Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4056 1/2, Caleb Glascow, N.C.
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NL
Glascow, Caleb or
Glasgow or
Glasco

R. 4056 1/2
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No 38.172
Aloshaba Clarke  [line through]
 Duncan Pugh [line through]

Caleb Glascoe

NC
died June 1832

Rejected- As
died in 1816

D.S. Danaldson
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State of Indiana
County of Vigo:

On this fourteenth day of March AD 1851, At a court began and held at Time-Hauts, in the County of Vigo and the state of Indiana; present the Honorable Delany B. Ecles, president judge of this seventh judicial Circuit of said state, and Elijah Tillotson and Jacob James, associate judges, in open court, personally opened Abashaba Clark, aged seventeen five years of the county of Vigo and state of Indiana, who being first duly sworn according to law, upon her solemn oath, makes the following declaration, for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of congress, in such, case made and provided that she is the daughter of Caleb Glascow, late of Pasquotank county in the state of North Carolina,deceased. That deponent has always resided in the county of Pasquotank, in the State of North Carolina, until the year A.D. 1845, when she removed ot the state of Indiana, where she has resided since that time; Deponent further states that the said Caleb Glascow was a soldier of the revolutionary war; that he entered the service at Winfield Court house, in Pasquotank County, state of North Carolina ; that he was at the battle of Bunker's hill, in June AD 1775, that he had the small pox during the time of his service and while convalescing, drove a team in said service one year, until the time he was discharged, after the battle of Little York; That he had a discharge which was in the hands of Thomas Weymouth, a preacher of the gospel, who settled on the estate of said Caleb, in Pasquotank County, and state of North Carolina. That the said Caleb Glascow died on Christmas day A.D. 1804 or 7, in Pasquotank County, and state of North Carolina, Deponent further sates that the said Caleb
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never received anything from the government, on account of his services, nor has deponent, nor did the widow of the said Caleb, who died at Pasquotank, on the day AD. 1810; deponent further states , that she has one sister, who is the daughter of the said Caleb, that she now resides in the state of Indiana, that her name is Dorcas Pugh, and her age is 80; that deponent, and the said Dorcas are the only surviving heirs of the said Caleb; that one Jesse Wilson, a senator of the state of North Carolina, once proved the services of the aid Caleb, by two old revolution soldiers, but the said Wilson died before presenting the claim, and deponent does not know what has become of the papers.  Deponent asks that her claim may be examined, and that she may be allowed such gratuity as she may entitled to by the law of the United States.  [signed] Abashoba Clarke (her mark)

Subscribed and sworn to in open court, the day and year aforesaid.  [signed] C. T. Noble Clk

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant is the daughter of Caleb Glascow, as she therein states. [signed] Delana Pl Eckels  E. Tillotson  Jacob Jones

I , Charles T. Nble, Clerk of the Vigo Circuit Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court int he matter of the application of the said Abashoba Clarke.

In testimony whereof iI have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at Terre this /5/ day of June AD 1831  C.T Noble Clk
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Rev. War Section

March 9, 1917

Mrs. Elizabeth H. Ogden
1771 Penn Street
Denver, Colo.

Madam:

     In response to your letter dated the 23: ultimo, you are advised that a careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show a Revolutionary War pension claim on file on account of the services of Lieutenant Thomas Glascock or GlassCock, but said records show 200 acres of bounty land were allwoed by the United States on account of the services of Thomas Glascock as Lieutenant in the Virginia Troops, Revolutionary War on Warrant # 877 which issued June 23, 1796. There are no papers on file relative to said claim as they were destroyed when the War office was burned in 1800.
    For land given by the State of Virginia you should consult the Archives of that State.
Very Respectfully,

[signed] GM Saltzgaber
Commissioner
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Caleb Glascow
R. 4056 1/2
BA-J/MLB

Mr. John A. May
Boy Scouts of America
179 Thames Street
Newport, Rhode Island

Dear Sir:

     Reference is made to a copy of a letter which has been referred to this office by the National Archives for further reply. You requested the Civil War records of John R. May and Major Ellwood, and the Revolutionary War record of a soldier with the surname Glasgow who served at the battle of Bunker Hill.

     The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and only one claim for pension found based upon service in that war of a soldier with the surname Glasgow or Glascow, under any spelling, in which it is alleged that he served in the battle of Bunker Hill. It is that of Caleb Glascow (or Glasgow or Gasco). his record is given herein as shown in his claim for pension, R. 40561/2, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

     The date and place of birth of Caleb Glascow and names of his parents are not shown.

      While residing in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, Caleb Glascow enlisted at Winfield Court House, in that county, date of enlistment not given, and served as private in the North Carolina troops, was in the battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775, and was discharged after the battle of "Little York". During part of his service, he drove a team. The names of his officers and length  of service are not shown.
   
     The soldier died "Old Christmas Day" in 1806 or 1807, leaving a widow (name not stated) who died about 1810 Both died in Pasquotank County, North Carolina.

      Caleb Galscow and his wife were survived by two children, only, namely: Abashaba Clarke, former widow of Noah Parr; in 1851, she was aged sevent-five years and a resident of Vigo County, Indiana , to which
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place she moved in 1845 from Pasquotank County, North Carolina, and Dorcas Pugh who, in 1851 was aged eighty years and living in Indiana. The name of Dorcas Pugh's husband was not given.

     Abashaba Clarke, soldier's daughter, applied March 14, 1851, while living in Vigo County, Indiana, for pension which might have been due on account of the service of Caleb Glascow in the Revolution.  She applied in behalf of herself and sister, Dorcas, the only surviving heirs of the soldier. The claim was not allowed as there was no provision of law under which children of soldiers of the Revolutionary War were entitled to pension based upon service of their father. 

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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No 38.172
Caleb Glascow
deceased
[illegible]
Act of 7th June 1832
[crossed out: To. D.S. Danaldson June 27th 37]
see copy in claim
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Form x-8a
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Division of Reference

Date 10/21/38

From: John A. May,
           Boy Scouts of America,
           179 Thames Street
           Newport, Rhode Island.

Dated:  Undated.

Re:  Pension record of Revolutionary
       War Veteran named Glasgow, who
       fought at Bunker Hill.

Respectfully Referrred to:
 (copy of letter)

Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section,
Veteran's Administration 
Washington, D.C. 

[signed]  P. M. Hamer, Chief, Division of Reference

[stamped] Received Oct 24 1934
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March 10, 1929
6655 Kingsbury Blvd
St. Louis, MO

Dear Sir:
 I am enclosing a copy of the record of my ancestor's service in the Revolutionary war, and would appreciate it very much if you could give me any additional information as to his children. The number he had and dates of their births if you have that information.
Hoping to hear from you at an early date. I am 

[stamped] Revolutionary and 1812 wars section  Mar 14 1929  Bureau of Pensions
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Mrs. Wayne M Cory
6655 Kingsbury Blvd
St. Louis MO
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Thomas Glascock, First Lieutenant in the First Georgia Battalion, cammanded [commanded] by Major John Habersham, was commissioned July 1st, 1777. He was taken prisoner of war at Augusta, GA. but was exchanged after being imprisoned from April to June of 1779.

His name last appears on a return dated at Savannah, Ga., April 1, 1784 of officers of Georgia Line of the American Army, with remark "In service during the War". The Georgia Battalion belonged to the Continental Dragoons.

[stamped] Revolutionary and 1812 Wards Section Mar 14 1929 Bureau of Pensions
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COPY

Pension Office
June 27, 1851

D.S. Danaldson, Esq.,
Terre Haute
Indiana

Sir:

     In the case of Caleb Glascow, dec'd, it is alleged that he died 1806 and his widow in 1810. A sno pension laws were then in existence, nothing was due to either of them, and consequently nothing is due to the children from the Government.

      Noah Parr, whose widow, Abashaba Clark, is claiming a pension, also died about 1806, so that no pension was due him or her own marriage seems to have occurred after then 2nd of January m 1800, and of course shw could have no claim in her own right.

Both cases are rejected.

Triplett   

 F.S. Evans for Commissioner.
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[stamped]
Pension Office US
Feb 27 1917
[hand written]Ogden
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REv-1 GKB

Denver, Colo. Feb 23, 1917

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:  Will you  please look over the Revolutionary Rolls and see whether Lieut Thomas Glascock, of the Va. Con LIne, ever received a pension.  I care only for the genealogical items his pension papers may show.

He was born in Fauquier Co. Va. (don't know date) and served in the Cont line as Lieut in 1777. (Saffell's, p. 420).
  
Lieut Glasscock was a prisoner in N.C. Nov 26, 1782. He belonged to the Dragoons and was captured May 12, 1780.  (N.C. State Records. Volume 16. p 673)
Lieut Thomas Glasscock of Va.  was entitled to 3 mos pay in 1782 and 4 mos pay in 1783. (Va. Mag. Hint and Biog. Vol 1. p 163)
Lieut Thomas Glasscock was given 2666 2/3 acres of land in Ky. for military services. Date of Warrant, April 17, 1785. He was a Lieut in Va Cont line.  (year - book Ky Hist. Soc. (1913) p 79,220).

I wish his birth date particularly. Please see whether his application for a pension contains this information.

Thanking you for whatever trouble this may occasion.  I am very truly yours,
 [signed] Mrs. Elizabeth Hyatt Ogden
1771 Penn St. 
Denver, Colo.
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Herbert J. Drane
1st District Florida
Naval Affairs

Effie Lee Moore
Secretary 

House of Representatives  U.S.
Washington, D.C.

April 30, 1929

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington 
D.C.

Dear Mr. Commissioner:-
     I have a request for the date of birth and death of Lieutenant Thomas Glascock, said to have served in the Revolutionary War.  My information is very limited but I have from the Adjutant General's office a slight record of two men by that name, one having served as First Lieutenant in the First Georgia Battalion, commanded by Major John Habersham; the other having served as Lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Light Dragoons, Continental Troops, commanded by Colonel Theodoric Bland. The Adjutant General can not give me the date of birth or death of either gentleman.

I would appreciate your courtesy if you would review your records and advise me if you have the desired information.  Thank you, I am , 
Very truly yours,
[signed] Herbert J. Drane
m.c.
[stamped ] Pension office US May 1 1929
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Nashville Tenn
Dec 15- 33

Director of Pensions
Washington DC

Please advise if you have a war record dating from colonial [illegible]
[illegible] 1826 of [illegible] Lee Glasscock
Thomas Glasscock- Edwin Glasscock or any other surname
Glasscock of that [illegible] or even earlier.

Also of Jno Stule
who died Aug 6, 1826 or
a previous Stule. They were all
[illegible] people [illegible]
Albermarle Co or [illegible]
They are the only known [illegible] [covered by stamp]

Yours Truly
Caroline Glascock Kimbrough

[Stamped] Received Dec 18 1933
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Hillsboro, June 12, 1936

Veteran's Administration 
Washington, DC

Do you have the pension record of Thomas Glascock Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War- or any information regarding his birth, name of wife, and children, This Thomas was later made Marshall of Geoge due to the rescue of his dear friend Co[illegible] Pulaski. Lt. Glascock from Virginia served in Geogia line. any information this [illegible] will be greatly appreciated- It was  suggested by the Adjutant General E. T. Conley to write you for information.
sincerely yours
Mrs. Emery G. Bonnell
Hillsboro
Indiana
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1015 Lawrence Ave.,
Nashville, Tenn
May 25, 1939

Pension Department
Washington DC

Dear Sirs:
     Please let me have pension records and any family data attached, where the soldiers were born and where they died, of Revolutionary Lieutenant John Canel, Virginia. Lieutenant Thomas Glascock, Virginia. Reference - page 251, Vol 2, Virginia magazine.

Thanking you for your attention, I am,
Very truly
Grace Langdon

[stamped] received May 29, 1939
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1415 Grand Avenue
Fort Worth Texas
Oct. II, 1936

Veterans Administration 
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:               for DAR membership
I am trying to trace the Revolutionary Record/ of some one who is a forebear of our particular Lake family here in Fort Worth, the ancestors of which lived in Fauquier or Loudon County, Virginia. This person, whose ancestry I am trying to trace, knows that she had a forefather, one Thomas Glascock, who lived somewhere in Fauquier or Loudon County, Va. Do you have a record of a pension to any member of the Lake, or Glascock families for services of a relative in the Revolution? Any to a Rector of near Rector town. or Rector's Cross Roads?  If a Rector, do you have a  record of any of the descendants of this Rector, that we might know whether or not it was our family.

It seems that one James Lake of that part of Va., referred to above, married a Rector. We thought maybe this Fort Worth aspirant to DAR membership might come in through the father of Susan Rector who married James Lake, the latter being a son of John Lake who married one- Savall (or Savaul). Any information you can give us will be very much appreciated.  Very Sincerely,
[signed] Mary Daggett Lake
(Mrs. Will Lake)

[stamped] received Oct 13, 1936
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BA-J/ [crossed out]
Thomas Glascock
L.L.wt. No. 877-200

Miss Grace Langdon
1015 Lawrence Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee


Dear Madam:
    Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

    The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show a claim for a pension or bounty land on file on account of the services of John Canel in that war, all spellings of the names searched.

     The records of this office show that warrant No. 877, for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued on account of the military service of Thomas Glascock, lieutenant, Virginia line, War of the Revolution. Said warrant was issued June 23, 1796.

     This office has no further information in regard to this officer because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in November, 1800.

     For information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, acreage and the date of issuance.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Thomas Glascock
B.L. Wt. 877-200
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Will Lake
1415 Grand Avenue
Fort Worth, Texas

Dear Madam:

     Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you request information relative to Thomas Glascock, of Fauquier or Loudoun County, Virginia, James Lake of the same place who married Susan Rector and was the son of John Lake who married _____Savall or Savaul, also, of any soldier with the surname Rector.

     There is no cliam for pension or bounty land on file based upon the service in the Revolution of the James or John Lake described by you. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office.

      In order to identify the record of any particular soldier of the Revolutionary War with surname Rector in whom you are interested, should it be on file, his full name and as much as possible of the following data in regard to him are essential: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

     The record of only one soldier named Thomas Glascock has been found and it is furnished herewith.

      Very truly yours

A. D. HIller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Mrs. Wayne M. Cory,
6655 Kingsbury Boulevard,
St. Louis, 
Missouri.

Dear Madam:

     I advise you from the records of this bureau it appears that Warrant No 877, for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued June 23, 1796, on account of the services of Thomas Glascock, Lieutenant in the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
      There are no further data as to his services and none whatever as to his family owing to the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in November 1800.
     The above noted Thomas Glascock is the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

Respectfully,
Earl D. Church
Commissioner
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
[illegible]

May 4, 1929

Honorable Herbert J. Drane
House of Representatives 
Washington, D.C

My dear Mr. Drane:
     In response to your letter of April 30, 1929, I have the honor ot advise you from the records of this bureau it appears that Warrant No. 877, for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued June 23, 1796, on account of the services of Thomas Glascock, Lieutenant in the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
     There are no further data as to his services and none whatever as to his family owing to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in November, 1800.
     The above noted Thomas Glascock is the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours,
E.W. Morgan 
Acting Commissioner
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November 4, 1936

BA-J/EEL
Thomas Glascock
B.L.Wt. #877-200

Mrs. Will Lake
1415 Gand Avenue
Fort Worth, Texas

Dear Madam:

     The records of this office show that Warrant No. 877, for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued on account of the military service of Thomas Glascock, Lieutenant, Virginia Line, War of the Revolution. Said Warrand was issued June 23, 1796.

     This office has no furthre information in regard to this [solider-crossed out] officer because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in November, 1800.

     For information in regard other the location of the land cited above, you should apply to The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official with the number of the warrant, the acreage and the date of issuance of said warrant.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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July 10, 1936

BA-J/EEL
Thomas Glascock
B.L.Wt. #877-200

Mrs. Emery G. Bonnell
Hillboro
Indiana

Dear Madam:
 
      Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Thomas Glascock, Lieutenant, Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
 
      The records of this office show that Warrant No . 877 for two hundrey acres of bounty land was issued on account of the military service of Thomas Glascock, Lieutenant, Virginia Line, War of the Revolution. Said warrant was issued June 23, 1796.

      This office has no further information in regard to this solider , because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in November, 1800.

     For information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official with the number of the warrant, the acreage and the date of issuance.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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BA-J/MMHF/eel
B.L.Wt. #877-200
Thomas Glascock

Caroline Glascock Kimbrough
219-6th Avenue N. 
Nashville, Tennessee 

Dear Madam:

      Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of William Lee Glascock, Thomas Glascock, and Edwin Glascock from colonial times to 1826, also, record of John Steele who died August 6, 1826, all Virginians.
  
     This office has no record of services rendered in the Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War records have been searched and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land based upon service of a William Lee Glascock or Edwin Glascock, or of a John Steele, of Virginia, who died August 6, 1826. Such claims which have been made to the United States are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office. The record of only one Thomas Glascock has been found and is given below.

     Warrant No. 877 for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued June 23, 1796, on account of service of Thomas Glascock, lieutenant in the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.

     There are no further data [as- crossed out] in regard to his services and none whatever [as- crossed out] in regard to his family owing to the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in November, 1800.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.