Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10717, Jacob Troxel, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Virginia

Troxel, Jacob
Elizabeth

NUMBER
R10717

CONTENTS
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19080
48694
East Tennessee
Jacob Troxel
of Marion Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the comp commanded by Captain Ford
of the regiment commanded 
by Col Crawford in the Virginia line
for 13 months

Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee 
at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Aug
1833
and sent to Sam'l 
Frazier Washington

Arrears to the 4th of March 86.66
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 21.66
$108.32

[Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Dan'l Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 63

(right side)
Order to pay 20 April 1838.
letter to James C. Luttrall & 3d Aud 4th Apr 1842

Paid at the treasury under the act
6th April 1828 from 4th Sept 1840
to 4th March 1841 Agt notified April 20th 1842

Paid as above, under act
6 April 1838, from 4 Mar 1843 to 1st July 1843. Agent notified 3 April, 1846
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State of Tennessee
Marion County 
County Court August Session 1832

On the 22d day of August 1832 personally appeared in open
Court before the worshipful Justices of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions of the County of Marion and State of Tennessee
now sitting being a Court of Record, Jacob Troxel
a resident of Marion County and State of Tennessee, aged
about 73 years who being first duly sworn according to
law doth make on his oath the following declaration
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 after stated to wit

He was drafted in Lowden County in the
State of Virginia in the winter he believes of the year 1777
his captain's name he cannot recollect He with the company
to which he belonged was ordered to guard and conduct
some prisoners taken from the British to the lower partes
of Virginia, which service he performed and then returned
to Lowden County and was dismissed by his officer
but got no discharge was in service something more than one month.
In the Winter (as well as he can recollect) of the year 1778
he volunteered in a horse company at a place called East
Stone, the name of the County not recollected he believes
in the State of Virginia his officers were Captain Ford and
Colonel Crawford the same that was afterwards burnt by the Indians marched to Fort McIntosh and there joined the regulars
commanded by Colonel Campbell and General McIntosh had
the command of the Troops and marched against
the Shawnees and Delaware Indians after remaining at a
Fort the name of which he does not recollect he returned
and was dismissed by his officers about harvest in
the same year after having served six months got no discharge
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In the Summer of the year 1781 he was drafted in Lowden
County and State of Virginia, His officers' name Captain Lewis
and Colonel West he joined the troops under General Washington
who was marching to York Town in Virginia and remained
under Washington until after Lord Cornwallis was taken and
for some time afterwards and was then dismissed by Captain
Lewis some time in the fall of the same year after having been
in service six months but got no discharge
He knows of no person living by whom he can prove his services
He was acquainted with General Washington and Colonel
Campbell an officer of the regular Army besides other officers
whose names he does not recollect. He was born (from the
best information he can collect) in the year 1759 in the
County of Frederick in the State of Maryland and lived there 13
years and removed to Lowden County State of Virginia where
he lived about 19 years 
removed back to the State of Maryland
and remained there 4 years removed to Sullivan County
in the State of Tennessee and remained there 6 years removed
to Sevier County in the State of Tennessee remained there
3 years removed to Pulaski County Kentucky
remained these 2 years removed to Wayne County Kentucky
remained there about 20 years and removed to Jackson
County Alabama remained there 4 years and from there
he removed to Marion County in the State of Tennessee where
he has lived about 4 years. He states that he is known
in his neighbourhood to John Hail Luke Hendrix Esquire
Richard Blevins Josiah Conn a Clergyman James Cooper
and Gaston Blevins who can testify as to his character
for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the
revolution He states that he has no record of his age nor
never has seen one  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 this
agency of any State.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jacob Troxel
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We Josiah Coon a clergyman a resident of the County af’said and John Hail and Richard Blevins residence of the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Troxel who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration.
That we believe him to be 73 years of age; that he is
reputed and believed in the neighbourhood when he
resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Josiah Conn
John Hail 
Richard Blevins

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 revolutionary soldier and as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Josiah Conn who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of

[illegible] Mitchell
Jonathan [illegible]
Amos Griffith
Justice for said County 

Marion and that John Hail and Richard Richard Blevins who has signed the same are residents of the same county and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.

I John Kelly Clerk of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions for Marion County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jacob Troxel for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and private seal of office (there being no seal of office) at office in Jasper this 23d day of
August 1832-
Jno. Kelly, Clk {Seal}
By Wm S Standefer D.C.

I certify that John Kelly is Clerk of Marion County
Court and that William S Standefer is his deputy, and
that his signature is genuine and that there is no seal of office for said Court. May the 21st 1833
James Standefer
former M C
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GIDEON, PRINTER.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
September 9th 1845.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Jacob Troxel decd.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville, Ten.
Agency, at the rate of Forty three - Dollars
and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832
has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of March 1843 to the 18th July 1843.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions. Present.
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10.396
Jacob Troxel [crossed out]
Marion Co Ten
Jacob Troxel
10. 16
From 1777 private
13 months.
$43 33/100

Samuel Frazier
Washington 
Tenn.
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BRIEF in the case of Jacob Troxel
County of Marion   in the state of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open 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 services, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. 
In 1777
78 (horse company)
Summer of 81

Duration of Service. 
1 Month
6 Months
6 Months

Rank. As a
Private
Private
Private

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Officers not recollected
Capt Ford. Col Crawford
Capt Lewis Col West


5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lowden Co Virginia
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentry proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By traditionary evidence 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The clerk's seal is defective
Certify the foregoing statement and answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk
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October 9, 1935.

BAmJ/ILL
Jacob Troxel
R. 10717

Mrs. Alexander Graff
108 Arch Street
Kittanning, Pennsylvania.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jacob Troxell, variously spelled.

The record of only one soldier with name Jacob Troxel has found his record is furnished here as shown in the papers on file in pension claim R. 10717, base upon his service in the Revolutionary War. It may aid you in your research.

Jacob Troxel was born in the year 1759, in Frederick County, Maryland ,and lived there until thirteen years of age, then moved to Loudoun County, Virginia. The names of his parents and exact day of his birth are not shown.

While a resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, he enlisted in the winter of 1777 and served one month as private guarding prisoners to the lower part of Virginia, names of officers not stated. He enlisted in the winter of 1778, at Red Stone in Virginia, served six months in Captain Ford's company of horse, Colonel Crawford's Virginia regiment on the expedition under General McIntosh against the Indians; he enlisted in the summer of 1781, served six months as private in Captain Lewis' company, Colonel West's Virginia regiment.

After residing in Loudoun County, Virginia, about nineteen years, Jacob Troxel moved back to Maryland and remained there four years, then moved to Sullivan County, Tennessee, where he remained four year, then moved to Sevier County, that same state, and remained three years, thence to Pulaski County, Kentucky, where he lived two years, from there moved to Wayne County, Kentucky, where he resided about twenty years, thence to Jackson County, Alabama, where he resided four years, then moved to Marion County, Tennessee.

[handwritten] See 3" Aud-Report at back of thi corres.[pondence]
F
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Jacob Troxel was allowed pension on his application executed August 1838, at which time he resided in Marion County, Tennessee.

The soldier died July 1, 1843 in Dekalb County, Alabama where he had resided. He was survived by a widow, Elizabeth, who was living in 1865; the date and place of their marriage, her maiden name and her age are not known. One T. W. Newman made inquiry in February 1853 from Winchester, Kentucky, in regard to any pension which might have been due her for the Revolutionary War service of her husband, but he did not state that she was a resident of said (handwritten: Mrs. Finch --) Winchester. No reference was made to children of Jacob Troxel and his wife, Elizabeth.

Very truly yours,

A. D. MILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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[lefthand column]
1916 April 21 Aud. Int. Dept.
1916 Apr. 27. Hist to Mrs Jessie M. Martin
1917 Aug. 29 Hist to Mrs Dillard H. Clark Jr.
1922, Aug. 14 hist to Paul R. Maxey [illegible]
Letter in W.5351 - Jno. Maxey
1985 - Oct. 9. Hist. to Mrs. Alexander Graff.  jll


Rejected
10717
P. O. [blank]
Elizabeth Troxel
Service: [blank]
Enlisted: [blank], 18
Discharged:  [blank], 18
Application filed: [blank], 18
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]
[blank] Recognized.   [blank] Contract
[blank] Cert. of Dis.   Searched for [blank] , 18
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559
Elizabeth Troxel
widow of Jacob
Geo

Let. to T W Newman
May 17 1853
[illegible] of widow withdrawn
May 6/1856 by [illegible] Cobb of [illegible]
by Capt [illegible]
[illegible] K [illegible]
  (SEE FILE DOCUMENT 27)
Act. Feby 3. 1853
J.K.Rogers May 7/60
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a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in the Bureau. Jacob Troxel R.F. 10717

Dates of enlistment or appointment.
Winter 1777
Winter 1778
Summer 1781

Length of service.
1 mo.
6 mos.
6 mos.

Rank.
Pvt

Officers under whom service was rendered.
names of officers not remembered
Captain.     
Ford
Lewis 

Colonel.
Crawford
West

State.
Va.

Battles engaged in, was in McIntosh's Indian Expedition
Residence of solder at enlistment, Loudoun Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug.23.1832 His cl was al.
Residence at date of application, Marion Co. Tennessee
Age at date of application, born in 1759 in Frederick Co., Md. died July 1, 1843 in Dekalb Co. Ala.
Remarks: He left a widow Elizabeth  no other data on file as to family.
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September, 28th, 19/35

Mrs. Alexander Graff
109 Arch Street
Kittanning
Pennsylvania

Dear Sirs,
I am told that you have record of one Jacob Troxell, Troxel, or otherwise spelled. Will you kindly give me any, or all record you have of him. Did he apply for a pension. He was born about the middle of the 18th century, in what is now M. A. Co. Penna, and probably
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fought from there, through the Revolution; for he did not come to W. M. Co. until just before 1850. Thanking you for active dated courtesy,
Yours,
Mary Graff

[date time stamp]
Received Oct 1 1935
Mail Sub-Div
Vets Adm
Reader #22
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Rev Sec enc
Toukawa, Okla.
August. 24" 1917

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I would respectfully request that you forward me a copy of the record of Jacob Troxel, as found in Secretary of War's Report of 1835. This information is desired for D.A.R. purposes.
Very respectfully yours
Mrs. Dillard H. Clark Jr.
Toukawa.
Box 60. Rt. 2. Okla.
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Rev Sec H
Dept. of Interior-
Please inform me if John or Jacob Troxel are on the Pension roll. If so, I would like a copy of the original pension application. The Troxels inlisted [sic] in the Revolution from Pendleton Co. Virginia.

Yours respectfully,
(Mrs.) Jessie M. Martin,
Mt. Sterling, Ohio.
April 13, 1916.
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DK

Rev Sec s.2

[seal]
Office of Auditor for Interior Department
In replying quote initials

Treasury Department
Washington
April 25, 1916.

The Commissioner of Pension.

Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 21st instant, you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at Knoxville, Tennessee, the records of this office show last payment to have been made to Jacob Troxel, Priv. Army Rev., certificate No. 19080, at $43.33 per annum to July 1, 1843, the date of his death, to William O. Winston, Attorney for Elizabeth Troxel, widow.

Said pensioner died in Dekalb County, Alabama, where he had resided.

Letter herewith returned.

Respectfully,
Oscar A Price
Auditor.
By jal
Deputy Auditor.

Form 3577.
Ed. Jan. 24-11--2,000.
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[stamp 1]
OFFICE AUDR OF INTERIOR DEPT.
APR 22 1916
DATE RECEIVED

[stamp 2]
RECEIVED APR 22 1916
PENSION SECTION

[body]
S-39T.
(Old No. 8-899.)
Rev. Records Section.
R. F. No 10717
Jacob Troxel
Rev. War.

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., April 21, 1916

SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of Jacob Troxel pensioned under the Act June 7. 1832, by certificate No 19,080, issued Aug. 2, 1833 $43.33 from Mch 4, 1831, East Tennessee Agency, showing date of death, date of last payment of pension and to whom it was paid.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.

THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Department.
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17 May 1833
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PENSION OFFICE,
17" May, 1853.

Sir:
Under the regulations adopted to carry into effect the second section of the act of February 3, 1853, it is necessary that the claimant should make her declaration "before a court of record." The rules of this office also require, that if record evidence of the marriage of claimant exists, a copy thereof, duly authenticated, should be filed. If there be no such evidence, that fact should be averred in the declaration, when secondary evidence of the marriage will be admitted.
The official character of the magistrate before whom any papers are verified, should be duly authenticated.
The declaration and proof in the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Troxel, who claims a pension as the widow of Jacob Troxel, not being in accordance with these rules, her claim is necessarily suspended.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
LOREN P. WALDO,
Commissioner of Pensions.

T. W. Newman, Esq., 
Winchester,
Tennessee.
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Jacob Troxel

Saml Frazier
Washington
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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 Jacob Troxel which require further proof or explanation.

I. 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 him 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? no

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? No
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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? yes

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? yes

XIV. [notation sign 1]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? 
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 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? 

XVI. [notation sign 2]Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
_________________________
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 objectionable. 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 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 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.
[notation sign 1]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 to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[notation sign 2]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 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.
[symbol of pointing finger]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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Winchester Tenn
Feb 28th, 1853
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Inclosed you will please find the application of Elizabeth Troxel widow of Jacob, Claiming a pension under Act of Congress of Feb 3d, 1853, and a power of Attorney to me you will please have, the reception of other papers acknowledged to
Your Most
Obt Svt &c
Tuze, W, Newman.
Winchester Tennessee
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Pension Office, Dec. 21, 1859

Sir,
In answer to the enclosed letter of Mr. J. H. Brewer, you are informed that Jacob Troxel of Tennessee was pensioned under act of June 7, 1832. at rate of $43.33c. If any arrears be due in his case they are recoverable before the 3d Auditor of the Treasury. Elizabeth Troxell, his alleged widow applied for pension under act of February 3, 1853; but her Declaration and papers were withdrawn by Hon W.R.W. Cobb of the House of Representatives on the 3d of May 1856. If, as is stated, she is now dead, no pension arrears could be recovered in her right. The claim died with her. Children, or other representatives of deceased revolutionary soldiers, are not entitled to pension in their own right nor can they perfect and recover such claims on at this point - They are only entitled to arrears of pension due such soldiers or their widows or pensions.
We have no evidence of the service of a
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soldier named John Saxton, or Sexton, who was slain in battle; but from what has already been stated it will be perceived that no such claim could now exist in his right - as it appears from Mr. Brewer's letter that his widow does not now survive, and no other party would be entitled to pension in virtue of his services.
Very respy

J. K. Rogers Esqr
Washington,
D.C.
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4 April 1842.
J. C. Sutterall
G.C
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51.
Pension Office
4th April 1842.

Sir,
I have referred the papers in the Case of Jacob Troxel, to the Third Auditor of the Treasury that the pension may be paid in Conformity to the Act of the 6th April 1838.

I am &c
James C. Luttrall Esq
Knoxville
Tenn.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 6th, 1842.

Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jacob Troxell - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville, Tenn. Agency, at the rate of Forty three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1840, to the 4th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Jasper May 26th 1833

Sir
I have enclosed to you the amended declaration of Jacob Troxel I presumed that the Certificate of a Member of Congress was all that was wanting was a deponent answer to the tenth and sixteenth interrogatories in the brief, negatives in red ink
The sixth interrogatory is also in the negative but not in red ink and I suppose this objection was waived, but if it be such an Objection that the war department cannot get over it the declarant will agree to loose the one months tour in which he cannot recollect the name of his Officer provided he can get a pension for the remainder of his services
Please direct all Communications on the subject to me Washington Rhea County E. Tennessee 
I remain Sir respectfully yours &c
Samuel Frazier