Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5,590, John Huff, Va.
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Huff, John S. 5,590
B L Wt. 87034-160-55
CONTENTS
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Virginia 16.177
John Huff
of Franklin in the State of Virginia
who was a pri: in the company commanded by Captain Henderson of the 
by - in the Virginia line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 30 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of July '3
and sent Hon. N. H. Claiborne Rocky Mount Va.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 60
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 15
$75
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk
Book E. Vol. 6. Page 12
Date of death not on AB
298055
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298,055. Act Mar 3 5
Feb 16, 57
James H. Huff
Ferdinand Huff,
minor children
John Huff Decd.
Private
Capt Henderson
Revolutionary War
B
Va 32-16177
Ad - 160 ac's Apl. 2d/59
Dodge
Young & Niles
M Present
Wt no 87,034 is. April 4/59
June 11/59 Family Record sent to John P. Carter
Floyd CH Va
July 8/59 Let to Young & Niles Present
Vol H.2. page 153.
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298,055
Act of March 3d 18[illegible]
Known heirs of
"John Huff," who
was a Rev pensioner
From John P. Carter
Floyd CH, Va.
Filed by Young & Niles
Feb 14/59.
Washington City.
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State of Virginia
County of Floyd SS
I William B Shelor clerk of the County Court in and for the County and and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that Sparrel H. Griffith whose name appears to the foregoing declaration as Guardian for James Henry & Ferdinand Huff minor children of John Huff Sr deceased, is guardian for said James, Henry and Ferdinand Huff duly appointed by said Court as such guardian. that said Griffith entered into Bond, with ample Security for the faithful discharge of his duties as such Guardian, and that all his acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit, I further Certify that Asa Bishop, whose genuine signature appears to the aforesaid declaration, is and was at the time of signing the same, a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned, and sworn and that all his acts acts as such justice are entitled to full faith & credit. and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of record having general jurisdiction
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at the Courthouse this 9th day of Feby 1859
Wm B Shelor Clerk
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State of Virginia
County of floyd

On this 9th day of February AD. One thousand eight hundred and fifty nine personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peacw within and for the County and State aforesaid Spariel Griffith Guardian for James Henry Huff and Ferdinand Huff Minor Children of John Huff Sr. Deceased and Elizabeth his wife (also Deceased) aged 42 years and a resident of the County of Floyd and State of Virginia who being duly Sworn according to Law, Declares that from Information received That the aforesaid John Huff Sr Deceased was a regular Revolutionary Soldier of the War with great Britain and a Regular pensioner for many years previous and up to his death, as will more fully appear by the annexed Testimony and strict reference to the records of the Pension list now on file in the pension office at the City of Washington DC.  That he the said John Huff Sr Deceased was [illegible] of the County of Franklin in the State of Virginia in which he married Elizabeth Guilliams on or about the 9th day of February AD.  One thousand eight hundred and 37 and that he the said John Huff Sr Deceased died at his own house in the County of Franklin aforesaid on or about the 10th day of May AD 1840 and that the said Elizabeth Huff widow of the said John Huff Sr Died and [illegible] as aforesaid intermarried with one S.A. Payne.  Then she the said Elizabeth Payne formerly Elizabeth Huff and mother of the aforesaid James Henry & Ferdinand Huff Minors as aforesaid removed to the State of Ohio and settled in Athens County and died on the 21rd day of October AD 1850 As fully appears by the Annexed Certificate marked No. 1  He the said Sparrel Griffith Guardian of James Henry & Ferdinand Huff minors as aforesaid makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which the aforesaid James Henry & Ferdinand Huff Minors as aforesaid may be entitled under the act approved March 3d 1855.  He also declares that he has not received a warrant for Bounty land under this or any other act of Congress for the aforesaid Minors nor made any other application therefor.
Sparrel G Griffith
Guardian for James Henry & Ferdinand Huff minor Children of John Huff Sr Decd. pensioner and Elizabeth Payne formerly Elizabeth Huff both deceased
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and date aforesaid 
Asa Bishop J.P.

I hereby constitute and appoint John D Carter my true and lawful attorney with power of substitution to prosecute[?] this claim for land to received the warrant or certificate when issued and to do all act necessary and [illegible] in the [illegible]
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State of Virginia
County of Floyd
On this 10th day of February AD. One thousand eight hundred and fifty nine personally appeared before me Henry Derkins a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Floyd and State aforesaid Isaac Huff a person of high respectability and a citizen of the County of Floyd and aged 64 years and after being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with John Huff Sr. Decd. and Elizabeth his wife from their marriage until the death of the said John Huff Sr Decd  that they lived to gether as man and wife ad cohabited to gether as such.  And that the ages of James Henry Huff & Ferdinand Huff minors as aforesaid sons of the said John Huff Sr & Elizabeth his wife stands upon record as follows  James Henry Huff was born May 17th 1838 and Ferdinand Huff his brother was born December 17th 1839 (you see their ages has recorded)  You will observe that Mr Huff was married three times and these boys are the children of his third wife quite a young girl) and that the said John Huff Sr was married to the said Elizabeth Guilliams on the 9th February 1837 and died at his own home on 10th of May 1840.  As set forth in the Declaration of Sparael Grifith Guardian for the said Minors and further that there is no other minor children belonging to the family of the said John Huff Sr Decd. for I am one of his first wife's children and have always lived at or near my father during the progress of my life and of coarse I no all the important chages of his life and I [illegible]
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certify that my father the said John Huff Sr was a regular pensioner for the last many years of his life up to his death.  But his pension certificate is either lost of mislaid so that I can't find it.  The account of Greear G Turnbull is the last and only record I have in my possession relative to the case, which is here [illegible] with the little book of the record of the ages of the two minors James Henry & Ferdinand Huff, and further this deponent saith not
Isaac Huff

Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and date aforesaid
Henry Derkins J.P. in and for the said County & State aforesaid

State of Virginia
County of Floyd SS
I Wm. B Shelor Clerk of the County Court of Floyd County in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that Harvey Derkins whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn  that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit & that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of record having general jurisdiction
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 10" day of Febry, 1859
Wm. B Shelor  Clerk

[SEAL]
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2
298.055
Certificate of
Isaac Huff
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State of Virginia
Franklin County Sct.
On the 1st day of July in the year 1833 personally appeared in Open Court, before the justices of the County Court of Frank County now sitting John Huff a resident in the County aforesaid & state aforesaid aged seventy years who being first sworn according to Law doth on oath make this declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he was born in Pittsylvania County and lives now as above in the adjoining county of Franklin Va.  That he entered the service of the United States in the year 1781 at Henry Court house Va by draft.   that he was marched from Henry county in a company of militia commanded by Capt Thomas Henderson and Lieut Mattw Small and joined the main army in South Carolina under the command of Genl Green, at a place called 96 - where he was engaged in a battle, from 96 the army marched to a place called Comabee in State of South Carolian where he was discharged after a service of six months.  On his return home he [illegible] in Henry County now Franklin to serve under company commanded by Capt John Renfrow and marched against some tories collected on the North Carolina line.  We [illegible] in with them captured 12 or fifteen and with them marched to Prince Edward
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County Va. where he was discharged after a service of one and a half months.  on returning home he again volunteered in Henry County Va in a company of militia commanded by said Capt Renfro and marched against some of the British then stationed in North Carolina and was again discharged after a service of one and a half months.  This applicant expressly states that he was in actual service nine months  that he never quit till honorably discharged.  His discharges are all lost and he has no documentary evidence.  He is well known in Franklin county where he resides and if any should doubt his statements he refers for his character for truth to the Hon Judge Saunders of Franklin County  Colo. Saml Hariston and Nathl H Claiborne a member of congress all of whom know him well.  The interrogatories prescribed by the department being put to him he has answered the same by the foregoing declaration.  He relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state   Sworn and subscribed to in open Court the day and year aforesaid
John Huff   x his mark
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We Moses Grier Jr a Clergyman resident of said County & Robert Hairston residing in same county & state do certify that we are well acquainted with John Huff has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration  that we believe him to be seventy years of age  that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.  
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid
Moses Grier Jr.
Robt Hairston

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appear to them that Moses Greer Jr who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Court of Franklin aforesaid, and that Robert Hairston who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Virginia 
Franklin County SS
I Caleb Tate Clerk of Franklin County Court hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
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original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Huff for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name, and affixed my seal of office the 3d day of July 1833. in the 57th year of the Commonwealth.
Caleb Tae Cl.

John Huff amended decl.

Admit as a private
9 mo-   $30

Hon. N.H. Claiborne
Rock Mount
Va.
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4298035

John Huff Sr.
[illegible]
Marriage bond
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4298035
John Huff Sr.
[illegible]
Marriage bond
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Know all men by these presents that we John Huff and James Ferguson are held and firmly bound unto Windham Robertson in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to payment whereof well and truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and [illegible] this 1st day of February 1837
The condition of this obligation is this that the said John Huff has this day obtained a license for his intermariage with Elizabeth Guilliams of Floyd County;  Now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct said marriage then this obligation to be void else to remain in full force and virtue
John Huff x his mark   [handwritten seal]
James Ferguson  [handwritten seal]
Test
B Goodson

A copy Test
Wm. B. Shelor Clerk

I do hereby certify that on the 9" day of February 1837 I celebrated the rites of matrimony between John Huff and Elizabeth Guilliams in pursuance of a license from the Clerk of the County Court of Floyd   Given under my hand this 23d day of June 1838.
Michael Howery
Minister of the Gospel
A copy Test
Wm B. Shelor clerk

Clerks fee  40 cts
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3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S. F. 5590 Washington, D. C., __, 19
In reply to your request of ___, received ____ for a statement of the military history of John Huff a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Burea.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE.
1781 6 mos. Pvt. Thomas Henderson Va.
on way home 1 1/2 mo. John Renfro
& on such continental again in Henry Co 1 1/2 mo. John Renfro
Battles engaged in, Ninety-Six
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Henry C. H. Va.
Date of application for pension, July 1, 1833 His cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Franklin Co. Va.
Age at date of application, 70 yrs. born in Pittsylvania Co. Va. died May 10, 1840 in Franklin Co. Va.
Remarks: Soldier mar. in Franklin Co. Va. Feb'y 9, 1837 Elizabeth Guilliams of Floyd (3" wife) Their children were James Henry Huff b. May 17, 1838 and Ferdinand Huff b. Dec 17, 1839. She married S. A. Payne after death of soldier & died Oct. 21, 1850 in Athens Co., Ohio. Isaac one of the first wife's children was 64 yrs old & a resident of Floyd Co. Va. in 1859.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Stephen A. Payne (MMH)
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September 21, 1939.
BA-J/AWF/CC
John Huff
S.5590
OW

Mr. Daniel A Cannaday
1323 Grove Avenue,
Radford, Virginia.

Dear Sir:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S.5590, based on the military service of John Huff in the Revolutionary War.
John Huff was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, date not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
John Huff enlisted at Henry Court House, Virginia, sometime in 1781, served six months as private in Captain Thomas Henderson's Virginia company, and was in the siege of Ninety-six;  on his way home, he enlisted and served one and one half months in Captain John Renfro's company, in pursuit of Tories.  He volunteered in Henry County, no date given served one and one half months in Captain John Renfro's company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 1, 1833, at which time he was aged seventy years, and living in Franklin County, Virginia.  He died at his residence in said Franklin County, May 10, 1840.
John Huff married February 9, 1837, in Franklin County, Virginia, Elizabeth Guilliams of Floyd County, Virginia.  The date and place of her birth and names of parents were not stated.  She was the third wife of the soldier, John Huff;  the names of his first and second wives were not given, nor are there any data in regard to marriage and death of these wives.
The widow, Elizabeth Huff, married (date not given) Stephen A. Payne.  They moved to Athens County, Ohio, where she died October 21, 1850.
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She left two children by her husband, John Huff, namely-
James Henry Huff  born May 17, 1838
Ferdinand Huff  born December 17, 1839.

Isaac Huff, one of the children of the soldier by his first wife, was sixty-four years of age in 1859, and a resident of Floyd County, Virginia.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the family of the soldier, John Huff.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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3d  298.055
Certificate from
Ohio
Showing the Death 
of Elizabeth Huff
late Elizabeth 
Payne
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State of Ohio
Athens County ss
Before me the subscriber personally came Rev. Roswell Tenney who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that Stephen A. Payne wife died on the 21st day of Octr. 1850 & that said Tenney was personally present at said burial a preached her funeral sermon  Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 7th day of July 1852.
Roswell Tenney
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Annesville this 7th day of July 1852/
S. Fulton Not Pub
A.C.O.

[handwritten seal]

P.S.  I do hereby certify that the Rev. R Tenney above is a Presbyterian Clergyman in good standing.
S. Fulton N.P.
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State of Virginia
County of Franklin ss
I Henry E Casper Clerk of the Circuit Court of Franklin County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a paper filed in a chancery suit decided in the said Court in which Isaac Huff & others were plaintiffs and Ferdinand Huff and others were defendants.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court his 26" day of August 1858
H.E. Casper Clk
[SEAL]
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No 1

State of Ohio
Athens County ss
This day personally appeared before me the subscriber a Notary Public for the county and state aforesaid Lucy Phillips of lawful age who being first duly sworn by me to testify the truth the whole truth, deposeth and saith that Mrs Payne wife of S.A. Payne died on the 21st day of Octo, 1850 and that she was present at her funeral and likewise that said [obscured] Payne in her lifetime said that she was the widow of a Mr Huff (John Huff I think) before she maried Stephen Payne
Lucy Phillips

Given under my hand and seal this 7th day of July 1852.  In testimony whereof I have affixed my seal of office at Annesville
S. Fulton N.P.
A.C. Ohio
[handwritten seal]
P.S. I do hereby certify that Lucy Phillips is a young lady of truth and veracity and entitled to full credit in her statements.
S. Fulton  N.P.
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6  298.055
Mr. John Huff
with   a/c
J. & G. Hale
V
Bill 23 May 1837

15.00
4.13
$10.87
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Mr. John Huff
In a/c with J.&G.Hale, Dr
1836

Decr 8  to 1 pr small shoes            $1.00
1837
Feby 6  To 1 neck stock                   1.38
"       "   To 1 pr. stockings                 .50
"       "   To 3" coffee                         .50    3.38
Sept 1836 clerks fees & Postage
                 on pension                                .75
                                                              $ 4.13

Bed of Purchases on the 23 May 1837
to 12 yrs Green silk  6f                   $12.30
11 1/2 yds Linding[?]                           .25
12 yds Calico  20 cf                           2.40
/4 pies            1/6                               .25
1 pair shoes   10.h                             1.75
30 3/4 yds @ cloth  .14 cf                  4.29
1 yds check muslin  4/h                      .75
/4 Indigo          3/9                             .63
2 g Do    1/-                                       .33
/2 Madder         2/3                           .19
3 w coffee            18 3/4                   .56
for Gross buttons   3/-                      .50
                                                      24.40
Powder                                              .47
1 pair small shoes   5/3                     .87
Ballance for whip                              .13
                                                      25.87
Brought down                                 4.13
                                                      30.00
By pension to 4" Sept 1836   15.
By Creed J Jones                    15    30.00
                                                         '''
EE         J.&.G. Hale
25 May 1837
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5   298.055
Mr. John Huff
With a/c
Greer J Turnbull
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Mr. John Huff Senr
1839               Inc a/c with Greer J Turnbull

Nov 4 To 1 1/2 yds Red Flannel c3/9         .93
Dec 4  6" Coffee 1/- spice 9.0 pepper 9.  1.25
"      "  4" surar 9. 1 spool thread 9.            .63
"      "  Clerks fees & postage on pension  56
                                                                $3.37
By Pension to 4" Septem 1839               15.00
                  Due Jno Huff                         11.63
1840
March 2  To cash                                     10.00
                                                                  1.63
"    6   To cash in full                                  1.63
                                                                  ...
Greer J Turnbull
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September 21, 1839.

BA-J/CC
John Cannaday
R.1654

John Huff
S.5590

Mr. Daniel A. Cannaday
1323 Grove Avenue,
Radford, Virginia.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Cannaday of Virginia and Casey County, Kentucky, William and James Cannaday of Virginia, John Huff of Franklin County, Virginia, and of John, James and William Aldredge of Montgomery or Floyd County, Virginia.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a James Aldredge of Virginia, under any spelling of that surname.  With the information furnished by you no records could be identified as those of the James and William Cannaday and of the William and John Aldredge in whom you are interested.  The records of John Huff and John Cannaday are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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April 14, 1936
John Huff-S. 5590
Mrs. Frank Gaines BA-J/AWF
Experiment Station
Lubbock, Texas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you give the names of John and Peter Huff of Virginia as soldiers of the Revolutionary War, in whom you are interested, and soldiers with the surname Askey, John Huff having married Miss Corder and moved to New Port, Tennessee, where in 1810 their son Leonard Corder Huff was born.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of any soldier with the surname Askey, nor for service in that war of a Peter Huff of Virginia. The record has been found of only one John Huff of Virginia, whose record follows as found in pension claim, S. 5590.
John Huff was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, date not shown, nor are the names of his parents given.
John Huff enlisted at Henry Court House, Virginia in the year 1781, served six months as a private in Captain Thomas Henderson's company of Virginia troops, and was in the siege of Ninety Six; on his way home, he reenlisted and served one and one half months in Captain Renfro's company, in pursuit of Tories; when he reached home, he volunteered in Henry County, Virginia and served one and one half month in Captain Renfro's company.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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cuted July 1, 1833, then seventy years of age and a resident of Franklin County, Virginia.
The soldier, John Huff, died May 10, 1840 at his residence in said Franklin County.
He married February 9, 1837 in Franklin County, Virginia, Elizabeth Guilliams of Floyd County, Virginia. She was his third wife; the names of his first and second wives are not given, nor are there any data as to marriage and death of said wives.
His widow, Elizabeth Huff, married (date not given) Stephen A. Payne. They moved to Athens County, Ohio, where she died, October 21, 1850.
She left two children by her husband, John Huff, namely-
James Henry Huff born May 17, 1838
Ferdinand Huff " December 17, 1839
Isaac Huff, one of the children of the soldier by his first wife, was sixty-four years of age in 1859 and a resident of Floyd County, Virginia.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the family of the soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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March 25, 1936

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BA-J/ [illegible]: MLB

Mrs. Frank Gaines
Lubbock, Texas

Dear Madam;

   Reference is  made to your letter in which you request to know for genealogical purposes whether or not the surnames Lloyd, Askey, Huff and Corder are borne on the records of this office as of Tennessee and North Carolina, one Huff, a widow of the War of 1812, having received a pension.
   In order to identify the record of the particular soldier of
the War of 1812 with the surname Huff whose widow drew a pension, the full name of the soldier and the given name of his widow are essential and any data you may have as a means of identification, such as approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
   You did not state the war in which the Lloyds, Askeys, Corders and other Huffs served.
   The full name of any soldier is always essential in attempting a search of the records.
   This office does not prepare lists of pensioners for distribution
.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET
Assisting Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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March 25, 1936 

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RA--J/[illegible]:MLB

Mrs. Frank Gaines
Experiment Station
Lubbock, Texas

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request to know for genealogical purposes whether or not the surnames Lloyd, Askey, Huff and Corder are borne on the records of this office as of Tennessee and North Carolina, one Huff, a widow of the War of 1812, having received a pension.
In order to identify the record of the particular soldier of
the War of 1812 with the surname Huff whose widow drew a pension, the full name of the soldier and the given name of his widow are essential and any data you may have as a means of identification, such as approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
You did not state the war in which the Lloyds, Askeys, Corders and other Huffs served.
The full name of any soldier is always essential in attempting a search of the records.
This office does not prepare lists of pensioners for distribution
.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET
Assisting Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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March 22, 1932
BA-J/AWF

Mr. Daniel Cannaday
The University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia.

Dear Sir:
   Reference is made to your letter relative to John Huff of Franklin County, Virginia, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.
   The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S,5590.  based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Huff.
   He was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, date not stated.
   He enlisted in 1781 at Henry Court House, Virginia,, and served six months as a private in Captain Thomas Henderson's Virginia company, and was at the siege of Ninety Six; on his way home re-enlisted and served one and one half months as private in Captain John Renfro's Virginia company; and when reaching home volunteered in Henry County, Virginia and served one and one half months in said Captain Renfro's company.
   He was allowed pension on his application executed July 1, 1833, at which time he was living in Franklin County, Virginia, and was seventy years of age.
   He died May 10, 1840 at his residence in said Franklin County.
   He married February 9, 1837 in Franklin County, Virginia, Elizabeth Guilliams of Floyd County, Kentucky [interlineated: Virginia].  She was his third wife.  The names of his
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first and second wives are not given, nor are there any data as to the marriage and death of said wives.
   His widow, Elizabeth, married (date not given) Stephen A. Payne.  She died October 21, 1850 in Athens County, Ohio.
   She left two children by her husband, John Huff, namely-
James Henry Huff born May [illegible], 1838
Ferdinand Huff  "  December [illegible], 1839.
   Isaac Huff, one of the soldier's children by his first wife, was living in Floyd County, Virginia in 1859 and was sixty four years of age.
   There are no further data as to children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section  RNMH

March 3, 1927

Mrs. Cabell Smith
311 Tenth St.,
Charlotte, N. C.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 5590 it appears that John Huff was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, date not stated.
He enlisted in 1781 as Henry Court House, Virginia, served six months as a private in Captain Thomas Henderson's Virginia Company and was at the Siege of Ninety Six; on his way home re-enlisted and served one and one half months as private in Captain John Renfro's Virginia Company, then on reaching home he volunteered in Henry County, Virginia and served one and one half months in said Captain Renfro's Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 1, 1833 while a resident of Franklin County, Virginia aged seventy years. He died May 10, 1840 in said Franklin County.
Soldier married February 9, 1837 in Franklin County,
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Virginia, Elizabeth Guilliams of Floyd County, Virginia. She was his third wife. She married again, Stephen A. Payne, and died October 21, 1850 in Athens County, Ohio.
She left two children by her husband John Buff, namely: James Henry Huff born May 17, 1838 and Ferdinand Huff born December 17, 1839. Isaac Huff, one of soldier's first wife's children, was living in Floyd County, Virginia in 1859 aged sixty four years. The names of soldier's first and second wives are not given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[marked out:  one Wm and one other John fr Va. No James]

1323 Grove Avenue
Radford, Virginia
August 28, 1938

The Veterans' Administration
Washington, D. C. 
In re: Revolutionary Pension Records

Gentlemen:
   I am trying to find out whether there are in your files any pension record of William, James, or John Cannaday's [interlineated: send] service from Virginia in the Revolution.  I understand from a list I found in Kentucky, that one John Canaday from Casey County, Ky., was granted a pension for service with Virginia troops.  Any information you can forward me on these matters wi [sic] will be greatly appreciated; and if it is not too much of a task, I should also like to know about any record of service by John Huff [interlineated: send] , of Franklin County, Virginia, and of William, James, or John Aldredge - various spellings - from Montgomery of Floyd Counties, Virginia,
   Assuring you of my appreciation of this help, I am
Sincerely yours,
D. A. Cannaday
Daniel A. Cannaday
Profess of History
State Teachers College
Radford, Virginia

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Chattanooga, Tenn.
April 5, 1938

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
I would greatly appreciate it if you would send me the Pension record
of John Huff, of Franklin County, Va. Pension given for services in the War of the American Revolution of 1775 - 1783.
Sincerely,
Leonard G. Huff
209 Thornton Ave.
Chattanooga, Term.
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APR 7 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV.
[illegible] ADM
READER 4]
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Lubbock, Texas
Apr 3 - 1936

Mr. G. W. Sweet, Acting Ex. Assistant to Administrator,
Vetrans [sic] Administration,
Washington, D. C.

My Dear Mr. Sweet:
I am trying to verify certain dates of my Huff-Corder-Askey family tree in order that I may become a "Daughter of the American Revolution." (DAR). In order to be eligible one must have an ancestor who fought in the Revolutionary War (1781-1787) sometimes called the colonial war, of which George Washington C. and chief of the army. The Huff men (John and Peter) were Virginians and it is their Revolutionary War record that I want to verify or either John (I think it is John) was my g. g. grandfather and Peter Huff would be my g. g. uncle.  My Great-great-grandfather Huff married a [illegible] Corder, an English woman and they moved to New Port, Tenn, and there in 1810 my great grandfather Leonard Corder Huff was born, and I have a clear record from there on to now. I think my gr. gr. grandfather Huff as born some where close to 1757- or earlier and could have fought in the Rev. War, and that is why I have written to Washington to try to establish the correct date of his war record if he had one or of either John or Peter Huff.
   On the Corder branch I have nothing, only my gr. gr. grandmother's last name was Corder, and if her father did not fight it would not be useful to me.
   The ? Askey  side of my family is quite clear from Harrison Askey to the present. Harrison Askey was born 1820 - Lafayette Co. Ark - and his father (my g. g. grand father Askey on my Father's side) could have fought in the Rev. war also.  It is of these 3 men that I wish the Rev. war record for genealogical purposes only. I wish to get dates and facts to be eligible to join the D.A. Rs. Thanking you for any information or trouble you may take in my behalf, I am, 
Sincerely yours
Mrs. Frank Gainer
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AFTER FIVE DAYS RETURN TO
Mrs. Frank Gainer
State Experiment Sub StA #8
LUBBOCK, TEXAS
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The University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
February 19, 1932

The Pension Bureau
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
    Would you be so kind as to give me the details of the application for a pension for John Huff of Franklin County, Virginia, for his services in the Revolutionary War. The name
is listed as appearing in the Report of the Secretary of War on the Pension Establishment, 1835, in Vol. 2, on page 136. I am interested in learning just what his service was, who applied for the pension, whether he was granted a bounty warrant for such service or not, and any other details associated with the transaction.
Sincerely and respectfully yours,
D. A. Cannaday
Daniel A. Cannaday

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FEB 23 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION OFFICE SUB-DIVISION
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION
DIVISION HISTORICAL FUND
MRS. CASELL SMITH, CHAIRMAN
311 TENTH STREET
CHARLOTTE, N. C.

Jan. 7, 1927

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, DC.

Dear Sir
   Please give me a record of the Revolutionary  services of John Huff
of  Bedford (now Franklin) County Virginia - His name was on the pension roll of 1834, I think-
Very truly yours
Mrs. Cabell Smith
311 Tenth St.
Charlotte
N. C.

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F Jan 12 1927
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NORMA DICKSON
DRAMATIC INTERPRETER
SEASON 1922-1923

EMERSON MILLER REPRESENTATIVE
335 W. 45TH ST., NEW YORK
P. O. BOX 965. DENVER, COLO.

Louisville, Kentucky. [over-written: NEW YORK]
June 22, 1922.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
   The writer desires information relative to the military services of three of his great-grandfathers who were Revolutionary soldiers of Virginia, to wit,
[interlineated: More information]
   James Richards. Name appears in application for grant of bounty land in old Mss. in Virginia State Library,
   John Huff.  Name mentioned in pension reports of Secretary of War for 1835.
   Samuel Oldham.  Known to have fought in the Virginia State Navy of the Revolution, and is said to have received bounty land in Kentucky about 1784.
   The information given is all that is in my possession, and I wish to verify this officially for the purpose of qualifying for admission in the Sons of the American Revolution.
   I will appreciate your help in bringing this date to hand, and remain,
Very truly yours,
Emerson Miller
1022 South Second Street,
Louisville, Kentucky.

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1912]
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Thomaston Ga
Oct 21 -1912

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
   Will you kindly examine the Revolutionary records of your office and furnish me the Rev. service of John Huff who served in Col. John
Stewarts Reg.
   John Huff lived in N.C. or Va.
   Any data concerning him will greatly valued and much appreciated.
   Would also like to have the Rev. service of Henry Dickson (or Dixon) of N. C.
Most Respectfully
Mrs Oran Carswell
Box 23 Thomaston
Ga
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State of VIrginia
Franklin County to Wit }
Personally appeared before me Robert Hairston a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, Davis Manning whose name is hereto Subscribed and made oath that he verily believes that the Declaration made & Subscribed by John Huff an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7" June 1832, is just and true, and that he is in his estimation entitled to the benefit of the act aforesaid, having rendered the Services as Stated and believed him to be be [sic] a man of Veracity and that he resided near him.

Davis  his X mark  Manning {seal}

Sworn to this 1st day of September 1832
Rob't Hairston J. P. 
I do hereby Certy [sic] that Davis Manning whose name is above Subscribed that am acquainted with him and think him to be a man of truth, & that his statement is entitled to Credit
Rob't Hairston.
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State of Virginia}
Franklin County }  Ss
I Caleb Tate clerk of Franklin County Court do hereby certify that Robert Hairston whose name appears to the within Certificate, is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified according to law, and that the within Signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribe my name and affixed my seal of office the 3d day of July 1833 in the 57 year of the Commonwealth.
Caleb Tate Cl
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May 28, 1938

John Huff
S. 5590
BA-J/AWF

Mr. Leonard G. Huff
209 Thornton Avenue
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Dear Sir:
   Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Huff of Franklin County, Virginia.
   The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 5590, based on the military service of John Huff in the Revolutionary War.
   John Huff was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, date not given, nor were the names of his parents shown.
  John Huff enlisted at Henry Court House, Virginia, sometime in 1781, served six months as private in Captain Thomas Henderson's Virginia company, and was in the siege of Ninety-Six; on his way home, he enlisted and served one and one
half months in Captain John Renfro's company, in pursuit of Tories. He volunteered in Henry County, no date given, served one and one half months in
Captain John Renfro's company.
   He was allowed pension on his application executed July 1, 1853, at which time he was aged seventy years, and living in Franklin County, Virginia. He died at his residence in said Franklin County, May 10, 1840.
   John Huff married February 9, 1837 in
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Franklin County, Virginia, Elizabeth Guilliams of Floyd County, Virginia. The date and place of her birth and names of parents were not shown. She was the third wife of the soldier, John Huff; the names of his first and second wives were not given, nor are there any data in regard to marriage and death of these wives.
   His widow, Elizabeth Huff, married (date not given) Stephen A. Payne. They moved to Athens County, Ohio, where she died October 21, 1850.
   She left two children by her husband, John Huff, namely-
James Henry Huff born May 17, 1838
Ferdinand Huff  " December 17, 1839.
   Isaac Huff, one of the children of the soldier by his first wife, was sixty-four years of age in 1859, and a resident of Floyd County, Virginia.
   The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the family of the soldier, John Huff.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev War  5590
INVALID>
File No. 5590
John Huff
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. M, Page 184
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oct. 24. 1903-Hist to
W. L. March. Present
1912 OCt 25-Hist to Mrs Oran
Caswell. V. L. M.
1922-Aug-15-Hist to Emerson
Miller  mmH
1927. Mch 3. Hist to Mrs
Cabell Smith, MMHF
1932-Mch 22- hist to Daniel
Cannaday awf
1936 April 12 hist to Mrs. Frank
Gaines awf
1939 Sept 21 - Hist to
Daniel A Cannady 
copied for awF
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298.055
Jno. Huff dec
Boynton

Feb 26th 59

For Aurthur
Anderson
B

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Washington City, D.C.,
March 19th, 1859

Hon. George C. Whiting,
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir:
Please file the accompanying Book containing evidence of the ages &c of the children of John Huff, with application No. 298,055, Act of 1855, filed by us on the 14th Ultimo.
With respect,
Young & Niles.
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Pension Office
Mar 30, 1859
Sir 
Please give date of last payt. to Jno Huff, pensr. Va roll, act 1832. at $30 per annum.
Very respectfully
John Robb
Commr.

R.J. Atkinson Esq.
3d Audr

3d Auditors Office
March 30, 1859
Sir:
Jno. Huff. Va. Act 1832. at $30- per ann: appears to have been paid to March 4, 1840.
Very Respy
RJ Atkinson
Auditor

Geo: C. Whiting Esqr.
Commr. of Pensions
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Pension Office
June 8 1859
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Young & Niles
Law and Land Agency, Washington City, D.C.
Office, No. 480 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Richard M. Young, (former "Commissioner of the General Land Office,") and Samuel V. Niles, (late of the "Virginia Military Bureau," in the same Department,) having entered into a copartnership under the above firm, will hereafter give their joint attention to such business as may be confided to their management.  They will devote their attention chiefly to the prosecution of CLAIMS BEFORE CONGRESS, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE COURT OF CLAIMS, and all the EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS  of the Government, and will give special attention to PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS, CONTESTED PRE-EMPTION CASES, and to contests relation to the Public Lands generally;  REVOLUTIONARY and INVALID PENSION CASES, BOUNTY LAND WARRANTS, &c.
They will also BUY AND SELL LAND WARRANTS, and attend to the purchase and location of lands in the Northwestern States and Territories, through the aid of experienced and trustworthy agents, and be responsible that judicious selections are made in every instance.

Washington City,
June 7th, 1859

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting,
Commr. of Pensions.

Sir:
You will oblige us by forwarding on receipt of this communication, the family record which we filed on the 19th of March last in support of the application of the minor heirs of John Huff, No. 298,055.  Warrant No. 87,034, to John P. Carter [illegible], Floyd CH. Virginia, as it is required by the parties interested.
Respectfully
your obdt Servants.
Young & Niles.
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Washington City, D.C.,
February 14th, 1859.

Hon. George C. Whiting,
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir:
The file herewith the application of the minor heirs of "John Huff,' a Revolutionary pensions, for bounty land, under the "Act of March 3d, 1855."
The papers filed are as follows.
1st Declaration of Guardian
2d  Certificate of Isaac Huff.
3d Certificate of marriage &c of the widow of John Huff
4th Marriage certificate
5th & 6th  Accounts shewing Huff a pensioner
# 7th  Book shewing birth of minors
By referring to the Pension papers of John Huff filed in your office, the evidence of service we presume will be fully established.
Will you also inform us whether the pension rolls shew if there are any arrearages of Pension due?
Yours with respect,
Young & Niles

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