Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5183, John Holt, Va.
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(8-1776) NUMBER
SERVICE
Va Holt, John R.5183 [handwritten]
CONTENTS
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State of Virginia, Cumberland County to wit,
On the 23rd day of June, 1834. personally approved in open court, before the court of Cumberland County now sitting John Holt, a resident [repeated, crossed out] of said county in the county of Cumberland and state of Virginia aged Seventy years, who being first only sworn according to Law both on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the armies of the United States, some time in the month of January in the year 1781 [7 is written over an 8]. under the command of Capt Creed Haskins in the said county of Cumberland, and marched through Powhatan and Chesterfield to the Town of Petersburg, and was there furnished with arms. he recollects to have marched from Petersburg to a place as well as he now recollects called Edmund Hills when he was stationed for a short time. from the placed called Edmund Hills, he was ordered to South Carolina, and joined the detachment commanded by Gen. Grigory, where he was stationed for a short time, and from there, marched again to Virginia. crossing the Dismal Swamp to the town of Petersburg, and arrived there some time in April 1781. and was discharged by Capt. Huskins after having served in this town three months. His captain [illegible] give him a artifact of discharge. That he again entered the service of the United States in July or August o f 1781 under Capt Wm Meredith in the county of Cumberland, that he crossed James River at Centerville and Marched through Goochland, on the South side of James River, and arrived near James Town, a short time before the sign of York. that a short time after the sign of york, he marches up the River near Richmond. and from there he marched to the City of Richmond and was discharged
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That as well as he recollects, during this tour he was attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Henry Skipwith and Maj. Purnell he was discharged by Col. Henry Skipwith in Richmond after having survived two months, five months in all. that hes never received any certificate of discharge in this Tour.
Where and in what year were you born?
Answer . I was born in the county of Chesterfield in the State of Virginia in the year 1764~
Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer . I have in my possession the record of any age it appears from my Fathers register in the Holy Bible. I was born the 6th of March 1764~
Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Answer . I was living in Cumberland county, and (scratched out)
and lived.
How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom.~
Answer . I was called into service, and served my own Terms.
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and as well as I recollect Col Meade & Col Cooke were also regular officers with the troops-there was no circumstances of a general character attending my service that I at this time recollect.
Leid you men receive a discharge from the service & if by whom was it given, and what has become of of it?
Answer. I never received a discharge.
State tho names of persons to whom you are (unknown word) in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for nanacity, and this belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
Ans/ John Robinson and Thomas Merryman who served with me- Maj. John Statchin, Edward Booker and the Ret. Joseph Jenkins.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state.
John Holt
Sworn to a subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Mr Joseph Jenkins- a clergyman residing in the County of Cumberland and M.S. Holson in the same county, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Holt, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations, that we release him to be Seventy years of age that he is represented and released in the neighborhood where he resides, the have been a soldier of the Revolution and that now concern in that opinion.
Joseph Jenkins
M.L. Hobson
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforsaid.
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation o  this matter and after [illegible] the interrogations, 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 Joseph Jenkins who has signed the forwarding certificate as a Clergyman resident in the County of Cumberland and that M. L. Hobson who has also signed this and is a resident in the said County of Cumberland and is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to [illegible].
[Signed:} Nathl [Nathaniel] Perrick [:] Wm [William] Wilson {;] V. Parrish; Hez Lord  Justices of the Court now Seating

I Miller Woodson Clerk of the Courts of the County of Cumberland do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Holt - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8th day of July in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty four. ____
[signed] Miller Woodson Clk.
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May 25, 1940

BA-J/ILL
John Holt
R. 5183

Honorable Louis Ludlow
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 

My dear Mr. Ludlow:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 5183, based upon service of John Holt in the Revolutionary War. 

John Holt was born March 6, 1764 in Chesterfield County, Virginia; the names of his parents were not given. At the time he entered service, he resided in Cumberland County, Virginia. 

John Holt enlisted sometime in January 1781, and served three months as private in Captain Creed Haskins' Virginia company; he enlisted in July or August 1781 and served two months as private in Captain William Meredith's company Colonel Henry Skipwith's Virginia regiment, from which he was discharged near Richmond, Virginia. 

The soldier continued to reside in  Cumberland County, Virginia, after the Revolutionary War.

John Holt applied June 23, 1834 for the pension which might have been due under the Act of June 7, 1832 on account of his service in the Revolutionary War. He resided then at Cumberland Court House, Cumberland County, Virginia. His claim for pension was not allowed as the service rendered by him was insufficient to entitle him to pension; that pension law provided for those soldiers who rendered service of at least six months in the Revolutionary War. 

There are no data pertaining to the family of this soldier.

Very truly yours, 
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Polm Dart
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John Holt
Virginia
Rejected
let. to claimant 16 July  '36
Act 7 June '32
5183
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copy 
War Dept
Pension Office
July 1834

Sir:
Your claim to the pensions of the Act of June 7, 1832, has been examined and disallowed. Your declaration  does not allage more than 5 months service and the smallest amount of service enforced by the act is 6 months. The papers are placed on file.

To John Holt
Cumberland C. H.
VA
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To John Holt
16 July '34

(?) Vol 34. P. 320
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War Dept
Pension Office 
July 1834

Sir

Your claim to the pensions of the Act of June 7, 1832, has been examined and disallowed. Your declaration does not allege more than 5 mo service and the smallest amount of service enforced by the act is 6 months. The papers are placed on file.
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July 14, 1834
Pension Office 

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[ineligible] of War
Washington Co

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Helen Berterman
1339 Cryer Avenue
Hyde Park
Cincinnati, Ohio

January 18, 1926

Director of the Pension Bureau, 
Washington D.C. 

Dear Sir, 
Would it be possible for you to send me as soon as it is convenient, copies of the records of John Holt who was born in Chesterfield, county Virginia, March sixth, 1742, and
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Helen Berterman
1339 Cryer Avenue
Hyde Park
Cincinnati, Ohio

was living in Cumberland county Virginia, at the time he made application for a pension, June twenty third 1834? His pension was granted for services rendered our country during the Revolutionary War.
If you would kindly notify me of the amount I shall owe you for this service,
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Helen Bertermann
1339 Cryer Avenue
Hyde Park
Cincinnati, Ohio

I shall send it at once.
Thanking you for your kind attention, I remain
Sincerely yours, 
Helen Bertermann

P.S. I desire this information as a part of my application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution. 

Helen Bertermann
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Albert Garrett Small
15 The Mayflower
Indianapolis
July 23, 1923

Bureau of Pensions
Department of the Interior
Washington D. C. 

Attention
Revolutionary War Records Section--

Sir:

     In behalf of my granddaughter, Eleanor Vivien Holt, daughter of Henry Holt of the brokerage firm Thomson & McKinnon, and for the purposes of the patriotic order Children of the American Revolution, auxiliary to the society of Daughters of the American Revolution, with which her mother and her maternal grandmother are associated. I am taking the liberty to address you in the matter of definite information regarding the child's paternal male ancestor's service during the Revolution, it being a  matter of family knowledge that her great-great-great grandfather Holt was a pensioner (from Virginia) of the Government by reason of such service.

This ancestor was 

    John Holt, of Cumberland county, Virginia, who rendered service in the command of Col. Henry Skipworth (captain, William Meredith), of the Virginia line, during the closing period of the war.

     The official attestation of your bureau to the facts concerning this soldier's service and  a formal notation (for purposes of local proof) of the record carried in that behalf on the pension rolls will be greatly appreciated and as gratefully acknowledged by

Yours very respectfully, 
Albert Garrett Small
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Indianapolis Oct. 23, 1911

To the Hon. Commissioner of Pension 
Washington D.C.

Sir
I respectfully request that you furnish me the military history of John Holt as shown by the records of the Pension office. 
He enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Virginia or Tennessee. This is about all we know. 
Said John Holt was my great-great-grandfather,  I wish to join one of the patriotic Revolutionary War societies and cannot do so unless I have this information.

Very respectfully 
Walter G. Holt
50 N. Delaware St.
Indianapolis, Ind. 

Pension Office U. S.
D Oct 25 1911
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  John Holt Ref. 5-183

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Jan'y [January] 1781  LENGTH OF SERVICE. 3 mos. [months]  RANK.  Pvt. [Private]  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  CAPTAIN. Creed Haskins  COLONEL.  [check mark]  STATE.  Va [Virginia}

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  July " Aug. [August] 1781  LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 mos. [months]  RANK.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  CAPTAIN. Wm [William] Meredith   COLONEL.  Henry Skipwith  STATE.

Battles engaged in, ----[check mark]----
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cumberland Co. [County], Va [Virginia]
Date of application for pension, June 23, 1834.
Residence at date of application, Cumberland Co., Va
Age at date of application, born Chesterfield Co., Va. Mch [March] 6, 1764.
Remarks:  No data as to family.  This claim was rejected on the grounds that [the] soldier did not render six months service as required by the Act of June 7, 1832 under which he applied for pension [.]
Very respectfully, [unsigned]    Commissioner.

[comment] Please write - rejected
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Rev. War Section.
R. File 5183

Sept. 6, 1923.

Albert G. Small
15, the Mayflower, 
Indianapolis, Ind. 

Sir:

I have to advise you that John Holt who was born in Chesterfield Co. Va, March 6, 1764, and resided in Cumberland Co. Va. during the Revolution, applied for pension June 23, 1834, while living in said Cumberland Co. Va. and stated that he served from January 1781, for three months as a private under Capt. Creed Haskin, and from July, or August 1781 for two months under Capt. William Meredith and Col. Henry Skippwith in the Virginia troops. 
His claim for pension was not allowed as the pension laws required six months service. There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully, 
(signature) Hays Haymaker 
Acting Commissioner
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Veterans Administration
Washington May 25, 1940

Ra-J/ILL
John Holt
R. 5183

Honorable Louis Luglow
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Ludlow:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Holt of Chesterfield and Cumberland Counties, Virginia, the Revolutionary and War of 1812 record of Robert Holt of South Carolina, the War of 1812 record of Drury Holt who lived in Hawkins County, Tennessee, and Pine Knot Tavern, Kentucky, and the Civil War record of John G Holtof Rush County, Indiana. 

There is no claim for for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Robert Holt, nor claim for pension or record of issuance of a warrant for bounty land for service in the War of 1812 or Robert Holt of South Carolina, or of any Drury Holt. The Revolutionary War record of John Holt of Virginia is furnished herewith, pension claim - R. 5183.

Your letter has been referred to the proper official for reply in regard to the Civil War Soldier. 

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