Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32034, James Van Zant, Continental Penn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental
Penn.
CONTENTS
Van Zant, James
NUMBER
S32034
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19.949 of Arkansas Territory --- 
James Van Zant
Lawrence Cty in the Terry of Arkansas who was a Private in the Co commanded Captain Black of the Rgt commanded by  in the Penna line for two years 

Inscribed on the Roll of Arkansas Terry the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Sept 1833 and handed to J McCutchen agt Resent 

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833 200
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 40
$240.00 
Revolutionary Claim,  Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by W. R. Palmer Clerk
Book E. Vol. 8. Page 137 
Date of death not on AB
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United States of America.
Territory of Arkansas}
Lawrence County} ss Circuit Court, November Term 1832,
On this twentieth of November A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judge now sitting, James Van Zant a resident of the County of Lawrence and
Territory of Arkansas aforesaid, aged seventy-six 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 herein stated, to wit; he first enlisted under captain Robert Cluggage in the regular service, in the summer of the year 1775, in Bedford County, State of Pennsylvania, for the term of one year; the time f his enlistment he thinks was in the month of July, and his residence at that time was in the said County of Bedford; as soon as he enlisted marched to Head Quarters at Prospect Hill, near Boston; Col. Thompson commanded the Regiment, in which he marched from Pennsylvania; it was the first rifle regiment and marched by detachments to Head Quarters, in the Autumn
of the same year, Col. Thompson was ordered to Quebec, and Edward Hand the Lieutenant Colonel succeeded to the command of the regiment. he arrived at Boston, with his regiment, as he thinks, in August 1775, and remained there during The siege: After the siege of Boston had ended his regiment, and he with it, marched to New York, and was stationed on Long Island, at a place called Graves End: he remained on Long Island until after the arrival of the British Fleet, when his time expired, and hearing that the frontiers of Pennsylvania where he lived were visited by the Indians he got his discharge and went home. At Boston and at Long Island he was under the immediate command of Washington. 
In the Spring of the year 1778, he volunteered against the Indians on the frontier of Pennsylvania, in a company of rangers under captain Henry Black, at fort Frankstown in Bedford
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County aforesaid, in which company under Capt. Black he served a six months tour of service. In the year 1779, he served another town of six months, in the same service, and under the same officer. He was a private soldier in the regular army as aforesaid
for twelve months-- and also a private in the two tours of duty last mentioned. He has no documentary evidence that he knows of and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his aforesaid services as a soldier of the Revolution.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
his
James X Van Zant
mark
teste A. Fowler
Interrogatories propounded by the Court:
1 Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer. Born in the State of Pennsylvania and to the best of his information in the year 1756.
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer - I have a record of my age at home.
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? Answer. At the time I was called into service, I lived in Pennsylvania, after the war removed to Kentucky, from there I removed to the State of Indiana; from there to the County of Lawrence in this Territory, and have not been out of the County since during ten years residence here.
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? Answer. In my first tour of service, I enlisted for one year. I volunteered, after I  was discharged, and served a tour of six months in the year 1778, and another of six months more in the year 1779.
5. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops with whom on served, such continental
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and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstance of your service? Answer. In the regular service, I was under the command of Col. Thompson, of said service, at first; thence Col Hand, afterwards succeeded Col. Thompson in command of the regiment. In the two terms of service as a volunteer, I served under Captain Henry Black.
6. Did you receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. I received a discharge from the regular service at the expiration of my term, from Capt. Robt. Cluggage; which discharge is since worn out or lost from the volunteer service I received no discharge.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and good behaviour, [behavior] &c. Answer. James Humphrey, Esquire Perryhouse, John Beasley, John Hudson, and
Joseph Hudson
his 
James Van Zant
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Sworn to and subscribed the twentieth day of November A. D. 1832.
Edw [Edward] Cross
We James Campbell and George T. Hudepe presiding in the County of Lawrence and in the vicinity of the above applicant for a Pension, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said James Van Zant, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy-six years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Jas Campbell
G.S. Hudspeth,
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Edw [Edward] Cross
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion to
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be after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed as above, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states and the court further certifies, that it appears that James
Campbell & Geo. S. Hudspeth, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the County of Lawrence and in the neighborhood of the said applicant, and that it appears that they are creditable persons, and that their statement
is entitled to credit.
Edw Cross
I David W Lowe, Clerk of the said Circuit Court of Lawrence County, Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings in the matter of the application of James Vinizant [Van Zandt] for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 20th day of November AD 1832 and of the American Independence the 57th
D W Lowe Clerk
James Van Zandt's Declaration
26.413.
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No. 19949
James Van Zant
Arkansas Terri

Adm 2 years $80

John McCutchen
Washington City
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, shewing the service of James Van Zant 
Period when the rendered:    1775 | 1778 | 1779 
Duration of the claimant's service: 1 year ┃ 6 months ┃ 6 months
Rank of the claimant:   Priv | Priv | Priv
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served:   Cap. Cluggage | Cap Black | Same Officer 
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. ┃ 16 ? years ┃ Bedford Penna 
Proof by which the declaration is supported:  Traditionary 

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service. but not those who were occasionally employed with, the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of }ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years
 of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore. these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace. the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 bis 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 mouths and days, I served as a and for such service I claim a pension."
{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 that 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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 the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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May 5, 1937 

JAMES VAN ZANT 
S. 32034 
BA-J/MB

Sarah V. Stroup
53 North Pine Street
Lewistown, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of James Vansant or Vanzant who served as lieutenant from Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and of James Van Zant who served as private from Pennsylvania and was pensioned while a resident of Lawrence County, Arkansas, who you state died January 25, 1834. 

You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier named James Van Zant, under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from his claim for pension, S. 32034, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 
James Van Zant was born in 1756 in the State of Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not shown. 
While residing in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, James Van Zant enlisted about July, 1775, served as private in Captain Robert Cluggage's company, Colonels Thompson's and Edward Hand's Pennsylvania regiment, arrived at Boston about August, 1775, where he remained during the siege, after which he marched to New York, was stationed on Long Island at Graves End until after the arrival of the British Fleet and was discharged after having served one year, then returned to his home in Pennsylvania. He volunteered in the spring of 1778 at Frankstown in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, served six months as private in Captain Henry Black's Pennsylvania company, engaged in ranging on the frontiers of Pennsylvania against the Indians. He volunteered in 1779 and served another tour of six months as private in the same service and under the same officers. 
After the Revolution, the soldier moved from Pennsylvania to Kentucky; thence to the State of Indiana, and from that state to Lawrence County, in the Territory of Arkansas.
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James Van Zant was allowed pension on his application executed November 20, 1832, while a resident of Lawrence County, Territory of Arkansas.

No family data are shown in the claim. 

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of James Van Zant, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: 

James Van Zant 
Certificate #19949 
Issued September 26, 1833 
Rate, $80 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1831 
Act June 7, 1832 
Arkansas Territory Agency. 

Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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1936 Jan. 16 - Hist to Mrs Lynch B. St. Clair (See ltr. in [illegible] D. 3922 of Richard Wright) MLB
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1937, May 5 Hist to Sarah V. Stroup MLB
32034
Revy INVALID.
File No. 32034
James Vanzant
Pri [Private] Rev War
Act: June 7th 32"
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 494
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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January 16, 1936

Mrs. Lynch B. St. Clair 
3524 Line Avenue
Shreveport, Louisiana

JAMES VAN ZANT, S. 32034 
RICHARD WRIGHT, S. 39922
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of James Van Zant (Van Sant or Van Zandt), who served from Pennsylvania, was pensioned at the age of seventy-eight years in Lawrence County, Territory of Arkansas, and died January 25, 1834; and of Richard Wright, who served from Virginia, was pensioned in 1818 while living in New Kent County, Virginia, and died January 27, 1822. 
Their records follow. 
JAMES VAN ZANT S. 32034 
The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 32034, based upon the Revolutionary War service of James Van Zant. 
James Van Zant was born in 1756 in the State of Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not shown. 
While residing in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, James Van Zant enlisted about July, 1775, served as private in Captain Robert Cluggage's company, Colonels Thompson's and Edward Hand's Pennsylvania regiment, arrived at Boston about August, 1775, where he remained during the siege, after which he marched to New York, was stationed on Long Island at Graves End until after the arrival of the British Fleet and was discharged after having served one year, then returned to his home in Pennsylvania. He volunteered in the spring of 1778 at Frankstown in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, served six months as private in Captain Henry Black's Pennsylvania company, engaged in ranging on the frontiers of Pennsylvania against the Indians. He volunteered in 1779 and served another tour of six months as private in the same service and under the same officers.
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After the Revolution the soldier moved from Pennsylvania to Kentucky; from there to the state of Indiana, thence to Lawrence County, in the Territory of Arkansas. 
James Van Zant was allowed pension on his application executed November 20, 1832, while a resident of Lawrence County, Territory of Arkansas. 
No family data are shown in the claim of James Van Zant. 

RICHARD WRIGHT S. 39922 
The record of Richard Wright follows as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 39922, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 
The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given. 
Richard Wright enlisted in February, 1777, in Hanover County, Virginia, served as private in Captains Benjamin Spiller's and "Tok's” companies, Colonel Charles Dabney's Virginia regiment, was in the battles of Monmouth and Stony Point and was discharged in February, 1780. 
Richard Wright was allowed pension on his application executed May 15, 1818, at which time he was a resident of New Kent County, Virginia, and gave his age as sixty-six years. In 1820 he was still living there and stated that he was “seventy-one years old in July of that year”, with no explanation of the discrepancy. 
In 1820, the soldier stated there were six in his family, five of whom were females including his wife and daughters, but he did not give their names. 
In 1821, Richard Wright's address was New Kent Court House, New Kent County, Virginia, in care of Bartholomew Dandridge. He died January 27, 1822, place of death not shown. 

Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the administrator 
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Stamp:
Received 
Apr 16 1937
Mail Sub-Div
Vets Adml Reader No. 19

Lewistown, Penna
April 15, 1937
Veterans Administration 
Washington, D. C

Dear Sir: 
Would you please send me the military record of the Revolutionary War soldiers named below as it may be listed in their pension applications. I am particularly interested in any reference to the name of wife, children or other relatives. 

James Vansant, or Vanzant, who was commissioned Second Lieutenant December 10, 1777, in First Company, Third Battalion, Bedford County Militia. ( Penna. Archives 5th Series, Vol. V, p. 72 ) 
James Vanzant, lieutenant, drew depreciation pay for service in Bedford County Militia (Fa. Archives, 5th Series, Vol. IV, p. 253 ) Probably the same person. 
James Vanzant, private, Penna Line, pensioned April 26, 1883, at age of 78, when residing in Lawrence County, Arkansas, Died January 25, 1834. ( Penna. Archives, Third selling Series, Vol. XXIII, p. 606. 

Very truly yours, 
SARAH V. STROUP 
53 North Pine Street
Lewistown, Penna.