Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35754, Robert Yates, Md.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Yates, Robert

NUMBER
S. 35754

CONTENTS
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Dead.

Let to Hon B. Hardin H Rep
May 4 1836 do to Hon J.B. Thompson [illegible]

Date of death not on ab--
Notifcn. of [illegible] sent to Hon. B. Hardin
H.Ref Jany 11. 1821

46005

Kentucky
Robert Yates of Washington County in the State of Kentucky who was a sargeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Gunby of the Maryland line, for the term of Three Years.

[illegible]scribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 10th of November 1818

Certificate of Pension issue the 29th of Jan 1819 and sent to Hon Mr. Speed, House of Repres.

Arrears to 4th of 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819    30.17

                                                               $30.17

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Robert Yates of Maryd Regt Col John Gunby Feby 1777 - 3 yrs

Supported by the evidence of certificate of [] late Capt in the []

Robert Yates, Sergeant, Col Gunby's Maryland regt. 1777-3 years-10 Nov. 1818

Admitted
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To John C Calhoun Secretary of the Department of War. I William L. Kelly sole judge of the North Judicial District of Kentucky do hereby certify that on the tenth of November 1818 Robert Yates of Washington County which County is within the District of which I am Judge proved before me by his own oath the following facts: That in the month of February 1777 he entered on the Continental establishment in the Company of Captain Mountjoy Bayly of the Seventh Maryland Regiment Commanded by Colonel John Gunby for the term of three years and served out his time until he was honorably discharged by his officers which Discharge he has lost by time and accident. He further proved that he is in the sixty fourth year of his age and that he is in reduced Circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for a support that he knows of no person now in his power to prove all the above facts by except the Certificate of his Captain which is hereto furnished and his own affidavit  the truth of which I am well satisfied. Henry Fenwick of the same County came before me on the same day and proved the following facts: That he has been well acquainted with the above named Yates for about fifteen years and knows that he owns but little property not enough to obtain his support from and that he stands in need of the assistance of his country for a support of the truth of which affidavit I am well satisfied from which affidavit I think said Yates comes under the meaning of the Act providing for the support of the officers and soldiers of the American Revolution.

William L Kelly
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Kentucky Washington Circuit Set

I John Hughes on bench of the Washington Circuit Court do certify that the Honorable William L. Kelly whose certificates are to the three annexed affidavits is the sold Judge of the Washington Circuit Court ^and was so at the time of making said certification, duly Commissioned and sworn and that all Acts done by him as such is entitled to full faith and credit.

Given under my hand and seal of Office this Tenth of November 1818 in the 27th year of the Commonwealth.

John Hughes Judge
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I certify that Robert Yates of Montgomery County State of Maryland  enlisted in the Continental Service in the year 1777 for three years under my command & served during that term as a sargeant with as good a reputation as any officer of his grade in the Continental Army. Given from and under my hand & seal this 22 day of Sept 1818 at the City of Washington

Mountjoy Bayly
 late a Captain in the 7th Maryland Regiment Commanded by Colonel John Gunby
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Robert Yates
Schedule
1820 August
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District of Kentucky, Washington County} set

On this 14th day of Augt. 1820 personally appeared in open Court (being a Court of Record) for the County, Robert Yakes, aged sixty six years & resident of Washington County and in the State aforesaid; who being first duly sworn according to Law doth, on his oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: [illegible] he was enlisted on the ____ day of February 1777 at the State of Maryland in Capt Mountjoy Bailey's company in the 7th Maryland Regiment commanded by Col John Gunby as a private; that he has received a Pension. The No. of his Pension Certificate is 6005.

And I do solumnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby as to diminmish it, or 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 UInited States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in this schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
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And I do further state that the following schedule contains a corrrect statement of all of my property. Five or six shoats, six hundred weight of tobacco, one plough, no money and nothing due me.

The five shoats are valued at               $2.50
The six hundred weight of tobacco     9.00
The Plough                                              3.00

                                                                 14.50

Robt. Yates
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Robert Yates
Schedule
1820 August Term

New Sched

6005
Sept. 1820

Con
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State of Kentucky
Washington Circuit} Set.

I John Hughes Jr Clerk of the Cir[torn, likely cuit] Court for the Circuit aforesaid do hereby certify that at the August Term 1820 of said Court the annexed affidavit of Robert Yates was produced in Open Court and the Aplicant(sic) making Oath as required by law the same was duly & truly recorded the Court valuing th[torn] property contained in the said schedule to Fourteen dollars and fifty cents, all which is hereby Certified to the [torn, likely Secre]tary of the War department.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Springfield th[torn] 29th day of December 1820 in the 29th year of the Commonwealth.

Jno. Hughes Jr.
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February 16, 1938

Mrs. Richard J. Killick
1337 Albion Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Robert Yates
S. 35754
Robert E. Yates
W.C. 35422
BA-J/AWF

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Robert Elliot Yates who served in the 7th Maryland Regiment, during the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812 record of Robert E. Yates, who served in the Kentucy militia.

The data concerning Robert Yates which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 35754, based upon his service in the War of Revolution. The name is not shown in the claim as Robert Elliot Yates.

The date and place of birth of Robert Yates were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.

While residing in Montgomery County, Maryland, Robert Yates enlisted sometime in February 1777, served as sergeant in Captain Mountjoy Bayly's company in Colonel John Gunby's 7th Maryland regiment, length of serve three years.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 10, 1818, at which time he was aged about sixty-four years, and a resident of Washington County, Kentucky.

It was states [illegible]1850 that the soldier died
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in the year 1823, and that his widow died about five years later, her name not stated.

Reference was made to their children, no names given, and there are no further data on file in this claim relative to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C. and furnish the following date--

Robert Yates
Certificate # 6005
Issued January 29, 1819
Rate $8.00 per month
Commenced November 10, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Kentucky Agency.

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Robert E. Yates--W.C. 35422

The following data were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W.C. 35422, based upon the service of Robert E. Yates in the War of 1812.

The date and place of birth of Robert E. Yates were not given, nor were the names of his parents shown.

Robert E. Yates volunteered at Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky and served from September 1, 1812 until December 25, 1812 as ensign in Captain William Walker's company of Kentucky militia. He served from August 20, 1813 until November 13, 1813 as Captain in the Tenth Regiment of Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia. He served from September 2--,
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20, 1814 until November 20, 1814 as private in Captain John Miller's company of Kentucky militia.

Robert E. Yates was a member of the Kentucky Legislature in 1814. In 1845 he was referred to as Dr. Robert E. Yates.

He married January 2, 1826 or 1827 at Sumter Court House, South Carolina, Miss Annie E.J. Spann; neither of them had been married previously. He gave his age in 1831, sixty-two years, then living in Noxubee County, Mississippi.

Robert F. Yates died in November 1855 or 1856 near Macon, Noxubee County, Mississippi.

The widow, Annie E.J. Yates, applied for pension January 13, 18[illegible], at which time she was eighty-two years old, and a resident of Macon, Mississippi. She died January 27, 1886. The claim was allowed.

The only surviving child in 1886 was Mrs. Teresa M. Jennigs, who was born in the year 1840; there were five children then deceased. Names of other children not stated, and the paper on file in this claim contain no further reference to family.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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35754

Revy INVALID.

File No. 35,754
Robert Yates
Serg. Rev War

Act: 18th March 18
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 497
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1926 Dec. 14 Hon J.E. Rankin furnished history for Mr. E.V. Yates. au
1927 Apr 28 Hist to Mrs R.E.V. Yates au
1930 Dec. 6 Ctf Ng to Mss M.E. Appleby--see letter in Thomas Applebee W. 20625 Aug
1938. Feb 19-hist to Mrs. Richard J. [illegible]
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aw.

Rev. $ 1812 Wars Section.

December 14, 1926

Honorable J.E. Rankin,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Rankin:

In response to your letter of the tenth instant and the enclosed letter of Mr. E.V. Yates, of Macon, Mississippi, I have the honor to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, S 35754, it appears that Robert Yates of Montgomery County, Maryland enlisted in February 1777, and served three years ^as a Sergeant in Captain MountjoyBayly's Company, Colonel John Gunby's Maryland Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 10, 1818, while living in Washington County, Ky., aged sixty-three years. There is no data on file as to his family.

Owing to the great pressure of the current work, the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose and the delay caused by the removal of the Pension Bureau from its original building to the Interior Department Building, it has not been possible to make immediate replies to inquiries of this nature.

Very truly yours, 

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner

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Mrs. Richard Joseph Killick
1337 Albion Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Jan 28th 1939

Pensions Bureau
Washington D.C.

Will you kindly let me know if you have any record of one Robert Elliot Yates enlisted in Revolutionary War was a Sergeant in Captain Burley's Co. 7" Maryland Regiment only his name was in Roll Call White Plains Sept 9th 1778. It is said Robert E Yates applied for a pension after retiring as Major

If so, to whom was his pension
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paid after his death. I want to get this matter adjusted before claiming the Yates Record I have worked on for ten years. There was a second Robert E Yates who enlisted in the Dudley Battaliion of the [illegible] in Elizabethtown Kentucky 1812; Did he apply for pension; he was a nephew of R.E.Y. paid. Please let me know of any Yates you may find in your files for which I will be very grateful. The second R.E. Y. was first representative from Ingram KY to the legislature in Frankfort - 1814 three years after the county was formed of Hardin & other counties 1810. [illegible]

Mrs Elizabeth Gates Killick (Mrs. R.L.Killick)
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To Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.--

Please advise if your pension rolls show name of Robert Yates the Rev. soldier who enlisted from Montgomery Co. Md. in Capt. Bayly's Co--Capt Gunby's Md. Reg't & if so, please give all information that your records furnish--as to names of children, parents etc.

Requested by

Mrs. R.E.V. Yates
Macon Mississippi, Box 116
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John E. Rankin
1st District of Mississippi

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Congress of the United States
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December 10, 1926.

Hon. Winfield Scott, Commissioner
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Commissioner:

I am enclosing you a letter which I have just received from Mr. E.V. Yates of Macon, Miss., relative to some information which he is desirous of obtaining from your Bureau about some of his ancestors.

Will you  not kindly furnish me this information about Robert Yates that he requests, and return his letter for my files, and oblige

Yours very truly,

J.E. Rankin.

Enclosure.
JER:MB
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Macon Mss
Nov 8, 1926

Bureau of Pensions
Revolutionary War Dept.
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen,

Please give military and family records of Robert Yates, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War. He entered the army from Maryland--was a citizen of Washington Co. Kentucky in 1818 -- and was 80 years old when he applied
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for a pension under the Invalid's Pension Act of 1818--

I think he was my paternal great grandfather an am trying to trace his descendants.

Yours truly,

E.V. Yates
Macon Mississippi

(Eliot V. Yates)
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Robert Yates, Kentucy Roll, Act of March 18, 1818. Up to what time does it appear that he was paid?

Pension office
July 1836

To the 4th Sept. 1823.
3d. Audt. office
July 1st 1836
A.Hyde
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Pension Office
Oct 3d 1850

Sir,

From the letter of W Brown, which is herewith returned, it appears that Robert E. Yates, who was a pensioner under the act of March 18, 1818 died in the year 1823, and that his widow deceased about five years thereafter. In such a care there is no amount whatever due to the children, as no law had passed prior to the Mother's death, providing for the widows of deceased revolutionary soldiers

Hon. John B. Thompson
House of Reps
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Hon. B. Hardin
July 1, 1836

gc

Record 7 36 page. 64
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War Dept.
Pension Office
July 1, 1836

Sir:

The paper in the case of Robert Yates, dec'd which you left at this office is herewith returned and if the object be to obtain the arrears of pension due up to the day of his death the heirs should produce ab[illegible] Pension Agency at Lexington, Ken. Such vouchers as the enclosed printed sheets direct [illegible] pension appears from the 3d Auditor's book to have been paid to the 4th Sept. 1823 at $8 per month.

Hon Benj Hardin HR