Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,839, Jacob Vandegriff, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE	/	NUMBER

Va.     /     Vandegriff, Jacob 	/    R. 10,839
	      or
	     Vandergriff
			Jane


CONTENT
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Missouri. 26.929
Jacob Vandegriff     48.8
of Granger Co. in the State of  [illeg.]
who was a Prv in the Company commanded 
by Captain Critz in the Reg. commanded
by Col. [illeg.] in the Virginia
line for Militia
[illeg.] $20:00
Inscribed on the roll of East Tenn 
at the rate of 20 Dollars & 0 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
_________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of July
[illeg.] John Cocke Rutledge, Tenn.
_________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of Mch ‘31             60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.  10.00
_________________________________________
 					                   $70.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Book 6.2  Volume 7 Page 777

[Below is on the next page::]
[illeg.] to Pension Agt. 30th April [year is illeg.]
To Missouri from 4 Sept 1843
25 May 1844. Notification to
Penson Agt. St. Louis, Mo.
Letter to Pen. Agt. 25 Jany. 1847.
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Declaration  28.966
Jacob Vandegriff
Pension Declaration
of J. Vandergrift – 
__________________________
No
__________________________
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for a pension
In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my 
hand & seal of office this 18th day
of November 1833  John Cocke clk

where and in what year were you born
=
Answer I was born in Johnson County,  [Johnston County] 
state of North Carolina in the 
Year 1763 but have forgot the
month and day of the month
=
Have you any Record of your 
age & if so where is it
=
A. [answer] I have no record  I am unable 
to write or read
=
Where were you living when
Called into service where have 
you lived since the Revolutionary 
war and where do you now live
=
answer I was living in Henry
County Virginia when Called
into service I removed from 
Henry County to what is now
the state of Tennessee & now
reside in Grainger County
=
State the names of some of
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the regular officers who were with the 
troops when you served
=
answer I did not serve with any
regiment of troops nor did I know any
regular officers I have stated 
as many concern as many [?] of my service
as I can now recollect in my
Declaration
= 
Did you were receive a discharge
from the service & if so by whom
was it given and what has become of it

answer I received two discharges which 
are lost the first given by 
Copl  Critz & the other by
Captain Larby [Larabee?]
= 
state the names of persons 
to whom you are known 
in your present neighborhood
and who can testify to your character
for veracity & their belief of 
your service as a soldier of the
Revolution

I will name beside those who 
have already certified Genl Cocke,
Cal Easley, Joseph Butler, Cal
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Cleveland & many others I could 
name.
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State of Tennessee }
Grainger County      }

On this eighteenth day 
of November 1833 personally appeared
in open Court being a Court of Record
having the power of fine and 
imprisonment Jacob Vandegriff a resident 
Citizen of the County of Grainger
and State of Tennessee aged seventy
three years 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
pass June 7th, 1832 that he enlisted in
the army of the united in the year
1780 in the last days of May under
Haman Critz Captain and enlisted at
a place called Spoon Creek in Henry
County, State of Virginia Captain
Critz marched us to the Hollows of
Dan River against the Tories where
they were embodied we marched near 
to where the tories [Tories] were & they fled
& Captain Critz Company pursued 
the tories to the Yadkin River and
not Coming up with the tories
we marched back to Dan River
where we remained until our
term of service expired which was
three months we were discharged
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by Captain Haman Critz & returned
home this tour of duty was shortly
before the battle of Kings mountain
we joined no regiment nor had any
field officer The Captain was our 
Chief Commander. The next winter
as well as he can recollect, he enlisted
for a tour of three months at the
Courthouse of Henry County State
of Virginia about Christmas 
under Captain Levi Jarvis we
were ordered to guard about five
hundred British prisoners which were
delivered to us we did guard them for three
months & when our term of service expired we
were discharged by Captain Jarvis when
we had the prisoners we were pursued 
by the British we kept along the
mountain & avoided them & kept
our prisoners until we were relieved
& discharged at Smith River he 
cannot state the names of officers
with whom he served except his
two Captains Haman Critz & Levi
Jarvis because no field officers were 
at any time with him. He received 
a discharge for each term of service
which he has lost & knows of no
person except his brother Gilbert
Vandegriff who resides in Hamilton
County by whom he can make
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make proof of his said service.

	         He hereby relinquishes 
every claim whatever to a pension or an
annuity except the present and he declares 
his name is not on the pension roll of
any agency in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid			
             his
Jacob   X   Vandegriff
            mark

	And the said Court do hereby declare
their opinion that the above named 
applicant was a revolutionary soldier
and served as he states.

I John Cocke Clerk of the Court
of pleas & quarter sessions of the 
County of Grainger, do hereby 
Certify that the foregoing Contains
the original proceedings of the said 
in the matter of the application of 
Jacob Vandegriff for a pension.
	In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand & seal of 
office this 18th day of November 1833
			John Cocke clk
We Charles McAnally a Clergyman
residing in County of Grainger and
George Brock residing in the same 
hereby certify that we are well 
acquainted with Jacob Vandegriff who has 
subscribed & sworn to the above
declaration. That we believe him to 
be seventy three years of age
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that he is reputed and believed in the
neighbourhood where he resides to have
been a soldier of the Revolution and
that we Concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed.   }  C McAnally, Clergyman
the day and year aforesaid  }  George Brock 

And the said Court do hereby declare
their opinion after the investigation
of the matter and after puting [putting] the
interrogatories prescribed by the war
department that the above named 
applicant was a Revolutionary soldier
& served as he states and the Court
further Certifies that it appears to 
them that C. McAnally — who 
has signed the preceeding Certificate
is a Clergyman resident in the County
of Grainger and that George Brock
who has also signed the same is a resident
in the County of Grainger and
is a Credible person and that their 
statement is entitled to credit.

I John Cocke Clerk of the Court
of pleas &  quarter sessions of the
County of Grainger do hereby 
Certify that the foregoing Contains
the original proceedings of the 
Court in the matter of the application
of Jacob Vandegriff.
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14.279    Sept. 8/32
Revy Pension
Claim
of
Jane Vandergriff
Widow of
Jacob Vandergriff
of July 7, 1838
Tennessee &
afterwards
perhaps
Missouri.
________
Al Thompson
Atty.
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State of Missouri	    }
County of Gasconade  } ss
	Personally appeared before me the undersigned
a Justice of the peace within and for the County 
and State aforesaid Jane Vandergriff who was
by me duly sworn acording [sic] to Law. deposeth
saith that she was maried [sic] to Jacob Vandergriff
on or about the year 1787
as She thinks by one John Brown a Justice of 
the peace in Wilks [Wilkes] County State of
North Carolina that she has ever lived with said
Jacob Vandergriff from that time till the time 
of his death which happened on or about the
13th day of July 1848 — and that to her own knowledge
the said Jacob Vandergriff her said husband
did for many years receive a semi-anual [sic]– and anual [sic] allowance
from the pension office of the United States
the sum of twenty dollars for services rendered
in the Revolutionary War and continued
to receive that sum up to the time of his death
some of those anual [sic] allowances was drawn at
Knoxville Tennesse [Tennessee] and some at St. Louis Mo [Missouri]
and that the family record of the mariage [sic]
if there ever was any is lost or destroyed that
there is no public record that she knows of 
but suppose there may be one in the County
of Wilks [Wilkes] State of North Carolina aforesaid
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and that she claims as widow of the said
deceased all the rights of her deceased husband
Jacob Vandergriff which may be due, owing or
coming to her as widow of the deceased Soldier for 
his service in the war aforesaid.
         her    
Jane X Vandergriff
       mark
Sworn to and subscribed }
before me this 19th day   }
of June 1852                     }
Burton Cooper
Justice of the Peace
State of Missouri
County of Gasconade

	Personally came before me the undersigned an acting
Justice of the peace for the County and state
aforesaid Vardry Burgess and Stephen Atkins
and after being duly sworn deposeth saith
that they have known Jane Vandergriff for 7 or 8 years
years [sic] and also that we have known Jacob 
her said husband for 4 – — years
previous to his death that we are well satisfied
that the said Jane Vandergriff was the wife of this
said Jacob Vandergriff decased [deceased] that they lived
together and was considered husband and wife here
and Stphen [Stephen] Atkins, one of the above further states that
he Knew the aforesaid Jacob Vandergriff and Jane his wife 
for about 17 years.
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An that the said Jacob Vandergriff died in the 
County of Gasconade State of Missouri on or about the
13th day of July 1848 since which time his
widow Jane Vandergriff has continued to reside
in the County of Gasconade aforesaid
his
Stephen X Atkins
mark
Vardry Burgess
Sworn to and subscribed 
before me this 19th day
of June 1852 Burton Cooper Justice of the peace
I certify that the persons who has deposed above 
are both disinterested and credable [credible] witnesses
and I further certify that I personally knew Jacob
Vandergriff in his life time and know that he
drew a pension for several years in Missouri
of twenty dollars that I was present and helped
to make out his papers for that purpose
and that I know Jane Vandergriff 
and Jacob Vandergriff to live together as husband and wife
State of Missouri       } _ _ _ _ _ Burton Cooper
County of Gasconade} _ _ _ Justice of the Peace
I James Arrot Clerk of the County Court for the State and
County aforesaid, do hereby certify,  that Burton Cooper whose name is affixed to
the above affidavit, was at the time of the Execution thereof, an acting Justice of the
Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and 
that his signature above written is genuine
		In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my 
                  hand, and affixed the Seal of my Office, at
                  Hermann This 9th day of July 1852.
                                               Jas. Arrott, Clerk
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28.966
J Vandegriff
Pension Office
Tennessee
June 26, 1834
Pension Office
From 1781 
[illegible]
$20
John Cocke
Rutledge
Tennessee
clk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections persist, which must be removed, 
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew 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 compling [complying] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of 
your claim.

A Statement, shewing [sic] the Service of Jacob Vandegriff
____________________________________________________________    
Period when        / Duration of the        / Rank of   / Names & rank of 
the service was  / claimant’s      	     /  the          /  the Field officers
rendered.            /  service.		     / claimant  /  under whom he served
____________        ________________      ________  ________________ 
1781                    / Years. Months. 3; Days. / Prv     / Cap. Critz
								   
“ [1781]	           / Years. Months. 3; Days.  / Prv     / Cap. Jarvis


Age at present
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.		 / Proof by which the declaration is supported.
____________  	____________ 
73                               / Traditionary
Va.

In the opinion given by the Court the
blanks are not filled up and the applicant 
should produce the testimony of his 
brother drawn up & c. as required in note J.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
	JAMES L. EDWARDS,
	Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
The Regular Troops.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
 Persons employed in the Naval Service.
 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, mucicians [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 } ss.
County of

On this ____________ day of ___________ personally appeared ( a ) before_________________

A.B. a resident ( b ) of ___________________ in the County of __________________ and State, Territory or District
of ________ aged ( c ) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law. doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7, 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 ranks 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 annuity, except the present, and he 
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
	Sworn to 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 ( g ) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I _________________________ of the Court of __________________________________
do hereby certify ( h ) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  _________________ for a pension.
		In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office ( i ) this __________ day of ________________ &c.

	If, on examination of the proper record, the proper 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 
subscribed a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
( k ) We, A. B., a Clergyman residing in the _________________ and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _________________________, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ________
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
			Sworn and subscribed the 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 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 origins 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 services 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 related all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be
attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case. 
	The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State 
troops of Virginia.
Where and in what year were you born?
Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
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.
{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?
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
	The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
	The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
	The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are directed to be 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 applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
	Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
	No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
_______________________________________________________________

[ a ] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevent from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid for his guidance.
[ b ] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[ c ] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[ d ] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[ e ] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite, as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. 
A. B., who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the 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 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 unacceptable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with 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 it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

			Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[ j ] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant’s entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses,
and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
	The notes from [ a ] to [ 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.
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Copied E. E. L. List  	[handwritten]
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June 10, 1940.

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BA-J /  [crossed-out]
Jacob Vandegriff
R. 10839

Mr. Roy C. Vandegriff
365 Terrance Ave.
Cincinnati, Ohio

Dear Sir:

	Reference is made to your letter to The National
Archives, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of
Jacob Vandegriff. Your letter has been referred, for reply, to
The Veterans Administration, custodian of Revolutionary War 
pension claims.

       The data which follow were obtained from the papers on 
file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.10839, based
upon the military service in that war of Jacob Vandegriff, the
name appears, also, as Vandergriff.

       Jacob Vandegriff was born in 1753, in Johnston County,
North Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown.

       While residing in Henry County, Virginia, Jacob Vandegriff
enlisted May 31, 1780, and served three months in Captain Haman
Critz or Krits’ Virginia Company, marched against the Tories
and pursued them as far as the Yadkin River; he enlisted about
Christmas of the following winter, and served three months as 
a private in Captain Levi Jarvis’ Virginia Company; during this
tour, he stated that he acted as a guard for some five hundred
British prisoners.

	He was allowed pension on his application executed
November 18, 1833, while a resident of Grainger County, Tennessee.
In 1844, he was living near Mount Sterling, Gasconade County, 
Missouri. He signed by mark. Vandergriff was borne on the
pension rolls as Vandegriff.
	
	In 1844, one George Vandegriff testified in behalf of said
Jacob in St. Louis County, Missouri, no relationship shown.
	
	Jacob Vandegriff died July 13, 1848, in Gasconade County,
Missouri.

	The soldier married in 1787, in Wilkes County, North Carolina, 
Jane, date and place of her birth and names of her parents
are not shown.  In 1852, Jane was living in Gasconade County
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Missouri. The date of her death is not shown. 
	
	No reference was made to children.

	In 1833, soldier stated that his brother, Gilbert Vandergriff,
was a resident of Hamilton County, Tennessee, and in 1834, Gilbert
and Garrett Vandergriff made joint affidavit in Hamilton County,
Tennessee, in support of the pension claim of Jacob Vandergriff or
Vandegriff. No relationship was stated. 

				Very truly yours

                                  A. D. Hiller
				Executive Assistant
				to the Administrator
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14.779
Jane Vandergriff
Widow of Jacob
	Mo

M Thompson Feby 22 ‘53 [crossed out]

10839

Act July 7 1838
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Pension Agency Mo
St. Louis  Jany 11, 1847.

Sir
I enclose the pension claim of Jacob
Vandergriff for one year, on the Roll of this
Agency. Be pleased to have it Examined
and give me your instructions.

To 
JL. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner
of Pensions

I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
W. C. Anderson Agt.
W. C. Anderson [signature]
Page 23

[Front of Envelope:]

[Circle Postal Stamp:]
CINCINNATI, OHIO 2  1940 [around outside edge]
JUN 14’  [center of stamp]
10-PM

Jefferson 1¢ stamp [right corner]
[stamped over the Jefferson stamp:]
BUY US SAVINGS 
BONDS
ASK YOUR POSTMASTER

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Mr. A. D. Hiller
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

[Circle stamp over address:]
RECEIVED
JUNE 17, 1940
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS [ILLEG.]
Page 24

Cincinnati, O.   June 14, 1940

Dear Sir:
	Thanks for information regarding Jacob
Vandegriff  (R. 10839  RA-J / ady.)
	Please disregard my letter just mailed
just previous to receiving yours written June 10th.
	Again thanking you I am
        Yours truly, 
         Roy C. Vandegriff
Page 25

Rev. & 1812
Moultrie, Ohio   Nov. 6, 1937.
Office Veterans Administration.
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me the 
Pension and war record. Place
And date of Birth & Death if
known of Jacob Vandergriff
Jr. whose wife’s name was
Elizabeth.Thank you in advance
for all information you give me.
I am wanting to join the D. A. R.
Yours truly,
Mary Huston. [Signature]

[Stamped below:]
MARY S. HUSTON
MOULTRIE, OHIO

O.W. [?]
Inv. R18633
Hunter [?]  Tenn. Militia
Page 26

Moultrie, Ohio.  Nov. 6 - 1937
Office Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: 
Will you please give me the 
Pension & War record. Place &
date of Birth & Death, if known
of Jacob Vandegrift, Sr.
Thank you in advance
for all information you can
give. I am wanting to join
the D. A. R. 
Verytrulyours
Mary Huston R-1

MARY S. HUSTON
MOULTRIE, OHIO
R.1
Page 27


1937 - Nov. 19 / List F
To Mary Huston EL
1938 - Feb. 8 - Mary Huston
fur. further inf. MF 
__________________
1940 June 10 Hist. to Roy C.
Vandergriff E. E. L. copied
__________________
[Right side of page below:]
10.839.
P. O. 
Jane Vandergriff
Service: Widow
	   Jacob Vandergriff
Enlisted: ____________ REJECTED [stamped]__,18__.
Discharged: ________________, 18__.
A.O.T. [handwritten]
Aug. 25, 1906 [handwritten]
Application filed: ____________, 18__.
Alleges:_________________________.
Re-enlisted: _____________________. 
Attorney: ________________________.
P. O.____________________________.
____ Recognized ____________Contrac
____ Cert.of Dis. Searched for______, 18
Page 28

Jacob Vandegriff

Payments to be made at
Knoxville, Tenn. 
by Robt. King, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners
in the Agency of C. Tenn

Recorded in the Pension Office,
in Book C. Vol. 7
Page 77 by
John T. Sprague, Clerk
Page 29

WAR DEPARTMENT.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United 
States of the 7th June 1832, Jacob Vandegriff 
of the state of Tennessee
who was a Private during the Revolutionary War, 
is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and 
___cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing 
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually 
on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in 
every year.

Given at the War Office of the United 
States, this 10th day of
July one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-four
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and
Countersigned Geo Wm Crump Chf
for and in behalf
of Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 30

Agents Office Knoxville, Ten
May 8th 1844.

Sir:

In reply to yours of the 30th Ult.
I have to inform you that Jacob Vandegriff
a pensioner on the Roll of this Agency, under
act of the June 1832, at Twenty dollars
per An,m was last paid to 4 Sept. 1843.

		   Very Respectfully,
		   Your Obt. Serv’t.
		   John Ten King. P. Agt.

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
	            DC.
Page 31

February 8, 1938
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
JACOB VANDEGRIFF
R. 10839
BA-J / MMHF:MLB

Miss Mary S. Huston
R. D. 1
Moultrie, Ohio

Dear Madam:

	Reference is made to your letter in which you request verification
of the name of the captain under whom Jacob Vandegriff served, the
official report from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, giving the name as John
Jarvis and the report from this office, November 19, 1937, giving the
name as Levi Jarvis. You request, also, the Revolutionary War record
of Isaac Miller who received land from Virginia for his service, which
land was located in Ohio, the Revolutionary War record of Lewis Smith
who served from Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and the record of an
earlier Lewis Smith of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, or Berks
County, Pennsylvania, during the early colonial days.

	The record of Jacob Vandegriff which was furnished you November 19,
1937, was given as found in the claim for pension, R. 10839, based upon
his service in the Revolutionary War. The papers in that claim have
been reexamined and the name of the captain as shown therein is Levi
Jarvis.

	You will note that the record furnished you was that of a Jacob
Vandegriff who served in the Virginia troops, and the one cited in the
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania report, served in the Pennsylvania troops, which
would account for the difference in the names of the their captains.

	There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the
Revolutionary War of an Isaac Miller who served in the Virginia troops
or who, it is shown, lived in Ohio, nor for service of a Lewis (Louis)
Smith who served in the Pennsylvania troops. Such claims are the
Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration.
This office has no record of service rendered in the Colonies prior to
the Revolutionary War, hence, no record of the earlier Lewis Smith.
Your Pennsylvania State report is enclosed herewith.

			Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the administrator
Page 32

November 19, 1937
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BA-J / EEL
Jacob Vandegriff -R.10839
Jacob Vandagriff -W.C. 11418


Mary Huston
R.R.# 1
Moultrie, Ohio

Dear Madam: 
	
	Reference is made to your letters in which you request
the pension records of Jacob Vandegriff, Senior and Jacob
Vandegriff, Junior.
	
	The record has been found of one soldier, only, named
Jacob Vandegriff (or similar spelling) who served in the 
Revolutionary War and received pension on account of his services
and one soldier, only, named Jacob Vandegriff (or similar spelling)
on account of whose service in the War of 1812, pension was
granted. The records of those soldiers are furnished herein.

Jacob Vandegriff
R. 10839

	The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 10839, based upon the military
service in that war of Jacob Vandegriff (the name appears,
also, as Vandergriff).
	
Jacob Vandegriff was born in 1763 in Johnston County, North
Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown.

	While residing in Henry County, Virginia, Jacob Vandegriff
enlisted May 31, 1780, and served three months in Captain Haman
Critz or Kritz’ Virginia Company, marched against the Tories and 
pursued them as far as the Yadkin River; he enlisted about
Christmas of the following winter, and served three months as a
private in Captain Levi Jarvis’ Virginia Company; during this 
tour, he stated that he acted as a guard for some five hundred
British prisoners.

[a handwritten note is written to the right of the above paragraph:]
Could not identify officers.

       
       He was allowed pension on his application executed November
Page 33

18, 1833, while a resident of Grainger County, Tennessee.
In 1844, he was living near Mount Sterling, Gasconade County, 
Missouri. He signed by mark, Vandergriff, was borne on the
pension rolls as Vandegriff. 
[Handwritten addendum:] In 1844, one George Vandegriff testified in 
behalf of said Jacob in St. Louis Co., Mo. No relationship shown.

	He died July 13, 1848 in said Gasconade County, Missouri.

	The soldier married in 1787, in Wilkes County, North Carolina
Jane, place and date of her birth and names of her parents not shown.

	No reference was made to children.

In 1833, soldier stated that his brother Gilbert Vandergriff, 
was a resident of Hamilton County, Tennessee, and in
1834, Gilbert and Garrett Vandergriff made joint affidavit in 
Hamilton County, Tennessee, in support of the pension claim
of Jacob Vandergriff or Vandegriff. No relationship was stated.

*  *  *  *  *  *
Jacob Vandagriff [Vandegriff]
W.C. 11418

	The data which follow were obtained from the papers on 
file in War of 1812 pension claim, W.C.11418, based upon the
military service in that war of Jacob Vandagriff. [Vandegriff]

	The date and place of birth and names of the parents of
Jacob Vandagriff [Vandegriff](the name appears, also, as Vandergriff) are 
not shown.

	While residing in Grainger County, Tennessee, Jacob 
Vandagriff [Vandegriff]enlisted and served as a private in the Tennessee 
Militia, as follows: from January 5, 1814 to March 4, 1814, in 
Captain Adam Winsel’s Company [Captain Adam Winsell]
; from August 15, 1814 to October 4, 1814, in 
Captain James Upton’s Company; during this tour, he
assisted in guarding a large number of Creek Indians who had
been taken prisoners and were held at Hiawassee [Hiwassee] Garrison; and
from October 6, 1814 to May 3, 1815, Captain Henry Hunter’s 
Company.

	After the war, he resided in Grainger County, about twenty
				  -2-
Page 34

years; in Knox County, about twenty-five years and in Anderson
County, about ten years, all counties in the State of Tennessee.

August 23, 1852, at which time he was aged sixty-two years
and a resident of Knox County, Tennessee, Jacob Vandagriff 
applied for the bounty land which was due on account of his 
services in the War of 1812. He was granted eighty acres of
bounty land on Warrant No. 48452 and eighty acres on Warrant
No. 54767, both under the Act of September 28, 1850.

	In order to obtain information in regard to the location
of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner
of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city,
and furnish that official the numbers of the warrants, the
acreage and the act under which said wrrants [warrants] were issued.

The soldier died May 18, 1868, in Anderson County, Tennessee.

	Jacob Vandagriff married May 12, 1816 in Grainger County,
Tennessee, Winnie Brock, date and place of her birth and names
of her parents not shown. They were married by the Reverend
John Hall and neither had been previously married. Soldier
was described as having dark complexion, black hair and eyes,
six feet tall and weighing about one hundred eighty-five pounds.

	Soldier’s widow, Winney, was allowed pension on her 
application executed April 20, 1878, at which time she gave her age
as eighty-one years and her residence Knox County, Tennessee.

	No reference was made to children.

	In 1855, one George Brock was aged seventy-nine years and 
resided in Grainger County, Tennessee; in 1878, one Nancy Brock
was aged eighty-four years and resided in Knox County, Tennessee,
and in 1878, one Houston Brock acted as witness to the signature
of the widow Winney Brock Vandegriff; no relationship of any of
the above named persons with surname Brock to the widow was shown.

	In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of
the War of 1812 pensioner, Winney Vandagriff (W.C.11418) you should
address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, and cite the following data:

					-3-
Page 35

Winney Vandegriff, widow of Jacob Vandegriff
Certificate No. 11418
Issued November 11, 1878
Rate, $8.00 per month
Commenced March 9, 1878
Act of March 9, 1878
Tennessee Agency.

       Very truly yours

      A. D. HILLER
      Executive Assistant
      to the Administrator.
Page 36

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form K-8
(Rev. 11-21-38)

Division of 
Reference

REFERRAL SLIP

DATE:   MAY 3, 1940 [date is stamped]

INQUIRY FROM:
Mr. Roy C. Vandegriff
365 Terrace Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio

DATED:  April 29, 1940

SUBJECT: 
Information concerning
Jacob Vandegriff, Pvt. in 
Virginia Militia.

[Circle stamp:]
RECEIVED
MAY 4, 1940
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADMIN.
READER #22

RESPECTFULLY REFERRED TO:
Veterans’ Administration
Washington, D. C.

[handwritten note:] 2 [illegible]

P .M. Hamer
___________________________
CHIEF DIVISION OF REFERENCE
Page 37


May 3, 1940	 [date is stamped]

Mr. Roy C. Vandegriff
365 Terrace Ave.
Cincinnati, Ohio

My dear Mr. Vandegriff:

This is in reply to your letter of April 29, 1940,
requesting information concerning Jacob Vandegriff, of the
Virginia Militia.

	Then pension records of veterans of the Revolutionary 
War are in the custody of the Veterans’ Administration,
Washington, D. C., and we are therefore referring your request to
that office.

	For an official statement of the military service of
Jacob Vandegriff, you should address an inquiry to The Adjutant
General’s Office, War Department, Washington, D. C.

	If we can be of any assistance to you in the future,
please do not hesitate to call upon us.
		
				Very truly yours,

				V. G. Setser, Acting Chief
				Division of Reference
EB/gb
Page 38



"Methodism's Church at the University of Cincinnati"
CLIFTON METHODIST CHURCH
CLIFTON AVENUE AND SENATOR PLACE
CINCINNATI
NDEGRIFF, Pastor [ROY C. VANDEGRIFF]
[365]Terrace Avenue

MRS. EDNA FEY, Secretary
3061 Taylor Avenue
April 29, 1940

The National Archives,
Division of Reference,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
Please give any information, both military and
genealogical, which you may have concerning the following:
JACOB VANDEGRIFF, Pvt. in Virginia Militia, Pensioned on
July 16, 1834, under the act passed June 7, 1832. Resided
in Grainger County, Tennessee. Age 74 when pensioned.
His family name may be spelled Vandergriff,

Yours truly,
Roy C. Vandegriff   [signature]
ROY C. VANDEGRIFF,
365 TERRACE AVENUE
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
C1315
Page 39


“Methodism’s Church at the University of Cincinnati”
CLIFTON METHODIST CHURCH
CLIFTON AVENUE AND SENATOR PLACE
CINCINNATI

ROY C. VANDEGRIFF, Pastor
365 Terrace Avenue

MRS. EDNA FEY, Secretary
3061 Taylor Avenue

[Circle stamp:]
RECEIVED
JUNE 15, 1940
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADMIN.
READER #9

June 13, 1940. 

Veterans’ Administration
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

	Please give me any pension record, together with
any genealogical record, which you may have of
		JAMES VANDEGRIFF
who served with the Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary
War, and later received a pension in Tennessee.

			Yours truly,

			Roy C. Vandegriff [signature]

			Roy C. Vandegriff
			365 Terrace Avenue
			Cincinnati, Ohio.
Page 40

Moultrie, Ohio, Dec - 3 - 1937.
Office Veterns Administration, Washinton D. C.

Your of Nov 19. 1937. received.
Now I wonder if you can solve the gap of
received from the enclosed copy of what I received
from Harrisburgh, Pa. seems to be only one name the
same in both.  Captain John Jarvis.
                   And yours in Captain Levi Jarvis.
Now I wonder if same men. I want to join
the NS.D.A.D.
Seem both Jacob's Sr & Jr served in Rev war.

Thanking you in Advance for any
Information you can give in straitening it out if
possible.       Miss Mary S. Huston.

[below is a circle stamp:]
RECEIVED
DEC 4 1937 
[Illegible]
Page 41

209 
Pension Office
Feby 22 1853

Sir
	The application of Jane Vandergriff, widow
of Jacob of Mo. has been examined and
filed under the act of July 7 1838.
	She must furnish a certificate of Court
showing the date of her husband’s death, and
establish the date of her marriage.

M. Thompson Esq
Present
Page 42

M. Thompson
Feb'y 22/53
Page 43

Pension Agency                  St. Louis
March 16, 1844

Sir

I enclose the application of 
Jacob Vandegriff, an Invalid Pensioner of
Tennessee for Transfer to Missouri. His
residence is near Mount Sterling (Post office),
Gasconade County. The Certificate, if granted,
can be forwarded directly to him, or otherwise
to me as may be deemed best.
		Very respectfully
		Your ob. svt.
		Wm. C. Anderson

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
Page 44

St. Louis, MO
April 17, 1844
Sir

In compliance of your letter of
29th ult., I enclose herewith the Certificate of
Jacob Vandsgriff [Vandegriff] formerly of Tennessee
applying for Transfer to this state.
			I am very respectfully
			Your ob. svt.
			Wm. C. Anderson

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
Page 45

State of Missouri}
St. Louis County }
On this 15th day of March 1844
before me, Wm. C. Anderson, Agent for paying pensions
personally appeared Jacob Vandegriff, now of Gasconade
County, Missouri, who on his oath declares that he is
the same person who formerly belonged to the company
commanded by Captain Haman Krits [Critz](no regiment, not 
having ever arrived at head quarters) in the Service 
of the United States; that his name was placed on the 
pension roll of the State of Tennessee, from whence he
has lately removed; that he intends to remain in the
said state of Missouri and wishes his pension to be there
payable in future–that his reason for removing from
Tennessee to Missouri was, to better his condition.
Sworn & Subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
before me
Wm. C. Anderson, Agent:

his
Jacob X Vandegriff
mark
Witness present
Jas J Holcombe [signature]

The foregoing oath is satisfactorily supported by
the testimony of George Vandegriff, the day and
year aforesaid
		Wm. C. Anderson, Agent
Page 46

State of Tennessee}
Hamilton, County}
This day personally appeared Gilbert
Vandergriff & Garrett Vandergriff before
me, Cornelius Millikin one of the Justices
of the peace in and for said County and 
made oath in Due form of law that
they are well acquainted with Jacob
Vandergriff of Grainger County East
Tennessee that they believe him to be seventy
three years of age and also that they believe
he served six months in the Revolution
as a private soldier

Sworn to and subscribed before
me the 8th day of April 1834
Crnl. Milliken
JPHC

his
Gilbert X Vandergriff
mark

his
Garrett X Vandergriff
mark

State of Tennesse }
Hamilton County }
This is to Certify that I am well
acquainted with  Gilbert Vandergriff and 
Garrett Vandergriff that appears in the 
above Probate and believe them to be
men of good standing and Credibility

Cornelius Milliken  (Seal) [signature and seal]
Justice of the peace for
Hamilton County

State of Tenneseee}
Hamilton County }
I Asahel Rawlings clerk of the court of pleas and quarter 
Sessions of Hamilton County aforesaid Do certify that Cornelius
Milliken Esquire whoes [whose] signatures appear officially to the
attestations of the above and foregoing affidavit and Certificate is now and was
on the day of the date thereof, an acting Justice of the peace in and for the
County of Hamilton aforesaid regularly commissioned and sworn to office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & private seal (not
having an official seal) at office the 12th day of April 1834
   SS                                            Asahel Rawlings clerk