Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 5529, for Samuel Jackson, Virginia
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SERVICE Va.

Jackson, Samuel
Vashti

NUMBER R 5529
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see letter 2 Dec 1832
to Hon: John Carr HR
[Illegible] Same Feb 24 1836
Same Apl 6 36
Same Decr 13 36
[illegible] Certificate issued Jan.
1837 and sent to Hon Jno
Carr HR

Order to pay 28 Mar 1838.
Order to pay 20 March 1839
Order to pay 3d April 1841.
[Illegible] to Pat Agt 6 Oct 1841.
To Illinois from 4 Sep 1841.
Oct 1841. Notification to
C Fitch Esq New Albany Inda
WBDuncan May 23 1855

Illinois 26563
[Crossed out:] Indiana

Samuel Jackson
Floyd Co in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the com commanded
by Captain Harrison of the Regt commanded
Col [Illegible] in the Virginia
line for 10 months

scribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Mar
1834 and [Illegible] John
Carr HR

Arrears to the 4th of March              $100.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept      16.67
                                                          _________
                                                          $116.67
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.      ⎬
Recorded by Danl Boyd     Clerk,
Book [Illegible] Vol. [illegible] Page 117
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Kessiah Wright
Pension Claim
-
J.B. Duncan
Atty for claimant
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State of Illinois
County of Morgan ⎬
On this first day of
May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and
fifty five personally appeared before me James
Berdan Judge of the County Court of Morgan
County in the State of Illinois Reuben
Wright and Kessiah Wright his wife, aged
Respectively sixty four years and fifty three years,
who being duly sworn according to law, do
on their oaths make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provision
made by the act of Congress, on the day of
July A.D. 1836, or of whatever date the act
may be, granting arrears of Pensions due
to the widows or heirs of deceased persons
who served during the revolutionary war,
that the said Kessiah Wright is the daughter
of Samuel Jackson who was a
private in the army of the revolution, and
a pensioner of the United States that there
is beside the said Kessiah Wright, Lucy
Stansberry, formerly Lucy Jackson, Nancy
Daniels formerly Nancy Jackson, Polly
Weldon, formerly Polly Jackson, Charles 
Jackson, Zepeniah Jackson, & John Jackson
who are sisters and brothers to the said
Kessiah Wright, and heirs at law of the
said Samuel Jackson decd and that there
are no other heirs now living, nor children
of any that are deceased; they further
State that the said Samuel Jackson
died at Morgan County in the State of Illinois
on the on the 12th day of March A.D. 1844,
leaving a widow Vashti Jackson, who
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Franklin Ill May 10th 1833
Sir,
Inclosed find the application of Mrs Kessiah
Wright for arrears of pension due the heirs of
Samuel Jackson decd If the application is made
under the wrong act, please transfer it to the
proper one, as I was not certain what act to apply
under, not having all the laws in my possession
The facts are set forth just as they occured (partly
within my own knowledge as I was present and
saw Mr Jackson die) the witnesses both being
present at each death,
Very Respectfully
G. B. Duncan

Hon S. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Ind
12.973

Saml Jackson
Indiana

for 1775 pr
10 mo $33 33/100
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NEW ALBANY Ind.
MAR [illegible]

FREE

Hon John Carr
In Congress
City Washington
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State of Indiana
Floyd County        ⎬ On this 3d day of March
personally appeared before the Court of
Commissioners of County of Floyd & State of
Indiana Samuel Jackson a resident
of said County aged seventy seven years
who being first duly sworn according
to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the provisions made by the
act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered in the Army of
the United States in the year 1775
in the month of September with
Capt Cuthbert Harrison & served under 
the following named officers Col William
Grayson, Maj Leven Powel & continued
as a private in this minute service
six months
In March 1776 - Volunteered under
Capt. Jonathan Furguson and continued
in this service four months
In July 1776 he enlisted in the regular
service under Capt Thomas West [crossed out, illegible]
his the 3d Virginia regiment, for three
years or during the war
He was born in the year 1756 at
Prince William County State of Virginia
has no record of his age
when he was called into the service
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he lived at Dumfares Prince William
County State of Virginia _ Since the
revolutionary war he lived in Virgina
untill 1798 he then [crossed out] lived moved to
Kentucky Mason County  & lived in
Kentucky untill 1820 _  then moved to
Floyd County State of Indiana
where he now resides-
He volunteered under Capt Harrison
& under Furguson, & enlisted in the
regular service under Capt West
[crossed out, illegible] He was engaged in the battle at
Norfolk Long bridge, when under Capt
Furguson _
When under Capt Harrison, he marched
to Williamsburgh then to little York
2 times to Hampton where he [crossed out, illegible]
wintered & his six months expired in
the minute service _ he was a private
in this service _
Under Capt Furguson he marched to
Norfolk Long bridge, and after the
latter to Hampton _ then returned to
the Dumfries _  & in July 1776 inlisted
in the regular service for three years
as during the war & marched to
Alexander from thence to [Illegible]
Thence  started for Philadelphia &
[crossed out:] was on the way to Philadelphia
was there sick & unable to march
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and was put into a baggage wagon
which waggon was upset by which
means he receved an injury which
disabled him from service & was
permitted to return to Dumfries [illegible]
to return to the army of fit for duty
but was not fit for duty again
during the war-- but was at all
times [illegible] the war under the
control of the army _
his officers in his first service was
Capt Harrison, Maj. Levin Powel-
& Col William Grayson _
& - Jonathan Furguson Capt _ Col [Illegible]
In the regular service, he enlisted under
Capt West, but was attached to the
Company of Capt Philip Lee, Maj
Andrew Leach & Col Weedon 3d
Virginia Regiment _
He [crossed out, illegible] never recd a written discharge
he is acquanted with [two words, illegible] &
he has no documentary evidence & that he
knows of no person whose testimony he can
procure who can testify to his service
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the
present and declares that his name
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is not on the Pension roll of the agency
of any State-
Samuel Jackson
Sworn & Subscribed the
day & year aforesaid
Sworn to in Open Court this 3 day of March 1834
Harvey Scribner Clk

We Seth Woodruff a Clergymen residing in
New Albany in the County of Floyd and
State of Indiana & Lothrop Elderkin
residing in said County hereby certify that
we are well acquainted with Samuel
Jackson who has subscribed and sworn
to the above Declaration that we
believe him to be seventy seven years
of age that he is reputed &
in the neighborhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the revolution
Seth Woodruff
Lathrop Elderkin
Sworn & subscribed
the day & year
aforesaid
H Scribner Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War
Department, that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary Soldier & served as he states
and the Court further certifies that it appears to
them that Seth Woodruff who has signed the
preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident
in the County of Floyd that Lathrop Elderkin
who has also signed the same
is a resident in the County aforsaid &
is a credible person and the statement
is entitled to credit
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I Harvey Scribner Clerk of the
Commissioners Court of Floyd County
Indiana do hereby certify that the
forgoing contains the original 
proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of John
Stutman for a pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand
& seal of Office this 4th
day of March 1834
H Scribner Clerk
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January 3, 1938.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/ady
Samuel Jackson
R. 5529

Judge J. W. Jackson
Kennebec
South Dakota

Dear Sir:

The data contained herein were obtained from the
papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for
pension, R. 5529, based upon the military service of
Samuel Jackson in that war.

Samuel Jackson was born in Prince William County,
Virginia, in 1756, day, month, and the names of his
parents are not shown.

While a resident of Dumfries, Prince William County,
Virginia, Samuel Jackson enlisted in September 1775, served
as private in Captain Cuthbert Harrison's Company, Colonel
William Grayson's Virginia Regiment and in Captain
Jonathan Furguson's Virginia Company and was in the battle
at Long Bridge, Norfolk; length of service ten months. He
enlisted in July 1776 for during the war, in Captain
Thomas West's Company in the Third Virginia Regiment and
was attached to Captain Philip Lee's Company, Colonel
Weedon's Third Virginia Regiment and marched to Alexandria
thence to Baltimore, then started for Philadelphia, on the
way there was taken sick, unable to march was put in a
baggage wagon which upset and he was injured and disabled
for service, returned home on parole and was unfit for
further military duty during the war.

In 1798 he moved from Virginia, to Mason County,
Kentucky, in 1820 he moved to Floyd County, Indiana, and
about September 1841 he moved from Indiana, to Morgan
County, Illinois.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
March 3, 1834, while a resident of Floyd County, Indiana.

He died March 12, 1844, in Morgan County, Illinois.

Soldier married in the spring of 1782 in Culpeper
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County, Virginia, Vashti, who died September 28, 1846,
in Morgan County, Illinois, aged eighty-three years.

Children of Samuel Jackson and his wife, Vashti,
living in 1855 were: Lucy Stansberry, Nancy Daniels,
Polly Weldon, Charles Jackson, Zepeniah Jackson, John
Jackson and Kessiah Wright, aged fifty-three years and
a resident of Morgan County, Illinois. In the same
year her husband Reuben Wright was aged sixty-four
years.

In 1855 one Benjamin F. Wright and one Mildred
Wright made affidavit in Morgan County, Illinois, their
ages of relationship to the family not stated. There
are no further family data.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Additional proof
In case of the heirs
of Vashti Jackson
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State of Illinois
Morgan County ⎬ SS.
On this 30th day of June
A.D. 1835, personally appeared before me a
justice of the peace within and for the County
and State aforesaid, Kessiah Wright a resident
of Morgan County in the State of Illinois, who
being duly sworn according to law states
that her mother Vashti Jackson died
on the 28th day of September A.D.1846. and
that she was eighty three years old when she
died, according to Statements she had frequently
heard her said mother make, that
she has also heard her state that she was
nineteen years old when she was married
to Samuel Jackson, that subtracting her
age from the date of her death shows that
she was born in 1763, to which add nineteen
years, her age when married, shows her
to have been married to the said Samuel
Jackson in A.D. 1782, that according to her said
parents statements they were married at
Culpepper County in the State of Virginia
by one Hobbs, a minister of the gospel
she think in the spring of the year, but
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she cannot tell either the month or the
the day of the month there being no record,
to which [inserted:] she can have access within her
knowledge. all the foregoing statements
being made from her recollection of what
she has heard her said parents say
but, that she can prove by many person
that they resided together for many years
as man and wife, and received and 
recognised in society as such, and that she
cannot furnish any stronger or better
proof of the fact than that herein stated
Kessiah X her mark Wright
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State of Illinois 
Morgan County ⎬
I Matthew Stacy Clerk of
the County Court of said County do certify that
John B. Duncan, whose signature in his own
proper hand writing is signed to the foregoing
certificate, was at the time of signing the same
an acting justice of the peace within and
for said County duly commissioned and
qualified according to law, and that as
such full faith and credit is due to all
his official acts,
In testimony whereof I have here
unto signed my name and affixed
the seal of said Court at Jacksonville
this 4th day of July A.D. 1835
Mat Stacy Clk
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1912 Feb. 16 Tombston
data to Mrs C. F. Baffe
Letter in S. 31504 Jas Wright
V. L. M.
1915. May 10. History
to Miss Effie Epler
1915 Oct 23 Hist to
Helene Daily
1915, Feb. 21. To Mrs. Stiles
Sec Carbon. Her letter
in Disclaim Michael Jackson  FW.
1934 June 22. Hist. to Bessie
Currow A.D.Y.
1938 Jan 3. Hist to Judge
J.W. Jackson, A.D.Y.

5529
P.O.____
Vashti Jackson
Service: widow of Samuel

Enlisted: REJECTED, 18__.
Discharged:____, 18_.

Application filed:____, 18_.
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No [illegible]
Vashti Jackson
Decd widow of Saml 
of Illinois

Not a widow July 7 1838
Died before March 3, 1851
Rejected
JB Duncan Aug 2 1853

5529

July 7 1838
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State of Illinois
County of Morgan ⎬ SS.
On this 1st day of
May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and
fifty five personally appeared before me
Nathan Stacy Clerk of the County Court of
within and for the County and State 
afore said Benjamin F. Wright, and Mildred
Wright of lawful age who being duly sworn
according to law, declare that they were
present at the time Samuel Jackson died
which was on the 12th day of March 1844
that his widow Vashti Wright survived
him some two years and a half, and
died on the 28th day of September 1846, to
their personal knowledge, and that the names 
of the heirs set forth in the foregoing, dec
claration are all the heirs of the said Samuel
Jackson who now survive him, and
that the statements contained in said declaration
are all strictly true, and that they have
no interest in this claim,
B F Wright
Mildred Wright
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day
and year above written and I certify that I
know the affiants to be credible persons
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed
the seal of said court at Jackson
with this 1st day of May A.D. 1855,
Mat Stacy Clk
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also died on the 28th day of September
A.D. 1846, in the said County and State 
aforesaid, They further state that the said Samuel
Jackson, drew his said pension regularly
up to the 4th of March 1844, and that since
that time there has been nothing drawn
no any application made, In proof of the
fact of the said Samuel Jackson having 
been a pensioner they herewith enclose [crossed out:] the
the original certificate issued by authority
of the United States, and also the transfer
of the payment of said pension from Indiana
to Illinois
Reuben X his mark Wright
Kessiah X her mark Wright

Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written before
Jas Berdan
County Judge & Presiding Judge of
the Count Court of Morgan county Ill

State of Illinois
Morgan County} Ss
I Matthew Stacy Clerk of the County Court with
in and for said County which Court is a Court of Record and has a
Seal do hereby certify that James Berdon whose name in his own
proper hand writing is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit was at the
time of signing the same residing Judge of the said County
Court duly commissioned and qualified according to law and
that as such full faith and credit is due to all his official
acts
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal
of said Court at Jacksonville this the
1st day of May AD 1885
Mat Stacy
Clk
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Samuel Jackson

Virginia
for
duf. cu.

not on the Va roll
aur [Illegible] 7- 36
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Washington City April the 4th 1836

James S Edwards Esqr
Sir
herein is enclosed is an application
from Saml Jackson a pensioner for a duplicate
certificate, please make [inserted:] it out as soon as convenient
if the paper will authorize it
With great respect
your obt Svrt
John Iams
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Apl 5
Mr Burdine

James S Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Hn Jao Carr
HR
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Payment to be made
at New Albany
by the Pension Agent
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of

This certificate issued in lieu of one dated March 17.
1834, which has been lost or destroyed, and which if it
should be presented at the Pension Agency, the Agent will
transmit to the Dept.

Recorded in the Pension
Office in Book E Vol 7
Page 117 by
[Illegible} Boyd.     Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
Duplicate

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United 
States, of the 7th June, 1832, Samuel Jackson
of the State of Indiana
who was a private in the Army of the
Revolution
is entitled to receive Thirty three dollars
and thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, 
commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable 
semiannually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in
every year.

Given at the War Office of the United 
States, this ninth day of
January one thousand eight
hundred and thirty seven
B. F. Butler
Secretary of War, ad interim

Examined and
Countersigned.}

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Branch Bank of Ind
New Albany Sep 28. 1841.

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comn of Pensions

Dear Sir

I [illegible] herewith [illegible]
application of Samuel Jackson for Transfer of his name
from this to the Illinois Agency.
Yours Very Repectfully
M. C. Fitch P. A
by J. R. Shields
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NEW ALBANY Ind.
DEC 29

FREE

John Carr

Hon John Carr
Washington City
D. C. 

Jany 7th 1837
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State of Indiana
Floyd County
On this 29th day of December 1836 before me, the
Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and
State aforesaid, personally appeared Samuel Jackson, who
on his oath declares, that he is the same person who formerly
belonged to the company commanded by Captain Philip
Lee, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Weadon
in the service of the United States. That his name was
placed on the pension roll of the State of Indiana _ That
he received a certificate of that fact under the signature
and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate on or
about the 9th day of March 1835, at or near Indian Creek,
in the said County of Floyd, in the night time of said day,
was lost by Robert Ranny, in company with this deponent,
while returning from Corydon, where they had been to draw
the pension of this deponent. This deponent further states on
oath, that, he being partially blind, and the said Robert
Ranny being a near neighbor and friend of this deponent,
he usually called on him to go, and the said Ranny usually
went with him to draw his pension, and also usually
carried his papers relating thereto, being wholly unable to
attend to the business himself. That as soon as said certificate
was missed, this deponent and the said Ranny made immediate
and diligent search therefor, but have never been
able to find or obtain any information of or bring it.
And further says not.
Samuel Jackson
Sworn to and subscribed before me
the day and year first above written
Saml G Wilson
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State of Indiana
Floyd County } S.S.
On this 29th day of December 1836, before me, the subscriber
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state aforesaid
personally appeared Robert Ranny of the County aforesaid and
States on oath that Samuel Jackson is a near neighbor to this
affiant and well known to him; and that he is the same
person described in the foregoing affidavit made by said 
Jackson before Samuel G. Wilson Esquire. The said Robert Ranny
further States on oath that some time about the 8th May or
March 1835 the said Samuel Jackson called on this
affiant to go with him to Corydon for his pension _ that
this affiant did accordingly with the said Jackson, and
aided him in getting his money, on or about the 7th day of
March 1835, and while returning home - this affiant having
said Jackson papers - they were overtaken by a severe 
thunderstorm-- lost their way, got bewildered in the woods, and soon
after missed said papers. That this affiant and the said
Jackson made immediate and diligent search, then
and afterwards therefore but never found or obtained
any information of or concerning them. And further says not.
Robert Rainy
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this day and year first above written.
Sam G Wilson JP

State of Indiana
Floyd County

I Henry W. Smith, Clerk of the Circuit Court in
of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify
that Samuel G. Wilson, before whom the foregoing
affidavits appear to have been made, and whose name
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thereunto subscribed, is now, and was at the time the said
affidavits were made, an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and
quallified according _ that his said signature is genuine, and
that his official acts
are entitled to full faith and credit
Witness Henry W. Smith Clerk
of our said Circuit Court and
the seal thereof hereunto affixed
at the Court house in New Albany,
this 29th day of December 1836
Henry W Smith
C. F. C C

State of Indiana
Floyd County
I Samuel G. Wilson a Justice of the Peace in and for
County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel
Jackson is now so blind that he cannot see to walk about [crossed out, illegible]
with any precision of Judgment to all appearance
Witness my hand and seal this 29th Dec. 1836
Saml  G Wilson  J P Seal

I do hereby concur in the statement contained in the above
certificate of Esq. J. G. Wilson
Harry Collins
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I John Carr do hereby certify that I did present the declaration of
Samuel Jackson of Indiana an applicant to receive a pension &
that I recd a certificate for him which I transmitted to him
& further certify that I believe the within named Saml Jackson
who applys for a duplicate certificate to be the identical
Person for whom I recd the original certificate and which he states
to be lost, this is the third or fourth application which he has
made for the renewal of his certificate
John Carr M C
Jany 7th 1837-

NEW-ALBANY Ind.
DEC 29
Page 34

State of Illinois
Morgan County
On this Seventeenth day of September 1841
before me the Subscriber a Justice of
of the peace for the said County of Morgan personally appeared
Samuel Jackson_  Who on his oath declares that he is
the same person who formerly belonged to the Company
commanded by Captain Phillip Lee in the Regiment
commanded by Colonel Weeden in the Service
of the United States. That his name was placed on
the pension roll of the State of Indiana from whence
he has lately removed that he now resides in Morgan
County in the State of Illinois, where he intends to
remain. And wishes his pension to be then payable in
future. The following are his reasons for removing from
Indiana, to this State to wit, being far advanced
in years, and his sight having nearly failed him
he was obliged to break up house keeping and
come here for the purpose of living with his children
Samuel X his mark Jackson
Subscribed and sworn to
before me the the day and year 
above written
H. G. Rew JP Seal
also in pressence of Mr Mat Stacy

State of Illinois
Morgan County
I Horatio G Rew a magistrate in
the County above named do hereby certify
that I have the most satisfactory evidence viz the Evidence of Matthew
Stacy a Respectable Witness that Samuel Jackson who subscribed
the foregoing affidavit is the identical person described in and
who made said affidavit, Given under my hand at
Jacksonville in said County this 17th day of September
1841
H. G. Rew JP Seal
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State of Illinois
Morgan County
I Joseph Heslep Clerk of the
County Commissions Court within and for the County
and State aforesaid, do Certify that H G Rew
whose name appears to the attached Certificate
was at the time of signing the same and now is
an acting Justice of the Peace within and for
said County, duly commissioned and qualified
according to law, and that as such full
faith and credit should be given to all his
official acts.
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the
said Court at Jacksonville
this 17th day of Sept AD 1841
Joseph Heslep Clk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.

Pension Office.
29th Oct 1841

Sir:
In conformity with the regulations of this Department, you
this day been transferred from the Roll of Indiana
to that of Illinois to take effect from and
after the 4 Sep 1841.

I am, Sir, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Mr. Samuel Jackson
U. S. Pensioner.
case of M. C. Fitch Esq
New Albany
Indiana
Page 37

Franklin Illinois July 10th 1833.

Sir I herewith send the proof of the marriage
of Vashti Jackson, the proof furnished is
the best that, under the circumstances can
be furnished. As it was inconvenient to
get another justice. the affidavit was
made before me, but I suppose it will
make no difference, as it is a sort of
family connection, and I am geting no fee
I presume, the application should have
be made under the act of 1833. I have
no copy of the Pension Laws, and would
be greatly obliged if you would be so
kind as to furnish me with them.
I have the Hon. &c
J. B. Duncan

Hon Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 38

Franklin Illinois
May

Free
Office Business

Hon Commr of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

D

Ind

Samuel Jackson
Ill _ D 1832

Wed or Thurs [illegible]

CoC
Page 39

Franklin Illinois
12. May

Free
Office Business

Hon Commr of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

D

Ind

Samuel Jackson
Ill _ D 1832

Wed or Thurs [illegible]

CoC
Page 40

James L. Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
D. C

[Illegible] a new certificate
immediately Jan7

J Carr
HR
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House of Reps Jany 7th 1837

James L. Edwards Esqr. 
Com of Pensions

Sir enclosed herein is the affdt of Samuel 
Jackson of Ind asking the renewal of his certificate
I have put my certificate on the affidavit. This if the
3rd or 4th time that he has applyed for the renewal of
his certificate.

Very respectfully
your obt servt
John Carr
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Branch Bank Ind
New Albany March 15 1838

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comm Pensions
Sir
I enclosed for your
examination Pension Voucher [illegible] of Samuel Jackson
Your Very [Illegible]
J R Shields Esq
Page 43

Pension Agency N Albany Octo 12, 1841

Geo W. Crump Esq
Sir
[This line, illegible]
Samuel Jackson a penson on the Roll of this agency
at the rate of 33 33/100 Dollars per Annum was last paid
up to the 4th day of September 1841
I am thy Respetfully
[Illegible]
M C. Fitch P. A
by J. R. Shields
Page 44

Branch Bank of Ind
New Albany March 24. 1841

J. L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Dear Sir
I [illegible] herewith for
your examination &c Samuel Jackson [illegible] voucher Pension
of Albany to W. E.. Fitch [Illegible]
[Illegible] Very Respetfully
M. C. Fitch P Agent
by J. M. Shields
Page 45

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
JAMES CALDWELL CHAPTER
JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS

May 2" 1915,
1106 W State St.

Pension Bureau,
Will you please said
me records of the Revolutionary soldiers,
Samuel Jackson, private in South
Carolina troops, date of death, Oct 11 1844
in Morgan County, Illinois, and
Borland on Bourland or Bouland Jolly,
death about 1845, in Morgan Conty
And oblige,
Miss Effie Epler,
Registrar,
Rev. James Caldwell
Chapter
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois
1106 W State St.
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Aurora Chapter
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Rev Sec
H

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Aurora, Illinois Oct 17-1915

Dear Mr Saltzgaber:
Have you any record
of Joshua Randall borne about
1738 Plymouth Mass _ married
Keziah Hawley _
Have you a record of James
Bradley? Was born in Wales
had 3 sons Francis - John
and James - that I know of.
The genealogy says his
wife opened a Hospital for
The Sick & wounded during 
the War. I have never been
able to verify this statement
Have you a record of John
Barttell? Some children of his
Samuel _ Married Polly Jo[Illegible]
Silvanes _ Harrison etc.
Thanking you in advance for your
reply and respectfully yours
Helene F Da[illegible]
Over
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I would also like
the pension record
of Samuel Jackson wife
Vashti B. 1758 _  D 1843
The Pension Roll 1840
Regular File No 5529

U. S. PENSION OFFICE.
O
OCT 20 1915
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Port Allen, Louisiana
June 13, 1934

The War Department,
Bureau of Revolutionary Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

RECEIVED
JUN 16 1934
MAIL SUB. DIV.

Gentlemen:
Would it be possible for you to give me any
information about Samuel Jackson, deceased, who 
received a Revolutionary War pension?
Samuel Jackson was born in Culpepper County, Va.
Any information about his later residence, family, and
proof of his or his wife's having received a pension
for service, etc., would be appreciated.
Any fee for this information will be paid for
upon notification. Thanking you for your kind attention,
I am,
Very truly yours,

Bessie Currow
(Miss) Bessie Currow
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Kennebec, S. D.
December 27, 1937

Veterans' Administration
Washington, D.C.

RECEIVED 
DEC 29 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM.
READER 44


Dear Sirs: -- What does the records of Veterans Administration show as
to the Revolutionary War records of the soldiers of Virginia as to
any of the following or their families?
Christopher Jackson, Macabus Jackson, Christ Jackson, Julius Jackson
Gabriel Jackson, Samuel Jackson, or George Jackson? I am trying to definite
determine the ancestors of one Jesse Jackson who was within 30
miles of Yorkton at the time of that seige in 1781, where his father was
with the continental army--there is a difference as to the name of his
father, and as Jesse Jackson was my grandfather, we are trying to trace
the family to one who was in the American Army during the Revolutionary 
War and will be of great benefit to our remaining descendents
Jesse Jackson migrated from Virginia some time in the 179- and livd
in Munlenberg County, Ky, where he died in 1847. 
[Two words, illegible]
JW Jackson - county July 6
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3--525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. ____, 19__

R. 5529

In reply to your request of ____, received ____
a statement of the military history of Samuel Jackson
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Sept 1775
March 1776
July 1776

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
6 mos
4 ..
_

RANK.
Prt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Cuthbert Harrison
Jonathan Furguson
Philip Lee
COLONEL.
Wm Grayson
?
Weedon

STATE.
Va

Battles engaged in, at the Long Bridge Norfolk,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dumfries Prince Wm Co Va
Date of application for pension, Mar. 3, 1834 His claim was al.
Residence at date of application, Floyd Co. Ind.
Age at date of application, b. Prince Wm Co Va. 1856
Remarks: This data was added Oct 28 1915.  Sol died in Morgan Co. Ills Mar. 12 1844.
Job was in 1782 in Culpeper Co Va Vashti-- she died
Sept. 28, 1846 in Morgan Co Ill aged 83 years, Children
were Kessiah wife of Reuben Wright. Lucy Stansbury, Nancy Daniels
Polly Weldon, Charles, Zephaniah and John
Respectfully,
Office Note
Before sending again fill in the family data. It was sent
without it to Miss Epler.  Regist[illegible] Janice Caldwell Chapter
because the various persons connected with that chapter
have written many times requiring the records for headstones
or tablets.  see millmiscellaneous correspondence under Illinois X also over
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letters of & to Miss Epler in misc "E" relative to this
matter.  Their their inquiries are not for genealogical
purposes at all
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War Section

February 21, 1916

Mrs. Luella Stiles,
557 West Fourth Street,
Loveland, Colorado.

Madam:
In response to your letter of the tenth instant, you
are advised that on May 18, 1914, you were furnished the history
of Colonel Michael Jackson who was pensioned for wound received
at Montressor's Island, on September 24, 1776, and you were advised
that the only Samuel Jackson who was on the Revolutionary War
pension roll in 1840, (Rej. File No. 555329) was born in 1756
and died in 1844, from which it would appear that he was not your
ancestor who, you state, was born in 1758 and died in 1843.
You are again advised that the Revolutionary War records
of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to David
Jackson or James Jackson, described by you.
Very respectfully,
C. Freeman
Acting Commissioner.
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June 22, 1934.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/ady
Samuel Jackson
R. 5529

Miss Bessie Currow
Port Allen
Louisiana

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Samuel
Jackson, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the
papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension,
R. 5529, based upon his military service in that war.
Samuel Jackson was born in Prince William County,
Virginia, in 1756, day and month not stated. No reference
is made to his parents.

While a resident of Dumfries, Prince William County,
Virginia, he enlisted in September 1775, served as private
in Captain Cuthbert Harrison's Company, Colonel William
Grayson's Virginia Regiment and in Captain Jonathan Furguson's
Virginia Company and was in the battle at Long Bridge, Norfolk;
length of service ten months. He enlisted in July 1776 for
during the war, in Captain Thomas West's Company in the Third
Virginia Regiment and was attached to Captain Philip Lee's
Company, Colonel Weedon's Third Virginia Regiment and marched
to Alexandria thence to Baltimore, [crossed out:] and then started for Philadelphia
[crossed out:] and on the way there [crossed out:] he was taken sick, unable to
march, [crossed out:] and was put in a baggage wagon which upset and he was
injured and disabled for service, [two words, crossed out:] and he returned home on
parole and was [two words, crossed out:] not fit [penciled in:] unfit for [penciled in, two words:] further military duty again during the war.

In 1798 he moved from Virginia, to Mason County, Kentucky,
in 1820 he moved to Floyd County, Indiana, and about September
1841 he moved from Indiana, to Morgan County, Illinois.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
March 3, 1834 while a resident of Floyd County, Indiana.

He died March 12, 1844 in Morgan County, Illinois.

Soldier married in the spring of 1782 in Culpeper County,
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Virginia, Vashti, who died September 28, 1846 in Morgan
County, Illinois, aged eighty-three years.

Children of Samuel Jackson and his wife, Vashti,
living in 1855 were: Lucy Stansberry, Nancy Daniels,
Polly Weldon, Charles Jackson, Zepeniah Jackson, John
Jackson and Kessiah Wright, aged fifty-three years and a
resident of Morgan County, Illinois. In the same year her
husband Reuben Wright was aged sixty-four years.

In 1855 one Benjamin F. Wright and one Mildred Wright
made affidavit in Morgan County, Illinois, their ages or
relationship to the family not stated. There are no further
family data.

This is the record of the only Samuel Jackson who
served from Virginia, that is found on the Revolutionary War
records of this office.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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January 3, 1938.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/MHady

Judge J. W. Jackson
Kennebec
South Dakota

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War records of Christopher,
Macabus, Christ, Julius, Gabriel, Samuel and George
Jackson, in the effort to determine who the ancestors
were of Jesse Jackson who was near Yorktown at the
time of the siege in 1781, where his father was
serving in the Continental Army.

There are no claims for pension on file based
upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Christopher,
Macabus, Christ, Julius or Gabriel Jackson. Such claims
are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by
this office.

You state that Jesse Jackson, your grandfather,
migrated from Virginia, in the 1790's and lived in
Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, where he died in 1847.
The Revolutionary War records were searched also under
his name, and none found of a Jesse Jackson as described.

The record has been found of a Samuel Jackson who
served in the Virginia troops and lived later in Kentucky,
but it is not shown that he was at the siege of Yorktown,
also, the record of a George Jackson who served from
Virginia and later lived in Kentucky. Those two records
are furnished you herewith. It is hoped that they will
aid you in your research.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Jackson, Seth   GRADE Private LINE Sheldon's Dragoons, Connecticut

WARRANT NUMBER 6044 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 24, 1790 to James F. Sebor (S)

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.