Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7220, for Samuel Stewart, Virginia
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(3-1776)
Service
Va.

Stewart, Samuel
Lucy

Number
W. 7220
B. L. Wt. 26.641-160=55

CONTENTS
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Virginia 16.367.
Samuel Stewart of Surry in the State of Va who was a pr: in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col: Nevill in the Va: line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 80. Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2d. day of Augt 33 and sent to J. R. Gray Jerusalem CH. Va

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   160
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept   40
                                                       $200

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by A Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 27.
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4901
Virginia Richmond
Lucy Stewart
widow of Samuel Stewart
Virginia Line
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 dollars - 
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of pension issued
31st day of Jany. 1855
and sent to John K Martin
Richmond 
Va.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 129, Vol. A
(32)

Reg mss no 46787

Date of death not on AB
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[handwritten]

46.787 [illegible]
April 7/55
[?] Stewart - wid of Saml. Stewart - [?]
Revolutionary War
[?]: 160 [?] May 16/56
[illegible]
Feb 53 / 4901
Boynton
John K. Martin
Richmond Va
John K. Martin Sept. 5/55
Va
Feb 53 - no 4901
Vol [?]2, page 77
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2nd Sect Act 3 feby 1853

Lucy Stewart
widow of
Samuel Stewart
who was a Rev Pensioner
under act 7 Mar 1832, at
$80 per annum paid at
Richmond, Va. Agency
to 8 January 1835

Filed by
John K Martin
Richmond
Va
Jany 22/55
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State of Virginia
County of Surry } to wit
On this 11th day of January, A.D. 1855, personally appeared before me, Meril P Sledge, a justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the county and state aforesaid, Lucy Stewart, a resident of Surry County and state aforesaid, aged 70 years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3rd February 1853: granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: that she is the widow of Samuel Stewart, a Revolutionary Pensioner under Act 7th June 1832: at the rate of $80 per annum and which was paid at the Richmond, Virginia, agency up to the day of his death, 8th day of January, 1835:

She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Stewart in the county of Surry, on the 13th day of October Eighteen hundred and eight by one James Warren a minister of the Gospel, and that her name before marriage was Lucy Scott, that her said husband died on the 8th day of January 1835: that she was not married to him prior to the 2nd day of January 1800, but at the time above stated, she further declares that she is now a widow.
Lucy Stewart x her mark
Attest: George A Baily
W. M. West

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, And I certify that the said Lucy Stewart, is the widow of Samuel Stewart, who was reputed to be a Revolutionary Pensioner and that the applicant living a long distance from the Court House, and having no conveyance within herself to get there, and by reason of bodily infirmity she is unable to attend court.
Meril P Sledge JP
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State of Virginia
County of Surry } to wit
On this 11th day of January, in the year 1855, personally appeared before me, Meril P Sledge, a justice of the peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the county and state aforesaid, George A Baily and William M West, both residents of Surry County and state of Virginia, who being duly sworn according to law declare and say that they are well acquainted with Lucy Stewart, whose declaration appears on the opposite page; that she is the widow of Samuel Stewart deceased; That the said affiants knew the said Samuel Stewart and the said Lucy Stewart to live together as man and wife and were recognized as such in the community; That the said Samuel Stewart was reputed to be a Revolutionary Pensioner and died in the county of Surry Virginia on or about the 8th January 1835; leaving the said Lucy Stewart, a widow, and that the said Lucy Stewart has remained a widow up to the present time. The afffiants would further declare they have no interest in giving the foregoing affidavit;
Geo A Baily
W M West

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, And I certify that George A Baily and William M West, are credible witnesses, and I further certify that the said George A Baily is a justice of the peace in and for the county of Surry.
Meril P Sledge J.P.

State of Virginia
County of Surry } I, William P Underwood, clerk of the county court in and for the county and state above mentioned, do hereby certify, that Meril P. Sledge whose genuine signature appears above
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and to the foregoing certificates, is and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county and state aforesaid, duly elected and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and I further certify, that it appears from the record of marriages solemnized, now remaining in my office, that Samuel Stewart and Lucy Scott were married by authority of licence from said clerk's office by James Warren a minister of the Gospel, on the 13th day of October, 1808; - and that the aforesaid county court is a court of record having general jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and seal of office, at Surry Court House, this 30th day of January, A.D. 1855
Wm. P. Underwood c.c.
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State of Virginia Surry County [set]
on this 24th day of September 1832
personally appeared before the justices of the court of Surry County in open court now sitting Samuel Steward ( a Free Negroe) a resident of the said county aged 74 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 the 7th 1832 that being a native and resident of Surry County in the state of Virginia he enlisted in the regular service for Two Years under the command of Capt John Steed in the said county in the 4th Virginia regiment Col Jack [nevil] Maj Mulingburg being of that Regiment marched from Surry under command of Capt Steed to Valley Forge near Philadelphia from thence [illegible] Monmouth thence to West Point from thence to Camp Middlebrook was [there] discharged
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had a written discharge but lost it or distroyed [illegible] was in no battle but the one at Monmouth cannot be particular as to dates or names as his memory is impaired by age &c & that after his term of Regular service [illegible] a time in the militia [illegible] & was at york in the siege of that place
Samuel Stewart his mark

Surry county state of Virginia
24th September 1832
This day James Bailey of Surry county a soldier of the Revolution appeared in open court and made oath to the [following] affidavit and the court do hereby certify that the said James Bailey
is a man of Respectability and entitled to full credit - The said Bailey states that the [within] applicant Samuel Stewart a (Free Negroe) was reputed to be a Regular soldier during the revolution for he knew him when he returned from the north after his term of inlistment had expired that he (Bailey) had a relations whom he has heard state that the said Samuel Stewart was with them in the Regular army and that he knows of his own knowledge that the said Sam Stewart was in the militia service at York Town as a drummer at the siege of York in Virginia
sworn to and subscribed in open court this [day] & [illegible] above [illegible]
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He hereby relinquishes his every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & he hereby subscribed that his name is not on the pension rolls of  any agency in any state or territory sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

              his 
Samuel  x  Stewart
            mark 

And the said court is hereby and on this opinion that the above named applicant was  a Revolutionary [illegible] and served as he states swor[n] to & subscribed in open court on this day & [illegible] aforesaid as James Bailey & Hartwell Savage 
Residing in the county aforesaid do hereby certify That we are acquaintances with the said Samuel Stewart who has sworn to & subscribed the above declaration that we believe him to be 74 years of age that he is [illegible] & lives in the neighborhood when he [illegible] to [illegible] when he [illegible] to have [illegible] a soldiers of the revolution & that in concern in that opinion sworn to & subscribed.  This 24 day of September 1832 in open court now sitting  James Bailey
Hartwell Savage
[along the side] James Bailey
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Virginia Surry County court September [illegible]th 1832
[illegible] and the said court do hereby declare [here] pension after the investigation of the [matter] and after putting the [interrogatory] prescribed by the [illegible] that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier & [never] as he states [&] the event further certify that it appears to them that Thomas Bailey and Hambrell Savage who [illegible] the [illegible] of the said county of Surry and as men of availability and their statements are [illegible] to [illegible]
J. Walter S [Boosh] Clerk of the county court of Surry do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the [original] [proceedings] the said court in the matters of the application of Samuel Stewart for a pension in [illegible] whereof I have hereunto ask my [illegible] and affix on the [illegible] of my [officer] this 24th day of September 1832
Walter S Boosh

YR [illegible] of Jerusalem CH [down the side]

[Written vertically down the page over the document] [illegible] $80
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46.787
Bounty Land
Act 3 March 1855

Lucy Stewart
widow of
Samuel Stewart
who was a priv in the
Revolutionary War, and
to whom Pension Certificate
issued No 4901, under act
3 February 1853:

Filed by
John K Martin
Richmond
Virginia
April 6/55
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State of Virginia
County of Surry
On this 27th day of March 1855 personally appeared before me Meril P Sledge a justice of the peace duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the county and and state aforesaid [Lecy] Stewart aged 70 years a resident of the county aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Samuel Stewart who was a private in the Revolutionary War; that she is the identical person to whom Pension Certificate no 4901 issued "in conformity" with the 2nd section of the act February 3rd 1853," said certificate dated "31 January 1855" which she has now in her possession.

She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Stewart in the county of Surry on the 13th day of October 1808, and that her said husband died in the county of Surry on the 8th day of January 1835, and that she is still a widow, she refers to her declaration under act of 3. February 1853; for evidence of their marriage and of his death.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act [append] March 3rd 1855 She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress and that she has not made any other application therefor
Lucy Stewart her mark

We [Wm] S Burt and Geo. A Bailey residents of the county of Surry in the state of Virginia upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Lucy Stewart in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statement of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we are acquainted with the applicant, and that she is now a widow,
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that the applicant has a Pension certificate in her possession which we believe she is entitled to for the service of her deceased husband Samuel Stewart in the Revolutionary War.
Wm S Burt
Geo A Bailey

The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year within written, And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim
Meril P Sledge J.P.

State of Virginia
County of Surry Ses [J]
I William P Underwood Clerk of the County Court of Surry in the state of Virginia do hereby certify that Meril P Sledge esq. whose genuine signature appears above is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the peace within and for the County and state aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid County Court is a court of record having general Jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and seal of office at Surry Courthouse this [illegible] day of April AD 1855.
Wm. P. Underwood Cle.
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5643
Benjamin Cocks (or Cox)
Surry County, Virginia,
16 September, 1819.
2 cases.

Benjamin Cocks
Saml. Stewart

Richd. E. Parker
Judge
Norfolk, Va.
rcd. Jany. 15, 1820.

Colo. Davies, & Colo. Harrisons
regts, Virginia line, July 
1780 to Novr. 1781.

found on the rolls under
the name of Benjamin
Cox.
Admitted.
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State of Virginia to wit
On this 16th day of Sepr. 1819 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Genl. Court for the state afd personally appears Saml. Stewart a man of colour aged sixty years, resident of the County of Surry in the state afd, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war; That he the said Saml. Stewart, enlisted in the County of Brunswick & state afd, for one year in a Company commanded by Capt. Peter Green [in the] month of Feby. 1777 and joined the army at Camp Valley Forge and was attached to the 4th Regiment commanded by Col. Jno. Neville - that when his first term of service expired he reenlisted at West Point for one year more and was discharged from service at Middlebrook in Feby. 1779. That he was in the battle of Monmouth & in other affairs he does not recollect. That he is in very reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for his support: & that he has now no other evidence of his service than an affidavit of Thomas P Ryland herewith sent, having lost his discharge
Richd E Parker

I Richd E Parker Judge as afd, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the sd. Samuel Stewart a man of colour did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the precedg. decln against the common enemy: and further [illegible] he is now in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country, for support; and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony take before me & taken before a magistrate some time previous, to the Secy. of War, according to the [directions] of the said act of Congress. The Court has no seal yet.
Richd E Parker
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[handwritten]

This paper has been mislaid and this has been the cause of its not being [?]
[illegible]

[upside down]

5643
Benjamin Cocks (or Cox)
Surry County, Virginia
16 September, 1819
2 cases.

Benjamin Cocks
Saml. Stewart

Richd. E. Parker
Judge
Norfolk, Va.
rcd. Jany. 15, 1820.

Colo. Davies, & Colo. Harrisons
regts, Virginia line, July
1780 to Novr. 1781.

found on the rolls under
the name of Benjamin
Cox.
Admitted.
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Brief in the case of 

Claim, ("oriinal,")
Proof exhibited, (if orignial.)
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Richmond Sept 7th 1855

Sir
In reply to yours of the 5th inst in the case of Lucy Stewart, act 1855, Register No 47,787, I would say that I know of no other "Record Evidence" than that filed under act 7th June 1832, in the case of the husband, Samuel Stewart,

I presume that the evidence thus referred to, will be all that the Department, will require in the case,?

Respectfully
John K Martin

To the Hon
J Minor
Com of Pensions
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Revolutionary War
Widow, &c.

File No. 7220
Lucy Stewart
Wid
Samuel Stewart
privt Rev War

Act: Feby. 3rd 1848.
Index: Vol. M, Page 241
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Cert: copy of Co of   [illegible]
2 to illegible 8th Jany :35
illegible

illegible
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[handwritten]

Lucy Stewart
wid Samuel
Boynton
RICHMOND JAN 24 [ink stamp]
FREE [ink stamp]
To the Hon Loren P Waldo
Com of Pension
Washington City
D. C
Recd Jany 15th 1833
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[handwritten]

Lucy Stewart
wid
Saml
Rec 
Boynton
RICHMOND SEP 7 VA [ink stamp]
add Evidence}
act 1855 - B: land
J Miner
Com of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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26 641

[illegible]
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Files. 26"1855.
No 5411 [crossed out]
Lucy Stewart
Ww: of
Samuel

Surry Co:
Va:

Act [illegible]
$80. per an
Com:Feby:3.1853.

Revy:

Jon: K. Martin
Richmond

[letterhead printed vertically on right edge of page]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Business

Commissione [page torn off]
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[?] [?] Office
Jany: 27"/55,

Sir:
Please certify the time
to which the within named pensioner
was paid, or the date of
his death,
Very Respectfully,
Dd 8 Jany 35
S. Cole
For the Commissioner

Mr Randall,
"[?]"
R. J. Atkinson Esqr
[?] Auditor, Treasury
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Samuel Stewart, decd 8 Jany 1835
paid in full

Rob J [illegible]
Auditor