Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 39089, for Robert Stewart, Maryland
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(3-1776)
SERVICE | | NUMBER
Md- | Stewart, Robert | S 39089
CONTENTS
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West-Tennessee
9,919

Robert Stewart, of Willmson Co in the state of Tennessee. who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hall, of the Maryland line, for the term of 2 years, 8 months,

Inscribed on the Roll of West-Tennessee, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18. of July, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27. of April, '19. and sent to Thomas Stuart, judge Franklin, Wmson Co. W. Tenn,e

Arrears to 4th of March, 1819...60.64
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept.  1819.  48."
7 mos. 18/31.}  $108.64.  

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Death not on  A.B.
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Tennessee   335
Robert Stewart
Recd 13 Jan. 1821.
West 
Tennessee
No. 9.919

J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City
mail
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The State of Tennessee
Williamson County Court--October Sessions A.D. 1820

This day appeared in open Court Robert Stewart and filed his declaration for the purpose of obtaining a Pension with a Schedule of his Estate thereto annexed which was subscribed & Sworn to which said declaration & Schedule are in the words and figures following, to wit, District of West Tennessee on this 6th day of October 1820  Personally appeared in open court being the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Williamson and a Court of record by act of Assembly of the State of Tennessee Robert Stewart, aged seventy four years resident of Williamson County in Said District who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. that he the said Robert Stewart entered the service on the 12th day of January 1777 in the State of Maryland in the Company of Captain Daniel Dorcey (Dorsey) in the 4th regiment commanded by Col. Calvert Hall and Lieutenant Col. Samuel Smith and in the Maryland Continental line his original declaration bears date as well as he recollects on the 18th day of July 1818 and he has heretofore received his Pension, and the number of his certificate as it appears from the back No 9919 that he was in the following Battles, Staten Island, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth Stony Point & at Cam Den (where he was taken prisoner and carried to Charlestown S. Carolina and put on board the Old Bess which lay at anchor in Coopers river he was exchanged in about three months afterwards and then joined the army Choram (Chrome) Hills in North Carolina General Green then in command) at the Cowpens and lastly at Guilford Court house, he was discharged on the 20th December 1783 by order of Col. C. Hall in Fredericktown Maryland after the close of the revolutionary War
State of Tennessee and in pursuance of an act of Congress of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day 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 to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary Wart passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor had any person in trust for me or property or Securities contracts or debts due to use, nor have I any income other than what
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is contained the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed; one cow worth $15.00, household furniture of $1.50

Robert Stewart
His X Mark

Subscribed and sworn to in open court 8th Oct 1820
Thos Hardeman - Clerk

The said Robert Stewart further states that he is not only old but an infirm man and cannot support himself by his labour (labor) says he has a wife fifty odd years old, has three daughters the eldest 33 years of age who is issued by the name of Mary, the second 25 years of age by the name of Peggy and the other about 18 years of age by the name of Patsey and also one son about 15 years of age by the name of James - all of which contribute but little to his support in life says he lives in a small cabin on the land of one Nathaniel W Forbes, says he was by occupation a farmer but is not now able to attend to any business. Sworn to and declared in open court on the 6th day of October 1820.

Robert Stweart
His X Mark

Sworn to and subscribed in open court 6th Oct 1820
Tho Hardeman - Clerk

which being heard and understood on the examination of testimony it is considered by the court that the total amount of value of the property exhibited in said schedule is worth the sum of Sixteen dollars and fifty cents and no more and it also appearing to this court that the said declarant and witness are worthy of credit.

I Thomas Hardeman - Clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarter sessions of Williamson County in said state do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is sixteen dollars and fifty cents. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court on this 23rd day of December 1820.

Thos Hardeman - Clerk
of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Williamson County
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To the Honorable J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
The petition of Rober Stewart humbly showeth that on the 12th day of January in the year 1777 he enlisted as a soldier in the Maryland Continental line for three years under Capt. Daniel Dorsey in the 4th regiment commanded by Col. Hall & by Lieut. Col. Samuel Smith & served under that enlistment two years and eight months, then a fresh bounty of 100 dollars was offered to such as would enlist during the revolutionary war, your petitioner accepted it & enlisted during the war and served the United States faithfully & continually during the war, and after the end of the war he was discharged & received his discharge and sold all that he was entitled to from his being a soldier as aforesaid to a certain Aldridge and delivered up to him his discharge to enable him to get your petitioner's pay and he does not know where it is. Your petitioner was in the battle of Brandywine in the battle of Germantown, in the battle of Monmouth at the taking of Stoney Point under Gen Wayne, he was in the battle of Camden where Gates was defeated and there was taken prisoner & remained a prisoner three months, was exchanged and was with the Americans at the battle of Guilford and in the battle of the Cowpens besides he was in many skirmishes. Your petitioner never has received any pension from the United States nor from the State of Maryland nor never has received any land or pay since he was discharged or anything in lieu thereof except forty-three dollars in goods which he got from said Aldridge and he hereby releases all claim to any pension, he
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be entitled to under any law except under the act of congress of the United States of the 18th of March 1818. After the war he married & moved to Loudon County Virginia, remained there nine years then removed to North Carolina where he remained twenty years, then he removed to the state of Tennessee where he has resided several years, and now lives in Williamson County in the State of Tennessee. He states that he is seventy-one years old, has a family, is poor and unable to work, his eyesight has failed very much, and he hears badly. He possesses neither land, horse, or cow, is in very reduced circumstances and needs the aid of his county. He does not know of any person in Tennessee who knew him in the army, he therefore prays that a pension may be allowed to him pursuant to the said act of congress.

State of Tennessee - to wit
Personally appeared before me Thomas Stuart one of the judges of the Circuit court for the state of Tennessee Robert Stewart and made oath that the facts stated in the above petition are true. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of July 1848 in Williamson County in the state aforesaid.

Robert Stewart
His X Mark

Thos. Stuart

State of Tennessee to wit

This day personally appeared before me Thomas Stuart one of the Judges of the Circuit Court for the state of Tennessee Col. David Craig who having been first duly sworn maketh oath that Robert Stewart the above petitioner has lived in his neighbourhood (neighborhood) for six or seven years and his general reputation has been that he is a man of truth and honesty that for a year or two past he has been particularly and personally
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acquainted with him and verily believes full credit may be given to any statement made by him whether upon oath or otherwise. He further knows that he is very poor, aged & infirm, owns no land, slave, horse or cow, is unable to support himself by his labour (labor), is in very reduced circumstances and stands in need of the aid and assistance of his country. That he has often conversed with him concerning the transactions of the revolutionary war and from the particular account thereof given by him he hath no doubt that he served as a soldier in manner as he stated in the above petition.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of July 1818.

David Craig
Thos Stuart

State of Tennessee to wit

I Thomas Stuart one of the Judges of the Circuit court for the state of Tennessee do certify that I am satisfied that Robert Stewart the above petitioner has continually served the United States for more than nine months as a solider in the Maryland Continental line in manner as stated in the above petition and that he is in reduced circumstances as stated also in said petition and needs the aid of his county agreeably to the act of congress of the 18th of March 1818.

Given under my hand in Williamson County this 18th day of July, 1818

Thos. Stuart
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I William Smith Clerk of the Circuit Court of Williamson County in the state of Tennessee do certify that Thomas Stuart who has attested the taking of the above affidavit of Robert Stuart (Stewart) and the above affidavit of David Craig on whose signature is subscribed to the above certificate showing that Robert Stewart is entitled to a pension under the act of congress of the 18th March 1818 is an acting Judge of the circuit court for the state of Tennessee and that he [illegible] the circuit court of Williamson county at such times as he is directed by the act of assembly of said state.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my private seal there being no seal of office at office in the town of Franklin this 18th day of July 1818.

W. Smith - Clerk

Adm.
The Honorable J C Calhoun
Secretary of War

Robert Stewart
Private 
77 to 79
Hall, Maryland
Regt
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August 3, 1936

BA-J/ILL
Robert Stewart
S.39089

Mary Wood
Woodbury
Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you  request the Revolutionary War record of Robert Stewart, who was pensioned April 27, 1819, and died in Williamson County, Tennessee.

The record of Robert Stewart is given herein as found in pension Claim S.39089 based upon his service in the revolutionary war.

Robert Stewart enlisted January 12, 1777, in Maryland for three years as private in Captain Daniel Dorsey's company, Colonel C. Hall's 4th Maryland regiment, served until November 1, 1780, when he re-enlisted for the duration of the war and was discharged December 20, 1783, in Frederick Town, Maryland by order of Colonel C. Hall. During his service, he was in the battles of Staten island, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, the taking of Stony Point, the battle of Camden (Gates Defeat) where he was taken prisoner, carried to Charleston, South Carolina, and held captive on board the "Old Bess" which lay at anchor in Cooper River, was exchanged in about three months, joined the army at Cheraw Hills in "Carolina" and was in the battles of Cowpens and Guilford.

After the war, the soldier married (date not shown) and moved to Loudoun County, Virginia, remained nine years, then moved to North Carolina and remained Twenty years, then moved to Tennessee.

Robert Stewart was allowed pension on his application executed July 18, 1818, at which time he resided in Williamson County, Tennessee, where he had resided six or seven years. He was then aged seventy-one years; the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.

In 1820, the soldier stated that his wife was fifty odd year

Handwritten next to C. Hall is "this was Jonas Carvill Hall"

Handwritten next to "Carolina" is "Used quotes because soldier said Cheraw Hills, N. Carloine and Cheraw Hills is in S. Car."
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old" but he did not give her name, nor the date and place of their marriage. Robert Stewart had three daughters and one son living at home in 1820, shown as follows: Mary aged thirty-three years, Peggy aged twenty-five years, Patsey, aged about eighteen years and James aged about fifteen years. There are no further data regarding his children.

One Thomas Stuart of Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee in 1818 was then one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Tennessee no relationship to Robert Stewart shown.

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

Robert Stewart
Certificate # 9919
Issued April 27, 1819
Rate $8 per month
Commenced July 18, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Tennessee (West) Agency

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

Claim read & service written by Mrs. Finch.
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Auditor's Office, Annapolis, 5th Apr 1819

I hereby certify that it appears from the muster rolls remaining in the auditor's office that Robert Stewart enlisted as a private in the Fourth Maryland Regt on 12th Jany 1777 and was discharged on the 1st Nov 1780.

Thos Karney - Audt
State MD
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Robert Stewart
Private
Williamson Co. W. Tenn
2 years, 8 months in 
Col Hall's regt. Maryland line

18 July 1818

Thomas Stuart, Judge
Franklin, Williamson
County, W. Tennessee
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Left Side Page

1936 Aug 30, Hist to Mary Wood

Right Side Page

39089
Revy INVALID

File No 39089
Robert Stewart
Pri Rev War

Act: 18 March '18

Index: Vol 3 Page 487
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Vet Adm STAMP - Received Jul 10, 1936

Woodbury, Tennessee
July 9, 1936

Mr. A.D. Hiller
Veterans Admn.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I am a descendant of a revolutionary soldier who served in the war and also in the continental line from Maryland as a private. He was pensioned April 27, 1819, and died in Williamson County Tennessee. I am anxious to get his pension record. His first wife was Nancy Trott, but I cannot whether was living when he died. I shall be very grateful if you will send me whatever you have about his family and also war record.

Yours truly,

Mary Wood

Robert Stewart.