Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6558, Richard Winn, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Va Winn, Richard W.6558
Jane
CONTENTS
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5415 R
Virginia.
Jane Winn widow of Ricahrd Winn Va who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergent
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of April 1850 and sent to Hon. J. P. Walker S. U. S.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 197 Vol. 3.
Enter on [illegible]
Reported
Let N. [illegible]
Sept 12 / 56
Same Nov 8 1856
Same Jany 5 1857
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County of Nottoway to wit:

This day personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace county aforesaid, William Pincham and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above certificate. I also certify that he is a credible person and that I feel no hesitation in saying that I believe the above to be strictly true. Given under may hand and seal this the 19th day of October 1846
[illegible]
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State of Virginia Nottoway County to wit:

I William Pincham of Nottoway County State Virginia aged seventy seven years do here by certify that I was well acquainted with Richard Winn of Amelia, who married my sister Jane Pincham on the 21st day of May 1779, and died in the year 1798. At the time he married my sister, I understood the said Richard Winn has been engaged in the War of the Revolution, and that he was a commissioned officer in the army at the time he was married. I have frequently herd him speak of the occurrences that transpired which he was in the army. I have never known any other Richard Winn, who was old enough to serve in the war of the Revolution. The said Richard Winn was my guardian, and I boarded with him two year, and spent much of my time in his family until his death. I also further state, that I have now in my possession a copy of an order of Amelia County Court appointing commissions to allot to the said Richard Winn his portion of my fathers estate as the husband of my said sister Jane now Jane  Winn,
Given under my hand this the 19th day October 1846 
William Pincham.
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Nottoway County, sat:
I Francis Fitzgerald, clerk of the county court of the aforesaid county of Nottoway in the State of Virginia, do here by certify that William A. Scott, who hath given the preceding certificate is and was at the time of signing of the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the said county of having and that full faith and credit is and should be said to all his official 
acts as such In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed by name and affixed the seal of the said court. This twelfth day of February, one thousand, eight hundred and forty seven.
Francis Fitzgerald clk
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6911
Jane Winn
Widow of Richard 
Va.
Act 4 July 1834
Married 1779
Husband died 1798
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State of Virginia County of Nottoway  ss
On this 21st day of December 1846 before me Wm Thomas a Justice of the peace in and for the county afore said personally appeard [appeared] Mrs Jane Winn a resident of the County and state aforesaid aged Eighty five years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make this following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress
passed July 4th 1836. that she is the widow of Richard Winn dec'd [deceased] who
was an officer in the war of the Revolution and who died in the year 1798 - that she has heard the said Richard Winn say that he entered service about the commencement of the war a Virginia Cadets, that 
one time he held the office of Sergeant and also that of Commissary
and that he was in active service up to the spring of 1779. he
was employed after that period she believes in procuring supplies
for the army, he preped [prepped] Horses for the use of the army and frequently 
had a large quantity of Flour, Bacon, Clothing and other necessaries (for the use of said army) in his care, and was authorized to prep such articles and to give certificates for the same against the government that she was married to the said Richard WInn by parson Thomas Wilkerson of the Episcopal Church on the 21st day of May Seventeen hundred and seventy nine and that he died as above stated in the year 1798 and that she remained his widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof here to amended-
Jane Winn
Sworn to and subscribed on this the}.  
21st day of December 1841 before me
Wm Thomas J. Peace
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I furthermore certify that Mrs Winn (widow of Richard Winn decd [deceased] who is reputed to have been a Revolutionary soldier) is a lady of respectability and that from old age and infirmity would be very inconvenient for her to attend in open Court, and that I have full confidence in the truth of her declaration which he has sworn to before me.
Given under my hand this the 2 day of December 1846.
Wm Thomas J. Peace

In Nottaway County Court February 4th 1847. ~
The Court having examined the declaration of Mrs. Jane Winn of Nottaway County who claims a pension for services named of her husband Richard Winn and who is reported to have been a Sergeant in the Revolutionary war, and also, the certificate of William Thomas (a member of its body) relative to said declaration, approved of the same, and order it to be certified to the war, department- and the court further more order it to be certified, that satisfactory evidence has been adduced, to the court that the aforesaid Richard Winn the deceased husband of Jane Winn of Nottoway County, was a Sergeant in the Virginia continental line, during the war of the revolution, and that after enquiry, find that the same, is the opinion generally in the immediate neighbourhood in which the dec'd lived~           
A Copy teste F Fitzgnald C

State of Virginia, Nottoway County [Set:]
I Francis Fitzgerald, Clerk of the County Court of the aforesaid County of Nottoway, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the forgoing is a true transcript from the [illegible] and proceedings of the said Court: In Witness whereof I have here unto subscribed my name & affixed the seal. of the said Court this ninth day of Feburary, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty seven - Francis Fitzgerald C
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Know all men by these presents that [illegible] Richd Winn and Charles Irby are held and firmly bound unto his
Excellency Patrick Henry Esquire Govenor of Virginia in the sum of Fifty pounds current money to be paid to the
said Governor and his Successors for the use of the common  [illegible ] to which payment wee and truly to be
made we bind ourselves our heirs executors and administrators Jointly and severally firmly by these
presents senced with our seals and dated this 12th day of April 1777 

Where as marriage is strictly [illegible], to be solemnized, between the above bound, Richard Winn and June Pincham of Nottowayparish in this county. Now the condition of the present obligation is such that if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said Marriage than the said Obligation is to be void else to remain in full force

Richd Winn (seal)
Charles Irby (seal)

Sealed and delivered in presence of J.G. Panchy }
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G. A. Christian deputy Clerk of this county Court 
of Amelia do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of Richard Winns
marriage license bond filed in my office
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court of Amelia hereto this
the 3rd March 1847
R.A. Christian D.C
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State of North Carolina Franklin County }
I Richard Winn the only surviving son of Jane Winn widow of Richard Winn who was a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States from the county of Nolloway and State of Virginia under act of Congress approved in 1836 _ and being the residency [illegible] of the said June Winn deceased _ here by constitute [illegible] appoint Nathanliel McLean my true and lawful attorney for me and in my stead to make application and examination into the evidence on file. and all other acts necessary to establish my right to any arrears of pension or other gratuity that may be due me in right of my said fathers servies in the Revolution and do and perform all acts necessary to the said examination and prosecution of said claim as if personally present
name and private seal August 9th 1856 Richard Winn seal

State of North Corolina Franklin County }
This day personally came before me James Wilson one of the county Justices of the Peace for said county _ Richard Winn and acknowledged the above power of attorney to be his act and deed James Wilson JP seal
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State of North Carolina Franklin County }
I Y Patterson Clerk of the Court of Please & Quarter Sessions of the county of Franklin aforesaid hereby certify that James Wilson whose genuine signature appears to the winthin acknowledgement of attorney is now and was at the time of signing the same one of the acting Justices of the Peace for said county of Franklin duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts
In testimony whereof I hereunto Subscribe my name and office my seal of Office done at Louisburg this 16th day of August AD 1856 Y. Patterson CCC
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I William Pencham of the county of Nottoway and state of Virginia do hereby certify that I am now seventy eight years of age that I was well and intimately acquainted with the late Capt Richard Winn, who held some commission in the army of the Revolution, and I am inclined to think that he was the same individual whose name is on the Roll returned to the auditors office as Sergeant from the following circustances _ After the late Richd Winn was engaged to be married to my sister (then Jane Pincham, and now Jane Winn) my father visited the town where that portion of the army to which Richard Winn belonged was stationed, and being of a lively and mischiefous time, he visited a house of ill fame to see which of the officers he could find there. He found a mong others, a young officer, with a hunting shirt on, but with his face so muffled up that he could not find out who he was, he (my father) marked the shirt on the back, and finding it the next day, on the person of Col Peter Randolph, (the father of the late Judge Randolph) he (may father) accused him of being at this house  This Col Randoph denied but assured my father that he had loaned the shift the night before to a young officer who was Richard Winn.
I was well acquainted with the Winn family and have never known or herd of any other Richard Winn who could have held any commission in the army of the Revolution. So that I will say that I have not the shadow of a doubt that Richard Winn who was returned to the auditors office as Sergeant is the same man who maried [married] my sister Jane Winn. Given under my hand this 16th May 1848 William Pincham.
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Nottoway county State of Virginia to wit
I hereby certify that Wm Rincham this day appeared before me a justice of the peace in county and State aforesaid and made oath that the foregoing affidavit is true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief. I also certify that I have known Capt Wm Pincham for the last twenty five years and from my knowledge of his general character have always considered him a man of the strictest veracity and high respectability Given under my and and seal this 17th day of May 1848. RM Roberts JP
State of Virginia Nottaway County Sct:
I Francis Fitzgerald Clerk of the county court of the aforesaid county of Nottaway in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Robert W. Roberts who hath given the proceeding certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for this said county of Nottaway that full faith and credit due and should be paid to his official acts as such and that the signature thereto perporting [Purporting] to be his is genuine _
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said court this 18th day of May 1848 in the 72nd year of the Commonwealth.
Francis Fitzgerald
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October 6, 1939
BA-J/MCS
Richard Winn, W.6558

Mr. H. W. Jenks
Benjamin Franklin Station, Box 424
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the record of the Revolutionary War soldier, Richard Winn, whose widow, Jane, applied for pension.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 6558, based on the Revolutionary War service of Richard Winn.
The date and place of birth of Richard Winn are not shown but he was the son of Colonel John Winn who was born in Hanover County. Virginia, and moved to Amelia County, Virginia. The date of birth of Colonel John Winn is not given.
While living in Amelia County, Virginia, Richard Winn entered the service about the beginning of the Revolution and served as sergeant and commissary with the Virginia troops under Captain of Colonel Samuel Sherwin and it was stated that he at one time served under an officer named Scott. He was engaged in obtaining horses and provisions for the
army and was in active service as late as the spring of 1779.
Richard Winn married May 21, 1779, Jane Pincham of North Hovay Parish, Amelia County, Virginia.
Richard Winn died January 1, 1798.
His widow, Jane, applied for pension December 21, 1845, at which time she was eighty-five years of age and was living in Nottoway County, Virginia. The claim was allowed.
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Jane Winn was living in Nottoway County, Virginia, in 1850.
She was dead in 1856 and Richard Winn of Franklin County, North Carolina, was then referred to as the only surviving son of Richard and Jane Winn.
The widow's brother, William Pincham, was living in Nottoway County, Virginia, in 1848, aged seventy-eight years.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1933 Nov 8 hist to Miss Nora Anderson M.C.S.
1933 Nov 8 hist to Mrs. John Henry Dean M.C.S.
1935 Apr 23 hist to Mrs. W. Wayne sent to  MCS
1939 Oct 6 hist to Mrs H.W. Jentks MCS

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No 6558
Jane Winn Widow Richard Winn Sergt. Rev: War
Act: Feby. 2748
Index:- Vol. M, Page 339
[Arrangement of 1870]
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8804 R
Virginia
Jane Winn widow of Richard Winn who was a Sergeant in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 Dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Sept 1850 and sent to Hon J P Walker S. U. S.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 150
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10891 R
Virginia
Jane Winn Widow of Richard Winn who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died in the year 1798. of in the State of Va who was a Sergt in the Company commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond at the rate of 90 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Apl 1850 and sent to Hon J. P. Walker S. U. S
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by JP Chase Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 283
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This is to certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 13th day of November 1783, in the name of Richard Winn as a Sergeant for £ 23.8.0, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to himself and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.
p 318. {No Seal of Office.} Given under my and a thte Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 26th day of February 1847.
Jas E. Heath AUDITOR.
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V No 4911
Jane Winn
va
Let to James T Sutton [illegible]
April 7th 1847 same June 2d
same Nov 20 1847
Let to Hon R.K. Meade
Feb 12 '48
Let to same Feb 19 48
Let to Hon R. K. Meade
June 27th '48
act 4 July 1836
Let to Hon R. K Meade
July 3 1841
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Nottoway County State of Virginia
This day personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the county of Nottoway William N Farley who stated that he was well acquainted with Richard Winn decd That the said Richard Winn, was a resident of Nottoway, and he always understood that he was a soldier of the revolution, and that he never heard it contridicted and that he is uanable to say anymore November 9th 1847.
William N Farley his X mark

Nottoway County [illegible]
This day William N Farly made oath before me a justice of the peace that the above affidavit contained the truth to the best of his belief and knowledge Given under my hand this 9th day of November 1847.
Saml B Peter
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Nottaway Co 55
Mr James T Sutton Jr. [illegible] Mr. N. Wan
Richmond Va
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Nottoway April 19th 1847
Mr James T. Sitton Jr
Dear sir:
Yours of Instant requesting me to make some inquires in relation to the service of the late Capt Richard Winn in the first war, was duly received. Then appears here to be no doubt of his having served in the was of the Revolution, yet there is no one old enough to know the past Mrs. Winn states, thus, he first served as a cadet, and went from Amelia she thinks under Samuel Sherwin, does not know whether he Sherwin was then Capt, or Col. He might have gone from Hanover with Patrick Henry as he had relations then and sometimes visited them His father Col John Winn was a native of this county but removed to Amelia. Richard Winn was the only person of that name known to be in the service, or who was old enough. He filled some office in the regular service, and was then transfered [transferred] to the Commissary Department. No discharge can be found, many of his papers have been destroyed therein was a house standing not many years since, upon the farm around by his father Col John Winn; which it is said was built for his
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use, and that he kept military stores in it It is generally believed that both he and his father spent a large portion of their fortune in the service of their county. John Cruit, who was a Revolutionary pensioner, now dead, has been heard to relate an antidote of Mr. Winn which in service Mr. Pincham's to whom daughter Sergeant Winn was then engaged to be married Visited the town near which he Winn was then stationed; and upon visiting a house of disipation [disrepute] to see who he could find there he noticed a young officer , who was so muffled up that he could not find him out and he marked a hunting shirt which he had on over his other clothing and upon notising [noticing] for it the next day , he found it on a Mr Randolph and upon his accusing him of being where he should not have been, and his proof Randolph stated that he had not worn the shirt, but had loand [loaned] it to sergeant Winn. There are so few old persons now living that it will be very difficult to obtain any further testimony. Very respectfully your obt sert  [obedient servant] W W Guy
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14103 R

Jane Winn
Widow of Richard
Virginia
[illegible] 1798
admitted
Sergeant 18 mo $90.00
[illegible] 4 March 1836 to 41 from 43 to 48 for [illegible]
[illegible] va line
x
Act 7 July 1838
Exter
Va J.P. Walker s.n.j.
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6911.
March 11.1847
[illegible] RICHMOND Va MAR 9
Jane Winn
July 4 1836
[illegible] Martha Vaughan

James L. Edwards Esq Comm of Pensions Washington City D.C
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Richmond Va March 8 /47
D Sir
Enclosed I send you the Declaration of Mrs Jane Winn (of Nottoway county Va) widow of Richard Winn decd who claims a pension under the act of July 4. 1836.
Yours very Respectfully James T Sutton Jr
P.S. The claim of Mrs. Martha Vaughn of Dinwiddie Co: Va which was filed in 1843 [illegible] will be established as [illegible] clerk of Dinwiddie has after a search of 4 years found the marriage bond he sent it to me the other day [illegible] the seal as soon as that is affixed I will send it on.
[illegible]
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Apl 7. 1847
Edwards to Sutton
Winn's Case
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Pension Office April 7th, 1847.
Sir,
The papers in the case of Jane Winn, widow of Richard Winn, claiming a pension under the Act of 4th July, 1836, have been examined and filed
The marriage in 1779, is established, but there is no evidence to show that what period of the War the service of Richard Winn was rendered, or to identify claimants husband with the Sergeant of the Continental Line, bearing his name, who received depreciation as certified by the Auditor of Virginia. Mrs Winn must set fort her husgands' service in such form as to enable us to trace his name on the Virginia rolls; or produce the testimony of two or more witnesses, who, from there own personal knowledge, or state the time of his entering, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, with the company, Regiment and Line to which he belonged, before any satisfactory adjustment of her claim can be made
The marriage bond presented by you in the case of Martha Vaughn, widow of Absalom Vaughn, removes the objection to the ommission of her claim. If Mrs. Vaughen
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is now living, and will make a declaration under the Joint Resolution of 23rd January 1845, a pension will be allowed her for five years under the Act of July 7th, 1838, not withstanding her husband received one for a part of that time.
I am , very Respectfully your Obt Servt. J L Edwards
James T. Sutton [illegible] Esq., Richmond, Virginia
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State of Virginia Nottoway County ss
On this 17th day of May 1847 before me William Thomas a Justice of the peace, in and for the County of Nottoway, personally appeared William Pincham: who being duly sworn according to law makes the following statement; to wit: some four or five months since [illegible] called on by Mrs. Jane Winn his sister to state what he knew of the Revolutionary services of her husband Richard Winn decd He is now called on for an additional statement That he was so young in the time of the war that he does not from his own memory know of the services of said Richard Winn. That he can not for one moment doubt his services, that he has heard Richard Winn speak his services in the Revolutionary war. and he has heard others speak of them also. That he has heard him speak of and relate anecdotes of the war and some of which he was an actor in 
William Pincham
Sworn to and subscribed on this the 17th day of May 1847 before me
Wm Thomas J. Peace
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State of Virginia, Nottoway County to wit:
I Francis Fitzgerald Clerk of the county court of the aforesaid county of Nottoway in the state of Virginia, do hereby certify, that William Thomas is an acting justice of the peace in and for the said county of Nottoway, duly commissined and qualified according to law and that the signature annexed to the foregoing certificate, purporting to be his, is, in my opinion genuine.
In [illegible] whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said county this 19th day of May , one Thousand, eight hundred and forty sevein (1847) Francis Fitzgerald clk
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State of Virginia Nottoway county ss
On this the 17 day of may 1847 before me William Thomas a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Jane Winn, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following statement, to wit: that some four or five months since she made a Declaration under the act of Congress possed July 4th 1836 in order to obtain a pension from the U. States on account of the Revolutionary service of her husband Richard Winn decd and now being called in for an additional statement, hereby makes the following - that although unable to set fast her Husband's services with perhaps that precision that she is required to do, yet she affirms that her Husband was in the greatest part (if not) the whole of the war of the Revolution, for she knows that where a Va cadet he went in the earliest part of said war to arrest Governor Dunmore. She believes he was made an officer in the Commissary Department sometime before she was married to him. There was two old Houses standing not many years since on the farm of Col John Winn his father, which were built for the said Richard Winns use, in which he kept military stores for the benefit of the army. She knows he [illegible] several waggon loads of goods belonging to Peter Randolph, he then [illegible] Hendersens store House for the safe keeping of said goods - Previous to his services as Commissary she believes he went from amelia county Va under Capt or Col Sherwin , and served
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a tour as a Volunteer. She has heard her Husband also speak of an officer named Scott, under whom he was at one time. she said Richard Winn had many papers in his [illegible] which might have thrown light on thematter but all have been destroyed, thining they were of no value generally believed she said Richard Winn and his father spent a large portion of their fortunes in the service of their country during the old war._
Jane Winn
sworn to & subscribed this the 17th day of may 1847, before me Wm Thopmas J. Peace

State of Virginia, Nottoway county to wit:
I, Francis Fitzgerald, Clerk of the county court of the aforesaid county of Nottoway, in the state of Virginia, as hereby certify, that William Thomas, is an acting Justice of the peace, in and for the said county of nottoway duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that the signature [illegible] to the foregoing certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine in my opinion In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said court this 19th day of May one Thousand, eight hundred and forty severn (1847).
Francis Fitzgerald clk
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Warrinton N.C. November 25th 1856
Sir:
Enclosed herewith you have additional evidence in the case of "Jane Winn Widow of Richard _ Pensioner on the Va Roll under act of 2nd February 1848 at the rate of $90 per anum for eighteen months service [illegible] husband as sergent in the Continental Line of Va"
the object of this application is to establish the claim under the act of 1836, The enclosed certificate does not show the last period of Winn's Services but sufficently explicit with the evidence on file in your office to establish teh claim under act of 1836
Respecfully Natl McLean
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Warrenton N.C. Oct 30th 1856
Sir:
"Jane Winn decd widow of Richard Pensioner on  on the Va Roll under Act of 2nd February 1848 at the rate of $90 per anum for eighteen months service of her husband as a Seargeant in the continental Line of Va" as per letter of Commissioner of September 12 1856 - in reply to my letter of some weeks previous making applicaiton for increase of Pension - 
If is now alleged that she was entitled to have been placed upon the Roll under Act of 1836 If any futher evidence is required please inform me and I am informed be the parties that it can be produced sufficently to establish her claim under said Act
You will confir a favor by stating what evidence is already on file towards establishing her marriage during or prior to the last period of his service - and what further testing is required to establish it
The parties concerned are endevoring to show that he served as a Commissary in the Militia service subsequent to his service in the Continental Line and continued in Service to the close of the war - so it may be important to establish the marriage prior to 1783.
Respectfully Nathl Mc Lean
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Warrenton N.C. August 21st 1856
Sir:
You will confer a favor by sending me a statement of the condition of the case of Mrs. Jane Winn wid of Richd Winn deceased a Revolutionary Pensioner from Nottaway County in the State of Virginia under Act of 1836 at the rate of - dollars per annum - The object of this application is the increase of back pay so please state the evidence now on file and what if any is required [illegible] increase - it to that of a captain also the evidence on file relative to lost property by Richard Winn in the Revolutionary War and the judgement obtained against him for linin taken in the service for the use of the army - and any other evidence in the Department that would assist in establishing a longer term of service or a higher grade - 
Respectfully Nathl Mc Lean
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ho. Rep. June 28 1848
JL Edwards Esq.
Commm Pensions
Sir
In your reply to my letter requesting information about the claim of the widow of Richd Winn, you do not tell me whether there is not sufficient evidence to show that Winn was a soldier if not a sergt of the Va. Con. line and entittled to a pension as such It seems to me that the proof is [illegible] on that [illegible] & entitled Mrs. Winn to a pension. Respectfully R. K. Meade
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Wash Jay 31st. 1848
Sir
I submit t your consideration the enclosed letter & hope you will inform me at your earliest convenience whether Mrs. Winn is entitled to any thing on account of her husbands services as Sergent in the Revolution and if so, please direct how she shall proceed to obtain it.
very respectfully R.K. Meade
J L Edwards Esq
Comm. Pensions
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Ho Reps June 22nd 1848
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Comm
Sir
you would oblige me by giving the enclosed your early attention & communicating to me the result of your investigation with as little delay as your onerous duties will allow you.
I remain very respectfully yours
R K Meade
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Richmond Va October 27 1847
Sir,
Enclosed I send you the affidavit of Peter Jones Grigg Esq in the case of Mrs. Jane Winn widow of Richard Winn dcd of Va _ you will [illegible] from the certificate of [illegible], tha acting magistrate in the case that Grigg is himself also a Magistrate
I am Very Respectfully yr obt svt
James T. Sutton Jr.

J.L. Edwards Esq Comm of Pensions Washington City D.C.
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State of Virginia Nottoway County ss.
On this 8th day of April 1850 personally appeared before me William A. Scott a justice of the peace in and for the County and state aforesaid Mrs. Jane Winn a resident of the County and state aforesaid aged Eighty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress possed on the 2nd February 1848. granting pernsions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Richard Winn decd who was an officer in the war of the Revolution and who served she believes through nearly the whole of said war, that the said Richard Winn entered the Service as a Sergeant and she supposes he must have been promoted to the office of Commissary as he had a great deal to do with provisions for the army towards the last of the war but at this late day it is impossible for her to prove these facts by living witness her husband the said Richd Winn was always regarded by all sho knew him as an officer of the Revolutionary War and she knows that he rendered Considerable service - that she was married to the said Winn in the County of Amelia on the 21st day of May Seventeen Hundred and Seventy nine that he deid on the first day of January 1798 and that she has remained his widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Jane Winn her X mark
Swon to and subscribed on this eith day of april 1850 before me
William A. Scott J. Peace
I also certify that Mrs. Jane Winn above named widow of Richd Winn decd is personally known to me and that the nieghbourhood tradition is that her husband was a Revolutionary officer - Given under my hand this 8th day of april 1850_
Willam A. Scott J. Peace
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Nottoway County State of Virginia to wit
I Francis Fitzgerald clerk of the county in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that William A Scott was name is attached to the within certificate was at the time specified in said certificate to is now a acting justice of the peace in and for the said county of Nottoway in the state aforesaid, and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts as such. Given under my hand of the seal of my office the 8th day of April 1850
Francis Fitzgerald C.N.C.
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April [illegible]
Mrs. Jane Winn's Declaration for Pension under act of 2nd Feby 1848
[illegible]
J. G Berret Present
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May 24/47
Addnl Declaration Case of Jane Winn
RICHMOND Va 21 MAY FREE
James L. Edwards Esq Comm of Pensions Washington City D.C.
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Richmond Va May 21 1847
Dr Sir,
I have just recd the amended declaration of Mrs. Jane Winn of Notoway county Va which I herewith enclose you, together with a letter from Mr. Warner Guy of her county a Gentleman known for his strict veracity to all over this section - hoping that you may be enabled to trace her husbands name on the army rolls by the aid of this officers named in her declaration without subjecting you to much inconvenience
I remain very Respectfully Yr obt svt
James T Sutton Jr
PS I regret exceedingly that the old lady was not able to set forth the Regiment etc though she states that he was one who went to arrest Gov Dunmore which was a the very commencement of the war }
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I, Peter J Grigg of Nottoway County,
Do hereby certify that I frequently heard my father (James Grigg) speak of Richd Winn [illegible] Esq in connection with Revolutionary war, whither in anyother department save that of commissary I do not now remember, in relating Revolutionary stories he would frequently mention Mr Winn, with others who were present at Brandy-wine also near Williamsburg (under Genl Lafayette the Marques as his soldiers familiarly calld him, at Camden, at Guilford Ct House, and York Town
Why I feel positve Richd Winn belonged to the commissary departemtn, I have several times heard my Uncle Edwd Jones of Nottoway relate a circumstance that transpired during the Revy war, the said Winn passing near his residence with a drove of cattle for the army (my uncle said they were not beef among which there was a old ox so very slow and lean that Mr Winn remarked to Jones if he would accept the ox he might have it the Jones got off the fence (where he was sitting to speak to Mr Winn, hear the news yes) pulled it down and turned the ox in the oat filed. andwhen good beef was mentioned my Uncle Jones was apt to remark that ox made the best the ever had 12th October 1847 Peter Jones Grigg

Nottoway County to wit:
This day Peter J Grigg came before me a justice of the peace for the county aforesaid and made oaths that the above certificate continued the truth to the best of his believe and knowledge I also take pleasure in stating that Mr Grigg is a man of resputable standing and a justice of the peace for the county aforesaid Given under my hand this twelth day October Eighteen hundred and forty seven.
Saml B Peter JP
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State of Virginia, Nottoway county
I Francis Fitzgerald clerk of the aforesaid County of Not
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State of Virginia, Nottoway county
I Francis Fitzgerald clerk of the aforesaid County of Nottoway in the state of Virginia do hereby certify, that Samuel B Peter whose name is subscribed to the within certificate is now and was at the time of subscribing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for the said county Commissioned and qualified according to law _ 
Given under my and with the seal of the said court annexed the Twenty third day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty seven.
Francis Fitzgerald
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Executive Department Richmond Va Sept 18 1856
This is to certify, that it appears from a list in this department of such officers & soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War as settled their accounts, & received certificates for the balance of their full pay, according to an act of assembly, passed the November session 1781, that a certificate issued on the 13th of Novmeber 1783 in the name of Richard Winn as a Sergeant of Infantry for £ 23.8; which certificate appears to have been delivered to himself, and was given for services prior to the first of Jany 1782
George W. Mumford Secy of the Court
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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
MOSCOW
April 7, 1935
RECEIVED APRL 12 1933 [illegible]
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: --
By reference to the Reports of Committees 2d Session of
the 35th Congress, February 5, 1859, I find that one Samuel Winn
of Tenn, the only surviving son of Colonel Richard Winn of the
Rev. War, was asking a pension on the service of his father etc.
I am informed that the relief asked for was granted, and trust that
your records of his case will show who were his children and other
dependants. Will you please give me a list of his family as indicated
by his papers, who was his wife, and who were his children,
and when did he die?

Mrs. Smith, was Margaret Eunice Winn, descended from this Winn Familyand the data is needed to complete records for the D.A.R. Thanking you for this service, I am.
Most Respectfully. W. Wayne Smith W. Wayne Smith 410 East B St. Moscow, Idaho.
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Little Rock, Ark. October 27,1933.
Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.

WINN, Thomas Rev. & 1812 Wars Section AWF: MLB

Dear Sir:
I respectfully request that I be furnished with all the available information you have on record of the above named Revolutionary War Veteran. He enlisted from Lunenburg County, Virginia, I think, and served in the capacity of a Corporal in Colonel John Gibson's Company 9th Virginia Regiment, my last records show him on the muster roll at Fort Pitt February 13, 1780.
I would like to know his birthplace, date of birth and death, place of enlistment, name of his wife and children, termination of pension and any other family data entered therein.
Thank you, Nora Anderson
Miss Nora Anderson, 2324 Ringo St., Little Rock, Ark.
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Little Rock, Ark. October 27,1933.
Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.

WINN, Thomas Rev. & 1812 Wars Section AWF: MLB

Dear Sir:
I respectfully request that I be furnished with all the available information you have on record of the above named Revolutionary War Veteran. He enlisted from Lunenburg County, Virginia, I think, and served in the capacity of a Corporal in Colonel John Gibson's Company 9th Virginia Regiment, my last records show him on the muster roll at Fort Pitt February 13, 1780.
I would like to know his birthplace, date of birth and death, place of enlistment, name of his wife and children, termination of pension and any other family data entered therein.
Thank you, Nora Anderson
Miss Nora Anderson, 2324 Ringo St., Little Rock, Ark.
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My Dear Sir .
I am writing to ask if you will kindly send me the war record of Captain Richard Winn who enlisted in 1776 from Lunenburg County , Virginia, He enlisted in the Malitia of that County,
Very Kindly Signature ?
Mrs. John Henry Dean. Shawnee Wood Knoxville. Tennessee.
W 6558/S
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Please furnish record Richard Winn W. 6558 Rev. War pensioner Respectfully H. W. Jenks
Box 424 Bliy, Franklin Sta W. D. C. Oct. 4. 1939
{Please include that Richard Winn's father was Col John Winn.
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November 8, 1933
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Richard Winn, 6558
BA-J/Mcs

Mrs. John Henry Dean Shawnee Wood Knoxville Tennessee
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the record of Richard inn, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 6558, based upon the military
service of Richard Winn, the only soldier by that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Richard Winn was the son of Thomas Winn. The date and place of birth of Richard inn were not given, Thomas Winn (the father) was born in Hanover County, Virginia, but the date of his birth was not given. He was referred to as Colonel John Winn.
While living in Amelia County, Virginia, Richard Winn entered the service about the beginning of the Revolution and served as sergeant and commissary with the Virginia troops under Captain or Colonel Samuel Sherwin and it was stated that he at one time served under an officer named Scott. He was engaged in obtaining horses and provisions for the army and was in active service as late as the spring of 1779.
Richard Winn married May 21, 1779, Jane Pincham of North Hovey Parish, Amelia County, Virginia.
He died January 1, 1798.
His widow, Jane, applied for pension December 21, 1846, at which time she was eighty-five years of age and was living
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in Nottoway County, Virginia. The claim was allowed,
In 1856 the widow was dead and Richard Winn of Franklin County, North Carolina, was referred to as their only surviving son.
The widow's brother, William Pincham, was living in Nottoway County, Virginia, in 1843, aged seventy-eight years.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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November 8, 1933
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Richard Winn,  W.6558
BA-J/MCS
Miss Nora Anderson 2324 Ringo Street Little Rock Arkansas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Richard and Thomas Winn, soldiers of the Revolution.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claim on file on account of the services of Thomas Winn.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 6558, based upon the military service of Richard Winn.
He was the son of Thomas Winn, but the date and place of his birth were not given. Thomas Winn (the father) was born in Hanover County, Virginia, but the date of his birth was not given. He was referred to as Colonel Thomas Winn.
While living in Amelia County, Virginia, Richard Winn entered the service about the beginning of the Revolution and served as sergeant and commissary with the Virginia troops under Captain or Colonel Samuel Sherwin and it was stated that he at one time served under an officer named Scott. He was engaged in obtaining horses and provisions for the army and was in active service as late as the spring of 1779.
He married May 21, 1779, Jane Pincham of North Ovay Parish, Amelia County, Virginia.
Richard Winn died January 1, 1798.
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His widow, Jane, applied for pension December 21, 1846, at which time she was eighty-five years of age and was living in Nottoway County, Virginia. The claim was allowed.
In 1856 the widow was dead and Richard Winn of Franklin County, North Carolina, was referred to as their only surviving son.
The widow's brother, William Pincham, was living in Nottoway County, Virginia, in 1848, aged seventy-eight years.
The above noted is the record of the only Richard Winn that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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April 23, 1935
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Richard Winn, W. 6558
BA-J/MCS
Mr. W. Wayne Smith 410 East P Street Moscow, Idaho
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the record of Richard Winn, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 6558, based upon the military service of Richard Winn.
He was the son of John Winn. The date and place of birth of Richard Winn were not given. John Winn (the father) was born in Hanover County, Virginia, but the date of his birth was not given.
He was referred to as Colonel John Winn.
While living in Amelia County, Virginia, Richard Winn entered the service about the beginning of the Revolution and served as sergeant and commissary with the Virginia troops under Captain or Colonel Samuel Sherwin and it was stated that he at one time served under an officer named Scott. He was engaged in obtaining horses and provisions for the army and was in active service as late as the spring of 1779.
Richard Winn married May 21, 1779, Jane Pincham of North Hoovay Parish, Amelia County, Virginia.
He died January 1, 1798.
His widow, Jane, applied for pension December 21, 1846, at which time she was eighty-five years of age and was living in Nottoway County, Virginia. The claim was allowed In 1850 she res Nottoway Co
In 1856 the widow was dead and Richard Winn of Franklin County, North Carolina, was referred to as their only surviving son.
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The widow's brother, William Pincham, was living in Nottoway County, Virginia, in 1848, aged seventy-eight years.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to the Administrator