Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5724, for William Madison, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                              NUMBER
Va.             Madison, William               S.5724
card
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CONTENTS
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 March 1840. Agt Modified 6 March 1841
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[In margin]  Date of death not on AB


12.334
Virginia
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William Madison of Caroline in the State of Va - who was a P - in the  - commanded by Capt - of the Regt commanded by Col Thornton in the Va one for 10 months --
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Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 33 Dollars [crossed out 33] Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 22d of Apl 3[ ] and [illegible] John L. Pendelton / ck/ Bowling Green. 
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833       66.66
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept --  16.66
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                                                                $83.32
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nathanial Rice Clerk, 
Book E  Vol. 6  Page 17 -
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No 22940
William Madison
Va

Admit for 10 months as a private -- 33.33

Thorton Va.

John L. Pendelton Clk
Caroline County Court
Bowling Green Va.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office,
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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 [   ular] 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 show what is necessary to be done. These 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 complying with [this] request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
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A Statement, shewing [  ] Service of William Madison, Caroline Co Va.
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[ Table follows]
[  ] service was rendered 
Duration of the claimant's service. Years.  Months. Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and Rank of Commanding Officers under whom he served.
Names and Rank of the General and Field Officer
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age  at the present period. 
Evidence by which the declaration is supported. 
[entry 1]  [illegible]  1 [month] Privt  Capt Temple Col Thornton [country] Va [age] Aged 70 Caroline Co Va [evidence - Tradetunary Living Wehuss ??]
[entry 2] 1779 80   2 [months] " [Privt]   Fitzhugh  Richardson
[entry 3]  1780 [ ] est  3 [months] " [Prvt] Hawes  Jameson Genl Gates Maj May  Camden  SC Va
[entry 4] 1781 or after  2 [months]  " " [Hawes Jameson] Boyd  Col Cull  Va
[entry 5] 1781  Drafted 2 [months] " [Prvt]  Howard  Royce  Va
[entry 6] Served in all 10 months

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 who 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 submitting 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 provion 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 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 and and seal of office (i) this _____________ day of ___________ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, can not 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 wll 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 if 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensible 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 live now?
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 he 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 the 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 on 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 is 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. 
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[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 to Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of a loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affadavit 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 and, 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."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the applicant, 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 services were 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. 
[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 affix his seal, and if he 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 affadavit, 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 affadavits the time of the claimant's entering 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. 
II The notes from [a] to [i] 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. }
[Dyertuster]
Exam Clerk
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Madison  Wm
Decl
22440
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[Entire document is very faint]
Virginia [ Caroline County] 
On this 11th day of February 1833, personally appeared in open court before the justice of said county William Madison aged Seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oat make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress [illegible] June 7th 1832. 
He states that he was born near a place called [illegible] in the said County of Caroline on the 10th day of May 1762 according to family register there being no record of his age. That he went into the service of the United States in the year 1777 to the best of his recollection as a private and Volunteer under Captain Samuel [Temple] & Col [Hathaway] [illegible] pension declaration. [ Illegible Charles City to the town of illegible] he was stationed sometime & discharged. He served in this town one month. [Illegible private illegible] in the year 1779 or 1780 under Captain John [Fitzhugh] & Col [illegible] Richardson & marched from Caroline through [illegible ] to the City of [illegible] to a place [illegible] where he was stationed as one of the guards [illegible] magazine and there discharged. He served in this tour three months. He was drafted & called out as a private in the year 1781 under Captn [James Dawson] & Maj Boyd and marched Caroline [ H illegible & Hessions] to muster in [Hillsboro]
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[very faint and illegible]
then joined the army commanded by Col Gale & Gen [Mulbury] where he was stationed & whilst there our guard was fired on by the [illegible] River at the [illegible] Bridges, we then destroyed the Bridges by setting fire to them [illegible] to the Racoon Ford where we joined the army commanded by Genl [Wayne] & the Marquis De Lafayette, then we returned through Orange, Shotsylvania, Louisa and Hanover and at place called Ground Squirrel Bridge in [illegible] last named County he was discharged. He served in this time two months. He was [drafted] & was again as a private in 1781 & [illegible] Captain Howard & Col [Mayor] [ illegible] joined the army commanded by [large section illegible] his services by John Williams [large section illegible] Henry Burnup & Lewis Cobbs as persons who [illegible] who can testify to his character and their belief as to his being a soldier of the revolution & resided in the said county of Caroline at the time his [illegible] service has resided in the said county [illegible] & now resides in the same. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim [illegible] as to a pension or an annuity exist except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or territory whatever sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. 
William Madison
his X mark
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[illegible] Woolfolk a clergyman residing in the said County of Caroline and Lewis Cobbs & Harry Burnup residing in the same county certify that we are well acquainted with William Madison who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy years of age, that he [illegible] and lived in the neighborhood when he [illegible] to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we [illegible] in that [illegible] sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. 
[Illegible] Woolfolk
Lewis Cobbs
Henry Burnup

and the said court do hearby 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 [illegible] Woolfolk who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said County of Caroline and that Lewis Cobbs & Henry Burnup who have also signed the same are residents in the said County are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I John L. Pendleton Clerk of the County Court of Caroline, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Madison for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 12th day of February 1833.
John L. Pendelton Cd
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September 5, 1939
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Mrs. Blanche Covington Young
Penola
Virginia
WILLIAM MADISON
S. 5724
BA-J/AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are furnished herein the record of William Madison as found in pension claim S. 5724, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
William Madison was born May 10, 1762, near Chesterfield, Caroline County, Virginia. The name of his parents were not stated. 
While residing in Caroline County, Virginia, William Madison enlisted and served as private in the Virginia Troops, as follows - in 1779, one month in Captain Samuel Temple's company, Colonel Anthony Thornton's regiment; in 1779 or 1780, two months in Captain John Fitzhugh's company, Colonel Holt Richardson's regiment; in 1780, in Captain Richard Hawes' company, was in the battle of "Gates' Defeat", in the retreat to Richmond, where he served as guard over the magazine under Captain Jamieson, length of service three months; in 1781, two months in Captain Jamieson's company, Colonel Call's regiment; in 1781, two months in Captain Howard's company, Colonel Boyce's or Royce's regiment.
William Madison was allowed pension on his application executed February 11, 1833, at which time he was still residing in Caroline County, Virginia. 
No reference was made in this claim to wife or children of this soldier. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of William Madison,
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you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
William Madison
Certificate #12337
Issued April 22, 1833
Rate, $33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Virginia - Hanover County to wit
This day John Williams personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for said county & made oath to the following statement-
He states that he is now Seventy two years of age - that he is well acquainted with William Madison of Caroline County who is an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress [passed] the 7th of June 1832. That the said Madison was in the service of the United States in the year 1781 during the revolution, that he was in the Marquis De Lafayette's retreat at the Racoon Ford in Culpepper & at several other places that to the best of his recollection the said Madison was in service in this tour two months - sworn to & subscribed this 28th February 1833.
John Williams
Sworn to before me Charles Thompson Jr J.P.
Hanover County to wit
I Charles Thompson Jr. a justice of the peace for said County hereby certify that it appears to me that John Williams who has subscribed & sworn to the above statement before me is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. given under my hand this 28th day of Febry 1833. 
Charles Thompson Jr J.P.
Virginia, Hanover County, to wit
I Philip B Winston Clerk of the Court of the said County do hereby certify that Charles Thompson Jr., before whom the foregoing affidavit was made on the application of William Madison for a pension, was at the time the same was made, and still is, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Hanover in the State aforesaid, duly Commissioned and sworn according to the Laws and Usages of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and that his signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the first day of March, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty three.
Philip B. Winston C.H.C.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
February 4th, 1841.
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," William Madison. - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Thrity three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th of June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839 to the 4th March 1840. 
Respectfully yours, 
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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September 5, 1939

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Mrs. Blanche Covington Young
Penola
Virginia

BA-J/WMHF:MLB
[Our]

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of William Covington who died in the 1850's and whose widow, Mary Self Covington, received a pension; the Revolutionary War record of William Madison, of Caroline County, Virginia, in 1833, and the record of Samuel Covington who married, first, in 1813, Sally Whitlock and, second, Dorothea (?) Parr. 
The Revolutionary War record of William Madison, of Caroline County, Virginia, and the War of 1812 record of William Covington, who married Mary Self, are furnished you herewith. 
In order to make a proper search of the records for that of Samuel Madison, please furnish as much as possible of the following data: the name of the war in which he served, the name of the state from which he served, approximate dates of his birth and death, and the name of the county and state in which he died. 
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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WASHINGTON  October 7, 1931
Mrs. M.T. Norris
519 N. Blount Street
Raleigh, North Carolina.
BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to William Madison, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.
The data herein are obtained from the papers on file in the pension claim, S. 5724, based upon his military service in that war.
William Madison was born May 10, 1762 near Chesterfield, Caroline County, Virginia.
While residing in Carolina County, he enlisted and served as private in the Virginia troops, as follows -- in 1779, one month in Captain Samuel Temple's company, Colonel Anthony Thornton's regiment; in 1779 or 1780, two months in Captain John Fitzhugh's company, Colonel Holt Richardson's regiment; in 1780, in Captain Richard Hawes' company, was in the battle of "Gates Defeat", in the retreat to Richmond, where he served as guard over the magazine, under Captain Jamieson, length of service three months; in 1781, two months in Captain Jamieson's company, Colonel Call's regiment; in 1781, two months in Captain Howard's company, Colonel Boyce or Royce's regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, February 11, 1833, then a resident of Caroline County, Virginia.
There is no reference to wife and children.
Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to the Administrator
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[stamped as follows] 
RECEIVED
AUG 5 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 23
VETS ADM

Penola Va -
Aug. 3, 1939

Veterans Administration
Pension Bureau -

Gentlemen -
I am desirous of having the war record of 1st William Covington - who married Mary Self. He died 185? - between the age of 80 & 90. His wife drew a pension which shows he was a [veteran] but he was to old for it to have been 1848 war. I would appreciate any information you can give me in regard to this man who was my great- grandfather. 
2nd Samuel Madison - Married 1st Sally Whitlock 1813  2 Dorothea Parr
3d William Madison of Caroline who served in the Revolutionary war. He was on the Militia [bush' as bale] -  as 1833 was then in his seventies, age not exactly know. Will you kindly give me any detail holed about These men.
It  will be greatly appreciated and if there is a fee for this service I will pay it.
Sincerely
Mrs Blanche Covington Young
Penola Va
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Mrs. Charles S. Wallace, Morehead City
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SPECIAL COMMITTEES
John Paul Jones Memorial
Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Raleigh
Margaret Overman Gregory Marker Fund
Miss Gertrude Carraway, New Bern
Finance and Budget
Mrs. Charles R. Whitaker, Souther Pines
North Carolina Room Memorial Continental Hall
Mrs. W.H. Belk, Charlotte
Crossnore
Mrs. Ralph Van Landingham, Charlotte
Sale of Publications
Mrs. R. Duke Hay, Winston-Salem
D.A.R. Student Loan Fund
Mrs. Eugene Davis, Statesville
Conservation and Thrift - D.A.R. Park-Rendezvous Mountain Memorial
Mrs. H.O. Steele, Statesville
Markers for Patriots and Battles
Mrs. M.T. Norris, Raleigh
Resolutions
Mrs. Alston Morrison, Charlotte
State Legislation
Mrs. A.A. Hicks, Oxford
Rules and Regulations
Mrs. Isaac H. Manning, Chapel Hill
Organization
Mrs. T.K. Maupin, Raleigh
Registration - Credentials
Mrs. W.B. Watkins, Durham
Program
Mrs. T. Edgar Cheek, Durham
Collection Year Books for Files
Mrs. Dorian Blair, Greensboro
By-Laws
Miss Margaret L. Gibson, Asheville

STATE OFFICERS, 1931-1932
Regent
Mrs. Sydney Perry Cooper, Henderson
Vice Regent
Mrs. William Henry Belk, Charlotte
Recording Secretary
Mrs. Joseph S. Silversteen, Brevard
Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. Maurice J. O'Neil, Henderson
Treasurer
Mrs. William Wilson Glenn, Lincolnton
Historian
Mrs. R. Duke Hay, Winston-Salem
Registrar
Mrs. Whitt R. Stone, Greensboro
Librarian
Mrs. T. Lenoir Gwyn, Waynesville
Chaplain
Mrs. Samuel Newton Harrell, Tarboro
Parlimentarian
Mrs. Dorian Blair, Greensboro
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Vice-President-General from North Carolina
Mrs. Ralph Van Landingham, Charlotte

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519 N. Blount St
9/21" '31

Will you oblige by giving me at your earliest Convenience the Pension Record of William Madison { [illegible] spelled Mattison} aged 71 1831-1833 secured from Vol. 1 P 294 Va State Library - Caroline Co. Va,
Obliging
Mrs. M.T. Norris
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RECEIVED
SEP 23 1931
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
Page 19

Rev War
5724
INVALID.
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File No. 5724
William Madison
Pri Rev War
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Index:- Vol. M, Page 236
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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