Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5,606, for Field Jarvis, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE 
Va.
Jarvis, Field  
NUMBER 
S.5.606
carded
CONTENTS
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Date of death [illegible] AD.
16.095
virginia
Field Jarvis
of Monroe Co in the State of virginia who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Sedgewick of the Regt. commanded by Colo. Calloway in the Va line for six months & ten days $21. 11/100
Ry
Inscribed on the Roll of virginia at the rate of 21. Dollars 11. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5.th day of July 1833 and sent to John Hutchison Jr. Union C. Co Va
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 42.22
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sept 33. 10.55
$52.77
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk,
Book E. Vol six Page 13.
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23684
Field Jarvis Jarvis v.a.
No 13.364
Adm for 6 mo 10 day
10 1.11
$21.11
John Hutchison Jr Union Monroe Cty. Va
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WAR DEPARTMENT Pension Office 183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in the tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department send this printed letter with them; and you will by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Field Jarvis V.A.
Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service. | Years | Months | Days | Rank of the claimant| Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
1776. volunt |  | 3 months |  | Private | Cp. Sedgwick | 76. born in Westmorland Cy. Va. entered in Deerford Cy Va now lives in Monroe 
Cy Va|
1777 volun t |  | 3 months |  | Private | Cp Talbot Col Ennis |  | 
1779 drafted |  | 10 days |  | " | Col Calloway |  | Certificate of four Citizens no Clergyman _ no reason given

I am respectfully, your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops, " "militia, " and "volunteers, " all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &cl, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of Count of } ss.
On this  day of  personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of  in the county of  and State, Territory or District of  aged (c)  years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)  , with   and served in the  (e) regiment of the  line, under the following named offieres:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers' the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers; ) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service ; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  [right pointing finger icon/image] This form is to be varied so as to apploy to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to teh militia, volunteers, navy, & c.]
He here by relinguishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in the State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I  of the Court of  do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c.
If. on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the  and C. D. residing in (the same) here by certify, that we are well acquinted with   , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be   years of age' that his is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after tehe investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the avove named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy man, resident in the  and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,  Clerk of the Court of  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of  for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my and and seal of office, this  day of  & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the priod of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature,
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will fullow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason forconforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For
days, I served for months and served and for such service I claim a pension."
it is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicante served; the duration of each term of engagement ; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison ; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as we in the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[right pointing finger] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[illegible]
Field Jarvis
23684
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Virginia
At a Court held for the County of Monroe at the Court House on Monday the 21st day of January 1833

State of Virginia
Monroe County [right-hand curly bracket encloses this and the above line:]}SS.
  
On this 21th day of January 1833 personally
appeared before the Justices of the County Court of Monroe Field Jarvice a resident of said County and state aforesaid aged 76 years, who being first duly sworn  according to Law
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benifit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
that he entered the service of the United States in 1776. That he Volunteered in the militia as a soldier and served three months
at the lead mines in Wythe County Virginia under Capt. Wm Leftwich and Lieutenant Stephen Saunders to prevent the Indians 
and Tories from takeing the mines.  At the time he volunteered to go to the Lead mines  he lived in Bedford County
Va. and was discharged about the first of March 1777
by Col Ennis which discharge he has long since lost.
He was born in Westmoreland County Va. He left Westmoreland County in October 1773 when he was about 17 years & moved
to Bedford County Va. He volunteered a second time 
from Bedford County for three months in Sept 1777 under
Capt. John Tolbert and Lieut. Arthur Mosely and Ensign Edmund Tate and was marched through Prince Edward
Buckingham Cumberland & Powhatan Counties by Richmond 
to Williamsburg, where he remained a short time and marched
to little York, where he served his time out _ was marched
back to Williamsburg and discharged by Col Thompson
Mason which discharge he brought home, but does not recollect
what he did with it.  From Bedford he removed to Botetourt
County in 1781, which is now the County of Monroe where he
has resided ever since and does now reside. Before he 
left Bedford in 1779 he was called on by James Callaway
of Bedford Va. to aid in guarding the prisoners taken at Tarletons 
defeat by Col Washington and Gen. Morgan, at New London in
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Bedford County Va. & from that place to Lynchburg Va.; he was
in this service ten days. He has frequently seen a record of 
his age in his fathers family bible, and his age was also
recorded in his uncles bible, but he does not know what
has become of them. Having so often seen the register of his 
age in his father's bible that he distinctly recollects that
it was there stated that he was born the 25th day of April
1756 and as he was afterwards informed in the County of
Westmoreland. He has forgotten the continental regiments
or companies  with which he served his last three months
tour, and the names of the regular officers. He has no
documentary or other evidences; and that he knows of no person
whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his
services. He hereby relinquishes every claims 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
Field Jarvis
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesd. }
We Samuel Clark Hugh Caperton Richard Shanklin and John
Holsapple residing in the County of Monroe and State of
Virginia (no clergyman residing in the neighborhood of
Field Jarvice) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Field Jarvice who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declarations. That we believe him to be 76 years of age,
that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution
and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid
Saml Clark
Hugh Caperton
R Shanklin
John Holsapple
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the
investigation of the matter, and after pulling the interrogatories
prescribed by the war department, that the above named
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applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as
he states. And the Court further certifies that Samuel
Clark Hugh Caperton Richard Shanklin & John Holsapple
who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in
the said County of Monroe and are credible persons and
that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John Hutchison Jr clerk of the Court of Monroe County
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of
Field Jarvis for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office at
Union this 24th January 1833 & in
the 57th year of the Commonwealth
Jno Hutchison Jr C.M.C
[image of seal on left side]
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April 22, 1940
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Honorable T.G. Burch
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

FIELD JARVIS
S. 5606
BA-J/MLB

My dear Mr. Burch:

You are furnished herein the record of Field Jarvis as shown
in the papers of pension claim, S. 5606, based upon his service in
the Revolutionary War.

Field Jarvis was born April 25, 1756, in Westmoreland County,
Virginia, and moved in October, 1773, to Bedford County, Virginia.



While residing in Bedford County, Virginia, Field Jarvis enlisted, served three months as private in Captain William Leftwich's Virginia
company, engaged in guarding the lead mines in Wythe County, Virginia,
and was discharged by Colonel Ennis. He enlisted in September, 1777,
and served three months as private in Captain John Tolbert's Virginia
company, and was discharged by Colonel Thompson Mason. In 1779, he was
called out by Colonel James Calloway and guarded prisoners to Lynchburg,
Virginia, length of this tour ten days.

The soldier resided in Bedford County until sometime in 1781, then
moved to that part of Botetourt County which was later Monroe County,
Virginia.

Field Jarvis was allowed pension on his application executed January 21, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Monroe County, Virginia.

No reference was made to soldier's wife and it is not stated
whether they had children.

In 1835, one Field A. Jarvis, Junior, and one Sally Jarvis
witnessed the signature of Field Jarvis, the soldier, in Monroe County,
Virginia; their relationship to the soldier was not designated.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death
of the soldier, Mrs. Green should address the Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite
the following data:

Field Jarvis,
Certificate No. 16095
Issued July 5, 1833
Rate $21.11 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Virginia Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Revlnary
5606
INVALID.
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File No. 5606
Field Jarvis
Priv Rev War
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Act: June 7th/32
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Index:-- Vol. M Page 190
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1925 March 7. Maggie G. Pence
ref. date of birth & leave to obtain
date of last payment etc. acct.

1926 July 3 Tombstone
dates to J.M. Gen an
_____
1930 - July 9 Hist. to Mrs. J.R. Douglass, EEL
________
1940 Apr. 22. -- Hist. to Hon. J.G [illegible] inclu S 6873 of Dudley Gatewood
OHB
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, Monroe
COUNTY SS.

BE IT KNOWN, that before me William Humphreys a Justice of the Peace, in and for said
County, personally appeared Field Jarvice and made oath in due form of law, that he is the
identical person named in an original pension certificate in his possession, of which (I certify) the following is a
true copy:

"WAR DEPARTMENT - REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the
7th June 1832, Field Jarvice of the State of Virginia, who was a
private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive
Twenty One Dollars and eleven Cents per annum during his
natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and pay
able on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year
Given at the War Office of the United States this 5th day of July
One thousand eight hundred and thirty three
examined & countersigned
J L Edwards
John Robb
acting Secretary of War

That he now resides in Monroe
County, and has resided therein for the space of
thirty one years past, and that previous thereto he had resided in Botetourt County in the State of Virginia

Sworn and subscribed this 27th day of May}
1835 before me.}
Wm Humphreys J. P.}

Field Jarvis

STATE OF VIRGINIA, Monroe County ss. May 1835
I William Humphreys a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, do hereby certify that I
have the most satisfactory evidence, to wit: that of my own personal knowledge that Field Jarvice who has appeared before me and taken the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the Certificate which
he has exhibited before me, number 13.364 and bearing date at the War Office, the 5th day of May
1833 and signed by the Secretary of War. Given under my hand at S Jarvice's on this 27th
day of May 1835
Wm Humphreys J.P

Know all Men, by these Presents, That I Field, Jarvice
Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Bernard Peyton my
true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive from the agent for paying pensions in Richmond,
State of Virginia, my pension, from the 4th day of Sept 1834 to the 4th day of March 1835
Witness my hand and seal, this 27th day of May 1835
Sealed and delivered}
in presence of}
Field A Jarvis Junr 
Sally Jarvis    
Field Jarvis

STATE OF VIRGINIA, Monroe COUNTY, ss:

BE IT KNOWN, that before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared
Field Jarvice
above-named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 27th day of May
1835
Wm. Humphreys J.P.

STATE OF VIRGINIA, MONROE COUNTY ss:

I ,John Hutchison, Clerk of the Court of Monroe County
certify that William Humphreys is a Magistrate
as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed
my name, this 29th day of May
1835

Jn Hutchison
Clerk of the Court of Monroe County 

Due from Sep 1834 to Sep 1836
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State of Va}
City of Richmond} SS

Be it known that on the 20 day Nov 1836 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said City personally appeared Thos J. Deane the attorney named in the foregoing
power of attorney and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale transfer or mortgage of person or arrears of pension therein discharged to be received by him J Deane


Sworn and Subscribed the day}
and year last above mentioned before me}
of Simon Cullen J.P.}

State of Virginia}
Monroe County}

Conformably to the regulations of the War
Department of the 19th of June 1824 J. Henry Alexander
a Magistrate in the County above named do hereby
certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence
to wit. my own personal knowledge that Field
Jarvis who on the 27th of May 1835 took the oath of
identity before William Humphreys is the identical
person named in the pension certificate No 13364
and bearing date at the war office the 5th of July 1833
that the said certificate was ordinally issued for him
that he now holds the same and claims all
benefit arising therefrom - Given under my hand
and seal at Union Monroe on the 1th day of
October 1836

Henry Alexander J.P.

Written upside down in middle of document:

U. States to Pensioner F Jarvis
from 4th Sept 1834
to 4th Mch 1835
$11.55
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Jno Hutchison Jr.

Oct 21. 1832
Gl

Record G 27 page 421
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Department of War
Pension Office
Oct 21. 1835

Sir--
I have this day instructed yeald
Richard to resume the payment of the pension
of the following named pensioners of Monroe County 
under the Act of Congress passed 7 Jun 1832,
viz.

Jonathan Roach $80 per ann 
Wm Canafax  $40
Thomas Alderson 20.00 
Field Jarvis 21.11
Benj Morgan 20.00
Henry Winckleblack 60.00
James Jones 100.00
Samuel Allen 60.00
Nathl Garter 30.00
Godsell Lively 98.32
Harry Russ 7
Samuel Clark 50.00
Jno Sheets 20.00
Jno Hosta 80.00
Henry Arnot 33.33
Jno Hutchison Sen 40.00
Thomas Walker 20.00
Robert Chambers 120.00
Christian Peters - 40.37
Jno Hutchison Jr Esq
Union Monroe Co J.P.
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Union Va
Dec 29th 1836
Jan 30
Field Jarvice
[illegible]
Free
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Union Monroe Va
De 28th 1836
Mr. J. L. Edwards
You will receive my power of attorney to R. Peyton to receive six months pay, but it being delayed so long, that agree-ably to the regulations of the Department at Washington, I must send it to you.

Respectfully
Field Jarvice
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July 7
[illegible]
Field Jarvis
[illegible]

Free
Postmark Jul 5

J.L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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War Department
Pension Office
3d July 1837

Gentlemen

The vouchers in the case of Field
Jarvis a pensioner under the Act of the 7th June
1832 are herewith returned.

The regulations of this Office require
when any interliniation erasure on other alterations
is made, this fact must be stated by the
Magistrate who executes the vouchers.

I am
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
J L. Edwards


Messrs Deane & Edwards
Richmond
Virginia
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Richmond July 5/34
Mr J L Edwards
[Illegible}
The Pension herewith enclosed
was not paid by the agent here in consequence of
their being 18 months due -- he having recd orders
not to pay over 12 Months
There seems to be no erasures except in the
oath of the Atty, heretofore this has always been
disregarded, it can be [illegible], if required
easily remedied.

Very Respectfully [illegible]
T.J. Deane
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T.J. Deane
July 7, 1837

GC

Record  112 page 327
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War Department
Penson Office,
July 17, 1837

Sir,

Agreeably to you request I
have directed the Pension Agent to
pay the amount due Field Jarvis,
on the production of the proper
vouchers, and on being satisfied
of the official character & signature
of the magistrate by whom the oath
of identity of the pensioner was
administered.

T. J. Deane, Esq
Richmond,
Virginia
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July 3
Free

Mr. J L Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C
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Richmond July 1 /37
Mr J. L. Edward
Com of Pensions
Doss

Enclosed is Field
Jarvis's Pension power, which the agent here
will pay when authorized by you -- wanting
only in that particular. In haste 

Very Respectfully Your
Deane & Edwards
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3 July 1837
Deane & Edwards
G. C.



Record G42 page 317
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War Department
Pension Office
3 July 1837
Gentlemen
The vouchers in the case of Field Jarvis, a pensioner under the act of the 7th June 1832 and herewith returned.

The regulations of this office require, when any 
interlineation era=sure or other alteration is made, this fact must be stated by the magistrate who executes the vouchers.

I am [illegible] 

Messers Dean & Edwards
Richmond Virginia
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Field Jarvis
Monroe County
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Field Jarvis
this old man lives distant some forty miles
form any of his brother Pensioners haveing
ascertained from several gentlemen that he was a man
of good character and that this opinion of those who know
him was decidedly uniform of his right to a Pension.

I deemed it unnecessary to call and see him --

Samuel Clark a Gentleman of Character --stated to me
that he had known Jarvis for 40 years -- that in their early
acquaintance, he had often heard Jarvis Speak of his
revolutionary service -- Also that he served as [illegible]
W Galvin Atty
Oct 13. 1835.
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The Evangeline
The Salvation Army [logo]
1330 L Street Northwest
Washington. D. C.
Feb. 3, 1925.
U. S. Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: -

I desire to secure some information about Field Jarvis, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.  He was on the Pension Roll of Monroe County, Virginia. (now West Va.)

I have his service record, so it would not be necessary for you to furnish that, but I am very anxious to secure all [underlined] the dates you have about his life, all the information you have about his marriage and about his family.  

I enclose a list of question, and would like for you to please answer just as many as you can from such records as you have, and return to my address below.

Thanking you for this favor, I am,
Respectfully,
(Miss) Maggie G. Pence. [handwritten]
1330 L St., N. W.
Washington, D. C.
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April 22, 1940
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Honorable T. C. Burch
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Burch:

Reference is made to your letter of April 18, in behalf of Mrs. Berryman Green, of South Boston, Virginia, whose letter you enclosed, and who requests the Revolutionary War records of persons who served in the Revolutionary War from Virginia, their names listed by her as: Field Jarvis; Francis Jarvis, who received bounty land warrant; James Jarvis, ensign, of Spotsylvania County;  James Jarvis, express, in 1776; James Jariv, 9th Virginia Regiment, pensioner of Harrison County, Virginia; Levi Jarvis; Thomas Jarvis, served in the infantry; William Jarvis, in the navy on the "Henry"; Thomas Jarvis, in the navy on the "Safeguard"; Nathaniel Powell, 9th Virginia Regiment; Joseph White, corporal, 9th Virginia Regiment; Ralp Dixon; John Dixon, commanding officer at Williamsburg in 1780; Coleman Jeffress, Amelia or Lunenburg County; Dudley Gatewood, VIrginia or North Carolina.

Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States based upon service in that war.

There are no such claims on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Thomas or William Jarvis of Virginia, of a Nathaniel Powell of Virginia, of a John Dixon who served as a commanding officer in the Virginia troops, nor of a Francis, James or Levi Jarvis, nor of a Ralp (Ralph, Rolph, etc.) Dixon, nor of a Coleman Jeffress.  The bounty land warrant, which Mrs. Green states was received by Francis Jarvis, may have been granted by the State of Virginia. The James Jarvis, pensioner of Harrison County, Virginia, cited above, did not receive his pension for service in the Revolutionary War.  No record could be identified as that of the Joseph White in whom Mrs. Green is interested.  Approximate dates of his birth and death, residence at enlistment and after service and given name
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of wife or widow would aid in identification of his record, should it be on file.  All spellings of these names were used in the search of the records. 

The record of the only Field Jarvis and of the only Dudley Gatewood found in the Revolutionary War pension records are furnished you herewith, and Mrs. Green's letter is enclosed, also.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator


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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
EEL

July 9, 1930
[illegible handwriting]

Mrs. J.R.Douglass
85 Montecito Avenue
Westwood Park
San Francisco, California

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.5606, it appears that Field Jarvis was born April 25, 1756, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and moved, in October, 1773, to Bedford County, Virginia.

While residing in Bedford County, Virginia, he enlisted, 
in 1776, exact date not shown, [crossed out]
served three months guarding the lead mines in Wythe County, Virginia, as a private in Captain William Leftwich's Virginia Company and was discharged March 1, 1777. By Col Ennis [handwritten]

He enlisted in September, 1777, and served three months as a private in Captain John Tolbert's Virginia Company. and Col Thompson Mason [handwritten]

In 1779, he was called out by Colonel James  Calloway and guarded prisoners to Lynchburg, Virginia, length of this service ten days. 

In 1781, he moved to Botetourt (that part which was later Monroe) County, Virginia.

He was allowed pension on his application executed January 21, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Monroe County Virginia.

It is not stated that soldier was ever married.  
[handwritten notes] Field A. Jarvis Jr. & Sally Jarvis F. J. Monroe County
Date of soldiers death not on [illegible]
Sent a more information IC Gete
form for WM Jones
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section
July 3, 1926
F. H. Pope, Colonel, Q. M. C.
Office of the Quartermaster General,
Washington, D. C.

Sir: 

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 5606, it appears that Field Jarvis was born in Westmoreland County, Va., April 25, 1756.  The date of his death is not on record.

He served as a private in the Virginia Militia as follows, enlisted in 1776 and served for three months in Capt. William Leftwich's Company: enlisted in 1777 and served for three months in Capt. John Tolbert's Company and for ten days in 1779, guarding prisoners by order of Col. James Callaway. 

He was allowed pension while living in Monroe Co., Virginia.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner
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EWS [handwritten]
Rev. and 1812 War Section.


March 7, 1925.


Maggie G. Pence,
1330 L St. N. W.
Washington, D. C.

Madam; 

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War Pension claim, S. 5606, it appears that Field Jarvis was born April 25, 1756 in westmoreland County, Virginia.

It is not stated in said record that soldier was ever married.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the above mentioned Revolutionary War pensioner, you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E St. N. W. Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data- 

Field Jarvis, certificate number 16095, issued July 5, 1833, rate $21.11 per annum, Commenced March 4, 1831, Actoof June 7, 1832, Virginia Agency.

Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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#85 Montecito Ave.,
Westwood Park,
San Francisco, Calif.
May 13, 1930.


United States Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions;
Washington, D.C.

To the Commissioner:

Kindly give me the Revolutionary History of Field Jarvis [underlined, underline is handwritten] 

an old history in this claim. Write w all new residences etc. [handwritten]

- deponent of father - Laurel Branch. Resided in Monroe County, West Virginia, in 1833.  My grandmother's name was Mary Jarvis and I think she was a daughter of Field Jarvis.) The Monroe History says she came from North Carolina, but that is a mistake.  Field Jarvis is listed as having volunteered from Bedford County, Virginia.  In "Wills of Westmoreland County, Virginia, I see mention of the will of John Jarvis, Oct. 30, 1744 (made 10 years before) in which he leaves land to his sons, John and Field; also mentions daughters Elenor, Catherine, and Jane.  This Field Jarvis was probably the farther of Field Jarvis, Revolutionary Soldier, as the latters birth is given as being in 1756.

Since writing this, I find a William Jones listed in Captain Robert McClennahans Company of Greenbrier Valley Volunteers at teh battle of Point Pleasant West Virginia.  This may have been the father of Henry Jones, whom I mentioned in a former letter.  

The history of either one or both will be appreciated
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(2)
Thanking you in advance for any information, I remain, Very sincerely yours,
Mrs. J. A. (Madalena H.) Douglas

[handwritten notes]
found the following data
Born in Westmoreland April 25, 1756
Volunteered 1776.  Served at Lead Mines
in Wythe County moved to Monroe County
if you can find names of his children or grand children will have all the data I need.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON

In reply refer to QM 293 A-C
Jarvis, Field

June 29, 1926.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
In order that a headstone may be provided for the grave of the decedent named below, the Quartermaster General desires that the correct military service and the spelling of the name be supplied this office from the records of the Pension Bureau:

Pvt. Field Jarvis
Capt. Wm. Leftridge's Vol.
of Virginia.
Died Dec. 4, 1839
Pvt. Jarvis drew a pension and was placed on the Pension Roll on July 5, 1833, as a Private in the Virginia Militia.
U.S. Pension Roll Middle States and Virginia. (Monroe County, Virginia)
Very truly yours,
F.H. Pope, Colonel, Q.M.C.,
Assistant.

[stamp]
U.S. Pension Office
Jul
1
1926