Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,470, Jacob Agee, Va.
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Va
Agee, Jacob
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Va
Agee, Jacob
S. 6. 470
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Virginia 12/97
Jacob Agee
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State of Virginia Buckingham county to wit

This day Joseph Agee aged sixty two years 
personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for said county & made oath that he has been acquainted with the within named Jacob Agee an applicant for the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832  since 
his earliest infancy.

That he well recollects his being in the war of the Revolution & to the best of his recollection he served for twelve months in a northern tour at the places within named. He recollects to have heard him for the last forty years enumerate the various circumstances attending the tours within named.
Given under my hand this 27th Nov 1832
Edmd. Glover

Buckingham [Virginia] county to wit
This day Daniel Guerrant Archibald Austin & 
John Patterson made oath before me a Justice 
of the peace for said county that they have 
known him for a number of years the above named Joseph Agee and have no hesitation in giving full credence to any statement he may make.
Given under my hand this 27th Nov, 1832
Edmd. Glover

Virginia
I Rolfe Eldridge clerk of the County court of Buckingham in the state of Virginia do hereby certify that Edmund Glover before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn to, is an acting justice of the peace in and for th e said County duly commissioned and qualified according to law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office this 27 Nov. 1832
Rolfe Eldridge CBC 

[round seal attached]
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Virginia
At a court held for Buckingham county [Virginia] the 10 day of September Eighteen hundred and thirty two.

On this day personally appeared in court Jacob Agee a resident of this county aged 75 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he is a native of the said county where he has ever resided, except while in service. He was drafted by Lieutenant Major Carrington and under him marched to Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. At this place he was attached to [William] Woodford's brigade, from thence he marched under the command of Generals, [William] Woodford and Charles Scott to Monmouth Courthouse in the Jerseys [New Jersey]. At this place under the command of General George Washington  he was in a severe engagement with the British Forces. The date not recollected but thinks it was about the year 1778 or 1779.

From thence he was marched to White planes [White Plains, New York], here he remained under the command (he thinks) of Capt. Baytop until the principal army which had marched to that place, returned to Middlebrook in the Jerseys, with them he did not march but a short distance, but remained at some little town the name of which he does not now recollect, for several months being unable to march from a severe rising upon the right jaw.

When he recovered he marched to Middlebrook in the Jerseys  where he received his discharge, his discharge has been burnt or lost. He remained in the tour just mentioned for twelve months, having been drafted for that length of time-

He then remained at home for about two years, and then served three months in the Militia, the names of the Capt he does not now recollect. He marched to York town [Yorktown] in the state of Virginia, and was at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis [General Charles Lord Cornwallis], he was then discharged, and his discharge is lost or mislaid.

He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and that his name does not appear upon any pension roll of any agency in the States.
Jacob Agee

And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as has states. 

I Rolfe Eldridge clerk of the county court of Buckingham [Virginia] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of Jacob Agees application for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office this 12 day of October 1832 - 
Rolfe Eldridge C.B.C.

[seal of office attached]
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No 19129
Jacob Agee
Buckingham Co Va
Wm N Patterson agt
Buckingham Ct House
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Admit as a private
for 15 months  $50
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office
April 20th 1833

Sir:  The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them;  and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Agee, Buckingham Co. Va.

Period when the service was rendered.
Drafted
Duration of the claimant's service.
1 Years.  -- Months.  -- Days.
Rank of the claimant.  
Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Lt Mayo  Carrington  Cap. Baytes
Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers.
Woodford
Brig Chase Scott
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Monmouth
Country through which he marched.
Valley Forge Pa. 
Monmouth
Jerseys 
White Plains
Middletown
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Buckingham Va.  61
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Joseph Agee as to 1 year to the North and also at York

Period when the service was rendered.
1781
Duration of the claimant's service.
-- Years.  3 Months.  -- Days.
Rank of the claimant.  
--
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
--
Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers.
Gen. Geo. Washington
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Yorktown
Country through which he marched.
--
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
--
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
traditionary likewise

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Regulations under the Act of June 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers,: all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. [Et cetera] Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. [Et cetera] Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of 
County of
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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 provion [provision] made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank] , with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers: [blank]
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he [entered] the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c. [Et cetera] )
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the da and year aforesaid. A. B.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c. [Et cetera]
If on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscr9be a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: [blank]
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. [blank] who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c. [Et cetera]
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition,, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
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 names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
6. To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these [persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other person, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party, And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court of County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[THE FOLLOWING (b & c) ARE {BRACKETED} FOR MORE INFORMATION NECESSARY]
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. [Et cetera] . A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] . For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months", is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. [Et cetera] without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service, This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Application of Mary H. Snoddy
surviving child of Jacob Agee
deceased of the Revolutionary 
War for Pension money due her 
Father
P.O. Address
Buckingham Cty. Va
Attorney 
E. M. Garnett
Richmond, Va

[black ink oval stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE
Dec. 12 1866
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State of Virginia
County of Buckingham  to wit:

On this 5th day of December one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six personally appeared before me C.S. Saunders a Justice of the Peace in the County and state aforesaid, and a member of the County Court, the same being a Court of Record, Mary H. Snoddy aged 71 years, a resident of the County of Buckingham, State of Virginia, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the only surviving child of Jacob Agee deceased who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War (of 1776) and that the said Jacob Agee was a Pensioner of the United States and who died in the month of May A.D. 1838:  That for a long period prior to her Father's death he did not draw his pension money, he being well off and not dependent upon his pension for a support, and that prior to, and at his death, her Father gave the pension then due him from the U.S. to her;  That her said Father Jacob Agee's pension certificate has been lost, and that her means of subsistence is now very limited, and that she has not
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borne arms against the government of the United States, or has not in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause:  Edgar M. Garnett of Richmond, Virginia is hereby appointed my attorney to prosecute this claim for me and receive the certificate for the same.
Mary H. Snoddy

Jas. D. Brown
Richd J. Hoskin

Also personally appeared James D. Brown and R.J. Hoskin residents of the county aforesaid, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being duly sworn, say they were present and saw Mary H. Snoddy sign her name to the foregoing declaration, and they further swear that they know her well, and that she is the only surviving child of Jacob Agee deceased, and that they know her to have been always loyal to the U.S. government, and that all of the allegations set forth in her declaration are true and that she is the identical person she represents herself to be;  and further they swear that they have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
Jas D. Brown
Richd. J Hoskins
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Sworn and subscribed to before me this 5th day of December AD 1866.  And I hereby certify that the declaration and affidavits were first read to the applicant and her witnesses before signing the same and further that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim
C.S. Saunders J.P.

I Mary H Snoddy do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend, the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of the States thereunder:  and that I will in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion, with reference to the emancipation of slaves, so help me God.
Mary H. Snoddy

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5 day of December A.D. 1866.
C.S. Saunders J.P.

I do hereby certify that C.S. Saunders Esqr. before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were made, and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above named, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have signed my name and affixed my official seat this 6th day of December 1866.
R.K. Irving Clerk of the County Court of Buckingham
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October 16, 1934.
BA-J/ILL
Jacob Agee
S. 6470

Naomi Jane Henry
324 Marcy Avenue
Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of James, Anthony and Jacob Agee, all of Virginia.

A search of the Revolutionary War records fails to show a claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon your service of James or Anthony Agee. The record of Jacob Agee is given herein and found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 6470, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Jacob Agee was a native of Buckingham County, Virginia; the date of his birth, and names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1778, served as private under Lieutenant Mayo Carrington, and in Captain Baytop's Virginia company, was in the battle of Monmouth and was discharged at the expiration of about one year. He served three months in the Virginia [note: "troops" next time] at Yorktown and was at the surrender of Cornwallis, officers not stated.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832, at which time he resided in Buckingham County, Virginia, where he had always resided. He was then seventy-five years of age.

The soldier died in the month of May 1838.

In 1866, Mary A. Snoddy, the soldier's only surviving child,
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was a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia, aged then seventy-one years. The name of the wife of the soldier, Jacobe Agee, is not shown, no the name of the husband of this daughter, Mary.

     In November 1832, Joseph Agee, aged sixty-two years, stated in Buckingham County, Virginia, that he had known Jacob Agee since infancy; John Agee, aged then about sixty-eight years, also of said Buckingham County, stated that he remembered the absence of Jacob Agee during the War.  No relationship between these parties was stated.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.


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6470
INVALID.
RevWar
File No. 6,470
Jacob Agee 
Pri Rev War
Act : June 7th 32
Index:- Vol. A, Page 4

[Arrangement of 1780.]

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1913 Sept. 24 Hist to Mrs. C.L. Power V.L.M.
1914 Feb.12. Mrs. C.L Power advised this is the onlyJacob Agee found on Rev War records
1914 May 6 Hist to D.P.U Agee
1934. Oct. 16 Hist to Naomi Jane Henry 
ILL.
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Jacob Agee's declaration for a pension
19129
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Buckingham county state of Virginia 

This day John Agee aged 68 years personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace & made oath that he had known Jacob Agee the within applicant for a pension eversince he could recollect. That he distinctly recollects his having served as been absent during the time within stated. Since that time he has always heard him state with [illegible] particularity his two tours in the Revolutionary war.
Given under my hand this 13th day of May 1833.
Dan Guerrant

Buckingham county to wit
This day Joseph Woodridge and Saml. Ford came before me a Justice of the peace for said county & made [illegible] they had been acquainted with the above John Agee for many years & believes him entitled to full credit in his statements of Jacob Agee services
given under my hand this 13th May 1833
D. Guerrant JP
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Virginia
At a Court held for Buckingham County on Monday the 13th day of May 1833.  On this day personally appeared in open court Jacob Agee the same person who is named in the preceding declaration heretofore certified by this court, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he is seventy five years of age, which is ordered to be declared to the Secretary at War.
In testimony whereof I Rolfe Eldridge Clerk of the said County Court have hereunto set my hand & annexed the seal of my office on the 13th day of may 1833.
Rolfe Eldridge CBC

[SEAL]
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To whom it may concern
I, Hull C. Hill, of the County of Buckingham 
State of Virginia, do hereby certify that I am 
now in the 81st years of my age, that I first became acquainted with Jacob Agee in the year 1813.

That I lived within two or three miles of said Agee from that time to the day of his death
which occurred, I think, in 1838, and knew him very intimately during that period.

I have very frequently heard him speak of having been a soldier of the army of the Revolution of '76, saying that he was at the surrender at Yorktown, and that he served for three years regularly, and
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I have not the least doubt from all the facts in my knowledge that said Jacob Agee drew a pension from the U. S government, but up to what date I am not able to say    All who knew Mr Agee recognized him as a soldier of the Revolution. 

I know that said Agee's character as man was such that not a shadow of doubt can he cast upon his assertion, which was never denied,  that he served  for three years in the Revolutionary Army. In my whole association with Jacob Agee, for about or a period of 25 years, I never thought otherwise then  that he had been a soldier as aforesaid.

I further certify that I have no interest whatever in the pension now claimed by said Agee's daughter, Mary N. Snoddy, and that
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I never was benefitted by anything received by said Agee from the Gov. and that I am not in any way connected with the family. As that I could possibly be benefitted by the foregoing statement. 
Given under my hand this the 6th day of Nov. 1866.
Hull C. Hill

State of Va.
Buckingham Co. to wit:
This day Hull C. Hill personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for the county aforesaid, and subscribed the foregoing statement and made oath that it is in every particular correct and true.
Given under my hand this the 6th day of Nov. 1866
C S Saunders J.P.
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To whom it may concern-
I, Walter A. Ford, of the County of Buckingham,
State of Virginia, do hereby certify that I was born and raised in said County within less than two miles of the residence of Jacob Agee, de'ed, and consequently knew him intimately from my infancy.  I am now about 64 years of
age and knew Jacob Agee until his death, which I think occurred in 1838, and always regarded him as having been a soldier during a part of the time the War of The Revolution. I frequently heard him say he served in the American Army for three years previous to and until the Surrender at Yorktown.  He often spoke
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of receiving a pension for his services from the U.S. Government, and that he did receive
such a pension. I have no more doubt than I have of any well established fact - a fact to my certain knowledge of 50 years standing without ever having been controverter even
by a shadow of doubt.  But how much he received and up to what date I know not. No man now living [underscored] in this section was with said Agee in the Army, but his character was such that no man can doubt
his veracity.  His anecdotes of the Revolutionary War are proverbial in this section, and it is firmly believed in all this community that said Jacob Agee was a Soldier for three years in the American Army of the Revolution
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of 1776.
I do further certify that I am in no way interested in the pension now claimed by Mary H. Snoddy, the daughter of said Jacob Agee.
Given under my hand this the 6th day of
Nov. 1866.
Walter A. Ford

State of Va
Buckingham Co. to wit.
This day Walter A. Ford personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, and subscribed the foregoing statement, and made oath that it is in every particular correct and true.
Given under my hand this the 6th day of Nov. 1866.
C. S. Saunders J.P.
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I, George Baber, of the County of Buckingham, State of Virginia, do hereby certify that I am now in my 72nd years of age and have lived in the County aforesaid since my birth within seven miles of the residence of Jacob Agee, deceased, and was well and intimately acquainted with the said Agee from my infancy till the day of his death which occurred in the month of May 1838.  He constantly spoke of having served in the American Army of the Revolution for three years;  and I have never had the least doubt in regard to his having rendered such service.  Jacob Agee was
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always considered by the whole community as an old soldier of the Revolution.  The fact that Mr. Agee was a soldier as aforesaid for three years is as well established as any fact of 75 or 80 years standing could possibly be fixed in the minds of this community, by all the circumstances that usually attend such a fact.  I will add the Revolution of 1776 as a fact of history is no more firmly believed in this section than that Jacob Agee was a soldier in the American Army during that Revolution.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name on this the 9th day of Nov. 1866.
George Baber
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State of Va
Buckingham Co. towit:
This day George Baber personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, and subscribed the foregoing Statement and made oath that it is true and correct in every particular.
Given under my hand this the 9th day of Nov. 1866.
H. St. Geo. Harris J.P-

State of Virginia
Buckingham County towit:
I, Robert K. Irving Clerk of the County Court for the County of Buckingham in the State of Virginia, do certify that C. S. Saunders and
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H. St. Geo. Harris Esquire whose names are signed to the foregoing certificates are and was at the date of the same Acting Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.
Given under my hand
and Seal of Office
this 15th day of Nov:
1866.
RK. Irving clerk

State of Virginia
County of Buckingham towit:
I Ro. B. Shaw Jr. a Presiding Justice of the County Court for the County of Buckingham in the State of Virginia do certify that RK Irving whose name is affixed to the preceding certificate is Clerk of the said Court, is Clerk thereof, and that his said attestation is in due form. Given under my hand this 15th day of Nov. 1866
Ro. B. Shaw Jr. JP.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DEC 12 1855
PENSION OFFICE
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Buckingham C.H. Va} Free.
30 May
Hon; Lewis Cass
Secretary
of
War

Va May 29
retd
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Buckingham C.H. 25th May 1833

Sir-
enclosed you have the declaration of Jacob Agee with the omission of his age rectified. It was I apprehend entirely accidental. As he seemed to state his age promptly, which from concuring circumstances in the neighbourhood seems to be correct. Your early action upon this, & several others sent on by myself is particularly requested by the applicants & much desired by your most
obdt servt
Wm. N. Pattesen
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Office Bank U.S.
Richmond 7 June 1836.

Sir,
The enclosed Pension voucher has been suspended at the third Auditors Office, as you will perceive, for want of authority from you for making the payment;- it being for two years. I cannot now ascertain whether the necessary authority was obtained or not. Possibly the payment may have been made by the Clerk in advertantly. All I can say is, that the Pensioner's name has been continued on the roll; that he has been since paid at the Bank of Virginia to the 4 March 1836; and that the same attorney, one of the most respectable citizens of Richmond, has drawn
the
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the pension for many years.
Under these circumstances, I trust you will see no objections to giving the necessary directions for passing the voucher.
I am, Sir,
With much respect,
Your obt Ser
J. Robertson Comr

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Comr. of Pensions.
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Richmond Va
Decr. 10th 1866
Hon Joseph H. Barrett
Comr. of Pensions

Sir.
Enclosed shall find application of Mrs Mary H Snoddy, the only surviving child of Jacob Agee deceased of the Revolutionary War, for arrears of pension due her Father. Since making the application, she is of the opinion that what is due her may be Commutation money, and she makes this application for whatever may be due her on account of her Father's services. She is 71 years of age and her memory very bad, but her attorney who was attending to this claim for her when the late war broke out in 1861 - informed her that she was entitled to $1700 - Pension Money or Commutation money she cannot now distinctly recollect. If she has made the wrong application, You will please inform me, & let me know what is due her by the United States.
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
CE. M. Garrett
Atty -
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AW. Rev. War Section. 3-1865
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON September 9, 1913.

Mrs. C. L. Power,
Temple, Texas.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 3" and received the 8" instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the record of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been filed on account of his services, and in order to identify such a claim, if filed for any soldier named Agee, in addition to his full name, some of the following data is essential: names of some officers under whom he served, places of residence at enlistment and after discharge, approximate dates of birth and death, given name of his widow.
Very respectfully,
[signed] GM Saltzgaber
Commisioner.

The records of the war office show that Jacob Agee served in Revolutionary War as a private in Captain Charles Fleming's Company, 7th Va. regiment of Foot, commanded by Col. Alexander McClinachan. He enlisted Feb. 19, 1778 - served one year, and his 
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name last appears on a muster roll of Col. William Russell's company, 5th Regiment of Virginia Foot dated at Middle Brook, March 5 1779, with remark showing him discharged - Can you give me additional information?
He, Jacob Agee from 1745 Buckingham Co. Va. married a Ford - died 1832 -
Further information will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully -
Mrs. C. L. Power - 
1408 N. Main St.,
Temple,
Texas

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PENSION
D
SEP
U. 10 S. 
1913
OFFICE.
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AW Rev. War Section.

February 12, 1914.

Mrs. C. L. Power,
1408 North Main Street,
Temple, Texas.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the second instant, you are advised that you were furnished on September 24, 1913, the history of the only Jacob Agee found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
ully,
GM Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
September 27, 1934

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:-
Please give me the military records of James, Anthony and Jacob Agee in the Revolutionary War, all of whom served from Virginia. I do not know to what division they belonged.

Very sincerely yours,
[signed] Naomi Jane Henry
Naomi Jane Henry
324 Marcy Ave.,
Santa Fe, New Mexico

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REC'D
OCT 1 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
U.S.V.E.
READER 33
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Form 29
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
(INCORPORATED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK, STOCK COMPANY)
INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT.
Independence District Office __________ District.
_________ Division. Mo. April 30" 191x
Replying to yours of ___________ IN RE ___________
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington,
Dear Sir - I have been referred to your Department by Depart of War for further information as to the war Records of following men - who served in the Revolutionary War=Please give me what you have and greatly oblige
James Agee - Buckingham Co. Va
Jacob Agee - " " " 
John Agee " " " 

John Winn - Private in Revolutionary War - served possibly under Wade Hampton. Either from South or North Carolina
Respectfully
P. M. Agee

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DR. P. M. AGEE,
INDEPENDENCE, MO
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DR. C. L. POWER
Physician and Surgeon
Temple, TEXAS, Feb. 2, 1914.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington. D. C.
Dear Sir,-
Would you kindly inform me if there is on file in your bureau for pension, for services in Revolutionary War, more than one "Jacob Agee" of Buckingham Co. Va.? If there is more than one - from this Co. of Va. - send me their military history -
Resp'tfully,
Mrs. C. L. Power -
1408 N. Main St.,
Temple, Texas.
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RECORD DIVISION, 3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S. F. 6470 Washington, D. C., ________, 19__

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jacob Agee 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.
[1] 1778 or 1779
[2] 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[1] 12 mos
[2] 3 mos
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
[1] Lieut Mayo Carrington; Baytop
[2] in the militia, no officers stated
COLONEL.
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STATE.
Va.

Battles engaged in, Monmouth, *Surrender of Cornwallis
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Buckingham Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 10, 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Buckingham Co. Va.
Age at date of application, 75 yrs. a native of Buckingham Co. Va.
Remarks: In 1866 his only surviving child Mrs. Mary H. Snoddy was 71 years old and a resident of Buckingham Co. Va. He died in May 1838. There is no reference to his wife, but one Walter A. Ford whose relationship is not stated was a neighbor of the soldier
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.