Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31294, for Matthew Patton, Maryland
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(8-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Md. Patton, Matthew S.3129
CONTENTS
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Kentucky
26.880
Matthew Patton
of Cumberland in the State of Ky
who was a [illegible] in the Company commanded
by Captain [] of the Regt commanded
by Col [] in the state of Maryland
line for Militia
[]  18.10
[]  17.50   25.60
Inscribed on the Role of Kentucky
at the rate of 25 Dollars 60 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of June
1834 and Sent to Hon C Lyon HR
Arrears to the 4th of Oct '24            76.80
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep      12.80
                                                        $89.60 
                                                
 ⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
     Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Page, J T Sprague Clerk.
Book E.2 Vol. 7 Page 38
Order to pay b  Oct 6[missing text]
Death not on A.B/ILL
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29. 211
Matthew Patton
Ken.
[]
for 1775 pr Cay
I Infy 6 mo 28 days
Pr Infy  3 mo 28 days  13. 10
Pr Cav 3 mo  12.50
25.60/100
Hon C Lyon
H. R.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 a 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 the 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Matthew Patton Senr
[Headings: Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. 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.]
1775.blank. blank. blank. 84 mo. Traditionary.

The time during each year that the applicant was in actual service against the enemy should be stated. Proof of service as a Sargent should also be produced. See notes ex of whenever proof of any service performed can be obtained it should be exhibited
 
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES 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, &c., 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:
The Regular Troops.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
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, mucicians 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, 1852.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of
On this
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
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 officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
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. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes 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 any 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.
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, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and 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)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
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 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 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 appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, 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 hand 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 period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 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?
And if a substitute, for whom?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
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.
6. To Soldier
To Officer
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
 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
inquiry 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 notified to be done by a Judge or 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
 follow the rule laid down for 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 for not conforming 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 clamant 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 year months, and
days, I served as a. For months and days
, I served as a; 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 applicant 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 there to 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 well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[j] 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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State of Kentucky}
County of Christian} Ss.
Personally appeared this 8th day of January 1834 before the Honorable Justices
of the Christian County Court and state aforesaid Matthew Patton Senr [Senior] aged Eighty four years next June who being duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of an act of Congress passed June
1832. That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the year 1775 and continued therein to the close of the war under the following named Officers viz:- Mordecai Gist as a captain who was afterwards taken & commissioned in the regular service and promoted to a majority
Next under Capt John Sterrett & after his death under Capt Nicholas Ruxton Moore

Mathew Patton ^senior states
he was born in May 1750 old style & next June will be (according to the register of his age) Eighty four years old was born in Augusta County State of Virginia but now
called Pendleton. That he moved to Baltimore when a young man and in 1775 was one of about sixty Gentlemen of handsome property who organized themselves into a
Company of Infantry under Captain Mordecai Gist as the Baltimore Independent Company; that their services were rendered to the Governor of Maryland for and during the resistance to British oppression -The first services rendered was the quelling of tories on the Eastern shore of Maryland in which we were engaged
The next actual service was at the head 
of Elk when Lord Howe landed the British army
then on the route to Philadelphia Capt Gist was before this transferred to the regular army and Captain John Sterrett was our commander - he commenced our march early in August & was in the Battle of Brandywine
& Germantown & returned home to winter quarters when
in Battle we were under the command of Genl
Smallwood
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Smallwood
we were engaged in this service three months or more. Sometime after our return Captain Sterrett died, when by unanimous consent we equipped ourselves as a troop of Cavalry and chose Captain Nicholas Ruxton Moore as our Captain and was received as a state
troop of volunteer Dragoons always prepared and always willing to do any kind of service. This was in the year 1778 or 1779. In this company I was a Sergeant
and acted as such to the termination of hostilities. In the foot company Genl Samuel Smith of Baltimore was a
private & after ^ having us for the regular service was made Colonel in the same
& bore a conspicuous part in the defense of Mud Island fort - in the Dragoons Alexander McKinney (once a member of Congress) was a private. In the spring or summer of
1781 we joined the forces of General
La Fayette on his way to Virginia to arrest Cornwallis in his career and remained with him until Cornwallis was shut up in York, where it was found inconvenient to keep our horses and we were permitted to return
home. During the whole war I nor any of my comrades ever received one dollar of compensation for our services, nor did we ever ask it. Frequently where on duty we were compelled to sustain ourselves and horses
& always when at home our horses & arms were kept in reddiness to more at a moments warning.
I would refer to each and every member of
the court, to the Hon Henry Clay & the Honorable Chittenden Lyon now in congress for my character for probity integrity & veracity and their general
opinion of my revolutionary services-
He further states that owing to his old age & consequent loss of memory he cannot state the various services the purpose
at various times during the year 1775, '76 '77 '78 '79 & 81 but states positively that he was a volunteer for & during the war and sustained himself frequently when on duty-
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity, except the present and declares his
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name is not on the pension roll of any agency
in any state- and states he never received any written discharge.  Sworn and subscribed to in open court the day & year aforesaid
Interliner "Senior" & "leaving us for the regular service"
Matthew Patton  [written seal]
We Thomas Kirkman a clergyman residing in
Christian County, Ky and James C Anderson residing in the same county & state hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Matthew Patton who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty four years of age next June as he has stated that he is reputed & believed to have been a soldier of the revolution
in this neighbourhood where he has resided upwards of twenty years, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day year aforesaid
Thomas Kirkman
Jas C Anderson
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 appears to them that
Thos Kirkman who has signed the preceding
certificate is a clergyman resident the
County of Christian and that Jas. C Anderson
who has signed the same is a resident
of the County of Christian and is a credible
person and that their statements are titled
to Credit
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M. Patton
29.211
Hon C. Lyon
HR
C Lyon
Ky
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Commonwealth of Kentucky
County of Christian, to wit ⎬ I Abraham
Stiles Clerk of the County Court of Christian
County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Matthew Pulton Sen for
pension
-
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
seal of Office this 8th day
of January 1834 and in the
42 year of the Commonwealth.
Abram Stites C.C.C.C
[Paper Seal]
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The Applicant in this case of
personally known to me he is
a Gentleman of the first respectability
and standing.  whose statements cannot
be doubted
Chittn Lyon
Hon C Lyon
HR
C Lyon Clk
M Patton
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March 12, 1937.
Miss Lottie L. Patton
R. R. #1
Divernon, Illinois.
BA-J/ILL
Matthew Patton
S. 31294

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Matthew Patton, pension claim S. 31294.

The data given herein were found in the papers on file in that claim, based upon service of Matthew Patton in the Revolutionary War.

Matthew Patton was born in May 1750 (old style), in Augusta County, Virginia (the part which was later Pendleton County);
the names of his parents were not given. He moved when a young man to Baltimore, Maryland. 

While a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, he volunteered in 1775, as "one of about sixty gentlemen of handsome property who organized themselves into a company of Infantry under Captain Mordecai
Gist as the Baltimore Independent Company " and served four weeks as a
private engaged in quelling the Tories on the Eastern Shore of Maryland; he served from sometime in 1776, at various times until the
surrender of Cornwallis, more than six months in all, first as private in Captain John Sterrett's Maryland company and was in the battles of
Brandywine and Germantown, and later as sergeant in Captain Nicholas Ruxton Moore's Maryland company of dragoons.

Matthew Patton was allowed pension on his application executed January 8, 1834, at which time he resided in Christian County,
Kentucky; he was referred to them as Matthew Patton, Senior. He had resided in that neighborhood about twenty years. The soldier made no reference to wife or children.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner,
you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following:
Matthew Patton
Certificate #26880
Issued June 24, 1833
Rate $25.60 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
2.
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Dala at hand
Matthew Patton Maryland Militia
Christian Co Ky- 1839 Pensioner & lived in  
in Aguila VA was appointed Lieut
of a Continental lines -
member of the Fort
Qualified as Lieut of the Fort March 19 1753
       "        as Captain of Va Militia March 1768
Taken from Aguila Co War book No 12
pg 75
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2 F.R.T
Pine Bluff Ark
Jan: 1922
Office Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Will you kindly
give record of service
or pension record for
Matthew Patton has one
Agusta Co, Va
Continental Army
Perfectfully
[Black stamp: PENSION OFFICE U.S. D JAN 11 1922]
Dr S.G. Higinbotham
307 N. Sixth Ave
Pine Bluff
Ark
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622. W. 13. St
New York City
[VRC]
Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.
[Stamp]

Dear Sir,-
Will you please
and me a copy of Pension
record
of Matthew Patton Sr.
He served through the war
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was under Capt. Mordecai Gist.
Baltimore, John Sterrett, Nicholas
Ruxton Moore's Co. of Dragoons.
Enlisted from Baltimore Md.
Pension granted Jan 6, 1834.
Also. [fall] Swearingen who
was from near Hagerstown Md.
Enlisted at Fayette Co. Va. and drew
pension while residing at Shelby Co
Ky.
Also James Marshall who
enlisted from
Clinton Dutchess
Co. N.Y.
Also
James Nevill, Priv. drew
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pension June 7 1834. Residence at
date of application Barren Co. Ky.
and enlisted from Fauquier Co. Va.
Any family data you can give me
will be appreciated.
Thanking you in advance
Yours cordially-
Viola Rost [Courecon]
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Feb 15th 1908
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Upon the
advice of Mr. Anderson
Quisenberry I am writing you
to give
me some facts in
regard
to my great
grand-parents
Will you please
furnish me with
an abstract of what
the records of your
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office show about
the Revolutionary services
Matthew Patton
of Maryland, also of
Raleigh or Rawlins
Williams of Virginia
Thanking you in
 you in advance for your
kindness and trusting
I may soon hear an 
answer
Respt,
Mrs. Thos. W. L. Van Meter
Winchester, Ky.
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1 Flr. E
Little Rock
Jaan 12 -1922
U.S. Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
Can you tell me in
regard to the services of
Matthew Patton
Maryland Militia, Christian
Co. Ky. 1834 Pensioner and
lived in Augusta
Va. and was appointed
Lieut of Va. Continental line
Member of the Foot.
Qualified as Lieut of the
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Front Marleboro 19-1783
Described as Co. Travis of
the Militia 10.6. 
came from Virginia Co.
under Capt. J. R. Ware 1778
and was a direct descendant of
Mr. Matthew Patton
and will be most grateful
if you will please send
me if your records are
records. This information
Very truly,
Mrs. Lenora E. Downing
do 22 Broadway
Little Neck on L.
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311 East 17th St,
Hagerstown, Md
Oct. 28, 1931

Pension Office,
Washington D.C.,

Gentlemen,

Matthew Patton was placed on the pension
roll of Christian Co., Ky., June
24, 1834, for service as a private,
in the Maryland militia.
Have you the date and place
of birth and death, and did
his wife survive him?
Any information you can
give, will be much appreciated.

Very truly,
(Mrs.) Annie L. Harding
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Missouri Senate
567 General Assembly

Mr. A. D. Miller,
Veteran Administrator,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Miller,
I am anxious to know if Matthew Patton (my father's father) of Augusta Co., Va., received a pension for service in the Revolutionary War; if so, may I have a copy? I have also all other data concerning him, and would that the record gives.

I would be thankful for the courtesy given my last communication to your department. We, at M.D. & P., appreciate your valuable assistance, and the

Very truly,
Frank G. Harris
Senator
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Furnished with which you 
answered our many requests.

Again thanking you

I am, very truly,
Mrs. Frank G. Harris
Vice-Regent Columbian Chapter
D.A.R.
655 N. Broadway,
Columbia, Mo.
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Somerset, Ky
Aug 10, 1934

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

Will you please furnish me with a copy of the pension papers of Matthew Patton who served with Maryland Troops during the Revolutionary War, and was living in Christian Co. Ky when he applied for his pension.

Can you give me the date of last pension payment to the above Matthew Patton?

This information is wanted for genealogical purposes.

Very truly yours,
Margaret D. Frye
Registrar Somerset Chapter D.A.R.

Mrs. A. S. Frye
506 East Columbia St
Somerset, Ky.
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Divernon, Ill.
Feb. 23 – 1937

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Will you please send me the Revolutionary record of Matthew Patton, a pensioner of Christian Co. Ky., under Claim No. S31294.
I want this for genealogical purposes.

Thanking you and awaiting reply, I am,
Respectfully,
Miss Lottie L. Patton
Divernon,
Rural Route 1.
Illinois
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Postmarked:
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF.
JUL 12 6:30 PM 1938

Received Stamp:
JUL 16 1938
Veterans Administration

Addressed to:

Auditor –
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
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Dear Sir:
Matthew Patton,
a Revolutionary Soldier was placed on the pension roll about 1831. Please send me information as to date of his death. He received pension while living in Christian Co., Kentucky, and died there. Was a soldier from Maryland.

Thanking you for your consideration, I am meantime yours –
Mrs. Lucinda G. Young
Chicago Heights, Illinois
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Dear Sir:

Matthew Patton,
a Revolutionary
Soldier was placed
on the pension roll
about 1831. Please
send me information
as to date of his
death. He received
pension while living
in Christian Co. Kentucky
and died there. Was
a soldier from Maryland.

Thanking you for
your consideration I
from meantime remain –
Sincerely,
J. E. King
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State of Kentucky
County of Christian Sct

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for said county & state aforesaid Matthew Patton Senior who being duly sworn deposes & saith on oath that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot answer particularly 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, viz:

For a period of four weeks on the Eastern shore of Maryland under Captain Mordecai Gist sometime in the winter 1776–1777—served as a private. For three months as a private under the command of Captain Clement as a private. For three months as a Dragoon under Captains Nelson & (illegible) Moore, and for such service I claim a pension—

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 4th day of June 1834
[signature] Matthew Patton Sr.
[signature] And. P. Campbell J.P.

Commonwealth of Kentucky
County of Christian, to wit:

I Absolom Stites, the clerk of the county court of Christian County aforesaid do hereby certify that And. P. Campbell, gentleman whose name appears to the subjoined certificate was at the time of making the same and is now an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the said County duly commissioned & qualified, that full faith is due to his official acts & that his signature to the said certificate is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 13th day of June 1834 and in the 43rd year of the Commonwealth.

[signature] Absolom Stites, C.C.C.C.
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File No. 31294
Invalid
Name: Matthew Patton
Rank: Pri. Rev. War
Act: June 7th, 1832
Index: Vol. 8, Page 315

Right margin notes:

Feb. 6, 27084: Hit to Mrs. Thos. W. Dixon

1915: Made to Hite & Wilson for Cameron

1916: Sept. 7: Hit to Butterwell

Dunlap’s Letter is 515633

Peter Patton – M.M.H.

1928: Sept. 14: Hit to Miss F. E. Harding

1932: Apr. 4: Hit to Emma E. Martin

1931: Nov. 12: Hit to Miss Nannie E. Starling – S.C.C.

1934: May 23: Hit to Mrs. Frank G. Harris

1935: Apr. 26: Hit to Mrs. A. S. Frye – S.C.C.

1937: Mar. 12: Hit to Miss Lottie L. Patton

1938: July 12: Hit to Mrs. H. B. King – S.C.C.
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Northern Bank of Ky
Lexington, Sept. 29, 1837

D. G. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:

Enclosed please find the papers of Matthew Patton for your inspection—
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Wm. Earnest
pension clerk
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July 29, 1938

Mrs. W. G. King
133 North Wetherly Drive
Beverly Hills, California

BA-J/ILL
Matthew Patton
S. 31294
John Whitaker
W. 9001

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your two requests for the record of Matthew Patton who received a pension while residing in Kentucky, also, request for the record of John Whitaker of Maryland, whose widow, you state, received a pension for his service in 1753.

This office has no record of service rendered in 1753, hence, no claim for pension based upon service of the John Whitaker described by you. The record has been found of a John Whitaker of Baltimore, Maryland, whose widow received a pension for his service in the Revolutionary War. His record and that of Matthew Patton are furnished you herein.

MATTHEW PATTON — S. 31294.

The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 31294, based upon service of Matthew Patton in the Revolutionary War.

Matthew Patton was born in May 1750 (Old Style), in Augusta County, Virginia (the part which was later Pendleton County); the names of his parents are not given. He moved when a young man to Baltimore, Maryland.

While a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, he volunteered in 1775, as “one of about sixty gentlemen of handsome property who organized themselves into a Company of Infantry under Captain Mordecai Gist as the Baltimore Independent Company”, and served four weeks as a private, engaged in quelling the Tories on the Eastern Shore of Maryland; he served from sometime in 1776, at various times until the surrender of Cornwallis, more than six months in all, first as private in Captain John Sterrett’s Maryland company and was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and later as sergeant in Captain Nicholas Ruxton Moore’s Maryland company of dragoons.
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Matthew Patton was allowed pension on his application executed January 8, 1834, at which time he resided in Christian County, Kentucky; he was referred to then as Matthew Patton, Senior. He had resided in that neighborhood about twenty years. The soldier made no reference to wife or children.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following: Matthew Patton, Certificate #26880, issued June 24, 1833, Rate $25.60 per annum, Commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.

JOHN WHITAKER — W. 9001.

The data which follow are found in pension claim, W. 9001, based upon service of John Whitaker in the Revolutionary War:

John Whitaker (as he signed his name) was born May 21, 1753 in Harford County, Maryland, and resided about twenty miles from Baltimore, in said Harford County, during the Revolutionary War. The names of his parents are not shown.

In 1776, John Whitaker belonged to Captain Aquilla Hall’s company, Colonel John Rodgers’ regiment of Maryland militia, was called out in the fall of that year and served three weeks on an alarm at Baltimore. He enlisted early in June 1777, served as sergeant in Captain Francis Holland’s company, Colonel John Rodgers’ Maryland regiment and returned home about December. He enlisted “soon after the harvest” in the next year and served three months as sergeant in Captain Samuel Griffith’s company, Colonel Josiah Hall’s Maryland regiment.

John Whitaker resided in Harford County, Maryland, until about 1784, then moved to York County, Pennsylvania, and remained until about 1789, then moved to Washington County, Maryland, and resided until about forty years of age, then moved to Bourbon County, Kentucky, near Paris, and moved from there to Harrison County, Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832, at which time he resided in Harrison County, Kentucky; he had resided there then “upwards of twenty years”. In 1832, he was a Minister.
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of the "Methodist Society" and had been for many years. Reverend John Whitaker died October 27, 1833, in Harrison County, Kentucky.

John Whitaker married December 26, 1776 in Harford County, Maryland, Ann —, who was born June 18, 1760; her maiden name and the names of her parents are not shown. She resided then in Harford County, Maryland, about twenty miles distant from his residence.

Ann Whitaker, the soldier’s widow, was allowed pension on her application executed February 20, 1837, at which time she resided in Harrison County, Kentucky. She died July 5, 1842.

In 1836, Josiah Whitaker, soldier’s eldest son, and his brother, John W. Whitaker, made affidavits in Harrison County, Kentucky, in behalf of their mother.

There are no further data in regard to the children of John and Ann Whitaker.

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

1 encl. Unused postal card.
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August 25, 1936.

Mrs. A. S. Frye
506 West Columbia Street
Somerset, Kentucky.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Matthew Patton, a pensioner of Christian County, Kentucky.

The data given herein were found in pension claim, S. 3194, based upon service of Matthew Patton in the Revolutionary War.

Matthew Patton was born in May 1750 (old style), in Augusta County (that part which was later Pendleton County), Virginia; the names of his parents were not given. He moved when a young man to Baltimore, Maryland.

While a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, he volunteered in 1775, as a member of about sixty gentlemen of independent property who organized themselves into a company of infantry under Captain Mordecai Gist at the Baltimore Independent Company. He served four weeks as a private, engaged in quelling the Tories on the Eastern Shore of Maryland; he served from sometime in 1776, at various times, Stuart or Stuart's command of Cortnill's, more than six months in all, first as private in Captain John Sterrett's Maryland company and was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and later as sergeant in Captain Nicholas Ruxton Moore's Maryland company of dragoons.

Matthew Patton was allowed pension on his application executed January 8, 1834, at which time he resided in Christian County, Kentucky; he was referred to then as Matthew Patton, Senior. He had resided in that neighborhood about twenty years. The soldier made no reference to wife or children.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name---
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of pension paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Matthew Patton, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following

Matthew Patton
Certificate #30680
Issued June 24, 1823
Rate $26.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLS,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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May 23, 1936.

Mrs. Frank G. Jarvis
605 West Broadway
Columbia, Missouri.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Matthew Patton of Augusta County, Virginia.

The data given herein were found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 3194, based upon service of Matthew Patton in the Revolutionary War.

Matthew Patton was born in May 1750 (old style), in Augusta County (that part which was later Pendleton County), Virginia; the names of his parents were not given. He moved when a young man to Baltimore, Maryland.

While a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, he volunteered in 1775, as "one of about sixty gentlemen of handsome property who organized themselves into a company of infantry under Captain Mordecai Gist at the Baltimore Independent Company," and served four weeks as a private, engaged in quelling the Tories on the Eastern Shore of Maryland; he served from sometime in 1776, at various times, under the command of Cortnill's, more than six months in all, first as private in Captain John Sterrett's Maryland company and was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and later as sergeant in Captain Nicholas Ruxton Moore's Maryland company of dragoons.

Matthew Patton was allowed pension on his application executed January 8, 1834, at which time he resided in Christian County, Kentucky. He had resided in that neighborhood about twenty years. He was referred to then as Matthew Patton, Senior. He made no reference to wife or children.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name---
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and address of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following

Matthew Patton
Certificate #30680
Issued June 24, 1823
Rate $26.60 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hills,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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November 12, 1932.

Miss Mamie L. Starling
511 East 17th Street
Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Matthew Patton, a pensioner of Kentucky.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 3194, based upon military service in that war.

Matthew Patton was born in May 1750 (old style), in Augusta County, that part which was later called Pendleton County, Virginia and moved when a young man to Baltimore, Maryland.

While a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, he volunteered in 1775, as "one of about sixty gentlemen of handsome property who organized themselves into a Company of Infantry under Captain Mordecai Gist at the Baltimore Independent Company," served four weeks as a private in said company and was engaged in quelling the Tories on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, he then served from 1776 at various times up until the surrender of Cornwallis, more than six months in all, first as private in Captain John Sterrett's Maryland company and was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and later as sergeant in Captain Nicholas Ruxton Moore's Maryland company of dragoons.

He was allowed pension on his application executed January 8, 1834, while a resident of Christian County, Kentucky. He had resided in that neighborhood for about twenty years.

There are no family data in the papers in this claim.

The date and place of death are not recorded in the papers in the above noted pension claim.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the above named pensioner, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data: Matthew Patton, certificate #30680, issued June 24, 1823, rate of $26.60 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hills,
Assistant to Administrator.
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September 7, 1916.

Mr. Boutwell Dunlap,
East Auburn,
California.

Sir,

In response to your letter dated the 23rd ultimo, you are advised that the papers on file in this Bureau show that Peter Catron, Sur. File No. 1533, Revolutionary War, was allowed pension on account of his services as Private under Captains Walter Crocker and John Stephens in the Virginia troops.

He was born in Germany in 1754, emigrated with his father, Stuffle Catron to Pennsylvania in 1764, was a resident of Montgomery County, Virginia in 1776 and of Wayne County, Kentucky in 1834.

Sur. File No. 313294, Revolutionary War, Matthew Patton, was allowed pension for his services in the Maryland troops as Private in Captain Mordecai Gist's Baltimore Independent Company and as Sergeant in Captain Nicholas Ruxton Moore's Company of Dragoons and was in the battle of Brandywine.

He was born in May 1750 Old Style, in Augusta County, Virginia, was a resident of Baltimore, Maryland in 1775 and of Christian County, Kentucky in 1834.
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Pension file in this Bureau.
Sur. J. 3194.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment:
1775.
Length of Service:
2 years.
Rank:
Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered:
Captain: Mordecai Gist, Baltimore Independent Co., John Sterrett.
Sergt. Nicholas Ruxton Moore's Co. of Dragoons.
State: Md.

Battles engaged in: Brandywine.
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Baltimore, Md.
Date of application for pension: Jan. 8, 1834.
Residence at date of application: Christian Co., Ky.
Age at date of application: 84.
Remarks: very respectfully, (End note: Signed but not readable, C.R.C.)