Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6742, Ransom Colquitt, Va.
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SERVICE
Va

Colquitt, Ransom
or
Colquitt Susanna

NUMBER
W. 6742

CONTENTS
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[illegible] sent ABt 18th 1821
to
Thos Learey, Esq
Rockingham C T6/N6
15.926 R
North Carolina
Ransom Colquett,
of Rocking [ham] Co. in the state of No Caro [lina]
who was a private
in the regiment commanded
Colonel Bland,
of the Virginia
line, for the term of six years.
Inscribed on the roll of North Carolina,
at the rate of 8
Dollars per month, to commence
the 4 of November, 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of Nov 1819
and sent to William Roane, Esq
Rockingham C. h.. North Carol
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 $32.23
3 mo. $27/30
&           4/31   [days]  
          $32.23 [total]
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818

Cont.
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2120
Virginia    Richmond
Susanna Colquett
widow of Ransom Colquett
who was a Priv of Cavalry
in the Va. line
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
100 Dollars [blank] Cents
per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
27th day of Sept. 1843
and sent to
D. A. Hofer, Esq
Lewisburgh, Va
Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 Page 147

Letter to J J Hory V Terisian
Agent 24 July 1844
Letter to A Robiresaw, [Robinson] 7 May 1845.
Hon R. C. Pur year
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This may Certify that Ransum Colquitt
served as a Soldier in the first Regiment of Light Dragoons
John Watts Capt
in the late 1st Regt L1799 Dragoons
September 5th ┃
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I certify [illegible] [illegible]
in the [illegible]  Rank of 
Cavalry with Capt Ward Nelson
T. M. N.
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Henry County to wit
This day came Thomas George Gibson before me
one of the Commonwealths justices of the peace
and made oath that he was a revolutionary
soldier and that Ransom Coquitt was in
the service at the same time and served
Three years in Capt. John Watts company
of Light dragoons attach to the 1st Regiment
commanded by Colo. Theodorick Bland
and while the said Ransom Colquitt was
in the service of the United States he had the
small pox at or near a place call Whiting
in the jerses-- and that the said Colquitt Lost
sight of one of his eyes, occasioned by the
small pox and that he the said Thomas G
Gibson waited upon the 3d Ransom Colquitt
and had to lead him about for he the said
Ranson Colquitt could not see at that time
This deponant further says that Ransom
Colquitt received a wound on the left arm
which broke it all while in service
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he further says that he the said Colquitt
was in the Battle at Germantown
Monmoth Cthouse [Courthouse].
Brandywine & the white marsh and
was discharged at Winchester in the year
1778. by his Capt. John Watts
and farther this deponant sayeth not
Witness
[illegible] J. Penn
Sworn before me the
30th October. 1818

Thos geo gibs?
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That he is now old and infirm, that much
of such infirmity arises from wounds and
other injuris by him received in the aforesaid regiment in the aforesaid service, and battles - that he is poor and needy, in
reduced circumstances and stands in need
of the assistance of his country for his comfortable subsistance
aged 67 years
Ransom Colquit
his mark
Ransom Colquit
Sworn to before me this
4th Nov. 1819
JJ Daniel J.S.L.E.
State of North Carolina
Rockingham County of Fourth day of November
AD 1819
Notly W Briscoe and William Hughes
come before John [illegible] Daniel
one of the Judges of the Superior Court of
law and courts of Equity for the State
of North Carolina and make oath Ransom Colquit who has made
the foregoing affidavit is old and infirm
and very poor and in reduced circumstance

N.W. Briscoe
Wm. Hughes
Sworn to before me this 4th Nov. 1819
JJ Daniel J L L E
Admitted
W Rowan Esq
Rockingham C H
Ransom Colquit Priv
Col Bland
Virginia Regiment Cavalry
1776 for 3 years
and afterwards for the war
Roll
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Wine and the while marching during [illegible]
time he was several times wounded in
fighting the battles of his country and at the
expiration of the said Term of Three years
honorably Discharged by said Captain Watts
at Winchester in Virginia some time in the
year 1778 as well as the deponent can 
recollect as he has lost his discharge
that he again then immediately enlisted for a second time under the said Captain
into the said Company and regiment
and did continue to serve faithfully in
said Regiment untill the Termination
and end
of said War when he was regularly
and honorably discharged that he has
his last discharge
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Ransom Colquet
15.926
March 1820
Thos Searcy, Esq
Rockingham C H
N.C.
[illegible] April 1821
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Virginia
Greenbrier County Towel
At a Court continued and held for the County of
Greenbrier at the Court House thereof on Tuesday the
29th day of September 1840
Susannah Colquitt appeared in Court and made
Oath that she is the widow of Ransom Colquitt
deceased and also proved to the satisfaction of the
Court that she has never married since the death
of said Ransom Colquitt which is ordered to be
Certified to the war department [illegible mark]
I John Mathews Clerk of the Court
of Greenbrier County do hereby Certify
that the above is a True Copy of the
declaration & Oath of Susannah Colquitt
[illegible] from the recording
my Office In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my name and
affixed the Seal of my Office the
1st day of October 1840 and in the
65th year of the Commonwealth
John Mathews [illegible]
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State of
Virginia
SS
On this 29th day of September in the year 1840,
personally appeared before the County Court of Greenbrier County
Susanna Colquett a resident of the County of Greenbrier & State
aforesaid aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on her oath make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838, entitled
"An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows"
That she is the widow of Ransom Colquett deceased and that
he the said Ransom Colquett deceased was a regularly enlisted
Soldier in the revolutionary Army of the United States for
three years which he faithfully performed and that he enlisted into the service as a common soldier in the County of Cumberland in the State of Virginia that her said husband Ransom
Colquitt was a pensioner and drew the sum of ninety six dollars [illegible] [illegible]
that at the time he applied for a pension he was placed on the pension list, he resided in Rockingham County
and State of North Carolina, and there he resided until his
death which occured in 1825.
She further declares that she was married to the said Ransom
Colquett on the 25th day of November seventeen hundred and
eighty five that her husband the aforesaid Ransom Colquitt
died on the twenty third day of September eighteen hundred
and twenty five; that she was not married to him prior
to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous
to the first day of January, Seventeen hundred and ninety four,
viz: at the time above stated
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
her
Susanna Colquett
X
her mark
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State of North Carolina
Superior Court of Law
Rockingham County
Term of the fifth monday
After the fourth Monday of September AD 1820
Ranson Colquit makes oath that he was
a soldier of the revolutionary war that he served six or seven years in the continental line in the
service of the United States that he was at and in the Battles of
Brandywine, Germantown Monmouth and white marsh that he together with the corps to which he belonged arrived just at the time Burgoin
Surrendered his army at Saratoga - that he cannot
at present remember the time of his enlistment a date of his service as he is 67 or 68 years his memory is bad and his
vouchers have all been attached to his former 
declaration made about 12 months since under which he has
obtained a certificate placing him on the pension
roll and under which he has obtained one
pension at the United States Bank at Fayetteville ┃
about the 20 day of October last. He further states
that he has been a Citizen of the United State, ever
since the Revolutionary war up to the present period
and that he now lives in the County of Rockingham
State of North Carolina. He further swears that
that he has not at any time conveyed away
his property or securities for money or other property for the
purpose of bringing himself under the provisions of an act of Congress passed on the 18 March 1818
Entitled an act for the relief of Pensioners engaged in the land or naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war or of any other act of Congress
passed either previous or subsequent to that date for the purpose of placing himself on the pension roll of the United States that he has no property of any kind and nor has any held for him property in trust, or otherwise, nor any claim or claims for any excepting
a claim which he now has pending by suit in Equity for
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for the County of Rockingham & which he hope
will be decided in a few years but which may not be
decided for many years to come He further states
he has no occupation being an invalid from the
many wound he recd in the service of his country
he is now crippled in one ankle and arm and
with all afflicted with the Rheumatism. He is
dependant on others for his support as he is unable to work He lives in a house his son has procured by rent for lives that he has no [illegible] or any other property excepting [illegible] very indifferent and [illegible] household stuff which his son has but him and his wife are old and crippled woman about 65 years of age to enable them that he has no other person in family excepting a single daughter 17 or 18 years old. that he
has no income or other means of support excepting what
be receive from Charity, He further states he
lost the sight of one eye when he was in the service
of the United States in the revolutionary war
by the small for and that he has no other
means of proof of this his statement as to his services that
what was affixed
to his former Declaration made
out at this Court 12 months since & under which
he has been placed on the U.S. pension roll, and
obtained a certificate of the same under which he
has recd a pension - sworn to and subscribed
in open Court this 1st day of November 1820
Thomas Searcy Clerk of the Superior Court of
Law for the County of Rockingham opened and held
at Wentworth on the fifth Monday after the fourth
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Monday of September AD 1820 and which
Court is a Court of record) do hereby certify that the
with is a true copy of the Declaration and
oath Ranson Colquet filed in my office and
that said Colquit swore to the same in due
form of Law and I do further certify that the
presiding Judge of this our said Court was and
is fully satisfied of the Declarant Ranson Colquet 
being poor & without property. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of my office at office the first
day of November AD 1820
J Searcy CJC
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One thousand seven hundred and Eighty five November 25th
Ransom Colquitt to Susannah Baker by Hawkins Landrum
Teste Geo. Carrington C
I William Holt Clerk of the County Court for
the County of Halifax in the State of Virginia certify that the
foregoing is a true copy of the register of the marriage
of Ransons Colquitt and Susannah Baker in my office.
with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record
in fair legible figures as follows " 1785 November 25th
I William Holt above named depose and say that
I hold the office of Clerk of the County Court for the County
of Halifax in the state of Virginia and that the above is a
true copy from the records of my office with the exception
above named as certified by me.
Wm. Holt Ck

Sworn before me Elisha Barksdale 
a Justice of the peace for Halifax County 2
I William Holt Clerk of the County Court
of Halifax in the State of Virginia certify that Elisha Barksdale [illegible] is a
magistrate as above duly commissioned and
Sworn and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of the said County
this 14th day of September 1840 
Wm Holt ck
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State of Virginia
County of Halifax} SS.
I William S. Holt clerk of the county court in the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears from the records of my office that Ransome Colquitt and Susanna Baker were married by Hawkins Landrum a legally authorised minister of the gospel the 25th day of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty five (1785)
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affirmed the seal of the said County [] my name this 26th day of January 1855
Wm S. Holt clk.
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State of North Carolina
Rockingham County,
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
November Term 1854
On this 27th day of November 1854, before the said Court
now sitting personally appeared James Colquett aged [blank]
years, a resident of said County and State, who, being
first duly sworn according to law, declared as follows  that he is the son of Ransom Colquett (or
Colquitt) who was a Revolutionary soldier & pensioner
and who is now dead; that his said father was some thirty five years ago pensioned by the United States
government at the pay of Ninety six dollars per annum
his certificate for which he has often seen but which has
been lost for many years and cannot now be found, and
that said pension was granted for services rendered as a
private soldier in the Virginia Continental Troops in the
War of the Revolution, and that he (the declarant) having
forgotten the particulars of his said father service does now refer the Pension Department to the paper work filed by his father
the many years ago when he applied for pension that
his said father was married to his wife Susanna in the
County of Halifax and State of Virginia on the 25th
day of November in the year Seventeen hundred and
eighty five (1785) by one Hawkins Landeau a Minister
of the gospel and that her name before Marriage was Susan
Baker that his father removed to Rockingham County State of
North Carolina many years ago, and was a resident thereof
when he died on the 25 day of August in the year Eighteen
hundred and twenty five (1825 leaving his widow
Susanna
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Susanna surviving him, and that his said widow
having remained the widow of his said father died
also in said County and state on the fifteenth
day of October in the year eighteen hundred and
forty five (1845) leaving himself (the declarant) her
only surviving child that his said mother did never
receive or apply for pension in her life time for the
following reasons that some 4 or 5 years before her
death she rote to her representative or Senator in
Congress about receiving her pension  that said member
of Congress informed her that he had seen the
Secretary of the War Department of the Chief Commissioner
of Pensions, and was informed that she could come
under no law of Congress; and that after hearing this
his said Mother gave herself no further trouble about
the matter but that he having recently been informed
that there was a law passed before her death which
would have given her pension, and she not having
received it, that he is entitled to the same, does now
apply for the same under whatever law of Congress it
may be due, and that he has never before made
application.
James Colquitt
X
His Mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day
year aforesaid, and it is hereby certified that the
declarant is a credible person that his statement
is worthy of credit, and that he is a reputable
citizen of our said County & State
W. B. Carter J P [illegible]
Chairman of the Court
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State of North Carolina
Rockingham County,
Court of pleas & Quarter Sessions.
November Term 1854
To wit:
On this 27 day of November 1854, before the aforesaid
Court now sitting personally appeared John P. Grogan
aged 64 years, and Absolom Loyce aged 62 years, citizens
1
of said County & State, who, being first duly sworn according to the requirements of law, declare that they
well knew Ransom Colquitt and Susanna his widow
who survived him some twenty years: that said Colquitt
was a Revolutionary pensioner at $96 per annum, and died
in said County & State on the 25th day of August in the year eighteen
hundred and twenty five leaving his said widow Susan
surviving him - that said Susanna remained the widow of
the said Ransom Colquett until she died; and that she died
in said County and State on the fifteenth day of October
in the year eighteen hundred and forty five at the advanced
age of some 78 years leaving but one child surviving her [illigible]
James Colquitt, the identical person who is now applying
for pension. And that they know & well remember the
above facts from the following circumstances. They remember
to have often seen the pension Certificate of said
Ransom Colquitt and to have often heard him relate the
incidents of his service in the Revolutionary War They were
both near neighbors to his said widow Susanna for many
years before her death, and were both present at her
funeral & burial on the 16th October 1845 the day after
her death, and the former of these affiant having
over [text circled]
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assisted John Baker (a brother of the said Widow)
in making arrangements for her funeral, (such as procuring
a coffin, preparing the grave) & has in his possession some papers and memorandum setting forth
the precise day of her death and burial; and furthermore
they having frequently seen a Family Bible Record in the
possession of said John Baker setting forth the dates
of the death of said Ransom & Susanna Colquitt and
of several of the children, believe the same to be true
genuine and correct  And they also declare that his
believe that the said Susanna Colquitt being informed of 
her rights from old age, imbecility & did never in
her life time apply for pension, and that they are
disinterested in making the affidavit
John P. Gaugan
Absolom Loyce
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court and it is certified that the affiants are credible persons and highly
respectable citizens of said County & State
W. B. Carter J.P. and
Chairman of the Court
State of North Carolina
Rockingham County.
I, W. M. Ellington, Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions
for said County, a court of record having general jurisdiction, do
certify that at a time of said Court held at the Court House of the
said County on the 27th day of November 1854, satisfactory evidence
was addressed before said Court that Ransom Colquitt was a
Revolutionary soldier & pensioner of said County, and died in said
County and State on the twenty fifth day of August in the year
eighteen hundred twenty five (1825) [illegible] surviving him, and that his said widow Susanna also died in
said County and state on the fifteenth day of October in the year
eighteen hundred and forty five (1845) leaving her surviving but one
child, viz: James Colquitt, the identical person who is now applying for
pension & which evidence consists in the affidavits of John P. Grogan and Absolum Loyce two credible and reputable citizens of our said County made
[one line unreadable]
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surviving him, and that his said widow, Susanna also died in
said County and state on the fifteenth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and forty five (1845) leaving his surviving but one
child, viz: James Colquitt, the identical person who is now applying for
pension & which evidence consists in the affidavits of John P. Grogan and Absolum
Joyce two credible and reputable citizens of our said County made
and sworn to in open Court, attested and certified by the Chairman and
presiding Justice of said Court, viz: William B. Carter Esquire, and herewith
annexed; and also in a duly certified copy of a Family Bible Record in
possession of John Baker Esquire, which record has been so copied by John
S. Godsey Esquire a duly commissioned Justice of our said County in his own
handwriting and his genuine signature affixed thereto; and which certified
record having proved entirely satisfactory to said Court, and having been entered
upon the records thereof, is herewith annexed
In testimony that the above is taken from
the records of my office I hereto set my
hand and affix my seal of office
on this 24th day of February 1835.
W.M. Ellington C.C.C.
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Susanna Colquett
Wid of Ransom
[illegible]
Act July 7 1838
Married 1785
died 1825
Allow [illegible]
$100 per ann [illigible]
Walt Col Bland
Va line
F W Kelly Esq
Lewisburg Va
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FREE

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

In reference to Nov. 8 143.
Alleged error in 
for Colquitt pension
Certificate
 [postmark] Vicksburg
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Lewisburg Nov 2nd 1843
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Dear Sir
The enclosed papers were returned
to me from the agency in Richmond on account of an alledged
error in Copying the name of the husband of the Widow Pensioner.
I have examined the original certificate in the possession
of Mr Colquitt and find that the name is Ransom in plain letters
and not Ranson as it is stated to be on the books at Richmond,
I refer you to a few lines inclosed from Mr. J.J. Fry of
Richmond setting forth the facts. If the enclosed power of attorney
sufficient you will please forward it to Mr Fry of Richmond
and direct the agent then to pay it
Very Respectfully Yours
Mason Mathews
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Commissioner Pensions
War Department
Washington D.C.

2424
July 5 43
Va
Mar 3 1843
for Colquitt
$100 per annum

D. A. Stofer
Lewisburg, Va
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State of Virginia SS
On this the 24th day of June 1843 personally appeared
before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in for Greenbrier
County and State aforesaid, Mrs. Susanna Colquitt, a resident
of the said County of Greenbrier, aged 78 years, who being
first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on her oath, make
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the
provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3rd
March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who
served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the
widow of Ransom Colquitt, who was a regular in the
Militia under General Greene, and that she has received
under the act of July 7 1838, five hundred dollars
She further declares that she is still a
Widow
Subscribed and sworn to on the day above stated
Wm Spotts 20th
State of Virginia
Greenbrier County Clerks Office [illegible]
I John Mathews Clerk of the Court of the County of Greenbrier
aforesaid do hereby certify that William Spotts [illegible] is the person
before whom the above Affidavit was made & who hath certified
the same was at that time and still is an acting Justice of
the peace in & for the said County duly commissioned and
Qualified as such & that the signature purporting to be his
appears to be Genuine and further I do hereby certify that said
Susanna Colquitt is a Resident of the Said County at this time
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my name and Affixed the Seal of
my Office the 28th day of June 1843
in the 67th year of the Commonwealth
Teste
John Mathews CG
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Lewisburg Va June 28th 1843
Dear Sir
In this sheet you have the affidavit of
Mrs Colquitt, as also the certificate  of the
Clerk and County seal. I believe  that this
paper will demand a draft If this [illegible] [illegible]
forward to my address, and give me such other
information if you please, that I may proceed immediately to collect it for her as she is very needy
Respectfully
Your obt [obedient]  ser [servant]
D A Stofer 
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Lewisburg Oct 1st 1840.
Sir,
Enclosed is the declaration of Susanna Colquett widow of
Ransom Colquett. Accompanying it is also the evidence of
her marriage to said Ransom Colquitt dcd [deceased] , as well as the
evidence of her being yet the widow of said Ransom Colquitt also
never having been married since his death
yours respectfully
John W. Kelly

To J L Edwards Esq.
Comr of Pensions

N 85
A 25
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2/20
Lewisburg Jany 11th 1844
Hon. J L Edwards
Dear Sir
Sometime in the latter part of
October or first part of November last I enclosed you
Mrs Susanna
Cols with pension power which had been
from the agency at Richmond Va
returned to me on account of an alledged error in
copying the name of her husband in the certificate, it
was stated that the name stood on the Books of that agency
Ransone, instead of Ransom as I had copied it, and as
it in the original certificate in her possession When
I enclosed it to you I requested
if it was found correct, that you would enclose
it to Messrs H.W & J. J. Fry of Richmond whom
was powered to draw the money for her
not having heard any thing about
it since I must trouble you to inform me of
it was ever received by you.
Very Respectfully
Your obt [obedient] sevt [servant]
Mason Matthews
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Lewisburg March [illegible] [postmark]
 March 18 1865
[illegible]
to case
[illegible] Colquitt
[illegible] Ja 23 1845
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State of Virginia, Greenbrier County. S.S.
I Mason Mathews a Justice of the peace in and for said County
do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Susanna Colquitt
late of said County of Greenbrier, that she was a pensioner, under the act of Congress of the 3rd of March 1843 on account of the revolutionary
service of her husband the late Ransom Colquett, at the rate of
$100. per annum, that the said Susanna removed from the said
County of Greenbrier Some nine months since and is now as I under
land and believe residing in the town of Charleston in the County
of Kanawha Given under my hand this 13th day of March
1845
Mason Mathews
J L Edwards Esqr
Dr Sir
above I hand you Certificate as
the request of James M Laidley Esqr of Kanawha County, who inform
me that he has forwarded to you Mr Colquitts power of attorney, and
that he wishes me to forward you the above certificate
Mason Mathews
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Kan. C.H.Va. February 20 1835
J. L. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir

Having been applied to by Mrs. Susanna
Colquitt, widow,  to prepare a power of attorney to enable her
to avail herself of the provisions of the act of the 17th June 1844.
My lean to trouble you for directions in his peculiar case and
which directions it is my intention to transmit to the Pension
agent at Richmond with her power of attorney, prepared
in pursuance of the form now before me furnished by A. K.
Paris, Esq. under date of the 25th June 1844
Mrs. Colquitt is a pensioner under the act of the 3d March
1843, and the peculiarly of the case is this that she resided
at that time and up to August, 1844, in the County of
Greenbrier in this State where she has resided for
many years. In August last she removed to this County
(Kanawha) is now living in this town, with her daughter
and designs remaining here. She is a stranger wholly
unknown to any of our Justices of the peace and is therefore to prove the required certificate, that she
in the same individual who drew a pension as stated
by her, under the act of Congress of the 3d of March 1843
your instructions in this behalf will be thankfully
acknowledged by
Very respectfully
James M. Laidley
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Kanawha C. N. May 26, 1845.
Dear Sir:
I enclosed to you, some two months since, a power of attorney
in Bank (which it was intended should be filled
up by Mr. Robinson at Richmond to draw the pension of
Mrs. Susanna Colquitt. It was sent to you for your directions to Mr Robinson to pay it in consequence of the
impossibility of complying literally with the
prescribed [illigible] of the Department. I flattered my
self that the certificate which was annexed together with the certificate of Mason Matthews Esq.
a Justice of the peace of Greenbrier County
whence Mrs. Colquitt had recently removed
to this County, would be sufficient to authorise
you to give the desired instruction to Anthony
Robinson.
May I take the liberty to trouble you for information as to what further, if any thing, is needed
on the part of Mrs. Colquett which it is in her
power to perform. or was the power of attorney transmitted to Richmond, with the instructions I sought?
Very respectfully
James M. Laidley
J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
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Kan. C. H. May 29, 1845.
Dear Sir
I am this moment in receipt of a letter from Mr
Robinson enclosing a check for Mrs. Colquitt and I write to express my regret that I troubled you with
my letter of the 25th inst. I hope that you may not
have put yourself to the trouble of replying to it.
Very respectfully
James M. Laidley
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Washington, March 7th 1855
Sir:
On my return to this city
today, I find the enclosed applications
for Bounty Land and pension addressed 
to me by several of my constituents and others
If the same should be
allowed, please address me at
Huntsville, North Carolina
Very respectfully,
Your Obt [Obedient] Sert [Servant]
B. C. Puryear
3 apps. taken out Adams [text circled]
L. P. Waldo Esq
Comm of Pension
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This is to certify, That it appears from a List in this office of such Officers
and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War,
as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay,
according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate
issued on the
13th day of May 1784 in the name of
Ransom Colquet
as a soldier of Cavalry
for £39. 12. 2, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to
Mr Green and was given for services prior to the 1st January, 1782.
R. 123.
No Seal of office.
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this
19th
day of August 1840.
Jas E Heath
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WIDOW &c.
File No.    6742
Susanna Colquet
Wid
Ransom Colquet
Pvt. Va. line
Act: Mch. 3rd/ 43
Index:  Vol   H, Page 144

Arrangement of 1870.
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Virginia 5873
Susanna Colquett
widow of Ransom Colquett
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818
and who died on the 23. Sept. 1825
of Geenbrier Co. in the State of Virginia
who was a Priv. Cavalry in the company commanded
by Captain Watts
of the regt.
commanded
by Col. Bland
in the Virginia
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond, Virginia
at the rate of 100 Dollars     Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Oct,
1840 and sent to John W.
Kelly, Lewisburg, Va
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $500
Semi-annual allowance ending
Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2. Page 184
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[illegible] Sir
This pension is said by the
old man to be wrong. He says you must
look at the pension certificate and see if
it is not Ransone instead of Ransom
as follow up and advise me - he says
his Ransone on his Books if it is
not so is the certificate write by next mail J L Edwards the fact can be able order Robinson [illegible]  it
I expect they have made the error
in writing it Ransone instead of 
Ransom which I expect is the right
name, if so this paper is O.R.
if you will write to Edwards and
enclose him the papers with request
to forward to me if all is right.
[illegible] free to Edwards by this [illegible]
JJ Fry
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State of North Carolina
Rockingham County
Fourth day of November AD 1819
This day came Ransom Colquett (who
prays the benefit of the Laws of the United
States made and provided for the relief
of the soldiers of the revolution regularly enlisted into the regular army of the
United States; & who are poor needy and
in reduced circumstances and who
stand in need of the assistance of the
United States for the comfortable subsistance
and makes oath, that the contents of

the foregoing affidavit are true to the
best of his knowledge and belief
and it is further shown to my satisfaction by
 credible witnesses that said Ransom is
in reduced and needy circumstances aged and
infirm and that the said Ransom is a man
of Truth and veracity entitled to be believed
on his oath.
and it is further shown unto
my satisfaction by other indifferent testimony that he the said Ransom did serve in
the Regiment mentioned by him in
his foregoing affidavit and was in the
Battles of Germanton, Monmouth Court House Brandy wine and the White Marsh
and was discharged at Winchester in
the year A.D. 1778.
All of which is certified by me John Joseph Daniel one of the
Judges
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the Judges of the Superior Courts of Law and
Courts of Equity for the State of North
Carolina, This 4th day of November A D day 
eighteen hundred and nineteen.
State of North Carolina
Rockingham County
I J J Daniel judge of the Superior
Courts of Law for the State aforesaid do verify that Ransom
 Colquitt was a soldier in the Revolution War
on the continental establishment & served for
the term of nine months & was duly discharged
he belonged to the 1st Regt of Virginia Light Dragoons 
Col Bland. Capt Jno Watts
he is in reduced circumstances and in need of the assistance of his country for
support
4th November 1819
J J Daniel JLLE

State of North Carolina Superior Court of Law
Rockingham County
Term of the Fifth Monday
 after the Fourth Monday of September AD 1819

Thomas Searcy Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Rockingham
Does hereby certify that John Joseph Daniel is one of the Judges of the Superior Courts of
Law and Courts of Equity for the State of
North Carolina and that he is the Presiding
Judge of the Court at this Term. In Testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and
affix the seal of said Court of office
this 5th day of November AD 1879
The 44th year of our Independance

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