Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,574, for Reuben Stout, Virginia
Page 1

(8-1776)
SERVICE

Va
Stout, Reuben
NUMBER
S.14574
Born in New Jersey
Carded
Page 2

7236

Kentucky
Reuben Stout
of Shelby County in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Lawson of the regiment commanded by Col. Campbell in the Virginia line for 18 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 60 Dollars ________cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of pension issued the 18th day of March 1833 and sent to J.C. Shrigg Shelbyville Kentucky.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 120.00
Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. $30.00
$150.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 27
Page 3

Reuben Stout
192.66
Page 4

Shelby County
and State of Kentucky}

On this 14 day of November in the year 1832 personally appeared in open court before the county court of Shelby County now setting Reuben Stout a resident citizen of he county and state aforesaid aged 71 years and last June month 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 7, 1832. Saith that he was born in the state of New Jersey on the 20th day of June in the year 1761. When about ten years old his father moved to Prince William County in the State of Virginia where I lived when I entered the military service which I did sometime in the month of September in the year 1780, as a private soldier in the 1st Virginia regiment commanded by Col. Campbell. My Captain was named Lawson from my present recollection. The Lieutenant name I can't remember. The Ensign of my company was named Robert Green. The Regiment to which I belonged was raised for a service of 18 months. The place of rendezvous was Dumfries from which place we marched to Chesterfield Court House about fifteen miles from Richmond where we took up winter quarters, about the 25 of February 1781 we marched out to North Carolina to reinforce General Green not by after we  joined General Green the Battle of Guilford took place in which battle I fought. After the Battle we stived to Ramseys Mills and afterwards marched on to Campden where there was little skirmishing
Page 5

with the British and Tories. From this place we moved to various places until we were marched to the direction of Ninety Six in South Carolina where we made and besieged the south in the month of June I think. We besieged the fort for sometime and after repeated soldiers and efforts to take the fort & Garrison we were compelled to withdraw. The army arrived and encamped at the High Hills of Lantee. The rest general employment which took place between an army and the British was the battle of the Eutaw Springs I was not in that battle being infirmed from sickness in the hospital during the fight.  Colonel Campbell was killed in that battle. I received my discharge at Orangeburg having been regularly discharged. but not considering it of any importance to me, I suppose I took  no care of it. I have not got it now and must have lost it I was discharged in the month of January 1782, after having been engaged eighteen months in actual service about two months before on term of service was to expire there were now out of reach company in our regiment detailed to join the light Dragoons after our time was out we ere ordered to give our respective companies and we were discharged as I before stated. i know of no surviving witness by whom I can prove the said service to have been done by me except  Seth Stratton of this county and a man named Newman who was a sergeant in my company and who I am informed lives some time ago in Ivy County in the state about one hundred twenty miles form this place which is too far for me to ride if i was certain he is living there and of that I am by no means certain. He states that he has no documentary evidence of the facts upon which he rest his claims for a pension under the aforesaid act he defers to Peter Vandyke  and Seth Stratton.

[written on side of document: Pol. Richardson, Campbell commanded regiment. S. Anderson Wood Major.]
Page 6

who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. He states that since the Revolutionary war he lived for twenty years in the county of Culpeper in the State of Virginia and that he has lived for the last 34 years in the state. He states that he was called into service in the same manner with the rest of the 1st Virginia regiment which was raised for 18 months service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state or of the United States.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Rueben Stout. [X his mark]

We Peter Vandyke & Seth Stratton residing in the county of Shelby and state of Kentucky in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Reuben Stout who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years and upwards of age as he states, 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Peter [X-his mark] Vandyke

Th following interrogatories were propounded by the court to the said applicant for a proceeding answers to which are embodied in the declaration. Questions I. where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? Answer
Page 7

3. Where were you living when called into service and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
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 service?
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?

The foregoing answer to the 2nd question propounded to the said applicant, and the following answers to the 4th 5th and 6th questions made under oath and in open court at the same time & place are here inserted by the court at the request of the said applicant and desired by him to be considered by the War Department as constituting additional matter to that which is embodied in the foregoing declaration. He state that he has no record of his age, but that his father always told him that his age is as he states. I remember Col. Brown Col Green who were both in the battle of Guilford I received my discharge from Capt. Lawson.
John Allen presiding
J.P.S.C.C.
Page 8

Also personally appeared before the a said court the aforesaid Seth Stratton who is respond to by the said applicant Reuben Stout who being of lawful age and first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath state he was seventy years the 15th day of last October that he is now on the Tennessee Roll of the United States. That he knew the said Stout of in the 1781 at the battle of Guilford that they both then belonged to the same company called  Garrisons company but someone was acting adjutant during the battle that this applicant and the said Stout belonged to the same company and regiment that this applicant enlisted out of the 18months service into the 8th regiment light horse commanded by Col. Livingston and that he frequently saw said Stout in the service from the time of the battle of Guilford until the battle of the Eutaw Springs and states that said Stout did serve as he has stated in his declaration.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Seth Stratton

And the said court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter of application for a pension of Reuben Stout for a pension 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  testifies  further that it appears to them that the said Seth Stratton who signed the two proceeding certificates and the said Peter Vandyke who has also signed the first proceeding certificate are both residents of the said county of Shelby and they are both credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
John Allen presiding J.P.S.C.C.
Page 9

I James L. Whitaker clerk of the county court of Shelby County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the application of Seth Stratton for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the said county this 22nd day of November 1832.
James L. Whitaker clerk
Page 10

Reuben Stout
Kentucky
from 1780 private
18 months
$60

for Roll
G. C. Spriggs
Shelbyville K
Page 11

Brief in the case of Rueben Stout
of Shelby in the State of Kentucky
[Act 7th June, 1832]

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 71

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period
In 1780
Duration of Service
1 year 6 months Days____

Rank
As a private

names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
General Green
Col. Campbell, Captain Lawson

5. In what battles was he engaged?
Guilford

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Prince William County, Va

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary, living witness

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no paper by attached no clergyman

* Certify that the foregoing statement and answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Charles Forrest
Examining Clerk
Page 12

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

June 12, 1925

F.M. Ballard
520 Montgomery Street
Covington, Kentucky.

Sir:

I have to advise you, that form the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S.14574, it appears that Reuben Stout was born in New Jersey June 20, 1761.

While living in Prince William County, Virginia he enlisted in September 1780 and served eighteen months as a private in Captain Sansum's Company, colonel Richard Campbell's Virginia Regiment and was at the battle Guilford and in the siege of Ninety-Six.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 19, 1832 while residing in Shelby County, Kentucky.

There is no data no file as to his family.

Respectfully,
Commissioner
Page 13

Shelbyville, Kentucky
March 20, 1922

Commissioner of Pensions:

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly give me the details of the services of Reuben Stout, a Rev. War pensioner, also the services of Wilson Maddox, Pen. No. 5449.

Thanking you, I am,
Very truly,
(Mrs.) Graham Lawrence,
Shelbyville, Ky.

[stamped: Received U.S. Pension office March 22, 1922]
Page 14

Brief objections to the admission of pension claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Rueben Stout which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
Page 15

2

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No.

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Witness.

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? in part

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of he witness or witnesses? The Court have

Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the appears that the witness was in such a situation or  of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No

XVII Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.R. 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 a ___________ For ___ and for such service I claim a pension.________ months and ______ days, I served as a ______________; and for such service I claim a pension.
Page 16

3

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 person who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the  particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service and the time and manner of his leaving the same as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and the signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece to 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Page 17

Covington, Kentucky.
June Sixth
Nineteen Twenty-five.

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I will thank you for the Military service and other matters on file with the papers of the following Revolutionary Pensioners of Shelby County, Kentucky.

Respectfully,
F.M. Ballard
#520 Montgomery Street.

William Kendricks-Sergeant, Virginia Militia
Reuben Stout-Private, Virginia Line.

[Stamped: Pension Office U.S. June 9 1925]
Page 18

14574
Invalid
Reuban
File No. 14574
Reuben Stout
Private Revolutionary War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 360
[Arrangement of 1870]

1922 April 21 history to Mrs. Graham Lawrence. Eu.
1925
June 12 History to F.M. Ballard Mly.
see letter in claim of William Kendrick S.31182
Page 19

Shelbyville, Kentucky
April 24
To the Honorable
Lewis Cast
Secretary of War
Washington City
Three
received 117
19200
Page 20

Sir
I enclose the declaration of Reuben Stout in order to obtain the benefit of the late act of Congress. If any objections should be raised adjoined the allowance of his claim you will please communicate them to me. I enclosed to the Department sometime ago the declarations of Thomas Higgson Thomas Kelsoe Jacob Young & David McAlister. I have informed them that the great abundance of such claims renders it impossible for the Department to give an earlier recourse to their applications made the will received they manifested no importance this far.
Respectfully
yours  obedient servant
J. Sprigg