Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7478, for Robert Mosby, Virginia
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Va.
Mosby, Robert (Susanna)
W 7478
B.L.Wt 2382 - 200
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[Left page]
to Gen Wm Ligon  22 Sept
ans Pens and 3 audn
12 Nov 1845
Dead

[Right page]
Virginia -- 1614
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Widow Susanna Mosby
of Robert Mosby, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of___
and who died on the 9th of August, 1798.
of Powhatan Co., in the State of Virginia
who was a Lieut. in the Comp[an]y commanded
by Captain J. Mosby of the ________commanded
by __________in the Virginia
line for 2 years Lieut.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond
at the rate of 320 Dollars_____Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1830.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of January, 1839 and sent to Jno. G.
Mosby, Esq. Richmond, Va.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838=$800:00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4M.'39=160:00
------------------------------------[total] $960.00
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{Act July 7,}
{1838.}
[Reco]rded by S. A. Elliot Clerk,
[illegible]. h(?), Vol. 2, Page 180
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No. 1 
3739
1614
Pension
Declaration.
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Act 7, July '38.
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advsd
2 yrs Lth
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320$
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no deduction

Jno. G. Mosby
Richmond Va
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Declaration
State of Virginia
Powhatan County Sct.

On this fifth day of November One thousand eight hundred nd thirty eight personally appeared before the Court of the said County Susanna Mosby a resident in the said County of Powhatan age about seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the following declaration order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the seventh One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" -
That she is a widow of Robert Mosby who was a Lieutenant in the Continental line in the War of the Revolution - that she has always understood from her deceased husband Robert Mosby and verily believes that he was a Lieutenant and entered the service in the Virginia line under Capt John Mosby and marched to Georgia. That while there he also served under Capt. Littleberry Mosby and was taken a prisoner and remained so a long while - that she cannot say in what battle he was engaged, but she verily believes he served from early in the Revolution to the end of the War thereof - But for a more full account of her said husband's services she begs leave to refer to the evidence on file in the executive Office at Richmond Va. and on which his heirs have obtained land bounty, authenticated copies of which are herewith sent and to which she respectfully refers - she further declares that she was married to the said Robert Mosby in the month of October of the year One thousand seven hundred and eighty five that her husband the aforesaid Robert Mosby died
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in the month of August of the year One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January One thousand seven hundred and and ninety four, viz.-at the time above stated  Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written - 
[signature]
Susanna Mosby

Virginia, to wit:
At a court of monthly sessions holden for the county of Powhatan, in the state aforesaid, at the Courthouse of the said County, on the 5th day of November 1838. Susanna Mosby of this county, widow of Robert Mosby deceased, this day appeared in Court and mad the within and foregoing declaration in writing, on oath, in relation to the services of her late husband as a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, and in relation the time of her marriage with the said Robert Mosby, and to the time his death, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 7th day of July 1838. "granting half pay and pensions to certain widows", which is ordered to be entered of record; and it is further ordered that the declaration aforesaid to be certified and transmitted to the Secretary of the Department of War at Washington.
In Testimony whereof I William S. Dance  Clerk of the County Court aforesaid have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County Court this 5th day of November 1838.
[signature]
Wm. S. Dance  C.
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(No. 2)

A Copy of 
Robert Mosby's
Marriage License
Bond.
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Know all men by these presents that mes-[messieurs) Robert Mosby and James Taylor are held and firmly bound unto Patrick Henry Esquire, Governor of chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the sum of Fifty pounds, current money of Virginia; - payment whereof well and truly to be made to the said Governor, and to his successors, we bind ourselves, our heirs, exe[cut]ors, and adm[inistrat]ors, firmly by these presents.
Sealed with our seals and dated this thirteenth day of October 1785. (One thousand seven hundred and eighty five.)
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage intended to be had and solemnized between Robert Mosby and Susanna Robertson of this county, now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage, then the above obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue.
Robert Mosby (Seal)
James Taylor (Seal)

Virginia, to wit,
I William S. Dance Clerk of the County Court of of Powhatan in the sate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of a marriage license bond now filed in my office, with the exception of the date, which in the original is the
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"thirteenth day of October 1785:" the year being in figures only: and I do further certify that I do not find among the records or files of my office any return of the marriage between the within named Robert Mosby and Susanna Robertson: 
In Testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said County Court hereunto this 6th day of December in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
[signature]
Wm. S. Dance  C.
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State of Virginia,
County of Powhatan, sc.
Know, all! That I, Susanna Mosby the widow, and during my life or(sic "of")  widowhood, the sole devises of all the estate both real and personal of my late husband Robert Mosby an officer of the Revolutionary army of the rank of Lieutenant and who served to the end of the war in the Continental line as will appear by his commission now in possession and by the will of my said husband herewith enclosed, do hereby appoint Samuel Hyde Saunders my attorney to demand of the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the bounty land promised to him my Congress for his said services that the said warrant may be scripped(or shipped?) according to the provisions of
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the act of Congress making this court legal and to grant the necessary receipts for this purpose and to draw the said scrip for me and locate the land accordingly. And I further constitute the said Saunders my friend and attorney
to call upon and require the papers (theretofore??) of the General Government to
inform him for me whether my said husband the late Late Lieutenant Robert Mosby has ever received his commission of five years full pay in lieu of half pay for life to which he was
entitled in common with the land just
demanded in consequence of his said service in the said line of the State of Georgia on the Roll of Officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary army who had not received their land in the year 1828 as officers by the printed docu--
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Susanna Mosby
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To {Pow: of Attoy.
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Sam. H. Saunders
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This Paper found in room
no 108, looking over a 
Mass of old papers filed
there in
Oct 21/57
AHA
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-ments of this character published in that year by a Resolution of Congress. Both of which duties I hereby authorized my said attorney Samuel H. Saunders to perform for me and further to prosecute my claim in each and every case as he shall deem best in conformity to any  to any alter extant or contingent course to be found necessary towards the location of the land & the liquidation and receipt for me of the pecuniary part of my said claim.
Hereby notifying whatever my said attorney
shall do in my name under the most plenary powers.
Given under my hand and seal this fifteenth day of August 1832.
{Seal}
[Signature]
Susannah X(her mark) Mosby

This day personally appeared before me Thomas Miller, Marshall for the County of Powhatan duly empowered to the acknowl--
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--ment to the said Susannah Mosby who has signed the said power of attorney in my presence and acknowledged it to be her act.
Given under my hand this the day above written
[Signature]
Tho Miller
{Seal}
I hereby certify that Mrs Susannah Mosby who signed & acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney  in my presence is the widow of the said  Robert hereby inferred to in the said Power of attorney & I further state that I have always understood & believed (residents believed in the neighbor=hood of Mrs. Mosby upwards of thirty years that the Robert Mosby before named was an officer in the Georgia Line, & served in the Infantry during the Revolutionary war along with the Capt Geo I Mosby of this county, who was then a Captain.

Powhatan
August the 15th,
1832
T. Miller Justice
of the Peace of
Powhatan
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Virginia, to wit;
I William S Dance Clerk of the County Court of Powhatan, in the state of Virginia, aforesaid, do hereby certify that Thomas Miller, whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate of acknowledgment, of a power of attorney from Susanna Mosby to Samuel Hyde Saunders, is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county of Powhatan aforesaid, duly commissioned & qualified according to the constitution and laws of this state; and that full faith & credit are due and ought to be given to all his acts and certificates as such. In Testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and caused the seal of the said county Court to be affixed hereunto this 21st day of August in the year of Christ One thousand eight hundred and thirty two, and in the 57th year of the Independence of the United States.
Wm. S. Dance  C.
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(No. 3)

Affidavit
of Ben. Mosby
& 
Judith W. Smith
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Powhatan County - Virginia, to wit:
This day personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace, for said county, Benjamin Mosby and Judith M. Smith residents of said county and made oath to the following statements: That Robert Mosby was married to Susannah Robertson in the fall of the year seventeen hundred and eighty five, and that the said Robert Mosby and Susannah Mosby had three or four children previous to the year seventeen hundred and ninety four, and that the said Robert Mosby died in the said county of Powhatan, in seventeen hundred and ninety eighty, and that he left Susannah Mosby his widow, who has never married since the death of said Robert Mosby that she is now alive and resides in said county, and has resided in said county since their earliest recollection, and to the best of their belief and from information derived from their family they verily believe that Robert Mosby the husband of said Susannah, was an officer in the Revolution, and served in the South, in Georgia, with their brothers, Capt. John and Capt. Littleberry Mosby, and that they have always lived in said county with Susannah Mosby.
[signatures]
Benj Mosby
Judith M. Smith

Powhatan County Va.
This day personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for said County Benjamin Mosby & Judith M. Smith persons of high respectability and full credit may be given any statements they make and they made oath to the affidavits this 29th day of Nov. 1838
[signature]
Jos. W. Royall  J.P.
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Virginia To wit,
I William S. Dance Clerk of the County Court of Powhatan in the State or Virginia do hereby certify that Joseph W. Royall before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been made and where signature is affixed to the Certificate thereto was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Powhatan duly commissioned and qualified according to the constitution and laws of Virginia, to all of lawful acts as such full faith nd credit are and ought to be given.
(Seal affixed)
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand affixed the Seal of the said County Court this 4th day of December in the year 1838.
[Signature]
Wm. S. Dance   C
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[Left side page]

Copy Orders
certifying the heirs
of Robert Mosby
of Powhatan

[Right side page]

Robert Mosby
W. 2,382.
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Virginia, to wit;
At a Court held for the county of Powhatan, in the state aforesaid, at the courthouse of the said county, on the 18th day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty,
"It is ordered to be certified that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that Susanna Mosby is the widow of Robert Mosby deceased late of this county, and that Jacob Mosby, Charles W. Mosby, Clarissa Mosby, the wife of Joseph Mosby, Susanna Allen, the wife of Isaac A. Allen, Elbert Mosby and John Mosby, were the children and heirs of the said Robert Mosby dec'd; that the said Elbert Mosby is dead, and that the said John Mosby removed from this county more than Seven years ago, and as far as the Court know[s] has not been since heard from."
And
At a Court held for the county of Powhatan in the state aforesaid, at the courthouse of the said county, on the 20th day of July in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty one; "On the motion of Susanna Mosby and others the widow and children of Robert Mosby dec'd it is ordered to be certified that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that Jacob Mosby, a son of the said Robert Mosby dec'd departed this life within the last two months without leaving any child, and that Susanna Mosby his mother is still alive." 
I William S. Dance Clerk of the County Court of Powhatan aforesaid, in the state aforesaid, do hereby
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...certify that the written two orders of the County Court aforesaid of the 18th day of August 1830 and of the 20th day of July 1831 are correctly copied from the records of my Office. In Testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed  the seal of the said County Court hereunto this 6th day of February One thousand eight hundred and forty six.
Wm: S: Dance   C
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WIDOW, & c.
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File No. 7478
Susannah Mosby
Widow
Rob't Mosby
Lieut. Va. Line
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Act 7, 1838
Index: --Vol. M, Page 60

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Power of Attorney
Joseph Mosby & wife
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Know all men by these presents that we Joseph Mosby and Clarissa his wife of Buckingham County and state of Virginia do hereby constitute and appoint Henry Northrup of Washington City our true and lawful attorney with powers of substitution for us and in our name to prepare papers to enable us and our wives to obtain from the United States and county court for two hundred acres of County Land in right of the services of our late father Robert Mosby as a Lieutenant of the Georgia Line of the Army of the Revolution and prosecutor to the same cause it to be done before the Secretary of War of the United States and if allowed ask demand and receive a warrant for our distribution proportion of the same and to deposit the said warrant when so received with the Commissioner of the general land office for land search and to ask demand and receive and receipt for the same and to endorse assign transfer and make sale of the same and to do and perform all manners of things touching the same which we ourselves  could do were we personally present    In witness of which have set our hands and seal this fourth of February 1846
[signature]
Jos Mosby  (Seal with decorative circle)
Clarissa Mosby

State of Virginia
Buckingham County

Personally appeared before me Rob Nikolas a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Joseph Mosby and Clarissa his wife signers and sealers to the paying power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be this voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named signed sealed and acknowledged before me this fourth of February 1846.
[signature]
Robt. Nikolas

[Left margin vertical handwritten text]
the land Susanna dec'd & Clarissa - substituted before acknowledging or signing by
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Virginia
I Rolfe Eldridge clerk of the Court of Buckingham County do certify that Ro C Nicholas is a magistrate as above duly commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
[Seal]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
my seal of office and subscribed my name
this 4th day of February in the year 1846
R. Eldridge CBC
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(No. 7)

Reference
to--"Senate Documents"
1st. Sep. 20th Congesso.
Va. 2 -- 1827. 8 --
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Reference in Mrs. Susanna Mosby
case for a Pension --
See - "Senate Documents 1st Session20th Congress Vol. 2 - 1827-8- See Document 42-page 5-In Senate of the United States January 16th 1828 - " Resolved, that the usual number of copies, of the lists of the names of such officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, as acquired a right to lands from the United States, and who have not yet applied therefore, be printed for the use of the Senate. --See page 77, of Document 42, "Lieutenant Robert Mosby" on the Georgia List. --None are on this List, except those who served to the end of the war --

J.G.M.
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Wm. S. Dance Esq
Sept 12th 1832
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Dept. of War, Bounty Land Office
Sept. 12, 1832

Sir
A letter has been received at this Dept. from a Mr. Sam & H Saunders enclosing an application for bounty land by Susannah Mosby. Who is represented to be the widow, and during life the sole Devisee of her late husband Robert Mosby who was a Lieut[enant] in the Georgia line - Among the papers received in the case, is a copy of the Will of Robert Mosby, with your Official attestation annexed, in virtue of which, the applicant or rather her agent expects to establish a claim solely in the right of Mrs Mosby.
As it appears by the Will of Robt. Mosby that her appointed Executors, and died in the year 1798, and that his children, now living, have been for many years at the age of maturity, it is presumed that his Executors, in the discharge of the trust have long since divided his Estate among his children --
Tis Dept. decision of ascertaining if such division has been made, and also in what light the Widow now stands in reference to the provision contained in the Will. I take the liberty, respectfully to request that information from you together with  any other particulars in relation to the subject which you may deem pertinent, or which may enable the Dept. to ascertain who at this time are the rightful claimants to the Bounty in question -that bounty being considered Real Estate.
Sam. H. Saunders being unknown at this Department you will confer a favor by stating your knowledge of his character and standing - Which statement will be...
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deemed confidential
And early reply is respectfully solicited
Yours Resp'ly
Wm Gordon

Wm S. Danse
Clerk of the County Court of
Powhatan
Virg'a

[Right margin vertical handwritten note]
Wm. S. Dance Esq.
Sept. 12th 1832
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(No. 6)

A Copy of
Robert Mosby's
Will.

for 

Jno G. Mosly Esq.
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In the name of God Amen, I Robert Mosby of Powhatan County, of sound, perfect, and disposing sense and memory, do make, ordain, constitute, and appoint this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following:
First, it is my desire that my body be decently interred; and as to what worldly estate it hat please God to bestow on me I dispose of in manner and form following:
It is my desire that my estate be kept together so long as my wife continues a widow, for her support and that of educating and supporting my children; and that she shall have the care of my children as long as she lives single, or until  my executors hereafter name shall thin[k?] my son fit for business it is my wish that they put them to such business as they may think their capacities best fit for. But should my said wife marry again my desire is that she be put to her thirds; and that the other two thirds be kept together for the support of my children until the youngest comes of age, and that it be then divided among such of them as may be then living; and that what I have lent my wife be at her death divided among such of my children as may be then living. I wish my son John which is the oldest of my children to be put to business next year, and lastly, I do hereby appoint my friends...
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John Swann Sr. John Robinson, and Wade Mosby Executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all wills by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this tenth day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight.--
[signature]
Robert Mosby

Signed, sealed, pub-
lished and delivered
to be the last will
and testament of Ro-
bert Mosby in pre-
sence of us:
James Taylor,
William Martin,
John T. Swann Junr.

At a Court held for Powhatan County 15th day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight. This last will and Testament of Robert Mosby deceased was presented in Court and proved by the oaths of James Taylor and John T. Swann Junr. and ordered to be recorded.--
Testa:
Abner Crump  C.P.C

Virginia Towit.
I William S. Dance Clerk of the County Court of Powhatan in the State of Virginia do hereby (by) Certify that the...
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foregoing is a True Copy of the last Will and Testament of Robert Mosby deceased taken from the records of the said Court.
[Left side of page affixed seal]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal 
of the said County Court this 4th day
of December in the year One thousand
eight hundred thirty eight.
[signature]
Wm. S. Dance  C
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[upside down notation in right corner]
Rec'd Oct 1, 1832

[Normal text body]
Kittville--------------------------3p
Sept 29
William Gordon Esquire.
Bounty Land Office
Washington City.
By mail
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Powhatan Co. Ho. [court house] Va. Septem. 28th 1832.
Sir;
Your letter of the 12th Instant has been received; and in answer to your inquiries, I have to inform you that the Robert Mosby mentioned in your letter, died in this county, leaving a widow and several children, and willed all his estate as you will se by the will,  which you have a copy of, to his widow during her life or widowhood, and afterwards to such of his children as might survive her; the widow is still living, has never been since married, and of course no division of the Testator's estate has ever been made among the children; the only children known to be now living are Clarissa Mosby, the wife of Joseph Mosby, Susanna Allen, the wife of Isaac, A. Allen, and Charles W. Mosby, all of whom reside in this county.
I had understood that Mrs. Mosby and the children had some year or two ago made a contract with M. John W. Nash, a lawyer, and a gentleman of high standing in this county, to reserve all the lands due to Robert Mosby for Revolutionary services; and I have been informed that M. Nash has under that contract obtained four warrants for portions of that land; and Mrs. Mosby has lately exec---
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--cuted a Deed, which has been recorded in my office, releasing to her children all her interest in these warrants, in order to enable them to obtain Scrip for the same, but his deed of Release covers these four warrants only, so that if there is more land due to Mosby's heirs the title is in Mrs. Mosby, only for life or widowhood, and in her children afterwards. - She as well as her children are in very indigent circumstances, and it would be very desirable that they should receive whatever may be due for the Revolutionary services of Robert Mosby, and I should take much pleasure in furnishing any information in my power to enable them rightfully to recover it. - I should have answered your letter immediately on the receipt of it, but waited to see M. Nash for the purpose of ascertaining whether my initial impressions of the extent of the contract (that were?) made by Mrs. Mosby and her children with him were well founded. - And I would refer you to M. Nash for further information. -
On the subject of your inquiry (confidentially made) in relation to the character  and standing of James H. Saunders, the agent of Mrs. Mosby, I can say but little, for although he was raised in this county, and I have...
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...lived in it for upwards of twenty years, I have never been well acquainted with him; indeed he remains but little, and but very seldom in the county; I don't know of any settled home that he has; indeed he has always always since I have known him been a very itinerant character, and of a very eccentric turn of mind; tho' I have never known or heard of anything in him dishonorable, or that would be calculated to produce the impression that he would act a fraudulent part.
Should you require any further information in relation to this matter, any that I can afford you share be communicated whenever it may be wished.
Should your labors at the War Department afford you leisure to examine a little matter for me, you will confer a great favor on my doing it. It is to ascertain whether there is any evidence in the War department of the services of my father Ezekiel Dance, who was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War; I think it's probable he served in the State troops of Virginia, of which I am told there is a Roll in the Department of War: he served as Lieutenant in Capt. George Markham's company. - Be good enough to let me know whether you can find any evidence of his services. - & you will very much oblige your's
Respectfully - Wm. S. Dance.
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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com'r of Pensions
Washington
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Richmond Dec'r. 7th 1838.

J. L. Edwards esqr
Com's of Pensions

Sir
Enclosed I send you the Voucher and Documents, for the purpose of establishing the right of Mrs. Susanna Mosby of Powhatan County Virginia, to aa Pension; under the Act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838, entitled "an Act granting Half pay and Pensions to certain widows" - She is the widow of Lieutenant Robert Mosby of the Continental line, in the War of the Revolution, the proofs of whose services will be found fully established, (by the accompanying Documents, and the References I shall make to the records at Washington,) to have been from some time in 1776, to the end of the War-
No. 1 - The Declaration of Mrs. Susanna Mosby
2 - The Marriage Bond
3 - The Affidavit of Benj'm. Mosby & J. M. Smith
4 - The proofs on which Robert Mosby's Heirs obtained Land Bounty -
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No. 5 - The Registers Certificate that Robert Mosby's heirs rec. Land bounty for three years service.
6 - Copy of Robert Mosby's Will
7 - A Reference to "Senate Documents 1st Session 20th Congress Vol. 2. 1827-8."
There is much irrelevant matter in the proofs of the service of Lt. Robt. Mosby, which could not be avoided, as his case for Land bounty was presented with several others.
This application, coming as it does from the immediate neighborhood of my birth place; possessed as I am of a full knowledge of the parties testifying, (some of whom are my nearest relations, one (Wade Mosby dec'd) my father, and the applicant a distant connexion), added to a firm belief in the justice of this case, will  I hope, excused my expressing the wish, that it may receive you early and favourable attention. Be so (so) good, when allowed to forward to me the Pension Certificate which I am directed to receive by Mrs. Mosby. - With great respect
J. L. Edwards esq  Your Hble Servt. Jno. G Mosby
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L.[Lieutenant] Mosby - 
& Contintl. li[ne] Va.
2 Sepr. 5
Revolutionary Documents
To the Honorable
Secretary of War
Washington

[Vertical text]
Sept 4 1848.
Sus. Mosby  dec'd
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To the Honorable
Secretary of War

Sir
Some months ago I forwarded to your office, evidence of my being the Adm. of Susanna Mosby dec'd who was a pensioner of the United States, also evidence of the time her death, and the number of surviving children. Since which application has been made to the Pension adjunct in Richmond, who informs that payment of arrears of pension is made at Washington when the Pensioner is decease, and that the Department requires a return of the original certificate, which I now enclose to you, with a request that the amount be forwarded soon, as the children, some of whom live render will attend here in a month or two for the purpose of receiving their portions of the estate of their father and mother then to be distributed
Very Respectfully
Yr. Obl. Ser'nt
Wm Ligon
adm = Susanna Mosby
Powhatan Sep' 1st 1845
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Department of War
Bounty Land Office
Oct. 6th, 1832

Sir
In acknowledging the receipt of your favour of the 29th ult. I beg leave to tender you the thanks of the Department for your prompt compliance in furnishing so fully the information solicitated by my letter of the 12 ult.
In reference to your inquiry respecting your Father['s] Revolutionary Services, I have to inform you that, I have carefully examined the records of both the Continental and State lines of Virginia on file in this, and the Pension Office, and regret to state that his name cannot be found on either, from which fact I should infer that he retired from the service at an early period of the War
Yours Hb
Wm. Gordon

Wm. S. Dance Esq
Clerk of the County Court
Powhatan Ct. House 
Virginia
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Henry Northrup esq.
Washington City
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Deposition
Doctor Levann

Henry North[rup] (last name partially covered-full name shown on previous file)
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City of Richmond
State of Virginia Twt [to wit]

Personally appeared before me Mayor of city aforesaid John T. Swann, with whom who being sworn deposith & said that during his minorily he resided in the County of Powhatan immediately in the neighborhood & in view of the late Robert Mosby's residence that he allowed him as physician in his last illness & was with him at the time of his death, which event happened in the summer of 1798, this affidavit will recollect that  Mr. Mosby was generally styled an officer of the revolutionary war, he believes a Lieutenant. I  poured some anecdotes related by himself in the early part of that disease which terminated his life, in regard to his privations & disease in Georgia during the southern campaign. Deponent is fully satisfied that he was a Lieutenant, among which, or was that he was officer of the same grade with Daniel Duvall, which Duvall deponent served by reference to the Land books received a  warrant for four thousand acres of land in Feb.y 1784 about equal to a Lieutenant's pay-& further deponent saith not-
[signature]
J.T.Swann

Sworn and subscribed
before me, in said city,
this sixth of December
eighteen hundred
and thirty seven
[signature]
Joseph Tate, Mayor
of the city of Richmond

Virginia, City of Richmond towit;
I Charles Howard, clerk of the court of Hastings for the said city, do herby certify that Joseph Tate, whose name is subscribed to the above certificate, is mayor of said city of Richmond, and ex officio presiding justice of the said court of Hastings, and that his said signature is genuine.
[Circular embossed stamp on left side of page]
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal the said court of Hastings, the Sixth day of December, on thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
[signature]
Chs.  Howard.
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A Copy of
Robert Mosby's
last Will.
for.
S.H. Saunders.
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In the name of God Amen. I Robert Mosby of Powhatan County, of sound , perfect, and disposing sense and memory, do make, ordain, constitute and appoint this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following: -
First, it is my desire that my body be decently interred; and as to what worldly estate it hath pleased God to bestow on me, I dispose of in manner and form following: -
It is my desire tht my estate be kept together so long as my wife continues a widow for her support and that of educating and supporting my children; and that she shall have the care of my children as long as she lives single, or until my executors here after named shall think my sons fit for business and as they do think them fit for business it is my wish that they put them to such business as they may think their capacities best fit for; - But my said wife marry again my desire is that she be put to her thirds; and that the other two thirds be kept together for the support of my children until the youngest comes of age; and that it be then divided among such of them as may be then living and that what I have lent my wife be at her death divided among such of my children as may be then living: - I wish my son John which is the eldest of my children, to be put in business next year: - And lastly, I do hereby
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appoint my friends John Swann Snr., John Robinson, and Wade Mosby executors of this last will and testament,  hereby revoking all wills by me heretofore made.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this Tenth day of August One thousand seven hundred & ninety eight. -
[signature]
Robert Mosby (Seal)
Singed, sealed, pub-
lished, and seal'd to
be the last will & 
testament of Robert
Mosby in presence
of us: -
James Taylor.
William Martin.
John T. Swann Snr.
At a Court held for Powhatan County 15th day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight, this last will and Testament of Robert Mosby deceased was presented in Court and proved by the oaths of James Taylor, and John T. Swann Snr, and ordered to be recorded.
Teste,
Abner Crump C.P.C.

Virginia, to wit:
I William S. Dance Clerk of the County Court of Powhatan, in the state of Virginia aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct transcript of the Will of Robert Mosby deceased, taken from the Re--
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--cords of my office. In Testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and caused the Seal of the said County Court to be affixed 
[Seal on left side of page]
hereunto this 21st day of
August in the year of Christ
One thousand eight hundred
and thirty two, and in the
59th year of the Independence
of the United States. ---
[signature]
Wm. S. Dance    C.
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No. 5  (Inside a circle)

The Register
Certificate that
Robt. Mosby heirs
rec'd Land bounty
for a service of
Three years
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Council Chamber 14th June 1831.
Robert Mosby is allowed Land Bounty for three years service, as a Lieutenant in the Continental Line, if not heretofore allowed.
Attest'  [signature]  John Floyd.
[signature]
Joe Pleasants

No 6924 & 6925 iss'd 26th July 1831 for 1333 1/3 acres each, to Susanna Mosby, devisee of her husband Robert Morley dec'd, remainder to Chas W Mosby, Clarissa Mosley, wife of Joseph Mosley, Susanna Allen wife of Isaac A Allen, who was Susanna Mosley, the surviving
devisee of their father Robert Mosey & deliv'd John W. Nash atts: 
[Seal of Office on left side of document]
a true copy from the records of The Virginia Land Office: as witness my hand and seal of office hereto affixed at Richmond this 5th day of October 1838.

Warrants of Co.
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(No. 4)

Proofs on which
Lieut. Robt. Mosby's
Heirs got Land bounty
for three years service.
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Powhatan County to wit,
The affidavit of Wade Mosby of Powhatan taken before me Thomas Miller a Justice of the peace for said County - the said affiant states that he was well acquainted with the late Lieutenant Robert Mosby, having both been born and raised in the same neighborhood, that the said Robert Mosby entered the Revolutionary Army in the year 1776 with the commission of Ensign in the same company with this affiant's brother the late Genl. Littleberry Mosby whose heirs have recently rec'd a warrant for the s'd[said] Littleberry's bounty land, that the said Robert was marched to the south, and continued in service with the said Littleberry for more than three years - that while in the army he was promoted from the rank of Ensign to that of Lieutenant, - that the said Robert Mosby died in the County of Powhatan some where about thirty years ago - that the standing of the said Robert was always good among his brother officers and  in the Army generally. This affiant is also of the opinion that the s'd[said] Robert retained his commission until the end of the war as he never heard of his giving it up during the war. This affiant being interrogated in relation to Lieutenant John Clarke says that he also knew John Clarke, and known that he was a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by his dec'd brother, the late Genl. Littleberry Mosby, during his command in South, and belonged to the same service with the s'd[said] Littleberry Mosby & considers the s'd[said] Clarke's and Lieutenant Robert Mosby claims for bounty lands as resting...
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(resting) upon precisely the same grounds with that of Genl. Littleberry Mosby, as they belonged to the same service and were officers in the same company. This affiant says he has no knowledge of the s'd[said] Clarke ever resigning his commission at any time during the war and is inclined to believe that he did not. This affiant says the said Clarke's removal from this part of the country was after the termination of the war, and had no connection with his character or conduct as an officer during the war but grew out of some charges against him as a manufacturer of Tobacco. This affiant being interrogated in relation to Jesse Parker, say that he is well acquainted with the said Parker, and knows that he enlisted in the company in which this affiant's brother Littleberry had a command, and marched to the south and how very little doubt of it's being for three years as the said Parker was absent a long time. Given under my hand & seal this 7th day of August 1830.
[signature]
Th. Miller {seal}

Powhatan County to wit.
The affidavit of Wade Mosby of lawful age taken this 13th day of September 1830. This affiant being first duly sworn, and particularly interrogated as to the length of time that Lieutenant John Clarke & Robert Mosby were in service as officers during the Revolutionary War, & also as to their standing in the Army, and the manner and time of their quitting the service, says that he has heretofore given an affidavit in behalf of those claiming military bounty land under the said Clarke
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...& Mosby which is not now before him. But his attention being now called to the above points, he says that the said Clarke & Mosby were both raised in the same Neighborhood with this officiant, and that he knew them both well, both before and after their return from the Southern Army. That his statement in his former affidavit that they had served more than three years in the army as officers, was founded upon his recollection of the time of their March from Cumberland Old Ct. House in Virginia (the place of their Rendezvous) until their return; that there were several several circumstances which gave to this affidavit the means of information upon most subjects connected with the Southern Army, and particularly with the company to which the said  John Clarke & Robert Mosby belonged. The first was the fact that this affidavit's brother John Mosby was the captain of the company to which they belonged, another circumstance that this officiant's brother Genl. Littlebury Mosby was also an officer in the same Regiment, and after the resignation of John Mosby succeeded to the command of his brother John's Company; that this officiant, during the whole Revolutionary war, except when in service to the south in the Spring of 1781 lived within a half mile of the public Barracks at Cumberland old Ct. House and most of the officers of the army there stationed were his constant associates and friends; that his officiant was also in command as an officer at the battle of Guilford thes3e circumstances together with the interest felt by himself and family in the operations and fate of the
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the Southern Army made impressions on his mind not easily to be erased. That recently at the instance of the Agent of the Claimant he has overhaul'd some of the old documents and papers of his brother John Mosby now in his possession; among which he has found the documents marked A B & C respectively and from the document marked A it appears that the said Clarke and Mosby entered the service the 22nd day of August 1776, and the officiant recollects that his brother Littlebury was taken prisoner at Briar Creek, was a prisoner at the time of the capture of Charleston, and he also recollects that the said Clark & Robert Mosby remained in service as long as his brother Littlebury Mosby - & indeed he does not know that they ever resigned their commissions during the war.
In relation to the standing of the said Clark and Mosby as officers in the army, he has never heard it questioned by anyone, and believes if it had been otherwise than good he should certainly have heard of it. - In relation to the manner in which they left the army he cannot undertake to say, but has no doubt that they were exchanged, at or about the time that his brother Littlebury Mosby was; and left the Southern service by a derangement of their Corps.; or for want of a command until they should be afterwards called on but he is perfectly convinced it was in no improper manner as he should certainly have heard something of it, either from his brother Littlebury, or some other of the southern officers. This affidavit also says, that the standing of Clark after his return from the south and 
(until)
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until the unfortunate affair (some time after the war) which led to his departure from the country was good, both as a man and an officer his associates were among the best circles in this part of the country, and married a lady of respectable connections in Cumberland about the close of the war.
[signature]
Wade Mosby

Powhatan County to wit.
This day Wade Mosby made oath before me a Justice of the peace for said County to the truth of the foregoing affidavit to the best of his knowledge & recollection. Given under my hand this 13th day of September 1830.
[signature]
B.S. Morrison

A pay Roll of Capt. John Mosby's Company from the 22 Aug't to the 1 April 1777
___________________
Names //when enlisted //No. days //pay //Rations //Amount rations //Total
___________________
John Mosby Capt /Aug. 22 /222/SD/666/49--19/ - / L 137.19
Luis Winfrey/Do./---/---/444/33-6/ 92.14
Do. Clarke/Do./---/---/Do./33-6/92.14
Ensign Mosby/Do./---/---/Do./33-6/77.6
Serg't. Jones/October 1/182/2.0/175/13-12-6/31.16.6
Do.[Serg't] Wilkerson/Do. 22/161/--/154/11-11--/27.13.-
Do.[Serg't] Woodson/Novem.r 16/138/--/131/9-16-6/23.12.6
Do.[Serg't] Norvill/Do./93/--6-19-6/16.5.6
Do.[Serg't] Parker/Feby 11/48/sd/41/3-3/7.19.
Tho.s Moyler/Octo.r 26/157/1.8/150/10-16/23.17.6
Tho.s Turtle/Feby. 1/59/--/59/4-4-6/9.6.10
Wm. Palmore/Octo.r 12/163/--/163/12-4-6/26.7.10
Robert Tunstell/Decem. 2/129/--/113/8-9-6/18.9.6
Geo. Hardwick/Oct.r] 19/164/--/157/11-15-6/25.5.10
Patrick Howel/Do.[Oct.r] 1/182/--/175/13-2-6/28.5.10
Jesse Parker/Do.[Oct.r] 11/123/s.d/12.3/4-4-6/19.9.6
Edw.d Madcalf/Do.[Oct.r] 5/177/1.6/171/12-16-6/24.0.6
Hez.h Robinson/Do.[Oct.r 11/172/--/165/12-7-6/23.2.6
Tho. Philips/Do.[Oct.r 16/170/--/163/12-4-6/22.16.10
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[names only transcribed]
Jno. Newman
Adam Angling
Matthew Cartright
Edwin Hazlewood
David Hazlewood
Thos. Baker
Jno. Baker
Jno. Bolling
Jas. Willoughby
Jno. Crawford
Wm. Burton
Isaac Burton
Bartlet Anderson
Jn. Board
Abram Goff
Wm. Caslake
Wm. Peasely
Thades La Desma
Jno. Hancook
Jno. Smith
Nick Wilderson
Phil Davinson
Jno. Snach
Jacob Wright
John Evins
Stephen Wetherford
Jos. Terry
Steph. Terry
Jno. Terry
Jno. Martin
Norman Kidd
Andrw. Hardy
Tho. White
Rice Price
Rob T. White
Barnabus Wms.
Geo. Osborn
Jno. Harriss
James Cooper
Tho.Mann
Peter Walker
Wm. Walker
Dan. Boughlight
Geo Saunders
Jacob Scott
Richd. Eastern
Wm. Bond
Jno. Adams
Ben Wetherford
Phil Dunford
Grant Tyler
Tho. Hodge
Edward McBride
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Ben Migginson
Jno Bevis
Chas. Martin
[Hand written note on right side of page]
Errors Excepted
John Mosby
Receaved the above 
Jno. Mosby
___________________
Sworn to before me this
31 March 1777 William OBrian
______________________
Powhatan County to wit
The within is a document found by me among the papers of my dec.d brother John Mosby & the signature thereto of his name is in the s'd Mosby's hand writing, though the body of the paper itself is in a hand writing unknown to me
[signature]
Wade Mosby

The Continent of America to John Mosby Jr [?]
-------------------------------
1777
To 51 Blankets @ 30/each---------$76/10/--
" 1 Rheam of writing paper--------$2/10/ "
" 22 Rifles, screws & moulds-------$122/"/"
" 45 Muskets & fowling peices----$225/"/"
"  3 Muskets Bayonetts & accoutrements --------------------------------------------$18/"/"
"  2 Waggons & Teams-------------$260/"/"
"  1 Horse Do. Major Cuthbert-----$30/"/"
"  3 Axes-----------------------------$1/10/"
"  Shewing Horses------------------$4/18/"
"  Cash for the carriage of guns----$"/4/"
"  Do. for taking up waggon Horses $"/5/"
"  3 Blankets-------------------------$4/10/"
"  1 Gun & Screw--------------------$4/10/"
Expenses for bringing ammunition from}
Williamsburg to Cumb'd Court House}
To Bounty for recruiting 67 men----$335/"/"
Do. for Do. 2 men--------------------$ 5/"/"
8 Sack Bags--------------------------$ 2/8/"
7 Pales & Tubs-----------------------$1/5/"
Cash paid Doctor for service done--$ "/10/"
--Do. for 1 Barrel---------------------$ "/6/"
--Do. for repairing a waggon--------$ "/12/"
--Do. for washing blankets-----------$ "/8/"
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Do. for 1 Drum head
Do. for 1 pr. of waggon lines
Do. for Wm. Woodson for going after deserters
1 Drum
1 Fife
Cash for rent of House for self
Do. for Wood & House room
Do. for ferriage at Bond Ferry
Do. for Do.(ferriage) at Dise's Ferry
Do. to Blacksmith for mending waggons
Do. at Salsby. for wood & House room
Do. for 1 Barrel
Do. for taking up a horse
Do. for 1 Barrel
Do. for mending waggon at Cambden
Do. for soling(shoeing) horses
Do. for 2 waggons whips
Do. for rum for sick Horse
Do. for mending waggon
Do. for ferriage Yadkin's ferry
Do. for taking up horsess
Do.  for powder Horns
---------------------------------------
Amount carried over 
1777 Amount brought over
To Cash for ferriage from Purrysburgh
Do. for 1 Curry Comb
1 pr. waggon lines
1 pr. Horse phlemes
A swingh tree for waggon
Cash paid at the Union for pasturage
Do. for ferriage at Peresburgh(Purrysburgh?)
Cash to the Doctor for services done
Do. for Tests
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Do. for hire of a waggon
Forage for 2 waggons horses from 1st Novr.}
to 25th Apl. @ 2/each pr. day------------------}
Do. for 1 waggon horse from 2st Octr. to}
Apl. 25 @ 2/pr. day}
Do. for 2 Do. from 5 Octr. to Apl. 25th
Do. for 1 Do. from 20 Octr. to Apl 25
Do. for 1 Do. from 1st Decr. to Apl. 25
Do. for 4 pack Horses on our march from Virginia
from 1st. Feby. to Aprl. 25
Cash paid Putney for keeping horses
Do. pd. Danl. Boatrite for pasturage
Do. pd. for making 60 soldiers coats & kelts
Do. for cutting them out
Do. for Hooks Eyes Buttons
A Bounty of ten dollars each for recruiting 6}
men during war}
An acct. Lieut. Clark agt. Continent for
marching 8 men from Virginia to Savannah
in Georgia & arming & finding them every necessary
An allowance of 1/2 pint of rum for 57 men}
from time of their enlistment March 23rd. 1777  @ 9d. pt 1/2 pint}
Cash paid at Sunberry for flour for soldiers
To cash pd. for beef
rations for 1 Cadate from 19 January till 1st. Augt.
----------------------------
Attested this 25th.}
Octr. 1777 before}

Br. Cash of Geo Walton Esqr 804 Dollars
By Do. of Do. 3600 dollars
Do. of Do. delivered Lieut. Winfree 216 dollars
Do. delivered Lieut. Clarke 900 Do.
Do. of Major Cuthburt 1000 Do.
Do. of Col Stirk 264 dollars
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Powhatan County to wit.
This day Wade Mosby made oath before me a Justice of the peace for said County that he found the within document among some old papers belonging to his deceased brother John Mosby & says that the endorsement on the back of the said document beginning "Copy of an account" & e[tc] is in the hand writing of his sd.[said] brother John Mosby. Given under my hand & seal this 7th day of August 1830
[signature]
Th: Miller ("Seal" w/circular edging)
(Endorsement) Copy of an account John Mosby against Continen(tl)
Examined and passed by John McCurdy, Charles Francis Chevalier.
A pay Roll of Capt. Jno. Mosby Company from July 1st to 1st August 1777
--------------------------------
Mens names----Payment------amount pay
--------------------------------
John Mosby M.P.T.---/60/dollars/L 15/"/"
Jacob Winfrey---/27/--/6/"/"
Jno. Clarke ---/Do.(27)/--/6/"/"
Robt. Mosby---/20/--/5/"/"
Wm. Woodson Sergt.---/8/--/2/"/"
Sher'd. Wilkerson---/8/--/2/"/"
Jesse Parker---/do.(8)/--/2/"/"
John Board---/do.(8)/--/2/"/"
Tho. Moyler Fifer---/7 1/3/--/1/16/8
Chance Drum'r---/7 1/3/--/1/16/8
Wm. Pamore Corp'l---/do.(7 1/3)/--/1/16/8
Par. Howell---/do.(7 1/3)/--/1/16/8
Rob. Tunstill---/do.(7 1/3)/--/1/16/8
Nich's (Nicholas) Wilkerson---/do.(7 1/3)/--1/6/8
D. Boatwright wag---/10/--/1/16/8
Ben Mosby---/6 2/3)/--/1/13/4
George Hardwick---/do.(6 2/3)/--/1/13/4
John Bowling---/do.(6 2/3)/--/1/13/4
Edw. Medcalf---/do.(6 2/3)/--/1/13/4
Wm. Willoughby---/do.(6 2/3)/--/1/13/4
Jas. Willoughby---/do.(6 2/3)/--/1/13/4
Math. Cartwright---/do.(6 2/3)/--/1/13/4
Jno Smith---/do.(6 2/3)/--/1/13/4
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Hez. Robinson // do. //----------------1//13//4
Jno. Hancocke // do. //----------------1//13//4
Peter Walker    // do. //----------------1//13//4
Jno Newman   // do. //----------------1//13//4
Wm. Walker
Tho. White
Wm. Peaseley
Edw. Hazlewood
Wm. Bond
Rice Price
Tha. La desma
Tho. Mann
Jno. Martin
Rich Easton
Step. Terry
Jno. Evins
Bart. Anderson
Jno. Smart
Dan Weatherfoord
Ste. Weatherfoord
Ben Weatherfoord
Jno. Adams
Phill. Dunford
Jas. Terry
Jno. Harriss
George Saunders
Jacob Scott
Grasnt Tyler
Jms. Cooper
Tho. Hodge
George Orsbern
T.N. Kidd
Tho. Rollins
Andw. Hardy
Ed. Magbride
Tho. Phillips
To rations for Jno. Mosty
To do(rations) for Lieut. Winfrey
To do(rations) for Lieut. Clarke
To do(rations) for Ens Mosby
-------------------------
Errors excepted    $152-----// 1 // 8 //
Sworn to before me this 1st. Oct. 1777}
Wm. O. Bryen}
Examined & copyed pr. Jno. Mosby  Cap.
Sam. Elbert Call
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Powhatan County to wit.
The within is a document found by me among the papers of my brother Jn. Mosby dec'd. and is in his hand writing
my said Brother John having died at Red Stone old, fort about the year 1784
Wade Mosby
Amelia County to wit.
This day John Scott made oath before me a Justice of the peace for said County that he was well acquainted with Edward Booker dec'd. and knows that he enlisted under Capt. Edward Meade in the s'd County in the Continental Army, as well as this affiant now remembers about the year 1776 or 1777 - that he know the said Booker both before and after his enlistment, and up to the time of his death which took place many years ago in the county of Cumberland. This affiant does not know the precise term for which enlisted but has little hesitation in saying that it was for as long a term as any in the company to which he belonged as Booker was absent for a long while from the County and indeed this affiant does not remember to have met with him until about the close of the war of after, as this affiant himself entered the Continental Army in 1780 as Ensign and was mostly employed in the southern service, while Booker's service was to the North.
This affiant being questioned in in relation to Lieutenant Robert Mosby of Powhatan says he was well acquainted with him, and always understood that he belonged to the same company and was engaged in the same service with Littlebury Mosby. Being questioned in relation to Rice Ennis he says that towards the close of the war, he was in service with the s'd. Ennis, to the South, that he always...
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understood from others, and at that time heard it from Ric Ennis himself, that he had served out his three years in the Southern service in which Littlebury Mosby (afterwards Genl. Mosby) had been engaged, and was towards the close of the war serving another tour of eighteen months. 
Amelia County, to wit.
This day personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for the said County John Scott & made oath to the truth of the forgoing affidavit - As witness my hand this third day of August Anno Domini 1830.
W. J. Barksdale  J. P. 
Powhatan, Sept. the 15th 1830
Dear Sir
Your favour of the 2nd inst.[instant], informing me of the fate of some of my military claims, and the suspension for further evidence of the claims of Lieutenant Clarke & Mosby was duly recd. For which, as well as for your general attention to the subject I sincerely thank you. I now send you a 2nd affidavit of Wade Mosby's together with some original documents which at my instance and in my presence were found upon overhauling Capt. Jno. Mosby's second affidavit shew the grounds of his statement in a former affidavit that Clarke & Mosby had served upwards of 3 years & puts that question beyond the possibility of a doubt, and ass far as it is practicable under the circumstances I think the evidence now sent shows the correct...
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...manner in which they left the Continental Army, you will see my remarks accompanying the evidence which I must ask the favour of you to file with the other proofs heretofore exhibited, & as soon ass Daniel A Wilson can attend I must ask you to call up these two cases.  I wish Wilson to be present because he has a personal acquaintance & knowledge of the witnesses & the degree of credit to be given to each. In relation to the case of Clarke, I hardly think that his subsequent misfortune or misconduct as a man after the war can or ought to affect the claims of his innocence and I may add indigent orphans - Clarke marry'd the sister of our old acquaintance Tho's. Hobson who owns the tavern & etc. at Cumberland Ct. House & he would hardly have left the army in an improper manner without its having been heard of in this part of the country by some one. Yet I assure you everything I can hear is to the contrary & to his credit as an officer, and his association  after & about the close of the war were among the best families in Cumberland Powhatan, Colo. Mosby's, Colo. Major's, Colo. Rich'd Jones,  Gen'l. Scott's etc., which never would have been the case, if any thing irregular had occurred in his military career.
In relation to Edward Booker's case & Rev. Alderman's I expect to get from old Major Crute & P. Francisco conclusive proof as to them, & if I do, I shall ask a rehearing - but of this hereafter.
In relation to Jesse Parker you will see from one of the documents, Letter C. - that he is there returned...
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as a Sergeant by his own Capt. I think he ought to have a Sergeant's allowance, but in relation to this do as you think right.
Be kind enough let me hear from you as soon as the Board acts upon these claims.
% Wyndham Robertson Esq.
member of the Executive Council
Richmond

Your friend & c [colleague?]
Jno. W. Nash
P.S. I should have forwarded the additional evidence earlyer but I have been too unwell for several days to attend to business.

Cumberland County to wit:
This day Jesse Parker made oath before me a Justice of the peace for said County that he enlisted in the Continental Army in the County of Cumberland in the year 1776 to serve three years, that at the same time he enlisted Hezekiah Robinson also enlisted in the same company, and on the same day and for the same term of service, that the officers who had the command of the company at the time of his enlistment were Captain John Mosby, Jacob Winfree and John Clarke as first and second Lieutenants and Robert Mosby as Ensign, that the sd[said] Company after their enlistment
remained for some time stationed at Cumberland Old Court House, and was marched from there to Moores Ordinary in Prince Edward County Virg'a. where it also remained for some time - that it was then
ordered on to the South and after getting in South Carolina or Georgia; was attached to the second...
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...Georgia Battalion, that the s'd company continued in service at various places in South Carolina and Georgia until the captain of the American Troops at Savannah that the s'd Parker together with a number of others belonging to the same company were taken prisoners at Sunbury about 40 miles from Savannah, and about four days as well as he now remembers after Savannah had been captured by the enemy.
That the said Hezekiah Robinson was taken sick and died about 18 months or two years after his enlistment - that he died at some one of the little Islands on the coast of Georgia to which he had been detached from the company upon service, the name of which little Island this affiant does not now remember
that the s'd Hezekiah Robinson was a school mate of this affiant, & they were both raised
in the County of Cumberland, and in the same neighborhood & enlisted on the same day & for the same term of service viz. three years. And this Affiant also says that the said Hezekiah Robinson died without ever being married or making any will as far as this affiant knows or believes & thinks if he had made any will this affiant must from their intimacy have known something of it. This affiant also says that he has all his life been acquainted with John Robinson of Cumberland who is now making application for the military claims due his deceased brother Nathaniel Robinson
& the s'd Hezekiah and knows from the declarations of all the members of the s'd Robinson family that the said John Robinson is the oldest brother of the said Hezekiah after Nathaniel Robinson who was said to...
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have died in the army to the North at Camp Valley Forge, Nathaniel being the oldest and John the second brother.
This affiant also says that Erasmus Oakley (late of Cumberland, & whose heirs are now making application for their Father bounty land) was a sergeant in the same company to which this affiant belonged, that he enlisted also for three years while the company was stationed at Cumberland Old Court House - that the said Oakley and himself were taken prisoners together at Sunsbury and carry'd to Savannah and put on board with a number of others of a prison Ship, that this affiant remained himself on board the Prison ship for about 5 or 6 months and thinks the said Oakley remained about as long. That the said Oakley and Rice Ennis (who belonged to the same company with Oakley & myself, and who had also enlisted before the company marched from Virginia for the term of three years) made their escape together, and about the same time the said affiant made his escape and reached the camp of a detachment of French Troops then stationed in the vicinity of Savannah,  from thence he proceeded to Augusta where there were a few troops and and from which place this affiant received his discharge from Colo. Richard Parker and returned home to Virginia after being absent three years and a month or two, that this affiant has since lost his discharge - This affiant also says that he does not know in what manner the said Oakley and Rice Ennis or from whom they got their discharge but feels perfectly confident from the time they made their escape from the enemy, that they...
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they must have served out their time of three years. This affiant thinks but will not be certain that Rice Ennis acted as a corporal, he knows he was well thought of in the company. This affiant himself acted as sergeant as expects to be able to prove. 
This affiant also says that Genl Littlebury Mosby marched from Virginia to the South about the same time this affiant did and he thinks with the company as he soon after getting to Georgia succeeded to the command of the company to which this affiant belonged and the s'd Littleberry was taken prisoner
as this affiant now thinks at Savannah & if not at Savannah, he was at Sunsbury, all of which happened about the same time, that the s'd Littlebury was put upon parole at Savannah
This affiant being questioned in relation to Ensign Robert Mosby & Lieutenant John Clarke, says that they were Officers in the same company with Littlebury Mosley at the capture of Savannah and to the best of his recollection they were taken prisoners at Savannah, but what became of them after the affair at Savannah, he does not now recollect whether they took paroles and came home or remained
there, his situation did not admit of his knowing but always understood that Littlebury Mosby remained there. This affiant also says that Robert Mosby and Clark belonged to the same company and was engaged in the same service with Littlebury Mosby and must have served three years or about that time judging from the time this affiant was taken prisoner,
as both the said Robert Morley & John Clarke were in command at Cumberland Old Court House when this affiant enlisted and had been for some time as he...
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always heard and believed. The s'd Robert Mosby he considered a good officer, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant while in command to the south.
Clarke also done his duty but was objected to by some as being to blustering. Capt. John Mosby reigned and came home long before the affair at Sunsbury & Savannah, and Jacob Winfree also died some time before these events. This affiant being also questioned in relation to Robert Mosby & John Clarke says that Robert Mosby has been dead for a number of years - and John Clarke some short time after his return & perhaps about the close of the war or a little after, was compelled to leave the country in consequence of some misconduct, and has never returned leaving a son Francis Clark & two daughters Sally & Patsy as I have heard.
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Jesse Parker
The foregoing affidavit was this day taken and sworn to before me a Justice of the peace for the county of Cumberland by the above  named Jesse Parker. Given under my hand & seal this 31st day of July 1831.
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Meritt H. Booker

Executive Department
October 9th 1838
The foregoing are true copies of original paper on file in this Department.
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Jh. G. Richardson adjutant
Secty Comlth