Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6168, for Ralph Stewart, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Va.

Stewart, Ralph
Mary

NUMBER
W.6168.

CONTENTS
[blank]
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[printed form. handwritten responses]
[left side]
8244
Virginia Rich?
Mary Stewart
widow of Ralph Stewart
Va
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband died 18th Novr. [November] 1835
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of march, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
20th day of August 1847
and sent to Echols & Curry,
Lexington
Va
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June
17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 page 147

[right side]
Reported
Let to Hon. W. Ballard
Preston Apl 21 '48
Let to Caperlin & Echols 28 May 51
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
[left side]
Virginia 23.949
Ralph Stewart
of [illegible] in the State of Virginia
who was a private in the com commanded
by Captain ---- of the Regt commanded 
by C. C. McClary in the Virginia
militia ['line' is crossed out] for 6 months private

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 20 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of April
1834 and Hon Roll
[illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of March  60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept   10.00
[total]     $70.00
(Revolutionary Claim,  )
(Act June 7, 1832.        )
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk.
Book C Vol. [illegible] Page 33

[right side]
see letter 26
May 1834 to [illegible]
Johnson.
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[written sideways left side]
Hon R. [illegible] Johnson
HR

I shall send you the certificate
as soon as [illegible]
See within I have thought
it was [ink blot] better to
take for the time
allowed than to send
back the whole case
rejected R [illegible] Johnson

[written sideways right side]
Ralph Stewart
Virginia
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules and
the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show 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 [complying] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing [showing] the Service of Ralph Stewart.
[table format, 6 columns]
[Column 1]
Period when the service was rendered.

[Column 2]
Duration of the
claimant's services.
[Sub columns]
Years.
Months.
Days.

[Column 3]
Rank of the claimant
Capt'n

[Column 4]
Names and rank of the Field of-
ficers under whom he served.
Col. McClary
Virge [Virginia] militia

[Column 5]
Age at present, 
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
84
Va

[Column 6]
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary &
witnesses.

[written below across all 6 columns]
The services alleged to have been performed by the
applicant, were under Genl Green at the Battle of
Guilford; several skermishes [skirmishes] with the army which took
place subsequent to that event and at York Town at
the surrender of Cornwallis in Oct. 1781.  Genl Green took command
at the south in Dec 1781, and commanded active operations against
the enemy in the spring of 1781.  It is highly probable that the
the whole of the active
service performed by the
applicant during that time
did not amount to more than
six months.  A pension can be allowed
for that time. 
Apl [April] 12, 1834.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
James L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim-
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of [blank] )
County of [blank}                              ) ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District
of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and
served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he serv-
ed under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. [pointing hand symbol] This form is to be varies so as to apply to the cases of officers and per-
sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  [blank] A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolu-
tionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank]
day of {blank] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Toops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revo-
lutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank]
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank]
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank]
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commis-
sion; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the ser-
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will 
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at-
lempted [attempted]; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-
pected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of 
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary
war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? 
And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier, { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
en, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer, {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 
has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can tes-
tify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested with transmit such evidence as they can pro-
cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will fol-
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. 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."
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 [begin italics] about three or four months [end italics],
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. 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 au-
 thority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil 
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pub-
lic seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
[begin italics] Mode of authenticating papers.[end italics]
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which con-
tains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
[begin italics] Proof of Service. [end italics]
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the wit-
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[pointing hand symbol] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Interrogatories propounded by Joseph Strater a Justice of the peace
that is today [illegible]

1. When and in what year were you born.  Answer.  I was born in Augusta County, Virginia in the year 1752 according to the best information
I can obtain.
2. Have you any record of your birth or when it is [illegible]
Answer.  I have not except traditionary.
3. Where were you living when called into service? Where have you
lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now live?
Answer.  I resided in Augusta County Va. when I enlisted the
service, have resided in same county since and also in
Montgomery & Giles counties, and am now living in Logan
county, Va.
4.  How were you called into service?  Answer I volunteered
as Captain of a Company of Riflemen & served as such.
5.  State the names of some of the officers who were with the troops
where you served, such Continental & Militia regiments as you
can recollect & the general circumstances of your services?
Answer. I was acquainted with Genl Washington, Lafayette, Wayne
& Scott & Cols. John Willis, Thomas Huggard, Robert M Clery, Wm
Boyer are the principal and the principal circumstances of my
services are set out in the foregoing declaration
6.  Did you [illegible] receive a commission, & if so by whom was it
Signed and what has become of it?
Answer.  My first commission as Captain was signed by Lord
Dunmore, my second by Patrick Henry, which were left
with Col Gipp Pearis of Giles County for safekeeping & lost
or destroyed, he having his dwelling house broken open and
plundered as I have been informed.
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[first two lines have been crossed out]
This declarant also states that he removed
from Augusta County as aforesaid to New River in the County
of Montgomery some forty years ago, and deposited his
discharge with Col George Pearis for safekeeping__
an also his Commission which have been lost or
destroyed.

He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a 
Pension or an annuity, except the present and he declares
that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency
in any state except the State of Virginia.
Ralph Stewart
Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid__
Joseph Strater JP
Logan county to wit:
I Joseph Straten or his [illegible] I the peace for
said County do certify and declare it to be my opinion
that the foregoing applicant was a revolutionary Officer
and served as he states, and I do further certify that
from old age and bodily
infirmity the said applicant is
unable to attend Court. Given under my hand this 10th day
of January 1834
Joseph Strater JP
In what I entirely concur.
Auth' Laws on
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Virginia Logan County to wit
This day personally appeared before me
the Subscribers, Justices of the peace, in, and for the county &
State aforesaid Ralph Stewart, a resident of said County aged
Eighty four years, who after being duely [duly] sworn according to Law
made the following declaration in order to obtain, the benefits 
of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That in the year 1773 he was commissioned by Lord
Dunmore, then Governor of Virginia as Captain of a Company
of Rangers raised in Augusta County for the purpose of protecting
the defenceless [defenseless] frontiers of Western Virginia against the Indians
after securing this commission he marched with his company to
the head waters of the Monongahela, where he remained some time 
guarding the frontier settlements; from then he  was ordered with
his company to Tygarts Valley, where his Company was stationed
until some short period previous to the battle of Point Pleasant 
at which place they joined the army under Colonel Lewis, and
participated in that same struggle with the Indians; after which
he returned with his company again to Agusta [Augusta] County and
from thence to Tygarts Valley where he was stationed, guarding
the frontier against the Indians until the year 1778
In the year 1778 His Commission was renewed, by Patrick Henry
then Governor of Virginia; and he was order [ordered] with his Company to
Join the Army in Corolinia [Carolina] Commanded by General Green
He was attached to a Regiment Commanded by Col Robert
McCleery and Major Smith __ War at the battle of Guildford
Courthouse, on the 15th of March 1781  He was with the Army who
pursued the British through Virginia; and was engaged with the
Enemy on many occasions, (viz) at Hot water, Ground Squirrel bridge 
and Charlotts ville [Charlottesville]; in one of which he was severely wounded 
by a cut from one of Tarletons sabres [sabers], which, disabled him in the
right arm and which wound he has never recovered from the
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effects of, and on which account the Legislature of Virginia granted
him an Invalid pension of 60 dollars per annum in the year
1823.  He further declares that in consequence of his wound that 
he returned home, to Augusta County; but only continued a few
days: his services being needed, he joined his Company then
proceeding to the seage [siege] of York town; where he remained un
__til the surrender of Cornwallis; when he ordered to aid
in conveying the prisoners to Winchester barracks at which
place he was discharged.  He believes his discharge was sign
--ed by an aid of the Marques Lafayette, whose  name he does
not now recollect.
On his return home, he applied, to the paymaster at the 
town of Staunton, for payment for his Services during 
the War and was offered [illegible] some Continental paper
(as it was named) which he declined accepting, as it was 
of very little Value;  So that he never received any thing
for his Services, which extended over a period of more
than three years under the last mentioned Commission.
This declarant also States, that removed from Agusta 
County, Va, on to the waters of New river, now Giles County 
and that he continued in the Counties of Giles and Logan
to the present time.  He was born in Augusta County
and has never permanently resided out of his native
State, he left his discharge & Commission with his friend
Col. George Pearis of Giles County; but they have since
been lost.  Col. Pearis having had his house broken and
his papers plundered as he has been informed.
The pension granted by the State of Virginia being intirely [entirely]
an Invalid pension for this State gives no other, he is informed that
it is unnecessary to relinquish:--  Nevertheless if required by
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the Act of Congress of June 1832 He desires himself to be understood as relinquishing
all claims to any pension whatever, but what is Justly due
to him by the Laws of his County; and that his name is
not found on any pension roll; except as above stated
on the State roll of Virginia for Invalid pension.
Ralph Stewart
Sworn to and subscribed  )
before on the day & year  )
above written                    )
Joseph Straton
Anthony Lawson
Logan County to wit
We the subscribers Justices of the peace for the County
aforesaid;  Do hereby declare our opinion that we entertain no
doubt whatsoever but that Ralph Stewart the above written
declarant was a Soldier of our Revolution as he represents
and we do further State & Certify that from old age & bodily 
infirmity the said declarant is intirely [entirely] unable to attend the
making his declaration.  Given under our hand
this 10th day of January in the year 1834
Joseph Straton
A Lawson
I Richard Brooks a Clergyman residing in the County of Logan
hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Ralph Stewart who
has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that I believe 
him to be 80 years of age or upwards and the he is reputed & believed
in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a Soldier
off the Revolution, and that I freely concur in this opinion
Richard Brooks
Sworn to & subscribed the day
and year above written.
Anthony Lawson JP
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We Joseph Straton & Anthony Lawson Justices of the peace for the County
of Logan aforesaid do hereby certify that the above certificate of
Richard Brooks was subscribed before is & that the said Brooks
is a duely [duly] licensed Clergyman of the Methodist episcopal Church
in said County, and entitled full credit & confidence in
his assertions.  Given under our hands & seals this day &
date above written.
Joseph Straton (seal)
Anthony Lawson (seal)

Logan County Clerks office Feby 19. 1834
I Edwin Robertson clerk of Said county
do hereby certify that Joseph Straton & Anthony Lawson
whose names are subscribed to the foregoing documents
were then and now are acting justices of the peace
in and for said County duly commisioned [commissioned] and qualified
and that due faith and credit is due to all their
official acts as such in testimony where of I have here
to set my hand and seal of said County
Court this 19 Feb 1834.
Edwin Robertson
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Know all men by these presents that we Ralph Stewart & Wm Tracey
are held & firmly bound to the Governor of Virginia for the time
being and his successors in the just sum of [symbol for British pound] 50: current money
of Virginia to the which payment well and truly to be made
we bind ourselves and Heirs [illegible] jointly and severally; firmly
by these presents, sealed with our seals & dated the twenty
fifth day of June One thousand seven hundred & eighty eight
The condition of this obligation is such that whereas the above 
Ralph Stewart hath this day obtained license for his marriage
with Mary Clay.  Now if there should be no just cause to
obstruct this marriage, then this obligation to be void or
else to remain in full force 
Relph Stewart (seal)
William Tracy (seal)
Teste
A Copy Teste R.D. Montague C
State of Virginia Montgomery County Set
I Rice D Montague above named, depose and say that
I hold the office of clerk of the county court of said county, and that 
the above is a true copy of the original marriage license bond
of Ralph Stuart, on file in my said office, with the exception
of the date, which is expressed in the bond, in fair legible
figures, and in copying the same, I have inserted the date
in writing:  I do also further state upon oath, that I have
examined the register of marriages in my office, and that I find
amongst the list returned for the year one thousand seven
hundred and eighty eight, the name of Ralph Stuart & Mary
Clay, as having been celebrated on the fifteenth day of
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June one thousand seven hundred & eighty eight by the Rev.d [Reverand] 
Edward Morgan

R.D. Montague Clerk of the 
County Court of Montgomery
Sworn before me Joseph S Edie a Justice of the
peace, for said county this 10th day of November 1846
Jos. S. Edie J P.

State of Virginia Montgomery Set,
I Rice D Montague clerk of the county court of said county
is hereby certify that Joseph S Edie is a magistrate
as above, and that his signature is genuine:  I do also certify
that the foregoing copy and extract from the records in my 
office are correct. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of my office
this 10th day of November 1846
R: D: Montague. clerk of the
county court of Montgomery 

There is a discrepancy between the date of the band and of the certificate 
of marriage.  I so have examined the original certificate of the marriage
and find that it states, the marriage was solemnized on the fifteenth of
June; but I am of opinion that the error was committed by the
minister, as the certificate given by the father of Mary Clay to
the clerk, authorizing him to issue the license is dated the twenty
third of June 1788
R.D. Montague C
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Act '43-9340
No 13211
Mary Stewart
widow of Ralph 
Va
Act 7 July 1838
Married 1788
husband died 18 Nov 1835

Admn. [illegible]
$20.00 pr an
Act 4 March 1836

Admn acts [illegible]
1843 and 17 June 1844
$20.00

Echole [illegible]
[illegible]
Va
Page 17

State of Virginia  )
Logan County     ) ss
On this 7th day of December 1846
personally appeared before me James Cooke, a 
Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, Mary
Stewart, a resident of said County and State aforesaid
aged 74 years, who being first duly sworn, according
to the Law, doth on her oath make the following decla=
=ration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made
by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An Act
granting half=pay and pensions to certain widows: that
she is the widow of Ralph Stewart deceased, who was a Pri=
=vate in the war of Revolution, and for several years, before
his decease, was a Pensioner of the United States, at the
rate of Sixty Dollars per annum_ that owing to her ad=
=vanced age, and partial loss of memory, she is unable to
remember the particulars of his services, but would refer
to the papers now on file in the Pension Office, for proof
of said services.  She further declares, that she cannot
distinctly remember the precise day of her marriage
with the said Ralph Stewart deceased, but believes it
took place in June in the year 1788, in the County of
Montgomery & State of Virginia.  She was married by license
obtained from the Clerk's Office of said County--by a minister na=
=med Morgan--that her husband the said Ralph Stewart
deceased__ died on the 17th day of November 1835_ and that
since his death she has remained a widow:  that she
was not married to him, prior to his leaving the service
but the marriage took place previous to the first of
January seventeen hundred & ninety four viz; at
the time stated above.
Mary her x mark Stewart
Teste
Cyrus. R. Bryan

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
written before me
James Cooke J.P.
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State of Virginia  )
Logan County     ) ss
I do hereby certify that Mrs Mary
Stewart, named in the foregoing declaration is the widow
of Ralph Stewart deceased, who was a Pensioner of the
United States, that she is a respectable old lady, and
that her declaration is entitled to full credit, that
she has always remained a widow since the death
of her deceased husband Ralph Stewart__and that ow=
=ing to her age, and bodily infirmity, she is unable
to attend Court
Given under my hand this 17th day of December 1846
James Cooke J. P.
William Stewart
Henry T. Clay

State of Virginia  )
Logan County     ) to wit: At Logan December Court 1846.
The County Court of Logan County: now sitting
doth Order it to be certified to the War Department that the declaration
of Mrs. Stewart claiming a pension under the Act of Congress passed
July 7th 1838 made before James Cooke a Justice of the peace on the
17th day of December 1846 which was produced here in open
court, and read and this court certify further that James
Cooke is an acting Justice of the peace for this County of Logan
duly Commissioned and qualified, and that the Signature
purporting to be his is genuine and that the proceedings
before him are entitled to the same faith and credit as 
if [page damage] had been held in Open Court
Copy Teste Wm Straten
In Testimony hereof I have set my hand
and affixed the seal of the said court
21st day of December 1846.
Wm. Straten clk
Page 19

Logan County S.S.
I, Hugh Bryan an acting Justice of the peace for said
County: Do hereby certify that William Straten
whose name is to the foregoing certificate
was at the time of signing his name, clerk of the
County Court of said County 
Given under my hand this 25th day of 
Decr [December] 1846
Hugh Bryan JP

I Wm. Straten Clerk of Logan County Court:  Do hereby
Certify that Hugh Bryan, Esquire, whose name
is to the foregoing certificate is an acting
Justice of the peace for said County duly Commissioned
and qualified:  Given under my hand this 25th day
of Decr {December] 1866.
Wm Straten clk
Page 20

December 12, 1930

Mr. O. B. Stewart
1712 Fifth Avenue
Huntington, West Virginia

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MCS

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolu-
tionary War pension claim, W. 6168, that Ralph Stewart was born in
1752 in Augusta County, Virginia.

While living in that county he was commissioned in 1773 as
captain of a company of rangers for the purpose of protecting the
frontier of Eastern Virginia against the Indians.  He joined Colonel
Lewis at Point Plesant and was in that battle and served until 1778.
In 1778 he was again commissioned captain and served as such under
Colonel Robert McCleery or McClary.  He was in the battle of Guilford
Court House and was in engagements at Hotwater, Ground Squirrel Bridge
and Charlottesville and in one of these engagements he received a 
wound in the right arm by a cut from Tarleton's saber.  He was in the
siege of Yorktown and was discharged soon after the surrender of Corn-
wallis. 

[insertion in handwriting] After the Rev. soldier [illegible] August, Montgomery, Giles & Logan Cos., Va.

He was allowed pension on his application executed January 10,
1834, at which time he was living in Logan County, Virginia.

Ralph Stewart died November 18, 1835.

He married in June, 1788, in Montgomery County, Virginia, Mary
Clay.  She was allowed pension on her application executed December
17, 1846, at which time she was seventy-four years of age and was
living in Logan County, Virginia.

Very truly yours,

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Ralph Stewart Va act 7 June 1832 $20.00
To what time was he last paid?
GCA
Pension Office )
Feby. 1 1847    )
Died 18 Nov 1835 paid to his death
W. [illegible]
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[left side]
Reported

[right side]
[printed form handwritten responses]
10331

Virginia
Mary Stewart
Widow of Ralph Stewart
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 18th Novr 1835
of Logan in the State of Va
who was a Priv. in the company
commanded by Captain [handwritten line through] of the
Regt commanded by Col. McClary in
the Revolution for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond
at the rate of 20 Dollars ---
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of
August 1847 and Sent to Echolz &
Curry, Lexington, Va.
Total amount, $100.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. Rumpkin Clerk,
Book D vol. 1 Page 279
Page 23

State of Kentucky  )
Lawrence County   ) Set
This day personally appeared Patience
Chapman (of lawfull age and who is a 
person of respectability, and a witness that
ought to be relyed [relied] upon) before me the
Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and
for the aforesaid County of Lawrence and
made oath in due form of law that she
is well acquainted with Ralph Stewart (who is
now a very old man) and has been from
the time She was about 18 or 19 years old (she being now about 73 or 74
years of age) that she believes he was in the
War of the Revolution and she believes that he
was a Captain Command and out of a compa-
ny of Rangers  She states that she has seen
a commission many years ago in his possession
purporting to be a captains commission in
his possession and in his name  She further states
that said Stewart many years ago and 
soon after the close of war of the revolu-
tion had a discharge from the Service of
United States and she further states that said
Ralph Stewart has always been reputed
Page 24

in the Country where he has lived since the
Revolution a capt. of Rangers in said war
and that she verily believes it to be true
Patience Chapman

Sworn to and Subscribed before the Subscr
iber a Justice of the peace in and for said
County of Lawrence this 28th day of November 1833
Joseph Davidson J.P.L.C.

State of Kentucky )
Lawrence County  ) Set
I James M Rice clerk of the court in
and for the aforesaid County of Lawrence, do
certify that Joseph Davidson whose name is ann
exed to the foregoing certificate is and was
at the time of making the same an acting
Justice of the peace duely [duly] commissioned
and sworn as such to whose official acts
due faith is and ought to be given as well
in courts of Justice as thereout
In testamony [testimony] whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the Seal of said court
this 29th day of November 1833
& in the 42d year of the Commonwealth
Jas. M. Rice clk c.c
Page 25

State of Kentucky  )
Lawrence County   ) Set.
This day personally appeared Edward
Burgess of lawful age and who is a person
of respectability and a witness that ought 
to be relyed [relied] upon before me the subscriber
a Justice of the peace in and for the aff
oursaid [aforesaid] county of Lawrence and made oath
in due form of law that he is well
acquainted with Ralph Stewart who is now
a very old man and that he [said] Burgess saw him
[said] Stewart in the indian war when he [said]
Burgess was about twenty years of age
and [said] Burgess says he is now about 95
years old and he [said] Edward Burgess further states that he saw [said] Ralph Stewarts
commission in his possession in a short time after the war which
he believe [said] commission purported that [said] 
Stewart was captain in the Revolution
of a company of rangers and [said] Edward
Burgess further states that he has been acqu
ainted with [said] Stewart ever since he
saw his commission and [said] Stewart has
generally been called captain Stewart and
he believes that he took his title from his
servitude in the revolutionary war and
[said] Burgess further states that he saw a 
wound on [said] Stewart which he believes
[said] Stewart got in the revolutionary war
Page 26

and he further states that [said] Stewart
has alway [always] been called a man of good caracter [character]
and welll [well] beliked [liked] by his neighbours [neighbors] wher
ever he has lived
Edward Burgess

Sworn to and subscribed before the sub
scriber a Justice of the peace in and for
[said] county of Lawrence this 27th day of
November 1833.
Joseph Davidson J.P.L.C.

State of Kentucky  )
Lawrence County   )  set.
I Jas. M. Rice clerk of the court
for the county aforesaid do certify that Joseph
Davidson whose name is annexed to the foregoing
certificate is and was at the time of signing 
the same an acting Justice of the peace duly
commissioned and qualified as such and that
all faith and credit is due to all his act
as such as such in as out of court
Given under my hand and seal
at office this 29th day of November
1833
Jas. M Rice CLCC
Page 27

Washington 11th april 1848
Sir
Mary Stewart widow of Ralph Stewart
late a resident of logan County Virginia has been
placed in the pension roll as widow of said Ralph
who was a revolutionary pensioner May I ask
that you will inform her what was the amount
of pension allowed to Ralph Stuart during
his life and what amount has been allowed
to the said Mary Stuart as her annual pension
I am your most obdt
sevt
[illegible] Ballard Preston
Page 28

The Deposition Mitchell Clay aged about
Sixty two years taken to prove the Revolution-
ary Service of Ralph Stewart he being a 
witness of respectability and one that is to
be relyed [relied] upon, who being first duely [duly] Sworn
deposith [deposeth] and Saith That he is well acqu-
ainted with Said Ralph Stewart and has been
So from his boy hood That he knows the Said
Ralph Stewart Served in the war of the Revolu-tion as a captain of Rangers that Some
years ago and Since the close of the Rev-
olution he Saw Said Stewarts Commission as
a Captain & as well as he now recollects
his commission was Signed by Patric Henry
That Said Stewart has always been reputed
in the Country where he resided as a Capta-
in in the Revolutionary War, and this affiant
hereby believes it to be true.
Mitchel Clay

Sworn to and Subscribed before the
undersigned a Justice of the peace in and
for the County of Lawrence & State of Kentucky
the 29th day of November 1833
Lewis Ringlesly J.P.L.C.

State of Kentucky  )
Lawrence County   ) Set.
I Jas M. Rice clerk of the court in & for the
County aforesaid do hereby certify that Lewis Ringlesly whose
name is attached to the foregoing certificate is and was at
the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the peace
in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and
qualified as such and that due faith and credit is due 
[image partially obscured] his official act.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal as said
court the [illegible]th day of November 1833
Jas. M. Rice CLCC
Page 29

Mary Stewart
[illegible]

Act 7th July 1838
Page 30

[left side of page}
Omit

{right side]
Va

Recd / [illegible]
Col
Anthony Lawson
Logan Court House
(Va)
Page 31

Logan County Va March 24th 1834

We Richard Brooks a clergyman residing in the County of
Logan and State of Virginia and Francis Hendren, and
Charles L. Clay, residing in the same County & State. Here
-by Certify, that we are well acquainted Ralph Stewart who
has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration
that we believe him to be over Eighty years of Age that
he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where
he resides, to have been a officer, or soldier in the War
of our revolution and that we fully concur in this
opinion.  Sworn to and Subscribed the day and
year aforesaid. 
Richard Brooks
Francis Hendren
Chas L Clay
Sworn to and Subscribed  )
on the 24th of March 1834)
Anthony Lawson J.P.
Page 32

Virginia
From [illegible] 6
$20

Hon. R. M. Johnson

[following handwritten sideways across the above]
J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington City
Page 33

I am willing to take 6 months
in the within case of Ralph Suart as you
suggest.
{illegible] Johnson
11th April 14
I have sent your envelope to
Col Lawson
R J
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[Several layers of handwritten notes; some illegible]
Feb 24 1851
Relative to Mrs.
Mary Stewart
Certificates of
Pension

Caperton & Echols
Union 
Va

[illegible date stamp in upper corner]

Free

Hon James E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.
Page 35

Union, Monroe County, Va
February 17th 1851
James E Heath Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
[Dear] Sir.
In the year
1847 or in the Spring of 1848 we obtained
an allowance from your department of
a pension for Mrs Mary Stewart of Logan
County in this State in consideration of the
Revolutionary services of her late husband.
Since that time she has not drawn anything
and we have just recd [received] a letter from her
requesting us to prepare her papers for her
again.  The original certificates of pen=
=sion were returned to your office and
we wish now to request of you the
favor of forwarding them to us.
We are Very Respectfully
Your obt svts
Caperton & Echols
Page 36

13,211 Jan 20. 1847
W
Mary Stewart
July 7. 1838
Paid
PAID
10
Col. J L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 37

Lexington Virginia
Jany 16th 1847.
Sir.
Enclosed we send you the declaration of
Mrs. Mary Stewart, the widow of Ralph Stewart,
in order to obtain a pension for the Revolutionary
services of her husband, the late Ralph Stewart 
to which she is entitled; it is also accompa
=nied with the certificate of the Clerk of the Court
in which she was married, proving his mar=
=riage.  You will be pleased to examine
the papers and let us know at as early
a day as possible whether the claim is allowed.
Yr Obt Svt
Echols & Curry
Col. J. L. Edwards.
Page 38

State of Virginia  )
Logan County     ) S.S.
Affidavit of James Cook made before me Hugh Bryan a
Justice of the peace in and for said county on the 22nd day of June 1847.
The affiant having been first duly sworn according to law, deposed
as follows, towit, that he resides within five miles of Mary Stewart, the
Widow of Ralph Stewart, deceased, and that he has continued to reside there
for Eighteen years.  That the said affiant testifies from his own personal
knowledge of the fact that the said Mary Stewart is the widow of the said
Ralph Stewart deceased, and has remained a Widow since the death of 
her husband the said Ralph Stewart:  This affiant further deposeth that he 
is the Justice of the peace for the County of Logan, before whom the said
Mary Stewart made oath that the statement contained in her declaration
made before the said affiant in order to obtain a pension for herself as
the Widow of the said Ralph Stewart on account of the revolutionary
services of her said husband were him.  And further that this affiant
does not Know the precise day of the death of the said Ralph Stewart 
deceased but believes that he died on or about the 17th day of Nov-
ember 1835.
James Cook
I Hugh Bryan a Justice of the peace for said County, Certify
that James Cook subscribed and swore to the foregoing affidavit that he
is a person of veracity, and that his declarations are entitled to
full faith and credit.  Witness my hand the day and year first 
above mentioned.
Hugh Bryan J.P.

At Logan County Court June Term 1847.
"This" affidavit with the above certificate was produced and
read in open Court; and the Court certify that Hugh Bryan is an acting Justice
of the peace for said County of Logan duly Commissioned and qualified, and
that the Signature purporting to be his is genuine, and that full faith and 
credit are due to his acts as if the same had been done in open Court.
In Testimony Whereof I William
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Straton Clerk of our said Court have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Seal of the said Court on this 15th
day of July 1847: and in the 72nd
year of the Commonwealth
Wm. Straton Clk
Page 40

August 5: [illegible]
[illegible]
Mary Stewart
[illegible date stamp]
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.
PAID
Page 41

Lexington Aug 3rd 1847.
J. L Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
Enclosed you
will find the additional testimony requisite to prove
the identity of Mary Stewart, as the widow of
Ralph Stewart a Pensioner, in the County of
Logan.  In your letter bearing date February
6th 1847, you speak of her as the widow of
Ralph Smith.  This must be an oversight, as
she was never married to any other person
than Ralph Stewart, and she claims as his
widow.  We think from her statement that the
sum of $60 mentioned as the pension of her husband
is correct & the difference has grown out of the
mistake in the name of her husband.
If this additional testimony should be sufficient 
when you send us the certificate, will you be
so good, as to send us the form of the Power
of Attorney necessary to draw it.  The [illegible]
heard that there has been some change in it, or in the certificates or statements accom
-panying it, and if there has been we will be
under great obligations to you, for them.
We remain with great respect
Your obt Servants
Echols & Curry
So J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Ribbon cut in order to get at
papers. Pen office.
Page 43

Ralph Stewart
Va Admd [illegible]
W'43 [illegible]'44 No 8244
Page 44

[left side]
1928. Feb. 4 hist. to
Hon. Jas. French
Strother See ca[page damage]
[illegible mark] Jno. Cooke W. 123
w.c.
1930 Dec.12. hist. to [illegible]
Stewart. [illegible]
1931. Jan 7th Mr. C.B. Stew
adv. no date rel. to s
parents & children
1931. Apr. 30.O.B. Stewart ad
pl[illegible]. mms&f.
[right side]
Rvy
WIDOW&c.
File No. 6168
Mary Stewart
Wid
Ralph Stewart
Pvt. Rev War

Act: March. 3rd& June17/44
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 240
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 45

O. B. STEWART
1712 FIFTH AVENUE
HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA

December 15, 1930

Mr. E. W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner,
Veterans Administration, Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

I have received your letter of December 12, 1930,
your file Rev. & 1812 Wars Section, MCS, relative to the
Revolutionary war pension claim W. 6168, in favor of Ralph
Stewart, born 1752, in Augusta County, Virginia.

I wish to thank you for the information given.

Do your records gave [give] any more information relative
to the father and mother of this Captain Ralph Stewart?  If
so, I should like very much to have that also.

I am very anxious to have more information relative
to the ancestors of Ralph Stewart as I am preparing a family
history, and have been unable to find any information back of Ralph.

Yours very truly,
O. B. Stewart [signature]
O. B. Stewart

Rev.
[date stamp]
PENSION
B
DEC
U 17 S
1930
OFFICE
Page 46

November 22, 1930

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Tradition tells me that Ralph Stewart, probably
of what was then Augusta County, Virginia, was a soldier
in the Revolutionary War.  Also, that he was a Captain,
and that he was wounded, by having his shoulder "cut down"
at the battle of Cowpens.

Will you please give me copies of any records which
you may have in regard to this man?

Yours very truly,

CBStewart {signature]
C. B. Stewart

[date stamp]
PENSION
D 
NOV 
U. 24 S.
1930
OFFICE
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Rev. & 1812 War Section

February 4, 1928

Honorable James French Strother
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Strother:
In response to your letter of February first, relative to infor-
mation desired by Mrs. Addie M. Herndon, I have the honor to advise
you as follows:
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 6168,
it appears that RALPH STEWART was born in 1752 in Augusta County, Virginia.
While living in that county he was commissioned in 1773 as
captain of a company of rangers for the purpose of protecting the
frontier of Western Virginia against the Indians.  He joined Colonel
Lewis at Point Pleasant and was in that battle and served until 1778.
In 1778 he was again commissioned captain and served as such under
Colonel Robert McCleery or McClary.  He was in the battle of Guilford 
Court House and was in engagements at Hotwater, Ground Squirrel Bridge
and Charlottesville and in one of those engagements he received a
wound in the right arm by a cut from Tarleton's saber.  He was in the
siege of Yorktown and was discharged soon after the surrender of Corn-
wallis.
Page 48

He was allowed pension on his application executed January 10,
1834, at which time he was living in Logan County, Virginia.
Ralph Stewart died November 18, 1835.
He married in June, 1788, in Montgomery County, Virginia, Mary
Clay.  She was allowed pension on her application executed December 17,
1846, at which time she was seventy-four years of age and was living
in Logan County, Virginia.
*****************
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W 1232,
it appears that JOHN COOKE enlisted in Shenandoah County, Virginia, in
January, 1777, served as a private in Captains Jonathan Langdon's,
Abraham Hitess and George Wailes' Companies in Colonel James Wood's
Virginia Regiment; he was in the battles of Monmouth and Stony Point
and was discharged December 29, 1779.
He married June 28, 1813, in Monroe County, Virginia, Ann Hendrix.
He applied for pension September 17, 1832, at which time he was
seventy-eight years of age and was living in Logan County, Virginia.  The
claim was allowed.
He died November 21, 1832, in Logan County, Virginia.
His widow, Ann, was allowed pension on her application executed
August 29, 1853, at which time she was seventy-eight years of age and
was a resident of Raleigh County, Virginia.
Page 49

The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford
any information in regard to MORDECAI COOKE.
Very truly yours,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
Page 50

April 30, 1931.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
MMRF

Mr. O. B. Stewart,
1712 Fifth Avenue,
Huntington, West Virginia.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter requesting
information in regard to cost of copies of papers
on file in Revolutionary War claims for pension of Ralph Stewart and his widow Mary (W. 6168).
You are advised that photostatic copies will
be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a 
page.  The number of pages to be copied is twenty-
three.
Should you desire to have them certified allow 
twenty-five cents additional for the entire set.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this
bureau by money order drawn to the order of the
Acting Commissioner of Pensions.
Very truly yours,

E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
Page 51

O. B. STEWART
1712 FIFTH AVENUE
HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA

January 24, 1931

Mr. E. W. Morgan,
Acting Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Reference:  Your letter of December 12, 1930,
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section, MCS, and
your letter of January 7, 1931, Rev.
& 1812 Wars Section, MCS:MLB.

The above letters are relative to your records of
Ralph Stewart, a Captain in the Revolutionary War, Pension
Claim W. 6168, and to pension allowed to the widow of this
soldier.  The claim of Mrs. Stewart (Mary Clay) was executed
December 17, 1846, at which time she was seventy-four years
of age and was living in Logan County, Virginia.
I am very anxious to learn anything that I can,
relative to the family of both of these pensioners.  Will
you please tell me if either of the files contain any
information of this nature, parents, children, etc., dates,
and places of birth?
The information is desired for a collection of
notes relative to the history of this Stewart family.
Should there be any papers in these files that
would be of interest in such a collection of data, please
tell me something of them, and the cost of securing copies.
Any information you may be able to give me will
be greatly appreciated.

Yours very truly,
OBStewart [signature]

[date stamp}
PENSION
JAN
U. 29 S.
1931
OFFICE
Page 52

January 7, 1931

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MCS:MLB

Mr. O. B. Stewart
1712 Fifth Avenue
Huntington, West Virginia

Dear Sir:

You are advised that there are no data relative to
the parents and children of Ralph Stewart found in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 6168.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner