Days] As a [blank] Gen. Green [Greene] & Muhlenberg Col. Campbell Capt. White & Morton Morgan 1st Regiment Virginia

5.  In what battles was he engaged? Guilford & Eutaw Springs

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cumberland Co. Virginia

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

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

C Litle
Examining Clerk.
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[Typed form] 

January 27, 1934 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
BA-J/EEL 
Daniel Bradley-S.6766

Mrs. James S. Jones 
Box 343 
Chatham, Virginia 

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Daniel Bradley, a soldier of the Revolutionary War , of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, who received a pension for his services. 

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.6766, based upon the military service of Daniel Bradley in that war. 

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Daniel Bradley are not shown in the papers in the pension claim. 

While residing in Cumberland County, Virginia, he enlisted July 1, 1780, served as a private under Lieutenant Green, Captains Alexander Guthery, White, Morton and Morgan and Colonel Campbell in the Virginia Troops; was at the battle of Guilford, siege of Ninety Six and battle of Eutaw Springs; he was also in several skirmishes and at the taking of several forts in South Carolina, and was discharged in January, 1782. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-five years and resided in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, where, he stated, he had lived since 1783. 

There are no data as to soldier's family.  

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address if person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Daniel Bradley (S.6766), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:
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[Typed form]

Daniel Bradley, Certificate No. 12218, issued April 10, 1933, rate $66.66 per annum, March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Virginia Agency. 

Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] 6766
Revy War 
INVALID

File No. 6766

Daniel Bradley
Pri. Rev. War

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 45

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side] 1934 – Jan. 27 – Hist. to Mrs. James S. Jones – EEL
1935 – Aug. 30 – Hist. to Musa Queensbury EEL
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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 Daniel Bradley which require further proof or explanation.

1.  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 amount 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

VIII.  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? yes
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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? One living witness

XIV.  +If the applicant’s name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes

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? yes

XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes 

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not 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 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 objectional.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shewn 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 authority; 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.
+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 in which he 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 authenticates 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 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.
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 accompany the papers.
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Crewe, Virginia
Aug. 25th 1935

Veterans Administration 
Washington D. C. 

[circular stamp with Numbers 1 -12 around the outside] RECEIVED AUG 27 1935 MAIL SUB-DIV, VETS. ADM. READER #15

Dear Sirs: - 
I would appreciate any information you could give me on the record of Daniel Bradley Revolutionary soldier from Virginia - - and oblige – 
[written on a slant] only of Va. 

Very Respectfully yours 
Miss. Musa Queensbury 
104 - W. Penna. Ave. 
Crewe, Virginia - -

[arrow pointing to circular stamp] CREWE, VA. AUG 26 6 – PM 1935 
[stration?]
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[circular stamp with Numbers 1 -12 around the outside] RECEIVED JAN 19 1934 MAIL SUB-DIV, VETS. ADM. READER #66
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Chatham, Va.
Jan 15, 1934 

Pension Dept.
Washington D. C. 

Dear Sirs: 
Will you send me the information in your files on Daniel Bradley A of Pittsylvania Co. Virginia This man drew a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier – 
Yours very truly
Mrs. James S. Jones 
Box 343- Chatham – Va.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

August 30, 1935
 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
BA-J/EEL     Own
Daniel Bradley-S.6766
Miss Musa Queensbury 
104 W. Penna Avenue 
Crewe, Virginia 

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Daniel Bradley, a Revolutionary War soldier of Virginia. 

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.6766, based upon the military service in that war of Daniel Bradley, the only soldier of that name who served with the Virginia Troops. 

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Daniel Bradley are not shown. 

While residing in Cumberland County, Virginia, Daniel Bradley enlisted July 1, 1780, served as a private under Lieutenant Green, Captains Alexander Guthery, White, Morton and Morgan and Colonel Campbell in the Virginia Troops; was at the battle of Guilford, siege of Ninety Six and battle of Eutaw Springs; he was also in several skirmishes and at the taking of several forts in South Carolina , and was discharged in January, 1782. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-five years and resided in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, where he had lived since 1783. 

There are no data as to soldier's family. 

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, Daniel Bradley (S.6766), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
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[typed form]

Daniel Bradley, Certificate No. 12218, issued April 10,1833, rate $66.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Virginia Agency.

Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51 
12-5-41

[center] BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

[right side] Division of Veterans’ Administration Archives

Name Bradley, David ….. Grade Private ….. Line Connecticut

WARRANT NUMBER 5513 ACREAGE  100         ISSUED June 3, 1791 to Isaac Bronson --

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of “Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800” which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.