Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31816, for John Liget, Virginia
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Service:
Va. 

Name:
Liget, John

Number:
S. 31816
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6307 Arkansas
Illinois (crossed out)

John Liget [illegible]
of [illegible] in the State of Illinois,
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Gilmore of the Regt. commanded
by Col Howard in the Virginia 
Line for 13½ months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois
at the rate of 45 Dollars __ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Feb.
1833 and sent to Hon [illegible]
		           [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1832 		$67.50
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 33 	  22.50
						$90.00

				{Revolutionary Claim,
				{Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Jno Cromwell, Clerk
Book D	Vol.            [illegible]0	Page 114
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BRIEF in the case of John Ligget
County of Montgomery	in the State of Illinois
				(Act 7th June, 1832)

1.	Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court

2.	If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.	How old is he? 70 years & 6 months

4.	State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.	Duration of Service.	Rank.	Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
In 1780. Volunteered
Shortly after the above
“      “      “       “     “
Not satisfied	Years, Months, Days
                  6
               About   42
Not stated……
About 3               subs	As a



titute	Gen.
Capt. Gilmore}
Col. Howard}
Capt. Jas Hall}
Col. McDowell}

Same as last statement
Same “ “ do


In a separate affidavit, he alleges that he served 10 mos & 15 days in these separate 
Tours, as a Volunteer, and 3 mos as a Substitute, and claims pension for 13 mos services  			

5.	In what battles was he engaged? Cow Pens, Guilford

6.	Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lexington — Virginia

7.	Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence alone

8.	Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are properly authenticated

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
						Wm Gordon  Examining Clerk,
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Territory of Arkansas }
County of Washington}

	On this twentieth day of July A.D. 1836 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Washington, personally appeared John Liget, who, on his oath declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Gilmore, Hall, [illegible] and Gilford, in the Regiment commanded by Colonels Howard, McDowell, and Keith in the service of the United States. That his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Illinois, from which he has lately removed. That he now resides in the territory of Arkansas, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be made payable in future, that pension certificate No. 6307 was [illegible] to him on the 28th day of February A.D. 1833 allowing him the sum of four dollars per annum. The following are his reasons for removing: labor, the climate of Illinois was too cold for his age, that he [illegible] to be near his children who had previously [illegible] to Arkansas, and that by his removal he [illegible] to better his [illegible] in life.

Sworn to & subscribed before me}
this 20th day of July 1836.           }		John Liget
[Signature of Justice of the Peace illegible]
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Territory of Arkansas  }
County of Washington}

	[illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] appeared before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Washington aforesaid Grandison Kirk who being duly sworn according to law says that the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit of John Liget are [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible], and that the said John Liget is the identical person described in the said affidavit.

Sworn to & subscribed}				his
before me this 20th      }			Grandison x Kirk
July 1836		 }	                                   mark
BH Smithson JP

I hereby certify that the above named witness is a person of veracity.
						B. H. Smithson, JP.
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Territory of Arkansas  }
County of Washington}

	I, Bryan H. Smithson, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Ex-Official Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Washington and Territory aforesaid, hereby certify that B. H. Smithson before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, is a duly qualified and acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and that the signatures [illegible] to [illegible] his are genuine.
	In testimony whereof, I have
	hereunto set my hand and 
	affixed the seal of office
	at Fayetteville this 20th of July 1836.
	 	B. H. Smithson
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State of Illinois, Montgomery County, [illegible]
	Court of County Commissioners Special September Term 1832 ––
On this Eighteenth day of September, A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the County Commissioners of Montgomery County and State of Illinois now sitting, John Liget, a resident of the County of Montgomery in the State of Illinois, aged seventy years and six months, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated –
To wit he entered the service at Lexington, in Virginia, under Captain James Gilmore under Col. Howard of the Maryland Regt in the latter part of the year 1780 as he believes and that he left the service by being discharged after serving six months – He resided in Rockbridge County in the State of Virginia when he entered the service. He entered as volunteer. In this tour of duty he was in the Battle of the [illegible]. He marched with [illegible] Morgan continually during this winter’s campaign and was not absent from his command until he was finally discharged having marched through [illegible] of Virginia [illegible] Carolina North Carolina – from the service. He served and was acquainted with Col. Washington’s Regiment of Horse. He has seen Gen Pickens. He has no discharges or documentary evidence and that he knows of no person in the county whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. The said John Leggit again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer at Lexington Virginia a short time after he returned home from the six month’s tour under Capt James Hall in Col. McDowel’s Regt and served a six weeks tour of duty or thereabouts during this service he marched through part of Virginia and North Carlina and was in the Battle of Guilford. He knew Gen [illegible] who commanded at this battle. He also knew Capt A. [illegible]  of the Regulars who was killed this battle. He again entered his service after a few days [illegible] under the same Capt and Col. He marched over the Blue ridge into Old Virginia to meet Col. Yarleton. They marched as far as James Town that tour. He says Gen [illegible] [illegible] had the command of the whole detachment this tour. The fourth time he entered the service as a substitute for his brother in law Joseph Campbell. For whom he served about [illegible] [illegible] in the same company and Regiment and was at the siege of York at which Lord Cornwallis was captured and received a severe wound which disabled his left hand and is disabled even to this day. In this last service he was acquainted with [illegible] Gen Washington Gen Wayne Gen Lea Gen LaFayeth Gen Muhlenburg and many others. He lived in the county of Rockbridge Virginia during the whole time of the revolution he entered…
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…the service at Lexington every time, but he does not recollect the different places at which he was discharged. He knows of no person in this country whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, nor has he any documentary evidence by which he can prove his service.

I, the said John Liget, do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

(Interrogatories propounded by the Court to the said John Liget)
Question: Where and in what year were you born?
Answer: In Augusta County, Virginia, in March A.D. 1762.
Quest: Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer: There was a record at my brothers in Kentucky some years since. But I know not what has become of it. 
Quest: Where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer: In Rockbridge County, Virginia, when I entered the service. I removed to Kentucky, the next year after the siege of York where I lived about thirty eight years. I lived a few years in Alabama and Tennessee and I now live in the County of Montgomery and State of Illinois where I have lived about four years. 
Quest: How were you called into the service? Were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
Answer: the three first tours I volunteered and the fourth I was a substitute for my brother in law Jos Campbell.
Quest: Did you receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it.
Answer: I received a discharge but from whom or what has become of them I do not know.
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 service?
Answer: I knew General Sumter, Colonel Washington, Colonel Davidson, and General Campbell.
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and good behavior your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Answer: I am acquainted with the Rev John Grantham and William Mayfield Esquire.

Sworn to and subscribed in open 			John Liget
Court the day and year aforesaid
We John the day and year aforesaid.
We, John Grantham, a clergyman residing in the County of…
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…Montgomery and William Mayfield, residing in the same County and State of Illinois, do hereby certify that we are acquainted with John Liget, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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.
							John Grantham
							William Mayfield

Sworn to and subscribed in open
court the day and year aforesaid.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Grantham who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Montgomery and State of Illinois, and that William Mayfield, who has signed the same, is a resident of the same county and state and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
	I, Hiram Rountree, Clerk of the County Commissioners Court for the County of Montgomery and State of Illinois, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of John Liget for a pension.
					In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
					and seal of office at Hillsboro this twentieth day
					of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 						hundred and thirty-two.

								Hiram Rountree
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State of Illinois, Montgomery County [illegible]
personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the peace and for the county aforesaid, John Liget, 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 ten months and fifteen days, I served as a volunteer under three separate tours: For three months, I served as a substitute for my brother in law Jos Campbell, making in the whole thirteen months and fifteen days, and for such service I claim a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed before me 
this twentyninth day of December A.D. 1832. 		John Liget

		George H. Anderson Justice of
		the Peace for Montgomery
		County

	State of Illinois, Montgomery County, [illegible]
I, Hiram Rountree, Clerk of the County Commissioners Court for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that George H. Anderson, Esquire, whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate of affidavit of the therein named John Liget, is and was at the time of signing his name hereto an acting justice of the peace in and for the said county duly commissioned and sworn into office, and that therefore faith and credit are due to all the acts of the said justice of the peace in his official capacity
			In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
			and affixed the seal of said court at Hillsboro
			this twentyninth day of December in the year of our
			Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
								Hiram Rountree
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R^v. & 1812 Wars Section							[illegible]

									December 30, 1925
James W. Liggett
Laberatoriegatan No. 10
Stockholm, Sweden

Sir:

	I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 31816 it appears that John Liget was born in March 1762 in Augusta County, Virginia.
	While living in Rockbridge County, Virginia he enlisted in the latter part of 1780 and served six months as a private in Captain James Gilmore's Company, Colonel Howard's Virginia Regiment and was at the battle of Cowpens.
	Shortly after, he enlisted and served two tours, four months and fifteen days, as a private in Captain James Hall's Company, Colonel McDowell's Virginia Regiment and was at the battle of Guilford.
	He enlisted again and served three months as a private in Captain James Hall's Company, Colonel McDowell's Virginia Regiment and was at the Siege of Yorktown where he received a severe wound of the left hand.
	He was allowed pension on his application executed…
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September 18, 1833 while a resident of Montgomery County, Illinois. In 1836 he was living in Washington County, Arkansas, to be near his children, whose names and the name of his wife are not stated.
	The above noted is the only soldier named John Liget (under any spelling) found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
	
						Respectfully,

						WINFIELD SCOTT
						Commissioner
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[left side]

31816
INVALID.
[illegible]
File No.: 31816
John Liget
Pri  Rev War
Act: June 7th, 32”
Index: Vol. 2, Page 241
[Arrangement of 1870]

[right side]

May 23/94 [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] 
W Wirt Liggett – 
Ripley, Ohio.   C

1914 June 1. History to
Mrs. A. J. Strange.   [illegible]
1922 April 4 Hist. to Mrs. Richard
W. Haynic

1924. Jan-8-Hist: is [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
1926-Dec. 30-Hist: to James [illegible] Liggett
Letter in [illegible] of David Davis, S.38878. [illegible]
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O.W. Inv. File
31816
John Legit
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
					Second Comptroller’s Office,
						Dec. 9th, 1841.

Sir,

	Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” John Liget, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Arkansas Agency, at the rate of forty five Dollars and ––––– Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1840.

					Respectfully, yours,
					Albion K. Parris
							Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
				Present.
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[Stamped Postmark: LOUISVILLE, APR [illegible]]

[Handwritten vertical text:]
May 15th
[illegible] [illegible]

To the
	Commissioner of Pensions  
		Washington City  
			Columbia
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Fayetteville Ark  
										April 17th 1861  

Sir,  

	Enclosed we send depositions, upon which John Legget a “Revolutionary Pensioner”   
bases his application for a duplicate of  his pension certificate, having lost the original.  
	Your early attention to this subject will relieve the distresses of an old veteran who is wholly dependent upon his country's gratitude for his support.  

						Respectfully,  
							[illegible]
						 		Oldham [illegible]   

To the  
	Commissioner of Pensions  
			Washington
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those  
	answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of  
	John Liggit 					which require 
	further proof or explanation.  

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes  

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

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

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Not distinctly  

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  Refer to the short brief  

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

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

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes  

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes  

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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                                   2
XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes  

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

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

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  
         If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  
         Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  

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

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes  

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? They are all answered  


EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERY V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:  
	"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ___ year ___ months, and ___ days, I served as a ___ For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 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 shewn 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.
QUERY XIV.  Proof of Service.
	In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the 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.
QUERY XVI.  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 paper 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.
	In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Fayetteville July 22, 1836

Sir,

	Enclosed herewith you will find the application of John Liget, a Revolutionary pensioner, to be transferred from the Illinois to the Arkansas Pension Agency. [illegible] [illegible] and to give sincerely attention to this matter as the old man is in much need of his little [illegible].
						I am respectfully
							Your obt ser
								W.M. K. Ball
To the 
	Hon. Sec'y of War.
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Pension Agency Office
								Little Rock, 7 July, 1837

Sir,

	The enclosed voucher has been presented to me for the payment of the pension of John Liget, but as more than a year's pension is due, I am compelled under your instructions to [illegible] for? I [illegible]  [illegible] for your approval.
[illegible]
	I am,
	          Sir,
		    Respectfully,
			Your. Obt. Servt
			[illegible] [illegible] 
					[illegible]


J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm. of Pensions,
Washington.
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Carmi, Ill.						Free
7th Sept

[written vertically]
Sept 20
Mr. [illegible]
John Legit

James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City
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Carmi, Ill  							Pension Agent's Office
								5 Sept 1836

Sir,

	In answer to your letter of the 25th [illegible], I would inform you that John Legit a pensioner under the act of 7 June 1832 at $45 per annum, has been paid to 4 March 1836.

								Very respectfully,
								Your obt servt
								Daniel Hay

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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State of Arkansas        }
County of Washington}
	Be it remembered that on the 18th day of March eighteen hundred and forty-one, personally came John Legget before the undersigned, an acting justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid and being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that he is a Revolutionary Pensioner, and that his pension is payable at Little Rock, Arkansas. That during last summer, he was attempting to cross White River on horseback when he lost his saddlebag in the river, that his pension certificate was in his saddlebag and that the same was also lost, and that he is thereby unable to draw his pension. He further states that he is the identical person named in the said pension certificate granting a pension to John Legget that his present place of residence is Washington County, State of Arkansas, where he has resided for three years past [illegible] that his claim to a pension was granted while he resided in Montgomery County, State of Illinois, and that he was transferred from the agency for pensions for the state of Illinois to the state of Arkansas upon his removal to the latter state. He therefore requests a duplicate of his said certificate lost as aforesaid.

Sworn to and subscribed				John Legit
Before me.
J. K. Oldham, J.P.
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State of Arkansas        }
County of Washington}

	William [illegible] Ball, being duly sworn according to law, says that he is well acquainted with John Liget, the before named applicant, and he knows that he is a Revolutionary Pensioner. And he also states that he had in his possession for a considerable time the pension certificate of the said Legit, and was in the habit of preparing for him the necessary papers to draw his pension, and some time last summer he delivered up to him the said certificate, and he very believes said certificate has been lost.

Sworn to and subscribed			WM [illegible] Ball
before me the 10th April
A.D. 1841
Jesse K. Oldham, J.P.

State of Arkansas        }
County of Washington}
			   I, B.H. Pierson, clerk of the Circuit Court and ex officio clerk of the County Court in and for the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jesse H. Oldham before whom the foregoing deposition or affidavit was taken, is and was, at the time the same was taken, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such.
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In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office at office this 10th day of April 1841.
						B.H. Pierson, Clerk
						Circuit Court & Ex.
						Officio Clerk Co Court
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[illegible]
Ripley, Ohio
April 29th, 1894

Major Henry Field
	Va Continental Line
John, James and Robert Leggett (or Liggett
	[illegible] Troops, Rev. War.

W. Wirt Leggett requests records of service of above for the purchase of proving his eligibility to Order of Cincinnati and Sons of the Revolution.

[Stamped]
Pension Office U.S.
May 2, 1894
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Ripley, Ohio, April 29th, 1894

To
	The Secretary of State,
Through
	The Commissioner of Pensions,
		Washington, D.C.

Sir,

	I have the honor to request that I be furnished a copy of the military record of Major Henry Field of Culpeper Co, Virginia, who served in the Virginia Continental Line, Revolutionary War.
	Also the records of John, James and Robert Leggett or Ligget, who served in the same war in, I think the Pennsylvania Troops. James Leggett was captured at the Battle of Monmouth imprisoned on the “Jersey” prison-ship; carried to England, afterwards released, and after his return to this country died from “hulk fever.” [illegible].
	Above records are for the purpose of proving my eligibility to “Order of the Cincinnati” and “Sons of the Revolution.”
				Very respectfully,
					Your obedient servant,
						W. Wirt. Leggett
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[Stamped]
Pension Office U.S. 
Mar 6 1922

										Miami, Mo  
										March 4, 1922  

The Commissioner of Pensions,  
Washington, D.C.  

Dear Sir: Have you any Revolutionary War record of John Liggett, West Virginia? If so, will you kindly send same to me as I am collecting data for a complete record of the Liggetts in order that I may have an additional bar and my…
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Daughters of American Revolution pin.
	Thanking you kindly for any help you will give me I am
			Yours truly,

				Mrs. Richard W. Haynie
P.O. Box 325
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[Stamped]
Nov 22 1923

								Chrisman, Illinois,  
								November 20, 1923.  

Bureau of Interior,  
Washington, D.C.  

Dear Sirs:  

	Would you please send me the Revolutionary War record of Capt. John Legate who was under General Marion?  

					Respectfully yours,  
						Irene Scott.  

						[Stamped]
						Chief Clerk
						Nov 22 1923
						Bureau of Pensions
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Chrisman, Illinois,  
								November 20, 1923.  

Pension Dept.,  
Washington, D.C.  

Dear Sirs:  

	Did Capt. John Legate, who fought in the Revolutionary War under General Marion, draw a pension? If so, would you please send me any dates relative to his life that you might have?  

						Respectfully yours,  
							Irene Scott

							[Stamped]
							Pension Office U.S.
							Nov 22 1923
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Dana-Cyclone Mutual Insurance Co.  			Hillsboro Fire, Mutual Insurance Co.  
GEO. D. TAYLOR, Pres.  					GEO. D. TAYLOR, Pres.  
W.C. REBHAN, Treas  					W.E.KILLAM, Treas  
A.T. STRANGE, Sec’y  					A.T. STRANGE, Sec’y  

							          [Stamped]
							OFFICE OF [illegible]
						       FOR WAR DEPARTMENT
							      MAY 18 1914
							  DATE RECEIVED.

Office of
A. T. STRANGE

							HILLSBORO, ILL., May 15th, 1914 191  

The Treasury Department  
	Washington, D.C.  

			     I am writing you for information as to the military record, two Revolutionary Soldiers, John Liget and Henry Briance. They lived and I believe in this, (Montgomery County Illinois) and probably enlisted from this county. Please give me a short history of their Revolutionary record. Giving [illegible] enlistment, and discharge, and company, and Pension with last payment and where living when it was made, if you have the information. 

	Oblige.  A. T. Strange.  
			Cor’y Sec’y  
				County Historical Society  

		[Stamp]
		Received A.G.O., May 19 1914  

						[Written in margin] 
						303 a. S. Main St.  
						(from [illegible])
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Mail & Files Division  
Treasury Department  

1914 May 18 AM 9 53  

[Stamp] 
OPTION OF AUDITOR 
FOR WAR DEPARTMENT 
MAY 18 1914
DATE RECIEVED  

[Stamp]
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
May 20
2165891  
WAR DEPARTMENT  

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PENSION OFFICE U.S. 
MAY 28 1914

AUD.WAR

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2165891  

WAR DEPARTMENT,  
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE,  
WASHINGTON, May 21, 1914.  

Respectfully returned to  

Mr. A. T. Strange,  
	Hillsboro,  
		Illinois.  						[Stamp]
									PENSION OFFICE U.S.
									May 28, 1914

	Neither the name John Liget nor the name Henry Briance has been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of any organization of Virginia or Continental troops in service during the War of the Revolution.  
	It is suggested as a possibility that the desired information can be obtained from the Librarian, Virginia State Library, Richmond, or from the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.  

				[illegible Signature]  
				The Adjutant General.  


[Handwritten Note Below]  

Commissioner of Pensions:  

Please give any information you can of the two above named Revolutionary soldiers who lived in Montgomery County Illinois.  

		Oblige,  
			A.T. Strange  
				For Historical Society  

Form No. 70, A.G.O.  
Ed. May 10–13—75,000.
Page 36

G-427  
Form 3043.
ALL DIVISIONS.  
Ed. 6,000–F.C., Nov. 5-12.
2—3140

RETURN SLIP.

Treasury Department,
Office of
Auditor for the War Department,
Washington, D.C., May 19, 1914.

	Respectfully forwarded to the Adjutant General, U.S.A., War Department, the attached letter of Mr. A. T. Strange, Hillsboro, Illinois, for proper action.  
	The writer has been advised of this action.  

						J. L. BAITY,  
						    Auditor,  

							By [signature]  

NW-410
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section  							[illegible]

										January 8, 1924  

Irene Scott  
221 East Monroe Ave.,  
Chrisman, Ill.  

Madam:  

	I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 31816 it appears that John Liget was born in March 1762 in Augusta County, Virginia.  
	While living in Rockbridge County, Virginia he enlisted in the latter part of 1780 and served six months as a private in Captain James Gilmore's Company, Colonel Howard's Regiment and was at the battle of Cowpens.  
	Shortly after, he enlisted and served two tours, four months and fifteen days, as a private in Captain James Hall's Company, Colonel McDowell's Virginia Regiment, and was at the battle of Guilford.  
	He enlisted again and served three months as a private in Captain James Hall's Company, Colonel McDowell's Virginia Regiment, and was at the Siege of Yorktown where he received a severe wound in his left hand.  
	He was allowed pension on his application executed…
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…September 18, 1832 while a resident of Montgomery County, Illinois. In 1836 he was living in Washington County, Arkansas, to be near his children; their names and the name of his wife not stated.
	The above noted is the only soldier named John Liget (under any spelling) found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

					Respectfully,  
						Commissioner  

[Handwritten Note at the Bottom]  
Date of death [illegible]  
[illegible] [illegible]

Lived in [illegible]. Ala. Tenn.
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In reply to your request of_____, received______for a statement of the military history of John Liget, a 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.

S.31816

Date of Enlistment or Appointment	Length of Service	Rank	Officers Under Whom
Service Was Rendered	State
			Captain.	Colonel.	
1780	6 mos.	Pri	James Gilmore	Howard	Va.
Soon after	6 wks.		James Hall	McDowell	
Soon after			James Hall	McDowell	
	3 mos.		James Hall	McDowell	


Battles engaged in, Cowpens, Guilford, ended in left hand in Siege of Yorktown.  
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rockbridge Co., Va.  
Date of application for pension, Sept. 18, 1832, His Cl. Was al.  
Residence at date of application, Montgomery Co., Ill.  
Age at date of application, B. [illegible]1762, Augusta Co. Va.  
Remarks: Soldier had children living in Arkansas in 1836, no names stated. 
For date of last payment of pension and last known residence of soldier, you should apply to the Auditor for the Int. Dept., U.S. Treasury Dept citing the following data: John Liget, Cert. No. 6307, issued Feb. 28, 1833, at $45 per an. from March 4, 1831, under Act of June 7, 1832, Arkansas Agency.  

					Very respectfully,  
						Commissioner.

6––2856

Handwritten Note at Bottom]
Brother in law Joseph Campbell