Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,275, for Daniel Strother, Virginia
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(8-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Va. | Strother, Daniel | R.10,275.
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CONTENTS
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Pension
Danl. [possibly abbreviated] Strother
30.000
Indiana
April 7 1834
Re[illegible] (with resolution) to the
Committee on Revolutionary
Pensions -
April 30 1834
Com "duck" to lie
Decr. [abbreviated] 20 1838
Ref to the Committee
on Revy. [abbreviated] Pensions
Hon J. Ewing HR
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State of Indiana
Knox County On this 14 [illegible] day of March 
1834 personally appeared in open Court before
the Honorable Amory Kinny Presiding Judge of
the Circuit Court of said County now sitting,
Daniel Strother of Knox County in the State
aforesaid aged about 68 years, who being
just duly sworn according to law doth on
his oath make the following declaration in
That he was born in [left blank] County South
Carolina as he has been informed and verily
believes in the year 1765 and that he was
raised in Anson County North Carolina near
the Yadkin river. that on the 8 day of January
1781 he joined the Continental Army then at
Charlotte County Virginia which was under
the command of General Greene as a waggoner
of which army Samuel Edmondson or Edmoson
was Wagon Master General, that he was ordered
to [illegible] in taking provisions to Head Quarters
which were then in Guilford County North Carolina
after arriving at head quarters the detachment of
which this deponent was one was employed in
transporting damaged cartridges so and drafted
into the "heavy baggage,, accompanying the Army,
this was just before the battle at Guildford Court
House which took place in March 1781. and they
were ordered across the Dan River _ after the
battle of Guildford Co House he was ordered with
others by Col John Thornton commanding the
Culpepper Militia to drive stock for the Army
which orders were obeyed. That in September
1781 he went again with the Militia to York
town in Virginia were[where] they joined General
Washington and remained there untill the
British surrendered and Lord "Wallis, Cornwallis
was made a prisoner that he was honorably
discharged after [illegible] tour of service but has unfortunately lost
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his discharge. that he is poor and unable
to support himself from his age and
infirmities and therefore throws himself
upon the bounty of his country for assistance.
He further solemnly swears that his name is
not on the Pension Roll of any State and
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present
and that he has resided in Knox County
State of Indiana Thirty nine years where he now resides
his
Daniel x Strother
mark
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
in open Court
A. Kinny

State of Indiana
Knox County [illegible] On this 10 day of March 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Amory Kinny Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court of said County now
sitting Peter McAnnally aged about 76 years
who on being duly sworn according to law
made oath that he was a Revolutionary
Pensioner and had been long acquainted with
the above named Daniel Strother that their
first acquaintance commenced near York town
in Virginia in the year 1781 in the following
manner that on the morning before Cornwallis
surrendered a [the crossed out] waggoner belonging to the detachment in which he McAnnally served run away or deserted from the Virginia Regiment the Captain then ordered this deponent to take his place and ordered him up to the public
stores for a Barrell of Rum at which place
he saw and became acquainted with the
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aforenamed Daniel Strother the foregoing
applicant for a pension. that the said
Strother was when he first met him as
aforesaid selected by the officer of the
public [illegible] as a waggoner ^for the Army [inserted text] and he
believes the officer's name was Major
Thomas Minor.
He further deposes and says that the said
Daniel Strother is the identical Danl [abbreviated] Strother
he knew at York town Va in the year 1781
That the said Daniel has lived in Knox
County Indiana for the last Thirty odd years
is about 68 or 69 years of age that [illegible] [illegible]
of age and infirmities he is unable to procure
subsistence by manual labor. that he
has always sustained the character of an
honest one and a man of [illegible]
Sworn to and subscribed
in open court the date
within named
A. Kinny
[signed to the right] his mark Peter x McAnnally

We the undersigned residing in the County
of Knox State of Indiana hereby Certify that
we are well acquainted with Daniel Strother
who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing
declaration that we believe him to be 68 or
69 years of age that he is reputed and believed
in the neighborhood were he resides to have been
a soldier of the Revolution _____ Subscribed
the day and year aforsaid in open Court
Sworn [and sign] subscribed in open
Court this 10th March 1834
A. Kinny
[another signature appears to the right but is illegible]

[aligned at bottom right of page] And the
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said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after
putting the interrogations prescribed by the
War Department that the [crossed out] applicant
Daniel Strother was a Revolutionary Solider
and served as he states And the Court
further Certifies that the persons who have
signed the preceeding certificate are men of
respectability and trust ___ A. Kinny
B. Moose [illegible]
N. P. Price

I Aleander D Scott Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Knox County State of Indiana
do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of he said Court
in the matter of the application of Daniel
Strother for a Pension
In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of Office
this 10th day of March
Eighteen Hundred and
Thirty four
A D Scott Clerk
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State of Indiana Knox County} Js.
In this 18th day of November One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, Personally appeared before me George R. Gibson, Probate Judge of said County. Peter McAnnally, a revolutionary Pensioner [last 3 words underlined], who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that it is [illegible] his knowledge, and he distinctly recollects, although it may not be specifically set forth in his former evidence, that Daniel Strother, now a very aged ma, did serve in the army at Yorktown in the capacity of a private soldier, and that it was not uncommon for soldiers of that day, to be ordered to take charge of baggage and other waggons: and on one occasion the said McAnnally says, that he was so ordered himself, that he is confident he seen said applicant, Strother, although he had no personal acquaintance with him at the time, after the battle near Guilford Court house, acting in the army as a soldier and an occurrence fresh in his mind, admits of no doubt, that said Daniel Strother was a soldier, and highly regarded by the officers. Sworn [illegible, crossed out] the day and year aforementioned. Just. G R Gibson Peter McNally his X mark
State of Indiana Knox County SS.
Personally appeared before me George R Gibson Probate Judge of Knox County aforesaid This 18th day of Nov. 1859. The above named Peter Mc Nally who being duly sworn [illegible] & saith that the above affidavit contains the truth & the whole truth to the best of his knowledge & ability and subscribed the above affidavit in his presence the day & year just aforesaid
George R Gibson
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State of Indiana 
Knox County ss} I William R. McCord of the Knox Circuit Court and an official Clerk of the Probate Court of said County do certify that George R. Gibson Esq. before whom the within and foregoing affidavit was made is the acting Judge of Said Court only, commissioned and qualified that Said Court is a court of record and that the Signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Vincennes this 18th day of November 1839
/s/W. R. McCord clk.
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Vincennes Nov 18, '39

Sir, 
Herewith you receive the papers of Danl. Strother, as old applicant for the benefit of the Act of '32. - Additional evidence of his old associates McAnnally is now embraced in the packet, and it serves to dissipate every doubt of the applicant's services left unexplained in former testimony.
Respy your obt. Svt.
/s/M. Ewing

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm of Pensions.
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Ho of Rept Dec 18, '38

Sir, 
A friend in need has requested of me "a copy of the Pension Laws now in force, with the forms and regulations adopted by the Dept. in relation thereto - together with those more recently adopted under the Act of last sessions, allowing pensions to widows" - 
If you can enable me to comply with the request, you will oblige, 
yr truly - 
/s/M. Ewing
J. L. Edward Esq.

A petition of Danl. Strother, an applicant for a pension whose papers are on file in your office, has been forwarded to me. Please [illegible] then to be furnished, or copies for investigation by Congress - 
Respy.
/s/JR
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Dec 31.
Ind 30, 000
Daniel Strother Indiana
Rejected did not serve six months i a military capacity, per letter of 3 Jany 1835 to Hon. John Ewing
[addressed envelope]
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office
War Dept
Hon J. Ewing
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Ho. of Rept Dec 31 '36
Sir
The amendatory declarations enclosed, will I hope in connection with the previous applications now on file in your office, bring old Strother within the provisions of the Law. I know this old man personally for upwards of twenty years a resident of Vincennes and have invariable heard him boast, and others say, that he was a revolutionary soldier, his statement I firmly believe to be true.
Very Respy yours
/s/M. Ewing

J. L. Edwards Esq.
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Rejected
Daniel Strother Indiana 

See letter to 
Hon. J. Ewing H. R.
10 January 1835
copies of paper sent to 
same Dec. 22 1838 & to Hon
J. Ewing H.R. Feb 2. 1839
dev 27 Nov 1839 & to [illegible]
Dec 12 1844
10275
Act of June 1832
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Aate of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. [crossed out]
10,275 [handwritten]
P.O.
Daniel Strother [handwritten]
Service:
REJECTED [stamp]
Enlisted: , 18
Discharged: , 18
Application filed: , 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized. Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for , 18
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18252
Daniel Strother
Knox Co
Indiana
REJECTED [stamp]
2382 [crossed out]
2382 [crossed out]
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Hnr. J Ewing[?]
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State of Indiana 
Knox County} ss Before me John Moore an Associate Judge for the County and State aforesaid on this day of December 1834 came Daniel Strother who on being duly sworn made oath that in the year 1834he forwarded his claim for a Pension to the City of Washington that the evidence, was taken in the Knox Circuit Court agreeable to the Laws of the United States, that he proved to the satisfaction of the Court his services in the Army of the Revolution but could not prove his term of service  as he believes all his compatriots in Army are deceased or living in remote parts of the Union - he is old and infirm, now as he believes over seventy years of and unable to maintain himself by manual labor - the only alternative which is left for him is to solemnly swear that he served in the Army of the Revolutionary War ten months, that he was born in South Carolina as he has been informed and as he believes in the year 1764 or 5. On the 8th day of January 1781 he joined the continental army in Charlotte County Virginia, which was then under the command of General Green as a wagoner and the class or duty to which he was assigned was under the direction of
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Samuel Edmondson or Edmiston who was [illegible] Master General when deponent was then ordered to duty taking on loads of provisions to headquarters which were in Guilford County North Carolina after arriving at headquarters he was loaded with damaged cartridges and drafted into the [illegible] baggage accompanying the Army before the siege at Guilford Court House which took place in March 1781 he was then ordered across the Dan River after the fight - a battle he got his discharge which he has lost after the battle of Guilford Court House he was ordered to Col. John Thornton's commanding the Culpepper Militia to drive North on the Army in July 1781 which was done. In Sept 1781 he was again with the Militia to Yorktown in Virginia when they joined General Washington and remained there until the garrison surrendered and [illegible]. [illegible]Cornwallis was taken prisoner - he solemnly swears that he served in the Army from the 8 January 1781 to the 10 November 1781 - and for the last [illegible] years he has resided in Knox County Indiana.
/s/X his mark Daniel Strother
Sworn and Subscribed the 9 Dec 1834
/s/Jn Moore
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State of Indiana 
Knox County} ss I Alexander Scott Clerk of the Court of Knox County Certify that the Honorable Joh Moore before whom the Deposition of the within named Daniel Strother was taken in an [illegible] for the Court of Knox State of Indiana and the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have herewith signed my hand and affixed the Seal of my Office as [illegible] this 9th day of December 1834
/s/A. D. Scott
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Knox County
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State of Indiana 
County of Knos} ss. 
On this 6th day of November 1844 personally appeared before me, Thomas Bishop, associate Judge of said county and state, Daniel Strother, personally known to me as an old inhabitant and reputed revolutionary soldier, and made oath according to law, that when he made application for a pension heretofore as a soldier of the revolution, he had no knowledge of the continued existence or place of residence of his old acquaintance during the revolution, Andrew Ferguson, now a pensioner of the U. States, and an inhabitant of Monroe County; that his age and the effects of time upon his bodily strength, forbid him from entering upon a relation of particulars which a recent meeting with the said Ferguson has revived in his memory, but still, relying on the Justice of his government and referring to  the annexed deposition of said Ferguson in addition to the evidence heretofore sent to the proper department, he is conscious that he is entitled to an allowance for more than one year, faithful and diversified services in the continental line of Virginia. - 
/s/X his mark Daniel Strother
I certify that Danl. Strother, who has signed and sworn to the foregoing deposition before me, on the day and date mentioned, is a credible person - 
/s/Thos Bishop As. Judge
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State of Indiana 
County of Knox} ss.
Personally appeared before me Thomas Bishop, one of the associate Judges of said county and state, on this 8th day of November 1844, Andrew Ferguson, a pensioner of the U. States, who being first duly sworn according to law says that he became acquainted with Daniel Strother the identical person now present, when both he this deponent, and said Strother, were in the continental service in 1781, in North Carolina under Genl. Green, and other Generals occasionally in command, that long before Genl. Green retreated from North Carolina into Virginia, and afterwards in Virginia, deponent knows that said Daniel Strother was in service, part of the time, he knows, that with many other soldiers, he said Strother, was detailed to service as a waggoner - and from deponent's first acquaintance with said Strother to his last interview and knowledge of him in service, deponent is conscious said Strother must have served in the Virginia line, or attached thereto on detailed service, one year or more.
/s/X his mark Andrew Ferguson
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written - 
/s/Thos Bishop As. Judge
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State of Indiana 
Knox County ss.}
I William R. McCord Clerk of the Knox Circuit Court do hereby testify that Thomas Bishop Esquire before whom the above and foregoing affidavits appear to have been made is one of the appointed Judges of Said Court duly Commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is due all his official acts as said.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Vincennes this 6th day of November AD 1844.
/s/Wm. R. McCord Clk