Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 2287, David Henry, Va.
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Henry, David S 2287
carded
CONTENTS
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See letter 15 July to Pen agt.

7638
West Tennessee
David Henry
of Roberts Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a sgt & op. in the compy commanded by Captain [illegible] of the Regt. commanded by Col Shelby in the Virginia line for 6 months private
1 month Sergeant

Inscribed on the Roll of W. Tennessee
at the rate of 55 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of May 1833 and sent to Hon. C Johnson Clarksville
Arrears to the 4th of March 110.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 78.50
$137.50
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 57
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Maj. D Henry
Pension papers


No 4,386
Henry
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Maj. D Henry
Pension papers


No 4,386
Henry
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State of Tennessee
Robertson County SS.
David Henry aged seventy nine years old personally appeared in open court before the county Court of Robertson at their August session 1832 being the 18th day of sd. month being a resident citizen of sd. county who was first duly sworn according to law on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832 for the benefit of the officers & soldier of the Revolution
to wit that he was born in Pittsylvania County in the state of Virginia and entered the service of the United States in the [illegible] in a company commanded by Capt. John Donelson on a tour of duty of six months and marched from Pittsylvania and joined the command of Col Evan Shelby and [illegible] in service for some months until after the [illegible] of the Holston in and [illegible] against the Cherokee Indiana in the state of Georgia what is now called the state of Tennessee and continued in the service for some months until the making of the treaty of Holston when he was marched back home & [illegible] out that [illegible] he served but believes that march the whole time to which he entered the service had elapsed before his discharge - that afterwards in the summer of the year 1778 he again volunteered his service for a period of time not now recollected to go a tour of tribes on the Illinois under the command of Capt. Thomas Dilliard  that he does not recollect the precise time of them marching from Pittsylvania but recollects that early in the month of March in the year of 1778 the company reached a place on the Kentucky River then called Boonsborough  & remained there some time & went to the falls of the Ohio which they reached the latter part of June & there [illegible] the Ohio below the mouth of the Tennessee River  & left their boats and marched across the country to the junction of the Rivers Kaskaskia & Mississippi where there was a little town in the possession of the British called then the [illegible] town & after having captured the place & taken them all prisoners we returned to the falls of the Ohio & brought with us the commander of the fort whose name I believe was Roseblock & shortly thereafter returned home & was dismissed in the faul of the year.  I recollect there was frost before we reached home.  Our Capt Dillard resigned his command before reaching the falls of the Ohio & we were [illegible] with the company of Capt Montgomery - that he believes he received [illegible]
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a written discharge from both the companies but not believing them of any benefit to him after he reached home they have been lost or destroyed - that he acted in both companies as an orderly sarjeant - that his brother Hugh Henry who was a lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt. Donelson in the Holston Campaign left home with him & was in company with him during both of the campaigns & returned with him & is the only person now living within his knowledge who can prove the performance of his service and his affidavit does not accompany this application because of his inability to attend the court to be examined but that his declaration made before Henry Frey Esq & duly sworn to contains proof of his services & which the applicant suppose will be before the department & to which they are requested to refer - that in the year 1780 they both removed to what is now called the state of Tennessee & have ever since resided in [illegible] except a short time they resided in Kentucky.  he has no [illegible] by which he can prove any of his services - that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state
Sworn to & subscribed in open court the day and year above written
David Henry
Test W Seal Clk

We Richd. Pepper a clergyman resident in the county of Robertson & James Jones resident in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Henry who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding declaration   that we believe him to be eighty years of age   That he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Pepper
James Jones
Test W. Seal Clk

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter & 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 Richard Pepper who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in Robertson County and that James Jones who also signed the same is a resident in the same county is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
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I William Seal Clerk of the County Court of Robertson do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Henry for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Springfield in said County the 15th day of August 1831
W. Seal
[SEAL]

I have known Majr David Henry the applicant for a pension from my earliest recollection as well as his brother Majr Hugh Henry having been born & raised in their immediate neighbourhood & having always resided near them.  And I take pleasure in informing the department that they have always sustained the character of honest men of [illegible] integrity, & I should place as much confidence in their veracity as in any other man of my acquaintance.  I have always [illegible] spoken of in the neighbourhood as revolutionary soldiers & therefore cheerfully recommend [illegible] to the favorable consideration of the department.
C: Johnson
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4386
David Henry
Tennessee

from 1777 private
& Sept 13 " 
$20
$55.
See Hugh Humphrey papers.
See letter Oct. 30 1832
to H. Joel, Springfield
Tenn.
Hon C. Johnson
[illegible]
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4356
BRIEF in the case of David Henry
of Robertson County in the State of Tennessee
(Act June 7th 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? Seventy Nine years

4. State his services, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
[1] Spring In 1777
[2] beginning of 1778
say 1 month
to 1 October
Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days.
[1] nearly 6 months private
[2] tour of service not recollected
Rank. As a
acted as orderly sergeant
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.
[1] Colo. Evan Shelby
[2] Capt. Thos. Lillian
Capt. Montgomery

2/
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5. In what battles was he engaged?

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pittsylvania Virginia

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence, & by living witnesses, his Brother Hugh Henry's who lived with him but is prevented by inability to attend court - but refers to his declaration sworn to, for proof of his

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Examining Clerk.
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March 12, 1938

David Henry
S. 2287
BA-J/AFF

Miss Maude Fuqua Pitt
c/o Mrs. R.E. Pitcher
Cornwall, New York

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of David Henry, born in Virginia and later moved to Tennessee.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 2287, based upon the military service of David Henry in the Revolutionary War.
David Henry was born in the year 1753 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia  The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in said Pittsylvania County, David Henry volunteered in the spring of 1777, and served six months as orderly sergeant in Captain John Donelson's company, Colonel Evan Shelby's Virginia regiment, and was in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians.  He enlisted early in 1778, served as orderly sergeant in Captains Thomas Dilliard's and Montgomery's company in Colonel George R. Clark's "Illinois" expedition, captured Oakhaw Town, and was discharged August 28, 1778.
David Henry moved to Tennessee sometime in 1780, and continued to live there until sometime in the
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year 1832, with the exception of a few years having lived in the State of Kentucky.

The soldier, David Henry, was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Robertson County, Tennessee.

It was not stated that David Henry was ever married. His brother, Hugh Henry, was lieutenant in both tours of his service, and was eighty-two years of age in 1832, then living in Robertson County, Tennessee. Their brother, Isaac Henry, served in the tour in 1778; he was referred to in 1832 as deceased.

The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
David Henry
Certificate #7638
Issued May 7, 1833
Rate $55.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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2287
INVALID.
File No.
David Henry
[illegible]
Act: [illegible] 1832
Index:-Vol. A. Page 167
Arrangement of 1870.

1928 - Nov. 14 - Hist. to Mrs. F. W. Summers
1933 - Mch 22 - " " Mrs Katherine W Morgan AW
1938 - Mch 12 - " " Miss Maude Fuqua Pitt AWF
1939 - June 31 - hist. to Mrs. Katherine W. Morgan AWF
1939 - Sept. 8 - " " " W. H Summers AWF
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SPRINGFIELD TENN.
JUNE 27 6AM 1939
13

(THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS)
Comptroller General
General Accounting Office
Washington
DC
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Please
David Henry
Brother Hugh Henry was lieutenant in both tours of his service, was living in Robertson Co., Tenn 1832 Their Brother
[illegible] Henry served in the 1778 tour with them I want very much his war record. All the information I can get from this,
with Brothers
315 7 Ave. W.
Springfield Tenn.
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1658
West Tennessee
David Henry
of Robertson Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a Serg & pri in the Company commanded by Captain Lilliard of the regiment commanded by Col Shelby in the Virginia line for 6 months private
1 month Sergt.

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 55 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the [illegible]

Recorded by Dan. Boyd Clerk
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7585
West Tennessee

See letter to
Pen [illegible]
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She had had this list,
in 1933
January 31, 1939
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Katherine W. Morgan David Henry-S.2287
Box 567 Hugh Henry-S.2611
Sweetwater, Texas

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of David Henry, pension claim S. 2287, and the Revolutionary War records of his brothers, Isaac and Hugh Henry.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon service of Isaac Henry, under any spelling of the name.

The records of David and Hugh Henry follow as found in pension claims, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.

David Henry-S. 2287

The data furnished herein concerning David Henry were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 2287, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

David Henry was born in the year 1753, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not stated.

While residing in said Pittsylvania County, David Henry volunteered in the spring of 1777, and served six months as orderly sergeant in Captain John Donelson's company, Colonel Evan Shelby's Virginia regiment, and was in an expe-
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dition against the Cherokee Indians. He enlisted early in 1778, served as orderly sergeant in Captains Thomas Dillard's and Montgomery's companies in Colonel George R. Clark's Illinois expedition, captured Oakhaw Town, and was discharged August 29, 1778.

The soldier, David Henry, moved to Tennessee sometime in 1780, continued to live there until sometime in the year 1832, with the exception of a few years, he had lived in Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Robertson County, Tennessee.

Hugh Henry, brother of the soldier, David Henry, served as lieutenant in the first tour and was with him in the second tour; he was eighty-two years old in 1832, then a resident of Robertson County, Tennessee. Their brother, Isaac Henry, served in the tour in 1778, reference was made to him in 1832 as deceased.

The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data-

David Henry
Certificate #7638
Issued May 7, 1833
Rate $55.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.

*******

Hugh Henry-S. 2611

The data relative to Hugh Henry which follow
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were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 2611, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Hugh Henry was born June 25, 1751 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not stated.

Hugh Henry volunteered in the spring of 1777, served as lieutenant in Captains John Donelson's company, Colonel Evan Shelby's Virginia regiment, went on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians, length of service about six months. He volunteered early in the year 1778, served as sergeant in Captains Thomas Lillard's and John Montgomery's companies, in Colonel George R. Clark's Illinois Regiment, marched to the junction of the Kaskaskia and Mississippi Rivers, where they captured a town, and was discharged August 29, 1778.

He moved from Pittsylvania County, Virginia, sometime in 1780, lived a short while in Kentucky, and thence to Tennessee.

Hugh Henry was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, then a resident of Robertson County, Tennessee. He died April 17, 1834.

David Henry, brother of Hugh Henry, was a resident of Robertson County, Tennessee, in 1832; he served with him in both tours. Their brother, Isaac Henry, served in the tour in 1778, reference was made in 1832 to Isaac Henry as then deceased.

The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.

In order to obtain the name and address of the person who received the last payment of this pension, use the same address as given herein, and furnish the following data-
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4-

Hugh Henry
Certificate #3519
Issued December 26, 1832
Rate $115.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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State of Tennessee
Robertson County} This day being the 29th day of November in the  year of our Lord 1832 David Henry a resident citizen in the County of Spotsylvania being first duly sworn before Meredith Walton a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid at the house of [illegible] Hugh Henry doth on his oath make the following declaration and [illegible] in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 to obtain a pension 
he states (in addition to his original declaration which this [illegible_ that he was born in Virginia 1753 in Pitsylvania County Virginia he States that in regard to his first tour of service [illegible] in his original declaration that he cannot by reason of old age & lapse of memory swear positively to the length of his service but from the best of his recollection he served not less than six months under the officers in his original stated, and in addition thereto states that there were in the same campaign Captains Wither and Bluford, who were malitia, and in the second tour of duty mentioned in his original declaration he
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he served not less than seven months and in both towers he served as sergeant he here presents the discharge of Isaac Henry his brother who is now dead in which was found [illegible] his brother Hugh Henry's before who served the same tour & discharged at the same [illegible] which is in the [illegible] following to wit
Augt. 29th 1778
This is to certify that Isaac Hugh has [illegible] served and [illegible]
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[parts missing due to being illegible]

John Cond Thomas Worden, the others were it may pay to the whose testify to the character and veracity of patient and as his the revolution in the afores of the applicant claims a pension Davis Henry
State of Campsie
Robertson County ⎬ SS
by Hugh Henry Citizen of County aforesaid personally appeared before me Mendell Walton Enstar of the peace for said County
and after being first duly soon at his own house that in is eighty one years of age that his
son of being the applicant thereto orginal declaration to which this is appended for a pension that he entered the any of them on
Son land therein and is charged with him and at the element therein contains and to the best of his motion & belief

Hugh Henry Clerk
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State of Tennessee
Robertson County} I Meredith Walton a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing applicant David Henry whose name is subscribed to the foregoing additional declaration subscribed & sworn to the same at the house of [illegible] Hugh Henry in the County aforesaid. That he is a man of Veracity & integrity
I also certify that Mssrs Hugh Henry the Witness who testifies to the services of This applicant signed & sworn to the foregoing deposition before me at his own house, that he is a man of veracity and integrity and of testifying ability & that full faith and credit are due to his official acts or deposition
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 29th of Novr 1832
Meredith Walton J.P. (Seal)

State of Tennessee
Robertson County} I William Seal Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Meredith Walton Esq is a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified and that [illegible] 
November 832
W. Seal
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David Henry's
Pension papers
Dec. 14.
Ten.
20,006
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Returned case of
David Henry, is
taken out
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Springfield Tn
Dec 2

Free

Honbl. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City

Davod Jemru's
Pension papers
Dec/ 14
Tem
20,000
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1/21-1928

Bureau of Pensions
Washington
Please to send Revolutionary War record of David Henry and all the history you have of him
He drew a Pension from Robertson Co Tennessee between 1800 & 1840
Hoping an early response
I am Sincerely
Mrs. F.W. Simmons
Springfield
Tennessee
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Chas. W. Lewis, County Judge
J.D. Lambert, Sheriff
George W. Outlaw, County Attorney

Marshall Morgan, County Clerk
Raymond Bishop, Tax Collector
H.P. Harkins, Tax Assessor
Jamie Hightower Hamer, Treasurer
K.W.W. (Doc) Hopkins, Commissioner Precinct No. 1. Sweetwater, Texas
J.D. Childers, Commissioner Precinct No. 2. Sweetwater, Texas
J.R. Cornelius, District Clerk
Joe A. Stewart, Superintendent
S.C. Daugherty, Engineer
C.C. Cooper, Surveyor
I.W. Brashear, Justice Peace, Pre. 1
Roy Campbell, Commissioner Precinct No. 2. Hylton, Texas
R.H. Jordan, Commissioner Precinct No. 4. Blackwell, Texas

County of Nolan
Sweetwater, Texas
Feb. 26. 1933.

[STAMP]
Rec'd Mar 6 1933
[illegible]
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Veterans' Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-
Please send me the War Record of Continental Soldier David Johnson of Louisa County, Va. Listed in Manuscript Vol. War 4 Va. State Library, page 231
Married Elizabeth Berryman - 
Also:  David Henry, Pittsylvania Co., Va. Pension Claim S.2287.  Enlisted spring 1777 - in Capt. John Donaldson's Co.-and numerous other companies, was discharged Aug. 27, 1778.
I desire his war record and the name of his wife - whom did he marry?
These are both ancestors of mine and I will appreciate all the data I can get.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Katherine Walton Morgan
311 Hickory St.,
Sweetwater, Texas.
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[STAMP]
Receoved 
Feb 26 1938
[illegible]
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Cornwall, New York,
February 25, 1938

Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
I am anxious to find out whether or not there is in your office a pension application by David Henry, a Revolutionary War soldier and, if so, whether the application contains any information regarding the soldier's family and his military service.  David Henry was probably born in Virginia, later moving to Tennessee.
Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Maude Fuqua Pitt

Address reply to:  Miss Maude Fuqua Pitt
c/o Mrs. R.E. Pitcher,
Cornwll, New York.
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CHAS. W. LEWIS, County Judge
MARSHALL MORGAN, County Clerk
RAYMOND BISHOP, Tax Assessor and Collector
MRS. G. W. COCHRAN, Treasurer
E. K. WILLIS, Commissioner Precinct No. 1, Roscoe, Texas
R. L. WITT, Commissioner Precinct No. 2, Sweetwater, Texas
J. D. LAMBERT, Sheriff
ALVIN F. NEMIR, County Attorney
MRS. MYRTLE ROBERTSON, District Clerk
MRS. S. H. STANFIELD, Superintendent
W. R. COUCH, Surveyor
Precinct No. 3, Star Rt., Sweetwater, Tex.
S. H. SHOOK, Justice Peace, Precinct No. 1
H. H. BOYD, Commissioner Precinct No. 3, Sweetwater, Tex
R. H. Jordan, Commissioner Precinct No. 4, Blackwell, Texas

COUNTY OF NOLAN
Sweetwater, Texas
October 8th 1938

[round stamp] RECEIVED Dec 22

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: -

I wish data of Rev. War soldier David Henry.

Born in 1753 in Pittsylvania Co. Va. The name of his parents whom he married. His pension claim, S. 2287 -- Rev. War service.

To whom last payment made?

Enlisted in spring 1777 -- discharged Aug. 29, 1778. Was in Geo. Rogers Clark's expedition to Ill. Captured Oakhow Towns, also was in Colonel Evan Shelby's Virginia regiment and was in expedition against the Cherokee Indians.

He moved to Tennessee 1780 and lived there until 1832, except a short time in Ky. Was allowed pension Aug. 15, 1832, then a resident of Robertson Co. Tenn. To whom was the last pension paid? Would also like the records of his brothers Isaac Henry and Lieut. Hugh Henry. One of these died early in life. Isaac - I presume in Pittsylvania. David Henry was ancestor on father's side - while Isaac must have been on my grandmother's of my mother's family - she was orphaned young,
she knew little of her people - as both parents died young.

Patrick Henry was a relative also.

Records of these brothers will be appreciated for D.A.R. data.

Yours very truly,
---
Mrs. Kalene Walton Morgan
Box 567 Sweetwater Ter
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August 2, 1939. 

Mrs. W. H. Simmons,
106 - 7th Avenue,
Springfield, Tennessee.

Madam:

In reply to your communication of recent date, requesting information concerning David Henry Hugh Henry, and Isaac Henry, pensioners of the Revolutionary War, you are advised as follows:

The records of this office show the last payment of pension in the case of David Henry, Certificate No. 33, West Tennessee
Agency, covering the period from March 4, 1846, to September 4, 1846, was made at the Pension Agency in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 6, 1836 to James Woodard, as attorney for the pensioner. On October
3, 1844 the pensioner certified that he had resided in Robertson County, Tennessee,
for a space of six years, and previous
thereto he resided in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This information was furnished you in letter of this office dated July 8, 1999.

In the case of Hugh Henry, Certificate No. 5529, West Tennessee Agency, you are advised that the records of this office show that on August 7, [illegible] satisfactory evidence was presented to the County Court at Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee, that the pensioner died in said County and State on April 17, 1874, and left surviving no widow, but the following named children: Thomas Henry and David Henry. David Henry was appointed executer of the estate of the deceased pensioner. The arrears of pension on the decedent, covering the period from March 4, 1834, to April 17, 1834, were paid in August to the surviver. 

With respect to your inquiry for information
concerning Isaac Henry, you are advised that your communication is being forwarded on this date to the to the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary and 1812 War Section, Washington, D. C. for consideration and direct reply.

Respectfully,
(Signed) P. D. Fallon
Asst. Chief, Records Division.
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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON
August 2, 1939.

RECORDS DIVISION
IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE
R-80684,
109669
117056-WGS

Veterans Administration,
Revolutionary and 1812 War Section,
Washington, D.C.

Sirs:

There is transmitted herewith for your consideration and direct reply an undated communication from Mrs. W. H. Simmons,
306 - 7th Avenue, Springfield, Tennessee, for reply to that portion wherein she requests information concerning Isaac Henry, an alleged veteran and pensioner of the Revolutionary War.

Information showing the last payments of pension in the cases of David Henry and Hugh Henry is being furnished to Mrs. Simmons in letter from this office on this date, of which a
copy is attached for your information.

Respectfully,
G.D. Fallon
Asst. Chief, Records Division.

Inol.
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September 8, 1939

Mrs. W. H. Simmons
306 - 7th Avenue
Springfield, Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request addressed to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, relative to David, Hugh, and Isaac Henry, soldiers of the Revolution. You were furnished by that official data in regard to David and Hugh Henry as found in that office. Your request was transmitted to this office for further reply relative to these soldiers.

The Revolutionary War records of this office
have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of any Isaac Henry.

The records of David Henry and Hugh Henry
follow as found in claims for pension, based upon service in the War of the Revolution.

David Henry-S. 2287

The data furnished herein concerning David
Henry were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 3237, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

David Henry was born in the year 1793, in
Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The names of his
parents are not given.

While residing in said Pittsylvania County,
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David Henry volunteered in the spring of 1777, served six months as orderly sergeant in Captain John Donelson's company, Colonel Evan Shelby's Virginia regiment, and was in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians. He enlisted early in 1778, served as orderly sergeant in Captains Thomas Dillard's and Montgomery's companies in Colonel George R. Clark's Illinois Expedition, assisted in capturing Oakham Town, and was discharged August 28, 1753.

The soldier, David Henry, moved to Tennessee
sometime in 1780, continued to live there until sometime in 1832, with the exception a few years, he had lived in Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Robertson County, Tennessee.

Hugh Henry, brother of David Henry, served as
lieutenant in the first tour with David Henry, and was with him in the second tour; he was eighty-two years old in 1832, then a resident of Robertson County, Tennessee. Their brother, Isaac Henry, served in the in 1773, reference was made to him in 1832, as deceased.

The papers on file in this claim contains no
further discernible data relative to the family of
David Henry.

Hugh Henry-S. 2611

The data relative to Hugh Henry which follow
were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 1611, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.

Hugh Henry was born June 25, 1781, in Pittsylvania
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County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.

Hugh Henry volunteered in the spring of 1777,
served as lieutenant in Captain John  Donelson's company, Colonel Evan Shelby's Virginia regiment, went on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians, length of service about six months. He volunteered early in the year 1778, served as sergeant in Captains Thomas Dillard's and John Montgomery's
companies, in Colonel George R. Clark's Illinois
Regiment; marched to the junction of the Kaskaskia and Mississippi Rivers, where they captured a town, and was discharged August 29, 1778.

He moved from Pittsylvania County, Virginia,
sometime in 1780, lived a short while in Kentucky, and thence to Tennessee.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed August 14, 1832, at which time he was living in Robertson County, Tennessee.

Hugh Henry died April 17, 1834.

David Henry, brother of Hugh Henry, was a
resident of Robertson County, Tennessee, in 1832; he served with Hugh Henry in both tours. Their brother, Isaac Henry, served in the tour in 1778, and was referred to in 1832, as then deceased.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible data in regard to the family of Hugh Henry.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Wars Section

November 14, 1928

Mrs. F. W. Simmons
Springfield, Tennessee

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2287, it appears that David Henry was born in 1755, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

He enlisted in the spring of 1777, and served six months as an orderly sergeant in Captain John Donelson's Company, Colonel Evan Shelby's Virginia Regiment and was in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians; he enlisted early in 1778 and served as an orderly sergeant in Captains Thomas Dillard and Montgomery's Companies in Colonel George Rogers Clark's expedition to Illinois and captured Oakham Towns and was discharged August 29, 1778.

He stated that his brother, Hugh Henry, was lieutenant in both tours of his service.

He was pensioned on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was living in Robertson County, Tennessee. It is not stated that soldier was married.

Respectfully,
WIFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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March 22, 1933
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David Henry-S. 2287
BA-J/A F

Mrs. Katherine W. Morgan
311 Hickory Street
Sweetwater, Texas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of David Henry, pension claim, S. 2287; and the Revolutionary record of David Johnson of Louisa County, Virginia.

The data given by you relative to David Johnson are not sufficient to enable this office to identify the record of the David Johnson, in whom you are interested. You will please furnish as much as possible of the following information in regard to said David Johnson -approximate dates of his birth and death and places of residence at enlistment and after service.

The data which follow were obtained from the
papers on file in pension claim, S. 2287, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of David Henry.

He was born in the year 1753 in Pittsylvania
County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not given.

David Henry enlisted in the spring of 1777 and
served six months as orderly sergeant in Captain John Donelson's company, Colonel Evan Shelby's Virginia regiment, and was in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians. He enlisted early in 1778 and served as orderly sergeant in Captains Thomas Dillard's and
Montgomery's company in Colonel George Rogers Clark's expedition to Illinois, captured Oakham Towns and was discharged August 29, 1778.

He moved to Tennessee in 1780 and continued to
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live there until in 1832, with the exception of
having lived a short time in Kentucky.

The soldier, David Henry, was allowed pension
on his application executed August 15, 1833, then resident of Robertson County, Tennessee.

The soldier's brother, Hugh Henry, was lieutenant in both tours of his service, and was living in Robertson County, Tennessee aged eighty-two years. Their brother, Isaac Henry, served in the 1778 tour with them; he was deceased in 1832.

It is not stated that David Henry was ever married.

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 the Revolutionary War pensioner, David Henry, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data -

David Henry
Certificate No. 7638
Issued May 7, 1833
Rate $55.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Payments to be made
at Nashville
by the Pres't of U.S. B. Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of West Tennesse

Recorded in the Pension Office,
in Book E  Vol. 1
page 82 by
Daniel [illegible] Clerk.

Cancelled
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War Department.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, David Henry of the State of Tennessee who was a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty five dollars and    cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this third day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and countersigned
JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Pension Papers of David Henry

Mr. J.L. Edwards
Agent of the Pension Office
Washington City

Free

[STAMP]
[illegible]
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[many parts illegible]

24 April 1833

then in the store papers you will person that the plat of Davis Henry & the exception taken to the application of Hugh Henry they are brothers now residing in the same neighborhood I will perceive that Davis
makes reference to the application of Hugh Henry as evidence in his behalf, they both entered the service together & continued in the service together & left to the same time - the Hugh Henrys recoller or as much better than that of David I presume, as he entered on
the Roll as pensioner & David Regated upon a reexamination of the papers together preserve both should be on the roll you well qually oblige me by having it done as early by cominent sent it to me-- the exceptions taken are certainly not lended for the enclosed plea
there is a Clergymanhe states he was born in Tilton he states his age at the caption & he 79 - the witnesses swear they think he 8. I there is no such thing as puble words of birth kept by law in the State of Virginia so for as Incollect
hope it will be satisfactory to you that the
brothers will be placed on the pension list followed the same persion.

Very respectfully
C. Johnson
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[page handwritten and illegible]
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BRIEF in the case of [illegible] Henry
County of Robertson
and in the State of [illegible]
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Judge

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period | Duration of Service | Rank | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
[illegible] | [illegible] | Sergeant | [illegible]

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witness and traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Will Turner
Examining Clerk.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of David Henry, which require 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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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutary service? 

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. 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?

VVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

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 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 they served two years in the militia, &c. 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.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.

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.