Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8866, for Richard Brook Roberts, South Carolina
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
U.S.A.
Roberts, Richard Brook
Everade Catherine Sophia
NUMBER
R8866
B.L. Wt. 1869-300 Capt.
Issued Apr. 20, 1790.
No papers.
CONTENTS
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No 7626
Everada, C S Roberts des
wid of Richd. Brook Roberts
ns

act 4 July 1836

Repded decd in 1816
was not living at the
date of the passage of the
act
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State of New York city and county of New York ss

On this 23rd day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the city and county above mentioned Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Roberts who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Roberts son and joint heir at law of Richard Brook Roberts who served as a Captain to the close of the War of the Revolution and was subsequently promoted to the rank of a Major and died in the service on the 19th day of January 1797 at Burlington in the state of New Jersey where he was interred with military honors.

Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Roberts further declares on oath that his father Richard Brook Roberts and Everada Catherine Sophia van Braam were joined in marriage at Charleston South Carolina to the best of his knowledge and belief in the year 1786. And that the said Everada Catherine Sophia Roberts his mother died at Stillwater Saratoga County in the state of New York on the 3d day of February 1816 and that Frances Maria Hurd of Albany and the present claimant above
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named Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Roberts are the only children of the said Richard Brook Roberts and Everada Catherine Sophia Roberts now surviving.

Sworn before me this 23rd day of May 1850

Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus

(illegible)
Justice of the Peace


State of New York
City and County of New York ss

Sarah L.G. Baker of number nineteen Bond Street New York being duly Sworn according to law declares that she has been intimately acquainted with the within named Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Roberts since the year 1812, and was also intimately acquainted with the widow of Richard Brook Roberts aforesaid, whose maiden name was Everada Catherine Sophia Van
Braam, and has not the slightest hesitation in identifying their consanguinity as Parents and
son, and that there are no other children of the said Parents now living but the present claimant and one Sister whose name is Frances Maria Hurd Hard now residing at Albany N.Y. and that to the best of her belief and knowledge the deposition in this paper made by Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Roberts is true and worthy of undoubted credit, and further that
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Roberts

she is disinterested
Sarah S. Baker [signature}
Sworn before me this 23d day of May 1850
Wm. B.  Meek
Justice of the Peace in for the City County of New York

State of New York 
City and County of New York Ss
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned a Justice the peace, for the City and County above mentioned 
[rest obscured by overlying document]

State of New-York,
and County of New York,
I, GEORGE W. RIBLET, of City and County of New York, and also the Court of Common Pleas, for said City and County of New-York, being a Court of Record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Wm B Meek before whom the annexed deposition taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said City and County, duly elected and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, the
21 day of May 1850
George Riblet Clerk
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Roberts

she is disinterested
Sarah S. Baker [signature}
Sworn before me this 23d day of May 1850
Wm. B. Meek
Justice of the Peace in for the City County of New York

State of New York
City and County of New York Ss
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned a Justice the peace, for the City and County above mentioned by the affidavit of Sarah Baker a credible witness known to me to be such and of known respectability; that the deposition of Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Robert Roberts within mentioned is true, and worthy of undoubted credit and further that she is disinterested

Wm. B Meeks
Justice of the Peace in & for the City & County of New York
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State of New York 
City and County of New York.

On this 23d day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the City & County of New York, Louisa Squires, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she has been intimately acquainted with
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Roberts and has also been intimately acquainted with Elberada Catherine Sophia Roberts at least since the year 1812, and that she has not the slightest hesitancy in identifying their consanguinity as mother and son, and that the said Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Roberts and Frances Maria Hurd of Albany N.Y. are the only surviving children
of Richard Brooks Roberts and Elberada Catherine Sophia Roberts whose maiden name was Elberada Catherine Sophia Van Braan [remainder obscured by overlying document]

State of New-York,
City and County of New-York,
I, GEORGE W RIBLET Clerk of the City and County of New York, and the Court of Common Pleas, for said City and County of New York, being a Court of Record. DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That B W Osborne before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said City and County, duly elected and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, the 24 day of May 1850
George Ribley Clerk
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State of New York
City and County of New York.

On this 23d day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the City & County of New York, Louisa Squires, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she has been intimately acquainted with Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Roberts and has also been intimately acquainted with Elberada Catherine Sophia Roberts at least since the year 1812, and that she has not the slightest hesitancy in identifying their consanguinity as mother and son, and that the said Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Roberts and Frances Maria Hurd of Albany N.Y. are the only surviving children of Richard Brooks Roberts and Elberada Catherine Sophia Roberts whose maiden name was Elberada Catherine Sophia Van Braan - and that the deposition of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Roberts the claimant is true and worthy of undoubted credit, and further that she is disinterested
Louise Squires [signature]

Sworn before me
W. C [illegible]
Justice of the Peace
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
ILL
June 23, 1930.
Addie M. Potter
Waucoma, Iowa.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 8866, it appears that Richard Brook Roberts served as a Captain during the Revolution, and died while a Major in the U. S. Army on January 19, 1797, at Burlington, New Jersey, where he was buried. No further details of service are given.
He married in 1786 at Charleston, South Carolina,  Everada Catherine Sophia Van Braam, who died February 3, 1846, at Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York, and was buried at Burlington, New Jersey.
On May 23, 1850, their son, Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Roberts, a resident of New York City, applied for pension in behalf of his sister, Frances Maria Hurd of Albany, New York, and himself, the only surviving children of said soldier. Said Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Roberts was a member of The Society of the Cincinnati.
The claim for pension was not allowed as there was no provision of law that would entitle the children of this soldier to pension.
Soldier's father, Colonel Owen Roberts, was killed at the battle of Stono, South Carolina, on June 20, 1779. The name of his widow is not stated.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN.
Acting Commissioner.
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D. S. Brown Esq
4 June 1850
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Pension Office
June 4th 1850

Sir,
Your letter to the Secretary of the Interior together with the papers which accompanied it in relation to the Claim of the heirs of Richard Brook Roberts and of his Widow Elverada C. S. Roberts decd has been referred to this Office, These papers have been examined and filed with rejected Cases under the act of July 1836.

There is no law which to gives pension to children on account of there fathers revolutionary service.  In cases where there are arrears of pension due to officer or soldiers or to their widows at the time of their death such arrears are paid to the children, but nothing more-

It appears from the papers now New presented that Maj Rogers died in 1797 and that his widows death took place 1816. At the periods of the death there was no law in force which allowed pensions either to officers or Soldiers or to their widows, who served in the Revolutionary war, they
could therefore have acquired no right themselves consequently their child could derive none
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from them,

We know nothing due Major Roberts or his widow or to their children from the General Government, their claim to a pension is rejected there being no law in force which provides
in such a case

David Samuel Browne Esq
42 Crosby
NY

[sideways]
D. S. Brown
4 June 1850
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No. 7626
Evarada Roberts
NY

8844
Rejected

Act 4 July 36
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[illegible]
Shreveport La. 1926
Feby. 24. 1926
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please send me the Revolutionary War record of Richard Brooks Roberts- of South Carolina.
Respectfully,
Mrs W. H. Hudson
1026 Jacobs Street.
Shreveport La
[seal] PENSION OFFICE U. S. FEB 27 1926
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Shreveport La.
January 18th 1926.
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Please send me what record you have of Major Richard Brooks Roberts- of South Carolina.
I have understood he was a pensioner.
Respectfully,
Mrs W. H. Hudson
1026 Jacobs Street.
[seal] PENSION OFFICE U. S. JAN 23 1925
- she was also [illegible]
See [illegible] p. 469
S.C. [illegible]
U.S.A [illegible] 1797
When he died
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
March 5, 1926
Mrs. W. H. Hudson
1026 Jacobs St.,
Shreveport, Louisiana
Madam: I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 8866 it appears that Richard Brook Roberts served as a Captain during the Revolution, and died while a Major in the U. S. Army on January 19, 1797, at Burlington, New Jersey, and was buried there; no further details of service are given. 
He married in 1786 at Charleston, South Carolina, Everada Catherine Sophia Van Braam, who died February 3, 1846, at Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York, and was buried at Burlington, New Jersey. 
Their son, Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Roberts applied for pension May 23, 1850 while a resident of New York City, applied for pension in behalf of his sister, Frances Maria Hurd of Albany, New York, and himself, the only surviving children of said soldier. Said Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Roberts was a member of The Society of the Cincinnati. 
The claim for pension was not allowed as there was no
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provision of law that would entitle the children of this soldier to pension.
Soldier's father Colonel Owen Roberts was killed at the battle of Stono, South Carolina, June 20, 1779. The name of his widow is not stated.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[left side]
1926 - Mch 5 Hist to Mrs. H.H. Hudson - MMHF
1930. June 23 - Hist to Addie M. Potter JLL
See her letter Owen Roberts
B.L. Wt. 2359-500 Rev War

[right side] 
REJECTED
8866
P. O. Everada C. S. Robert widow of Richard Brook Robert
Service:_____
Enlisted: _____
Discharged: ______

Application filed: _____
printed list of 1852 gives Alleges: as Cause rejection. She (the widow) was not living at the
passage of the act"

Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized._____
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for ______
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7626 No date
David Saml Brown

Enclosing the claim for pension due owing to the heirs of the Widow of Richard Brooke
Roberts a Major of the Revolution War, 2 papers

Letter to D. S. Browne May 28, 1850

Refer to Comm of Pensions
Dep Interior
May 25 1850

Recd May 27/50
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Hon T Ewing
Secretary of the Interior

Sir
Accompanying this letter is the claim for the Pension due and owing to the heirs of the Widow of "Richard Brook Roberts" who was subsequently to the close of the Revolutionary war promoted from a captaincy to the Rank of Major-

Major Roberts died at Burlington N. J, in the service on the 19th day of January 1777, and his widow, Evanada Catherine Sophia Van Braam died at Still Water Saratoga County N. Y. on the 3d day of February 1816 and both Father and Mother interred at Burlington N.J. consequently there
will be due the two heirs, the Pension for nineteen years and fifteen days

The Pension due to them, as the heirs of their grand mother, the Widow of Col. Owen Roberts who was killed in the attack on the British line at Storrs on the 2nd of June 1779, is deferred until an accurate account of the precise day
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of her death is ascertained from Charleston South Carolina

The Witnesses who supports the oath of identity of Lucius Quentius Cincinnatus Roberts (a member of the Cincinnati Society), are of such respectability as need only to be named

Sarah S. Baker is Motherinlaw of his Excellency Governor Fish of this State and the other Louisa Squires of equal respectability-

Mr. Roberts States that neither of the widows of Col. Owen Roberts nor of his Son Richard Brook Roberts (Major) ever received any remuneration from the Government, nor did their heirs with the 
exception of 500 Acres of land granted by the State of South Carolina to their officers and that was for the services of their grand father Col. Roberts, however there is an astonishing discrepancy in Mr Roberts and the Statement of the [illegible] from the pension office, but, as the present
claim is for the Pension due of their Mother after the death of the father Mr. Roberts requests that he may be favored with the remittance at a early a period as possible and
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it will confer an additional obligation on.

Hon Sir
your most Obedient humble servant
David Samuel Browne
42 Crosby St.
New York

PS Mr. Roberts vouchers are on file since he obtained the five hundred acres of land in the month of June 1845-

The attention of the government will be solicited to the sum & land said to have been given to the heirs of Col, Owen Roberts and Major Richard Brook Roberts
yrs DSB