Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8096, Charles Lewis Broadwater, Va. Sea Service Va.
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SERVICE
Sea Service
Va.

Broadwater, Charles Lewis 

NUMBER
S 8096

Carded
CONTENTS
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Virginia 1205
Charles L Broadw[ater]
Fairfax in the State of Va was a Lieut & mid [s?n?] in the State of Virginia
{ word is cutoff] Navy of Virginia
for Reduced from $300:55
midshipman over 8 mo s
Lt. army jay 17"
[I]nscribed on the Roll of Virginia
[at t]he rate of 246 Dollars _____ Cents per annum.
[to c]ommence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of March 1835 and handed Pen [ followed by raised r] Pensioner
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835       984_
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep      123.
                                                          $1107
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
[rec]orded by Henry H. [illegible] Clerk, 
Book D.  Vol. 7 page 124
[under D is an E] [under Vol 7 is 6 1/2] [under Page is an "] [under 124 is H.]
[3 illegible words] 20 March 1835
2 May
[illegible] William [illegible] 2 Feb. 1836
[Illegible line beneath]
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State of Virginia Fairfax County to wit on this 18th day of August 1830, Personally appeared in open Court of the Same being a Court of record for the County and State aforesaid, Charles Lewis Broadwater resident in said County Twenty eight years who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the Act of Congress of the 18. March 1818 [illegible] of [illegible] 1820. that he the said Charles L Broadwater entered as midshipman on [illegible) of the Sloop of War Congress on the 1st day of April 1776 and continued on board said Sloop until 1777 when he was
Commissioned in the land service in the line of the state of Virginia as first Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Capt Thomas West in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Edward Stephens in the line of the
State of Virginia, on the Virginia Continental 
establishment, that the continued to serve in the said Corps until
about the first of April 1778 when he resigned his commission at the Valley Forge in the State of [blank]
that he hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name is not on the roll of any State except Virginia excepting while on board the Sloop of war Congress which he supposes he was enrolled in the United States Service and that the following are the reasons for not a making application for a pension that is not knowing the existence of any law under which he could claim

and in pursuance of the act of the 1st of Nov 1830 
[illegible]
saith, I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818  and that I have not since that time by gift, Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War", passed on the 18 day of March 1818  and that I have not, nor has any person in nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities or debts due me,   nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule here annexed and by me subscribed to wit

One horse worth about  $60
Two cows and calves        20
1 sow and 5 pigs                8.
9 Shoats                             9.

some trifles of household furniture, an old bed excepted worth not more   .50
                                      $97.50

A life estate in 148 acres poor
land on which I reside which might rent for $35 or $40 per annum and about twelve dollars due me on account of Schooling
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That Since the 18 day of March 1818 there has been little or no change in the real value of my personal property, having killed some stock raised other of about equal match-
Chas.L. Broadwater
Sworn to in open Court by Charles L Broadwater on the day and year first above mentioned
Illegible 's Clerk of 
Fairfax County
Illegible to illegible
I William illegible Clerk of the County Court of Fairfax in the Commonwealth of Virginia do hereby certify that it appears to the Satisfaction of the Court that  the said Charles L Broadwater did Serve in the Revolutionary illegible its state in the freeing declaration, against the Illegible for the term of nine months, under one engagement on the Con-tinental establishment.  I also certify, that the [forgiving} illegible, and the illegible thou to illegible, and hereby certified from the records of the records of the said Court and I do further certify,
that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property illegible in the
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Attor [unsure?]
Char.L.Broadwater
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Know all men by these pres-ints that we illegible, M. Elgin grand daugher of Charles L. Broadwater died and Arthur Broadwater, grandson of said Broadwater, residing respect-ively at No. 3032 Easton Ave St. Louis, MO and at Fairfax CH Va, do hereby appoint R. W Moore our attorney in fact to prosecute before the Pension Office of the United Stated or any other department in the Government our claim as heirs of said Broadwater, which said claim has already been stated to the authority in said Pension Office by the R.W. Moore
Charles L Broadwater died in or about the year 1849 having survived his wife. His heirs now living are M. Elgin of St. Louis, illegible undersigned, Ami? widow of Charles H Broadwater, deceased of Quincy, Illinoise, Arthur Broadwater of Fairfax C.H. Vir-ginia, undersigned Johnb. H.
Stamp Mar-6.1883
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Broadwater of Montgomery City illegible, Thomas J. Broadwater of Memphis, Missouri and Gary?L. Broadwater of ?hico, Cali-fornia, grandchildren of said Charles L. Broadwater; also Gary? Farr, Samual Farr, William Farr and Albert Farr children of Elizabeth Farr, deceased, who was a granddaughter of said Charles L. Broadwater; also Sydney Broadwater of Moherly?, Missouri and Julica Duncan of Finas, grandchildren of said Charles L. Broadwater.  It is supposed that Ann M. Elgin, undersigned is assigning said Charles L. Broadwater as to said claims, though the evidence of said assignment is misplaced. Witness the following signat-ures and seals.  Ann M. Elgin seal A. Broadwater seal
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State of Missouri [there is ss, possibly initially]
City of St. Louis 
I, James S. Garland, a Notary Public, within and state of aforesaid do certify that on this 3rd day of March 1883, before me came Ann M. Elgin, to me personally known to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney as a party there to and illegible ack-knowledged the same to be her act and deed for the pur-poses therein mentioned Witness my hand and official seal the day and year last aforesaid Notary Public
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Hon. Jon [Jona?] Taylor
Jan[']y 13 '40

[unsure]


[unsure] page 163
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Depart of ?
Pension Office
Jan 1? 1846
?
[unsure] herewith the paper of Charles L Broadwater and in reply to your letter asking a statement of the grounds on which the [illegible] of the petition  [2 illegible words] ?}discontinued, and more[?] further information touching the- can or I may think prop[?] communicate, i have the honor to state that is this original declaration, Mr. Broadwater, alleged that he was appointed a midshipman in the US Navy on the 9th of March 1776, as which capacity he served until the latter part of Nov. of that year:_______ that he as then appointed a Luit. in ? Va line, and that on the 11th of June 1777 he marched with his company to the ?; ? that he was discharged about the last of April1778.  When his was allowed under the Act of June 7 1837, his pension was computed for a continuous ? from March 9. 1776 to May 1. 1778; that is, for 7 mot as a midshipman, and 17 mt as a Luit, pay
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? $300.55 per ann. It was shortly after [discovered?] that admitting the fact of continuing service or before stated which was [illegible] [illegible] fully
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p $268., leaving the sum was paid here semi annually of $246. Admitting thereto that Mr. Broadwater did actually serve as he himself alleges continuously from March 1776 to May 1778, his pension could not exceed in amount, the Sum of $268.66 per ann.
Josiah Mehon
EC
Jton Tona. Taylor
HR
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December 1, 1938

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CHARLES LEWIS BROADWATER
S. 8096
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. H. M. Carpenter
211 Tomlinson Avenue
Moundsville, West Virginia

Dear Madam: 

the revised record of Charles Lewis Broadwater follows as found in pension claim S. 8096, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of Charles Lewis Broadwater and names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Fairfax County, Virginia, Charles Lewis Boradwater (Broadwater) entered March 9, 1776, as midshipman on board the Virginia Sloop of War, "Congress", Captains William Skinner, John Thomas, and Commodore John Bowcher, and served until the last of November, 1776. Immediately after that service, he was commissioned First Lieutenant in Captain Thomas West's company, Colonel Edward Stevens' Virginia regiment, wintered at Valley Forge and resigned his commission at that place in April, 1778.

Charles Lewis Broadwater was allowed pension on his application executed August 18, 1830, at which time he was aged seventy-eight years and a resident of Fairfax county, Virginia.

No names of children of Charles Lewis Broadwater are shown in this claim. His wife, name not designated, did not survive him. 

In 1882, the following grandchildren of Charles Lewis Broadwater were referred to, also his heir Ann Broadwater:

Ann M. Elgin, a resident of 3032 Easton Avenue, Sts. Louis, Missouri, living
Arthur Broadwater, "  "  Fairfax Court House, Virginia "
John C. H. "   "  "  Montgomery City, Missouri  "
Thomas J.   "   "  "  Memphis, Missouri   "
Guy L.  "   "  "  Chico, California   "
Sydney  "  "  "  Moberly, Missouri  "
Ann Broadwater, widow of Charles H. Broadwater, "deceased
, of Quincy, Ill.
Julia Duncan, name of husband not stated of Texas  living
Elizabeth Farr, "  "  "  "  "  deceased.
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Reference was made, also, to the following great-grandchildren of Charles Lewis Broadwater, all of whom were the children of his grand daughter, Elizabeth Farr:

Guy Farr, woi in 1883 was living in Chenoa, Illinois
Samuel Farr,  "  "  "  "  "  "  "
Albert   "   "  "  "  "  "  "  "
William   "  "  "  "  "  "  "  "

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the exact date of death of Charles Lewis Broadwater, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Charles L. Broadwater
Certificate #6204
Issued March 20, 1836
Rate, $246 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Virginia Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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(left hand side of page)
8096
INVALID
File No. 8096
Charles L. Broadwater
Lieut. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 1st, Page 45
[Arrangement of 1870.]

(right hand side of page)
(the left edge of page is darkened, making the first word of each line illegible)
1908. July 11, Hist. to Julia A. Sebastian, A.P.
1909 Mch 18, sers. E. T. Brooks
when pension issued to whom paid V. L. M.
1909 May 19 Mrs. E.T. Brooks Explaining issue of ctf. Dec. 29, 1830
^& issue of Mch 29, 1935
1910 July 5, to Mrs. Walter Percy Jones upon personal application same day c/
1922. June 15 Hist. to Blanche Broadwater, AW
1924 - Aug. 26- Hist. to Mrs. ail Cannon MM &F
July 14- Hist. to Mrs. H.M. penter  MDJ
Dec. 3 - Revised Hist. to Mrs. ? Carpenter (Ltr. in clm of les Broadwater W. C. 5246 MLB
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20891
INVALID.
File No.
Charles L. Broadwater
Midn. & Lt. Navy & army Va 16th Reg.
Act:  June 7 1832
Index: - Vol.   , Page   
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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20259
Virginia
Charles L. Broadwater
of Fairfax Coy. in the State of Virginia who was a 1s Lieut. in the company commanded by Captain West of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Stephens - in the Virginia line, for the term of one year from 1777 to 1778

Inscribed on the roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 ~ Collars per month, to commence on the 29th day of October 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of October 1830 ~ and delivered to Major J.H. Hook U.S. Army
Arrears to 4th of 
Semi-ann'l all'ce ending 4 March 1830 $84.51
$84.51
{Revolutionary Claim, Acts Marh 18, 1818, and May 1, 820}
Recorded Book D.
Vol. 7, page 92  
BLB.
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Genl [General] Geo. [George] Gibson
Com. Genl [general] affit [affidavit?]

Washington
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On the Evidence of Cols [Colonels] G. W. Hunter and Col. G. W. Grinnell the Court are of opinion that the life estate of Charles L Broadwater in the lands on which he resides as mentioned in the
foregoing declaration and schedule made by him is not worth more than forty dollars, and hereby direct the Clerk of the Court to annex & certify their said opinion to the proper office
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6204
Virginia
Charles L. Broadwater
Fairfax in the State of Va:
who was a Lieutenant in the Navy
of the State of Virginia 2 years
from 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 300 Dollars 55 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Feby: 1833 and [illegible] [served? Col. Minor, 
Geo: Town.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1832              450.82
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar:33   150.28
[Total]                                                   $601.10

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book D Vol. 7 Page 124
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Sept 14, 1830
Dr. Sir

I have once more to beg your Friendly assistance I have been over to the war Office with my papers & the Declaration is found to be Defective it should state that I was appointed in the Continental Service in March 1777 & that we marched the 11th of June to Joine [sic] the Regular Army & that in April or the last of May I resigned my command at Valey [sic] Forge they do not want to know the annual rent of my Land but what it is worth

I am with Respect
Chars. [Charles] L. Broadwater

Robert Ratcliff Esqr
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Memo.
Let Major Broadwater amend his declaration
by stating that he left fairfax Ct. [court] House
10 June 1777 that he marched to the north
with his compy [company] and in the Spring of 1778 in the April or May he resigned -- Ask the court to attach the value of his interest in the life estate
Correct the error in the declaration where it is said he went to Sea in 1776 & returned in '76
it should be "went to Sea in 1776 & returned in 1777" Col Miner to certify to the respectability of the deponents Adams Henderson & Sommers. Then direct all the papers under cover to the address inclosed [sic], viz: Genl. Gibson [illegible] Also State where the major entered the Army, it was probably about a month before he marched to the north
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Sloop of War
Congress
Mar. to Nov. 1776
Chas. L. Broadwater Midshipman
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Charles L. Broadwater
Midshipman to the Congress Sct
Sloop of War Commanded by
Commadore John Brooker &
Capt. William  Skinner & John Thomas
in March 1776
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and the Congress t  be at [illegible] [illegible]
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State of Virginia
Fairfax County
I Charles L Broadwater of the County of Fairfax + state of virginia of amendments my petition to be raised to the full pay of Lieutenant in the Continental Service in the revolutionary war. says that if their is any discrepency between this + my former declaration the one first made was from recollection. this is made [?] [examing?] my ship book, where the date is [set] down, I entered on board of the sloop names Congress [crossed out word?]in the state line of Virginia on the 9th of March1776 and continued on board until the latter part of November when she was disbanded and was on board nearly nine months
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21.438

pen: to com: Oct. 29. 1830
$20 per mo.

Major J. H. Hook
Recd. Oct. 29. 1830
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For him from Clerk
17 mo: Liut Navy
7 ~ Mid - -
____
24 - $[illegible] per ann:
Col. Minor
______
$300.55 Geo. Town
______ D. C
[Crossed out: Th. Triplett
Present]
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United States of America.

DEPARTMENT [image of eagle and shield] OF STATE.

To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

I CERTIFY, That William Minor, whose name is subscribed to the paper hereunto annexed, is now, and was at the time of subscribing the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and confidence are due to his acts as such.

In Testimony Whereof, I Edw Livingston 
Secretary of State of the United States, have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the Seal of the Department of State to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this fifth - day of February, A. D. 1833, and of the Independence of the United States of America the fifty seventh. -
Edw Livingston
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To the honourable Secretary of War. of the United States your petitioner Charles L. Broadwater of the County of Farefacks and State of Virginia respectfully represents that he entered the Virginia Navy on board of the Congress on the 9th of March 1776. and Continued on board untill the latter part of November 1776 when the vessal was disbanded at York. and then I receved an appointment of first Lieutenant in Captain Thomas Weeks Company in the tenth Virginia redgement Commanded by Col. Stephens in the brigade of Genl Weeden. where your petitioner Continued untill the last of Aprial 1778. I Resigned [illegible] vally forge. your petitioner prays that his pension which now onley at the rate of Twenty dollars per month your petitioner being on the pension roal. of the United States at that rate may be raised to his monthley pay of a first Lieutenant while in service & he in duty bound &c will pray -
Charl,L,Broadwater
~

District of Columba}
County of Alexandria} Sct
This day Charles L Broadwater Subscribed & Swore to the foregoing petition Given under my hand as a Justice of the peace of said County & destrict this 4th November 1833
Wm Minor
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Payments to be made
at Richmond, Va:
by the Presd: W. J. Br: BC:
Agent for paying Pension=
ers, in the Agency of 
Virginia

reduce to $246
per ann

Kann

Recorded by Nathan Rice
Clerk, in Book D Vol. 7 -
page 124 -
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Charles L. Broadwater of the State - of Virginia -
who was a Midshipman & Lieutenant in the Navy of the Revolution. -
is entitled to receive Three Hundred dollars and Fifty five - cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi=annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this - - - 26th day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty=three. ~
Lew Cass
Secretary at War.

Examined and Countersigned.}
J L Edwards
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462.
Pen Off
Jany 31st 42

Sir
I have the honor to return you the petition of Charles L. Broadwater and to refer you to the enclosed copy of my attn to Hon. J. Taylor of 13 Jany 1840 -
To that letter I would add the further remark that untill his pension was reduced from the amount for which by an error of the Clerk his certificate was issued, his statement was that he entered the army as Lt. in the Spring of 77 which would make his service but 12 mo in that grade instead of 17 mo allowed -
The Clerk computed his pension as Lieut of the Navy instead of Infantry and of course when it was discovered he was required to refund what had been adjudged to be his due - [crossed out: but paid him]
The allowance is a very liberal one and [crossed out: would] could be increased very little by allowing that no time had inter
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-vened between his leaving the Navy & the commencement of his pay & Service in the Line ~ It is highly possible that the Auditors books at Richmond may show the whole facts ~

Hon. John Taliaferro
CW. Com Revo: pens
HR

[Vertical]
Hon J. Taliaferro
Jany 31st 1842
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Jan 29
6204

[Vertical]
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
DC.

[Stamp]
FREE
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Richmond January 27th 1836

J L Edwards Esqr
Dear Sir
I enclose you Copy of the original pension Certificate of [illegible]. (Ch. L. Broadwater & his power of attorney to me, to draw pension for Amts prior to 4th Sept 35. which in Consequence of the informalities of the Clk's Certificate was rejected - I wrote Mr Broadwater informing him of the fact & requested him to Send a Certificate from the Clk, with the Magistrates signature above it, to file in the Office, but he understood the direction to for future powers of attorney & did not send it, until written for again, in consequence of not being able to see the Magistrate for some time after receipt of my letter, the Certificate did not reach me, until the period prescribed by the regulations of the department, for paying pensions after this date, had expired - In consequence of the feebleness of the pensioner & the difficulty in getting a Magistrate to his house, I have to request that you will Suspend the rolls, barring the payment of said pension & order judgement of it.
I have likewise a power of attorney for Daniel Kitchens Claim, situated as this one, that is beyond the limitation and for which the Clk has given two Certificates, both informal, and for which I am expecting a formal Certificate daily the same reason, operating as in the first case to prevent getting new papers ready, I would like an Order for the Suspension of the rule in his case likewise, on presentation of the papers at the Office, as it would be a great favor to the Old Man.
Yours Very Respectfully
Wm Allison, Atty
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Payable on the 4th March
and 4th September, of
every year, by the
Prest: U.S. Br: Bank
at Richmond Va

(Cancelled)
~

Recorded by Benjn Lloyd Beall
Clerk, in Book D.
Vol. 7th Page 92 -
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I Certify, That, in conformity with the Laws of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, May 1 1820 March 1 1823 Charles L. Broadwater late a Lieutenant of Captain Wests Company, Colonel Stephens's Regiment Virginia Line in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Virginia Agency, at the rate of Twenty dollars per month, to commence on the twenty ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

Given at the War Office of the
United States, this 29th day of October
One thousand eight hundred and
thirty
John Randolph
Acting Secretary of War.

Examined and countersigned,
[J. L. Edwards]
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Virginia Fairfax County to wit:
On this 18th day of October 1830, Personally
appeared in open Court the same Virginia  [illegible] to the County and State aforesaid Charles Lewis Broadwater a resident of said County, aged seventy eight and who being duly Sworn according to law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18 March 1818 and 1st of May 1820, that to the said Charles L. Broadwater entered as Midshipman on board of the Sloop of War Congress on the 1st of April 1776 and Continued on board said Ship until Spring  777 that he was the Commissioned as first Lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt Thomas West, in the Regiment Commanded by Col Edward Stephens in the Virginia line on the Virginia Continental
establishment, that he marched from Fairfax
County on the 11th day of June 1777 with his Company to the north and joined the regular army that he continued to Serve in the said Corps until about the last of April or first of May 1778 when he resigned his Commission at the Valley Forge in the State of [blank] That he
hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
pension except the present, that his name is
not on the roll of any state except Virginia,
excepting while on board of the Sloop of Virginia Congress, where he supposes he was enlisted in the United States Service, that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for said pension, that is "not knowing the existence of any Law under which he could claim-
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820 I do Solemnly Swear that I was a resident
Citizen of the United States on the 18 day of
March 1818 and that I have not Since that
time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of
my property, or any part thereof with intent
thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself
within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled
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an act to provide for Certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary War, passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or Securities or debts due me, nor have I any income other than what is Contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed to wit:
One horse worth about        $60
Two Cows and Calves             20
1 Sow and pigs                         8
9 Shoats                                    9
Some trifles of household and old bed excepted [illegible]                      50 [cents]
[Total]                                    $97.50

A life estate in 148 acres of land--

That Since the 18th of March 1818 there has been little or no change in the value of my personal personal property, having killed Some Stock and raised others of about equal value-
Chas. L. Broadwater
Sworn to in open Court by Charles L Broadwater this 19 day of October 1830
Wm. Moss  C.C. [Clerk of  the Court]
Virginia to wit
I  William Moss Clerk of the County Court of
Fairfax in the Commonwealth of Virginia do hereby certify, that it appears to the Satisfaction of the Court that the said Charles L Broadwater did Serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common Enemy for Term of none months under one engagement and the Continental establishment
I also certify that the foregoing Oath and
the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly Copied
from the records of the said Court; and I do
further certify that it is the opinion of the
said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid
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Schedule is ninety seven dollars and fifty
Cents, and the Court are further of opinion from
the evidence of Col. George W. Hunter and
Col George W. Gunnell that the life estate
in the lease mentioned in the Schedule is
with Forty five dollars-
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of the said Court, on this
25th day of October 1830 and in
the 55 year of the Commonwealth
Wm Moss clk [clerk]
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I do hereby certify that Capt Chas L Broadwater of Fairfax County Virginia was a 1st lieutenant in Capt Thomas Wests Company 10th Virginia Regiment Weeden's Brigade in the army of the revolution 77-78
[illegible signature] [Simon Sommers?]

Alexandria County to wit, D.C
Personally appeared before me William Skinner a Justice of the peace for said County Simon Sommers who had subscribed the foregoing certificate, and acknowledged the same.
Given under my hand this 14th day of August 1830--
[illegible]

I do hereby certify that Charles Lewis Broadwater of the County of Fairfax and State of Virginia, was a first Lieutenant in the 10th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Edward Stevens, I was a private in the same Company which was commanded by Capt Thomas West of said County and we marched from Fairfax County on the 11th day of June 1777 to the Northward, the said Lieutenant Broadwater was with the said 10th Regt at Valley forge during the Winter 1777 and spring 1778. As witness my hand this 18th day of Aug 1830
William Henderson
X 
his mark

Fairfax County to wit
The above certificate was subscribed and sworn to before me, a Justice of the peace for said County, this 18th day of August one thousand Eight hundred & thirty
J Hunter
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I do hereby certify that Charles L Broadwater was a Midshipman and a Virginian on board of the Virginia fleet in 1776. I was a Corporal of monies at the same time & knew then as ever since Maj.  C. L. Broadwater, whom I understood belonged to the Va Cont. [Continental] Line after '76-
as witness my hand this the 7 day of May 1830
John Adams

Fairfax C to wit-
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the
peace for ad [aforesaid] cty [county] John Adams who has subscribed to the foregoing certificate, & acknowledged the same.
Given under my hand this the 17 day of Aug 1830
Robert Ratcliffe

I do hereby certify that I have in my possession a journal kept by my brother Doctor George Hunter Whilst on a cruis [cruise?] on board the Congress sloop of War in the months of September and October 1776 which mentions Charles Lewis Broadwater (of Fairfax County,) being on board the said Sloop of War, called
the Congress: a few days before the death of said Doctor George Hunter, to which I am ready to qualify at any moment
Given under my hand, this 16th day Aug. 1830.
Jn [John] C Hunter
Sworn to on this 18th day of Aug 1830 Hunter
Rob. [Robert] Ratcliffe JP [Justice of the Peace]
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I do hereby certify that I have known Mr William Henderson for many years and believe him to be a man of Respectability and integrity given under my hand this 10th 1830
Wm Minor

Henderson's Certificate

District of Columbia
Alexandria County
Sct
I Edmund J Lee Clerk of the United States
Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the County of Alexandria, do hereby certify that for Wm J  Minor a Justice of the Peace before whom the within certificate appears to have been acknowledged was as at the time of the acknowledgement and still is a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn according to Law In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this second day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
Edm J Lee CC [County Clerk]
I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Simon Sommers for upwards of forty years and know him to be a man of respectability and integrity
given under my hand this 10th Sept. 1830
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and ought to be given to all their acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the Seal of the said County
this 31st day of August 1830 and in the 55
year of the Commonwealth
Wm. Moss Clk [Clerk]
I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Mr John Adams within named, many years, and believe him to be a man of respectability and strict  integrity.
Given under my hand this 19th day of
October 1800
Robt Ratcliffe

John Adams certificate
Page 46

Jan 21. 1842
J. L. Edwards  Esq
Pension Office
Washington


Hm J. Taliaferro
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Comm. Room 21st of Jany 1842
Will Mr Edwards be so obliging as to cause
the enclosed to be examined & state to me in reply your opinion whether any thing is due to the claimant - & if not why - your very respectfully
J. Taliaferro


J.L. Edwards
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3-049
Ex. Ew Div. Rev. War
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. May, 1922
The attached letter is respectfully returned
with the information that the data furnished is
not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below
as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.

Name of widow [blank]
Name of soldier, Charles Broadwater
address of Claimant at enlistment & after service
Company [blank]
Regiment [blank]
State who enlisted Virginia
Date of birth
Date of death
If unable to furnish company and regiment
give names of commanding officers.
Return attached letter with reply.
Washington Gardner 
Commissioner
6-- 2469
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[3 -- 469.]
PENSION BUREAU
Application No.
Certificate No.
Name of Soldier:
Co.             Regt.
BUREAU.
INFORMATION DESIRED:
Capt Charles Lewis Broadwater
A soldier in the Revolutionary War - a War 1812  Was a land warrant ever issued to him & if so has it been assigned

In Virginia service

Can this be readily answered
[illegible] F

[stamp] PENSION OFFICE
CHIEF CLERK
US
MAY 26 1882
Page 50

Letter from R. W. Moore, Mch. 7, 1882
Pen. Ben. Memo, May 26, 1882
Let. is R. W. Moore from Dudley, Com
of Pens. Dec. 21, 1882
Let. from R. W. Moore March. 5, 1883
Power of Atty. for R. W. Moore
from Ann M Elgin & Arthur
Broadwater Mch 3, 1883

These papers were all found in War of
1812 pen. [pension] cl. [claim], Charles Broadwaters, [Broadwater] Md. Mil.
W.C. 5246, on December 1, 1938 and
placed in this case, $8096, where they belong
M [illegible initials] 

Leave above under this act
F
Page 51

L. J. W.

[stamp]  RECORD DIVISION
JUL 2 1908
Page 52

615 Saint Louis Street
Edwardsville, Ill
June 29, 1908
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
It has been said in our
family that an ancestor,
Lieut Charles Lewis Broadwater,
was given a tract of land in
Fairfax Co. Va. and half
pay for life. This was given
for some service rendered in
the Revolutionary war.
Page 53

I should like to know if
there are any records of it
in the Pension Department
Thanking you in advance
for your kind reply, I am
Respectfully
Julia A. Sebastian

[stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
A
JULY 2 1908
U.S.
Page 54

ow [illegible] File 8096
CABLE ADDRESS BUCKINGHAM ANNEX ST LOUIS
BELL TELEPHONE FOREST 1080
TO ALL ROOMS AND OFFICE

Buckinghan Annex
WILLIAM A. COCHRAN General Manager.
KING'S HIGHWAY AND PINE BOULEVARD
ST. LOUIS.
Feb 20th 109

Mr J.L. Davenport
Acting Com. [Commissioner] Bureau Pensions
Dear Sir,
Referring to your letter to Miss Julia A Sebastian Edwardsville Ill,  date July 11th last, in regard to the pension of Charles Lewis Broadwater in which you wrote said claim was allowed, I beg to be advised if said pension was ever paid and if so to whom and when
I make this enquiry as
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CABLE ADDRESS BUCKINGHAM ANNEX ST. LOUIS
BELL TELEPHONE FOREST 1080
TO ALL ROOMS AND OFFICE
Buckingham Annex
WILLIAM A COCHRAN, General Manager.
KING'S HIGHWAY AND PINE BOULEVARD
ST. LOUIS.
a great grand daughter of Chas. L. Broadwater
An early reply will be appreciated by
Yours truly
Fannie Elgin Brooks
Address
Mrs Everett S Brooks
(as above)
Page 56

CABLE ADDRESS BUCKINGHAM ANNEX ST. LOUIS
BELL TELEPHONE FOREST 1080
TO ALL ROOMS AND OFFICE
Buckingham Annex
WILLIAM A. COCHRAN, General Manager.
KING'S HIGHWAY AND PINE BOULEVARD
ST. LOUIS.
May 6 / 09
Dept. of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
V. Warner Com [Commissioner]

Dear Sir
In answer to your letter of Mar 18th notice that pension certificate was issued Oct 29th 1830 to Major Hook for Charles Lewis Broadwater who enlisted Mar. 9th 1776 and was 1st Lieut on the Congress.
Later in your letter you wrote Cer-No. 6204
was issued Mar 20th 1835 under Act of June 7th 1832 at Virginia Agency Was [Washington?]
What was this Act & oblige
Page 57

CABLE ADDRESS BUCKINGHAM ANNEX ST. LOUIS.
BELL TELEPHONE FOREST 1080
TO ALL ROOMS AND OFFICE
Buckingham Annex
WILLIAM A. COCHRAN, General Manager.
KINGS HIGHWAY AND PINE BOULEVARD
ST. LOUIS.
this another pension or increase or Bounty
Land, which I have always heard from my mother she had the deed of.
He applied for pension Aug 18 - 1830 - 
I will appreciate an early reply -
Yours Truly
Fannie Elgin Brooks
Address
Mrs E S Brooks
as Above

[stamp] PENSION OFFICE. U. S.
A
MAY 7 1909
Page 58

Charles L. Broadwater
Old War
[stamp] 
PENSION OFFICE
MAR 6.1885
Page 59

Thomas Moore
Re. Walton Moore

Moore & Son, Attorneys at Law
Practice in the State
and U. S. Courts.
Fairfax C.H. Va., Mch 5 1883

Hon. Commr Pensions

Sir: -

Some time ago I received from your office the letter, which I return herewith, asking me to furnish my authority to act in the matter
of which it speaks-
I herewith enclose a power of attorney which I have no doubt will meet yr [your] request -
The soldiers death is set down as occurring in 1849, I think the date was meant to be 1840-
Yrs [Yours] respectfully
R.W. Moore
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PENSION OFFICE
MAR 6.1883
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O.J. & u. Dir
H.M.C

Department of the Interior
Pension Office
Washington, DC. Dec. 21. 1882,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of March 17th 1882 you are informed, that you must furnish this office your authority to act in the .case of Charles L. Broadwater
You must also furnish the date of death of
Soldier, and the date of death of Widow, if
one survived him
Very respectfully
W W Dudley
Commissioner

R. W. Moore.
City
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US PENSION OFFICE
MAR 18 1932
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OFFICE:
Nos. 13 AND 14 CORCORAN BUILDING,
OPPISITE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
R. W. Moore
EPPA HUNTON,
Counsellor

Washington, D.C. Mch. 7, 1882
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,

Dear Sir:-
Please inform me if a warrant for bounty land was ever granted to Capt. Charles Lewis Broadwater, a Soldier or sailor of the Revolutionary War; whether by the W. [U?] S. or State of Virginia, its number, and for how many acres-
Also whether there is any record of its transfer about 1836 to one-- Elgin; and whether the warrant was ever located-
Very Respectfully
R. W. Moore
Attorney for Heirs & Grantees of Charles Lewis Broadwater
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Sistersville, W. Va.
May 20. 1922.
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington - DC,
Dear Sir:

I am returning enclosed letter and slip. I cannot supply the necessary information I know that on the Revolutionary files of a Va that there on 4 Charles Lewis Broadwaters, which one of  these I need to have the  information about is not certain so I hope through War & Pension Dept to find out. I am making the record as obtained from Library of Va. with regard to 3 of the 4 Charles L. Broadwater in Revolutionary file.

Charles L. Broadwater, Lieutenant of Va State
Navy, pensioned on list by law of June 7th 1832
Charles L. Broadwater 1st. Lieutenant to the Va
18th November 1776- resigned 21st April 1778
Charles L. Broadwater - rejected claim
The 4th of the Charles Broadwaters - I know nothing of. Any and all information obtainable
with regard to these 4 will be appreciated-
W .

Yours truly
Blanche Broadwater

[stamp] PENSION OFFICE
F
MAY 22 1922
Page 65

[stamp]
RECORDS DIVISION
APR 4 1922
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Sistersville W. Va,
April 1, 1922
Washington Gardner
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D C

Dear Sir
I am searching for information in regard to
Charles Broadwater, I should like to know if
he took part in Revolutionary war and my thing that I can learn about him will be appreciated
Yours truly
Blanche Broadwater
Sistersville
W. Va

[stamp]
PENSIONS OFFICE
U.S.
MAY 22 1922
Page 67

Elsberry, Missouri
July 31, 192.,
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
The Will of Charles Broadway
is mentioned in a land
transfer given by his
daughter Mary Broadwater-
Early, The will is lost but
this land transfer was
made in Lincoln Co
9th day of Sept. year of
our Lord 1824.
This land was willed
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE U. S. 
AUG 6 1924
Page 68

to Mary Broadwater Early by her father Charles Broadwater, no mention is made as to the name of his wife.
Now in Fairfax Co. Va in 1774 & 1775 There was a committee of safety of 25, of which a Charles Broadwater was a member
George Washington was chairman of the committee
I thought you might find the name of his wife and if he had a daughter Mary Broadwater and as my g. g. grandfather came from there I believe this is the same person
The will is said to have been recorded in Troy, Mo. but can not be found.
You have been very kind in giving me these
of directions, for which I thank you.
Yours Respectfully
Mrs. Cecil Cannon,
Elsberry, Mo
Box 434
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REV. & 1812
WAR SECTION

3 - 2027
[handwritten] MMF

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
WASHINGTON
July 25- 1924

Mrs Cecil Cannon
Elsberry Box 424
Mo.

Madam
I have to advise you that the [crossed out] Revolutionary [handwritten] 1812 War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to pension having been claimed on account of the services of Zachariah Callaway.
In order to make a proper search of the Revolutionary War records for any particular soldier named Charles Broadwater some of the following data is essential:
Approximate dates of birth and death
places of residence before and after service and given name of widow.  Please return this correspondence with your reply.

Respectfully,
Washington Gardner

Commissioner.

[rubber stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE 
AUG 6 1924
Page 70

MRS. H. M. CARPENTER
TOMLINSON AVENUE
MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA

June 18, 1938

Veteran's Administration,
Dear Director
Please send the information you
have on Charles Lewis Broadwater. From a
D. A. R. Lineage book I find he was born
1752 in Fairfax Co. Va. and died 1841 same County.
He enlisted as mid-shipman in 1776 on the
Sloop "Congress" and served one year.
1778 he served as lieutenant under Capt. Thos. West, Col. Edward Stevens 10th Va. Reg. and resigned at Valley Forge. He was placed on the pension roll of 1880 of Fairfax Co.
He had a son Charles. Do you have any other dates or names of other children?

Thank you, 

Respectfully,
(Mrs. H.M.) May H. Carpenter

[rubber stamp] RECEIVED JUN 27 1938
Page 71

Record Division,
March, 18, 1909.

Mrs. Everett T. Brooks,
Buckingham Annex,
St. Louis, Mo.

Madam:

In reply to your letter dated the 20th and received the 24th ultimo, you are advised that in the claim of Charles L. Broadwater, Sur. File No. 8,096, it is shown that his pension Certificate was issued October 29,
1830 and delivered to Major I. H. Hook, U. S. Army.
For date of last payment of pension and to whom paid, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: "Charles Lewis Broadwater, Certificate No. 6,204, issued March 20, 1835, under Act of June 7, 1832 at the Virginia Agency."

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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Record Division.
May 14, 1909.

Mrs. E. T. Brooke,
Buckingham Annex,
St. Louis, Mo.

Madam:

In reply to your letter dated the 6th and received the 7th instant, you are advised that in the claim of Charles L. Broadwater, Sur. File
No. 8,096, he was pensioned at the rate of $20 per month on Certificate issued October 29, 1830, under Act of March 18, 1818, and at the rate of$246 per annum on Certificate issued March 20, 1835, under Act of June
7, 1832, as you were advised by letter of March 18, 1909.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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December 1, 1938.

Mrs. H. M. Carpenter
211 Tomlinson Avenue
Moundsville, West Virginia.

BA-J/ILL
Charles Broadwater
W. C. 5246
Charles Lewis Broadwater
S. 8 096

Dear Madam:


You are furnished herewith a [underlined] revised report in regard to Charles Lewis Broadwater, S. 8096, of the Revolutionary War service, whose record was furnished you July 14, 1938, as some papers in regard to his family [underlined] have been found in the claim for pension, W.C. 25246, based upon service of Charles Broadwater or
Broadwaters, whose record is enclosed also, as requested by you.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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July 14, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
CHARLES LEWIS BROADWATER
S. 8096
BA-J/MLB
Mrs. H. M. Carpenter
211 Tomlinson Avenue
Moundsville, West Virginia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Charles Lewis Broadwater who was born in 1752 in Fairfax County, Virginia, served as midshipman on the sloop "Congress", and as lieutenant under Captain Thomas West, Colonel Edward Stevens' 10th Virginia Regiment and resigned at Valley Forge, was placed on the pension roll in 1830 in Fairfax County, Virginia. You state, also, that he had a son, Charles.
The record follows of Charles Lewis Broadwater as found in claim for pension, S. 8096, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Charles Lewis Broadwater are not shown.
While a resident of Fairfax County, Virginia, Charles Lewis
Broadwater entered March 9, 1776, as midshipman on board the Virginia Sloop of War, "Congress, Captains William Skinner, John Thomas and Commodore John Boucher, and served until the last of November, 1776,
Immediately after that service he was commissioned First Lieutenant in Captain Thomas West's company, Colonel Edward Stevens' Virginia Regiment, wintered at Valley Forge and resigned his commission at that place in
April, 1778.
Charles Lewis Broadwater was allowed pension on his application executed August 18, 1830, at which time he was aged seventy-eight years and a resident of Fairfax County, Virginia.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children of Charles Lewis Broadwater. 
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Charles
[handwritten]

Quit next time
see papers now in this case which  were found Dec. 1, 1938 in War of 1812 case W. C.
-246 Charles Broadwater
F
Page 75

Lewis Broadwater, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Charles L. Broadwater
Certificate #6204
Issued March 20, 1833
Rate $246 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Virginia Agency.

Very truly
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
August 26, 1924
Mrs. Cecil Cannon
Elsberry, Box 434
Missouri

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 8096 corrected by original letter it appears that Charles Lewis Broadwater while a resident of Fairfax County, Virginia on March 9, 1776 entered as Midshipman on board the Virginia Sloop of War "Congress" Captains William Skinner and John Thomas and Commodore
John Boucher, and served until the last of November 1776.
Immediately after, he was commissioned First Lieutenant in Captain Thomas West's Company, Colonel Edward Stevens' Virginia Regiment, served until April 1778 when
he resigned his commission at Valley Forge.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 18, 1830 while living in Fairfax County, Virginia aged seventy-eight years.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner