Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41780, for Benjamin Lockett, Virginia
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SERVICE   
 Continental (Va)

Lockett, Benjamin
or  Locket

Number  
   S  41780
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+ Ohio   
+[scratched out -  Kentucky

Benja   Lockett
 
of  …………….in the state of…………….
who was a private   the regiment commanded by
Colonel Washington of the Virginia
line, for the term of  2 Years

inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 23d June 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd of July 1818
and sent to Jas Clark
Winchester Kentucky

Arrears to 4th  of Mar 1819                67.16
 Semi-anl all’ce ending  4  Sept  19   48
8 8/30  4/31      ………………………….   115.16
 
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Cont.
 
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See Cir  Tra   June 258. 1835
To Ohio  From  4  Sept  1834
-	July 13, 1835

[sideways]
Certification sent May 7th 1821, to Daniel M C
Payne   Esq   Lexington Ky
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.

State of Ohio
County of Franklin   ss

On this 15th day of June 1835,
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of
Franklin   personally appeared Benjamin Lockett who, on his oath,
declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company
commanded by Captain William Barret in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
William Washington in the service of the United States; that his name was
placed on the pension roll of the State of Kentucky from whence he has 
lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,)
of Ohio  where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there
payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Kentucky
 to the State of Ohio – to wit -  he has a family consisting of 7 persons
himself included, and has but a small property in Kentucky - and is much
advanced in life and removed here supposing the living here to be cheaper
and easier-                 his
                   Benjamin   x   Locket
                                  mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me,
the day and year aforesaid.

Thos Wood J.P.  (seal)

The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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State of Ohio
Franklin County SS
 
Personally appear’d before me the subscribed an acting Justice of the
peace in and for the said County of Franklin John G. Neff Esq a resident of
 said Franklin County and a person of veracity who makes oath that the
in person who has signed the foregoing application for a transfer and taken the above oath, is Benjamin Lockett now of said Franklin County, and but lately removed from Kentucky and that the said Benjamin Lockett is the person he describes himself as he verily believes-
 John G Neff

Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 15th day of June AD 1835
                                     Thos Wood J.P.   (seal)
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State of Ohio   SS
Secretary of States office     I Benjamin Hinkson Secretary of the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Wood Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken by Benjamin Lockett & John G Neff and who has certified the same on this day then was and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Franklin in said State, duly commissioned as such, and that to all his official acts full faith and credit are due and ought to be given as well in this State as elsewhere and that his signature thereto is genuine

        In witness whereof I have hereunto
signed my name officially and annexed
hereto the Great Seal of said State
at the City of Columbus this 15th
day of June AD 1835
B. Hinkson
Secretary of State
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State of Kentucky Sct
-
Benjamin Lockett of Clarke County and State afsd this 23rd day of June 1818 made the
following statement upon oath before me James Clark one of the Circuit Judges for
the State of Kentucky for the purpose of obtaining a pension under an act of congress
entitled an act “to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service
of the United States in the revolutionary War.”   He states that he was born in the
State of Virginia, and that at this time he is about fifty six years old. That he was a
soldier in the war of the Revolution; that in the month of May or June he is not positive
which, in the year 1779 he enlisted in Capt Churchill James troop of dragoons, third
Regiment dragoons on continental establishment commanded by Colo. William Washington
of the Virginia line, that his enlistment afs’d was during the war, that he did serve from the period
of his enlistment afs’d during the war and was on the 4th day of July 1783 in Charleston South Carolina, regularly + duly discharged, which discharge he has by time or accident lost or mislaid so that he
cannot find it. He states that he was in the battles of the Cowpens, Campden, Gilford court house, the Eutaw spring. That
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by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country
for support. that he has no evidence of his service discharge that what is here transmited Jo’s. Clark                                                                           Circuit Judge

The deposition of William Jeffries taken before me this 8th of the day of March 1819 for the purpose of proving the truth of the foregoing statement of the said Benjamin Lockett.  Being first Sworn states that
he was himself a soldier in war of the revolution for three years and six months; that when he first entered the service he belonged to the first Reg’t of dragoons command by Colo Anthony White that he continued in the same untill it was blended with the third and upon such consolidation he became
acquainted with the aforenamed Benjamin Lockett which was some time after the battle at the Eutaw
spring; that from that time untill they were discharged at the close of the war, he knew the said Lockett well & that they were in the same [illegible] for more than a year. that they attained their discharge on the same day at Charleston as stated by said Lockett and on the next day Started together for their place of residence in the State of Virginia and continued together untill they arrived within twelve miles
of the residence of this deponant where they parted; that he has frequently seen the discharge of
the said Lockett
        [illegible]  is the deposition of Thomas Robertson taken at the same time and place having first
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sworn states that he is well acquainted with the af’d Benjamin Lockett, that he lives his
near neighbour, that the said Lockett is a very poor man and from his age and infirmity 
is incapable of supporting himself by labor; that the said Lockett has a wife and
three daughters dependant upon him for their support; that the said Lockett from
his poverty stands in need of the assistance & his country for his support

the foregoing depositions of William Jeffreys express and Thomas Robertson was taken
and sworn to before me one of the circuit judges this 8th day March 1819
                                       Jas Cook

I James Clark one of the Circuit Judges for the State of Kentucky do certify, that
it appears to my satisfaction that the said Benjamin Lockett did serve in the 
Revolutionary war as stated in his declaration for the term of four years or thereabouts
on continental establishment against the common enemy and I now transmit
on the department of war the proceedings and testimony had before me.  I further certify
that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Lockett is in such indigent and reduced
circumstances as to stand in need of
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the assistance of his country for his support. The declaration of the said Lockett was
made and sworn to an day it bears date.  But the proof was not take until this day.
March 1819
Jas Clark
Court Judge

State of Kentucky
Clarke Circuit    Sct

Samuel M. Taylor Clerk of the Court held for the Circuit aforesaid do certify
that James Clark Esqr whose name is affixed to the within instrument of writing
is and was at the time the same bears date, one of the Circuit Judges of the State
aforesaid, and appointed by law to preside in the Court held for said Circuit as such
-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court this 12th day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred & nineteen.
Sam M. Taylor
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Benj'n  Lockett
schedule

125 45

Sept  1819

Con
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Schedule
District of Kentucky
Clark County & Circuit Sct
On this 27th day of March 1821 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, established a Court of Record by an Act of the Legislature of Kentucky for the County aforesd Benjamin Lockett aged fifty Eight years, resident in Clark County & District, who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows viz. 
He served as a Regular Soldier in the 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons, upwards of four years, commencing in the year 1779 and ending in 1783- Commanded by Col William Washington that the No of his Pension Certificate is 12,565 and is dated the….. day of …….18…..

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March 1878. and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and
that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts
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or debts due to me, nor have I any [scratched out: other] income other
than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed

No land except about seventeen acres
held in right of my wife as Dower worth $ 40.00,  
One small man worth       ........................                              20.00
two Cows and one calf     .......................                               20.00
Nine head of Hogs & some small pigs ....................         20.00
a few farming Utensils worth      ......................                    3,00
      No money or debts due me except about five dollars

that he is a farmer by occupation, not able
half the labour if a common Labourer, by reason of age
and infirmity, has four in family viz – himself, his wife about fifty 
years of age not able to do the work of a common female labourer 
his Daughter Polly about fifteen years of age, and Nancy about
thirteen years old of usual ability to work
Benjamin Lockett
Sworn to in open Court before me James Clark One the Circuit Judges
for the State of Kentucky
J. Clark
Circuit Judge
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I Samuel M Taylor Clerk of the Clark Circuit Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath &
the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the s’d Court; and I do further
certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property
exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is $103. dollars
      In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
the seal of the Court on this 27 day of March 1821.

Sam M. Taylor Clk
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Rev. &1812 War Section

March 16, 1927

W. E. Williams
2 Butts Bldg.,
Wichita, Kansas.

Sir:
     I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 41780 it appears that Benjaman Lockett was born in Virginia, date not stated.

     While a resident of Virginia, county not named, he enlisted in May or June 1779, served as a private in Captains Churchill Jones and William Barret's Companies, Colonel William Washington's Regiment of Continental Dragoons, was in the battles of Camden, Cowpens, Guilford Court House, Eutaw Springs,
and was discharged July 4, 1783.

    He was allowed pension on his application executed June 23, 1818 while a resident of Clarke County, Kentucky aged about fifty-six years. 
     In 1819 three daughters were referred to, and in 1821 his wife (name not given) was about fifty years of age, daughters Polly and Nancy were aged about fifteen and thirteen years respectively, no other names of children stated. In 1835 soldier

[handwritten note]:   I did not use “7 persons in fam at this time” as no relationship was stated
and [illegible]   statement hadn’t much value.
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was living in Franklin County, Ohio.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a Benjamin Luckett, and the history herewith furnished you is that of the only soldier
by a name of similar spelling found on said records.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

[handwritten note]: Date of death
not on AB
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[STAMP]:
     LE X’N   K
APR
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To the Hon’rle  ……….Free

J. C. Calhoun
War Department


Mail      Washington City
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Lexingtons Office    April 1st 1821-

Dear Sir,
      I here send enclosed the Schedule of
Mr Benjamin Lockett who begs to be continued
 on the Pension list for the District of Kentucky
Please write me an answer and you will oblige
your Friend & Ob’t H Ser’t 
Daniel W. C. Payne

J. L. Edwards Esq
W  City
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[stamp}:  COLUMBUS  O.
JUN  10

FREE

H.  J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

[sideways]    June 20
M Burdine

[upside down]:   Benjamin Lockett   Ky to Ohio
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Columbus Ohio
June 15, 1835

Sir,
    The application of Ben’jn Locket is herewith enclos’d

Respectfully Yours
Sam’l C Andrews
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3800
Case of Benj'n Lockett

Jas  Clarke
Judge
Winchester, Ky

rec'd  May  15, 1819

Benjamin Lockett
Virginia Line
3 Regm't Cavalry
Col. Wm Washington
1779  -  War

Correct by you

[sideways}                  FREE

John C Calhoun
Sect of War
Washington City
Dist of Columbia.
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Winchester   26th  Apr  1819

Sir
    I enclose you the declaration of B. Lockett
for a pension and

I have the honor 
to be H
Jos  Clark.
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41.780
INVALID.
Revy

File No.   41780

Benjamin Lockett
Pri.  Rev War
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Act:     18 March 18 
Index: -- Vol. 5    , Page 298
 
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1927- Mch 1 - Hist to W. E
Williams His letter in
cl of Thos. H Luckett