Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20182, for John Pritchett, North Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.
Pritchett, John
NUMBER
R20182
CONTENTS
[blank]
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Rec'd 19 March 1829.

Revolutionaory Claim

Richard Rush
Secretary of Treasury
Washington
City
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Revolutionaory Claim

Hon. Richard Rush
Secretary of Treasury
Washington
City

Rec'd 19 March 1829.
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John Pritchitt - Capt.
No. Caroline

Indiana

Exd. wid. - general. -
_____________________________
Old books - Susp. & Reject'd. S.

No Record
Rec'd
Nov 10/14

Not allowed act 1828
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1561

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT

7 April 1829.

John Pritchitt of ___________ in the County of Gibson in the State of Indiana has applied to the Secretary of Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war, at which period he was a Captain in the ____________ regiment of the North Carolina line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he was received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, two hundred and forty dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of Indiana.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary
F. A. Dickins.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
14th April 1829

It doesn't appear by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to John Pritchitt - Captain in the North Carolina line.
The Revolutionary records in this office furnish no information whatever in relation to the services of Cap't. John Pritchitt of the North Carolina line - 
John Pritchitt has been paid the sum of $240 on the Indiana pension Roll, for his pension as a private from the 4th March 1826 to the 4th
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September 1828
Peter Hagner Aud.
[Signature]
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1561

For the purpose of obtaining the bennefit of an act for the relief of certain Surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of  the Revolution. Approved on the 15th of May 1828. I John Pritchitt of Johnson Township in the  County of Gibson and State of Indiana do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution and Served as such to the end of the War at which period I was a Captain in the Regiment commanded by  Col. Benjmin Sewell of the North Carolina line. And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate (commonly called a communication Certificate) for a sevice equal to the amount of five years full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22d of March 1783. instead of the half pay for life to which I was intitled under the resolve of the 21st of October 1780. And I further declare that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3d day of March 1826.
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the sum of two hundred and forty Dollars paid to me by the Agent for paying pensioners in the State of Indiana.
[Signature]
John Pritchett

Before me William P. Hatfield a Justice of the peace duly impowered to administer oaths in the County of Posey and State of Indiana Personally appeared John Pritchett the Subscriber to the foregoing declaration and made oath that the matters and things therein contained are true to the best of his knowledge And also personally appeared this day Presly Pritchett and Charles Pritchett of the said county who did severally make oath that John Pritchett by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution in manner as there in stated. Witness my hand this 29th day of January in the year 1829.
[Signature]
Wm. P. Hatfield J .P. P. C.
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I James P. Drake Clerk of the Court of the County of Posey in the State of Indiana do hereby certify that William P. Hatfield Esq'r. before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace duly impowered to administer oaths.
I testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Mount Vernon this 29th day of January A. D. 1829.
[Signature]
J.P. Drake Clk
[Seal]
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1561

Revolutionary Claims.
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Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
15 April 1829

The annexed paper, relating to the claim of John Pritchett under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be please to cause me to be informed whether a commission, and, if so, what commission, or other evidence was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application stated to have been heretofore made by  him for a pension.
[Signature]
Th Ingham

The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.

Letter from the War Department 17 April 1829.

Commission from the State of N. Carolina, to John Pritchett as Captain.
Signed N. Nash Governor.

Dated 8 July 1780
aw
No such commission on file in Pension Bureau Dec. 22, 1922. These claims were adjudicated in Treasury Department and it cannot be ascertained whether this is a memorandum or a copy of commission.
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Mr. Vernon In'a. Feb 3rd 1829

Dear Sir

Enclosed I transmit to you the Commission and application of Capt. John Pritchett in order to obtain a pension under the provisions of the Act of Congress of the last session. You will perceive that Capt. Pritchett is already a pensioner under a former law of Congress and wishes his pension to be raised; after recording this commission &c he wishes you to enclose it to me at the place with the necessary instructions for him to draw his pension when &c
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Serv't.
[Signature]
James P. Drake

Hon Rich Rush Secretary of Treasury
Washington City

No commission in Pension Bureau. This letter is addressed to Secretary of Treasury. 
[Drawing of a hand pointing into the letter.]
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H. 9657 (md)

Princeteon Indiana July 11th 1842
Dear Sir I herein enclosed send the proof of Margaret Smith being the widow of James Smith and hope it will prove Satisfactory this form being the best we could think of under the circumstances the reason I have stated the matter so long is because it is a long distance to where Mrs. Smith lives and I being kept busy in my office and seldom get out waited in hopes that Judge McCreary would come to Town so that I could get his certificate which I thought would be most satisfactory but being disappointed I thought I would send on. Mr. Daugherty's be being in part raised by Mr. & Mrs. Smith. I therefore hope this will prove Satisfactory and that you will make a decision on her case in accordance to my former request as soon as possibly convenient for the old Lady is now living upon Charity.
There is an other case that I will take the liberty to enquire of you about that is of S. files Aaron Redman the papers in his case were sent to the war office by the Hon. Geoerge H. Proffitt in the year 1840 which I presume he filed Aaron Redman was a Soldier of the revolution and orderly Sergent in the 83rd Reg't of Virginia Line and was said to be entitled (under the act of the General assembly of the State of Virgina) to draw a certain quantity of land which he has never received Mr. Sherod Williams I think they say once wrote to him that he was entitled to draw land and that it was once allowed him which was on record but the old man being feeble his sons ignorant of all but hard work and living in a wilderness country and not knowing to whom to apply for aid has never received it and he is now dead, his widow and children employed Mr. Proffitt to attend to it but cannot hear anything from him and wished me to write to you concerning the matter in the first place they wished to know if the old gentleman was entitled to draw land if so could they have the benefit of it and how? also whether the old Lady is entitled to draw a pension under the following circumstances viz. Aaron Redman and Margaret (Nancy?) his wife were Married in Virginia on the 8th day of January 1784 and the said Aaron Redman died August 27th 1840 if you will take the pains to see to
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and return an answer to me you will confer a favor on the deserving. Also there is an old lady Mrs. Nancy Sullivan living near this place in indigent circumstances who wishes me to State her case to you. She was married in South Carolina to a man by the name of John Neil a soldier of the revolution who drew a pension for a wound received at the battle of the Cowpens and Died in Carolina in the year 4802. She afterwards married a man by the name of Sullivan and moved to Indiana where he died also. She wishes to know whether under those circumstances she would on proper application be entitled to draw a pension.
There has a case occured here that we do not exactly know how to get along with it is this John Pritchett  pensioner died on the 21st day of June last leaving a will the 4th clause of which in disposing of his personal effects is as follows to wit: "It is my will that all my remaining property should be sold at public auction and the money arriving from the sale thereof together with what may remain on hand, and all notes, or bonds and accounts due my estate should when collected after paying all just debts which may not have been provided for under article 2nd be equally divided amongest my children viz=" goes on to  name them, now the thing we wish to know is this then being three months and a alf of the pension money he drew coming to him or his heirs he leaving no widow now whether this back pension money belongs to his children and must be drawn by them or whether it belongs to his estate as assets in the hands of his executors and must be drawn by them and then with the other property be divided amongst his children.
Hoping you may understand all my questions although put down without much study.
I remain Dr. Sir, your most obedient serv't
[Signature]
A. C. Miles

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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September 28, 1932.

BA-J/MHF/ILL
John Pritchett
R. 20182

Raymond D. Meade
5434 Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago
Illinois.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of recent date in which you request additional data in regard to the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Pritchett, and the record of Stephen Mead.
This office has no further information in regard to John Pritchett than was given in office letter to you of May 14, 1932.
In the report of the Secretary of War printed in 1835 in regard to the Pension Establishment, the name of John Pritchett is listed and the information given you was from that report in the printed volume. His application under the Act of March 18, 1818, is not on file and this office has no definite knowledge of its existence.
The printed list shows that he was suspended under the Act of May 1, 1820 and restored to the pension roll March 31, 1824. The suspension under the Act of May 1, 1820, was governed by the amount of property
owned by the pensioner, that is, an amount in excess of what a pensioner should possess to be included in the provisions of that act.
So it may have been that in the process of proving his right to be restored to the roll, his former application, or all papers in that
transaction, were returned to him.
In his application, January 29, 1829, under the Act of May 15, 1828, with regard to his service, he stated only that he was an officer in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution and served as such to the end of the war at which period he was a captain
in the regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Seawell of the North Carolina line. He stated that he was then a pensioner of the United States.
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Charles Pritchett and Presley Pritchett, residents of Posey County, Indiana, made affidavit in said county in support of the
claim for pension of John Pritchett. This office has no further information in regard to the soldier as an applicant under the last named Act of Congress, as applications under that act were adjudicated in the Treasury Department.
It is suggested that the full text of those applications might be recorded in the counties in which the papers were executed, presumably Gibson County, Indiana under the Act of March 18, 1818, as he appears to have resided there, and Posey County, Indiana, where his application under the second act was executed. It is further suggested that you apply to The Comptroller General, this city, for
further data, and cite the following:

"John Pritchett
Ctf. No. 3751
Issued October 20, 1818
Commenced June 22, 1818
Indiana Agency.""
The record of Stephen Mead, War of 1812, is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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M.B.H.

A thorough search of all Pritchett, Prichard claims as been made for the allged claim under Act 1818, which is also recorded on the Agency book of this Bureau and in the printed list of 1835 under Gibson Co., Indiana, but the papers cannot be found.
J. S. Chamberlin Aug 27, 1915.
[Signature]
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THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Veterans Administration
Washington D. C. 

[stamp - WASHINGTON IND. FEB 7 1:30 PM 1936]

[stamp - 1 cent U.S. POSTAL CARD ONE CENT JEFFERSON]

[stamp - RECEIVED FEB 1 1936 MAIL SUB.-DIV. ETS ADM. READER # 7 4:45]
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Wasington Ind.
FEb. 6. 1936

Dear Sir:
Will you please send Military Record and any other data concerning John Pritchard or Pritchett, on the pension list in 1840 in Gibson Co., Indiana.
Thank you.
Respectfully
Mrs. Roy Bogner
225 N. E. 9th

[note - Drawn by EEL]
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[stamp - WASHINGTON IND. JAN 20 4 PM
1936]
[stamp - U.S.POSTAL CARD ONE CENT JEFFERSON]

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

[stamp - REC'D JAN 22 1936
MAIL SUB.-DIV.
VETS. ADM READER #4
3:15]

Veterans Administration
Washington D. C.
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Washington, Indiana
Jan. 20. 1936

Dear Sir:
Will you please send Revolutionary War Miltary record of John Abbot, private in Virginia Militia, pensioned in Greene Co. Indiana in 1831.
Respectfully,
[Signature]
Mrs. Roy Bogner
225 N. E. 9th ST.
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1922 Dec. 22 Hist to Mrs. Lyman Mangas
1932 - May 14 - Hist to Rayond D. Meade - I.L.L.
1932 - July 29 - Hist. to S. A. Powell - I.L.l.
1932 - Sept. 25 - Raymond D. Meade advised no further data M.M.H.F./I.L.L.
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1933 - Jan. 16 Raymonod D. Meade advised this office has no further data etc. M.H.F.
1933 - Feb. 8 - Revised hist. furnished Raymond D. Mead - M.M.H.F.
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1935 - April 6- Revised hist. furnishe LeRoy Kramer - MMHF - copied by I.L.L.
195 - Apr. 30 - LeRoy Cramer adv. additional information (date of birth, etc) not on file - M
1936 - Mar. 12 - Hist. to Mrs. Roy Bogner - ILL

Rejected
.....Ex'r. OLD WAR.
No. 20182

Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 3, 1873.
John Prichett
Capt.
N.C. Line
Rev' War
REJECTED
Died at ................................
1-0
11-0
..........other claim.
................................
.........., 187  . .............................
Clerk.

Application field: ................, 18   .
Not allowed Act 1828.
Attorney:...................................
P.O. .......................................
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1922 Dec. 22 Hist to Mrs. Lyman Mangas
1932 - May 14 - Hist to Rayond D. Meade - I.L.L.
1932 - July 29 - Hist. to S. A. Powell - I.L.l.
1932 - Sept. 25 - Raymond D. Meade advised no further data M.M.H.F./I.L.L.
________________________________________
1933 - Jan. 16 Raymonod D. Meade advised this office has no further data etc. M.H.F.
1933 - Feb. 8 - Revised hist. furnished Raymond D. Mead - M.M.H.F.
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1935 - April 6- Revised hist. furnishe LeRoy Kramer - MMHF - copied by I.L.L.
195 - Apr. 30 - LeRoy Cramer adv. additional information (date of birth, etc) not on file - M
1936 - Mar. 12 - Hist. to Mrs. Roy Bogner - ILL

Rejected
.....Ex'r. OLD WAR.
No. 20182

Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 3, 1873.
John Prichett
Capt.
N.C. Line
Rev' War
REJECTED
Died at ................................
1-0
11-0
..........other claim.
................................
.........., 187 . .............................
Clerk.

Application field: ................, 18 .
Not allowed Act 1828.
Attorney:...................................
P.O. .......................................
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April 30, 1935

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

JOHN PRITCHETT
R. 20182
BA-J/ MLB

Mr. Le Roy Kramer
Continental Illinois Bank Building
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Sir:

Reference is made eto your letters of April 12, 1935, in which you requst the date and place of birth or age of John Pritchett, whose record was furnished you April 6, also, the French and Indian War record of Jacob Cramer, and the Revolutionary War records of Peter, William and John Cramer, or their earlier records.
The further information you desire in regard to John Pritchett is not shown in the papers on file in the claim for pension, R. 20182, based upon his service in the Revolution.
This office has no record of service rendered in the Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War, hence, no record of the service of Jacob Cramer in the French and Indian War, nor of any service that John of William Cramer may have rendered therein.
The Revolutionary War records have been searched and no claims for pension found based upon service of Peter of William Cramer, nor of a John Cramer, of Frederick County, Maryland.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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April 6, 1935.

BA-J/MMHF//ILL
John Pritchett
R. 21082

Mr. Le Roy Kramer
Continental Illinois Bank Building
Chicago, Illinois.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Pritchett who emigrated to Gibson County, Indiana.
The record of John Pritchett is given herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, R. 20182, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. It may be your ancestor whose record you desire. John Pritchett, of Gibson County, Indiana, was pensioned
under the Act of March 18, 1818, on account of his services as a private in the North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution, on certificate #3751, which was issued October 20, 1818, rate of pension $96
per annum, which commenced June 22, 1818.
On January 29, 1829, John Pritchett, of Johnson Township, Gibson County, Indiana, applied for increase of pension under the Act of May 15, 1828, and stated that he was a pensioner, also, that he had served to the end of the Revolution, at which time he was a captain
in the North Carolina troops, in Colonel Benjamin Seawell's regiment. This claim was not allowed as it was not shown that he was a captain of the Continental Line of the Army, as required by the act under which he applied.
John Pritchett died June 21, 1842, possibly in Gibson County, Indiana, as his case was referred to in that year as of Princeton, Indiana.
He was survived by children, but left no widow. The name of his wife is not stated and no children's names designated.
In 1829, Presley Pritchett and Charles Pritchett were residents
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of Posey County, Indiana, no relationship to the soldier stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

[note -claim drawn by Miss Luke -
Copied by J.L.L. April 6-1935.]
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February 8, 1933
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JOHN PRITCHETT
R. 20182
BA - J/MMHF: MLB

Mr. Raymond D. Meade
5434 Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Sir:

In the examination of the Revolutionary War pension claim of John Prichard, S. 32456, of Decatur County, Indiana, an old letter was found dated July 11, 1842, from one A. C. Miles of Princeton, Indiana, addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions, in which he made inquiry in regard to the disposition of any pension that might have been due the heirs of John Pritchett, a pensioner. Said Miles stated that the pensioner died on the 21st day of
June, last ( note date of his letter ) and left no widow; he stated that John Pritchett left a will in which he named his children: he referred to the case as of Princeton. He ( Miles ) did not note the names of the children which
appeared in the will. The letter of Mr. Miles pertains to John Pritchett, R. 20182,
in whose record you have manifested so much interest, and has been placed with the papers in his claim. Since Princeton is in Gibson County, as previously suggested, further information might be obtained from the court records of that county, in regard to John Pritchett. Another report in regard to John Pritchett has been prepared for you, to be used instead of the one furnished you on May 14, 1932, and is enclosed herewith. . 
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

[note -See General Acounting report in regard to this soldier, dated Jan. 20, 1933 in claim of John Pritchett S. 32456]
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February 8, 1933
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JOHN PRITCHETT
R. 20182
BA-J/MMHF: MB

Mr. Raymond D. Meade
5434 Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Sir:

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 20182, based upon the service of John Pritchett in the Revolutionary War.
John Pritchett, of Gibson County, Indiana, was pensioned under the Act of March 18, 1818, on account of his services as a private in the North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution, on Certificate #3751, which was issued October 20, 1818, rate of pension $96 per annum, which commenced June 22, 1818.
On January 29, 1829, John Pritchett, of Johnson Township, Gibson County, Indiana, applied for increase of pension under the Act of May 15, 1828, and stated that he was a pensioner,
also that he had served to the end of the Revolution, at which time he was a captain in the North Carolina troops, in Colonel
Benjamin Seawell's regiment. This claim was not allowed as it was not shown that he was a captain of the Continental Line of the Army, as required by the act under which he applied.
John Pritchett died June 21, 1842, possibly in Gibson County, Indiana, as his case was referred to in that year as of Princeton, Indiana. He was survived by children, but left no
widow. The name of his wife is not stated and no children's names designated.
In 1829, Presley Pritchett and Charles Pritchett were residents of Posey County, Indiana, no relationship to the soldier stated,
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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January 16, 1933
BA-J/MMHF: MLB
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JOHN PRITCHETT
R. 20182

Mr. Raymond D. Meade
5434 Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Sir:

Your letter of October 19, 1932, addressed to the Comptroller General, was referred to this office under date of December 19, 1932, for reply. It is noted that your request is for information from the original application for pension of John Pritchett under the Act of March 18, 1818.
It is regretted that this office is unable to aid you further in the matter of your research in regard to this soldier. All data available in this office in regard to him has been furnished you.
You will observe that in last paragraph of office letter to you on September 28, 1932, the suggestion was that you might consult county records for a record of the soldier's application
under Act of 1818. The Comptroller General is custodian of final accounts, hence the second reference in that paragraph to that official.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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July 29, 1932.
BA-J/ILL
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
John Pritchett
R. 20182

E. A. Powell
102 North University Street
Peoria, Illinois.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter forwarded to this office by the Adjutant General's Office, War Department, in which you request the record of John or Johnson Pritchett, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 20182, based upon the service of John Pritchett in that war.
John Pritchett of Gibson County, Indiana, was pensioned under the Act of March 18, 1818, on account of his services as a private in the North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution, on
certificate #3751, which was issued October 20, 1818, rate of pension $96 per annum, which commenced June 22, 1818. On January 29, 1829, John Pritchett of Johnson Township,
Gibson County, Indiana, applied for increase of pension under the Act of May 15, 1828, and stated that he was a pensioner, also that he
had served to the end of the Revolution, at which time he was a captain in the North Carolina troops, in Colonel Benjamin Seawell's Regiment.
This claim was not allowed as it was not shown that he was a captain of the Continental Line of the Army, as required by the Act under which he applied. In 1829, Presley Pritchett and Charles Pritchett were residents of Posey County, Indiana, no relationship to the soldier
stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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May 14, 1932.

BA-J/ILL
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
John Pritchett
R. 20182

Raymond D. Meade
#14 North Glenwood Avenue
Columbia, Missouri.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter requesting information relative to John Pritchett, a Revolutionary War pensioner. The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 20182, based upon the service of John Pritchett in that war.
John Pritchett of Gibson County, Indiana, was pensioned under the Act of March 18, 1818, on account of his services as a private in the North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution, on certificate #3751, which was issued October 20, 1818, rate of pension $96 per annum, which
commenced June 22, 1818. On January 29, 1829, John Pritchett of Johnson Township, Gibson County, Indiana, applied for increase of pension under the Act of May 15, 1828, and stated that he was a pensioner, also that he had served to the end of the Revolution, at which time he was a captain in the North Carolina troops, in Colonel Benjamin Seawell's Regiment. This claim was not allowed as it was not shown that he was a captain of the Continental Line of the Army, as required by the Act under which he applied. In 1829, Presley Pritchett and Charles Pritchett were residents of Posey County, Indiana, no relationship to the soldier stated.
Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.

[note - John Pritchett d.  June 21, 1842, possibly in Gibson Co. Indiana as his case was referred to in that year as of Princeton
Indiana. He was survived by children, but left
no widow - The name of his wife is not stated and no children's are names designed
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Rev. War Section.

Dec. 23, 1924.

Mrs. Lyman Mangas,
105 N. Union St.
Lincoln, Ills.

Madam;

In response to your letter which was received
the first instant, you are advised that from the records of this Bureau it appears that John Pritchett of Gibson County, Indiana was pensioned under the Act of March 18, 1818, on account of his services as a private in the North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution, on Certificate No. 3751, which issued October 30, 1818, rate of pension$96 per annum, which commenced June 3, 1818.
On January 29, 1839, John Pritchett of Johnson Town ship, Gibson County, Indiana applied for increase of pension under the Act of May 15, 1828, and stated that he was pensioner and also that he had served to the end of the
Revolution at which time he was a Captain in the North Carolina Troops, in Colonel Benjamin Seawell's Regiment but this claim was not allowed as it was not shown that he was a Captain of the Continental Line of the Army, as
required by the Act under which he applied.
There is no data on file as to his family,
Very respectfully,
[Signature]
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
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March 12, 1936.

BA-J/MMH/FILL ow
JOHN PRITCHETT
R. 20182

Mrs. Roy Bogner
225 N. E. 9th Street
Washington, Indiana.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Prichatt, a pensioner of Gibson County, Indiana, in 1840, and John Abbot, a pensioner of Greene County, Indiana, in 1831.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with requests for
data pertaining to soldiers of that war. The record of John Pritchett is given herein as found in claim for pension, R. 20182,
based upon his service in that war.
John Pritchett, of Gibson County, Indiana, was pensioned under the Act of March 18, 1818, on account of his service as a private in the North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution, on
certificate #3751, which was issued October 20, 1818, at the rate of $96 per annum, to commence June 22, 1818.
On January 29, 1829, John Pritchett, of Johnson Township, Gibson County, Indiana, applied for increase of pension under the Act of May 15, 1828, and stated that he was a pensioner, also, that he had served to the end of the Revolution, at which time he was a Captain in the North Carolina troops, in Colonel Benjamin Seawall's regiment. This claim was not allowed as it was not shown that he was a captain of the Continental Line of the Army, as required by the Act under which he applied.
John Pritchett died June 21, 1842, possibly in Gibson County, Indiana, as his case was referred to in that year as of
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Princeton, Indiana. He was survived by children, but John Pritchett left no widow. The name of his wife was not stated, and no children's names designated.
In 1829, Presley Pritchett and Charles Pritchett were residents of Posey County, Indiana, no relationship to the soldier stated.
Very truly yours,
G. H. SWEET,
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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aw. Dec. 22. 922
The Indiana Agency Book of pensioners of War of Revolution shows under Act of March 18, 1818.
John Pritchett Private
Ctf. 3751 which issued Oct. 20, 1818
Rate $8 per mon. which commenced June 22, 1818
Stricken off Aug. 3, 1821-
Restored Aug. 17, 1824 -
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The printed lists of 1835 shows our list of Gibson Co. Indiana pensioners act March 18, 1818.
John Pritchett, Private, N. C Line
annual allowance $96, placed on roll Oct. 20, 1818.
pension commenced June 22.1818 age 82 - 
Suspended under Act May 1, 1820 restored commencing Mar. 3, 1824.
_______________________________________________
No such claim found on two letter conbination books which were made up in 1870, so this claim was lost or mislaid prior to 1870.
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Rev. War Section

June 27, 1916.

Mr. W. Prichard,
The Adjutant General's Office,
War Department, Washington, D. C.

Sir:

In response to your letter dated the 19” instant, you are advised that the records of this Bureau show that John Pritchett was pensioned $96 per annum from June 22, 1818 at the Indiana Agency but a careful search of all Pritchett, Prichard claims on file has failed to disclose any of the papers of said claim.
The list of Pensioners under the Act of 1818 residing in Gibson County, Indiana reported by the Secretary of War in 1835, shows that John Pritchett a Private of the North Carolina
line, was pensioned @ $96 as above.
For the date of last payment of said pension and name of person to whom arrears were paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, United States Treasury Department, citing all the following data: " John Pritchett, Ct.3751, issued October 20, 1818 @ $96 per annum

[note - This should have been written in
connection with the Rejected claim]
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from June 22, 1818, Act March 18, 1818, Indiana Agency."
Very respectfully,
[Signature]
G. m. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.










--Pritchett 2--
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON.
June 19, 1916.

The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions:

Sir:

Will you kindly furnish me with information on points indicated as regards two Revolutionary War Soldiers; one by name of John Pritchet, (or Pritchard), New Hampshire and Moosa Continental troops, Pensioner, residing in Pennsylvania, about 1831-33; and the other a John Prtichett (or Pritchard) of the North Carolina line a Pensioner in Indiana about 1820.
1st age when pensioned - or year of birth.
2nd place of birth, date and place of death
3rd When and to where married.
4th names of wives or widows.
5th names of children & dates of birth
6th any other data of record bearing on their family history.

I will be greatly obliged for this information, 
I am, 
Most Respectfully,
[Signature]
W. Prichard.

[stamp - U. S. PENSION OFFICE D JUNE 20 1916]
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years, Margaret fifteen years, Mary Ann thirteen years, Harriet eleven years and Fanny eight years and to sons, whose names are not stated. Soldier was allowed pension on a certificate which issued February 14, 1834. He died June 21, 1842 leaving no widow. There is no further data on file as to family. The above noted is the only John Prichard of Virginia found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
[Signature]
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

[note - John Pritchett Gibson Co., Indiana Placed on roll Oct. 20, 1818, pension commenced June 22, 1818.]

[stamp - PENSIONS DIVISION DEC 2 1922]

[note - Rev. Sec. Ab]

[note - She asked for one of V and Indiana.]

[note - This is last page of a letter relative to John Prichard, Va. S. 32446
writtten Nov. 29, 1922.]

Dear Sir, I thank you very much for replying and will you kindly look again for me. The Man is John Pritchett Sr. and if you will knindly look in First Federal Census 1790 North Carolina I hope to find it. Later John PRitchett moved to Gibson County Indina. He was placed on roll Oct. 25, 1818. His first wife a Rutledge, second Elizabeth Hayhurst. Please may I have this record as I
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feel certain it is on file as the government erected a monument to his memory in Indiana. He fought for 3 yrs. and his whole breast was shattered. This information given me by an old friend who served with him. The name is John Pritchett an entirely different name than the one you sent me. Please may I hear from you soon. I am very anxious to have this information as none of my mother's family are living and neither is she. Se died when I was a baby and I am anxious to trace some facts of her family.
Thanking you and hoping to hear soon.
Mrs. Lyman Mangas
105 N. Union St.
Lincoln
Illinois

[stamp - U.S. PENSION OFFICE O DEC 1 1922]
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GENERAL AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION
CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS BANK BUILDING
CHICAGO

GATX GENERAL AMERICAN
LE ROY KRAMER
VICE PRESIDENT

April 12, 1935

Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Assistant to Administrator,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Thanks very much for your favor of the 6th, file
BA-J/ MMHF/ILL John Pritchett R. 20182.
Does your record show the age or date of and place of birth of John Pritchett? My record indicates 1757.
And are there any records of parents or relatives names, as well as home town and service record?
Very truly yours,
signature

LK D

[stamp - RECEIVED APR 16 1935 MAIL SUB.-DIV. VETS. ADM. 11:45]
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GENERAL AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION
CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS BANK BUILDING
CHICAGO

GATX GENERAL AMERICAN
Le Roy Kramer
VICE PRESIDENT

March 21, 1935

Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Assistant to Administrator,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly advise me if Revolutionary War
records show military service of John Pritchett
of John Pritchard. He is supposed to have been
born in 1757 and to have been a soldier in the
Virginia Line, and later emigrated to Kentucky
and thence to Gibson County, Indiana.
I am interested in finding the record because
information I have indicates that he is my great
grandfather, and I am looking for service record if any.
Thanking you in advance, I am
Very truly yours,
[Signature]
Le Roy Kramer

LK D

[note - Drawn by EEL copies by ILL ]

[samp - REC'D MAR 23 1935 MAIL SUB.-DIV.
VETS.ADM. READER #4 12:15]
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5434 Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, Ill.

September 9, 1932

Veterans Administration
Washington D. C.

Re: BA-J/ ILL: JOHN PRITCHETT, R. 20182

With regard to the third paragraph of your communication dated May 14, 1932 in which was stated that JOHN PRITCHETT was pensioned under the Act of March 18, 1818, on account of his services as a private in the North Carolina Line, War of Revolution, on certificate $3751:
As a Pritchett descendant and author of a history of a branch of his family, I desire to know military designations of the organization
or organizations in which this soldier served; the date of his enlistment or muster; rank attained; wounds, battles, etc. and date of separation from the military service for which this pension was granted. This data is also desired for his grave marker. Erroneous
data has been inscribed on his grave marker by other members of the family, since deceased, which confused him with another John Pritchett who was a sergeant in the Virginia Line.
I should like to know also the source of information contained in the last paragraph of your letter, that is, with regard to Presley Pritchett and Charles Pritchett. Were these affiants in support of John Pritchett's
claim for increase in pension under the Act of May 15, 1828? Is it possible to secure photostatic copies of these applications for pensions, or transcriptions of them, for a reasonable sum?
The reply to this letter may be incorporated with an inquiry I now have on file with the department, namely, BA-J/MCS, September 1, 1932, regarding Stephen Mead.

Respectfully submitted,
[Signature]
Raymond D. Meade
Raymond D. Meade,
54334 Woodlawn Avenue,
Chicago, Ill.

[note - Stephen Mead - S. C. 6760 sent]
[stamp - RECEIVED SEP 13 1932 MAIL SUB.-DIV. VETS. ADM. ]
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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON

RECORDS DIVISION
IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE
R - 16324 - ND

December 19, 1932.

Veterans Administration
Director of Pensions,
Attention Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

The attached communication dated October 15, 1932, from Raymond D. Meade, 5434 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, requesting information from the original
application for pension of John Pritchett of North Carolina, a pensioner under the Act of March 18, 1818, Certificate #3751, Indiana Agency, is referred to your office for consideration and direct reply.
The writer has been advised of this reference.
Respectfully,
[Signature]
W. Richardson
Chief, Records Division.

[note - The attached letter should not have been referred to this office, but should have been in G.A.O.]
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[stamp - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 1932
OCT 17 AM RECEIVED MAL. ROOM B

[stamp - RECORDS DIVISION [ILLEGIBLE] NOV 8-19 (bf)]

5434 Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, Ill.

October 15, 1932

The Comptroller General
Washington D. C.

Re.  JOHN PRITCHETT
Ctf. No. 3751
Issued October 20, 1818
Commended June 22, 1818
Indiana Agency

Sir:

I am seeking information concerning the Revolutionary War services of JOHN PRITCHETT of North Carolina, a pensioner
under the Act of March 18, 1818. In the report of the Secretary of War printed in 1835 in regard to the Pension Establishment, the name of John Pritchett is listed as a pensioner as described above. He was suspended under the
Act of May 1, 1820, and was restored to the rolls March 31, 1824.
I desire information from his original application for a pension under the Act of March 18, 1818, as follows:
dates of muster and separation from the military service; place of enlistment; military designations in which served; rank; wounds, if any, etc.
If this application is in the files of your office, do your regulations permit my authorized agent to make a photostat of it?
I am a descendant of the above named soldier, and amy preparing material for publication which has to do with the above information.
Very truly yours,
Raymond & Meade [Signature]
Raymond D. Meade.

[stamp - REC'D DEC 21 1932 MAIL SUB.-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER #4 1:45]

1gr. 1842
E-175
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Rev & 1812

1st Ind.
gws-ORD

War Department, A. G. O., July 14, 1932. -- To the Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.

Attention is invited to the basic communication. The writer has been informed of this reference by letter, a copy of which is herewith inclosed.
[Signature]
C H Bridges
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
By [illegible initials]

1 Inclosure
Copy of letter to Mr. Powell.

[stamp - RECEIVED JUL 15 1932 RECEPT SECTION PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION 8:45]
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( COPY )
WAR DEPARTMENT
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL' S OFFICE
WASHINGTON

gws
ORD

July 14, 1932.

Mr. E. A. Powell,
102 North University St.,
Peoria, Illinois.

Dear Sir:

I have your letter of July 9, 1932, in which you request to be furnished with the Revolutionary War record of John or Johnson Pritchett, of North Carolina.
The name John or Johnson Pritchett has not been found on the records, on file in my office, of North Carolina soldiers in the Revolutionary
War.
I am this day forwarding your letter to the Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C., from whom you will doubtless receive an early response.
Very truly yours,
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
By

[stamp - RECEIVED JUL 15 1932 RECEPT SECTION PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION 8:30]
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E. A. POWELL, MANAGER  PHONE 7537
POWELL LUBRICATION CO.
HIGH-GRADE LUBRICANTS
P - TRADE MARK
Office: 102 N. UNIVERSITY ST.
PEORIA, ILL.
July 9, 1932

War Department
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Will you kindly furnish me the Military Record of John or Johnson Pritchett a revolutionary soldier of North Carolina who subsequently moved to Gibson County, Indiana. Died in Gibson County, Indiana around 1840. If not on your muster rolls, please refer to Department of Pensioners.

Very truly yours,
E A Powell [Signature]
102 North University St.,
Peoria, Illinois.

[stamp - REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION JUL 15 1932 BUREAU OF PENSIONS]

[stamp - 12 Received A.G.O.JUL 12 1932]

[stamp - RECEIVED JUL 12 1932 [illegible]]

[stamp - RECEIVED JUL 15 1932
RECEIPT SECTION PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION 8:40]
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# 14 North Glenwood Ave
Columbia, Missouri

April 8, 1932

The Director of Pensions
United States Pension Bureau
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir:

In the compilation of information for a history of my family, I need to know from official sources the military organization in which my great-grandfather JOHN PRITCHETT served in the Revolutionary War.
This is the John Pritchett who was reported by the US Census Bureau in 1840 as living in Gibson County, Indiana. He was a recognized pensioner on this report.

Very sincerely yours,
[note - signature?]
Raymond D Meade.

[RECEIVED APR 12 1932 RECEIPT SECTION PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION 10:00]
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20 July 1842

A. C. Miles

G. C.
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318
Pension Office
23rd July 1842.

Sir

In answer to your letter of the 11th inst. in the case of John Prichard, dec'd I have to inform you that the arrears of pension are for the sole & exclusive benefit of the children. Where the widow is also deceased, - that it must be divided among the children in equal shares and not be considered as a part of the affects of the estate, han liable to be applied to the payment of the debts of said estate in any case whatever.
I am &c

A. C. Miles Esq.
Princeton
Indiana.