Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,489, for Edward Morin, Virginia
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(3-1776)

SERVICE | | NUMBER
Va. | Morin, Edward | S. 16,489

carded
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CONTENTS
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6.300
Kentucky
__________
Edward Morin
of Campbell in the State of Ky.
who was a Pri. in the Compy commanded
by Captain Roger of the Regt commanded
by Col. Skinker in the Va
line for 2 years
__________
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 80 - Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
__________
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Feby.
1833 and sent Hon R M
Johnson H R [House of Representatives]
__________
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832 120
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 40-
$160
Died Oct. 9, 1841
A. B.
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book D Vol. 9 Page 57-
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State of Kentucky
Campbell County  SS
On this 27th day of August 1832 personally appeared
in open Court before the Justices of Campbell County
Court now sitting Edward Morin a resident of the County
aforesaid and State of Kentucky aforesaid aged Eighty
seven 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 of the 7th
June 1832
That he entered the service sometime in the year
1775 the particular month not recollected under the following officers Col John Skinker & Capt
Joseph Rogers of the Virginia Malitia that he continued
in the service of the United States for six years as a
Virginia volunteer Malitiaman aforesaid two years under the officers
aforesaid and four years under Col John Washington
and Capt Townsen Dade That he resided in King
George County at the time when he first volunteer'd
first before the close of the term of service aforesaid
he removed to Forqhur [Fauquier] County in the State of
Virginia afs'd and there performed one tour of
[inserted] 3 [/inserted] duty as a volunteer, for a term of three months
under Col Martin Pickett & Capt Lynn Sharp
That the six years services aforesaid were performed in
the afs'd County of King George in guarding the Coast &
harbours to prevent the British from landing
That Capt Henry Wood Commanded a Company belonging
to the same Regt Capt Michael Wallace Commanded
another Company belonging to the same Regt That
he does not now recollect the names of any other officers 
belonging to his regt nor does he recollect that
any Officers in the Continental army were at any time
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engaged with his regiment afs'd  That he was not
in any battle or skirmish except one skirmish
at the mouth of Machodack [Machodoc] Creek on the Potomac
river  That he was frequently engaged in firing on
the Barges of the British when they attempted to land
That he belonged as afs'd to the Virginia Militia to
the troops then commonly called "minute men."
That he has no documentary evidence & knows no
person whose testimony he can procure who can testify
to his service. The last one of those he now recollects
of being with him when the services afs'd were performed,
a man by the name of Spencer Ferel died
about three years ago, others whose names he recollects
having died before that time.  That he has not ever
rec'd any compensation of any kind for the services he
rendered

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any
pension or annuity except the present and declares
that his name is not on the pension roll of the
Agency of any State
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Edward his X mark Morin

We John Stephens a Clergyman & Andrew Smalley both
residing in the County of Campbell hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Edward Morin who
has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
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that we believe him to be Eighty seven  years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
John Stephens
Andrew Smalley

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 John Stephens who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident County of Campbell and that Andrew Smalley who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit

I Jno N Taliaferro Clerk of the County Court of Campbell County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Edward Morin for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
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office this 27th. day of August 1832
Jno. N Taliaferro

February 4 1833
This day personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for Campbell County and State of Kentucky Edward Morin and made oath that After due Deliberation and Agreeable to the best of his recollection that he Served at Least Twenty seven Months including all his Service during the Revolutionary War given from under my hand and seal the day and year Above named
JP
Stacy Reeves {Seal}
State of Kentucky Campbell County Sct
I John N Taliaferro Clerk of the County Court for the County afsd do certify that Stacy Reeves who has signed the above certificate is a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that all official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said county this 5th day of February 1833.
Jno. N Taliaferro
Clk

15583
Edwd. Morins
Declaration for
Pension
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June 26, 1939
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EDWARD MORIN
S. 16489
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. J. F. Mathews
8145 Oglesby Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you requested the Revolutionary War record of Edward Morin, of King George County, Virginia, later of Fauquier County, that state, who received a pension, and died at an advanced age in Kentucky.

You are furnished herein the record of Edward Morin as found in pension claim, S. 16489, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of Edward Morin and names of his parents were not given.

While residing in King George County, Virginia, Edward Morin belonged to a company of minutemen and served at various times from sometime in 1775 in the Virginia troops under Captains Joseph Rogers and Townsen Dade, and Colonels John Skinker and John Washington, engaged in guarding the seacoast and harbors, length of this service six years. Before the close of the war, he moved to Fauquier County, Virginia, where he volunteered, date not stated, and served a tour of three months as private in Captain Lynn Sharp's company, Colonel Martin Pickett's Virginia regiment. During his service he was in a skirmish at the mouth of Machodoc Creek of the Potomac River.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, at which time he was aged eighty-seven years and a resident of Campbell County, Kentucky. He died October 9, 1841.

The name of Edward Morin's wife is not shown. She made no application for pension on account of his service, and there are no family data, whatever, in the claim.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Edward Morin, certificate No. 6300, issued February 28, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 2, 1854

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," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which Pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension Agents.
the Admr. of Edward Morin, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and - Cents per annum under the law of the 7" June 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4" of Sept. 1841, to the 9' Oct. 1841 ~
Respectfully, yours,
J. M. Brodhead
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Edward Morin
It will be very easy to amend the declaration of Mr Morin so as to enable me to get his Pension, if any thing more in detail can be stated let it be if not omit it. In any event, let him state some actual time that he knows he did serve. Such as this. that he serving during the whole 6 years at least - months
$80 per ann Rh M Johnson
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Edward Morin which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? 

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for him not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? 

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? # No. - (Turn over)

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? 

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? 

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 

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

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

XIV. [notation sign 1]If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?

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

XVI. [notation sign 2]Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 

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

*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ___________ year _____________ months, and _________ days, I served as a ______________ For _____________ months and ___________ days, I served as a _______________; and for such service I claim a pension.”
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[Typed text:] It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.  

[Handwritten on page]
The claimant should give a more particular & detailed account of his service, The length of each tour should be stated.  No allowance can be made but for time in actual service.
If particulars cannot be stated say that with the whole period you performed actual service at least 6 (illegible), 12. (illegible) or 24 months as you can conscientiously state before a magistrate on oath and send the on with this amended and I can get the pension
     R M Johnson
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Edward Morin
It will be very easy to amend the declaration of Mr. Morin so as to enable me to get his Pension; if anything more in detail can be stated let it be if not omit it.  In any event, let him state some actual time that he knows he did serve.  Such as this that he serving during the whole 6 years at least ___months.
$80 per ann.   Rh M Johnson
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1939 June 26  Hist to Mrs. J F Mathews MDS

16489
INVALID

File No. 16.489
Edward Morin
Pri Rev War

Act:  June 7" 32
Index:-Vol. 1 , Page 266

[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 22 '98
Mrs. LeMaire Ravese
Newport, Ky
Dec. 2/98.  as above
Jany 11, 99 as above
1914 Feb 17 History to Mrs. W.B. Griffith.  F.W.
1917 May 24 History to Mrs. S.W. Spelman.  F.W.
1920 Apr. 15 Hist to Jas M. Ogden
1926 Sept 20 Hist to Mrs. M.B. Griffith awf
1929 Mar 11 Hist. to Mrs. Virginia V. Griffith  ADY
1931 Dec. 23 Hist to Hon Louis Ludlowe CCL
(see left side)
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[Stationery heading]
Mrs. Adelaide Mathews.  8145 Oglesby Avenue Chicago Illinois
[Handwritten:]
June 18th 1939
Veterans Administration                       
Washington D.C.   

[Later note:] Rev. & 1812.  5/22-39

Dear Sirs: Pertaining to your file reference BA-G regard to Edward Morin (MORIN) wish to draw your attention to the correct spelling of the name.  Your letter stating my communication was being given attention, had the name spelled incorrectly and that this might have some bearing on the matter since I have not heard.  Mr. Edward Morin was a Revolutionary soldier, Entered the service year 1775, served in the Company under command of Capt Joseph Rogers and in the Regiments under the command of Col. John Skinker in the militia of the State of Virginia.  He also served for a period
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of four years in the Regiment under the command of Col. John Washington, and in the Company under the command of Capt Townsend Dade.

He resided in King George County at the close of the term of his service.  He then moved to Faquier Co., Virginia.

He received a pension of $80.00 a month.  Your records must show when his pension stopped (date of his death) and this is what I should like very much to have, also the name (given) of his wife.  He died at Flat Springs Ky., I believe, and lived to be a very old man.

Anxiously awaiting this information and thank you very much for your courtesy.
I am
Yours Very Truly
Mrs. J.F. Mathews
#8145 Oglesby Ave
Chicago, Ill.
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not Rev 1812 symbol.
As error had been made in the name in that reply I aus this as soon as I rec. it, because I did not have time to search the other piles of mail for former letter.
F

RECEIVED JUN 20 19[illegible]
[illegible]
READER 23

RECEIVED JUN 21 19[illegible]
MA[illegible]
READER 23
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[Letterhead:]
MRS. ADELAIDE MATHEWS
6243 OGLEBY AVENUE
CHICAGO ILLINOIS

May 17th 1939.
Pensions
War Department
Washington DC

RECEIVED MAY 20 1939
MAIL [illegible]
[illegible]
READER 29

[Reader's note: former letter]

Dear Sirs,
   My GG Grandfather, Edward Morin, born in Virginia 1745, serving in the Revolutionary War, entered service 1775 in the company under the command of Capt Joseph Rogers, and in the regiment of Col. John Skinker in the militia of the State of Va, also served four years in the regiment under the command of Col John Washington also company under command of Capt Townsend Dade. He resided in King George County at the close of the term of his service. He then moved to Faquier County Virginia, and later lived on a farm, Flat Springs, Ky.  I so desire to learn what year he passed away and who he married.  He rec'd a pension of 80.00 per month that he applied for through Justice of Campbell County Courts at the age of 87 yrs, in 1832.  Your interests and courtesy
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extended me in this matter will be gratefully appreciated, since your records must show the date of his passing, & probably whom he married.

Yours very truly,
Adelaide Morin Mathews
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[Note:] own   M

[Rectangular stamp:] 
[illegible] NAVY
JUL 9 1898
[illegible]

[circular postal stamp]
JUN 7 1898
U.S. POST OFFICE

To the Pension Office

Dear Sir,
   My Great Grandfather was in the Revolution & drew a pension until his death.  His name was Edward Morin & he was a native of Culpepper County, Va. & a volunteer in the Battalion of mounted minute men, the first raised in Virginia for the war of Independence in 1775 & took part in serveral skirmishes
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skirmishes & battles in & near Norfolk & was there when the town was bombarded by Gov. Dunmore. After the first year of the war I have heard him say, they had it comparatively easy in Virginia but during all the war he remained a Culpepper Minute Man & was often called out at a minutes notice at intervals, & was at the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781.  He Edward Morin in the latter part of his life drew a pension for his services in said Revolutionary War until his death which
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occurred at his son in law's Henry Spilman's Esq in Alexandria Ky about A.D. 1841 aged 97. 6 months & 23 days.  Now will you please send me proof that he did do this (draw a pension). By  sending me this you will be doing me a great favor. I want to prove (we know he did) but we have to have your proof that he did to enable me & family to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.  Please let me hear from you at your earliest convenience
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& you will greatly oblige 

Yours Respt.
Mrs. Lemaire Ramsey
#210 W Front St.
Newport Ky

Address
Mrs. Lemaire Ramsey
210 W. Front St.
Newport Ky

[Postal stamp]
U.S. POST OFFICE
JUN 7 [illegible]
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[Stamp:]

[FINANCE?] DIVISION
Nov 14 1898
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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[Rectangular stamp:]
U.
OLD [illegible]
NOV 15 1898

Oct 8th 1898
Dear Sir
Would you please let me know if the name of Edward Morin is on the pension list.  Having drawn a pension for service in the Revolutionary War.  He was in the Revolutionary War but his name cannot be found on the list & I know he drew a pension until he died.  And would you also le me know if the name Gustin is on the books for getting a ---over
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land warrant from the government (which I know he did & laid it in Brown Co Ohio) how he got a land warrant & what for. In other word "why was he entitled to a Land Warrant 
by so doing you will greatly oblige
Mrs. Lemaire Ramsey
#210 W. Front St.
Newport Ky

[stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE NOV 11 1898

Please let me know at your earliest convenience
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Edward Morin was born in Culpepper County Va & drew a pension until he died. One of his daughters is living who has drawn the pension for him.

Resp't
Mrs. L. R.

[stamp:]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
NOV 11 1898
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Stamp

U S 
Pension Office
June 22 1898
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[Note:] M

To the Pension Office
Will you please inform me if the name of Edward Morin is on the Pensions list as having drawn a pension for services done during the Revolutionary War.  He was from Culpepper Co Virginia.  Please answer & let me know 
Resp't.
Mrs. LeMaire Ramsey
#210 W. Front St. 
Newport Ky
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We are positive that he was in the Revolutionary War although his name cannot be found on the war list though they write me the list is very incomplete. Now we are positive that he drew a pension until he died & if so his name should be on the pension list if not on the war.
Please look & let me hear from you. I wrote to you 2 week ago but have not heard from you.

Respt
Mrs. Ramsey
#210 W. Front St.
Newport, Ky
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[Letterhead:]
JAMES M. OGDEN
H. NATHAN SWAIM
SAMUEL E. GARRISON
LAW OFFICES
JAMES M. OGDEN
1106-1111 STATE LIFE BUILDING
INDIANAPOLIS
TELEPHONE MAIN 796

March Twenty-Sixth
Nineteen-Twenty

[NOTE:] Rev 1. ED

Pension Office
Interior Department 
Washington D.C.
(Revolutionary War Section.)
Gentlemen:-
  Please send me a copy of the entire Revolutionary War services of Edward Morin, who died in Campbellsburg, Kentucky after 1833.
   My wife is his descendent and desires this.
  Thanking you in advance, I am, 
Yours truly,
James M. Ogden
JMO:F

[stamp:]
US. PENSION OFFICE
D MAR 29 1920
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Mrs. M. Bryant Griffith
299 West Fifth Avenue
Columbus, Ohio

U. S. Pension Office
Sirs,
  The Ohio State Librarian instructed me to write you concerning a Revolutionary ancestor I am trying to trace.  He is on the Pension List at this Library as;
Edward Morin - U.S. Pension Rolls
1835 Volume 3- pg. 80 (Kentucky)

If you can tell me what
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was his rank and to whom he was married or to whom his pension was paid after his death (if any) I shall be greatly indebted.
Enclosed, please find stamped envelope for any information you may be able to give me.
   I shall also be glad to pay whatever expense you may incur.
Thanking you for any trouble this may cause you I remain 
Carrie L. Griffith (Mrs. M.B.)
299 W. 5th Ave
Columbus, Ohio
July 28, 1926
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Virginia V. Griffith
51 Mentelle Park
Lexington, KY

July 5, 1928

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Can you give me the Rev. War service of Edward Morin who in 1835 was receiving a pension in Ky.  Also the name of his wife and children. I think he came from Virginia.
Very Respectfully
Mrs. Virginia V. Griffith 

[stamp:]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
V JUL 7 1928
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[Note:] RevHuntington West Va.
May 9/17

G. M. Saltzgaber
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,
  A history of the service of Edward Morin pensioned from Feb 28 1833, aged 89 years on the list of pensioners of Campbell County Kentucky printed in 1835 will be greatly appreciated.  
Thanking you in advance
most sincerely
Miss Sur. Walker Spilman
No 17 Emmons Apt.
Huntington, West Va.
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Sherman Hall
Paris, Ky
Feb. 9" 1914

To The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

   Please send me the War service of Edward Morin, Private in Va. line.  Had a pension under act June 7" 1832.  Received $80.00 in 1833 at the age 89.

Very Resptly
Mrs. W. B. Griffith
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[Stamp:]

U.S.P.B.
Old War & Navy
Dec 14 1898
[illegible]
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[Note:] 16480

[stamp:]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
H DEC 12 1898


Dec 11th 1898
To the Pension office
Dear Sir
I know there was a letter received by my servant while I was away this summer soon after I left home.  I left July 15th and returned October 3d, 1898. This letter was not forwarded to me (as it should of been) but put away for me & she's forgotten where she put it & it cannot be found although we've searched everywhere for it.  I'm sorry I did not tell
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you this when I last wrote you. I do not know whether it was favorable or not, as it was not opened.  Now once more will you send them & let me know whether the name of Edward Morin was found as having drawn a pension for service in the Revolutionary War.  And should I receive it, it will be treasured not lost.
  Thanking you for past favors, & sorry I've put you to so much trouble.
But hoping you'll send the papers I remain
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Mrs. LeMaire Ramsey
#210 W. Front St.
Newport Ky

[stamp:]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE.
H DEC 12 1898
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[Letterhead:]
LOUIS LUDLOW 7TH DIST. INDIANA
COMMITTEES:
WORLD WAR VETERANS' LEGISLATION
LIBRARY
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington D.C.

[Note: Rev]

December 18, 1931.

Dear Mr. Morgan:
Kindly send to me at your earliest possible convenience all of the information shown on your records, both of a personal and military nature, about Edward Morrin, of Campbell County, Kentucky, who served in the Revolutionary War.

Very sincerely,
Louis Ludlow

Hon. E. W. Morgan,
Director of Pensions,
Washington D. C.

[stamp:]
RECEIVED DEC 21 1931
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Washington.  December 23, 1931
RA-J / EEL
Honorable Louis Ludlow
Room 436, House Office Building
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Ludlow:

  Reference is made to your letter of December 18, 1931, relative to Edward Morrin.

   The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension. S. 16489, based upon the military service of Edward Morin in that war.
   Edward Morin volunteered sometime in 1775, while residing in King George County, Virginia, served as a minuteman in Captains Joseph Rogers' and Townsen Dade's Companies,  Colonels John Skinner's and John Washington's Virginia Regiments, length of service six years, which service was rendered as a guard for the seacoast and harbors. He was in a skirmish on the Potomac River.
Before the close of the Revolution, he moved to Fauquier County, Virginia.
He was allowed pension on his application August 27, 1832, at which time he was aged eighty-seven years and resided in Campbell County, Kentucky.
He died October 9, 1841. The date and place of his birth are not given.
There is no data as to his family.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. &1812 Wars Section.
[note: A.D.Y.]

March 11, 1929

Mrs. Virginia V. Griffith,
51 Mentelle Park,
Lexington, Kentucky.

Madam:
  I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.16489, it appears that Edward Morin, while residing in King George County, Virginia, enlisted in 1775 and served as a private at various times in the Virginia Troops, under Captains Joseph Rogers and Townsen Dade, Colonels John Skinker and John Washington, amounting in all to two years.
   While residing in Fauquier County, Virginia, he served three months in Captain Lynn Sharp's Company, Colonel Martin Pickett's Virginia Regiment, no dates of this service, but it was after the above service.
  He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832 while a resident of Campbell County, Kentucky aged eighty-seven years.  He died October 9, 1841.
  There are no data as to his family.

Respectfully,
Winfield Scott,
Commissioner
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Rev. and 1812 War Section.
[note: aws]
September 20, 1926

Mrs. W. B. Griffith
299 W. 5th Ave
Columbus, Ohio

Madam:
 I [crossed out: have to] advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 16489, it appears that Edward Morin, while residing in King George County, Virginia, enlisted in 1775 and served as a private at various times in Virginia Troops, under Captains John Skinker and John Washington, amounting in all to two years.
  While residing in Fauquier County, Virginia, he served three months in Captain Lynn Sharp's Company, Colonel Martin Pickett's Virginia Regiment, no dates of this service but it was after above service.
  He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, while resident of Campbell
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County, Kentucky, aged eighty-seven years.  He died October 9, 1841.
There [crossed out: is] are no data [crossed out: on soldier] as to his family.

In order to obtain the name of person to whom the last payment of pension was made of the above Revolutionary war pensioner, you should apply to the Civil Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C. citing all of the following data -
Edward Morin, Certificate No. 6300, issued February 28, 1833, rate $80.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency. 

[Note:] Omit [pertaining to entire last two paragraphs.]

Respectfully,
 E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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In real to your request of _____, received ____, for a statement of the military hits of Edward Morin a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S. F. 16489

Dates of Enlistment of Appointment.
1775

Length of Service
served at various times amounting to 2 years

RANK
Priv

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED

CAPTAIN
Joseph Rogers
Townsen Dade
Lynn Sharp ( 3 mos)

COLONEL
John Skinker
John Washington
Martin Pickett

STATE
Va

Battles engaged in ____________
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
King George Co. Va. at first enl.
Fauquier Co. Va at 2nd enl. 

Date of application for pension,
Aug. 27, 1832. His cl. was at rate of $80 a year

Residence at date of application, 
Campbell Co., Ky

Age at date of application, 
87 yrs. He died Oct 9, 1841

Remarks:  There is no data relative to family.

Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

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