Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,559, Benjamin Utterback, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Utterback, Benjamin

NUMBER
S. 16559
carded

CONTENTS
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[left side]
order to pay 2d Feb 1838.
[handwritten sideways: date of death [illegible]]


[right side]
[handwritten: 13930]
Indiana
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Benjamin Utterback
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of Morgan Co in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Edmond of the Regiment command
by Colonel Marshall the Virginia
line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 80 Dollars ____ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of July 1833
and Seth ColebyFletcher Indianapolis
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Arrears to the 4th of March [torn off: 1831]
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] Sept [torn off]
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$200.--
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Dan Boyd   Clerk
Book E    Vol 7   Page 132
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 7th of June 1832

The State of Indiana  Morgan County}

On this 9th day of October 1832 personally appeared before the Morgan Circuit Court sitting in & for the County aforesaid Benjamin Utterback a resident of the County and State afores_ aged 77 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 the 7th of June 1832 That he enlisted in the army of the United States or rather in the Virginia State troops or line in the
month of October as he now believes in the year 1777 with Captain Elias Edmonds and served in a regiment of the Virginia line, its denomination now forgotten, under the following named officers__Colonel Commandant Thomas Marshal__ Major Elias Edmonds__Adjutant
Harry or Henry Vowls [Vowles]__Pope__surgeon other officers of the regt not now recollected. Edmonds with whom this applicant first enlisted, served only for a short time as capt before he was promoted to the office of major and one Samuel Blackwell succeed Edmonds
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as Capt Nathaniel Rice Regmnt to the best of applicants recollection was the Lieut of his company the insign not now recollected certainly but thinks one James Lipscomb - This applicant was the first or orderly Sergent.  This applicant at the time of his inlistment was a resident of Fauquier County Virginia in which County he is informed he was born He inlisted
for the term of three years with 18 others at
Fauquier Court house in the month & year above
state. His was a company of artillery. Short time
after his enlistment he was marched by his captain to Williamsburgh through Fredricksburgh by Hannover Court house. ___ A short time after his arrival at Williamsburgh a number of companies of Virginia State troops there assembled.___In the same fall of 1777 his regiment were marched through Little York and Hampton to Norfolk about 70 miles from Williamsburgh___ staid a short time at Norfolk & then returned again to Little York where the Regt took up winter quarters.___The applicants company remained the greater part of the time
at Little York and the adjacent towns. He thinks
the summer of 1778 Capt Edmonds was promoted to the office of Major & Samuel
Blackwell before named was made Captain of his company. In the summer or fall of 1778 or 1779 but which of those two years he cannot now recollect
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a detachment from the troops laying at Little York were ordered to march to Smithfield to repel the invasion of the British forces that had landed just below that place   This applicant went in a company of voluntiers commanded Capt Clay__They marched through no towns but arrived at Smithfield in about two days after they left Little York__ They on their arrival or about the time they arrived, met about Eleven hundred Virginia Militia who had also been raised for the purpose of defending Smithfield__ But the British soon after their arrival went aboard of their vessels & not a gun was fired__His Company staid there three or 4 weeks, when they marched back to Little York where they wintered a third time to the best of his recollection

This applicant with the rest of his company & Regt were ordered to the South or as it was then reported to St Augustine__They left their cantonament sometime in April 1780 about the first of the month__crossed the James River at Jamestown, thence to Petersburgh;  thence Hillsborogh N.C. thence to Guilford Court Court house, thence to Salisbury & from Salisbury they marched towards Colonel Bluforts army & came within 12 miles of his army before they heard of his defeat__ On receiving that news, Colonel Charles Porterfield formed their forces into a line of battle where they remained for a short time & then retreated
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back through Salisbury to near the Roanoke River in Va where they met Genl Gates army but Genl Gates not with them, the main army, to the best of applicants recollection, being under the command of Genl Smallwood. The [illegible] to which this applicant belonged joined Gates' army and immediately advanced into S Carolina & Genl Gates overtook them in a very few days__ they made no halt until they arrived at Rudeslys [Rugeley's] mill, where they lay the 14 & 15th of August 1780__on the the 15th the army under the command of Gates moved about dark towards Camden__Col Porterfield commanding the advanced guard__ They marched about 6 miles from the mill when both of the advanced guards of the two armies met__ He thinks about one o'clock in the morning of the 16th of August.  It was a moonlight night. After a few shots exchanged by the advanced guards of the contending parties in which Colonel
Porterfield was killed, firing cease & they stood under arms until daylight, when hostilities again commenced in a grove of long leaved pine trees__The contest was kept up about three hours to the best of applicants recollection
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The company that this applicant belonged to was on that day commanded by Captain Christopher Roan__ Capt. Blackwell having left the company at Petersburgh on their march to the South__ Capt Roan was wounded in ten steps of this applicant with a bayonet in his shoulder during the engagement. He was also within fifty steps of Baron de Kalb when he was killed and very shortly after that brave officer fell, general Nelson's light horse, gave way & the troops of the regular army retreated in confusion__ the militia having more disgracefully abandoned the cause at the commencement of the battle__ This applicant with the retreating army proceeded in disorder to Hillsborough and remained there until October thereafter when he was regularly discharged by Major John Mazrett [sic: Mazarett] which discharge this applicant retained in his possession for some years thereafter is when he lost or mislaid the same & has no documentary evidence of his service as above set forth. He resided two years in Forquier [sic: Fauquier] county two years after his discharge when he moved to the State of Kentucky where he resided until about the year 1822 when he removed to this state where he has resided ever since in the County of Monroe & Morgan__ He has no record proof of his age He is well acquainted with George W. Baker a clergyman & Bernard Arnold who live in the neighborhood where he now resides who can state as to his character for veracity of their belief as to his services as a soldier of the Revolution.  This applicant hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares
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his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any state of the union or territory

Sworn & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid
Benjamin Utterback
Geo A Phelps Clk

We George W Baker a clergyman residing in the County of Morgan & State of Indiana & in
the immediate neighborhood of the said Benjamin Utterback who subscribed the above declaration and and Barnard Arnold residing in the same neighborhood hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Benjamin Utterback who has sworn & subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be about 77 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution & we concur in that opinion

Sworn & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid
in open Court

Geo. A Phelps Clk
George Baker
Bernard Arnold
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & 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 certify that it appears to them that George W Baker who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Morgan & in the neighborhood of the above named applicant and that Barnard Arnold who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County & neighborhood and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.

I George A Phelps Clerk of the Morgan Circuit Court do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Utterback for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 9th day of October18[illegible]

Geo. A Phelps Clerk
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Secretary at War (Pension Office)
Washington City
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[left side]
Benjamin Utterback
Pension Papers

[right side]
State of Indiana Marion County Sct
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The State of Indiana Morgan County Sct}

James Crawford Clerk Pro tem of the Morgan Circuit Court do hereby certify that the preceeding pages Numbered from one to seven contain correctly the proceedings of the said Circuit Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Utterback for a pension a made out on the 9th day of Oct. 1832
[seal]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 12th day of March A.D. 1833
James Crawford
Clerk Pro. Tem.
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March 5, 1935
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Benjamin Utterback-S.16559
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Alexander J. Pharr
Weissinger-Gaulbert
Louisville, Kentucky

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James Benjamin Utterback of Fauquier County, Virginia, War of the Revolution.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land, based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of James Utterback.

You are furnished herein the Revolutionary War record of Benjamin Utterback of Fauquier County, Virginia, as found in pension claim, S. 16559. based upon his service in that war. The name is not found James Benjamin Utterback.

Benjamin Utterback was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, no date given, nor are the names of his parents stated.

While residing in said Fauquier County, he enlisted in October, 1777, served as orderly sergeant in Captain Elias Edmunds' and Captain Samuel Blackwell's companies, Colonel Thomas Marshall's Virginia regiment, marched to Williamsburg and on to Smithfield, and in April, 1780 marched to the "South"; he was in the battle on August 16, 1780, "Gates Defeat", at that time was in
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Captain Christopher Roane's company under Colonel
Porterfield, returned to Hillsboro, North Carolina,
and was there discharged in October, 1780.

The soldier, Benjamin Utterback, continued to live in Fauquier County for two years after the Revolution, when he moved to Kentucky and in 1822 moved to Indiana.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy seven years and living in Morgan County, Indiana.

There are no data in this claim relative to the family of Benjamin Utterback.

In order to ,obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person to whom sent, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C.,  citing the following data:
Benjamin Utterback
Certificate # 13930
Issued July 15, 1833
Rate $80.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Indiana Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[left side]
Utterback, Benj
Va. S16559

[middle section]
Benjamin Utterback
from 1777 private
2 yr
Va State Roll
$80
on Roll
S16559

Calvin Fletcher
Indianapolis
Ind

[right side]
Utterback, Benj
Va S16559
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which [missing section]
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the [missing section] 
[handwritten:  Benjamin Utterback]
whi [missing section]
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. * Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension
he is entitled?
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?
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[missing section] applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to [missing section]lief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolu[missing section] service?

[missing section]f the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

[missing section]III. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [illegible]

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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. 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____year____ months, and ____ days, I served as a _____ For_____months and  _____days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each [missing section]
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according t[missing section] 
pensioner and length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four [missing section]
definite, and all other qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who [missing section] merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours [missing section] officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is [missing section]
able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant serv[missing section]
of each term of engagement ; the particular place or places where the service was per [missing section]
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; th[missing section]
in the field or in garrison ; and for the time during which the service was performed, he [missing section]
ployed in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Depa[missing section]
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affida[missing section] the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as w[missing section] 
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer th[missing section]
must certify to the credibility of [illegible] the official character and signature of the n[missing section] trate must be certified by the proper office, [illegible] his seal of office.

QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Hon. John G. Utterback (Maine)
House of Rep.
Requested by telephone
the Rev war records of
Benjamin and Harmon
Utterback, Rev. War pensioners.

Nov. 14, 1934
[illegible]
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October 15, 1936

Mrs. James M. Robinson
50 Banta Street
Franklin, Indiana

Benjamin Utterback
S. 16559
BA-J/AWF

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Benjamin Utterback, who died in either Johnson or Morgan County, Indiana, and the Revolutionary War record of Bartholomew Carrell of Virginia, who died about 1828 in Johnson County, Indiana.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request for Revolutionary War data.

The record of Benjamin Utterback is furnished herein as found in pension claim, S. 16659, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Benjamin Utterback was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, no date given, nor are the names of his parents stated.

While residing in said Fauquier County, he enlisted sometime in October, 1777, served as orderly sergeant in Captain Elias Edmunds' and Captain Samuel Blackwell's companies, Colonel Thomas Marshall's Virginia regiment, marched to Williamsburg and on to Smithfield, and in April, 1780 marched to the "South" and was in the battle of Gates' Defeat on August 16,
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1780, at that time, he was in Captain Christopher
Roane's company under Colonel Porterfield, returned
to Hillsborough, North Carolina, and was there
discharged in October, 1780.

The soldier, Benjamin Utterback, continued to
live in Fauquier County, Virginia for about two years
after the Revolution, when he moved to Kentucky and
in 1823 moved to Indiana.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 9, 1832, at which time he was seventy-
seven years of age and living in Morgan County,
Indiana.

The papers in this claim contain no data in
regard to the family of the soldier.

In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address of the person paid, and
possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you
should apply to The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C.,
and give the following-

Benjamin Utterback
Certificate # 13930
Issued July 15, 1833
Rate $80.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Indiana Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[handwritten:  See further copies with him in Reuben Walls S37500]

December 21, 1934
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Mr. W. I. Utterback
1810 Kite Avenue
Huntington, West Virginia

BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you state that the
original spelling of the name of "Von" was "Vaughan", and that
you desire the record of a soldier with that surname, who fought
in the Battle of Bunker Hill, also, further information in regard
to Benjamin Utterback whose record was furnished you and who, you
have learned later, received a grant of one hundred sixty acres
of land in Kentucky for his service in the Virginia line.

The surname Vaughan is shown many times on the Revolutionary War
records of this office. In order to identify the record of any
particular one, the full name is essential and as much as possible
of the following data relative to him: approximate dates of birth
and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and
given name of widow.

The land which you state was granted Benjamin Utterback and
located in Kentucky would not have been granted by the United States.
Land granted for military service in the Revolutionary War and located in
Kentucky was granted by the State of Virginia and not by the
United States. This office has no record of those grants of land.
This office has no further data relative to Benjamin Utterback than
was shown in report of November 21, 1934.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[handwrittten:  Letter on Benjamin Utterback.  S.16559]

November 21, 1934
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Prof. W. I. Utterback
1810 Kite Avenue
Huntington, West Virginia

Benjamin Utterback-S.16559
Harmon Utterback-S.31447
BA-J/AWF

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Benjamin and Harmon
Utterback, soldiers of the War of the Revolution.

The records of Benjamin and Harmon Utterback which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claims, based upon their service in the War of the Revolution.

Benjamin Utterback-S.16559

Benjamin Utterback was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, date not given, nor are the names of his parents [crossed out: given] [handwritten: stated]

While residing in Fauquier County, Virginia, he enlisted in October, 1777, served as orderly sergeant in Captain Elias Edmunds' and Captain Samuel Blackwell's companies, Colonel Thomas Marshall's Virginia regiment, marched to Williamsburg and on to Smithfield, and in April, 1780 marched to the "South"; he was in the battle on August 16, 1780, "Gates Defeat" at that time was in Captain Christopher Roane's company, under Colonel Porterfield, returned to Hillsboro, North Carolina, and was there discharged in October, 1780.

The soldier, Benjamin Utterback, continued to live
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in Fauquier County for two years after the close of the Revolution, then moved to Kentucky and in 1822 moved to Indiana.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-seven years and living in Morgan County, Indiana.


There are no data in this claim concerning the family of Benjamin Utterback.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing the following data:
Benjamin Utterback, Certificate No. 13930, issued July 15, 1833, rate $80.00 per annum, to commence March 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Indiana Agency.

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Harmon Utterback-S.31447

Harmon Utterback was born October 16, 1755, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents given. His signature is not shown in the claim, he was pensioned Harmon Unterback, but in the claim it is written both Harmon and Harman,

While residing in Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted on October, 1775, served in Captain William McClanahan's Virginia company, was in the battle of "Long Bridge" and was discharged the following spring. He served as minute man from one to two years, no further details of this service given. He served in Captain Hankinson Reed's company, Colonel Crawford's Virginia regiment, was at the taking of Cornwallis and guarded the
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prisoners to Winchester, Virginia, where he was discharged. He served in all two years.

The soldier, Harmon Utterback, was allowed pension on his application executed November 26, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Nicholas County, Kentucky.

There are no data in this claim relative to the family of Harmon Utterback.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:
Harmon Utterback, Certificate No. 25196, issued
December 7, 1833, rate $23.33 per annum, to commence
March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[handwritten: Request in][missing section]
[handwritten: Utterback-S 1][missing section]

November 14, 1934
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Hon. John G. Utterback
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

Benjamin Utterback-S.16559
Harmon Utterback-S.31447
BA-J/AWF

Dear Mr. Utterback:

Reference is made to your request on this date, for the Revolutionary War records of Benjamin and Harmon Utterback, or any other Revolutionary War soldier with that surname.

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.

There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon service of soldiers with the surname 
 Utterback, other than those of Benjamin and Harmon. Their records are given herein as found in claims for pension based upon their service in the War of the Revolution.

Benjamin Utterback-S.16559

Benjamin Utterback was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, date not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.

While residing in Fauquier County, Virginia, he enlisted in October, 1777, served as orderly sergeant in Captains Elias Edmunds' and Samuel Blackwell's companies, Colonel Thomas Marshall's Virginia regiment, marched to Williamsburg and to Smithfield, and in April,1780 marched to the "South"; he was in the battle, August
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16, 1780, Gates Defeat at that time was in Captain
Christopher Roane's company, under Colonel Porterfield,
returned to Hillsboro, North Carolina, and was there
discharged in October, 1780.
The soldier, Benjamin Utterback, continued to
reside in Fauquier County, for two years after the close
of the Revolution, then moved to Kentucky and in 1822
moved to Indiana.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 9, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-
seven years and living in Morgan County, Indiana.
There are no data in this claim relative to the
family of Benjamin Utterback.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, the name and address to whom sent, and possibly
the date death of this pensioner, you should apply to The
Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following:
Benjamin Utterback, Certificate No. 13930, issued
July 15, 1833, rate $80.00 per annum, to commence March
4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Indiana Agency.
.....................
Harmon Utterback-S.31447
Harmon Utterback was born October 16, 1755, place
not stated, nor are the names of his parents given.
While residing in Culpeper County, Virginia, he
enlisted in October, 1775, served in Captain William
McClanahan's Virginia company, was in the battle of
"Long Bridge" and was discharged the following spring.
He served as minute man from one to two years, no further
details of this service given. He served in Captain
Hankinson Reed's company, Colonel Crawford's Virginia
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regiment, was at the taking of Cornwallis and
guarded the prisoners to Winchester, Virginia, where
he was discharged. He served in all two years.
The soldier, Harmon Utterback, was allowed
pension on his application executed, November 26, 1832
at which time he was a resident of Nicholas County,
Kentucky.
There are no data in this claim concerning the
family of Harmon Utterback.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent, and possibly the death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:
Harmon Utterback, Certificate No. 25196, issued
December 7, 1833, rate $23.33 per annum, to commence
March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Alexander Hamilton Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Franklin, Indiana
August 31. 1936
RECEIVED
SEP 3 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM. 26
Commissioner
Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you please send me a copy of the
pension claim of Benjamin Utterback a Revolutionary War
soldier who died either in Johnson or Morgan
County Indiana.
Also do you have a record
for a Bartholomew Carrell who died about 1828
in Johnson County, his residence during the
Revolution was Virginia, probably Amherst County.
The Alexander Hamilton Chapter D.A.R. is
making an effort to locate and mark
the graves of all soldiers of the Revolution
buried in Johnson County and it is necessary
to have all the history possible of each man and
we will be very grateful for this information
Yours very truly
Mrs James M. Robinson
Regent Alexander Hamilton Chapter D.A.R.
50 Banta Street
Franklin
Indiana
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Weissinger-Gaulberl
Louisville, Kentucky
February 18, 1935.
RECEIVED FEB 19 1935 MAIL SUB-DIV. Reader 12 VETS. ADM.
Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen-
I am writing your
Bureau in an effect to
obtain
information as to
James Benjamin Utterback of Virginia, who as a Revolutionary soldier.  He
was my great-great grandfather
only Benj
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and while I have
been told
he fought in the Revolution
all I know of him is
that he married Elizabeth
Snelling-- Fauquier County,
Va. Nov 15, 1780.
If your records have
any data in this connection
I
shall certainly
appreciate
hearing from you.
Thanking
you
I am
Yours sincerely
Bill H. Pharr
Mrs Alexander J. Parr
Neissenger Gardbert [ILLEGIBLE] Louisville, Ky.
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Marshall College
Huntington, W. Va.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY
Residence Address: --
#1810 Kite Ave., City
Dec. 11, 1934
A. D. Miller, Executive Assist. to
Administrator,
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: -

Referring to your communication, (BA-J/EEL),
of December 5th I wish to thank you very much for your
efforts in making a cldier who fought in the
Battle of Bunker Hill by the surname of " VON ". Since
making that request I have been advised that the original name was spelled " VAUGHAN". May I ask if there was a
Revolutionary soldier by such name who claimed pension or
bounty land?
I have also found through recent correspondence
by way of working up a History of the UTTERBACK Family in
America that the BENJAMIN UTTERBACK, whom you reported to me
under " S. 16559 and BA-J/AWF" on Nov. 21, 1934, received a grant
of 160 acres in Kentucky for his services in the Virginia
Colonial line during the War of the Revolution and that the
number of his grant was 2-1913 Warrant. The other information,
taken from a state historical library, is rather obscure in
stating that Benjamin served three years, to or from Nov. 20,
1783. Is there such a record in the U.S. Pension Bureau aside
from the good report you so kindly made to me last month, at
which time you advised that I write to the Comptroller General
Accounting Office in order to obtain the name, address, etc.,
to whom the last payments of pensions were made for both Benjamin
and Harmon Utterback, but have not heard from that office
yet.
Hoping to receive the records of all soldiers named
UTTERBACK -- who may have fought in all other Wars in which our
country has been engaged since the Revolution, a request which
I sent in recently, I am,
Respectfully yours,
W. I Utterback,
W. I. Utterback, -Teacher and Author
RECEIVED
Dec 18 1934 MAIL SUB-DIV 
VETS. ADM READER 28
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Marshall College
Hutington, W. Va.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY
Residence Address:-
#1810 Kite Ave., City
Nov. 13, 1934

Received
NOV 14 1934 
Mail [illegible]-Div [illegible]


The Commissioner of Pensions,
O. W. & N. Division,
Dept. of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
 
Some years ago I received your kind report of
the military histories of HARMON and BENJAMIN UTTERBACK,
soldiers of the Revolutionary War. In that statement
the date of Harmon was given as October 16, 1755 for his
birth, but the exact date of Benjamin's birth was not
given. I reckoned the year, (1755), of Benjamin's birth
from your report that he was 77 years old at the date of
the application for pension, (October 9, 1832).
Hoping the day and month of Benjamin's birth may
be supplied as much depends upon the information, I am,

Respectfully yours,
W.I. Utterback,
W. I. Utterback, -Head of the Department of Zoology
*
P.S.-
In your former Report the name "HARMON" was given with
the spelling of "HARMAN". Was the latter name the original
entry? In working up the UTTERBACK Family Tree I am in a
quandry as to whether HARMON and BENJAMIN were Twin Brothers
or Cousins?
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Indianapolis Ia March 14 1833
Dear Sir
Enclosed are the pension papers of Benj Utterback, and as there was but one objection to the paper which by refference to the Clerks [illegible] and the briefe will be seen to be well answered it is hoped that a spedy return may be had - Yours &c
Calvin Fletcher
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Branch Bank
Indianapolis 20 Jany 1858
Edwards
Sir, 
[persuipion - illegible] to pay Benjamin Utterback on the accompanying voucher is respectfully requested
Yours Respectfully
B. F. Morris [illegible]
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Benj Utterback
See State Roll
In a on Roll
Returned
Pension Papers
INDIANAPOLIS MAR 15 IND.
FREE
Hon Lewis Cass Secy. Nar
Washington City
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Indianapolis J March 14 1833
Dear Sir
Enclosed are the pension papers
of Benj Utterback, and as there was
but one objection to the paper which
by refference to the Clerks cert. & the
briefe will be seen to be well answered it is 
hoped that a speedy return may be
had -
Yours &c
Calvin Fletcher