Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8805, Joseph Faulconer, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Va.

Faulconer, Joseph
or 
Faulkner
Frances

Number
W. 8805

CONTENTS
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19308
Kentucky
Joseph Faulconer
Fayett Co in the State of  Ken t
who was a pr
in the Co commanded 
by Captain Chiles of the regt commanded 
by Col Logan in the 
time for 18 mos & 21 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Ken
at the rate of 62 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Aug t
1833 and Thomas Bradley Lexington
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Arrears to the 4th of March 124.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 31.16
$155.82
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Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recording by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 9
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Service Number
Va. Faulconer, Joseph W. 8805
or Faulkner
Frances

KENTUCKY No. 2708
Frances Faulconer.
widow of Joseph Faulconer, Decd
Who died on the 26th: June, 1833-
of Fayette Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the Company- commanded 
by Captain Chiles of the Regt commanded by Col Logan in the Virginia line for 18 months & 21 days-
*on roll att 7 June, 1832

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky. at the rate of 62 dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence on the 27th: June 1833

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of June 1839 and sent to James Taylor, Harrods [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 1839 $354.49
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept $31.16
[total] $385.65

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4 1836
Section the [stamped bottom right]

recorded by Wm Stewart Clerk
Book a Vol. 2 Page 178
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State of Kentucky
Fayette County Sct

     On this 30th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Fayette Circuit Court being a court of Record, now setting Joseph Faulconer, a resident of Fayette County, in the State of Kentucky, aged Seventy five years on the 5th day of last November (5th November 1832) who being duly sworn [marked out; doth on his oath] 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.

     He states that he was born in Spottsylvania County in the State of Virginia on the 5th November 1757, & that in the summer of the year 1778 while living in the County of Spottsylvania in the State of Virginia, he was drafted & put under the Command of Capt James Chiles & served a tour of sixty days in the Revolutionary War in guarding the brittish prisoners then stationed at Albermarle baracks in the state of Virginia, that he marched from the said county of Spottsylvania to the baracks in Albermarle and was in actual service during the said sixty days and at the expiration of the term  of the term was discharged --
     That in the fall of the year of 1779 he moved to the present state of Kentucky, and stopt at Bryant station, in about five miles of the town of Lexington, that shortly afterwards he changed his residence to Craig's Station, now call the Burnt Station, & in the spring of the year 1780 to the best of his recollection he was drafted in Captain Benjamin Logans Company under the Command of Colo Geo. Rogers Clark the object of the Campaign was to cross the Ohio River
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& drive the Indians from their settlements in what was called the Miamma Country. That the army rendevoused at Bryants Station & proceeded in the direction of the mouth of Licking & on the 2nd days march, it being represented to the officers, that Craigs Station had been left without a guard, being but two old men, & not a [illegible] left in the fort, your affiant together with John Long & Andrew Hampton were detached to guard the fort & to hunt for the subsistence of [marked out: the] its inhabitants untill the return of the Army that he was actually engaged during the whole time of the campaign in discharging the duties assigned him-- To the best of his recollection the expedition lasted between two & three months but the precise time he cannot at present state, that on the return of the army he was discharged-- That immediately after the above services were performed and in the same year he was one of sixty men who volunteered their services to act as Rangers and Indian spies for the term of six months. That he was placed under the command of Capt Charles Gatliff at Bryants Station, that he continued in actual service during the said six months, frequently making excurtions [sic] through the Country in different directions & performing the duties assigned him. That at the expiration of the term he was discharged, that among all the individuals with whom he acted in the said service of six months he knows of but one that is now living -- Daniel Wilcox of Shelby County who he believes was a Lieutenant in Capt Ro. Johnson Company -- In March 1781, He moved from Craigs Station to Gilbert Creek

[in the left margin are the numbers of months served: 2, 2, 6]
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station in Lincoln County.  That in June of that year, to the best of his recollection he was called out under a requisition made by Colo. Benja Logan for sixty days & was placed at Brigs Station on Salt River in the now county of Mercer under the command of Brigs that he continued in actual service for the said sixty days & was discharged. 
He further stated that in August 1782 to the best of his recollection the Indians having besieged Bryant's Station near Lexington he was called out under Capt Benja Craig by order of said Logan to go to the assistance of the Fort. That the part of the army to which he was attached having to march from Lincoln County did not arrive until the siege was raised & after the battle at the Blue licks, that he proceeded under the Command of the said Logan to the battle ground at the blue licks & assisted in burying the dead, after which they returned home & was discharged, he believes he was in service at this time for the span of three weeks.  that shortly after this time in the month of Sept of the same year to the best of his recollection he was drafted in Capt Kincaid's company.  Hugh McGary being the Major & Benja Logan the Colonel to go a tour of three months against the Indians. That he then lived at Gilbert Creek Station in Lincoln County, that the place of rendevous was at Bryants Station, that they proceeded from Bryants Station to the mouth of Licking & then crossed the Ohio River & went up through the Miammi Country and destroyed the Indian towns & villages & their corn
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& fruit and returned home again.  That he was present when the said McGary assinnated the Indian Chief who had him taken prisoner.
   That he believes that he was on actual service during this campaign for the space of three months & was discharged.
   That in the spring of the year 1783 he was drafted in Capt Estell's company under the command of Colo Benja Logan & was placed at Estell's station and was frequently out in various directions during the said six months. 
 That he was in active service during the said six months & was discharged.  That in the summer of the year 1784, he then having moved from Gilberts creek station in Lincoln County to Craigs Station near Lexington in Fayette County.  He volunteered as an Indian spie [sic] & ranger under Captain Wm Steele & was stationed at the block house at Frankfort the present seat of Government of Kentucky & was in the constant and active discharge of his duties during the said time, & at the expiration thereof, was discharged.
   The said applicant states that he performed several subsequent tours of duty which he is informed it is unnecessary to retell.  That he has no written evidence of the performance of said services & that he knows of no officer or private soldier at this time living that was with him during the several
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campaign above mentioned, except Dan C. Wilcox of Shelby County Ky. who was with him part of the time that he served as a ranger & spie in year 1780 and Benja Robinson of Fayette County who was with him in Capt Kincaids company in the year 1782.  Your applicant states that he has lived in Fayette County near Lexington since the year 1784.  That he is well acquainted with the Honorable A. Clay, Colo Richard M. Johnson, the Honorable Wm T. Barry, Genl. Thomas Bodley & Capt John Fowler [words marked through]  & refers to them, as well as all others in the county in which he has resided to speak of his character for veracity; he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the army of any state.  Sworn & subscribed the day & ear aforesaid. 
Joseph  his X mark Faulkner 
 We Thomas Smith a clergyman, residing in the city of Lexington & Jasper Tingle hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Faulconer who has subscribed hereon to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years, [word marked through] of age, that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution  & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Thomas Smith 
Jasper Tingle  
And the said court do hereby declare therir opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interogations prescribed by the war department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as is stated & the court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Smith who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Fayette [marked out: and is a credible]
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& that Jasper Tingle who has also signed the same is a resident in the county of Fayette & is a credible person & that this statement is entitled to credit  
Tho. M. Hickey
I clerk of the [marked out: court of the] Circuit Court of Fayette do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in this matter of the application of Joseph Faulconer for a pension  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal office this 30th day of March 1833   
Tho. Bodley CHCC
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24001
Joseph Faulconer
Ky
from 1778 private
18 mo. 21 days.
$62.33
Thomas Bradley
Lexington Kentucky
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183

Sir,
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will 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, showing the service of Jacob Faulconer Fayette Co Kentucky

Period when the service was rendered.  |  Duration of the claimant's services  |  Rank of the claimant.  |  Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  |  Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.  |  Proof by which the declaration is supported.

draf 1778  |  2 months  |  prit  |  Capt Chiles no Colonel  |  75 years  Spottsylvania County State of Virginia  |  Traditionary Evidence No Colonel given in Several tours of Service

draf 1780  |  between 2 & 3 months  |  Capt Logan  Col Rogers Clarke  

Vol 1780  |  6 months  |  Capt Gatliff no colonel

Call'd 1781  |  2 months  |  Col Logan  Capt Brigs

Call'd 1782  |  21 days  |  Capt Craig  Col Logan

draf 1782  3mo  Capt Kincaid  Col Logan

draf 1783  [marked out: 6] 3 mo  Capt Eskell Col Logan

Vol. 1784  time not stated (Ranger) Capt Steel

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Time of entering the service in 1783 required
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line." "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons 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.  [manicule pointing to next line] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.















(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of [illegible]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
&c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the          and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with             ,who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and 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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{  To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, 
and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be [illegible made on account] of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking [illegible]
and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration [illegible] interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter

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[a]The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or persons of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For---year---months, and ---days, I served as a ---. For --- months and---days, I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension.'
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.
The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, 
and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.
It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority;
that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The union of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as 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 affidavite the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.

The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[maniscule pointing to following line]  The notes from [a] to [illegible] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of Kentucky Fayette County [illegible]:
On this 11th day of December 1838 personally appeared before William Stanhope a justice of the peace in and for the county & state aforesaid, Frances Faulconer, a resident of said county of Fayette, aged seventy eight years in May next, who being first duly sworn according to the 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 July 4 1836 - that she is the widow of Joseph Faulconer deceased, late of Fayette County Ky. who was a private soldier in the army of the revolution and who as such, was placed upon the pension roll before his death, but dying before he drew his pension, this declarant, as his surviving widow, drew from the United States agency at Lexington, after his death, the same that her deceased husband was entitled to.  She states that the whole of her deceased husband's revolutionary service was performed after their marriage- She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Faulconer decd. by the Rev Parson Yancy in Spotsylvania County and state of Virginia, on the thirtieth day of September seventeen hundred and seventy six -  that her husband, the said Joseph Faulconer, died on the 26th (twenty sixth) day of  June eighteen hundred and thirty three, and that she has remained  a widow since said period, as will appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She further states that she knows of no record evidence of her marriage, but is positively certain it took place at the time above stated. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written.
           her
Frances X Faulconer
           mark
The deposition of Nelson Faulconer of Fayette county Ky. aged
fifty three years, who being sworn upon oath states, that he 
is the fifth child of Joseph Faulconer decd and Frances Faulconer, who has made the foregoing declaration. That he [illegible]
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fifty three years of age on the 20th. day of  October last as he always understood from his deceased father and mother_ He further states that his father was put upon the pension roll, but dying before he made any draw, his said mother drew from the Lexington agency, after his father's death. the amount to which he was entitled
He states moreover that his father, the said Joseph Faulconer , died on the twenty sixth day of June eighteen hundred and thirty three with the cholera, and his mother remained single and unmarried since the death of his father_ His said father and mother have lived together as man and wife ever since earliest recollection of deponent, till the death of his said father and were universally recognized as such by all who know them without the legally of their marriage ever having been once questioned, as far as deponent ever heard.   Sworn to and subscribed this 11th day of December 1838 
Nelson Faulconer

The deposition of Ann Patty now a resident of Bracken County Ky, but now on a visit to Fayette County Ky aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn upon oath states that she was born and raised in Spotsylvania County & state of Virginia, and was well acquainted with Frances Faulconer widow of Joseph Faulconer dec'd late of Fayette County Ky from the time she was a small girl to the present she was not present at the marriage of  said Francis and Joseph Faulconer_ nor is her recollection as to dates Sufficiently distinct to say precisely at what time said marriage took place, but it must have taken place in the early part of the revolution, for they  were married sometime before they came to Ky, & that said Faulconer and his said wife moved out to Kentucky before deponent moved to Kentucky which took place in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one. She farther [sic]says that although she was not present  at the marriage afoursaid [sic], she has not the least doubt they
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were legally married- they lived together as man and wife in good repute till the death pf Joseph Faulconer without the least doubt ever having been entertained as to the legality of their marriage, and deponent has no more doubt of the legality of their marriage than she can have in relation to any event that she has not witnessed in person. She states further, that after she moved in Ky. in 1781, she lived in Craig's station, where Joseph Faulconer and his wife lived, at that time their oldest child, she would suppose from its appearance, was about four years old- sworn to and subscribed this 11th day of December 1838. 
                                         Ann  her X mark  Patty

Also the deposition of Benjamin Wharton of Fayette County Ky aged seventy three years, who being first sworn upon on oath states that he moved from Caroline County Va. to Spotsylvania County of said state, with his father in the month of January in the year 1779, and settled near the father's of Mrs. Frances Faulconer. She & Joseph Faulconer were then married, and lived in said County of Spotsylvania, and had been married before deponent moved to said County of Spotsylvania, but how long before deponent cannot tell- From the time deponent first knew said Joseoh & Frances Faulconer, to the death of said Joseph in June 1833, they lived together as man and wife, in good repute, universally recognized as such without the legality of their marriage ever having been questioned, as far as deponent has heard. Sworn to and subscribed this 11th day of Dec 1838.
                                      Benjamin  his X mark  Wharton

State of Kentucky, Fayette County sct:
                This day Frances Faulconer, widow of Joseph Faulconer dec'd personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the peace in and for the County of Fayette and state aforesaid and subscribed and was duly sworn to
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her declaration aforesaid. and Nelson Faulconer, Ann Patty & Benjamin Wharton also appeared before me, and subscribed and were duly sworn to the truth of their respective depositions aforesaid. And I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the aforesaid Frances Faulconer , Nelson Faulconner [Faulconer], Ann Patty & Benj. Wharton, and that they are each persons of good moral character, to whose statements aforesaid full credit is due and that said Francis Faulconner [Frances] from old age and bodily infirmity cannot attend court with any degree of Covenience [Convenience]
Given from under my hand this eleventh day of December 1838
Wm Stanhope J.P.F.C.
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Fayette County Court towit
I James C. Rodes Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that William Stanhope, whose name is signed to the within and foregoing certificate and Declaration (of Frances Faulconer) an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County Court of Fayette, aforesaid being a Court of
record duly commissioned and qualified according to Law, and as such due faith and full credence are and ought to be given to all his official acts
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said County
Court being a Court of record this 30th day
of January 1839 and of the Commonwealth the
47th year
Att S. C. Rodes clk

4538
Frances Faulconer
of Joseph 
Ken.
admitted
Pr  $62.33/100
died 26 June 1833
Act July 36
James Taylor
Harrodsburg
Ky
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November 3, 1938.

Virginia M. Hanna
272 East Maxwell Street
Lexington, Kentucky.

BA-J/ILL
Joseph Faulconer
W. 8805

Dear Madam:
The data which follow are found in the papers on file
in pension claim, W. 8805, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Joseph Faulconer.

Joseph Falconer was born November 5, 1757 in Spotsylvania 
County, Virginia.

While a resident of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, he enlisted
in the summer of 1778 and served sixty days as private in
Captain James Chile's company, Colonel Garland Burnley's Virginia
regiment. He moved in the fall of 1779 to the vicinity of the
town which was later Lexington, Kentucky, and thence to Craig's
Station where, in 1780, he served six months as Indian spy under Captain
Charles Gatliff and Colonel Levi Todd. While living at Gilbert Creek
Station, which was later in Lincoln County, Kentucky, he enlisted in
June 1781 and served sixty days as private under Captain Briggs and
Colonel Benjamin Logan; in August 1782, he served three weeks under
Captain Benjamin Craig and Colonel Benjamin Logan; from September 1782,
he served three months in Captain Kincaid's company under Colonel Benjamin
Logan and destroyed Indian towns on the Miami; from early
spring 1783, he served six months in Captain Estell's company under
Colonel Benjamin Logan; while living at Craig's Station, in the spring
of summer of 1784, he served six months as Indian spy under Captain
William Steele.
Pension was allowed on his application executed March 30, 1833,
at which time he resided in Fayette County, Kentucky; he had resided
in that vicinity ever since 1784.
Joseph Faulconer died June 26, 1833, in Fayette County, Kentucky.
The soldier married September 30, 1776, in Spotsylvania County,
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County, Virginia, Frances, whose maiden name is not shown; she was born in May 1761, lived as a small girl in the neighborhood of Spotsylvania County, where her father (whose name is not shown) was living in 1779.

Frances Faulconer, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed December 11, 1838, at which time she was a resident of Fayette County, Kentucky.

She died October 21, 1845, survived by children; Nelson, a son, born October 20, 1785, the fifth child, a resident of Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1838, is the only one whose name is given; he signed "Nelson Faulconer".

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Joseph Faulconer Ken Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
Pen Office
June 28, 1839

Died 26th June 183[?] p%  
 that period
J H
H C 33 died 1833
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Line 1: KY June 6
Line 2: [Illegible-Octo]
Line 3: Revolutionary Claims
Line 4: To the Secratary of the War Department
Line 5: City of Washington
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Lexington May 30th 1833
Dear Sir
Mr. Faulconer has made out & inclosed  his amended decleration [sic] in his case for a pension - I hope it will be considered satisfactory He has lived in this neighbourhood a long time & is reputed as any honest man. He is an illiterate man, & his details are not given in any particular with that perspicuity that might be desired. But there is no doubt he performed the services he states & more too--His memory is not as good as is the case generally with men of his age. This I attribute to former habits of intemperance, to which he was very much given, but from which he has for several years abstained.
I am Respectfully
Your obt Sevt
James Eldaris
J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Com'r of Pensions
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
Oct. 6. 1853
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act  directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury the United States, and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents the children of Frances Faulconer dec  a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Sixty two Dollars
and  33 Cents per year, under the law of the 4th July 1836 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1845 to the 21 Oct. 1845.
Respectfully, yours

J. M. Brodhead
Comptroller

2708 Act 1836 
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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[this is an envelope with several scribbles and notes on it. Beginning of the transcription is the envelope as addressed]
[postmark] Harrgk Feb 8
Feb. 16, 1839
4351 4538
Col. J. L. Edwards
Commisioner of Pensions
Washington DC

[columns of numbers and scribbles]
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Harrodsburg Febry 6th 1839
Col. J. L. Edwards
 Dear Sir 
 I herewith enclose you the papers in two pension cases-  Mrs. Frances Faulconer‘s and Mrs. Dinah Camper‘s which leaves only two cases that I have undertaken not yet fowarded [sic].-- I should be greatly obliged to you Sir, if the condition and business of the department will permit to hear from the several cases forwarded by me; and that these two cases also, may receive as prompt attention as practicable I ask this Sir, with the promise never to trouble you with but two more cases. 
Very respectfully yr most obt.
 James Taylor
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State of Kentucky 
Fayette County 5 ct
On this 28th day of May 1833 Personally appeared in Open Court before the Mayor in the City of Lexington, being a Court of record now sitting Joseph Faulconer, and made the following amended declaration to the foregoing declaration signed Sworn to by him before the Fayette circuit court on the 30th March 1833. The object of said declaration, & this amended declaration is to obtain the benefit of the not of Congress passed the 7th June 1832, in behalf of the Surviving Soldiers of the Revolution. This and Faulconer further states that he believes that Garland Purley was the Colonel in command at Albermarle Barracks at the time he served under Capt Chiles, from his last impressions he thinks this was the name of the Colonel but he may be mistaken from the great length of time & his defects in memory. He states that he was drafted by public (illegible) & served out the said sixty days in actual service and was discharged without receiving a written discharge to the best of his recollection. The said affiant states that he cannot say precisely the length of time that he served under Capt Logan & Colo. Clarke in the campaign against the Indians in the year 1780, but according to his best recollection he was
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in actual service upwards of Sixty days & he believes near three months. But cannot say with certainty that he acted as a private, & was called out by competent authority & served as stated in his original declaration and was then discharged without receiving a written discharge to the best of his recollection. That in his six months service as a spy & Ranger under Captain Gatliff in the year 1780, he was in actual service during the whole time as a private under said Gatliff. That to the best of his recollection the said Spies and rangers were called out and organized under the command of Colo. Levi Todd who was to the best of his remembrance Colo. in command in the County of Fayette in the district of Ky. at that time & he believes it was under his command they acted he knows that he was called out by proper authority & was in actual service during the said months & was then discharged without receiving a written discharge to the best of present recollection- This affiant states that he cannot recollect the precise time that he was drafted in the spring of the year 1783 under the command of Colo Logan & Captain
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Estill & placed at Estils [sic] station, but he remembers it was early in the spring of said year, & he believes it was in the month of March and his  impressions are strengthened by his remembrance that it was necessary to have the guards stationed early on the breaking of of the winter at which time it was expected that the Indians would commence their incursions into the settlements. That he served out his said tour of six months and was discharged without receiving a written discharge to the best of his recollection - 
That he acted as a volunteer spy and Ranger under Capt William Steele for the term of six months in the year 1784. That he commenced his service in the spring but the precise month he cannot positively say. That he believes the said Todd was still the County Lieutenant (as he was called) when he served under said Steele & that the said spies and rangers were called out under his command, & he served out the full tour in actual service and was discharged without receiving a written discharge to the best of his recollection.
 The said affiant states that his services were all performed in the capacity of a private- that he was in actual service during the several times specified, & was for all the services for which he claims a pension as set out in his original & his amendatory declaration, performed in an embodied
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Corps called into service by competent authority, that he was in in the field or in Garrison & for the time during which the service was performed, he wasent [wasn't] employed in any Civil pursuit- Subscribed and sworn to the day & year aforesaid Joseph Faulconer X his Mark

 We Thomas Smith a Clergyman residing in the City of Lexington & Jasper Smith hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Faulconer who has subscribed and sworn to the above amended declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion - Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Thomas Smith 
Jasper Tingle
 And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Smith, who has signed the preceeding [sic] certificate is a Clergyman resident in the City of Lexington & County of Fayette, & that Jasper Tingle who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Fayette & is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit-
 Charlton Hunt
I Clerk of the mayors Court of the City of Lexington do hereby certify that the foregoing  contains the amended proceedings of the said county  in the matter of the application of Joseph Faulkner for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto my hand & seal of the City of Lexington this 30th May 1835 
W.I. Bodley Clk.
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May 1999 E. B. Fish.
 St Joseph, Mo 
1921 Oct 4, Hist to M.G. Dorrell Ens. - 
1923 - Oct-16- Hist. to Mrs. W. (Illegible)Jones (illegible)
1927. Feb. 25. Hist. to Frankie Hawkins MRS- 1932. Sept. 6. Hist to Miss Nad Hodges. I. L L. 1935 M.M. Logan - I.L.L
1938. Nov. 3 Hist to Virginia M. Hanna - I.L.L.
1939 - July 25 - Mrs T.B. Hughes adv. (illegible) Revy WIDOW, &c
. File No. 8895 
 Frances Faulconer Wid of Joseph Faulconer Pvt Va. line --- Act: July 1736 Index:--Vol. A , Page 226 [Arrangement of 1870.]
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Virginia M. Hanna                   
272 East Maxwell Street           
Lexington, Kentucky.                
                                          
                                        BA-J/ILL
                                        Joseph Faulconer
                                        See letter [hand written]
                                        W. 8905
                                         Reuben Stivers
                                         S. 37463
                                                  

Dear Madam:
                     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Reuben Stivers, who died about 1827, and Frances Taulconer (Falconer) who died October 21, 1845.
 
The records of Reuben Stivers and Joseph Faulconer, whose widow, Frances, died October 21, 1845, are furnished you herewith.

                        Very truly yours,
          
                         A. D. HILLER,
                         Executive Assistant
                         to the administration
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July 25, 1939
Mrs. B. F. Hughes Versailles, R. 3 Kentucky
BA-J/AWF Joseph Faulconer W. 8805 
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Colonel Francis Faulkner, who you state received a Revolutionary War pension in 1840, then living in Lexington, Kentucky, aged seventy-nine years.
 The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of Francis Faulkner, under any spelling of the name.
 The „Census of Pensioners" printed in 1841, shows the name "Francis Falconer“ of Fayette County, Kentucky, and aged seventy-nine years. This is a typographical error, the name should be "Frances Falconer or Faulkner“. She was the widow of Joseph Faulconer or Faulkner, and was pensioned ( W. 8805) in 1838, on account of his service in the Revolutionary War; she was living in 1838, in Fayette County, Kentucky. Very truly yours G. H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Faulconer, Joseph 11.8805
or Faulkner
Frances
CONTENTS

My dear Senator Logan:

Reference is made to your letter of January 8, addressed to Major General James F. McKinley, The Adjutant General, which has been referred to the Veterans Adminsitration for further reply. With your letter is attached the letter of Mr. W. J. Nelson of 1415 Berry Boulevard, Louisville, Kentucky, in whose behalf you write, and who desires the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Faulconer, who served in the Virginia troops and in 1835, was a resident of Fayette County, Kentucky. Mr. Nelson states that he made previous through you, but no record of it can be located. 

The papers in pension claim, W. 8805, based upon service of Joseph Faulconer in the Revolutionary War, have been examined care-fully and the following data found therein. 

Joseph Faulconer was born November 5, 1757 in Spotaylvania County, Virginia.

While a resident of Spotaylvania County, Virginia, he enlisted in the summer of 1778 and served sixty days as private in Captain James Chile's company, Colonel Garland Durnley's Virginia regiment. He moved in the fall of 1779 to the vicinity of the town which was later Lexington, Kentucky, and thence to Craig's Station where, in 1780, he served six months as Indian spy under Captain Charles Catliff and Colonel Levi Todd. While living at Gilbert Creek Statiom, which was later Lincoln County, Kentucky, he enlisted in June 1781, and served sixty dats as private under Captain Briggs and Colonel Benjamin Logan; in August 1782, he served three weeks under Captain Benjamin Craig and Colonel Benjamin Logan; from September 1782, he served three
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months in Captain Kincaid's company under Colonel Benjamin Logan and destroyed the Indian towns on the Miami; from early spring, 1783, he served six months in Captain Estell's company under Colonel Benjamin Logan; while living at Craig's Station, in the spring or summer of 1784, he served six months as Indian spy under Captian William Steele.

Pension was allowed on his application executed March 30, 1833, at which time he resided in Fayette County, Kentucky; he had lived in that vicinity ever since 1784. 

Joseph Faulconer died 26, 1833 in Fayette County, Kentucky. 

The soldier married September 30, 1776, in Spotaylvania County, Virginia, Frances, whose maiden name is not shown; she was born in May  1761, lived as a small girl in the neighborhood of Spotsylvania County, where her father, whose name is not shown, was living in 1779. 

Frances Falconer, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed December 11, 1833, at which time she was a
resident of Fayette County, Kentucky.

She died October 21, 1845, survived by children; also, a son, born October 20, 1785, the fifth child, a resident of Fayette County,
Kentucky, in 1838, is the only one whose name is given. He signed "Nelson Faulconer".

The letter of Mr. Nelson is returned herewith.
Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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September 6, 1932.

Miss Nadine Hodges
3235 Benton Boulevard
Kansas City
Missouri.

BA-J/ILL
Joseph Faulconer
W. 8805

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Colins, John Cleveland, Joseph Faulconer and Francis Faulconer, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Your citations in regard to bounty land recorded in Kentucky as granted to John Collins and John Cleveland do not pertain to the records of this office, but to Virginia State records. As a  means of identifying the records of particular soldiers named is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the following information in regard to each: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

The data furnished relative to Joseph Faulconer, or Faulkner, are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 8805, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Joseph Faulconer was born November 5, 1757 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

While a resident of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, he enlisted in the summer of  1778 adn served sixty days as private in Captain James Chile's Company. Colonel Garland Burnley's Virginia Regiment. He moved in the fall of 1779 to the vicinity of the town which was later Lexington, Kentucky, and thence to Craig's Station where , in 1780, he served six months as Indian spy under Captain Charles Getliff and Colonel Levi Todd. While living at Gilbert Creek
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Station, which was later in Lincoln County, Kentucky, he enlisted in June, 1781 and served sixty days as private under Captain Briggs and Colonel Benjamin Logan; in August, 1782, he served three weeks under Captain Benjamin Craig and Colonel Benjamin Logan; from September, 1782, he served three months in Captain Kincaid's Company under Colonel Benjamin Logan and destroyed the Indian towns on the Miami; from early spring, 1783, he served six months in Captain Estell's Company under Colonel Benjamin Logan; while living at Craig's Station in the spring or summer 1784, he served six months as Indian spy under Captain William Steele.

Pension was allowed on his application executed March 30, 1833, at which time he resided in Fayette County, Kentucky; he had lived in that vicinity ever since 1784.

The soldier died June 26, 1833 in Fayette County, Kentucky.

Joseph Faulconer married on September 30, 1776 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Frances whose maiden name is not stated; she  was born May, 1761, lived as a small girl in the neighborhood of Spotsylvania County, where her father, whose name is not stated, was living in 1779.

The soldier's widow, Frances Faulconer, was allowed pension on her application executed December 11, 1838, at which time she was a resident of Fayette County, Kentucky.

She died October 21, 1845, survived by children; the only name given is that of their son, Nelson, their fifth child, who was born October 20, 1765 and resided in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1838. His signature [illegible] "Nelson Faulconer".

There is no claim for pension on file based on service of a Francis Faulconer in the Revolutionary War. As many widows of soldiers of the Revolution are reported on the 1840 list, cited by you, it is possible that the above noted Frances Faulconer may be identical with the pensioner reported on that list and the name spelled Francis instead of Frances.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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February 25, 1927

Frankie Hawkins
St. Joseph, Missouri

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 8805 it appears that Joseph Faulconer, or Faulkner, was born November 5, 1757 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

While a resident of Spotsylvania County, Virginia he enlisted in the summer of 1778 and served as a private sixty days in Captain James Chile's Company, Colonel Garland Burnsley's Virginia Regiment. In 1780 while living at Craig's Station (which was later in Kentucky) her served six  months as Indian Spy under Captain Charles Gatliff and Colonel Levi Todd.

From June 1781, while living at Gilbert Creek Station, Lincoln County, Kentucky, he served as a private sixty days under Captain Briggs and Colonel Benjamin Logan, In August 1782 he served three weeks under Captain Benjamin Craig and Colonel Benjamin Logan. From September 1782 he served three months in Captain Kincaid's Company, under Colonel Benjamin Logan and destroyed Indian towns on the Miami. From early
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Wars Section
spring 1783 he served six months in Captain Estell's Company under Colonel Benjamin Logan.

 In the spring of summer of 1784 while living at Craig's Station, Fayette County, Kentucky, he served six months as Indian Spy under Captain William Steele. 

Pension was allowed on his application executed March 30, 1833 while a resident of Fayette County, Kentucky. He died June 26, 1833 in said county. 

Soldier married September 30, 1776 in Spotsylvania Count ty, Virginia, Frances, born in May 1761, maiden name not given. She was allowed pension on her application executed December 11, 1838 while a resident of Fayette County, Kentucky. She died October 21, 1845, leaving children; Nelson, a son, born October 20, 1785, the fifth child, a resident of Fayette County, Kentucky in 1838, is the only one whose name is given, & he signed "Nelson Faulconer"
 Respectfully, 

WINFIELD SCOTT 
Commissioner.
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October 16, 1923

Mrs. W. R. Jones
1610 South 25th St.,
St. Joseph, Mo.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 8905 it appears that Joseph Faulconer or Faulkner was born November 5, 1757 in Spottsylvania County, Virginia.
While a resident of said County, he enlisted in the summer of 1778 and served as private sixty days in Captain James Chile‘s Company, Colonel Garland Burnley‘s Virginia Regiment. In 1780 while living at Craig‘s Station (which later was in Kentucky) he served six months as an Indian Spy under Captian Charles Gatliff and Colonel Levi Todd.
From June 1781 while living at Gilbert Greek Station, Lincoln County, Kentucky he served as a private sixty days under Captain Brigge and Colonel Benjamin Logan. In August 1782 he served three weeks under Captain Benjamin Craig and Colonlel Benjamin Logan. From
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September 1782 he served three months in Captain Kincaid's Company, under Colonel Benjamin Logan and destroyed Indian towns on the Miami. From early Spring 1783 he served six months in Captain Estell's Company under Colonel Benjamin Logan. 
In the Spring or Summer of 1784 while living at Craig's Station, Lafayette County, Kentucky he served six months as an Indian Spy under Captain William Steele. 
Pension was allowed on his application executed March 30, 1833 while a resident of Fayette County, Kentucky . He died June 26, 1833 in said County.
 Soldier married September 30, 1778, in Spottsylvania County, Virginia, Frances, born in May 1761 and who was allowed pension on her application executed Dec ember 11, 1838 while a resident of Fayette County, Kentucky . She died October 21, 1845, leaving children; a son Nelson born October 20, 1785, the fifth child, are resident of Fayette County, Kentucky in 1838 is the only name stated. Respectfully, Commissioner.
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D. C., Oct. 11 1931
 In reply to your request of_____ received_____ a statement of the military history of Jos. Falconer soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. | DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.| Summer 1778 | LENGTH OF SERVICE.| And served at various times; in all about 22 mos until late in 1784.| RANK.| Pvt. and Indian Spy- |OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.| |CAPTAIN.| Chiles Benjamin Logan Chas Gatliff Briggs Benj Craig Kincaid Estell Wm Steele |COLONEL.| Garland Burnley Geo Roger Clark Levi Todd Benj Logan. |STATE| VA 1784. - Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Spotsylvania Co. Va. Date of application for pension, May 30, 1833, et al Residence at date of application, Fayette Co. Ky. Age at date of application, b Nov. 5 1757 in Spotsylvania Co. Va.  Remarks: He mar Sept 30 1776 in Spotsylvania Co. Va Frances ---- He d. June 25, 1833 and she was at pen on an info ex Dec. 11, 1838 while in Fayette Co. Ky. Age 78 yrs She d. Oct 21, 1845 A son Nelson of Fayette County was the 5 child & age 53 yrs Ock 20, 1838. No fur fam data Respectfully,  Commissioner.
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Document is Printed
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Line 1: Mrs. B. F. Hughes
Line 2: P.s. with whom did he live in 1840?
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Captain  John McKinley Chapter
Lexington, Kentucky
Sept. 27, 1938

received Sep 30 1938 
Mail [stamped]

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.
Administrator of Revolutionary War Pensions

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary War pension of Reuben Stevers, who died about 1827, also of Frances Faulconer (Falconer) died Oct. the 21, 1840 including vital records of both pensions.

I shall appreciate an early reply; for I am sending application papers of two applicants to membership in the D.A.R.N.S., and I must wait until I get the pensions, so that I can enclose them with the application papers.

Very Truly,
Virginia M. Hanna
Registrar of Capt John McKinley Chapt

272 E Maxwell St.
Lexington, Kentucky
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M. M LOGAN, KY., CHAIRMAN
KEY PITTMAN, NEV.
CARL HAYDEN, ARIZ.
DUNCAN U. FLETCHER, FLA.
W. J. BURLOW, S. DAK.
JAMES F. POPE, IDAHO
ALBERT D. THOMAS, UTAH

ARTHUR R. ROBINSON, IND.
LYNN J. FRAZIER, N. DAK.
ROSCOE C. PATTERSON, MO.
H. D. HATFIELD, W. VA. 
JAMES J. DAVIS, PA.
----
FRANCES SETTLE, CLERK

United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON MINES AND MINING
January 8, 1935

Major General James F. McKinley
Adjutant General
Washington, D. C.

My dear General:
I am enclosing to you a letter from Mr. W. J. Nelson. If you can give him the information he requests, I shall appreciate it. 

Yours very truly,
MM Logan

MML:FHC
18 Received A.G.O JAN 9, 1935

[illegible- ?postage or office short hand] 130
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(COPY)
WAR DEPARTMENT
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
WASHINGTON

MeK

A.G. 201
Faulconer, Joseph
(1-6-35) ORD

January 11, 1935.

Honorable M. M. Logan,
United States Senate.

My dear Senator Logan:

I have your letter of January 8, 1935, with which you inclosed a letter from Mr. W. J. Nelson, 1415 Berry Blvd., Louisville, Ky., who requested that information be obtained from the Commissioner of Pensions relative to the service of Joseph Faulconer, said to have served in the War of the Revolution from Virginia.

The name Joseph Faulconer or similar name has not been found on the records of Virginia, War of the Revolution.

As Mr. Nelson also requested that information be obtained from the Commissioner of Pensions, I am forwarding your letter with inclosure to the Veterans Administration, this city, from which you will, no doubt, receive a reply in due course.

It is also suggested that information relative to the man in question may possibly be obtained from the Librarian, Virginia State Library, Richmond, Va.

Very respectfully,
James F. McKinley
Major General,
The Adjutant General.

[seal illegible]
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August 22, 1932

General Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
I have been seeking information concerning some of my ancestors and have been told that that you will give information or transcripts of "Applications for Pensions". The names mentioned below are, I believe, names of two of my great-great grandfather and I would appreciate very much any information which you could give me concerning them. They are - 

Both secured from Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds - 
John Collins - 200 acres - warrant 841 - 3 years soldier Virginia Line - date 6-16-1783
" " - 200 acres warrant 3042 - " " " " " date 5-4-1784

John Cleveland - 100 acres - warrant 2970 - 3 years solider Va. Line - date 4-20-1784

[handwriting illegible]

I also am seeking information concerning my Faulconer grandfather, but am uncertain as to which of two men, whose names I give below. Both lived in Fayette County, Kentucky. Would like information concerning both.

Joseph Faulconer was inscribed on the pension list under the act of March 1818. Entered the list 1833.

Francis Faulconer, was a Revolutionary soldier living in Fayette County, Kentucky. He was 79 years old in 1840.

This is the first time I have ever written to the Pension Bureau, therefore, am not exactly familiar with the procedure which should be followed. However, if from the above you can give me information concerning these men, especially, if you have the names of their wives or children, it will be very greatly appreciated.

Yours very truly,
Nadine Hodges
(Miss) Nadine Hodges,
3235 Benton Blvd.,
Kansas City, Mo.

[seal illegible]
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[text illegible]
THE NEWS CORPORATION
C.M. PALMER, PREST.
LOUIS T. GOLDING, VICE PRES & TREAS.

THE NEWS-PRESS
ST. JOSEPH, MO.
January 6, 1927

LOUIS T GOLDING.
PUBLISHER

US PENSION OFFICE F JAN 8 1927

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
I am seeking information concerning the Faulconers of Virginia, presumably of Spotsylvania County as the information that I have leads me to believe they lives there of in Norfolk County or Hanover Counties.

At the Library here I found the following data which I believe is references to your department. If it is, will you please verify it, and give me what information you have concerning these men as I am very anxious to establish their connection with the early history of Virginia, and what connection they have with the Nelson family there.

Joseph Faulconer, S. of W. 1835., Pen.3.,Ky 89

------ Faulconer (Capt. 5th Va. Regt. ) Acct. Com. Sfty 1775-6,2.

Samuel Faulconer (Spotsylvania) S. of W. 1835, Pen 2, 199; Spots.Recs. 532.

If your records show the family connections, I would be very glad to have it, and if there is any charge, please let me know and I will remit.

Thanking you, I am
Very truly yours,
Franklin Hawkins
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St. Joseph MO
August 29, 1923

The Bureau of Pensions- 

Dear Sirs-
I wish to get some information concerning Joseph Faulconer-

Revolutionary private and Indian spy-
born in Spotsylvania Co. VA. Nov. 1757-

I am anxious to join the Society of the Daughter of the Revolution- and this
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Information would be helpful to me- Thanking   you kindly- I am Yours truly Mrs. W. R. Jones 1610-- 25 St St. Joseph Mo.
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OFFICE OF
RECORDER OF DEEDS
MACON COUNTY
MUTIE G. DORREL, Deputy
C.L. STEPHENS, Recorder
Telephone Number 12

[handwriting illegible]

MACON, MISSOURI
September 21,
1921.

Bureau of Pensions,
Department of Interior,

Washington, D.C.

Sirs:

Have you any record of pension claim by one JOSEPH FAULCONER of Virginia but later of Kentucky who served in the Revolutionary War?
I will greatly appreciate any information you will give me.

Respectfully,
M.G. Dorrel
Deputy Recorder of Deeds
Macon County, Mo.

U.S. PENSION OFFICE A Sep 23 1921

[handwriting illegible]
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OFFICE OF
RECORDER OF DEEDS
MACON COUNTY
MUTIE G. DORREL, Deputy
C.L. STEPHENS, Recorder
Telephone Number 12

[handwriting illegible]

MACON, MISSOURI
September 21,
1921.

Bureau of Pensions,
Department of Interior,

Washington, D.C.

Sirs:

Have you any record of pension claim by one JOSEPH FAULCONER of Virginia but later of Kentucky who served in the Revolutionary War?
I will greatly appreciate any information you will give me.

Respectfully,
M.G. Dorrel
Deputy Recorder of Deeds
Macon County, Mo.

U.S. PENSION OFFICE A Sep 23 1921

[handwriting illegible]
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McCord Rubber Co. Chicago, ILL. St. Joseph, MO.

The Golden Rule Trade Mark Brand
111-113 South Third Street St. Joseph, Mo.,

Hon Evans H Clay Commisioner of Pension Washington, D. C.

 Mch 27/1899

Dear Sir- Will you kindly give my the military service of Joseph Faulconer soldier of the Virginia line who was placed on the pension roll August 22nd 1833
 And greatly oblige Young Very Respt E. B. Fish St Joseph Mo. Care McCord Rubber Co.
Pension Office US Mar 30 1899[stamp]