Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 16799, Charles Finnell, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Finnell, Charles

NUMBER
S.16799

carded

CONTENTS
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Missouri  26,203

Charles Finnel
[illegible] in the State of [illegible] who was a [Pri ?] in the company commanded by Captain [illegible] of the [Regt ?] commanded by [illegible] in the Virginia line for 6 Mo  [illegible] [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 20 Dollars [left blank] Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of April [left blank] and Sent to [illegible] Saml Moore, Huntsville, Mo.

Arrears to the 4th of [illegible] 31 60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 10.00
$70.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by JT Sprague Clerk
Book [illegible] vol. 8 Page 81

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Letter to Hon A.G. Harrison & 3 Auditor 26 Jany 1839.

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 4 March 1838 Agt notified 14 March 1839.

Paid as above from 4 March 1838 to 4 March 1839.  Agent notified 17 April 1840.

Letter to Hon J. C. Edwards & 3d Audr. 26 July 1841

Paid at Treasury act 6 April '38 - from 4 March '39 to 4th Sept: 1840-
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30.186
Charles Finnell
Missouri

Adm 6 months

Samuel Moore
Huntsville
Missouri
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War Department,
Pension Office,
1st April 1834

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 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.  Those points to which you 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 Charles Finnell
Period when the service was rendered.
1778
Duration of the claimant's service.
2 months
Rank of the claimant.
Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap. Phinx
Col Hill
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
72 years.
Culpeper County Va.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary.

Period when the service was rendered.
1781
Duration of the claimant's service.
2 months
Rank of the claimant.
Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap. Toles
Col Green

Period when the service was rendered.
1781
Duration of the claimant's service.
2 months
Rank of the claimant.
Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.

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 wand 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 classes 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 its officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. 
County of 
On this ______ day of ______ personally appeared (a) before ___________ A.B. a resident (b) of ____________ in the county of __________ and State, Territory or District of ________ aged (c) _______ 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) _______, with ________ and served in the _________ (e) regiment of the _________ 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 served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
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 ________
 Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. _____________: A.B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
 And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I __________ of the Court of _____________ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of __________ for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ________ day of ________ &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 Troops, 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 _______ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 Revolutionary 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 and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, __________ Clerk of the Court of _____________ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of __________ &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge of commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration , (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or if detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribed and be sworn to, one of the declarations also provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
 6. To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement to 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 enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to 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 will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[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 declaration must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continual 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 reconciling to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [italicized] about three or four months, is to 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 authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as not to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service. 
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
[pointing finger icon] The notes from [a] t [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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State of Missouri
County of Randolph Ss
On this 17th day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty four personally appeared in open Court before the county court of Randolph County now sitting Charles Finnell a resident of Silver creek township in the County of Randolph & state of Missouri afsd. aged seventy two 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 Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated - that is to say he entered the service of the United States aforesaid a private militia man in the year of our Lord 1778 in a regiment commanded by Col. Henry Hill Major Kirtly perhaps - tho' not certain commanded a battalion of said regiment - no. of regiment not recollected - that he served under Capt. Mark Sphinx who commanded a company in the aforesaid regiment - that he served this first tour
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a substitute in the place of one Henry Back a private militia man as aforesaid - he resided in Culpeper County state of  Virginia when he entered the service, rendezvoused at Barnett's ford on the Rappadan River in said County, a substitute as aforesaid - he marked from Barnett's ford near Petersburgh a direct course - the British here tooke another route & were not pursued - was acquainted with none of the regular officers on this tour nor with any of the continel line or militia except these he served under    he entered the service in the first part of August in the year of 1778 aforesaid & left the said service off this campaign the first of October the same year after having discharged the duty of a two months tour in the field - when he returned home - that he has no documentary evidence of his aforesaid services & he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to them he does not recollect the numbers or names of any of the continental companies or regiments with which he served on this first tour
2d.  that he entered the service of the United States on a second tour of duty a drafted militia private
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in the first part of Aprill in the year of our Lord 1781 under the following named officers, Col. Green, Major Edmond Terril, Capt. Henry Toles - no. of the regiment battalion & company in which he served not recollected - he lived in the aforesaid Culpepper County (Va.) when he entered on this second tour of duty - rendezvoused at Culpepper Court house thence marched down near Richmond (Va.) & relieved the Virginia militia who were in the service previously - the next day after arriving here the regiment in which he served was put under the command of French General DeClomonde (or some such a name) - Shortly afterwards being pressed by the British the said regiment under said Genl DeClomonde marched (or rather retreated) back towards Orange County   Was her the the declarant took sick & was unable to march with the army till it had returned & marched down near Fredericksburg (was here he met with a detachment of the U. States army but don't recollect any of the officers' names with said detachment - had no battle here nor any engagement with the enemy.  while on this tour
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having served out a tour of two months the whole regiment with this declarant were disbanded & dismissed & went home to Culpeper having served either in the garrison or the field a full two months tour of duty - he was discharged from the service in the first part of June in the year of our Lord 1781 aforesaid - and that he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can produce who can testify to his service
3d.  And that he entered the service of the United States on a third two months tour in the first part of the month of August 1781 a private militia man as substitute in the place of one Thomas Flint - his residence was then in Culpepper County (Va.) aforesaid - he entered the service at the drinking springs above Williamsburg (Va.) - thence marched thro Williamsburgh afsd. encamped several days below Williamsburgh - thence marched directly down to the siege of York - he entered the service aforesaid in a regiment commanded by a Col James Barber - major Welch & Capt. Gasper Haynes commanded a battalion & company in [illegible] - at
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5.  York the said regiment was put under the general command of Gen. Edward (Ned) Stephens a militia general not known whether he was a commandant of a brigade or of a division - was here till the siege was carried by the American Army against the British - he was well acquainted with Genl. Washington by sight, as well as with Gen. Anthony Wayne & two French Genls. LaFayette & DeClomonde and with the Commissary at York by the name of Crump - There were frequent rallies from the garrison here by the British in small parties - and they would turn out mules & asses for the American soldiers to run after, that they might have an opportune time to shoot & kill them the Americans - he knew many of the American officers by sight, that he now does not recollect the names of - the Siege was carried by the Americans on the 19th day of Oct 1781, when the whole British garrison marched out with Lord Cornwallis at their head - he marched with the British prisoners from York to Fredericksburgh & from thence to Fal-
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mouth (Va.) where he got his discharge from a major Welch whose Christian name was perhaps Nathaniel - thence he went home to Culpepper County having discharged a full two months tour of duty - he was home in Orange County (Va.) his parents removed to Culpepper County same state when he was very young & took him with them  he was born in the year of our Lord 1762 - he has no record of his age - his age was recorded in his father's family bible but the record is now lost - he lived in Culpepper County (Va.) when called into the service - since the revolutionary war he has lived thirty odd years in the State of Kentucky & ten years in the state of Missouri where he now lives.  he never received any other discharge from the service that he recollects of, than the one he has herein before spoken of - And this declarant further states & declares that the only discharge he ever received from the service aforesaid he has long since lost-never expecting to have any use for it - & that he never received a commission - but was offered the appointment of a sergeant, & declined to accept it -
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And that this declarent is himself a Clergyman of the baptist denomination - And that the names of persons in his present immediate neighbourhood to whom he is known & who can testify as to his character for veracity & their own belief of his services as a soldier of the revolutionar are James Baliff a clergyman [illegible] Jno. Ball  a member of congress & Robert Letcher a congressman from his old [illegible] and the declarant further declares &c, that each & every part of the three several aforesaid two months tours of ducy, was served either in the field or the garrison when this declarant was not so afflicted by bodily infirmity or disease as to render him unable to serve - when it was necessary to lie by in the camp - 
And this declarant further states &c that he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service in any of the three afsd. tours of duty - because his contemporaries & fellow soldiers have many of them like himself migrated to distant parts from their native country & a still greater number have died & even if any do survive they live so far remote from the declarant as to rend it quite improbable if not impossible, for him to procure their testimony (or that of any of them) - hence this declarant must
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rest his claim on this his own declaration
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state - (signed) Charles Pinnell

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Robert Wilson Clk

We James Ratliff a clergyman residing in the County of Randolph & State of Missouri and Wm. Fort residing in the County of Randolph & state afd. hereby certify that we are acquainted with Charles Finnell who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age.  that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
signed
James Ratliff
Wm. Fort

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Robert Wilson Clerk

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states.  And the court further certify that it appears to them that James Ratliff who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Randolph state afsd. and that Wm. Fort who has also has also signed the same is a resident
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in the County of Randolph in the County of Randolph & state of Missouri aforesaid & is a creditable person & that their statement is entitled to credit
(signed)
John Dysart J.R.C.C.
Jno. Viler JRCC
Archd. Stevenator JRCC

I Robt. Wilson Clerk of the County Court of Randolph County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charles Finnell a Clergyman of the Baptist denomination for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 19th day of February eighteen hundred & thirty four
Robert Wilson Clk
[SEAL]
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March 25, 1936

BA-J/MCS
Charles Finnell
S. 16799

Mrs. John D. Tolson
Fayette
Missouri

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War soldiers, Benjamin Cooper, Lawrence J. Daly, William Byers Gibson, Charles Finnell, William Hughes, Joseph Hickerson, Hosea Hickerson, Cornelius Maupin, Claiborne Johnson, Garland Maupin, Alford or Alfred Williams, John Walkup, William Wright, George Burckhartt and Johnson Walker.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of this war.  The record of Charles Finnell is furnished you.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 16799, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Charles Finnell.
He was born in 1762 in Orange County, Virginia.  When he was very young he moved with his parents (names not given) to Culpeper County, Virginia.
While living in Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted and served as private with the Virginia troops as follows:  from sometime in August, 1778, two months in Captain Mark S. Phinx's company in Colonel Henry Hill's regiment;  from sometime in April, 1781, two months in Captain Henry Towles' company in Colonel Green's regiment;  from sometime in August, 1781, two months in Captain Jasper Haynes' company in Colonel James Barbour's regiment and was at the siege of Yorktown.
After the Revolution he resided in Kentucky for about thirty years and in Missouri for ten years previous to 1834.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed February 17, 1834, at which time he was a Baptist clergyman residing in Silver Creek Township, Randolph County, Missouri.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to wife and children of the soldier.
Very truly yours
G.H. Sweet
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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16,799
Invalid.
File No. 16,799
Charles Finnell
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7: 32
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 129
Arrangement of 1870

1912 May 20. Hist to Hon. Caleb Powers c
1912. Oct. 21. History to Jas. C. Sanders F.W.
1917 June 10. To Mrs. J.H. Connell c with data for the auditor for Int.
1918 Mch. 27.  to Mrs. J.H. Connell. c
1919 June 13. To Miss Mary J. Howard c
1923. Hist. to Lois Finnell Ardery (Mrs. Fayette Ardery) MMHF
1926 July 21 Hist. to Mrs. A.P. Markland MMHF
1929 June 25. Hist to Hon Harry B. Haines M.E.E.
1930 June 10-Tombstone data to I.J.G.  ILL
1936 Mar. 18 hist. to Mrs. Earl Virden MCS
1936 Mar. 23: hist. to Mrs. John D. Tolson MCS
1936 May 13 Mrs. John D. Tolson adv. rel to the corres. which was transferred from Gen. Acct office MHG
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Huntsville Mo
March 5

Free

The Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
D.C.

Pension 
Missouri
Original
Double

Pension Office
March 24 1834
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Huntsville Mo
March 8th 1834

Hon Lewis Cass-
I have the honor sir to forward you the declaration of the Rev. Charles Finnell in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of 7th June 1832.  I shall only add the grateful acknowledgement of the community in which I live for the prompt and assiduous action of the officers of the subordinate offices of the department over which you with so much distinction to yourself & [illegible] to the country preside
(In haste)
Your Obt. Servt.
Saml. Moore
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Treasury Department.
Second Comptroller's Office,
February 4th, 1839

Sir: Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Charles Finnell, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, 1837 to the 4th March, 1838.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Treasury Department.
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 30th, 1841

Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Charles Finnell, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, 1839 to the 4th March, 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Treasury Department.
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 4th, 1840

Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Charles Finnell, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, 1838 to the 4th March, 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Letter from Q.M. General, Cemeterial Branch Washington D.C. requesting tombstone data for Charles Finnell. Va. Troops.
All slips returned June 19-'30
AWF

[STAMP]
Law Division
June 13 1930
[illegible]
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
June 10 1930

[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office Jun 11 1930

MEMORANDUM TO:
[unchecked box] Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.

[unchecked box] Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.

[unchecked box] Surgeon General, Washington, D.C.

In order that headstones properly inscribed may be furnished, it is requested that the "Service" off the decedents named on the enclosed applications be verified and [underlined] returned as soon as practicable to this office.

The regulations provide that the name of the State from which the decedents came be inscribed on the headstones.  It is requested that this information be given and that any corrections be made in red ink on the form.

[checked box] The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

[unchecked box] The General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C.

In order that headstones properly inscribed may be furnished for the graves of the decedents named on the enclosed applications, it is request that you furnish this office the correct spelling of the names and complete designation of the organizations.

29/86/
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Received Feb 7 1936
Mail Sub-Div.
Vets Adm.
Reader #16

Moberly, Missouri
February 4, 1936

U.S. Dept of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sir-
I would like to get any information you can give me concerning Charles Finell Revolutionary Veteran of the Virginia militia.  If you have a list of his children and date of their birth I should like to have that.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Earl Virden
719 W. Rollins St.
Moberly, Mo.
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Daughters of the American Colonists
in the State of Missouri

Armstrong Mo

Bureau of Pension Dept.

Please give war service of Charles Finnell born 1762 in Orange Co. Va died in Randolph Co. Mo. 1842.  Residence at time of enlistment Culpeper Co. Va  if you have a list of children please give them as I only have a partial list to complete my ancestral line.
Most Sincerely,
Mrs. A.P. Markland
Armstrong, Mo.

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U.S. Pension Office
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Jun 7 1926
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Permanent Headquarters:
National Metropolitan Bank Building, 15th Street, Opp. U.S. Treasury
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May 17, 1912.

To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:
I am enclosing you herewith a letter from Hon. James B. Finnell, of Georgetown, Kentucky, and also a letter from the Adjutant General, both of which explain themselves.
If you can furnish me the information desired by Mr. Finnell I will appreciate it very much.
I will thank you to return both enclosures to me with your reply.
Very truly yours,
Caleb Powers
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Paris Ky.
April 6th 1923
Rev

[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office
G
April 9 1923

Commissioner,
Pension Dept:-
Washington D.C.

My Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me any Revolutionary record your office may have of one Charles Finnell who lived in Va later in Ky., and died in Missouri.  He was 72 years old.
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1834 I understand
Thanking you I am
Yours Truly
(Mrs Fayette) Lois Finnell Ardery

Address
Mrs. Fayette Ardery
R.F.D. No 8
Paris
Ky-
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2 Ct Stamped envelope Enclosed
NZ
OK R.W.J.
Rev Sec
NZ1

Stmp'd env retd CW

Can you give me the record of pension granted Charles (?) Finnell, served in Virginia Malitia during revolutionary war.  died in Mo. between 1830 and 1835.
was given pension only about a year before his death
Very Resp'ly
Mrs. J.H. Connell
Dallas, Texas
1803 Richardson Ave.
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My Dear Sirs-
I wish to know if a Chas Finnell who was in the Rev. War drew a pension  think he was from Vir.  then Ky. and died in Mo.
What was the name of his wife.  Also wish to know if a Aaron King who married a Dyer and I think was from N.C.  is he on your roll or not - 
Thanking you for trouble
I am Respt.
Miss Mary J. Howard
Armstrong
Mo.

I wish to establish these lines for D.A.R. membership 
June 2 1919
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Rev Sec
enc

Dept of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions  Washington D.C.

Will you please give me the Revolutionary War record of Charles Finnell Certificate No. 26203 issued for pension.
You sent me before but it was used by my brother to enter the S.A.R.
Very truly
Mrs. J.H. Connell
1803 Richardson Ave
Dallas, Texas

send one
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Send S16799
Charels the only one

Jas. B. Finnell & Son,
Attorneys-at-law

Jas. B. Finnell, Sr.
Jas. B. Finnell, Jr.

Georgetown, Ky  May 13th 1912

Commissioner of Pension
Washington DC.

Dear Sir,
Is there any record in your Department of the granting of a pension to a "Finnell", of Culpepper Co Vir. and afterwards, after 1794 of Walton Boone Co Ky
My great grandfather was , I have been informed by the old members of his family descendants, a revolutionary soldier.  He came to Ky in 1794 - from Culpepper Co Vir.  His Christian name I cannot give with certainty;  but it was probably Robert.  He was the only one of the family that I know of of whom family tradition says served as a soldier in Washington's army.
Will you kindly examine your records for such name and let me or Mrs. Neville C Fisher, Georgetown Ky - my daughter, hear from you.
Resp.
James B. Finnell
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Keyser, W. Va.  Oct. 16, 1912

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:- 
Will you inform me if there is a record of the grant of pension to either James Finnell or Charles Finnell, said to have been Revolutionary soldiers from Virginia.
I would like a copy of such records if any.
Respectfully
Jas C Sanders
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United States Senate
Washington, D.C.

Harry B. Hawes
Missouri

Committees:
Interstate Commerce
Commerce
Expenditures in the Executive Departments

June 22, 1929.

Hon. Earl D. Church,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Commissioner:
Will you please furnish me the following information regarding:
Charles Finnell, Private, Virginia Militia
Revolutionary War.
Mr. Finnell, I am informed, was living in Missouri and drawing a pension on account of his service in 1835.  Please give me the date of his birth, date of death, name of wife and names or children, organizations in which the soldier served, and where buried, if you have a record of burial.
Your early attention to this matter will be appreciates.
Cordially yours,
Harry B. Hawes

G-

[STAMP]
Office of the Commissioner
June 24, 1929
U.S. Bureau of Pensions

Rev War Sect
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[STAMP]
Received
Jan 25 1936
Mail Sub-Div.
Vets Adm
Reader #15

Fayette, Missouri
Jan. 22, 1936

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you please send to me as soon as possible the War record of the following Revolutionary Soldiers that you have in your possession?
Benjamin Cooper, Lawrence J. Daly, William Byers Gibson, Charles Finnell, William Hughes, Joseph Hickerson, Hosea Hickerson, Cornelius Maupin, Claiborne Johnson, Garland Maupin, Alford or Alfred Williams, John Walkup, William Wright, George Burckhartt.  also Johnson Walker
These men were all buried in Howard Co. Missouri, But enlisted from several states, which we cannot name.  We want what data we can get as these names are to go on a bronze tablet in this county.
Hope to hear from you at an early date,
Very Respectfully,
Vice Regent, Howard Co. Chapter D.A.R.
Mrs. John D. Tolson
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May 13. 1936.

BA-J/MMHF/ILL

Mrs. John D. Tolson
Fayette
Missouri.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of January 22, 1936, addressed to the Comptroller General, this city, of which you wrote a duplicate to the Pension Bureau on the same date.  Your letter to the Comptroller General has been referred to this office for reply.  Your request is for the Revolutionary War records of a large number of soldiers who were buried in Howard County, Missouri.
Reference to your files will show that May 25, 1936, reply was made to your letter of January 22, addressed to the Pension Bureau (the pension records now in this office) and at that time the record of Charles Finnell, S. 16799, was furnished you and an explanation given why reports in regard to Revolutionary War soldiers could not be furnished in bulk.
Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

[handwritten]
see if & the Gen. Acct. off. let. in misc files with a dup. copy of this letter
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March 18, 1936
BA-J/MCS
Charles Finnell, S. 16799

Mrs. Earl Virdan
719 W. Rollins Street
Moberly, Missouri

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Charles Finnell and the Civil War record of his son, Morgan Finnell.
The record of Charles Finnell as found on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16799, is furnished you herewith.
Your letter has been referred to the proper division for reply in regard to Morgan Finnell who served in the Civil War.
Very truly yours
G.H. Sweet
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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March 18, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/McS
Charles Finnell, S. 16799

Mrs. Earl Virden
719 W. Rollins Street
Moberly, Missouri

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, S. 16799, based upon the Revolutionary War service of
Charles Finnell.

He was born in 1762 in Orange County, Virginia. When he was
very young he moved with his parents (names not given) to Culpeper
County, Virginia.

While living in Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted and
served as private with the Virginia troops as follows: from sometime
in August, 1778, two months in Captain Mark S. Phin's company in
Colonel Henry Hill's regiment; from sometime in April, 1781, two
months in Captain Henry Towles' company in Colonel Green's regiment;
from sometime in August, 1781, two months in Captain Jasper Haynes'
company in Colonel James Barbour's regiment and was at the siege of
Yorktown.

After the Revolution he resided in Kentucky for about thirty
years and in Missouri for ten years previous to 1834.

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 17,
1834, at which time he was a Baptist clergyman residing in Silver Creek
Township, Randolph County, Missouri.

The papers in this claim contain no data relative to wife and
children of the soldier.

Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MNN/eel

June 25, 1929

Honorable Harry B. Hawes
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.

My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of June 22, 1989, I have
the honor to advise you that from the papers in the 
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16799, it appears that
Charles Finnell was born in 1762, in Orange County, Virginia,
and when very young moved with his parents (names
not stated) to Culpeper County, Virginia, where he resided
when he enlisted and served with the Virginia Troops
as follows:

From in August, 1778, two months as a private in
Captain Mark S. Phinx's Company, Colonel Henry Hill's
Regiment; from in April, 1781, two months in Captain Henry
Tole's Company, Colonel Green's Regiment; from in August,
1781, two months in Captain Jasper Haynes' Company, Colonel
James Barbour's Regiment and was at the siege of
Yorktown.

After the Revolution he resided in Kentucky for
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thirty years and in Missouri for ten years previous to
1834.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
February 17, 1834, at which time he was a Baptist clergyman
residing in Silver Creek Township, Randolph County,
Missouri.

It is not stated that he was ever married.

His place of burial is not shown in said papers.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, 
the name of person paid and possibly the date of
death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Charles Finnell
(S. 16799), you should apply to the General Accounting of
fice, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing all of the
following data:
Charles Finnall, Certificate No. 26203, issued April
3, 1834, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act
of June 7, 1832, Missouri Agency.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
ILL

June 19, 1930.

The Quartermaster General
Cemeterial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 16799, it appears that Charles Finnell was born
in 1762, in Orange County, Virginia, and when very young, moved
with his parents (names not stated) to Culpeper County, Virginia,
where he resided when he enlisted and served as a private in the
Virginia troops as follows:

From some time in August, 1778, two months in Captain
Mark S. Phinx's Company, Colonel Henry Hill's Regiment; from some
time in April, 1781, two months in Captain Henry Tole's Company,
Colonel Green's Regiment; from some time in August, 1781, two
months in Captain Jasper Haynes' Company, Colonel James Barbour's
Regiment and was at the siege of Yorktown.

After the Revolution, he resided in Kentucky for thirty
years and in Missouri for ten years previous to 1834.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
February 17, 1834, at which time he was a Baptist clergyman residing
in Silver Creek Township, Randolph County, Missouri.

It is not stated that he was ever married.

Very truly yours,
E.W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.

(hand written)
Towles
see pen claim
Henry Towles
W.6298

about
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May 20, 1912.

Hon. Caleb Powers,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Powers:
In reply to your letter dated the seventeenth and received the twentieth instant, requesting information for the Hon. James B. Finnell of Georgetown, Kentucky, I have the honor to furnish you the military history of the Charles Finnell who is the only soldier named Finnell found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Charles Finnell, Sur. File No. 16,799, Rev. War, was allowed pension on his application executed February 17, 1834, at which time he was a Baptist clergyman residing in Silver Creek Township, Randolph County, Missouri.
He stated that he was born in 1762, in Orange County, Virginia, and when very young moved with his parents (names not stated) to Culpeper County, Virginia, where he resided when he enlisted in the Virginia Militia as follows:
In August, 1778, Private in Captain Mark S. Phinx's company, Colonel Henry Hill's regiment;  served 2 months.
In April, 1781, Captain Henry Toles' company, Colonel Green's regiment;  2 months.
In August, 1781, Captain Jasper Haynes' company, Colonel
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Sur. File No. 16,799
(2)

James Barber's regiment, and was at the siege of Yorktown;  2 months.
After the Revolution he resided in Kentucky for thirty years and in Missouri for the ten years previous to 1834.
For the date of last payment of soldier's pension, and to whom paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data:
"Charles Finnell, Certificate #26,203,
issued April 3, 1834, under the Act of
June 7, 1832, at the Missouri Agency."
Very respectfully,
JL Davenport
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section.

October 21, 1912.

Mr. James C. Sanders, 
Keyser, W. Va.

Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 16" and received the 18" instant, you are advised that from the papers in the claim, Sur. File No. 16,799, Rev. War, it appears that Charles Finnell was allowed pension on his application executed February 17, 1834, at which time he was a Baptist clergyman residing in Silver Creek Township, Randolph County, Missouri.
He stated that he was born in 1762, in Orange County, Virginia, and when very young moved with his parents (names not stated) to Culpeper County, Virginia, where he resided when he enlisted in the Virginia Militia as follows:
In August, 1778, Private in Captain Mark S. Phinx's company, Colonel Henry Hill's regiment; served 2 months.
In April, 1781, Captain Henry Tole's company, Colonel Green's regiment; 2 months.
In August, 1781, Captain Jasper Haynes' company, Colonel James Barber's regiment, and was at the siege of Yorktown;  two months.
After the Revolution he resided in Kentucky for thirty years and in Missouri for the ten years previous to 1834.
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Sur. File No. 16,799 - 2
You are further advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to James Finnell.
Very respectfully,
JL Davenport
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section
MMHF

May 21, 1923

Mrs. Fayette Ardery
Paris, R.F.D. #8
Kentucky,

Madam:  
In response to your letter received  April 9, 1923, I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 16799 of Charles Finnell it appears that he was born in 1762, in Orange County, Virginia, and when very young moved with his parents (names not stated) to Culpeper County, Virginia, where he resided when he enlisted in the Virginia Militia as follows:
In August, 1778, Private in Captain Mark S. Phinx's company, Colonel Henry Hill's regiment; served 2 months.
In April, 1781, Captain Henry Toles' company, Colonel Green's regiment; 2 months.
In August, 1781, Captain Jasper Haynes' company, Colonel James barber's Regiment, and was at the Siege of Yorktown;  two months.  After the Revolution he resided in Kentucky for thirty years and in Missouri for ten years previous to 1834.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
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February 17, 1834 at which time he was a Baptist clergyman residing in Silver Creek Township, Randolph County , Missouri.
Very respectfully
Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

July 31, 1826

Mrs. A. P. Markland
Armstrong, Missouri

Madam;

I advise you from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 18799 it appears that
Charles Finnell was born in 1762 in Orange County, Virginia,
and when very young moved with his parents (names
not stated) to Culpeper County, Virginia, where he resided
and served with the troops as
follows:

From August 1778, two months as a private in
Captain Mark S. Phinx's Company, Colonel Henry Hill's Regiment

From April 1781, two months in Captain Henry
Tole's Company, Colonel Green's Regiment.

From August 1781, two months in Captain Jasper
Haynes' Company, Colonel James Barbour's Regiment and was
at the Siege of Yorktown.

After the Revolution he resided in Kentucky for thirty
years and in Missouri for ten years previous to 1834. He was
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allowed pension on his application executed February 17,
1834 at which time he was a Baptist clergyman residing
in Silver Creek Township, Randolph County, Missouri.

(handwritten)
It is not stated that he was ever 
married.
His place of burial is not shown in the papers.
In order to obtain

Respectfully,

"WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.