Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31391, for George Stovall, Virginia
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[8-1776]
SERVICE
Va
Stovall, George
NUMBER
S.31391
CONTENTS
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13534
Kentucky
George Stovall
of Allen in the state of Kentucky
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain King of the regiment commanded by Col. Mason in the Virginia line for 9 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 30 Dollars ______cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of May 1833 and sent to David Walker Scottsville
Arrears to the 4th of March 60.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 April 15.00
Died January 8, 1841
Agency sent
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State of Kentucky
county of Allen }S.S.

On this the 11 day of February 1833 personally appeared in open court before William Ham William Fitzpatrick of Samuel E. Carpenter Justices of the County Court in and for the county of Allen and state of Kentucky in the court house of said county in court Sitting George Stovall a resident of the County of Allen and state of Kentucky aged Seventy One 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 papered June 7th 1832. That he entered into the Army of the United States under the calling named officers and served as herein stated (to wit) Applicant entered into the army of the United States as a private soldier in the militia company commanded by Captain Peter Rogers in April 1778, in the County of Halifax and state of Virginia and served as a private soldier in said company for and during the term of six months thereafter. Anthony Early was Lieutenant and William McDaniel ensign in said company. Applicant further states, that said company was attached to the regiment under command of Colonels David Mason and Lewis Burwell adjutant Burwell Jackson. That this company rendezvoused at Dobey's old store in Halifax County and marched from there in April 1778 to headquarters near Charleston South Carolina where they joined the regular army under General Leuden in May or June following that applicant continued to perform service as a soldier of the Revolution in the company and regiment aforesaid until he was discharged in the vicinity of Charleston South Carolina. Applicant states that he was in the engagement near Charleston in which the Americans made an attempt on the British fort nearly opposite St. John's Island but was reputed. He further states that after his discharge aforesaid, he returned to Halifax Virginia and in 1779 or 1780 he again entered into the United States service as a solider of  the revolution then being drafted out of Captain Michael Robertsons or Robert's company to perform a tour of three months service as a private of militia in performance of his draft aforesaid he marched under Captain King as far as the neighborhood of 96 South Carolina. Kings company was in the regiment under command of Col. Robert Williams until they arrived at Salisbury North Carolina, at Salisbury  or near Salisbury Col. Williams left us and the command devolved on Majors Yard and Alexander Rose. Near 96 applicant was taken with the Small Pox and Major Rose carried him to be left in the neighborhood to remain until cured. When sufficiently servant as he supposed he returned to the army under General Green & Henderson Mill on Swan River South Carolina the applicant fearing it would communicate the discord to others in the army ordered applicant to the hospital at Charlotte Town where he remained until the term of his enlistment aforesaid had ended. Further he doeth at Charlotte town he received a permit to return home and some that time of his return home Capt. King under when he had entered the service gave him a discharge also at time of a discharge from his first enlistment as above stated, at the encampment near Charleston South Carolina. After the Revolutionary war the discharges were  by negligence.
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lost many years ago. Applicant states respectfully that taking it into calculation the time he had the Small Pox as stated above. He served as private soldier in the Revolutionary War nine months for which he claims the benefit of the Act of Congress of 7th June 1832. Applicant was in no other battle but the one above stated. He lived in Halifax County Virginia when he entered the service as above stated where from the best information he has on the subject he was born on the 15th day of November 1761. the family register in which his birth is recorded is as applicant believes in the possession of Valentine Diction of Barren County Kentucky. Since the Revolution applicant continued to live in Halifax Virginia until about fifteen years ago at which time he migrated to where he now lives and has lived ever since his moved from Virginia. [X-his mark] In Allen County State of Kentucky.
Applicant has no documentary evidence and knows of no person by whom he can now swear his services as above set forth enscript.
Whose testimony is hereto appended. As to his reputation for truth and general belief of his neighborhood relations to his Revolutionary services his age and he states that he is known to many who he doubts not would cheerfully bring testimony in his favor and amongst wherever he offers the following (to wit)
Applicant 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 any agency in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
George (X-his mark) Stovall
State of Kentucky
County of Allen }s.s.

I the undersigned John Weaver a resident of Allen County Kentucky being first duly sworn according to law depose and say that from the year 1777 or 1778 I resided in Halifax County Virginia until some time after the Revolutionary War; during which time I was well acquainted with George Stovall the person who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration. Deponent states that the lived within about one mile of said Stovall during their residence in Halifax, Virginia, and since deponents removal to Allen County Kentucky, deponent and applicant have and within two miles of each other. This deponent states that he knew Capt. Peter Rogers mentioned in the proceeding declaration that said Rogers commanded a militia company drafted in Halifax Count [Va] for the term of six months in the year 1778 but that applicant Stovall served
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as a private in said company under Roberts as mentioned by said Stovall in the declaration aforesaid is indisputable and was a matter of public notoriety in Halifax County Virginia. Anthony Early and William McDaniel as officers in said company: he recollect well seeing said Stovall's short time before said company left Halifax and Stovall and others conversed about his going: deponent also saw said Stovall after his return and frequently heard him converse about the country through which he had marched and the incidents of his said service deponent has heard the foregoing declaration of applicant Stovall read and has no reason to believe and the statements therein to be substantially true; he has often heard said Stovall speak of his being a revolutionary soldier, as well as others who supported Stovall statements, the statements made by Stovall and others reputed to be revolutionary soldiers corollate and substantially support the declaration sworn to and subscribed by Stovall aforesaid. From the facts and circumstances above set forth his long acquaintance with Stovall hereby within his considerate neighborhood both in Virginia and Kentucky the many conversations with Stovall and others known and generally reputed to be revolutionary soldiers of and concurring the service during the revolution deponent states positively that said Stovall has always been considered a revolutionary soldier in his neighborhood that the belief of his being a soldier of the revolution is general and has never been contradicted or disputed as deponent has ever heard. Applicant Stovall's reputation for truth is good and unquestioned.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
John [X-his mark] Weaver

State of Kentucky
Allen County S.S.

I the undersigned Sarah McFarland a resident of Allen County Kentucky hereby certify being first duly sworn that I am well acquainted with George Stovall whose signed and swore to the above declaration that I have know him from infancy lived about a mile from him in Halifax County Virginia during the Revolutionary war. I have heard the above declaration of said Stovall and have good reason to believe the statements therein true, I well recollect said Stovall's going into the army as stated by him and that he was in longtime but cannot say that I recollect how long she
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I recollect well that the report of his having the Small Pox in the South whilst in the service reached Halifax and rendered the family to which I  am related very uncanny and that my father who was his brother went for him, and he came home with him much disfigured with Small Pox. He is currently 68 or 69 years old we even children together and I recollect that he was always said to be a few year older than sim I have  known said Stovall many years both in Virginia and Kentucky his reputation for truth and that he was a revolutionary soldier have never been questioned so far as I have ever heard.
Sworn to and subscribed the same day and year aforesaid.
Sarah [x-her mark] McFarland

State of Kentucky
County of Allen}S.S.

Joseph L. Hickman a clergyman residing in Allen County and State of Kentucky and Willis Mitchell William R. Neals, Lewis Spellman and Winston Williams residing in the same county and state last aforesaid hereby certify that we and well acquainted with George Stovall who hath subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and  subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Willis Mitchell
William R. Neals
Lewis Spellman
Winston William
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 certify that it is in proof and appears to them that Joseph L. Hickman who served the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in Allen County Kentucky and that Willis Mitchell William P. Neals, Lewis Spellman & Martin Williams who have also signed the same are residents in the same county and state aforesaid and are credible persons that the foregoing statements of the applicant of the deponent and of all who have sworn to and now subscribed the foregoing proceeding are entitled to credit.
William Coffman presiding Justice of the Allen County Court State of Kentucky.

State of Kentucky
Allen County }S.S.
I David Walker Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Allen and State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of George Stovall of a  pension. IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and office this 16th day of July 1833.
David Walker, Clerk
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23611
George Stovall
Allen County
Kentucky

from 1778 private
9 months $30
Scottsville
David Walker clerk
Allen Co
Kentucky
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War Department
Pension Office,
183

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 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.

A Statement showing the service of George Stovall Allen County Kentucky.

Period when the service was rendered
April 1778
1779 or 1780
Duration of the claimant's service
Years:
Months 6, 3
Days:
Rank of the Claimant
Private
Names and rank of the Field Officers under whom he served:
General Lincoln
Col. D. Mason
Capt. P. Rogers
Lieutenant A. Early
General Green
Col. R. Williams
Major Ward
Capt. King or Rogers

Ages at present, and place of abode when he entered the service:
71 years
Halifax County Virginia

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Two witnesses.

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:
The 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 } S.S.

On this ___day of ___ personally appeared 9a) 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 act 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 and 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 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 (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations; 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 days 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 is appears to them that A.B. 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 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 this 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. Avery full account of the services of each person
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3.

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 e 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; where 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.
G {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 service 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 very particular in the inquiry 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 application 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 isa 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.
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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 is 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 of 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 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 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. If must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place 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.
[f] the law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g]The opinion o the court is always required.
[h] the Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix 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 aper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.

[j] In 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 oath 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] in [c] 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] The 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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November 15, 1939
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George Stovall
S. 31391
BA-J/MLB

Maud C. Moran
General Delivery
Springfield, Missouri

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of George Stovall, of Virginia, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

You are furnished herein the record of the only George Stovall found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.  The data therein were obtained from the papers in the pension claim, S. 31391, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

George Stovall was born November 15, 1761; the place of his birth and names of his parents were not stated.

While residing in Halifax County, Virginia, George Stovall enlisted in April 1778, served as a private in Captain Peter Rogers'' company, Colonels David Mason's and Lew Burwell's Virginia regiments, was in an attack on the British fort nearly opposite Saint Johns Island near Charleston, South Carolina, and was discharged after having served six months, then returned to his home in Halifax County. IN 1779 or 1780, he was detached from Captain Michael Robertson's or Roberts' Virginia company, served as a private in Captain King's company, Colonel Robert William's regiment, and under Majors Ward and Alexander Rose in the Virginia troops, length of this tour three months.

After the Revolution the soldier continued to reside in Halifax County, Virginia, until about 1818 when he moved to Allen County Kentucky.

George Stovall was allowed pension on his application executed February 11, 1835, while a resident of Allen County, Kentucky, where he had lived continuously since moving from Virginia.  He died January 8, 1841.
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It is not stated whether the soldier ever married.

In 1833, Sarah McFarland, then aged sixty-eight or sixty-nine years and a resident of Allen county, Kentucky, stated that she was the daughter of soldier's brother, but she did  not give the name of her father or mother.  She stated, also, that she grew up with the soldier, George Stovall.

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

George Stovall
Certificate # 13664
Issued May 13, 1833
Rate, $30 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency


Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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Envelope:

Stamped: Springfield MO
Oct 29 8:30pm 1939

This side of card is for the address
War Department administration
Washington D.C.

Stamped: Received Oct 31 1939
Mail Subdivision Record No. 3
Vets ADM
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Veterans Administration

Dear Sir:

Your file shared a George Stovall or George Stoball of Va. He had an officer rank. This would probably be about 1787 or later. On the Revolution War earlier. Do you have nay thing regarding where one of these names
Yours very truly
Maud C. Moran
c/o Cardel Springfield MO
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31391
Invalid
Revolutionary
File No. 31, 391
George Stovall
Private Revolutionary War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 396
[Arrangement of 1870]

1914 Sept. 24 History to Mrs. W.H. Turner
1917 December 27 To Mrs. Henry H. King
1936 February 25 History to Miss Estelle David
1939 Nov 15 History to Maud C. Moran
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In reply to your request of _________, received ______ for a statement of military history of George Stovall a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (------) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

S.31391
Date of Enlistment or Appointment.
April 1778, 1779 or 1780

Length of Service
6 months
3 months

Rank
Private

Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain: Peter Rogers, King
Colonel
David Mason
Robert William
State
VA

Battles Engaged in, attach on British fort nearly opposite St. John's Island S.C.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Halifax Co. Va.

Date of application for pension, February 11 1833, His claim was allowed.

Residence at date of application Allen County Kentucky.
Age at date of application born Nov 15, 1761, place not stated.
Remarks: He died January 8, 1841 (Agency clerk) no family data.

Respectfully,
Commissioner

6-2850
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Will you please send me military record of George Stovall, native of Virginia and I think served with Virginia regiment Revolutionary War. He married Maria Scott in the year 1840 he was living in Kentucky & was receiving a pension for services in Revolutionary War.

Very Respectfully
Mrs. Henry Haviland King
100Stewart Road
Columbia Mo
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Pension
U.S.
December 19 1917
Office
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Bureau of Pensions
Please send me pension record for Revolutionary Service of George Stovall who served in the Virginia Militia and in 1835 resided in Allen Kentucky.

Thank you very much!
Mrs. V. H. Terrier
9 First National Bank
Fayetteville VA
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MPE

Madison Va
January 29, 1936

[Stamped; Received January 31, 1936 Mail Subdivision VETS ADMIN Reader 12]

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Will you please give me the record of Revolutionary Service of Ignatius Fen Sr. and William Fen Sr. of possibly Roan County North Carolina later moving to Richmond county Va. Ignatius Fen Married Mary Candler.
Also send of George Stovall Sr. George Stoble of Green County Va possibly of Virginia before that also John Stovall of Georgia.

Also Jeremiah T. Carr of Georgia possibly Virginia.

I am yours truly
(Miss) Estell Perrick
Madison Ga
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February 25, 1936
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George Stovall
S.31391
BA-J/MLB

Miss Estelle Penick
Madison 
Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Ignatius Fen, Sr., William Fen, Sr., George Stovall, Sr., and George Stovall, Jr., of Virginia and Green County, Georgia, John Stovall, of Georgia, and Zacheriah Feers, of Georgia or Virginia.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of an Ignatius or a William Fen, John Stovall or Zacheriah Feers. Such claims, are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office, and all spellings of each surname were used in the search.  The record was found of only one soldier named George Stovall and it is given herein as obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.31391, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

George Stovall was born November 15, 1761, place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.

While residing in Halifax County, Virginia, George Stovall enlisted in April, 1778 served as private in Captain Peter Rogers' company, Colonels David Mason's and Lew Burwell's Virginia regiments, was in an attack on the British Fort nearly opposite Saint Johns Island near Charleston, South Carolina, and was discharged after having served six months then returned to his home in Halifax County. IN 1779 or 1780, he was detached from Captain Michael Robertson's or Roberts' Virginia company, served as private in Captain King's company Colonel Robert Williams' regiment, and under Majors Ward and Alexander Rose, in the Virginia Troops, length of this tour three months.

After the Revolution the soldier continued to reside in Halifax County, Virginia, until about 1818 when he moved to Allen County, Kentucky.
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George Stovall was allowed pension on his application executed February 11, 1833, while a resident of Allen County, Kentucky, where he had lived continuously since moving from Virginia. No reference was made in the claim to residence at any time in the State of Georgia. he died January 8, 1841.

It is not stated whether the soldier ever married.

In 1833, Sara McFarland, then aged sixty-eight or sixty-nine years and a resident of Allen County, Kentucky, stated that she was the daughter of soldier's brother but did not give the name of her father or mother.  She stated, also, that she grew up with the soldier, George Stovall.

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

George Stovall
Certificate #13554
Issued may 18, 1833
Rate $30 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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