Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,921, William Vawter, Va.
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE  NUMBER
Va.
Vawter William
or Vawler or Vawters


R. 10,921
Va. Half Pay
B.L. Wt 1699 -20

N. A. Acc No. 874
See 150 181 Half Pay
William Vawter
or Vawters
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William Vawter
No. 1699
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were
slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from
the United States.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1770, It is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged
for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers
as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities
:
District of Columbia
County of Washington

I William Lawler, Son & one of the heirs at law of William Vawter
do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that William Vawter
did enlist in 1777,  and served in the regiment No. One under
the command of Colonel George Gilson of the Virginia line; and
and was appointed a Lieutenant in said line
and continued as such until the close of the Revolutionary War
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to said William Vawter
on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner [...illegible] William Vawter


Attest,
Personally appeared the above named William Vawter subscriber to the
foregoing declaration, and in my presence  made oath to the truth of the same
Enoch Reynolds
Justice of the Peace.

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C. Clerk, &c.
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The State of Indiana)
Ripley County)ss 
Personally appeared before
me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for
the County of Ripley and State aforesaid John Watts
who first being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that 
in the time of the Revolutionary war; this deponent
was well acquainted with William Vawter and
that the said Vawter was for several years as this deponent believes
an officer in the Virginia line, in said War
That said deponent resided in Virginia and that said
Vawter was frequently at the home of this deponents
father and was well known in that county
to belong to the army of that day, this deponant [deponent]
saith further, that he knew the waiter of said
Vawter that he think, his name was Gary and
that he know him to have been hung at Orange
Court house in the State of Virginia for having
committed a Rape as this deponent believes, and
the said Gary as this deponent believes was the property
of said Vawter, that he thinks said negro waiter
was some where between twenty five and thirty
years of age that he was a likely fellow and
this deponent further states, that the said William
Vawter is now dead, and that he has now living
four sons and one daughter towit Samona F
Vawter, Virginia Vawter, William Vawter, Thomas
L Vawter, and George M Vanter and that
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the said children, now reside in the County of
Boon and State of Kentucky as this deponant
Believes and further this deponent saith not
October 26th 1829
John Watts
Sworn and subscribed to before me
this 26th day of Oct 1829
James Wright Justice of the Peace
State of Indiana)
Ripley County )ss
I Conrad Overturf Clerk of the
Ripley Circuit Court do hereby certify that James
Wright before whom the foregoing affidavit
was taken and acknowledged was at the
date thereof and now is an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for said County of
Ripley duly commissioned and sworn into
Office and that full faith and credit and
due and ought to be given to all his
official acts as such
In witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed
the seal of our said Court at
Versailles this 26th day of October 1824
C. Overture Clerk R CC
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21st CONGRESS,
1st Session.
Rep. No. 313. 
Ho. OF REPS.
WILLIAM VAWTERS.

MARCH 19, 1830.

Mr. BROWN, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made the following
REPORT:

The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition
of the heirs of William Vawters, (late of the State of Kentucky, 
deceased,) make the following report:

That the said William Waters enlisted as a soldier, in the year 1777, in
the 1st Virginia regiment, commanded by Colonel George Gibson, said
regiment being on State establishment; and continued in the service of the
State until the battle of Germantown; at which battle, the 9th Virginia regiment,
on continental establishment, was captured by the enemy; in consequence 
of which, the State of Virginia, by an act of her Legislature, passed
in December, 1773, transferred the aforesaid from the State to the
continental establishment, in lieu of the 9th regiment, which had been captured,
as aforesaid.
It also appears, from the documents and evidence before your committee,
that the said Vawters, while in the service, was promoted first to an ensign,
and subsequently to lieutenant, which office he held when deranged out of
service, and made a supernumerary, by an arrangement of the army, pursuant
to two resolutions of Congress, passed on the 3d and 21st of October, 1780,
and continued a supernumerary, subject at all times to the call of his country,
to the close of the war; and considering this case to come within the provisions
of the resolution of October 21st, 1780, which allows to all officers
deranged by that arrangement half pay for life, do herewith report a bill
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January 26, 1939

BA-J/AWF
William Vawter
R. 10921

Honorable Harry S. Truman
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.
My dear Senator Truman:

The data furnished herein concerning William
Vawter were obtained from claims for pension and
bounty land, filed under R. 10921, based upon
his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of William
Vawter were not stated, nor were the names of his
parents given.
William Vawter of Culpeper County, Virginia,
enlisted in the year 1777, served as private in
Captain Angus Rucker's company in Colonel George
Gibson's First Virginia State Regiment; he was
promoted to orderly sergeant in Captain Brown's
company, was promoted to Ensign sometime in 1776,
and later promoted Lieutenant, continued to serve
in Colonel George Gibson's regiment, until the
rearrangement of the army, when he became a supernumerary
officer, and continued as such until the
close of the war.
William Vawter died November 27, 1823, at
his residence near New Burlington, Boone County,
Kentucky.
The name of his wife is not shown, there are
no data as to their marriage, and no data in regard
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to her death.
The following children survived their father,
William Vawter, all of whom were living in Boone
County, Kentucky, in 1829:
Edmund F. Vawter, Virginia Vawter, William
Vawter, Thomas L. Vawter, and George M. Vawter.
Warrant No. 1699 for two hundred acres of
bounty land was issued December 20, 1832, on
account of the service of the above noted Lieutenant
William Vawter. A claim for Virginia Half
Pay, from February 6, 1782 until November 27, 1823
was allowed Edmund F. Vawter, administrator of the
estate of said William Vawter.
For information relative to the location of
the land referred to herein, your constituent should
apply to The Commissioner of the General Land Office,
this city, and furnish the following data-
Warrant #1699 - 200 acres - issued December 20, 1832.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[...illegible]lington Ky  [...illegible]
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Col R M Johnson
Washington
City
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Burlington Nov the 27 1832

Dear Colonel

I again have to trouble you
the name of William Vawter is on
the list of Officers furnished the
Treasurer of the United States
by the Auditor of Virginia as
entitled to half pay from the
State of Virginia
I wish you to ascertain whether
the act of Congress in our favour last session
wil [will] cut us out of the half pay
from the state of Virginia and
if it does I wish you to see if
you cant get the difference
between the five years full
pay with interest and half
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Pay for life
The bill allowing us five years
full pay with interest passed
congress in May and the general 
act allowing all the officers  
who had claims against
Virginia their half pay for
life passed Congress in July
and many who had received
their five years full pay from 
Virginia have under the
Act of July drawn the difference 
between five years ful [full]
pay and half pay from the
Treasury of the United States
Mr John S Barbour has settled
it with the Treasurer that half
pay should commence in 1781
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my father died in 1823 which
would be 42 years half pay we
would be entitled to which would
amount to 6720 dollars where
as the five years full pay with
Interest only amounted to 4821
dollars leaving a difference of
near 2000 dollars
by the Treasurer wil [will] not all
in difference between the for the[...illegible]
full pay with interest on
half pay for life I wish you to
petition Congress to put us on
an equal footing with the balance 
of Gibsons Regiment by
allowing us our full half pay
yours with respect
William Vawter
Col R M Johnson
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On Apr. 22, 1929 this person was found. 
[...illegible]only Vawter found 
in Rev. War files 
found when this letter was drawn

Brownwood Texas
April 21- 1929
Old Records Dept.
Washington:

Do you find a record of one
Vawter, who served in the
Revolutionary War? He had a
son who signed his name
A. Vawter to a letter written
1841, also a daughter Mourning
Vawter born about 1793. If not
too much to ask, please send me
the full name of soldier or Soldiers
of that name and place of residing
so that I may search further
on this line-
Rev. and 1812
Sincerely

Mrs. Katharine Berry
#288
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No. 18680
ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1871.
WAR OF 1812.
3343
William Vawter
Lt.
1st Va Regt
Revolution
Discharged____,18
6043
H'f Pay   act 32
Received_______________,187
Attorney.
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Armstrong Mo
Nov. 13th 1916
Rev Sec
Pension Dept
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir please send me the
Revolutionary War history of my
ancestors David Vawter and
William Vawter, his son, who
lived in Culpeper County. Virginia. 
I wish to use this
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record to join the D.A.R's
Thanking you in advance for
your kindness
Yours truly
Mrs Rivieline Vawter Stoll

PENSION OFFICE
NOV 16 1916
U.S.
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45.
Vawter
William Vawters
Rejected see letter
of 10 Dec. 1832. No. 64
Let to Hon W Batter June
26. 1841. do to Hon H Hall
Feb 12 1842

10921
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1913 Sept. 3. Hist. to Frank P. Vawter
letter in Wt. 8860-160- 1812 Heman
Vawter.
1916 Dec. 7. Hist. to Mrs. Aureline V. Stoll, 
1929. Apr 12. "  " Mrs. G. E. Berry See Aug
letter in John Robertson S. 4793
1936. Nov. 25. Hist. to Ethel M.
Vawters and
1938 Mch 10 Hist ot Elizabeth V. Cook May
1939 Jan 26  "   " Hon. Harry S. Truman
for Mrs R.B. Mitchell [...illegible]


10921
P.O.
Service: William Vawter
A.O.T.
Enlisted: Aug. 28 1906  , 18
Discharged:  REJECTED   ,18
Application filed:__,18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized. Contract.
Cert. of Dis.   Searched for__,18
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Half pay com
previously allo
Wm Vawter decd
Jan 26. 1850
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Pension Office
January 26. 1850
I certify that I have examined the
claim of the legal representatives of
William Vawter, deceased, who was 
a Lieutenant in the Virginia State
regiment, and I find that he was reported
as a supernumerary officer in 1782. It
also appears that he died on the 27th November 
1823. Under the decision of the Secetary of
the Interior, and in accordance with the opinion
of the Attorney General in the case of Churchill
Gibbs, he is entitled to half-pay under the act of
July 5, 1832, not withstanding he has received
commutation. It is my opinion that the
claim should be allowed at the rate of one hundred
and sixty dollars per annum from the sixth of February 1782
until the twenty seventh November eighteen hundred and
twenty three, deducting the sum of four thousand
eight hundred and twenty one dollars and forty
five cents, received as commutation under the
of Congress of the 25th May 1832. The amount is
able to Stephen 
F. J. Trabue,  of Kentucky, attorney of
Edmund F. Vawter, administrator of Wm Vawter, decd
Approved
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of Pensions
Half - Pay Book
Entd.
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State & Navy office who recd
Certificate for one & two years
advance on account, agreeable
to act of Assembly passed this
Nov Session 1781
Certificate of No 3
Capt. Angus Rucker
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Wm Gordon Esq

Bounty Land Office
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The committee have reported a
Bill for Commutation & is now
before Congress for the heirs of
Col Vaughter. I presume he
is entitled to Land.  Please
let me how much if any
 I oblige 
Rh Johnson
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This is to certify that I Angus Rucker enlisted
Mr. Vawter of the County of Culpeper and
State of Virginia as a private soldier in
the first Virginia State Regiment commanded
by Col George Gibson in the early part of the
year seventeen hundred and seventy seven
and that I marched [...illegible] then sd Vawter to Wmsburg
and then joined Gibsons Regt. which Regt. as soon
as complete was ordered to the north to join
the main continental army commanded
by General George Washington; that the
said Mr. Vawter whilst at the north in
seventeen hundred and seventy eight was
promoted to the command of ensign and
that he was afterwards appointed Lieut.
and marched to Virginia in seventeen
hundred and eighty, and that he still
continued Lieut in Gibsons Regt. until
an arrangement took place amongst
the officers, for want of soldiers to
command, at which time the said
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Wm Vawter was arranged a supernumerary
officer and so continued until the end
of the war; and moreover that the
said Wm Vawter whilst supernumerary
officer continued in the neighbourhood of 
the troops and was at all times apparently
ready to take command if called upon
Given under my hand and seal this
1st Day of December 1829
Angus Rucker
formerly captain in
Gibsons Regt.
Madison County State of Virginia
Towit
This day came before Angus Rucker
and made oath that the statements made
in the foregoing certificate are true
Given under my hand as an acting
magistrate for the County aforesaid

William Finks
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January 26, 1939.

Honorable Harry S. Truman
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.



BA-J/ILL
William Vawter
R. 10921

My dear Senator Truman:

Reference is made to your letter with which you
enclosed copy of a letter from your constituent, Mrs. R. B.
Mitchell, 414 North Pleasant Street, Independence, Missouri.
Mrs. Mitchell requests the Revolutionary War records of
William Bratton of Colonel William Irvine's Pennsylvania
Regiment, John Lewis who served from Virginia and died in 1804,
in Shelby County, Kentucky, and William Vawter, Lieutenant,
Virginia State troops.

A search of the Revolutionary War records of this
office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land
found based upon service of the William Brattan (Bratton) or
John Lewis cited above.

The record of William Vawter is furnished herewith,
from Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 10921, on file in
this office. For further information in regard to this officer,
your constituent should apply to The Adjutant General, War
Department, this city and cite pension claim No. 050181.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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March 10, 1938

William Tawter
R. 10931
BA-J/AWF

Elizabeth Vawter Cook
915 Salmon Drive
Dallas, Texas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of
William Vawter of Virginia.

The data furnished herein were obtained from
papers on file in claims for pension and bounty
land, under R. 10921, based upon the service of
William Vawter in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of William
Vawter were not stated, nor were the names of his
parents given.

William Vawter was of Culpeper County, Virginia,
and enlisted in the year 1777, served as 
a private in Captain Angus Rucker's company in
Colonel George Gibson's 1st Virginia State
Regiment; he was promoted to orderly sergeant in
Captain Brown's company, was promoted to ensign
sometime in 1776, and later promoted to Lieutenant, 
and continued to served in Colonel George
Gibson's regiment, until the rearrangement of
the army, when he became a supernumerary officer,
and continued as such until the close of the war.

William Vawter died November 27, 1823, at
his residence near New Burlington, Boone County,
Kentucky.

The name of the wife of William Vawter was
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not stated, there are no data as to marriage, and no
data in regard to her death.

The following children survived their father,
William Vawter, all of whom were living in Boone
County, Kentucky, in 1829; Edmund F. Vawter, Virginia
Vawter, William Vawter, Thomas L. Vawter,
and George M. Vawter.

Warrant No. 1699 for two hundred acres of
bounty land was issued December 20, 1832, on
account of the service of the above noted Lieutenant
William Vawter. A claim for Virginia Half
Pay from February 6, 1782 until November 27, 1823
was allowed Edmund F. Vawter, administrator of the
estate of said William Vawter.

If you desire information relative to location
of the land referred to herein, you should apply to
The Commissioner of the General Land Office, this
city, and furnish the following data:

Warrant #1699 - 200 acres- Issued December 20, 1832.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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November 25, 1936

William Vawter
R. 10921
John Voter
W. C. 3801
BA-J/AWF

Ethel M. Votaw
4253 Fair Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of John Votaw
or of his brothers in that war or War of 1812, and
the record of Joseph Brewster who went to Missouri
about 1803 with General Wilkerson.

No record of a Joseph Brewster described by you
has been found, nor Revolutionary War record of a
John Votaw. All spellings of surnames have been used
in the search of the records.

The Revolutionary War record has been found of
a William Vawter and the War of 1812 record of a John
Voter, the only pension records found under any spelling 
of that surname in either war. These records may
aid you somewhat in your research and are given as
shown in the claims for pension based upon military
service.

William Vawter-R.10921

The data which follow relative to William Vawter
were obtained from pension claim, R. 10921, based upon
his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of William Vawter 
are not shown, nor are the names of his parents stated.

He was of Culpeper County, Virginia and enlisted
in 1777, served as a private in Captain Angus Rucker's
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2-
company in Colonel George Gibson's 1st Virginia State
Regiment; he was promoted to orderly sergeant in
Captain Brown's company, was promoted to Ensign in
1778, and later promoted to Lieutenant, and continued
to serve in Colonel George Gibson's regiment
until the re-arrangement of the army, when he became a
supernumerary officer and continued as such until
the close of the war.

William Vawter died November 27, 1823 at his
residence near New Burlington, Boone County, Kentucky. There is no reference to his wife, but the
following children survived him, all of whom were
residing in Boone County, Kentucky in 1829 Edmund
F. Vawter, Virginia Vawter, William Yawter, Thomas
L. Vawter, and George M. Vawter.

Warrant No. 1699 for two hundred acres of bounty
land was issued December 20, 1832, on account of the
service of the officer noted above. A claim for Virginia 
Half Pay from February 6, 1782 to November 27,
1823 was allowed to Edmund F. Vawter, as administrator
of the estate of William Vawter.

In order to obtain information in regard to the
location of the land referred to herein, you should
apply to The Commissioner of the General Land Office,
this city, and give the following:
Warrant 1699-200 acres- Issued December 20, 1832.

John Voter -- C. 3801
The data furnished in regard to John Voter were
obtained from pension claim, W. C. 3801, based upon
the service of John Voter in the War of 1812.

John Voter was born in Lanesboro, Massachusetts,
no date given, nor are the names of his parents stated.

He enlisted at Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
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3-

Massachusetts, July 26, 1814, served as sergeant in Captain
James Taylor's company, 30th Regiment, United States
Infantry, until discharged June 20, 1815. He was
then aged about twenty-seven years.

This soldier, John Voter, was allowed 160 acres
of bounty land on Warrant #8452 under the Act of 1812.

He died December 11, 1848 in Tittabawassee, Saginaw
County, Michigan.

John Voter married December 27, 1810, Margaret
Braley. They were married in Freetown, Massachusetts,
at the home of her father; names of her parents were
not given.

The widow, Margaret Voter, was allowed pension
on her application executed May 10, 1871, then a
resident of Tittabawassee, Michigan, and aged eighty
two years.

There is no reference to children.

In 1871, Phineas D. Braley was living in Saginaw
County, Michigan, and in 1872, Martin S. Braley was
living in Bay County, Michigan, he was then sixty-
eight years old and stated that he was present at the
marriage of John Voter and Margaret Braley. It is
not shown that they were related to the widow, or were
related to each other.

In order to obtain information in regard to the
location of the land referred to above, you should
apply to The Commissioner of the General Land Office,
this city, and give the following
Warrant 8452 - 160 acres - Act of 1812.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel
April 22, 1929

Mrs. G. E. Berry
Brownwood
Texas

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, R.10921, it appears that William Vawter,
of Culpeper County, Virginia, enlisted in 1777, and served
as a private in Captain Angus Rucker's Company, Colonel
George Gibson's Virginia Regiment. He was promoted to
orderly sergeant in Captain Brown's Company, and to Ensign
in 1778, afterwards promoted to Lieutenant; in 1780, served
in Colonel Gibson's Regiment until the re-arrangement of
the army, when he became a supernumery officer and continued
as such until the end of the war.

His age is not stated and there is no reference to
his wife.

He died November 27, 1823, at his residence near New
Burlington, Boone County, Kentucky, leaving the following
children:
Edmund F. Vawter, Virginia Vawter, William Vawter,
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Thomas H. Vawter and George M. Vawter, all of whom were
residing in Boone County, Kentucky, in 1829.

Warrant No. 1699, for two hundred acres of bounty
land was issued December 20, 1832, to soldier's son, William
Vawter, and in 1850, claim for half pay from February
6, 1782, to November 27, 1823, was allowed to soldier's 
son, Edmund F. Vawter, administrator.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Same to Mrs. Aureline V. Stoll  Dec. 7, 1916

From the papers in claim R. File No. 10, 921, Rev. War.
it appears that William Vawter of Culpeper County, Virginia,
enlisted in 1777, as a private in Captain Angus Rucker's company, 
Colonel George Gibson's 1st Virginia regiment; he was
promoted to Orderly Sergeant in Captain Brown's company; to
Ensign in 1776; afterwards promoted Lieutenant; marched to
Virginia in 1780, and served in Colonel Gibson's regiment
until the re-arrangement of the Army, when he became a supernumery
officer, and so continued until the end of the War.
His age is not stated, and there is no reference to his
wife; he died at his residence near New Burlington, Boone
County, Kentucky, November 27, 1823, leaving the following of
children: Edmund F. Vawter, Virginia Vawter, William Vawter,
Thomas L. Vawter and George M. Vawter, residents of Boone
County, in 1829.
On December 20, 1832, Warrant No. 1,699 for 200 acres
of Bounty land issued to soldier's son William Vawter, and
in 1850, a claim for half-pay from February 6, 1782, to November
27, 1823, was allowed to soldier's son Edmund F. Vawter, 
administrator, in full satisfaction for the services
of their father William Vawter,

Very respectfully,

G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.

Mr. Frank P. Vawter
Box 251. Fort Smith, Ark.
Letter undated, rec'd Aug. 25 ┃
answer, Sept 3, 1913 in B.L.M.
8860-160- 1812 Heman Vawter
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BURTON K. WHEELER, MONT., CHAIRMAN
ELLISON D. SMITH, S. C.
ROBERT F. WAGNER, N.Y.
ALDEN W. BARKLEY, KY.
M. M. NEELY, W. VA.
WILLIAM H. DIETRICH,, ILL.
AUGUSTINE LONERGAN, CONN.
FRED N. BROWN, N.H. 
HOMER T. BONE, WASH.
VIC DONAHEY, OHIO
SHERMAN MINTON, IND.
HARRY S. TRUMAN, MO.
CHARLES O. ANDREWS, FLA.
EDWIN C. JOHNSON, COLO.
HARRY H. SCHWARTZ, WYO.
LESTER HILL, ALA.
WALLACE H. WHITE, JR., MAINE
JAMES J. DAVIS, PA.
WARREN R. AUSTIN, VT.
HENRIK SHIPSTEAD, MINN.
M. W. MITCHELL, CLERK
no rec 1/25/39

United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE
Washington, D. C.
January 19, 1939

Mr. A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Veterans' Administration
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Hiller:

The enclosed copy of a letter received
from one of my constituents is self explanatory.

I will appreciate any information you
may be able to furnish me regarding the pension
records of the soldiers named in this letter.

Thanking you for your courtesy in this
matter, I am

Sincerely yours,
Harry S. Truman

HST/ro
Encl.
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COPY
January 18, 1939
Honorable Harry S. Truman
Washington, D. C.

Dear Senator Truman:

With sincere thanks for your many past favors, I come again
on the same errand. This time I should like the service
and pension records of
R Pen 1/23 /39 CB

Wm. Brattan (or on) Pa. Infantry 215, Field
and Staff of Col. Wm. Irvine's Pa. Regiment.

Also service record of John Lewis, who died in Shelby Co.
Kentucky, in 1804, probably in Virginia line.

Also pension record (in Adjutant General's office, not
in pension bureau of Wm. Vawter, Lieut. Va. State Troops
Pension No. 050181. Service records also, please.

The Nation Board, DAR meets in February and I desire to
much to complete these papers by that time.

Very truly yours,

Mrs. R. B. Mitchell, Regent DAR
414 North Pleasant Street
Independence, Missouri
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915 Salmon Drive
Dallas, Texas
Feb. 21, 1938
Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen
21
I shall be pleased
to have you furnish
me the Revolutionary
military record of
William Vawter of
Virginia - 1765 - 1822.
He lived in Greenbrier 
and Monroe Counties
Va. now W. Va.
I have been told
that he took an
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active part in the struggle
for independence and was in
the battle of Yorktown. He died
in Virginia
Any assistance that you
can give me of the record
of the above named person,
will be deeply appreciated.
I am
Very truly yours
Elizabeth Vawter Cook
Great grandaughter [granddaughter]
of Win Vawter of Va.
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St. Louis Mo.
Oct. 15, 1936

Dear Sir-
I am trying to obtain records of same
of our ancestor for Family record, and I do not
know who to write to so thought you might
help me, as spelling of some of the names have
been changed and we are not sure of correct
spelling it makes it hard to get real facts
We understand Captain John Votaw was a
member of General Washington staff of the
Maryland Volunteers. He is from an old French
Huguenot family and we beleave the name
was spelled Voteau  or Vateau or even Votaugh.
Is there any record of this man or his many
Brothers in the Colonel Records - or War 1812
We have records of Civil War but no record
or early wars, then have you a record
of Joseph Brewster or Brouster. He came
rep of MO
to Missouri with General Wilkerson
about 1803. His parents were killed by Indians
We do not know correct spelling of family
name as one sons family spell it Brewster
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and another son spells it Brouster
their are several other family names
we are ancious [anxious] to get war records all
but do not know just how can you
tell me if there are any books I can
get on early was records. Thank you
for any help you can give me in
regard to this records-
Sincerly [Sincerely], Ethel M. Votaw
#4253 Fair Ave
St Louis, Mo
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Col. Gibb's 
affidavit
No 5
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I Churchill Gibbs of the County of Madison and
State of Virginia do hereby certify, that the late
Col William Vawter of the State of Kentucky
Inlisted [enlisted] as a soldier for three years in the early
part of the year 1777 and was attached to the 1st
Virginia State Regiment commanded by Col.
George Gibson and marched to the north and
joined the Continental army  then in the State of
Pensylvania [Pennsylvania], the second day after the battle
at Germantown , and was appointed an
Ensign but believe before he returned to
Virginia he was promoted to a Lieutenant
He returned to Virginia in 1780 and I have
no recollection of seeing him in service after
that date and I have reason to think he
was considered a Supernumery [Supernumerary] officer to the
and of the Revolutionary war, Given under
my hand this 14th day of Decr 1829

Churchill Gibbs

Madison County To Wit
This day Churchill Gibbs made oath before
me a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County to the above certificate Given under
my hand this 14th day of Dec 1829
Chs R Gibbs
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Elliott Rucker's
affidavit
No. 2
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State of the Kentucky
Shelby County Set[illegible]
Elliott Rucker this day personally
appeared before me George Pellilley
a Justice of the Peace for said County
and made oath that he was well
acquainted with William Vawter
and that he knows that the said Vawter
served in the First Virginia Regiment
commanded by Col George Gibson, and
was in the company commanded by
this affiant, who was first Lieutenant
said Vawter was at that time a
Lieutenant in said company and Regiment
and served during the war of the Revolution and
that he is now dead and left the
following children Court Edmund
F. Vawter Virginia Vawter William
Vawter Thomas Vawter and George
M. Vawter which children are now
all living in the county of Brown
and State of Kentucky

Given under my hand as a Justice
of the Peace in and for said county
this 22nd day of October 1879
 George Pellilley
Interlined by me
George Pellilley
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Commonwealth of Kentucky Shelby County Set
I James Whitaker Clerk of the County Court for the
aforesaid do certify that George P. Miller before
whom the within affidavit was taken now is
at the time of doing the same one of the
Commonwealths Justices of the peace for said County
Commission and quallified [qualified]  according to law & that
full faith & Credit is and ought to be given to all his
Official acts as such In Testimony whereof
I have hereto set my hand caused the Seal of said
County to be affixed at Shelbyville this 22nd
day of October 1829 and the 38th Year of
the Commonwealth
Att James S. Whitaker Clerk
Shelby County Court
State of Kentucky
Shelby County Set

I Sam W. White Senior and presiding
Justice of the Shelby County Court do certify
that the foregoing certificate of James S. Whitaker
who is Clerk of our said County Court is in due
form of law and that said Whitaker was Clerk
at the time of granting said certificate and
that full faith and credit is due and ought
to be given to all his official acts as such
Given under my hand as aforesaid this
22d day of October 1829
Saml W. White J. of CC
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I John Garrl [Garrell] of the County of Madison and State of
Virginia do certify that Col William Vawter late of the State of
Kentucky enlisted under Cpt Angus Rucker in 1777
in the first Virginia State redgiment [regiment] commanded
by Col George Gipson and march to the north and there we
bouth [both] were mess mates together and while there he took
rise to orderly Sergent[sergeant]  and after wards was promoted to ensign
and I was discharge in the year 1780 after I return home
I understood he took rise to lewtenant [lieutenant]  Given under my hand
this 6th of February 1830

John his X mark Garrell

Madison Cty to wit,
this day John Garrell personally appeared
before me a Justice of the peace for the County affore [afore] said made oath that the
facts above set forth to be correct Given under my
hand and seal this 6th of February 1830
William Early
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J. Watt's affidavit
No 1
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State of Indiana)
Third Judicial Circuit) Sct
I the undersigned Resident Judge
of the Ripley Circuit Court within
the Circuit aforesaid, certify that the
within attestation of Conrad Overturf
who was at the time of making the same, 
Clerk of said Court is in due
form of law. Given under my hand
this 26th day of October 1829
M.C. Eggleston
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of Boon Colly & State of Kentucky
Cave Johnson states that in the year 1778 he was
was well acquainted with the late William Vawter, now deceased
and that he saw him in the year in the U States Army at
the White plains and at West point in the State of
New York and that the said Vawter was
then an orderly Sargent to Capt Browns
Company in Colo Gibsons Regiment & in
Genl Putnums Brigade and that the said
Vawter was afterwards promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant this affiant was
well acquainted with him from that time
until the time of his death which took place
some time in the fall of the year 1823
and that Edmond F Vawter, Virginia Vawter
William Vawter, & George M Vawter,, are his
surviving, and only surviving heirs all of
whom are now well known to this affiant
Cave Johnson
The Affidavit of Spencer Runyan and Joseph
Boswell given in Open Court These affiants
State that they have read the affidavit of
Col Cave Johnson and that they were intimately acquainted with William Vawter 
therein named and that he departed this life
at his residence Near Burlington Boone County
[...illegible]
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The Affidavit of Spencer Regan and Joseph
Boswell given in Open Court These affiants
state that they have read the affidavit of
Col Cave Johnson and that they were intimately acquainted with William Vawter
therein named and that he departed this life
at his residence Near Burlington Boone County
Kentucky on the [...illegible] day of November
1823 and that Edmond F Vawter Virginia Vawter
William Vawter  and George M Vawter are at the
time the only surviving children and Heirs of the afore
said William Vawter Decd all of whom are well
Known to these affiants Witness this 9th Novr 1830
Spenser Runyan
Joseph Boswell

the affidavit of John Tomlinson taken in
Open Court- This Affiant states that he
was acquainted with William Vawter now
decd during the Revolutionary War with
Great Britain that the said William Vawter
was a Lieutenant in the Virginia line but
in what Regiment this Affiant does not at
this time recollect and he also states that Edmond Vawter Virginia Vawter William
Vawter and George M Vawter are the only
children and Heirs of the said William Vawter 
now living known to this affiant all
of whom are well known to this Affiant
as the children of the said William Vawter
Decd Given under the hand of the Respondent 
this 10th Nov 1830
John Tomlinson
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State of Kentucky 
Boone Circuit Court Set Nov. Term 1830
I Ch Chambers Clerk of the Court aforesaid do
hereby certify that the within and foregoing affidavits
of Cave Johnson Joseph Boswell Spencer Runyan
and John Tomlinson were produced in Court
at our present November Term and severally
Sworn to by the said affiants and ordered
to be certified accordingly.

In Testimony whereof I do hereunto
set my name and affix the seal
of said Court at the Courthouse
in Burlington this 10th day of November 
AD 1830 and in the 39th
year of the Commonwealth
Ch Chambers Clerk

State of Kentucky Set
I Henry O. Brown sole & circuit, Judge of
the second Judicial district, composed of the County
of Boone then do certify that Charles Chambers
whose name is attached to the foregoing certificate
is & was at the date thereof the true & lawful
Clerk of the Boone Circt Court & State afrd duly appointed & sworn, & whose certificate
is in due form of law & full faith & credit
due to his official acts as such. Given under my
hand & 11th Nov. 1830.
H.O. Brown Sole Judge
2nd Judl. Dist. Ky.