Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1492, for Reuben Roberts, North Carolina
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
SERVICE
N.C.

Roberts, Reuben
Milly

NUMBER
W. 1492

CONTENTS
[blank]
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[left side]
informed
Fe
the 7.16.1822
next he could
[illegible] be restored.
Ft to Hon:
Jones. H. Rep

A Duplicate certificate was issued in this case and sent to the Post
Master at McMinnville, Warren Co, Tennessee on the 15th May 1820
Notif sent to Joseph Colville Esq Clerk of the Court of
Warren County 2[illegible] April 1821

[right side]
11.195
R
Tennessee West
Reuben Roberts
of Warren County in the state of Tennessee
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Lyttle of the North Carolina
line, for the term of 2 years & 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 11th of Sept 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st of June 1819
and sent to P. W. Humphreys Esq Judge 
Clarksville Tennessee
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819: 5[illegible] $46.36
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819        $48
[total]                                                       $94.36

(Revolutionary claim,  )
(Act 18th March, 1818.)

[illegible handwriting bottom of page]
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[left side]
informed
Fe
the 7.16.1822
next he could
[illegible] be restored.
Ft to Hon:
Jones. H. Rep

A Duplicate certificate was issued in this case and sent to the Post
Master at McMinnville, Warren Co, Tennessee on the 15th May 1820
Notif sent to Joseph Colville Esq Clerk of the Court of
Warren County 2[illegible] April 1821

[right side]
11.195
R
Tennessee West
Reuben Roberts
of Warren County in the state of Tennessee
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Lyttle of the North Carolina
line, for the term of 2 years & 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 11th of Sept 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st of June 1819
and sent to P. W. Humphreys Esq Judge 
Clarksville Tennessee
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819: 5[illegible] $46.36
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819        $48
[total]                                                       $94.36

(Revolutionary claim,  )
(Act 18th March, 1818.)

[illegible handwriting bottom of page]
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Reuben Roberts
76 to 78
Little N.C. Regt
[illegible] war
Lees Corps Cavalry
on Roll

Admitted.
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State of Tennessee  )
White County          )
Third Judicial Circuit
September Session 1818.

On the 11th day of September 1818, com=
eth Reuben Roberts, a Citizen of Warren
County, in the said State of Tennessee, aged
sixty seven years, before me Parry W
Humphreys. one of the Judges of the Cir=
cuit Court for the said State, who being
by me duly sworn, upon his oath doth
make the following declaration, in order
to obtain the provisions of an act of Congress
passed the 18th day of March 1818, entitled
"An act to provide for certain persons en=
gaged in the land and naval Service of
the United States in the revolutionary
war."  To wit:  That he enlisted into the army
of the United States in the State of North
Carolina, shortly after the announcement
of the war, in the company commanded
by Captain William Lytle, for two years &
six months, and was attached to the sixth
N.C. Regiment, under the command of Colo.
Archibald Lytle, in the Brigade of Gen.
Nash; that he fought in the battles of
Brandywine, Germantown, at the sign
of the white horse, and at Valley Forge;
that at the battle of Germantown, he 
was wounded in the right should by
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a musket ball which much disabled his
right arm; that he served out the term of his
enlistment faithfully, and before leaving the 
army, he again enlisted for during the war,
that he afterwards fought in the battle of Kings
mountain in N. Carolina, and belonged to
a Scouting party at the Guilford battle, that 
finally, he fell into the Company of Capt. 
Allis and was attached to Colo. Lee's Coar
of horse, that in that service he remained
untill [until] after the capture of Corn Wallace
when the company were ordered to disperse
without being regularly discharged.  That 
he has never received any pension from
the United States, and that by reason of
his reduced circumstances in life, he is
in need of assistance from his country
for support.
Reuben his x mark Roberts
Sworn to & signature
ackknowledged before
me this 11th of Sept 1818
Parry W Humphreys
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State of Tennessee                  )
White County Sept. 19th 1818)
I Parry W Humphreys Judge
& C. do hereby certify that it appears to my
Satisfaction that Reuben Roberts whose
Signature is attached to the within ["such" is crossed out]
[illegible word is crossed out] affidavit did serve in the army
of the United States for more than
nine months against the Common
enemy in the time of the revolutionary
war & that he is in such reduced
circumstances in life as to require assist
ance from his country for support.
I therefore certify & warrant the within 
being the evidence & proceedings have before
me to the Honble [Honorable] Secretary of the
war department
Given at Sparta in the
County aforesaid this 12th of Sept 1818
Parry W. Humphreys
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[page damage]
2 old [illegible]           [page damage]
1 old shovel plow       [page damage]
1 Dutch over broke          2.00
1 skillet                               .75
1 old fleet iron                     6 1/4
1/2 doz Earthen plates         5
1/2 doz pewter plates        1.00
3 cups & sawcers [saucers] 12/
1/2 doz knives & Forks       1.00
[total]                                $286.68 3/4

My family consists as follows wife 60 years of
[page damage] and badly cripled [crippled] by reason of a fall several
[remainder of page damaged]

[following written sideways across left edge of page]
Reuben Roberts W Tennessee
No. 11.195
[illegible]

[following written sideways across right side of page across inventory]
Discontinued.
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State of Tennessee  )
Warren County        )
Schedule
On this Seventh day of October
1820, personally appeared in open court being
a court of record for the said county
Reuben Roberts Aged 65 years resident in said
county who being first duly sworn according
to law doth on his oath declare that [illegible]
he served in the revolutionary war as
follows Enlisted ["for" crossed out] during the war on the ---[blank]
day of April or May in 1775 or first of the war in
the [illegible] brough in the state of North Carolina in the
company commanded by Capt Wm Lytle of the Regmt comm
--anded by Col Archabald Lytle of the line of the state
North Carolina in the continental establishment 
that he continued to serve [illegible] said corps as in
the service of the United States [illegible] the [illegible] the war, when he was discharged
from service at Monck's Corner in S Carolina agreeable to
original declaration of the 11th Sept 1818 upon which I believe no [illegible] pen
-sion certificate dated 15th of May 1820 [illegible] No 11.195
And I do solemnly swear that I was [illegible]
Citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March
1818 and that I have not since that time by
gift sale or in any manner disposed of my
property or any part thereof with intent
as to bring myself
thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself
within the provision of an act of Congress
entitled "An act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and naval service of the
United States in the revolutionary war
passed on the 18 day of March 1818 and that
I have not nor has any person in trust for
me any property or securities contracts or
debts due to me nor have I any income other than what
is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed
and by me subscribed
Real Estate )
One tract of land containing
ninty [ninety] Acres ten Acres cleared 
worth two dollars an acre $1,80
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[following written sideways on left side of page]
Reuben Roberts W Tennessee
No.11.195
[illegible]

[following is written upside down across the inventory list below]
Notif sent Apl 24th 1821 [illegible] J Colville Esq.

[following is written sideways across the numeric portion of the inventory list below}
Discontinued.

Personal )
Estate     )
One horse 10 years old      $25.00
2 Cows & Calves                   20.00
5 steers                                  30.00
14 head Sheep                       14.00
2 
2 axes                                        1.00
2 old hoes                                  .75
1 old shovel [illegible]                .50
1 Dutch oven broke                   2.00
1 Skillet                                        .75
1 old Flat Iron                                6 1/4
1/2 doz Earthen plates                  50    
1/2 doz pewter plates                  1.00
3 cups & sawcers [saucers]             12 1/2
1/2 doz Knives & Forks                 1.00
[total]                                      $286.68 3/4

My family consists as follows wife 60 years of
age and badly cripled [crippled] by reason of a fall several 
years passed two sons, and ninteen [nineteen] years of age the
other thirteen, two daughters are twenty two
years the other twenty are the latter has been
disabled a long time by reason of a wound
in her leg I am by occupation a farmer but
unable to labor from a fracture of my right

over
["Sworn to & enclosed on
Eighth day of October 1821" is crossed out"]

Sworn to and Declared and)
in open Court 7th October  )
1820                                    )
Jas. Colville Clerk                 )

Reuben his x mark Roberts
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unable to labor from a fracture of my right 

over
Sworn to and Declared       )
in open Court 7th October )
1820                                    )
Jos. Colville Clerk                 )

[the following is crossed out]
Sworn to & enclosed on the
Eighth day of October 1820

Reuben his x mark Roberts

State of Tennessee  )
Warren County        )
I Joseph Colville Clerk of the
County Court of Warren do hereby Certify that the
foregoing and the Schedule hereunto annexed and
truly copied from the Records of the said Court   and
I do further certify that it is the opinion of said
Court that the total amount in value of the
foregoing exhibit in the aforesaid Schedule is
$286.68 3/4
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my
hand and private Seal (having no Seal of office)
at office the 16th Day of October 1820
Jos. Colville (seal)
Jos Colville Clerk
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
10117.
Tennessee, 504
Milly Roberts
Widow of Reuben Roberts
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 2d August 1841.
of Warren in the State of Tennessee
who was a Pri in the Compy
commanded by Captain ------ of the
Regt commanded by Col. Lyttle in
the Rev [ "line" is crossed out] for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville
at the rate of 80 Dollars -----
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of
Nov. 1846 and sent to Wm.
Trabue, Columbia, [illegible]
Total amount,   $400.--
[Act July 7, 1838.]
& It. Rev 23d Jany. 1845.
Recorded by D.C. Wood Clerk,
Book S. Vol 1. Page 355.

Ref?
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State of Tennessee  )
Warren County        ) s
On this the 19th day of February 
1844 Personally appeared before me John Gribble
an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County & State
aforsaid  [aforesaid] Mrs. Milley Roberts aged Eightyfive years and who
after being first duly sworn according to Law Doth on her
oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the 
benefit of the provision made by an act of Congress past [passed] the
7th July 1838 Entitled an act granting half pay & Pensions to
certain widows towit That she is the widow of Reuben Roberts and
who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and she thinks belonged
to the North Carolina Troops and who on account of his service as Soldier
in said war and in said line Received a Pension of $96 per annum
and to this evidence composing the Matter of the application of her
said Husband for said Pension She refers for such facts and 
particulars as are necessary in the investigation of her Claim
She further Declars [Declares] that she has no documentary evidence in 
Support of her Claim having had her family Record burnt
up in her same house about the year of 1810 She further-
Declars [Declares] that she was Married to her said Husband Reuben
Roberts some time in August Seventeen hundred & Eighty
five and that her said Husband Died on the 2nd day of August
Eighteen hundred & forty one.  That she was not Married to the
said Reuben Roberts previous to his leaving the service
but the Marriage took place prior to the first day
of January 1794 Viz at the time above stated & that she
have not since the Death of her said Husband intermar
ried but still Continues his widow and she further
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Respectfully prays that her Pension may be
granted her, and the certificate & all corespondance [correspondence]
be directed & sent to William Trabue of Columbia
Adair County State of Kentucky
Milley her x mark Roberts
Sworn to & subscribed on the day         )
and year aforsaid [aforesaid] before me )
John Gribble J P

I the Just suscrib Magistrate do certify that the
Declarant is personally known to me and known to
be the widow of Reuben Roberts Deceased and is
a lady of an douted [undoubted] varasity [veracity] and a pious Christian
and I have now [no] doubt the true statements and all
her statements are intitled [entitled] to Fulest [fullest] faith and 
Credit having been a near Neighbor to the Famly [family]
For some twenty Five years and she is holy [wholly] unable
to appear in open court For she has been blind
For some years and a cripple for some ten years
and unable to walk in Witness Whereof I subscribe
my Name this 17 Feb 1844
John Gribble J P
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10816  April 157844

8979.
664.

Ten 
Milly Roberts
7 July 1838

d 41.
Married before 1794
husband died 2 Aug 1841

["adm'd
2 years private
$80
commencing from 2d day 
of August, 1841, when husband
died" is crossed out]

Also acts '43 & '44
$80
Wm Frabue
Columbia, Ky

["Cm G. A. Caldwell
House Reps" crossed out]
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State of Tennessee Warren Court Set
On this the 19th day of February 1844 Personally appeared before me John Gribble
an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County
& State aforesaid Mr. James Roberts a resident of 
of sd [said] County and who after being first duly sworn
according to Law doth on his Oath state as follows
towit & that he is the Son of the Late Reuben Roberts
(who was a Revolutionary Soldier & a Pensioner on the
Nashville Agency at the rate of $96 [per] annum) and Milley
his widow that he is Fifty years old was Born 29th
Decr. [December] 1793 & that his said Father & Mother has five
Children Older than himself and that there [their] family record
was Burnt up in his brothers house about the year 1810
except his own age which was written in his own Book
He further states that he often hears his Parents tell
of there [their] wedding which took place about the year
of Seventeen hundred and Eighty five and that he has
lived with & near to them all his life & that they lived
agreeably together as Man & Wife to his death which
took place on the 2nd day of August 1841 & there [their] Mar
riag [Marriage] have never been doubted & his Mother still
remains the widow of Reuben Roberts Pensioner
having never Married since and is now Blind and
have been a Cripple for ten years not being able to walk
James his x mark Roberts
Sworn to & subscribed on the day)
and year aforesaid before me        )
John Gribble J P
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I the Just subscribed Magistrate Do certify the
Deponent is a son of Reuben Roberts Pensioner and
that He is their sixth child and a man of the First
Respectability and undoubt [undoubted] Varasity [veracity] and a pias [pious]
Christian and all his statements are in title [entitled] to the Fullest
faith as Witness my hand this 19 February 1844
John Gribble JP.
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[illegible marks]

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

September 3, 1924.

Lucy M. Ball,
211 Caldwell St.,
Jacksonville, ILL.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolution-
ary War pension claim, W. 1492, it appears that Reuben Rob-
erts enlisted in Hillsboro, North Carolina, in April or May
1775, served as a private under Captains William Lytle and
White, Colonel Archibald Lytle's North Carolina Regiment,
and in Captain Amis' Company, Colonel Lee's Corps of Horse,
was in the battles of Brandywine, White Horse, Germantown
where he was wounded by a musket ball in the right shoulder,
King's Mountain and Guilford and served to the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed Sep-
tember 11, 1818, while a resident of Warren County, Tennessee,
aged 67 years.  He died August 2, 1841.
Soldier married in August 1785, Mary Milly Ashor.  She
was pensioned under the name, Milly, on an application ex-
ecuted February 19, 1844, while a resident of Warren County,
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Tennessee, aged 85 years.
Reference is made to twelve children, no names stated except the following:
John who stated in 1823 that he had a wife and child 
but did not give their names.
James, born December 29, 1793, a resident of Warren
County, Tennessee, in 1844.
Cobb, aged 16 years in 1823.
In 1820 soldier mentioned a son, aged 19 years, and
two daughters, aged 21 years and 22 years, named not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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[symbol] 10816
Milly Roberts
Tsn [Tennessee]
Rejected.
Set to Hon. G.A. Caldwell
May 29 '44
Let to Wm Trabue March
12th R4C
Act 7 July 1838
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Reuben Roberts, (Nashville) Tenn. Act 18 March 1818/$96.06
To what time was he last paid
Pension office
[illegible] 3 1841 
GCA
Died 2d Augt 1841, pd to his death.
BLBogan
There are 5 Agencies in Tennessee, please state
to which roll your enquires extend
BLB
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby cer-
tify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of his State, in the Revolutionary
War, that Reuben Roberts a private Soldier in Capt. Whites
Company of the Sixth Regiment, entered the service on the [blank]
day of [blank] 17[blank] for the term of three years, and was omited [omitted] in 
June 1778.  A warrant was issued for his services as
having served three years, No. 1423 in Nov. 1784.
Given under my hand this 20th day of April 1846.
Wm. Hill Secry [Secretary] of State
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Reuben Roberts W. Ten: Act March 18, 1808
to what time prd [period]
Pen Office
{illegible] 15
[illegible] of 4 Sep 1837
JH
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To what time was Reuben Roberts of
West Tennessee, act 1818, last paid? and
did he receive any pay before March
1820, or for 1819?
Respectfully
JL Edwards
Dec. 16. 1834

Paid to 4 Sept 1834 from October [illegible]
1822 and 3 [illegible] both.  The [illegible]
[illegible] of the [illegible]
2d [illegible] office
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Paid from Sept 11. 1818 to March 4, 1820.
Restored [illegible] Oct. 7. 1823 & paid to March 4. 1834
John Sefford
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Amount of schedule $286.68
Aged 65 years, served two years & half
from 1775.  Wife aged 60 years cripple
2 Sons, aged 19 & 13 years, two
daughters aged 22 & 20. one disabled
The real estate valued at $180.
is the property of his Brother.
see proof within
no
Hon: F. Jones. House of Reps
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1915 Oct. 25 Hist. to [page damage]
J. E. Bentley. Letter in[page damage]3.250 John Cunningham
1924. Sept 3--Hist to Lucy [page damage]

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1492
Milly Roberts
Widow
Reuben Roberts
Priv. Rev. War
Act: March 3d 1843.
Index:--Vol. M, Page 168
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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West Tennessee
Reuben Roberts. private enlist[page damage]
[page damage] 5.4 discharged in 1782 reenlisted for [page damage]
[page damage] 69 years by occupation a far[page damage]
unable to work by reason of lameness
his right arm and unable at times
[page damage] it. Wife, 63 years, unable to
walk without help.  Son, aged 10
[page damage] very sickly, and unable to wo[page damage]
file Sept 10
Schedule date [illegible] 7 October 1820.  con
tains one tract of land of 90 acres
[illegible] of which is cleared  $180--
Stock, farming utensils
household furniture & etc.  106
[miscellaneous numbers in margin]
Total.  286
Schedule under the act of March 
1823, dated 7 October 1823.
Real property none__
Personal do am to   $31.68 3/4
[page damage] accounts for the decrease of his pro-
perty as follows.  He states that his
 tract of land, mentioned in his [page damage]
schedule contains but 70 acres, and 
that 90 acres was put down by [page damage]
[page damage] and [page damage] [illegible]
his own but the property of his [page damage]
and that it was to to him (the
applicant) by his sons desire, he
has reconveyed the said land
his son, and the sd [said] Son now
lives on it. He states that his son
purchased the sd [said] 70 acres of land
about 7 years since of Geo. Edwards
for Two hundred dollars, paid in a
horse, and cattle. The Horse [illegible]
in his former schedule, died in [illegible]
4 Steers consumed in his family, and
[page damage] pd [paid] to W Martin for salt. 2 Sheep
sold for salt 8 destroyed by wolves
or dogs. See authenticate of the [illegible]
from the applicant to his son for
[illegible] 70 acres of land dated 20
[page damage] 1823.
Restored April
7.1824 &
sent to
William P Lawrence Esq
let 15 Dec 37 Hin N.L. Turney
McMinnville
do. to Hon. H. L Tumey 6 March 1838
Tennessee
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Last Ctf.
Tennessee 7888.
Milly Roberts
widow of Reuben Roberts
NC
who was a Private
in the Revolution.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars ------
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
husband died 2 August 1841
Certificate of Pension issued the
30th day of July 1846.
and sent to 
Wm. Trabue, Esq.
Columbus, Ky.
[Acts of March 3, 1843
& 7th June 1844.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2 Page 197.
Rept.
Certf Act. 1838, and
[illegible] Res. Sent to Wm. Tra[page damage]
Nov 5: 1846.
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Columbia Ky
Decr. 23rd 1845

Sir
Enclosed I send you additional
papers in the case of Mrs. Robert
I have complied with all your
directions, and hope the case
is now completely prepared
Please send me the certificate
at your earliest possible convenience
Very Respectfully
your obt. servt
Wm. Trabue
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commission of Pensions
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Columbia Ky
May [illegible] 1846
Sir
In your letter to me of the 12th March
last you say.  "In the case of Milly Roberts
the date of the Marriage is Satisfactory," But
you say then Service of the Husband Reuben
Roberts must be established by the certificate
of the Secretary of State of North Carolina
I have procured the certificate to that
office and send it herewith.  This will
I hope be satisfactory, and hope you
will send me the certificate at your
earliest leisure
In the case of Mrs. Polly Washam I have
heretofore sent you the best attainable evidence
of the date of marriage, and in compliance with
your directions I have also written to the
clerk of Amelia County Va. for record evidence
of the marriage.  The clerk wrote me that
he could not, on diligent search, find any
record of the marriage; I have enclosed you
that letter about Jany past which together with the proof
before made, furnishes the best and only
evidence that can be had.  I have not heard
from you since.  I trust you will turn
your attention to that case and grant
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the certificate.  If any thing more ought
to be done or can be done, please
write to me on the Subject
Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
Wm Trabue

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comsner [Commissioner] of Pensions
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State of Tennessee Warren County; set
Warren County Court March Term
1844 at a County Court duly organized holden at
the town of McMinnville in and for the County of
Warren State of Tennessee on Monday the 4th day
of March 1844, It is ordered to be certifyed [certified] & recorded that
the procedings [proceedings] in the Matter of the application of
Mrs. Milley Roberts of Sd [said] County for a Pension has
before John Gribble Esqr. on the 19th day of Feby
1844 be and the same are now submitted to the Court 
and are Sanctioned by sd. [said] Court, it is further ordered
to be Certified that the said proceding [proceeding] are entitled to as
full faith and Creddit [credit] as tho [though] they had been made in
Open Court
I Richman Mcgregory Clerk of the
the County Court of Warren and State of Tennessee
Certify that the above order is truly transcribed
from the Records in my office
In testimony where of I have
hearunto [hereunto] affixed my seal of
Ofice [office] and subscribed my
name this the 6th day of March 1844
Richmond McGregor clerk
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Im ab Tab 15.
Reuben Roberts
Act 1818 Tenn
for arrear
1 June 19 [page damage]

James L Edwards.
Pension
office
Washington City

Hon H. S. Tumey
HR
Page 35

Washington City Feb. 14th 1838
Sir
Enclosed you will find the Letter of
Reuben Roberts, a Pensioner, Claiming his pay from
the 4th of March 1820, to the 7th of Oct. 1833 or 4,
enclosed you will also find the Letter of John
M Bass the Pension agent at Nashville from
which it fully appears that the Claim Set up
by Mr. Roberts is manifestly just and has
never been paid. I therefore hope that you
will without delay order the Same to be paid
to him.  I am Sir as ever yours [illegible]
Hop. S. Tumey
PS. Please return the enclosed
Letters with your answer.
H.S.T.
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Washington City Dec the 14th 1837
Sir_ Enclosed you will find the Letter of Mr.
Reuben Roberts to myself on the subject
of his claim to a pension, when his
application to your department was made I know not
nor what is the difficulty if any, I am
not informed nor is he, as appears from
his letter, you will therefore please examine
his papers and give all the information
in relation thereto at as early a peariod [period]
as may be conveniant [convenient]. In order that
I may advise him thereof &c.
I am yours &c

James L Edwards
Hop. S. Tumey
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Mcminnville Nov 24th 1823
Sir
Enclosed I forward to you the
Declaration & schedule of Reuben Roberts, who
claims a pension as a revolutionary Soldier
also a deed of conveyance of the tract of land
mentioned in the law [illegible] and also the
affidavits of Jessee Billingsly and John Roberts
that go to substantiate his claim the said Reuben
Roberts is very illiterate, unable to read or write, and
the improper communication that may heretefore have been
communicated to the war Department can be attributed
to his ignorance
I am his your obt Servant
[name illegible]
Hon J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
3-525
W.F. 1492
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D. C., 
[blank], 19 [blank]

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Reuben Roberts
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 this Bureau.

[column headings: Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. Length of Service. Rank. Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered. Captain. Colonel. State.]

April or May, 1775. 2 yrs 6 mos. [no rank]. William Lytle, Ames. Archibald Lytle, Lees Corps of Horse. NC.

discharged at close of War.

Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Germantown where he was wounded in Shoulder
and White Horse Kings Mountain & Guilford

Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Hillsborough N.C.

Age at date of application, 67 years.  Dead Aug. 2 1841

Remarks: Solider married Aug 1785 Mary Milly Ashor. She
as al. pension on an app. ex Feby 19, 1844.  While a resident
of Warren Co. Tenn. aged 85 yrs.  Twelve children are referred
to: John, Cobb & James b. Dec 29 1793 are
the only ones whose names are stated
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6--2856
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211 Caldwell St.
Jacksonville, Illinois
Aug. 8. 1924.

Dept of Pensions
War Department
Washington. D. C.

Will you kindly send me data concerning
the Revolutionary soldiers Reuben Roberts,
who was living 1840 in Warren Co., Tenn. (en-
listed from Guilford Co. N.C.) and James
Wright, who was a pensioner living in Organ
Co., Illinois in 1840, and oblige
Yours very truly
Lucy M. Ball

[date stamp]
PENSION
L
AUG
U. 11 S.
1924
OFFICE
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State of Tennessee  )
Warren County        )
on this the 21st day of November
1845, Personally appeared before me John Gribble an
an acting Justice of the peace in & for the County &
State aforesaid Peter Nuckolls aged sixty one years past
who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath
make the following statements, that he has been well
acquainted with Reuben Roberts a Revolutionary Pensioner
on the Tennessee agency at Nashville at the rate of $96-
per annum who died the 2nd day of August 1841, & Milly
his wife now his widow who have this day made Decla
ration for a pension and there [their] Large family of Children
twelve in number, for thirty three years past they
then had twelve children & from my knowledge of
them I hesitate not to say the oldest is more than
fifty eight years old past & the youngest is thirty six
and they are all the Legal heirs of the aforesaid Reuben and
Milly Roberts.  he further states that the aforesaid Milly
Roberts is the unmarried widow of Reuben Robers [Roberts) aforesd [aforesaid]
having never intermarried since his death
Peter Nuckolls
Sworn to & subscribed this the day}
and year aforesaid before me          )
John Gribble JPWC
I Certify that the within Affiant is Personally
Known to me and that he is a man of undoubtful
Verasity [veracity] and Credibility and full faith
and Credit is Due to all his statements
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State of Tennessee )
Warren County       )
I Richmond McGregor Clerk of the
County Court of said County do hereby
Certify that John Gribble whose name appears to the foregoing
is and was at the time of his signing the same an acting
Justice of the Peace for said County duly elected
and qualified as such (& the signature purporting
to be his is genuine) and that due faith and
credit should be given to all his official acts.
Given under my hand and seal of
office at office in McMillville this 21st day of
Novr [November] AD 1845.
Richmond McGregor clk
By Sam Henderson DC
Page 42

State of Tennessee )
Warren County       )
on this the 21st day of November
1845, Personally appeared before me John Gribble an
acting Justice of the peace in & for the county and
state aforesaid John Cotton aged seventy two years
past, who being first duly sworn according to Law
doth on his oath make the following statement
that he has been well acquainted with Reuben Robe 
=erts a revolutionary Pensioner of sd [said] County & Milly his
wife now his widow & there [their] family of Children twelve
in number for thirty three years past & have been
intimately acquainted with them ever since & from his
knowledge of there [their] Children & there [their] ages he verily bel
eavs [believes] the oldest is at least fifty nine years past and
the youngest thirty eight & that the aforesaid Milly
Roberts is the unmarried widow of the aforesaid Reuben
Roberts late of sd [said] County having never intermarried
since his Death which took place in August 1841
John Cotten
Sworn to & subscribed on the day)
and year aforesaid before me.       )
John Gribble J.P.W.C.
I Certify that the within Affiant is personally
known to me and that he is a man of undoubted
Verasity [veracity] and Credibility and full faith and
Credit is Due to all his statements in testimony whereof
I do here unto set my hand the day and
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year Aforesaid
John Gribble J.P.W.C.

State of Tennessee  )
Warren County        )
I Richmond McGregor Clerk of the County
Court of said County do hereby that John
Gribble whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is and
was an acting Justice of the Peace for said County at the time
of his signing the same (duly elected and qualified as such the signature purporting to be his is genuine)
and as such due faith and credit should be given to all
his official acts.
Given under my hand and seal of
Office at Office in McMinnville this 21st day of Novr [November] AD 1845
Richmond McGregor clerk
By Sam Henderson DC.
Page 44

State of Tennessee  )
Warren County        ) set
on this the 21st day of
November 1845, personally appeared before me
John Gribble an acting Justice of the peace in
and for the county & state aforesaid Mrs Milly Roberts
of sd [said] County aged Eighty seven years past, who being
first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the
following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 7th July
1838, & entitled an act granting half pay and Pensions to
certain widows to wit that she is the widow of Reuben
Roberts, who was a solider in the War of the Revolution
and she thinks belonged to the North Carolina Line of
Troops, and who on account of his service as soldier in sd [said]
War received a Pension of $96 per annum and to the evidence
composing the matter of the application of her sd [said] husband for
sd [said] Pension also to her former Declaration made February
1844, She refers for such particulars & facts as are necessary 
in the investigation of her Claim, She further declares that
She has no Documenary [documentary] evidence in support of her claim
She further Declares that she was Married to the said
Reuben Roberts in August Seventeen hundred and
Eighty five, and that her sd [said] husband the Late Reuben
Roberts died on the 2nd day of August Eighteen hun
dred & forty one. That she was not married to the
said Reuben Roberts previous to his leaving the serv
ice but the marriage took place prior to the first day
of January 1794, viz at the time above stated
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and that she has never since the death of her said
husband intermarried but still continues his widow
Milly her x mark Roberts
Sworn to & subscribed the day )
and year aforesaid before me    )
John Gribble J.P.W.C.
Note in the above interlined in two places before signed
John Gribble J.P.W.C.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me
and that she is the widow of the aforesaid Reuben Roberts and a Lady of respectability & undoubted veraci
ty & all her statements are intitled [entitled] to full faith and credit
& from my long acquaintance with the family I have no dou
bt of the truth of all her statements, I also certify that the
declarant is wholy [wholly] unable to appear in open court by
reason of Bodily Disability so to do, given under my hand
the day & year last above mentioned.
John Gribble J.P.W.C.
State of Tennessee )
Warren County       )
I Richmond McGregor Clerk of the County Court 
of said County do hereby certify that John
Gribble whose name appears to the foregoing
certificate is and was an acting Justice of the Peace at the time
of his signing the same (and the signature purporting to be his is
genuine) and as such due faith and credit should be given to 
all his official acts
Given under my hand and seal of
Office at Office in McMinnville this 21st day
of Novr [November] AD 1845.
Richmond McGregor clerk
By Sam Henerson DC
Page 46

State of Tennessee  )
Warren County        )
At a County Court duly organised [organized]
and held in the Court House in
the Town of McMinnville it being the County
of Warren and State of Tennessee on Monday the 1st day of
December 1845,  It is ordered to be certified and recorded
that the proceedings in the matter of the application of Mrs
Milly Roberts of said County for a Pension had before
John Gribble Esq on the 21st day of Novr [November] 1845, he and
the same are now submitted to the said Court and
are sanctioned by the Court, it is further ordered to
be certified that the said proceedings are entitled to
as full faith and credit as tho [though] the same had been
made in Open Court.

I Richmond McGregor Clerk of 
Warren County Court State of Tennessee certify that
the above order is correctly transcribed
from the Record in my office.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto affix
my seal of Office at Office in McMinnville
and subscribe my name this 1st day of
December 1845.
Richmond McGregor Clerk
of Warren County Court
By Sam Henderson DC
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State of Tennessee
Warren County
On this 28th day of April 1829; before me
the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said county
of Warren personally appeared Reuben Roberts [illegible] 
his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly
belonged to the Company commanded by Captain [illegible] in
the regiment commanded by Colonel Archibald Lilte [Lytle]
in the service of the United States, that his name was
placed on the pension roll of the State of  North
Carolina that he never did receive a certificate of
the last [word crossed out]
Reuben x Roberts
Sworn & Subscribed to before
[illegible] the day & year aforesaid
Leighton Ferrell
Justice of the peace
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of pensions
Page 49

Columbia, Adair Cty Ky
October 18th 1846
Sir
Enclosed I send you the Declara
=tion of Milly Roberts under the Joint Reso
=ution of the 23rd January 1845.  She made
Declaration for a pension about the 20th
February 1844, which stood [illegible] by the
proviso of 3oth April 1844, her first Decla
ration was complained of for some defect
in form she therefore made an amended
Declaration in November 1845.  She 
now claims the benefit of the Joint reso
=lution as above stated.

I also send you the papers in the case of
Sarah Allison with the required certi
ficate of A Cullum which I hope
will be satisfactory.
Also the Declaration of Sarah Burkly
all of which I hope will be satisfactory
I hope you will give your attention 
to the above at your earliest conve
=nience 
I am with respect
Your obedient Servt
Wm Trabue

Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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43 7888
Aug 20 1846
Rec [illegible]
Milly Roberts

Columbia Ky
Aug [illegible]

10

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Dec.
Page 51

Columbia Adair Cty
Ky, August 9th 1846
Sir
In the case of Milly Robers of Tense [Tennessee]
I mailed to you the certificate of the
secretary of the state of North Carolina
for three years service of Reuben
Roberts in the war of the Revolution
in compliance with yours of the 12th March
this I sent you about the 14th May

In the case of Sarah Allison of Tense [Tennessee]
I sent you the certificate of the secretary 
of the state of North Carolina of the set
=tlement made with John Allison & pay [illegible]
[illegible] by Col Lytle also the Letter of
Maj [illegible] F Collins Comptroler [Comptroller] for
service in the war of the Revolution
hoping it would be satisfactory to the
Department, this I sent about the 28th
June & have not heard from them since
will you be so kind as to let me hear
from them for the old Ladys is quite
impatient. You will please answer
this at your earliest convenience
I am Sir your
humble Servt
Wm Trabue
Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Page 52

Mrs Milly Roberts
Tennessee
Warren County

[illegible date stamp]

FREE

Hon Geo. A. Caldwell M.C.
Washington City D.C.
Page 53

State of Tennessee Washington County
County Court Clerks office Jonesboro May 18-44 [1844]

Dear sir
At the request of Mr. Wm Trabue
Columbia Ky I have searched the office
for the Marriage license of Reuben
Roberts to Mary Milly Ashor said to
have Issued from this office about the year
1785 I can find neither license bond or record.  In that day (1785) the license was not
recorded and this was a new County.  The
office then was carelessly kept.  I think it
more than likely that they were not returned
and another fact.  Six or seven years since our
court house was burnt and the Clerks Office was kept in it.  It may be that many the
papers was lost at that time.  I have 
search about three days for the license and
bond, part of the time with assistance.
Yours respectfully
W. H. Smith
Clerk of the County Court for
Washington County
To Hon Geo A Caldwell M.C.
Page 54

J. L. [illegible] Esq
Pension Agent
War Dept
Page 55

Washington Decmbr [December] 12th 1821

Sir
Inclosed [enclosed] is a sort of petition
to Congress.  I have thought it proble [probable] that
the [illegible] thirty [illegible] would authorize
you to place him on the Roll.  I wish you
if you please to examine his case [illegible]
[illegible] so that should it be rejected I may
present his petition to Congress
respectfully
S Lony
Page 56

Affidavit of
John Billingsly
Page 57

State of Tennessee )
Warren County       )
This day being the 7th of October 1823
Personally appeared before me Jesse
Coffee an acting justice of the peace in and for said
County Jesse Billings who being first duly sworn
Saith that he is a near neighbour [neighbor] of Reuben Roberts
the person who claimes [claims] a pension of Government
and knoweth the situation of his affairs and
states that the property of said Roberts is as stated
in his declaration of this day in court, he the said
Billings does know of the cows dying and the destruct
=ion of the sheep and that the saaid [said] Roberts
is poor and has no property abbout him and ap;ears
destitute, that he the said Billings has always
understood that the land stated in the said declr
=ration was the property of John Roberts and that 
he let his father live in it as he had some of 
his own that he has been [illegible] to it for upwards of 
four years and that 70 Acres is all the land that
he or they ever claimed and further this deponent
Saith not.
Jessee Billings
Sworn and Subscribed before
me this day and date above
Jesse Coffee
Justice of the Peace
Page 58

State of Tennessee )
Warren County       )    
September
the 25th 1891
To the Honorable the Congress of the United
States Humbly prayeth Reuben Roberts for
restoration of his pention [pension] money as He is a
cripple and not able to man labor himself his lady
also is a cripple and not able to maintain herself
All his children (except the youngest) have 
become their own agents and are working for
themselves and illegible the youngest is a child still unable to
maintain himself.  The records will show that he
was once a pentioner [pensioner] But by a misrepresentation
of his property he was striken [stricken] from the pention [pension]
list The Schedule will Show the property given in
The land and Sheep was not his property The land
was the property of his Son who is now in possession
of it and the sheep the property of George Washing
-ton Sanders which land and property the said 
Reuben Roberts had then in his care and
ignorently [ignorantly] gave it instead his own.
We the undersigned sub
scribers know the above
to be carrect correct.
Samuel Parthington
Hiram Holliday Capt 
William Renfro
M Hogan Justice of Peace
Andrew Hogan
William Logue J.P
John Grove JP
Thos Davis JP
William Martin [illegible]
Chris Wm. Shell
Richman McGregor [illegible]
John B Perkins
Moses Belcher
M Dean
Paris Colville [illegible]
Peter Nuckolls
Page 59

State of Tennessee )
Warren County       )
This day came John Roberts
Before Me Marcus Hogan
one of the acting Justice of
the peace for sd [said] County and Made oath In Due
form of law that [words stuck]
the Land that Reuben Roberts held on his
papers [illegible] and gave in as his own property when began
a Shedule [schedule] of his property is not the property of him
The sd [said] Reuben Roberts but is the property of me the sd [said] John
Roberts and that I Bought it and payed [paid] for it
five years ago Sworn to and subscribed this 6th
October 1821 before the
John Robert (seal)
M Hogan
Justice of peace 
[illegible]
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State of Tennessee  )
Warren County        ) scet
on this the 21st day of November 1843
personally appeared before me John Grible an acting Justice
of the peace in and for said County Thomas Grible a
Resident of said County aged Sixty nine past who having
first duly sworn according to law doath [doth] on his oath
make the following statesments [statement] to wit, that he was
well acquainted with Reubin Roberts & Milley his wife
& there [their] family of children about twenty seven years
past and at that time they had twelve children and
the youngest one of them was about ten yeares [years] auld [old]
at that time and from my long acquaintance with
the aforesaid Reuben Roberts pensioner and his wife
Milley Roberts and all of their children I hesitate
not to state that the auldest [oldest] one of them must be
fifty Eight or nine years past and all of their
children is the lawful heires [heirs] of the aforesaid
Reubin [Reuben] Roberts pensionare [pensioner] and Milley Roberts his
wife who has this day maid [made] declaration for a pension and
still Remaines [remains] his unmarried widow
sworn to and subscribe on the day   )
and yeare [year] aforesaid Before me)
Thomas J [Gribble]
John Gribble JPWC
I Certify that the within Affiant is Personally 
known to me and that he is a man of undoubted
Varasity [veracity] and Credibility and full faith and
Credit is Due to all his statements in testimony
Whereof I Do here unto set my hand the day
and year afore said
John Gribble J P W C
Page 61

State of Tennessee )
Warren County       )
I Richmond McGregor Clerk of the
County Court of said County do
hereby certify that John Gribble whose name appears
to the foregoing certificate is and was an acting
Justice of the Peace for said County duly
elected and qualified as such and as
such due faith and credit should be
given to all his official acts
Given under my hand and seal
of Office at Office in McMinnville this 21st day of
Nov AD 1845.
Richmond McGregor Clerk
By Sam Henderson DC
Page 62

Reuben Roberts
Dced [Deceased]
John Roberts
70 acres
ack not paid
Page 63

State of Tennessee     )
Warren County Court )
October Term 1823
I do hereby certify that the
execution of the within Deed of conveyance was this
day acknowledged in open Court by the conveyor
and ordered to be certified
General office the 7th Oct 1823.
{illegible] Colville clk

State of Tennessee )
Warren County       )
 I certify that the within
Deed of Conveyance and Clerks certificate
thereon are duly registered in the Registers
Office of said county in Book D pages
428 & 429.
Given at office this 10th day of
October 1823.
George Harris Register
by his deputy
[illegible]
Page 64

This Indenture made this twentieth Day of August
1823 between Reuben Roberts of the couty [county] of Warren & state
of Tennessee of the one part and John Roberts of the
county & state aforesaid of the other part
Witnesseth that the aforesaid Reuben Roberts
for and in consideration of the sum of two Hundred
Dollars to him in hand paid by the aforesaid John Roberts the 
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged the same Reuben Roberts
doth by these presents grant, bargen [bargain], sell alien [alienate] and confirm
unto the said John Roberts his heirs &c forever one tract
a parcel of land containing seventy acres it being all
the land contained in a grant issued by the state of
["North Carolina" is crossed out] Tennessee to Elijah Blaunder No.
8987 for seventy acres of land and bounded as follows
[illegible] and being in the county of Warren state of Tennessee
[illegible] beginning at a black oak south of a  pond thence
East one hundred and twelve poles to a post oak and hickory
thence south one hundred poles to a post oak then west 
one hundred and twelve poles to a [illegible] thence north
one hundred poles to the beginning corner_ Together with
all the appurtenances unto him the said John Roberts his heirs
and assigns forever to have and to hold the [illegible] of Law with
its appurtenances to the proper use on behalf of him the sd [said]
John Roberts his heirs or assigns forever and the aforesaid Reuben
Roberts his heirs execute and [illegible] the right title claim in trust
and demand of and to the above described land and [illegible]
unto him the said John his heirs or assigns [illegible]
de[illegible] & warrant against me or my heirs or any person 
claiming under me or my heirs.  In witness whereof I the said
Reuben Roberts here set my hand and set my seal the day and
date above written
Reuben his x mark Roberts (seal)
Signed & subscribed in present of
William Hoover
Jessee Billings
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No ["13098" is crossed out]
493
Molly Roberts
widow of Reuben
Tense [Tennessee]
act 7 July 1838 and
Joint revolution of the
23d January 1845

Adm. 2 years pri
$80.00 per ann

from 4 March 1836 to
4 March 1841

William Trabue
Columbia
Warren Co.
Ky
Page 66

State of Tennessee  )
Warren County        ) set
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolu
tion of Congress of the 23rd January, 1845.
Whereas the act of the 30th of April 1844 prohi
bited me from drawing a pension
for the same period during which my
husband was a pensioner, I now
make the following statement under
oath, to obtain the benefits of the Resolution
above mentioned, I am the widow of
Reuben Roberts who was a private in
the war of the Revolution; I have Drawn
a pension at the rate of eighty Dollars
per annum and from the 4th day of March
1843, to the 4th day of September 1844,
and now ask for the amount due me
from the 4th day of March 1836, to the
4th day of March 1841, when my former
pension commenced.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on this
30th day of September in the year one
thousand eight hundred and forty six, at
her own residence
Milly her x mark Robert
John Gribble
Justice of the peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally
known to me, and that she is the same
individual she represents her self to be
in the foregoing affidavit
John Gribble
Justice of the peace.
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I certify that John Gribble whose name appears
to the foregoing certificate as a Justice of the 
Peace of Warren County is now and was at
the time of signing said certificate such Justice
that his signature is in his own proper
hand writing Witness my hand at office
in McMinnville 30th Sept 1846
A McGreger clerk
of Warren County Court
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Schedule
Page 69

State of Tennessee )
Warren County       )
On this seventh day of October 1823,
personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record
for the County aforesaid Reuben Roberts resident in said County
aged Sixty nine Years, who being first sworn according to law
doth make on his oath the following statement & Declaration in
order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of
the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that he the said Reuben
Roberts enlisted for the term of three Years on the [blank] Day of
April or May in the year 1775 in the State of North Caro--
lina in the Company commanded by Captain William Lytle
in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Archibald Lytle in the 
line of the State of North Carolina on the Continental estab--
lishment that he continued to serve in the said Corps untill [until]
the seventh December 1781, then again enlisted for during the War
and was discharged from said service near Monks Corner in
the State of South Carolina; that his name has been placed
on the pention [pension] list and dropped therefrom on account of
his property--And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May
1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the
United States on the 18th Day of March 1818; and that I
have not since that time by sift sale, or in any manner
disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby
so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of
an Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United
States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th Day of March
1878; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me,
Page 70

any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have
I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto
annexed and by me subscribed.--
Real Estate
1 Tract of land containing 90 acres; (10 acres
cleared) worth _________________________ $180.00
Personal Estate 
1 Horse 10 Years old ___________________   25.00
5 Steers __________________________________30.00
2 Cows & Calves_______________________    20.00
14 head of Sheep _____________________     14.00
Two axes ______________________________        1.00
2 Old hoes ____________________________        ".75
1 Old Shovel Plow _____________________       ".50
1 Dutch oven (broke) _________________        2.00
1 Skillet _______________________________         ".75
1 old flat Iron __________________________  ".-61/4
1/2 Doz Earthen Plates ___________________   ".50
1/2 " pewter Plates _____________________    1.00
3 Cups & Saucers"_____________________  ".121/2
[total]                                               $281.183/4
Reuben Roberts
That since the exhibition of the above my first schedule the
following changes have been made in my property.  The tract
of land contained 70 acres only, 90 acres was put down by mis-
take and in truth the land was never my own but the
property of my so John Roberts; it was conveyed to me
by my Sons desire, he has taken it into possession and I have
reconveyed it to him and he now lives on it. __ He purchased
the 70 acres of land about 7 Years ago of George Edwards for
Two hundred dollars paid in a horse and Cattle; I have no
Just claim to it whatever.
Page 71

Personal )
Estate     )
The horse died in 1821.
The 5 steers four of which are eaten up: one paid to 
William Martin for salt.
The 14 Sheep, four remaining, two sold for salt Eight
destroyed by Wolves or Dogs
The 2 Cows & Calves: one of them died in July 1822.

Said declarant is by occupation a farmer, lame in the right
arm; at [illegible] unable to use it.  Is about sixty nine Years of
age and of a feeble constitution._ His family consists of himself,
his wife Milly Sixty three Years of age unable to walk without
help, and one Son named Cobb sixteen Years of age; very small
of his age and sickly and unable to labour [labor]_
Reuben Roberts
Sworn to and declared on the Seventh Day of October
1823 in open Court.

State of Tennessee )
Warren County       )
I Joseph Colville clerk of the County Court in
and for the County of Warren aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears
to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Reuben Roberts did serve
in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against
the common enemy for the term of nine Months under one engage
ment on the Continental establishment.  I also certify that the foregoing
oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copie from the
Records of the said Court; and I do further certify that this the
opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the
[illegible] exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Thirty one dollars sixty
eight and three fourth cents._
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & private seal (there being
no seal of office) on this 21st Day of October 1823.
Jos. Colville Clerk
of the Court of the County of Warren
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Reuben Roberts
Appn for new certificate

McMinnville T
29th Apl 1820
25

The Hon ble
John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City
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April 21st 1820
State of Tennessee set
This Day (before me Parry M Hum
phreys one of the Judges of the Circuit
Courts in & for the Said State [illegible]
Reuben Roberts of Warren County, who being
by me first sworn Declares & says that he
is the same person who formerly belonged
to the Company commanded by Captain
William Lytle in the Regiment comman
ded by Col. Archibald Lytle in the
Service of the United States; That he
is advised by letter to the Honble. [Honorable] Frank Jones
by J.S. Edwards of the war department
that his name was placed on the pension
Roll & that a certificate of pension was
Issued in favour [favor] of him on the 1st of
June last & sent to the care of W Humphr
eys Esqr Judge & C. Clarksville Montgomery
County Tennessee & further Declares that
said certificate never has been received by
him & that he has reason to believe that 
the same has been lost or destroyed
by accident.
Reuben his x mark Roberts
Sworn to & subscribed before
me the Day & Date above written
P. W. Humphreys
I Parry W Humphreys Judge as aforesaid
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being the only Judge of that name in the state
of Tennessee do certify that no certificate of
pension in favour [favor] of Reuben Roberts ever came
to my hands or was received by me within my
recollection but suppose the same to have
been lost or miscarried
Apl 21st 1820
Parry W Humphreys

To the Hon Secretary of
the War Department
State of Tennessee )
Warren County       )
I P. Henderson Clerk of the
[illegible] Court of said County of Warren Do hereby
certify that Parry W Humphreys who have signed
to the foregoing affidavit of Ruben Roberts was duly appo
inted and commissioned In [illegible] of the State of
Tennessee and is now & was at the time of signing
the same Judge as aforesaid.
In testimony wherof I have hereto set
my hand private seal due being no
seal of office at office as this 28th
day of April 1820
P Henderson
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Mr J. L. Edwards will confer a favor on
Reuben Roberts by forwarding the duplicate
certificate of pension under cover to
the post master at McMinnville Warren
County Tennessee from whom it will 
be recieved [received] by Reuben Roberts with
more facility than from P W Humphrey
who resides in the County of Montgomery
upwards of 100 miles distant from McMinnville
near which place said Roberts lives
Most Respectfully
P. W. Humphrey
J.L. Edwards Esqr
of the War Department
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Affidavit of
John Roberts
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State of Tennessee )
Warren County       )
This day being the 7th of October
1823.  Personally appeared before me
Jessee Coffee an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for said county.  John Roberts who being duly sworn
according to law doth say that he purchased the land
that his father Reuben Roberts gave in, in his Schedule
sent to the war department, in the year 1817 of John
Edwards of Warren County for two Hundred dollar paid
in [illegible] & [illegible] his own property that is in a horse and cattle and a mans Saddle
that he had the deed made to his father as he was a
single man and did not know where he should be
that he settled his father on it and went to Madison
County Alabama State to work for George Laundes and
lived with him about four years after this he returned and
have lived on his own ever since and have a wife a
child and supports the said Ruben Roberts his father
who also lives on the same land the tract contains
70 acres and no more nor has father he or me had
any other land in state of Tennessee and land John
Roberts further says that his father has [illegible] the land
to him as he said John so wished and [illegible] the said John says that
he knew of no property that the said Reuben has other
that that mentioned in his [illegible] in open Court this
day and that he is in a helpless and destitute situation
and unable to support himself and is now sick with the
agues & [illegible]. Sworn & subscribed to before me the day & date
Jesse Coffee
Justice of the Peace
John his x mark Roberts
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD *

NAME Roberts, Reuben
GRADE Private
LINE Rhode Island

WARRANT NUMBER 3461
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED Dec. 31, 1789
to -------not shown-------

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subse-
quent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.