Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1007, Samuel Bonnifield, Va.
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[form number]
(8-1776)
SERVICE Va.
Bonnifield, Samuel
NUMBER R. 1007
CONTENTS [left blank]
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[page 1 of Declaration]
Hon. J.J. Allen
H.R. [House of Representatives]

State of Virginia
Randolph County Ss

Personly [personally] appeared before the subscriber as acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Randolph and State of Virginia on 5th Day of November 1833 Samuel Bonnifield Esq. (one of the acting Justices for the County a fore said) a Resident of the Said County of Randolph and state of Virginia aged 83 years.

Who being first duly sworn according to law on his oath make the following  Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7 day of June 1832. that he entered the Services of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in after stated, in the year 1778 this affiant was mustered in a company of Militia calld [called] [still] the minute men in the County of Gloucester in the State of Virginia and Commanded by Captain Richard Billups.

It was the duty off this company to guard the shores of the Chespeak [Chesapeake] Bay and York River for many miles.  upon this Service We were often engaged both night and Day as the British Squadron under Lord Dunmore and others often infested our neighborhood for the purpose of Plunder and Stealing negroes 

upon one occasion I Recollect of Intercepting a negro man Belonging to Mr. Winding Kenner. I caught him in the night near a boat belonging to Lord Dunmore's fleet and on the next day delivered him to his master

[left margin]
Samuel Bonnifield
30.162 Va.
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I also recollect of Being Calld [called] to oppose the British at the head of Ware River [opposite Old point Comfort [near Hampton, Virginia], but on my arrival found that the British had arrive near Militia Back and had posesed [possessed] them selves of one schooner and two Briggs loaded with tobacco, this affiant was often Engaged in the Services of guarding the afore said Coasts but does not recollect any material Trans action other than what has been mentioned until the Siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown. [General Charles Lord Cornwallis] [Battle of Yorktown, Virginia 1781]

When affiant was again calld [called] on he marchd [marched] to the scene of action and remained some time with the Army untill he affiant was ordered to go to manufacturing of Salt for the Use of the army in which business he continued untill the Capture or surrender of Cornwallis [Surrender of Cornwallis, Virginia 1781] [General Charles Lord Cornwallis].

This affiant did not at any time Receive one Cent for his Services or for the Salt Manufactured by him as he had no contract for the Salt and was engaged purely for the use of the Army.  after the Raising of the Siege of York [Battle of Yorktown, VA 1781] affiant was discharged by his Captain having served three years in the Service as a minuteman, 

(This affiant states that he was at the Battle of the Point [Battle of Point Pleasant, now West Virginia 1774] at the mouth of the great KenLawa [Kawawha River] under the commander by Colonel Luis [Andrew Lewis] and was a witness to that Bloody conflict and did personly [personally] suffer many 
privations. Such as hungar [hunger] & cold & fatiague [fatigue], being much harrassd [harrassed] by the Indians he also Enlisted after his first tour expired and remained as  guard to the fort until next February.)
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And I the said Justice of the peace do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the whole 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 I the said Justice further Certify That it appears to me That John Long & James Long who has signed the preceding Certifficate are Creditable persons and that their statement is Entitled to Credit and I the said Justice further Certify that there is no Clergyman Residing in the neighbourhood of the above named Applicant and that he from Bodily infirmity is unable to travel to the Courthouse of his said County of Randolph from which he Resides 25 miles and I the said Justice further Certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of my self in the matter of the Application of Samuel Bonnafield In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 5 Day of Nov 1833
John Moore J.P.
Virginia Randolph County Sct
I Archibald Earle Clerk of the County Court aforesaid do hereby Certify that John Moore esq before whome the within declaration was made and Signed the above Certificate was at the time of signing the same and now is a Justice of the Peace of said County duly Commissioned & Qualified & that his signature above written is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 10th day March 1834
A Earle Clk RC
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He relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity Except the Present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency of any State Sworn & Subscribed to this day & year aforesaid
Samuel Bonnifield
Said He hereby relinquishes all claims whatever to a pension or annuity Except the present and Declares that his name is not on the pension ^[written in left margin] not of the agency of any state^
I was born in Prince George County State of Maraland [Maryland] in the year 1750

I have none

I was living in Glocester County St of Virginia. I have lived in Hampshire and from Hampshire I removed into Randolph County where I now live

[Crossed out: [Illegible]

I was in enrolled as a minute man and ordered to be always in readiness

as I was confind [confined] principally to my county said not form any acquaintance
with the officers of the Regular Army

I did not receive any written discharge
W James Long & John Long will certify
Subscribed & sworn to this day and year above written
Samuel Bonnifield

We James Long and John Long _ Residents of the County of Randolph and State of Virginia do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Bonnifield who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 83 years of age that he is reputed and beleaved [believed] in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have a soldier of the Revolution and we concur
in that opinion Subscribed & sworn to this 5 day of Nov 1833
John Long
James Long
[illegible paper seal attached]
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Samuel Bonnifield
30.162
E
28 mar: [illegible]
Hon. J.J. Allen
HR [House of Representatives]
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832,
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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Samuel Bonnifield

Period when the service was rendered.

Duration of the claimant's service.

Rank of the claimant.

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.

No Allowance made but for actual service
The manufactor of salt cannot be
considered as military service.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[See document 8 for original text]
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[See document 9 for original text]

[At the end of this document, handwritten:]
# The applicant will be required to
specify her [sic] services as above.
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section                      MMHF
September 19, 1925

H.A. Hoopes
Office of Mayor
Fairfield, Iowa

Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 1007 it appears that Samuel Bonnifield was born
April 11, 1750, or 1752, in Prince George County, 
Maryland.
While a resident of Randolph County, Virginia he applied for pension November 5, 1833 and alleged that while residing in Culpeper County, Virginia he enlisted under Captain George Slaughter and was at the battle of Point Pleasant
in 1774; that in 1778 he moved to Gloucester County, Virginia and in said year enlisted in Captain Richard Billups or Phillips' Company of Gloucester County, Virginia Minutemen in which he served three years, and that he marched to the siege of Yorktown but was detached to make salt for the army.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish
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proof of his alleged service as required by the Act
of June 7, 1832 under which he applied for pension. In 1846 he was still living in Randolph County, Virginia.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully, 
Winfield Scott
Commissioner.

The hist [history] from wh. [when] this is taken is in the claim of David Minear [This sentence hand written]
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Jany 18' 99
C. J. Maxwell,
Kaufman, Texas

May 6. 1904
To above-claim was
rejected no proof furnished

Ex'r, INVALID.

[Crossed out: Act of July 4 and March 1872.
1008

P.O. Samuel Bonnifield

Service: There is some probability that
this may be the same Soldier as
Enlisted: File No 1007 rejected, 18__
Discharged: ____, 18__.

Application filed: ____, 18__.
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1906 March 8. History to Mr
C. J. Maxwell M.B.H.
1909 Dec. 11. To Franklin Maxwell C
1911 Sept. 15 Mr. Maxwell advised to
designate some person to copy claim. C
1912. Jan. 19. Hist. to Hon James Young
M.C. See letter in S. 5932 David
Minear. AW
1921 Mar. 21 Hist (on letter form) to
Mrs O.S. Hoopes 401 W. Briggs St
Fairfield Iowa. AW (see the correspondence
in S12932 David
Minear. AW
1925 Sept. 19 - Hist. to H. A.
Hoopes. MMHF. (His letter
in claim of David Minear)-
1927 Apr. 19. Photos mailed
to C.J. Maxwell. AW
1931. Nov. 10- C.J. Maxwell
adv. cost of photos, MMHF

Ex'r. INVALID.

REJECTED

1007
 
Samuel Bonnifield

Service: There is some probability that
File (regd) No 1008 may be the
Enlisted: Same Soldier, 18__.

Discharged: Consolidated with [crossed out: 18 __.]
1008 May 1883

Application filed: _____, 18__.

Alleges: ____

Re-enlisted: ____

Attorney: ____
P.O. ____
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6769

3 - 2233

BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Finance Division

April 11, 1927

Chief Rev. W. Division.

I have this day received from
C. J. Maxwell
M.O. No. 891.67.3
for $2.55, requesting

photostat copy
[crossed out: post office addresses] as per
letter herewith.

1927 Apr. 19
photos mailed
& Finance Div
notif. AW

O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Division.
H.C. L.
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No 37, 450
Samuel Bonnifield
Va
Sn to Hon. W. G. Brown
January 6th  1847 
This letter in Wm Parsons -
R. 7981 mh
1008
Act 7 June 1832
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Samuel Bonnafield [Bonnifield]
Virginia
Rejected
Lrt [Letter]. 26 Mar: 35 [1835]
[crossed out: 1008
1007
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No 37,450

Samuel Bonnifield

Va

Act 7 June 1832
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Saml Bonnefield [Samuel Bonnifield] states that he went to Gloucester County Va in 1778 & was enrolled as a minuteman, & always required to be in readiness to March.

He was all the time engaged in making salt. He marched to York Town during the siege of Cornwallis [General Charles Lord Cornwallis] [Battle of Yorktown, Virginia 1781] & was sent back to make salt for the army,

He states that he was also in the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. [Battle of Point Pleasant, now West Virginia, 1774] He furnished no proof except as to good character & reputation (as a revolutionary soldier) among his neighbors, and even upon his own statements, it is evident that he has not a shadow of claim to a pension
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Saml Bonnafield [sic] _ Appl

[Illegible]

Not Enlisted

Rej.
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Samuel Bonnafield [Bonnifield]  Applicant
Mr John Luy a man of character says, he was present when Bonnafield [Bonnifield] gave his statement of Revolutionary services to Camp [Illegible]. Bonnafield [Bonnifield] stated to them that he had [crossed out: been a minute man] stood as a minute man, and had been [crossed out, illegible] out and [illegible]
Service - that he was at the taking of Cornwallis, but did not he could not state how long he served. Bonnafield [illegible] Henry Farnsler, that he was drafted
a short time before the surrender of Cornwallis. was marched to York town and get there last before the Surrender of the British army. _ was dismissed shortly after & went home was give but a short time. _
Bonnafield [Bonnifield] was sworn to his Declaration before John
Moore

A Copy
W Geling
Nov. 27. 1834

[Crossed out: Sp. Agent in Investigation
of fraud committed in West Virginia-]
[Crossed out but not clear: The first papers no doubt were sent to him & not returned]
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J. J. Allen [illegible]
Samuel Bonnifield
Petition for a Pension
for Revolutionary services

Oct _ 16 _ 1834

Retd to Comr Rev. pensions

Jan. 16. 1835 _ Comr  [illegible] to lie

[Crossed out: Illegible 11 Rev. Pens]
Moore 21 vs to lie
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Weston Lewes County               April 1834

Dear Sir
I employed my friend Col. Camp to lay my Declaration for a pension before the war de part ment [department]. he has shown me the objections of that Department; it is now out of my power to bring myself. Within the strict rules prescribed by the department, as my Services were not that of Regular Tour except that tour at the Taking of Lord Cornwallis and the precise length of that Tour I do not Recollect as I was ordered to the manufactory of salt for the use of the army.  It is now out of my power at my advanced age to procure any other Testimony of my Services, than that Exacted in my Declaration, which I Enclose to you with my petition. I hope you will use all Honourable  [honorable] Means to have me placed upon the Pension Roll; You are sufficiently acquainted with me  To Know that unless I thought my self entitled to a Pension, I would not ask one. Your attention will be thankfully received by your Friend and Humble Servant. 
Samuel Bonnfield [Bonnifield]

N.B. pleas Direct to Col. Camp
               yours with respect
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L. M. H.

Copy.

Pension Office,
January 6th, 1847.

Sir:
I have the honor to inform you that the application of
Catharine Parsons, widow of William Parsons, claiming a pension
under the act of 7 July 1838 has been examined and filed.
The service for which this claim is made is not set forth
as required by the regulations nor is it sustained by any proof
whatever. The records of this office afford no proof of
William Parsons service either in the Virginia Continental Line
or State Troops.
Before any satisfactory adjustment of this claim can be made
it must be asserted before a court of record, or approved by
such a court, in conformity to the enclosed printed instructions.
The length period and grade of each term of service
with the names of the company and field Officers should be
clearly set forth, and established by record or documentary
proof, or by the testimony of two or more respectable witnesses
who were in service with Mrs. Parsons husband, and the date
of their marriage should be proven by a certified copy of the
marriage bond or license from the clerks office in the County
where the ceremony was performed, a family register or some
evidence of this service if such be attainable.
All the objections as regards the authentication of the
papers and the specification and proof of service pointed out
in the case of Mrs. Parsons apply with equal force to the
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Parsons. -2 -

application of Samuel Bonnifield, and he will be required to
produce such proof of this service as is there in pointed out
to justify the department in granting him a pension under the
act of 7 June 1832.
Mr. Dille's letter is herewith returned.
Hon. W. G. Brown,
House of Representatives.
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Declaration
Virginia Randolph County SS:
On this the second day of December
one thousand eight hundred and forty in personally appeared
before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for the County
of Randolph and State of Virginia, Samuel Bonnifield a resident of
Horse Shoe run in the County and State aforesaid aged 94 years
the 11th of April 1846 who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth
on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of an act of Congress passed June seventh 1832 and other acts
for the relief of the soldiesr of the Revolution
That he the said Samuel Bonnnified has resided in the County of
Randolph for fifty odd years and being of naturally strong constitution
was able by industry and economy to obtain sufficient of the necessaries
to satisfy the wants of nature, until age with its attendants
brought him to acknowledge what he has this day acknowledged
from necessity that he can no longer supply his wants by individual
exertion and that those laws enacted by wise Rulers
which untill recently the condemned are calculated in their
consequences to bury in the sinking spirits of the surviving solder
of the Revolution
That he the said Declarant was born in the County of Prince George
and State of Maryland on the 11th day of April 1752 and he has
no knowledge of there being any record of his age preserved, except
on the tablet of memory, which in your Declarant case is
considerably impared by age.
That he the said Declarant was residing in the County of Culpepper
and State of Virginia when he first enlisted in the services
of his country and since that time has principally resided in
the County of Randolph Virginia. That the "little meadows", in
the County of Green Brier was the point of Rendezvous in his
first enlistment and they proceeded from thence to Point-
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Pleasant at the mouth of the Kenhawa river, where he [illegible]
said Declarent was engaged in the sanguinary battle of [illegible]
16th October: That he recolect the name of Col Fields [illegible]
killed in the engagement and a number of other in [illegible]
officers who continued the battle, among us he [illegible]
Cap William Russel, Capt George Slaughter, Lieut [illegible]
Shelby and Roberts.
That he the said Declarant is under the impression he [illegible]
a discharge from the service but does not remember by whom [illegible]
was given or what has become of it. That he thinks during
that enlistment which was his first he was out eighteen
months at least yet has no memorandum to which he can
refer that he can ascertain to a certainty -- That he
inlisisted under Capt George Slaughter among his companions
as private he can mention the names of Thomas
Jordan and William Flanigan who with the rest of
his companions at the battle of Point pleasant, so far as his
information extends are all dead.
This declarant after his first enlistment again entered the 
service of the United States as a private some time during
the year 1780 and was in the engagement under one Capt
Billips or Phillips when Cornwallis surrendered in October
1781 and recollects the names of some of the field officers, but
has a very indistinct recolection from the lapse of time, yet
he cannot state the exact time when he entered the service [illegible]
or when he was discharged, but thinks he left the service
about the close of the war and was out from twelve to Eighteen
Months.
This declarant knows of no person whose testimony he can
procure who can testify to his service as aforesaid and that
he has no documentary evidence in his possession establishing
the fact, but from neglect upon his part the last one
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of his comrades has departed this life and he would here refer the department to the accompanying testimony of James Parsons and Henry W Smith
as to his character for veracity ad their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, to whom he has been long known and who reside in his neighborhood
That he the said Samuel Bonnifield relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Given under my hand the day and year aforesaid.
Job Parsons JP

Also appears before the undersigned justice of the peace James Parsons and Henry W Smith
residing in the county of Randolph Virginia and made oath that they are well acquainted with Samuel Bonnifield who has sworn to the above Declaration: that they believe him to be 91 years old at least. that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that they concur in that opinion; so far as they are informed; that he is infirm from age and that the said Samuel Bonnifield is and always has been regarded a man of undoubted veracity and upon whose statements they reply-
Sworn to before me the undersigned justice of the peace on the second day of December 1846
Job Parsons JP

I Job Parsons do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that
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the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states; and also do certify that it appears to me that James Parsons and Henry W Smith
who made oath to the preceding certificate are residents of the county of Randolph and are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit. And also do hereby certify that the applicant Samuel Bonnifield for a pension, cannot by reason of bodily infirmity attend Court.
Given under my hand the 2d day of December 1846.
Job Parsons JP

Virginia Randolph County to wit
I John W. Crawford clerk of the Court of Randolph County certify that Job Parsons is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of office and Subscribed my name this 5th day December in the year 1846
Jno Crawford Clerk of the
Court of Randolph County
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To the Honorable the Sennator and Hous of Representatives in Congress assembled. Your Petitioner Humbly begs leave to respond to your Honorable bodies that in the Year 1778 in consequence of the great scarcity of salt in the County. he removed to the County of Gloucester in the State of Virginia for the purpose of Manufactoring that article, that as soon as he arrived there he was enrolld into a Company of Militia Commanded by Captain Richard Billups this company was [illegible] the minute men whose duty it was to be always in readiness to march at a moments warning, (at this time the British Squadron lay in the Chesepeak bay, this causes them of often making incursions into the Country for the purpose of Plundering the inhabitants and indusing the negrows to run a way from their masters and join them, in this service your petitioner was compelled to spend much of his time from the year 1778 untill 1783, both night and day often marching whole nights from place to place to watch the movements of the British Boats. Who were some times in York river some times in the bay and some times in Ware River upon one occation when your petitioner was ordered to Ware River he arrived soon after the British had succeeded in driving a way the troops woh had been guarding a Schooner and two briggs loaded with Tobacco which had been run up said river to be kept out of the way of the enemy, those vessels were taken off by the British at that time Your petitioner was fortunate enough upon one of those night Excursions, to apprehend a negrow belonging to a W. Winiding Kenner, this negrow was making his way to a boat belonging to the fleet of Lord Dunmore, then lying in the bay near to the place where your petitioner apprehended said negrow in this kind of service your petitioner was constantly engaged that he could do but little at the business of manufactoring of salt, and what little he did manufacter was often Taken for the use of the United States Army. in the Year 1781, Your petitioner together with the Company Commanded by his said Captain
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Ware Ordered to march and Join the main army at Yorktown then ingaged in Beseaging Lord Cornwallace, that at that time Scott was very searce in the Army and the General Washington hearing that your petitioner had been engaged and was skilld in the manufactoring of that artickee gave Orders that your petitioner should be detached, for that purpose and was sent to [illegible] and aid Manufactor sail for the use of the Army until [illegible] render of Lord Cornwallace, for all which services and [illegible] by the Army your petitioner has not to this day received one Cent, in this Company your petitioner served three years and altho he cannot state the precise time he was actually engaged on duty, yet feels confident that he was more than two third of the time in the service of his Country, your petitioner has laid his Claim before the war department, and is informed by that department, that his services are not provided for by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, your petitioner is of Opinion that his service assimilates to that of an Indian Spy. With this difference that the Indian Spies received in hand five shillings per day, when their service was rendered, and your petitioner got nothing then nor has he Ever received one cent to the present day....your petitioner being now old and very infirm in Body and much reduced in Circumstnaces pray your Honorable body to pass a law to place him upon the Pension Larst and to give him such further aid as to your Honourable Boddy shall seem right and your petitioner will ever pray Samuel Bonnifield
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3-076. 
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 are now in the position of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENISONS,
Washington, D. C. Dec 3, 1890
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Sir:-
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that the courtesy of furnishing information relative to Revolutionary war soldiers, on account of whose service pensions were granted, is extended by this Bureau only to their descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
In view of the large number of such inquiries now being made, and of the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, information will not be given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the claim of the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, it is requested that you furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
Very respectfully,
Mr. C. J. Maxwell, H Chief Evans 
Kaufman Commissioner.
Texas
Full name of soldier, Samuel Bonnified
Place of residence before service, Maryland(?)
Place of residence after service, W. Va (Town, county, and State.) Tucker Co. 
(Town, county, and State.)
U. S. PENSION OFFICE. B DEC 16 1898
Approximate date of death, 1835
Given name of widow, not known
Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension? Do not know.
Additional information, He was recommended for a pension by the County Court of Randolph Co. W. Va about 1790. He died in [then] Randolph Co. Va near Bonnifield's Mill
Signature, C. J. Maxwell
(Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.)
Post-office address,
Including street and number, town, county, and State. Kaufman
Kaufman
Texas.
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[Veterans Administration Seal]

                VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
                     WASHINGTON   Nov 10, 1931.
IN REPLY REFER TO:
Samuel Bonnifield 
R.1007
BA-J/MMHF

Mr. C. J. Maxwell, 
1913 Bryan Street, 
Dallas, Texas.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter requesting photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension of Samuel Bonnifield.
Such copies are furnished at the rate of fifteen cents a page.
The number of pages to be copied in the above noted claim is eleven.
The proper amount should be forwarded by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States.
Very truly yours, 
A. D. Hiller [signature]
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.
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KAUFMAN HIGH SCHOOL.
C. J. MAXWELL, Supt.

Kaufman, Texas, April 24, 1904.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:--
On November 5, 1863 Samuel Bonnifield, an ancestor of mine, made application to the Department for a pension. He served in the company of Capt. Billups, enlisted in Gloucester County Virginia.
Will you please advise me if such pension was granted. Was there any additional proof furnished at the time of the application? Was ther a paper filed from the court of Randolph County, Virginia, stating any thing about it?
I shall be glad to have anything from you on the matter which may be filed there.
Truly
C Maxwell
OLD WAR & NAVY
APR 29 1904
FILES.

U. S. PENSION OFFICE. A APR 26 1904
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PERCY E. GINN Dallas, Tex., Sept. 12, 1911,
Manager Dallas Office
Sir: R 1007
My forefather, Samuel Bonnifield was a soldier in the Rev. War from Va Gloucester Co. He applied for a Pension but it was refused on the ground of no proof. Will you kindly advise me what papers if any are on record, Also what will be the expense of having copies made. I wrote you once but did not ask such definite queries.
I am willing to have copies made if not too expensive.
Truly
Franklin Maxwell
McGinn Va
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LEWIS PARKHURST EFGH MARK R. JOUETT, Jr.
HENRY H. HILTON IJKL J. W. SWARTZ
C. H. THURBER MN & LaROY J. WEED
T. B. LAWLER H. P. CONWAY
DANA W. HALL NORMAN C. MILLER
SELDEN C. SMITH E. H. KENERSON
O. J. LAYLANDER ALLAN L. PRIDDY
F. C. HODGGDON MILLARD H. JENCKS
E. A. DeWIT
GINN AND COMPANY : PUBLISHERS
FOUNDED IN 1867 BY EDWIN GINN
Represented by
C. J. MAXWELL 1913 Bryan Street, Dallas, Texas July 6 '31
U. S. PENSION OFFICE B
JUL 8 1931
Gentlemen;
Please tell me the cost of photostatic copy of all the pension papers in the application of
Samuel Bonnifield R. File No. 1,007, Revolutionary war - Virginia
Very truly
C. J Maxwell
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BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO LONDON ATLANTA DALLAS COLUMBUS SAN FRANCISCO
G. A. PLIMPTON ABCD L. B. ROBESON
LEWIS PARKHURST EFGH MARK R. JOUETT, Jr.
HENRY H. HILTON IJKL J. W. SWARTZ
C. H. THURBER MN & LaROY J. WEED
T. B. LAWLER H. P. CONWAY
DANA W. HALL NORMAN C. MILLER
SELDEN C. SMITH E. H. KENERSON
O. J. LAYLANDER ALLAN L. PRIDDY
F. C. HODGGDON MILLARD H. JENCKS
E. A. DeWIT
GINN AND COMPANY : PUBLISHERS
FOUNDED IN 1867 BY EDWIN GINN
Represented by
C. J. MAXWELL 1913 Bryan Street, Dallas, Texas March 19, 1927.

Dept. of Interior,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
I wish to have photostatic copies made of the following papers and will ask you to give the amount so I may send it.
David Minear: claim Sur. file 15,932. (6 pages IN review of curious discrepancies I am sending declaration only 11 pages)
Samuel Bonnifield, Rejected file 1,007. Va-
Both are Virginia soldiers in Revolutionary war.
Very truly,
C. J. Maxwell.
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE. 1-681 PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 14282
sition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137. April 13, 1927 192
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of eleven pages from the Rev. War pension claim, R. 1007, Samuel Bonnifield,
No. of copies 1 of each page Shall form be kept standing? - days
For further information see A. E. Wilson Room No 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved:
[illegible] A E Wilson
Chief Clerk of Bureau. Chief of Branch
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED
APR 13 1927
DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
Multigraph single or double space? Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph one side or both sides? Facsimile signature?
Folding once or twice?
Assembling
Stapling Once? Twice? Side? End?
Electric typewriter Fill in addresses? Dated?
Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size Cards, size
Proof list Pay rolls
Labels (submit sample) Corrections
Fill in letters Tabulation sheets
Photostat x Size actual Official use? Repay? yes $1.65
blue Print Size Official use? Repay? $
Remarks
(OVER)
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NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branch or clerks of bureaus.
(Date)
INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
Make new addressograph plate
Change present addressograph plate On list
Destroy present addressograph late
as follows:
Now reads 
Should read
FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION
ADDRESSOGRAPH
The above change was made - 192
Operator
MULTIGRAPH
Operator Date type set by
Remarks:
MIMEOGRAPH
Operator Date Cut by
Remarks:
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AW
IN REPLY REFER TO 3-1885
Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section. UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON April 2, 1927.
FINANCE DIVISION 
RECORDKEEPERS DESK APR 11 1927
Please send as below. Endorsed M. O. 
C J Maxwell
C. J. Maxwell,
1913 Bryan St.
Dallas, Texas.

Sir:
I have to advise you, that if you wish photostat copies of papers in the following pension claims, War of the Revolution, the same will be furnished at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra in each claim for certification if that is desired.
In the claim, S. 15932, David Minear, the number of pages to be copied is six. (I saw no reason why copies should not be sent because the Anderson reports that children were paid up to his death AW)
In the claim R. 1007, Samuel Bonnifield, the number of pages to be copied is eleven. (No reason why this should not be sent. he did serve as M. man etc.)
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau, by money order, or certified check, drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, (not to the order of the Commissioner of Pensions).
Respsectfully,
Winfield Scott
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Record Division.

September 15. 1911.

Mr. Franklin Maxwell,
c/o Ginn A Company,
Dallas, Texas

Sir:

In reply to your letter dated the 12th and received the 14th instant,
relative to the papers in the pension claim of Samuel Bonnifield, R. File
No. 1,007, you are advised that owing to the lack of clerical force available
for such a purpose, this Bureau cannot furnish full copies of papers
on file, nor can it suggest any person for that work, buy any one designated
by you will be allowed to examine and copy the papers in the above
cited claim.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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November 10, 1931.

Samuel Bonnifield
R.1007
BA-J/MMHF  [hand written word illegible ]

Mr. C. J. Maxwell,
1913 Bryan Street, 
Dallas, Texas.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter requesting photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension of Samuel
Bonnifield.
Such copies are furnished at the rate of fifteen cents a page.
The number of pages to be copied in the above noted claim is eleven.
The proper amount should be forwarded by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States.
Very truly yours, 

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.
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Garrison House    Commercial Traveler's Headquarters.
[SULPHUR SPRINGS Crossed out]
Kaufman, Texas, Jan. 29 1906.

Chief Records Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
My ancestor Samuel Bonnifield was a Revolutionary soldier Enrolled, I think, in Capt. Billups Company, Gloucester Co. Va.
In 1837 he applied for a pension from Randolph Co,, (W). Va
Will you kindly state what claims he made in his application and what papers are filed with the application '
Truly 
C.J. Maxwell

[Rectangle stamp, FEB 2 1906 p]  
                                                       [Circular Pension Office stamp]
                                                                       PENSION
                                                                              A
                                                                            FEB
                                                                       U.    1     S.   
                                                                           1906
                                                                          OFFICE
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[crossed out: The Redlands Hotel]
Dallas
[crossed out: Nacogdoches] Nov. 29 1909

Sir:
PleAse send me any records
of the Pension claim of my ancester
Samuel Bonnifield who
was a Revolutionary Soldier. Also
if any proof was furnished.
Truly
Franklin Maxwell,
Com of Pensins,
of Ginn & Co.
Dallas, Tex

Com. of Pensions,
Washington D. C. 

U. S. PENSION OFFICE
A
DEC 1 1909
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In reply to your request of ____, received ____
for a statement of the military history of Samuel Bonnifield
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his [crossed out: (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
R. 1007

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1774
Gloucester Co
1778

marched to the siege of Yorktown and was attached to make [illegible] the army.

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[crossed out: 18 months]
3 years 

RANK.
Pri.
minute man


OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
George Slaughter
Richard Billup or
Phillips

COLONEL.
[check mark]
[check mark]


STATE.
Va
Va.
the
Battles engaged in, Point Pleasant 1774
Residence of soldier at [inserted: 1st] enlistment, Culpeper, Va.
Date of application for pension, Nov 5, 1833
Residence at date of application, Randolph Co Va. there in 1846.
Age at date of application, born Apl 11 1752} Prince George Co, Md.
Remarks: This claim was not allowed for the reason that
the claimant failed to furnish any proof of his alleged
service as required by the Act of June 7. 1832. under
which he ap. for pen