Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3776, for John Tedford, Virginia
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VA Tedford, John S. 3.776
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6520
Capt. John Tedford
Amended Declaration
BlounHearty-Jonas
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State of Tennessee
Blount County
On this... day of 1833, personally appeared James McKamy, aged eighty years and Robert Tedford, aged seventy-three years, residents... of said County and state before the law included... acting Justices of the Peace duly commissioned and... for Blount County in Tennessee and being first duly sworn according to Law do an their oathsa make the following declaration in addition, top and around amount of a declaration made for Capt. John Tedford, deceased late of Blount County, Tennessee on the 8th day of August 1832. That said Captain John Tedford was born in Irelanmd in the year 1750, as they have always understood and Colonies, and came with his family to America in 1753. Who settled in Rockeridge County, Virginia, and there they lived until the year 1786 or 1787 when he removed to Blount County Tenessee, and there lived until his death as before mentioned. That said John Tedford, deceased, was
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drafted and served was... of three months mentioned in the Original declaration as an Ensign and another three months there as a Captain, as they have always understood and Conclude that they know of no other evidence of his service in this quarter of the County, or within their... That they do not know of every record of the age of service. John Tedford... thatg their recollection as afore stated that he lived in Rockbridge County Virginia, when he wasw drafted, performed his service, these applicants cannot state the names of day of the... officers with which he served, nor the regiments or personally accomodation of his service further than they have.
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was well known in his neighborhood in addition to the pensions where Certificates accompany the original declaration to the following... James Hamill, Hugh Hamill, David Delzell, Helena Delzell, William Cooper, James McKemy, and Mary athens can testify that the character of the deceased Captain John Tedford for veracity of their... of his services as the soldier of the Revolution. Sworn...
Robert Tedford.
James McKemy.
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State of Tennessee
Blout County
Isaac Anderson, a Clergyman residing in Blount County of the state aforesaid and... James Hamill, William Cooper, residin in the same county and state hereby certify that we were... navigated with Captain John Tedford, deceased, late of said county and state for when the foregoing declarations have been made that we holding him to have been what eighty-two years of age at the time of his death that he was replaced Hedaine in the... where he resided to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we do concur in that opinion.
James Trundle.
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State aforesaid and authorized to administration Oath and a commander of the County Court of said County and State do hereby certify that Isaac Anderson, who has signed the proceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in Blount County of Blount State aforesaid, and that James Gillepsy, James Hamill, and William Cooper, who have also signed the same as resident in the same County and state, and are credible persons and that them statement is entitled to credit... this 31st day of August, 1833.
State of Tennessee
I, Jacob F. Foute, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and... of Blount County State aforesaid do hereby Certify that James Trundle and David McKay Esquires before... the foregoing declarations and certificates appear to have been... to and... and where designates as appear in their area prefer names and hands acting as well in attention therey as to the above
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and foregoing certificate were at the time of the oaths made thereof acting practices of the peace duly comissioned and before in foreake county and duly clothinged to administrator oaths and... of our said Council and that full faith and credit are due to those official acts... and that these here annexed to
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State of Tenesaee Second Soldier
Blount County...
Personally appeared in open court before the honorable... Court of said County in the Curcuit and State aforesaid... James McKamy aged seventy-nine years, a resident... of said Blount County and being first duly sworn... and said that he was well acquainted with Captain John Tedford deceased late, of the County and State aforesaid, that said Captain John Tedford died... 14th day of July, 1832, at his residence in said Blount County, where he has lived about forty-five years that this... acuqainted with the deceased in their boyhood lived in Augustus County, Virginia, lived very near each other in said County until Rockbridge Count very said app. and credible, County... said John Tedford, deceased.
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Then mustered into service and marched with the troops towards North Carolina under the command of Colonel McDowell... that he saw said John Tedford soon after his return home, and always understood from said John and many other that said John had served and his term of duty and was in the Battle of Guilford like and... heard it questioned or doubted and that it was also alleged and documented... that Captain Alexander Tedford, a brother of said John, and who Commanded a Company of Rockridge volunteers at Guilford Battle way there ...
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State of Tennessee... Blount County...
On this 8th day of Augusty, 1832, personally appeared Robert Tedford, a resident citizen of said County and State, aged seventy-two years... in open court before the Honorable Curcuit Chief Clerk sitting for the County and the Circuit and state aforesaid and the said Richard Tedford, having first duly sworn according to Law, declareth and saith that he is brother of Captain John Tedford, deceased, hold of Blount County heretofore whose he died on the 14th day of February, 1832...
John Tedford volounteered and Comissioned... Sepical Thomas Jefferson, and noted the day of May 1781, that the said John performed the following services during the Revolutionary War.
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Rockbridge County, Virginia and were drafted or  turned out as the collway and revert into service under Captain Andrew Moore, who commanded the Company to aid the frontline the department was not along that campaign but along... and declared that his brother did perform before as an ensign in February of 1781... about the 20th... and said John Tedford was again drafted as and Ensign, and was elevated to Captain do... of Rockbridge County militia...
Were place under the command of General Stephens, and were in the Battle at Guilford Courthouse on the 18th day of March, 1781.
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Captain John Tedford
deceased...
Blount County, Tenn.
PO No. 6320
Handed by Jac. F. Foute
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State of Tennessee
Jane Tedford, widow and... of Captain John Tedford, deceased late of Blount County... prays the allowance to... of the pensions due to her deceased husband for... the act of Congress of June 1832, that accounts for the 4th day of March, 1831, up to the 14th day of July 1832, when the said John Tedford departed, his wife who States that she is now a widow... of Blount County Tenessee, the she has... where her late husband and the servants of James McKamy, and Robert Tedford, on oath, had... that the
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August 8 1832 Jane Tedford
NC David McHenry, Partick M. Butler, Robert Houston, William Anderson, Martin Rorex, Samuel Hamill, John Wilson, Robert R. Young, Samuel Houston, resident citizens of Blount County.
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On this 9th day of August 1832, personally appeared in Open Court before the honorable Curcuit  Court none setting for Blount County in the... of a Tennessee William Wallace, John P. Montgomery, Jacob H. Foote, John F. Gillepsy, and James Houston all residents of said County Circuit except John F. Gillepsy who.... and stgate, and duly sworn do hereby certify that they are well agreed-will with Robert Tedford and james McKamy.
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter that the said... John Tedford deceased, was a Revolutionary soldier and served as stated by James McKamy and Robert Tedford and that they and Daniel D. Foute, Patrick W. Cutler, Robert Houston, William Anderson, Matthew Rivers, John Hammill, John Wilson. Roll R. Young, James Houston, John Williams, John P. Montgomery, and Jacob F. Frank who have... and seen to the foregoing Certificate are residious of said Polion.
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Rockbridge County Militias and Captain John Tedford was discharged and sometime about the time that Cornwallis was reported to have surrendered, said John Tedford reached home offoponent always... said John Tedford had faithfully passed and performed and secured on terms for which he was called with service as aforesaid and bravely and honorably chivalric and... heard the fact in any way quarantined or doubled... said John Tedford removed from Rockbridge...
Robert Tedford
Clerk.
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... In the month of June, 1787, when tidings reached us that the British Col. Jackson's troop of Cavalry had come to Charlottesville and took from members... provisions... to visit statenlow the whole militia for Rockbridge County almost instead... believes said John Tedford, who Commanded a company... who had just before soll and check the progress of the British and rescined in that service secretly at... found the British troops had recieved no degree war to by appointment in the interior. Perhaps in the month of August or department early 1781 percise was made in November by draft of men was made in Rockbridge County.
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... Seely at War will peace addvly any Commendation on this sylgee of this application to the... Magistrate Bloomthenly.
Very Respectfuly Yours,
Jac. F. Foote,
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East Tenessee
John Tedford of Blount County in the State of Tennessee who was a Captain in the___________ Commanded by Captain__________ of the corps commanded by McDowell in Virginia.
Inscribed on the Roll of... at the rate of 90 Dollars _______ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of February 1834 and the... Decemeber 30, 36...
Record by... Clerk
Book 6, Vol I Page 63.
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6520
John Tedford
recorded
Luke Lea
Aged 17 Erogin
VA Car 6
...3 #30
...3 #60
$90
Jane Tedford, widow, appt. died 14 July 1832
$122. 50
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War Department
Sir,
The evidence in support of your claim under the act of june 7th, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjcined notes you will readily percieve that objections exist which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is you will find marked in the margin with a brace (thus:}) You will, when youu return your papers to this Department send this printed letter with them and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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Regulations under the Act of June 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the staff of the Army, and to include under the terms Continental Line,. State Troops, militia, and volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered, and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed by the army upon civil countracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols or were engaged in guarding particular places at night and were not recognized as being in military service.
Four general cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers
3. Persons employed in the Naval Sservice.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the beenfit of this law as officers, non-comissioned officers, musicians or privates will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
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1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the name of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. Did you ever recieve a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? Did you ever recieve a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of person to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their beleif of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
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Mary Cowell
August 31st, 1866 Paid 10
J. L. Edwards, Court of Business
Washington City, D. C.
M
Jno. Tedford 
Value.
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Margville Count, August 30, 1846,
Sir,
I am requested by the heir of John Tedford... who was an esquire of the Va. lives in the county of... informative in regard to their claims to Pensioner. Their father, John Tedford, died... the 3rd of March 1826, having served for a period of 3 years aor more in the war of the Revolution; They said to inform whether as stated, they and... to the time of his death, and also understood that they are entitled to a bounty of land if they are entitled to a pension then vision that you... assist there a copy of...
Very Respectfully,
Your Obidient Servant,
John S. McNutt.
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State of Tennessee
County of Blount
On this 17th day of May, 1831, personally appeared before me, one of the justices of th peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, Joseph Tedford, a credible witness who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that he is one of the heirs to John Tedford, who was an ensign in the War of the Revolution, in the Virginia line. And he further states that he is directly interested as a claimant for the Commtation pay. Bounty Land &c. which may be due to the Heirs of the aforesaid John Tedford on account of his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Sworn to and... on rge day and year above written and before me.
S. J. McReynolds.
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above mentioned written in my hand and seal this 17th day of May 1851.
signed, sealed and acknowledged in the presence of Joseph Tedford.
Samuel L. Yearout.
William Tedfprd
State of Tenessee
County of Blount
On this 17th day of May, 1851, personally appeared before me the above named Joseph Tedford to one known and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and for the power therin mentioned.
S. J. McReynolds.
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April 26, 1933
Honorable J. Will Taylor John Tedford, S. 3776
House of Representatives
Washington D. C.
My dear Mr. Taylor,
Reference is made to your telephone call of yesterday, in behalf of Mr. Will E. Parhan of 218 Bryant Street, Maryville, Tennessee, whose letter you have transmitted for information in regard to Revolutionary War soldiers, Captain John Tedford, James Tedford, George Tedford, and Alexander Tedford.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States, based upon service in that war.
A careful search of the records has been made and no record found of such claims based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Captain Alexander Tedford, who, it is stated, was killed in battle, or of James and George Tedford. The records were searched under various spellings of the surname.
The record of John Tedford given below is found in the papers on file in pension claim S. 3778, based on his service in the Revolutionary War.
He was born in 1750 in Ireland and came to America in 1763 with his parents (names not given) who settled in Rockbirdge County, Virginia.
While a resident of Rockbridge County, Virginia, he enlisted and served at various time from sometime in 1779 until sometime in the fall of 1781, amounting to at least six months in all, as ensign and captain with the Virginia Troops, under Captains Campbell, Andrew Moore, and Cloyd, and Colonel Samuel McDowell.
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He was commissioned captain of the Rockbridge County, Virginia, on May 3, 1781. He was in the Battle of Guilford Court House, and his brother, Alexander, who was captain in the Virginia militia, was killed in this battle.
John Tedford died July 14, 1832, in Blount County, Tenessee, where he had moved in 1786 or 1787 from Rockbridge County, Virginia.
He married Jane. Her maiden name and the dtae of marriage were not given.
On August 8, 1832, Jane Tedford, a resident of Blount County, Tennessee, applied for pension that was due her husband, John Tedford, on account of his service in the Revolution. Her claim was allowed.
Jane Tedford was dead in 1851, date of death not shown.
John and Jane Tedford had children, but the only name designated is that of a son, Joseph, who was living in Blount County, Tennessee, in 1851. In that year, one Robert A. Tedford was a clerk of court in Blount County, but his relation to the soldier, John Tedford, was not given.
Robert Tedford, a brother of the soldier, was living in Blount County, Tennessee, in 1832, at which time he was seventy-two years of age.
The papers in this pension claim contain no further data relative to the family of John Tedford.
Mr. Will E. Parham's letter of April 20, 1933, is herewith returned.
Very truly yours,
A. D. WILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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The Commonwealth of Virginia
To John Tedford Gentleman, greeting:
KNOW YOU that our GOVERNOUR oh Recommendation from the Court of the County of Rockbridge hath constituted and appointed you Captain in a Company of militia in the said County. In Testimony whereof, these our Letters are sealed, with the Seal of the Commonwealth and made Patent.
Witness THOMAS JEFFERSON, Esquire, our said Governour at Richmond the Third Day of May in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-One.
Thomas Jefferson.
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John Tedford
Rockbridge County 1781
The aforesaid... John Tedford foreclosed this Resurfice in Court 4 Dedford is according to Law. Lost Andrew Reid
The Personal Archives of the United States.
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January 19, 1933
Honorable Joseph W. Byrns John Tedford
House of Representatives
Washington D. C.
My dear Mr. Byrns
Reference is made to your letter of January 16th, relative to information desired by Mrs. Charles H. Drane of Clarksville, Tennessee.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 3776, based upon the military service of John Tedford.
He was born in 1750 in Ireland, and came to America in 1753 with his parents (names not given) who settled in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
While a resident of Rockbridge County, Virginia, he enlisted and served at the various times from sometime in 1779 until sometime in the fall of 1781, amounting to at least six months in all, as ensign and captain with the Virginia troops under Captains Campbell, Andrew Moore, and Cloyd, and Colonel Samuel McDowell. He was commissioned captain of the Rockbridge County, Virginia militia, on May 3, 1781. He was in the battle of Guilford Court House and his brother, Alexander, who was captain in the Virginia militia, was killed in this battle.
He died July 14, 1832, in Blount County, Tennessee, where he had moved in 1786 or 1787 from Rockbridge County, Virginia.
The soldier married Jane, whose maiden name and date of marriage were not given.
On August 8, 1832, Jane Tedford, a resident of Blount County, Tennessee applied for pension that was due her husband, John Tedford, on account of his service in the Revolution. Her claim was allowed.
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Jane Tedford was dead in 1851, date of death not shown.
In that year, a son, Joseph Tedford, was living in Blount County, Tennessee, and one Robert A. Tedford, whose relation to the soldier was not given was clerk of court of Blount County. Tennessee.
Robert Tedford, a brother of the soldier, was living in Blount County, Tennessee, in 1832, at which time he was seventy-two years of age.
The papers in this pension claim contain no further data relative to the family of John Tedford.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to George and Matthew Gracey.
In order to identify in the record of a particular soldier of the Revolution by the name of John Gracey, it is essential that as much as possible of the following data be furnished: approximate date of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment, and after service and the first name of widow.
Very truly yours
A. D, HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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January 9, 1931
Hon. Thomas M. Bell
Member of Congress
Gainesville, Georgia.
My dear Mr. Bell:
Reference is made to your letter of January 1, relative to information desired by Mrs. Leila R. Mise of Commeroe, Georgia.
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 3776, that John Tedford was born in 1750 in Ireland and came to America in 1753 with parents (names not given) who settled in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
While a resident of Rockbridge County, Virginia, he enlisted and served at various times from sometime in 1779 until sometime in the fall of 1781, amounting to at least six months in all, as ensign and captain with the Virginia troops, under Captains Campbell, Andrew Moore and Cloyd, and Colonel Samuel McDowell. He was commissioned captain of the Rockbridge County, Virginia militia on May 3, 1781. He was in the battle of Guilford Court House, and his brother, Alexander, who was captain in the Virginia militia, was killed in this battle.
John Tedford married Jane, whose maiden name and date of marriage are not given.
He died July 14, 1832 in Blount County, Tennessee where he had moved in 1786 or 1787.
On August 8, 1832, Jane Tedford, a resident of Blount County, Tennessee, applied for pension that was due her husband, John Tedford on account of his services in the Revolution. Her claim was allowed.
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She was dead in 1851, date of death not shown.
In that year, a son, Joseph Tedford, was living in Blount County, Tennessee; in 1851, one Robert A. Tedford, was clerk of court in Blount County, Tennessee, relationship to soldier not given.
Robert Tedford, a brother of the soldier, was living in Blount County, Tennessee in 1832, at which time he was seventy-two years of age.
The papers in this pension claim contain no further data relative to the family of John Tedford.

It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3775, that Robert Tedford was born January 9, 1760 or 1761, place not stated.
While a resident of Rockbridge County, Virginia, he enlisted and served in the Virginia troops as follows:
From June 1, 1779, as a private in Captain Alexander tilford's company for one month, from September 1779 for three months as a sergeant in Captain Campbell's company under Major Grey; from June 1781, for one month a private in Captain Joseph Alexander's company, Colonels Bowyer and McDowell's regiment from March 1782 for three months as orderly sergeant under Lieutenant John Caruthere and guarded and delivered prisoners at Winchester.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 8, 1832, while a resident of Blount County Tennessee.
The papers in this pension claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.

It appears from the paper in the Revolutionary war pension claim S. 4881, that Alexander Tedford was born on June 1, 1760, in what was then August county, Virginia.
While living in Rockbridge County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1780 and served three months as private in Captain Charles Campbell's Virginia company. He enlisted June 1, 1781 and served
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five or six weeks as private in Captain John Tedford's company, Colonel John Bowyer's Virginia regiment. He enlisted August 1, 1781 and served three months as private in Captain David Gray's company, Colonel Lewis' Virginia regiment; was at the siege of Yorktown.
In 1787, he moved to Scott County, in 1804 to Green County, Ohio, and three years later to Miami County, Ohio, where he was allowed pension on his application executed September 29, 1832,
The papers in this pension claim contain no further data relative to the family of this soldier. The above is the history of the only soldier named Alexander Telford that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Jeremiah Telford or Tedford.
Very truly yours,
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
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Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.
In response to your request of ___________, received___________ for a statement of the military history of John Tedford 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.
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Gainesville, GA, January 1, 1931
Commissioner of Pensions,,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
I inclose herewith letter from Mrs. Leila R. Mize, Commerce, Ga. Please advise me if there is any record of pension having been drawn by any of the veterans mention, returning to me the inclosed letter.
Very truly yours,
Thomas McMillan.
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The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Dear sir,
In the Secretary of War's report for 1835, Pension Rolls, Tennessee list, Vol. 3, Page 50, appears the name of John Tedford, a resident of Blount County, Tennessee, as having served as Corporal and ensign in the Virginia Line.
I desire a complete, certified copy of the record of this soldier for use in a family record.
Can your department furnish this, and if so, please advise me what the fee will be.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. I am,
Yours truly,
J. H. McCully
Idaville, Indiana.
February 26, 1914.
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WOODBINE PLACE 
PMB
Rockfield, Ind. 

P.M. Byrum
Rev Sec
Sept. 18 - 1919

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C. 

(Stamp) 
U.S. Pension Office
Sept 22 1919

(greeting too light to read):

     An applicant for membership in the D.A.R. needs a statement from the Pension Dept. showing a pension allowed to John Tedford and after his death, to his widow. 
     He was a Captain under Col. Samuel McDowell in the Virginia malitia (militia) in the Revolutionary War. 
     Reference is made to his pension in the report of Secy. of War - 1835, Pension Roll, Tennessee line, Vol. 3, Page 50 (see also Rev. War Records 
see File 3, 776).   
     His widow Jane Tedford applied for a pension Aug. 8 - 1834, which was allowed. 
     Can you help us?
Yours truly, 
Mrs. P. M. Byrum
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Hon. E. W. Morgan,
Director of Pensions,
Washington D. C.
My dear Mr. Morgan,
Can you furnish me from the pension rolls any information that would enable me to answer the attached inquiry?
Very truly yours,
Joseph Byrns.
January 16, 1933.
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Macon, MO, December 8. 1913.
Honorable Comissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Dear Sir,
I desire to obtain information that will aid me in an application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
I have understood that an ancestor, John Tedford, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. It is my understanding that he served in the Company commanded by his brother, Captain Alexander Tedford, who was killed in the battle of Guilford Courthouse. I have been told that he was a lieutenant in this company, but have no definite assurance of this.
I have also always understood that another one of my ancestors, Jesse Walker, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. So far as I have any information, he was just a private.
Will you kindly give me such record of this service as is obtainable, or let me know how I may obtain same.
Thanking you, I am
Yours truly,
Leona Walker.
P. S. The Tedfords were from Rockbridge County, Virginia, I have been told.
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Invalid
File No. 3776
John Tedford
Capt. VA Line
Act: June 7, 32
Index:- Vol. A Page 370
[Arrangement of 1870]
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1913 December 16
Walher
1914
J. H. McCaully
1919...
1931...
1933...
1933.
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Pension Bureau
Washington DC
Can you furnish me with any record of Nathan Mitchell or his children showing that he was living at the time of the Revolutionary War. If there are any changes for this, will you kindly let me know and I will send byy return mail.
Yours Truly
Mrs. Maggie Mitchell Spackman.
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Full name of soldier: John Tedford and John Logan
Where did he enter service? Virginia
Under what officers did he serve?
Place of Residence after service: Virginia
Approximate date of death: 1778
Given name of widow: Jean
Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension?
Additional information:...
Signature: Mrs. James L. Manker
1936...
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Pension office
September 11, 1846
Sir,
In answer to your letter of this 30th, I have to inform you that those only acuired a right to a pension from the 3rd of March, 1826 who declared in a certificate... at the close of the war or because supervisory officer. John Tedford belonged to the... and served only about six months for which... was allowed to his... from 4th March 1831 to the 14th July 1832, the date when he died... There is... Matilda,
John S. McNutt
Mayville
Tennessee.
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J. A. McKamey
Aug 5/ 52
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Pesnion Office
August 8th, 1832
Sir,
Your communication of the 30 May 1831 has been mislaid or overlooked until today. In that letter, you ask for a copy of the declaration and evidence upon which John Tedford's deed of Tennessee was allowed a pension for the purpose of your state of applying for commutation pay and bounty land. If this is the object, it is unnecessary to take the trouble to copy the papers as only those who enlisted for the war and commendation served to the end thereof were entitled to eith. Captain Tedford never belonged to the Continetal Line of Virginia, but to the Militia of Rockbury County, and only served about six months in all, three as Ensign, and three as Captain for which he was pensioned. Nothing in the way of pension, commendation and... is place the heirs.
J. A. McKamy Esq.
Mayville,
Tennessee.
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Mayville Tennesee
May 30th, 1831
Sir,
Enclosed, I forward to you a power of attorney from Joseph Tedford to me. I wish to obtain from the pensions office a copy of the declaration of Mrs. Tedford, widow of John Tedford who was a corporal and an Ensign in the Virginia line in the War of the Revolution, also copies of the affidavits accompanying Mrs. Tedford's declaration.
John Tedford above named died July 14th, 1832. His widow applied for the pension due him was was granted February 10th, 1834. She has also died and his heirs wish to make a dedication for "Commendation pay" Count Land, &c. which may be due them on account of the services of their father in the Revolutionary War.
Very Respectfully,
J. A. McKamy.