Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4203, for Samuel Mc Spadden, Virginia
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(3-1776)
   SERVICE                                                                                         NUMBER
Va.                             McSpadden, Samuel                                        S. 4203.

                                                                                                                    Carded
CONTENTS
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                                26738

East Tennessee
___________________________________________
Samuel McSpadden
Affidavit in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the com. commanded by Captain (illegible) of the reg commanded by Col. Dickersen in the Virginia line for 6 months.
___________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee  at the ragte of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th dayh of March, 1831.
_______________________________________________
Cerrificate of Pension issujed to 16 day of May 1834 and (illegible)
________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of March         60.00
Semi-anl. allolwance ending
                     10 Sept.                  10.00
                                                    $70.00
                                                  ======

                                       {Revolutionary Claim,}
                                       {Act June 7, 1832.      }

Recorded by David G Boyd Clerk,
Book E   Vol. 7    Page 53
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29.503
Samuel Mc Spadden
   Declaration



Sent by Col Jos Hamilton
To me, + to be placed
on the Knoxville agency
if allowed.
John Blain


Hon. John Blain
    HR
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7, 1832.
State of Tennessee
Jefferson County} ss.
   On this seventh day of February 1834 per=
sonally appeared before me Joseph Gaut one of
the acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County of
Jefferson Samuel McSpadden a resident of the County of
Jefferson aforesaid and that aforesaid aged Seventy
eight years, who being 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 and Served in the Revolutionary war as follows:
In the year 1775 as well as he now recollects (his mem=
=ory having failed him very much) He was drafted
in Rockbridge County in the State of Virginia, rendez=
-voused at Lexington, was enrolled in Captain Charles
Campbells Company, was commanded by Col. Dickerson thence he was marched to Point Pleasant on the Ohio
river, at which place he remained three months in
Service, and was discharged received a discharge which
'he has lost.
And afterwards to wit in the year 1776 the day + month
not recollected He was again drafted and entered the
Service of the United States, rendezvoused at Lexington
was enrolled in M'Duvalls Company, was marched to
Donleys Fort on the frontier of Greenbrier County Virg'a
at which place was Commanded by Col. Donley, where he
remained in Service guarding Said fort for three months while his Term of Service expired received a discharge
which he has lost.
He hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension
or annuity, except the present, and declares that
his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of
any State.  Sworn to + Subscribed the day + date above written
Samuel McSpadden

Joseph Gaut
Justice of the Peace
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I Joseph Gaut an acting Justice of the Peace aforesaid
do certify, that it is my Opinion, that the above named
applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and Served
as he States, and I do further certify that from bodily infirm=
ity and old age the applicant is unable to attend
Court to be examined, and that the foregoing Declaration
was drawn and Sworn to, at the residence of the applicant
in the County of Jefferson.
Certified under my hand the 7th day of February
A.D. 1834.
   Joseph Gaut
  Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee
  I Joseph Hamilton Jr. Clerk of the Court of Pleas
and quarter sessions of Jefferson County do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings
of the Said Justice in the matter of application of Samuel
McSpadden for a Pension, and that Joseph Gaut Esq.
before whom the foregoing Declaration was Sworn to being
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the
County of Jefferson aforesaid duly Commissioned and
Sworn and that full faith and credit is given and
due to all his Official acts as Such and that his
Signature aforesaid is his genuine Signature.
   In testimony whereof I have
hereunto Set my hand + Seal
of Office at Office in Dandico
the 7th Day of February A.D.
1934.
Joseph Hamilton Clerk
of Inferior Court

State of Tennessee
  I Robert McFarland Jr. Presiding Justice of the Court
of Please and quarter Sessions of Jefferson County do certify that
Jospeh Hamilton Jr. esq. is Clerk of the Court of Pleas and
quarter Sessions of Jefferson County and that his Certificate
aforesaid is in due form of law.  Given under my hand
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and Seal the 7' day of February 1834

Robert McFarland [illegible]
Chairman &c.
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Samuel McSpadden
Declaration
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State of Tennessee
Jefferson county} ss.
   I Joseph Gaut one of the acting Justices 
of the Peace in and for the county Of Jefferson aforesaid
do certify, that the following proceedings were had
before me, at the residence of Samuel McSpadden
in the County of Jefferson, as an amendment to his
former declaration, dated the 7th day of February 
1834 and which is hereto annexed.
The following Interrogatories were propounded to the
applicant by my [illegible]
question - Where and in what year were you born
Answer      I was born in Rockbridge County in the State of
                  Viginia in the year 1756.
question     Have you any record of your age and if
                  so, where is it.
Answer       I have, it is written in my family bible.
question    Where were you living when called into
                  Service, where have you lived Since the
                  Revolutionary war, and where do you 
                  now live
Answer     when called into service I was living in Rockbridge
                County New Lexington Virg'a, after the Revolutionary
                 war was over I moved I lived near Abingdon Virg'a
                 whence to Jefferson County Va, where I now live.
question  How were you called into Service, were
                 you drafted, did you Volunteer or were
                 you a Substitute, and if a Substitute
                 for whom
Answer     When called into Service I was drafted
                 both tours of duty
question    What the names of Some of the Regular
                 Officers who were with the troops, when
                  you Served, Such Continental + Militia
                  regiments as you can recollect - and
                  the general circumstances of your Services
Answer       The first Tour of duty - Captain Campbell
                   and Col Dickerson was the names of my
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Officers.  The Second Tour Capt McDowell, and Col. Donley
                does not recollect anything about the Regiment
question   Did you receive a discharge from the Service
                 and if So by whom was it given, and what
                has become of it.
Answer     I did receive two discharges the first was signed
                by Captain Campbell the Second by Capt McDowell
                which discharges, was very recently destroyed.  Suppos-
                sing them to be worth nothing to me.
question   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.
Answer      The Rev John M Campbell a minister of
                 the gospel and Silas Henry both citizens of
                 Jefferson County, who will [word crossed out] prove my general
                 character for veracity and also my Services as
                 a Soldier of the Revolution, and I don't at 
                 present know any persons to prove my actual
                 Service by.
Sworn to + Subscribed before me the 12th day of March
AD 1834.
                                     Samuel Mcspadden
Joseph Gaut
Justice of the Peace

We John M Campbell a clergyman residing in the
County of Jefferson and Silas Henry residing
in the Same County hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Samuel McSpadden who has Subscribed
to the annexed Declaration, and also to the above interrog=
=gatories, and that we believe him to be Seventy eight
years of age, that his reputed + believed, in the neighbor=
=hood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the 
Revolution + that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to + Subscribed the date above
                                                  John McCampbell
                                                        Clergyman
                                                   Silas Henry
Joseph Gaut
Justice of the Peace
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And the Said Justice do hereby declare his opinion
after the investigation of the matter, and after [illegible]
the Interrogatories procured by the war department
that the above named applicant was a Revolu=
=tionary soldier, and Served as he states, and
the Justice further certifies, that it appears to
him that John M' Campbell who has [word crossed out]
Signed the Same proceeding certificate is a Cler=
=gyman resident in the County of Jefferson and
that Silas Henry who has also signed
the Same, is a resident in the County of Jefferson
and is a credible person, and that their statement
is entitled to credit                       Joseph Gaut
                                                     Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee
   I Joseph Hamilton Jr clerk of the Court
of Pleas and quarter Sessions of Inferior Court do
hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the Said Justice in the matter of the
application of Samuel McSpadden for a pension
and that Joseph Gaut esq is an acting Justice of the Peace for
said County + that the
foregoing is his genuine signature}
      In testimony whereof I have hereunto
      Set my hand + seal of Office
      this 12' day of March AD 1834
               Joseph Hamilton Jr Clerk
                 of Jefferson County
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29503
Samuel McSpadden
Tennessee

for 1775 [illegible]
6~ $20

for Kingsville
agency

Hon John Blain
HR
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                           WAR DEPARTMENT,
                                      Pension Officer,
                                                       Feb 27, '34
Sir:
   The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June7, 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 shew what is
necessary to be done.  Those 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel McSpadden
[*The first column is written perpendicular to the page.]
Period when the service was rendered.
        Duration of the   
   *     claimant's service.     Rank of   Names and rank of the Field of-               Age at present,
          yr.  mo.  dy.                the          ficers under whom he served.            and place of abode       Proof by which the declaration is supported.
                                       claimant.                                                                  when he entered
                                                                                                                          the service.
1775         3                       P                 Cap Campbell                                           78   
                                                             Col Dickerson                                            Va.                        no evidence of
1776         3                        "                 Col Mc Cowell                                                                        service
                                                              Col Sorley


                                        I am, respectfully,
                                                 Your obedient servant,
                                                         JAMES L. EDWARDS,
                                                                Commissioner of Pensions.
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             REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF
                             JUNE 7, 1852.


     The following regulations have been adopted:
     The 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 claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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 date 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 in 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 interrogatores 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. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a 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 or 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
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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 indispensible 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 attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  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) interrogatlories to all applicants for a pension, on accourt 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?
     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 opionions 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 shoujd be 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 informity, 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 ceritify that the applicant cannot, from bodily informity, 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 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 accourt 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.
                   _________________________

     (a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infoimtiy; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
     (b) The deeclarant 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 invaiably be mentioned.
     (d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
     (d) 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 about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectinable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifyhing 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 relinqjuishment 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 cerifying officer, should accompany the papers.
               Mode of authenticatng 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 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 offic.e
      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) applices to the 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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                                           WCS
Rev.&1813 Wars Section.

                                       October 5, 1928.

Nannie Lee Hicks,
117 Colonial Circle,
Fountain City, Tennessee.

Madam:
   I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim, S. 4203, it appears that Samuel McSpadden
was born in 1756 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
   While living near Lexington in Rockbridge County, Vir-
ginia, he enlisted in 1775 and served three months as a pri-
vate in Captain Charles Campbell's Company, Colonel Dicker-
son's Virginia Regiment.  He enlisted in 1776 and served three
months in Captain McDowell's Company, Colonel Donley's Vir-
ginia Regiment.
   He was allowed pension on his application executed Febru-
ary 7, 1834, while living in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
   There are no data on file relative to his family.
       Respectfully,
                            E. W. MORGAN,
                              Acting Commissioner.
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[Left side of the page]
Mch. 14-98, Mrs. Jas. R.
Gray, Atlanta, Ga.
1918 Jan'y 28 Hist. to Louise
Wilson Reynolds
Mrs W. C. Clemens
fur, hist. July 3. 1924.
1926 July 2. hist.
to Mrs Lottie Braly
WCS
1928 Oct 5. hist. 
to Nannie Lee Hicks
WCS
1931. Sug. 7. hist to
Mrs. Murrill W. Hagler
WCS
1934 Jan. 16. hist. to Mr.
J.W. Thompson.   WCS
1936 Feb. 14. hist to Hon.
Clarence Cannon  WCS
1936-Feb.21. Hon Clarence
Cannon ado. hist. had been
furnished. MWNO

[Right side of page]
4203 
RevWar
INVALID.

File No. 4203
Samuel McSpadden
Pvt Va line

Act: June 7th '32
Index:-Vol. A, Page 244
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[This is a postcard that has a cancelled stamp on the top right corner and a round black ink stamp in the middle.]
GREENVILLE 
JUN2
5PM
1924
TENN.

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Pension Department
         Washington
                      D.C.
Revolutionary Records
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Please send me the
Revolutionary Records
of the following Pensioners
aslo names of wives if
possible.
Daniel Broyles son
of W.  Died in Greene
Co. Tenn
Michael Broyles
Greene Co. Tenn
Andrew Susong
Greene Co. Tenn or Sullivan Co.
Jefferson Co. Tenn
Samuel McSpadden
Mrs W.C. Clemens
Tusculum
Tennessee
address
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117 Colonial Circle
Fountain City, Tenn.
Dec. 28, 1927
Pension Office
Washington, D.C.
    I am anxious
to get official data on
Samuel McSpadden a
Revolutionary soldier, who
lived in Jefferson County,
Tennessee.
   I shall appreciate
any information you can
give.
   Very truly
   Nannie Lee Hicks

[There is a blank ink stamp on the bottom right side that is upside down.]
PENSION 
DEC
U. 30 S.
1927 
OFFICE
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[illegible] WAR & NAVY
MAR 11 1898
[illegible]
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Old War + Navy Record Office
Pension Department
  Washington D.C.
Sirs,
  Kindly send me
war record of two of my ancestors.
Samuel McSpadden or (McSpedan)
and Major Abednego Inman.
1st Samuel McSpadden.
Residence before service Rockbridge Co. Va.
" after service Dandridge Jefferson
County, Tenn.
date of death 1844. August 4 -
He received a pension up to time
of his death.  The last pension
was received either July 1844 or
Aug. 1844.
Samuel McSpadden made + sold to
the government the powder that
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was used in Battle of New Orleans.
He went to Washington D.C. on
horseback to receive payment for
same.  is there any record of this
fact?
MAR 11 1898
2nd Abednego Inman.
Residence before service. Va. or N.C.
  "  after service Jefferson County
Tenn. near Dandridge.
date of death, Feb. 2, 1836
It is not known positively that
either received a pension.
Abednego Inman was a
Major in Revolutionary War - 
commission was signed
by John Hancock. Pres. Cont. Con.
The above information is
greatly desired in order to
assist me in some genealogical
work + to give as proof in
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papers for patriotic society.
They are my direct ancestors
and am very anxious for all
the information possible
concerning their war record.
Very Truly
Mrs. James R. Gray
32 Howard St.
Atlanta Ga.
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[This is a round black ink stamp]
RECEIVED
JUL 27 1931
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
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            Rev
          MISS NANNIE LEE HICKS
            117 COLONIAL CIRCLE
       FOUNTAIN CITY, TENNESSEE
                                             July 25, 1931.

U.S. Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
   Will you please
send a copy of Revolutionary service
and Pension of Samuel McSpad-
den who was born in Rockbridge
County, Virginia and died in Jefferson
Co. Tenn. to Mrs. Merrill M.
Hagler, 1700 Jackson St. Amarillo,
Texas.
    Respectfully,
     Nannie Lee Hicks.
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CLARENCE CANNON                                                                                               MEMBER
REPRESENTATIVE FROM MISSOURI                                                                COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
NINTH DITRICT                                                                                                    SUBCOMMITTEES:
                                                                                                                          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CHAIRMAN
                                                                                                                           AGRICULTURE
                                                       Congress of the United States 
                                                           House of Representatives
                                                             Washington, D.C.
                                                                                                 February 10, 1936
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RECEIVED
FEB 12 1936
MAIL SUB-DIVISION
VETS ADM.
CONG. #1

Hon. O. W. Clark
   Veteran's Administration
     Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Clark,
     
Shall appreciate it if you can give me the
pension records of Samuel Mc.Spadden, Revoutionary
War, born 1756 and died 1844 in Jefferson County,
Tennessee.  In 1834 he received a pension in Jefferson
County Tennessee and was in the Virginia Militia.  Also
of Moses Lee, Revolutionary Soldier of Massachusetts.
     With best wishes,
        Your friend,
         Clarence Cannon

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RECEIVED
FEB 17 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS ADM
READER 12
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CLARENCE CANNON                                                                                                             MEMBER
REPRESENTATIVE FROM MISSOURI                                                                                     COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
NINTH DITRICT                                                                                                                    SUBCOMMITTEES:
                                                                                                                                         DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CHAIRMAN
                                                                                                                                                          AGRICULTURE
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
February 10, 1936

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RECEIVED
FEB 12 1936
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Hon. E.T. Conley
   Adjunct General
    Washington, D.C.

My dear General:
    Shall appreciate it if you can give me the
pension records of Samuel Mc. Spadden, Revolutionary
War, born 1756 and died 1844 in Jefferson County,
Tennessee.  In 1834 he received a pension in Jefferson
County Tennessee and was in the Virginia Militia.  Also
of Moses Lee, Revolutionary Soldier of Massachusetts.
   With best wishes,
     Your friend,
    Clarence Cannon

RECEIVED A.G.O.  FEB 12 1936

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RECEIVED
FEB 18 1936 
[word is faded] SUB-DIV
VETS ADM.
CONG #2      
No 201'8
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J.W. THOMPSON                                                          FRED B. BALLARD
                                   LAW OFFICES OF
                          THOMPSON & BALLARD
             SUITE 1233 VOLUNTEER STATE LIFE BUILDING
                 CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
January 8th, 1834.

Re: Phillip Cole (1730 - 1794), Revolutionary soldier:


Director of Pensions,
   Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
    Information with respect to the military record of
the above Revolutionary soldier is desired for use in connection with an
application for membership in the D.A.R.  It is said that he served
in the Buffalo Valley, 1776; that his name appears among the field of-
ficers, and that he died in Livingston, Ky.  He was married in 1750 to
Susannah Egle, or to Elizabeth Edle.
     No information regarding this veteran is obtainable from the
Adjutant General's office.
     Thanking you in advance for any information you may be able
to furnish, I am,
     Yours very truly,
     Thompson & Ballard
        JW Thompson

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RECEIVED
JAN 10 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER 85
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J.W. THOMPSON                                                          FRED B. BALLARD
                                   LAW OFFICES OF
                          THOMPSON & BALLARD
             SUITE 1233 VOLUNTEER STATE LIFE BUILDING
                 CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

January 8th, 1835.
Re: Adam Peck (1753 - 1817), Revolutionary soldier:

Director of Pensions,
    Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
   Information is respectfully requested with reference to
the military record of this soldier of the Revolutionary War, who is
said to have served in the Maryland Line during the war.  He was born
in Frederick County, Md., and died at Mossy Creek, Tenn.
   Thanking you in advance for any information you may be able to
furnish, I am,
    Yours very truly,
          JW Thompson

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RECEIVED
JAN 1 1934
MAIL. SUB-DIV.
VET. ADM.
READER 85
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J.W. THOMPSON                                                          FRED B. BALLARD
                                   LAW OFFICES OF
                          THOMPSON & BALLARD
             SUITE 1233 VOLUNTEER STATE LIFE BUILDING
                 CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

January 8th, 1834.

Re: Samuel McSpadden (1736 - 1844), revolutionary Soldier:

Director of Pensions,
    Washington, D.C.

Dear sir:
    Information is respectfully requested with reference to
the military record, and also as to the family record, if any, of the
above soldier of the Revolutionary War, for use in connection with an
application for membership in the D.A.R.  He is said to have enlisted 
from Rockbridge County, Va., and was a pensioner when he died in Jeffer-
son County, Tenn.
     Thanking you in advance, I am,
    Yours very truly,
   JW Thompson


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RECEIVED
JAN  10 1934
MAIL. SUB-DIV.
VETS.ADM.
READER 85
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Ada, Okla,
June, 21th,
Bureau of Pensions
   Washington, D.C.
   Dear Sir;
   Please send me the Revolutionary war record of 
Samuel McSpadden, who served in Virginia and received a pension
while living in Tennessee.  also any record you have of Benjamin
Waks or Wake who served from Virginia.  I thank you.
   Very truly,
   Mrs. Lottie M. Braly
   423 S. Rennie ave
        Ada
       Okla

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JAN
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1918
OFFICE.
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Vienna, (Enola),
Virginia.
January 21, 1918.
Dear sir:
   Will you kindly furnish me with an abstract of the
service and pension record of ancestor Samuel McSpadden, a
Revolutionary soldier and Patriot.
   I have the following information:
    Born October 19, 1756.
    Died August 31, 1844.
   Manufactured the powder, with which General Jackson won
the battle of New Orleans.  Made the powder on the Franch Broad
in Tennessee, rafted it down the Tennessee to Mississippi, and
thence to New Orleans.
   I understand both he and his widow (Polly Berry McSpadden)  aw none kwn
were awarded pensions.
   Thanking you for any information, I am, Sir,
   Yours very truly,
Louise Wilson Reynolds
Fairfax Chapter, Daughters of the 
American Revolution.

The Honorable Commissioner
of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.                           3--525

                                                                                     DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
                                                                                              BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S.F.4,203                                                                                   Washington, D.C.,................, 19.......

     In reply to your request of....., received..........
for a statement of the military history of Samuel McSpadden
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in the Bureau.

DATES OF               LENGTH OF                     OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
ENLISTMENT OR       SERVICE.      RANK.        CAPTAIN.                            COLONEL.                                 STATE.
APPOINTMENT.

1775                          3 mos.                           Charles Campbell                                Dickerson                        Va.
1776                          3 mos.                                      McDowell                          {Donley
                                                                                                                             {guarded Donley Fort  

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, near Lexington in Rockbridge Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, Feb'y 7, 1834 His cl. was al.  
Residence at date of application, Jefferson County, Tennessee
Age at date of application, born in 1756 in Rockbridge Co., Va.
     Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.  


    Respectfully,
                                      Commissioner.
        d-285C
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February 21, 1936
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AMUEL McSPADDEN
S. 4203
BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Honorable Clarence Cannon
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Cannon:
    Reference is made to your letter of February 10, addressed
to Honorable E.T. Conley, The Adjutant General, in which you
request the Revolutionary war records of Samuel McSpadden, of
Jefferson County, Tennessee, and Moses Lee, of Massachusetts.
   The Revolutionary War records of this office show that, in
response to your letter of February 10, 1936, addressed to
Honorable O.W. Clark, Veterans administration, a report was
made February 14, in regard to those two soldiers.  That report,
doubtless, has reached you.
      Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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W.C.S.

Re Rev. & 1812 Wars section

July 3, 1924

Mrs. W. C. Clemens
Tusculum
Tenn.

Madam:
   I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolution-
ary War pension claim, S.4203, it appears that Samuel McSpadden
was born in 1756 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
   While living near Lexington in Rockbridge County, Virginia, 
he enlisted in 1775 and served three months as a private in Captain
Charles Campbell's Company, Colonel Dickerson's Virginia Regiment.
   He enlisted in 1776 and served three months in Captain McDowell's
Company, Colonel Donley's Virginia Regiment.
   He was allowed pension on his application executed February 7,
1834, while living in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
      Respectfuly,

Commissioner
   There is no data on file as to his family.
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January 16, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS
Samuel McSpadden
S. 4203

Mr. J.W. Thompson
Suite 1233 Volunteer State Life building
Chattanooga
Tennessee

Dear Sir:
   Reference is made to your request for the records of Phillip
Cole, Samuel McSpadden and Adam Peck, soldiers of the Revolutionary
War.
   Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained
from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land
based upon the military service of soldiers in that war.
   A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on
account of the services of Phillip Cole and Adam Peck.
   The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the 
pension claim, S. 4203, based upon the military service of Samuel
McSpadden.
   He was born in 1756 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
   while living near Lexington in Rockbridge County, Virginia, he
enlisted in *1775 and served three months as a private in Captain Charles
Campbell's company in Colonel Dickerson's Virginia regiment.  He he enlisted
in 1776, served three months as private in Captain McDowell's company
in Colonel Donley's Virginia regiment and was engaged in guarding Donley's
Fort on the frontier of Greenbrier County, Virginia.
   After the Revolution he moved to Abingdon, Virginia and from there
to Jefferson County, Tennessee.
*  He said marched to
Pt. Pleasant but does
not say was in battle (in 1774)
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   He was allowed pension on his application executed February
7, 1834, while living in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
   The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the
family of Samuel McSpadden.
   This is the history of the only soldier named Samuel McSpadden
that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
   Very truly yours

Death not on
Agency Book

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
August 7, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars section
MCS

Mrs. Merrill M. Hagler
1700 Jackson St.
Amarillo, Texas

Dear Madam:
   You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S.4203, that Samuel McSpad-
den was born in 1756 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
   While living near Lexington in Rockbridge County, Virginia,
he enlisted in 1775 and served three months as a private in Cap-
tain Charles Campbell's Company in Colonel Dickerson's Virginia
Regiment.  He enlisted in 1776 and served three months in Captain
McDowell's Company in Colonel Donley's Virginia Regiment.
   He was allowed pension on his application executed February
7, 1834, while living in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
   The papers in this pension claim contain no data relative
to the family of Samuel McSpadden.
   The history of this soldier is furnished you at the request
of Miss Nannie Lee Hicks of 117 Colonial Circle, Fountain City,
Tennessee.

   Very Truly yours,
   A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

Death not on
agency Book
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rv. & 1812 Wars Section

July 2, 1926

Mrs. Lottie N. Braly
423 S. Rennie Ave.
Ada, Okla.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 4203, it appears that Samuel McSpadden was born in 1756 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. 

While living near Lexington in Rockbridge County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1775 and served three months as a private in Captain Charles Campbell's Company, Colonel Dickerson's Virginia Regiment. He enlisted in 1776 and served three months in Captain McDowell's Company, Colonel Donley's Virginia Regiment. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 7, 1834, while living in Jefferson County, Tennessee. 

There are no data on file relative to his family. 

The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a Benjamin Waks or Wake. 

Respectfully, 

Winfield Scott
Commissioner
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February 14, 1936
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/MCS
Samuel McSpadden
S. 4203

Honorable Clarence Cannon
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Cannon:

Reference is made to your letter of Feburary 10, 1936, in which you request the records of Revolutionary War soldiers, Samuel McSpadden and Moses Lee. 

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of Moses Lee. 

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 4203, based upon the military service of Samuel McSpadden. 

He was born in 1756 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given. 

While living near Lexington in Rockgridge County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1775 and served three months as private in Captain Charles Campbell's company in Colonel Dickerson's Virginia regiment. He enlisted in 1776, served three months as private in Captain McDowell's company in Colonel Donley's Virginia regiment and was engaged in guarding Donley's Fort on the frontier of Greenbrier County, Virginia. 

After the Revolution he moved to Abingdon, Virginia, and from there to Jefferson County, Tennessee. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 7, 1834, while living in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
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The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's
family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator