Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 10998, Alexander Forbes, Va.
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SERVICE
Va. [Virginia]
Forbes, Alexander
Judith
NUMBER
W10998
BL. Wt 26.642-160-55
CONTENTS
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12.359
Virginia
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Alexander Forbes of Buckingham in the State of Va [Virginia] who was a pr: __ in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt [Regiment] commanded by Col: [Colonel] Nicholas in the va [Virginia] line] for 6 months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 Dollars ___ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 23d [23rd] day of Apr. [April] 33 and sent Pensioner Newston. Va [Virginia] Buck Co
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 Semi-anl. [Semi-annual] allowance ending [illegible] life
40
10
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$50
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nathaniel Rice Clerk
Book E Vol. [Volume] 6 Page 8
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5165
Virginia R
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Judith Forbes widow of Alexander Forbes who served in the Revolutionary Va war, as a private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 dollars — cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
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Certificate of Pension issued 8th day of May 1853 and sent to W. W Forbes Rockingham C. H. [Court House] Va [Virginia]
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Recorded on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 123 Vol. A (32)
W. W. Forbes Sep [September] 1 1833
[illegible] At Rockingham CH
Date of widow’s death not [illegible]
Reg 3d M 55-50001
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[illegible]
No 26642 Iss
Rev
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Revolutionary War
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Va [Virginia] Feby [February] 53 no 5165
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[illegible]
Boynton
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W. W. Forbes
Buckingham C. H. [Court House] Va [Virginia]
W W Forbes Sept 17 [illegible]
Same Oct. / 67
Vol. F. 100.
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7731
Alex: [Alexander] Forbes’ declaration for a pension
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State of Virginia Buckingham County Court
On this 13th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before Charles Yancy, Samual Patteson, John T. Bocock, and Robert Nicholas Jenkins of the court of said county now sitting, Alexander Forbes [illegible] a resident of said county and state of virginia, aged seventy 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the united states, under the following named officers and served as herein stated as a drafted militiaman from the county of Buckingham Virginia under Capt [Captain] Peter Guerrant marched to Hillsborough North Carolina there attached to Capt [Captain] Park Goodalls company from the county of Henrico Virginia and commanded by Cols [Colonels] Nicholas and Samuel Stephens in the year 1780 aged seventy years and served six months where and in what year were you born? I was [illegible] in Stefford county virginia and was born in the year 1763. Have you any record of your age; and if so where is? Yes I have a record of my own make which is at home, taken from the old register. Where were you living when called into service, and where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live? Ans. [Answer] when called into war I lived in the County of Buckingham virginia where I now live and where I have lived ever since the war. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for for whom? Ans. [Answer] I was drafted as I before stated. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so from whom was it given and what has become of it? Ans. [Answer] I received a discharge from Capt [Captain] Park Goodall and have lost it or have mislaid it.
Alexander Forbes
We Joel Watkins and Capt [Captain] John Morgan residing in the county of Buckingham and state of virginia, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Alexander Forbes [illegible], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 70 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Joel Watkins
John Morgan
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I hereby certify that Alexander Forbes was a militia soldier in the Southern Campaign of 1780 in General Steven’s Brigade in which I was a Lieutenant Colonel, and have no doubt he served six months from the time of his being drafted till the termination of his service, from any knowledge of him then and since I consider him respectable and his oath and declaration that he may make according to the late act of congress entitled to full credit.
John Nicholas late Colo [Colonel] R. A.
August 7th 1832
Ferle
John F. Lightfoot
A.K. Hughes

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after pulling the interrogatories presented by the war department, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Joel Watkins, John Morgan and John Nicholas who have signed the preceding certificates are residents of this county + [and] that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Rolfe Eldridge clerk clerk of the court of Buckingham county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Alexander Forbes for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office this 27th day of August in the year Eighteen hundred + [and] thirty two.
Rolfe Eldridge CBC
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Ms. Judith Forbes’ declaration [underlined]
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State of Virginia }
County of Buckingham } ss
On this 20th day of December 1854 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Judith Forbes, a resident of Buckingham County in the State of Virginia, aged seventy six years, who first being 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 passed on the 3rd February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Alexander Forbes who was a private in the Army of the Revolution that she is not able to state the time when he enlisted and left the service; the names and rank of the officers under whom the service was performed]; the files in which he [illegible] when he entered the service but thus her said husband received a pension during his lifetime under the law of the United States of the 7th June 1833 as [illegible] appear by [illegible] since to his certificate [illegible] the Pension office in Book 2 Vol 6 Page 8 that his pension was paid to him at Richmond by the Presd WS [illegible] Bank [illegible] and for paying pensioners in the Agency of Virginia; She further declares that she was married to the said Alexander Forbes on the 27th day of March 1815: that her said husband died on the 22nd day February 1838 leaving a portion of his pension then due and unpaid. That she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow.
Judith Forbes.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
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-written, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Buckingham and State of Virginia and I certify that the applicant Judith Forbes whose signature appears to the foregoing declaration from bodily infirmity is unable to attend court.
John J Gilliam J.V.

Buckingham County }
State of Virginia } ss
On this 20th day of December 1854 Thomas Forbes and James H Forbes personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid and made oath that the foregoing declaration containing the truth to the best of their knowledge and belief that they know the said Alexander Forbes in his life time. That he died at home in the County of Buckingham in the State of Virginia on the day and year mentioned in said declaration. That they were present at his death and burial and that the said Judith Forbes is still his widow and I certify that the said Thomas Forbes and James H Forbes are credible and disinterested witnesses. Given under my hand this the day and year above written.
John J Gilliam J.V.
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State of Virginia
I Rolfe Eldridge clerk of the county court of Buckingham in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that it appears from the register of marriages of record in my office, that on the 27th day of March 1815 Alexander Forbes and Judith Ammonett were joined together in the Holy State of Matrimony by John Ayres a minister of the gospel. And I further certify that John J Gilliam before whom the foregoing declaration of Judith Forbes was made, and the affidavit of Thomas Forbes + [and] James H Forbes in support of the same was taken, was at that time, + [and] yet is an acting justice of the said county duly commissioned + [and] qualified according to law and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand + [and] affix the seal of my office this 2 day of February 1855
Reldridge CBC
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50.001
Judith Forbes
Declaration
War of the Revolution
Filed by
W.W.Forbes
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State of Virginia }
County of Buckingham } ss
On this 24th day of March 1853 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Judith Forbes aged seventy six years a resident of Buckingham County in the State of Virginia who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Alexander Forbes deceased who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, that she does not know who his commanding officers were or the amount of service he performed, but for proof of his service she refers to his certificate of pension granted under an Act of Congress approved June the 7th 1832 and filed along with her declaration for pension in the month of January last. She further states that she was married to the said Alexander Forbes in Buckingham County in the State of Virginia on the 27th day of March 1815 by one John Ayres a methodist clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Judith Ammonette that her said husband died at home in the County of Buckingham in the State of Virginia on the 22nd day of February 1838 and that she is now his widow. She further states that there is no record proof of her said husbands death. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under Act of Congress approved March the 3rd 1853. She also declares that she has never received nor applied
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For Bounty land under this or any other act of Congress.
Judith her x mark Forbes

We Thomas Forbes and James H Forbes residents of the County of Buckingham and State of Virginia upon our oaths declare that we are personally well acquainted with Mrs Judith Forbes and saw her make her mark to the foregoing declaration. That they know her to be the identified person therein represented and that she is now the widow. That her said husband Alexander Forbes who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War died at home in the County of Buckingham and State of Virginia on the 22nd day of February 1838 as set forth in her declaration. That we were present at his death and burial and we swear [crossed out] [crossed out] we are disinterested witnesses.
Thomas Forbes [illegible]
J.H. Forbes [illegible]

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th day of March 1855 and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, that I know the witnesses are credible persons, and that I have no interest in this claim.
John J Gilliam J.V.
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State of Virginia }
County of Buckingham } ss:
I hereby certify that John J. Gilliam Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made and executed, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time afso doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the County Court for the County aforesaid, this twenty sixth day of March 1855.
R. Eldridge Clerk of Buckingham County Court

Virginia, Buckingham County, Ss.
I Rolfe Eldridge clerk of the County Court of the county + [and] State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears from the Register of Marriages of record in my office, that on the 27th day of March 1815 Alexander Forbes and Judith Ammonett were joined together in the Holy State of Matrimony by John Ayres a minister of the Gospel.
[circular stamp BUCKINGHAM COUNTY]
Given under my hand the seal of my office this 26th day of March in the year 1855.
R. Eldridge C.B.C.
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7731
Alexander Forbes
Admit as a private for 6 months $20.00
7.11.12
2+.7 Feby [February] 11. 1833
Sent to apt
New Store
Va [Virginia]
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7731
BRIEF in the case of Alexander Forbes County of Buckingham in the State of Virginia
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 70
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Draftd [drafted] In 1780 | Years, Months, Days. | As a | Gen.
[blank] | a b c | private | Cap [Captain] Guerrant Col [Colonel] Nicholas Gen [General] Stevens (+ [and] was transferred to Cap [Captain] Park Goodall; Com
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Buckingham Cty [County] Va [Virginia]
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary + [and] one witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect? Correct
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
T, Waghy Examining Clerk.
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June 23, 1939
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ALEXANDER FORBES
W. 10998
BA-J/MLB

Miss Maude Fuqua Pitt
Cornwall
New York

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you requested the Revolutionary War record of Alex. Forbes who was born about 1765 and lived in Buckingham County, Virginia.
The data which follow in regard to Alexander Forbes (as soldier signed) were obtained from the claims for pension and bounty land on file under W. 10998, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Alexander Forbes was born in 1765 and reared in Stafford County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia, Alexander Forbes enlisted sometime in 1780, served as a private in Captain Peter Guerrant’s Virginia company, and in Captain Park Goodall’s company, Lieutenant Colonel John Nicholas’ Virginia regiment engaged in the Southern Campaign and was discharged after having served his six months.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia. He died there February 22, 1838, at his home.
Alexander Forbes married March 27, 1815, in Buckingham County, Virginia, Judith Ammonette. The date and place of her birth and names of parents were not given. Their marriage was recorded in the County Clerk’s Office of Buckingham County.
Judith Forbes was allowed pension on account of the service of her husband, Alexander, on her application executed December 20, 1854, at which time she was aged seventy-six years and resident of Buckingham County, Virginia.
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Soldier’s widow, Judith Forbes, was allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land, also, on account of his service, on Warrant No. 26642, under the Act of March 3, 1855. At the time of her application for bounty land, she was still a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia.
W.W. Forbes, son of Alexander Forbes and his wife, Judith, was living in Buckingham County, Virginia, in a855. In the same year, Thomas Forbes and James H. Forbes were living in that county, also, but their relationship to the soldier was not stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of soldier’s widow, Judith, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Judith Forbes, certificate #5165, issued May 8, 1855, rate, $20 per annum, commenced February 3, 1853, Act of February 3, [illegible], Virginia Agency.
If you desire information relative to the location of the bounty land granted Judith Forbes, for her husband’s service, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of the act under which issued.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
To the Administrator
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February 12, 1940
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ALEXANDER FORBES
W. 10998
BA-J / MLB am

Miss Maude Fuqua Pitt
Cornwall
New York

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of February 6, in which you request a reexamination of the records in connection with the marriage of Alexander Forbes, whose Revolutionary War record was furnished you June 23, 1939, File No. W. 10998, and in which you state that you believe the date of marriage given by this office, as March 27, 1815, may be in error.
Another careful examination has been made of the papers in the claims for pension and bounty land under File No. W. 10998, based upon service of Alexander Forbes in the Revolutionary War. The paragraph in regard to the marriage of that soldier, as shown in the report furnished you, was found to be identical with the care of marriage given by soldier’s widow, Judith Forbes, under oath, on two occasions, also by the copy of the official record found in the County Clerk’s Office of Buckingham County, Virginia. That paragraph reads as follows:
“Alexander Forbes married March 27, 1815, in Buckingham County, Virginia, Judith Ammonette. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents were not given. [illegible] marriage was recorded in the County Clerk’s Office of Buckingham County.”
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistance
To the Administrator
B. [illegible]. W + no. 26642-160 [illegible] - act of 1855
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November 24, 1834
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ALEXANDER FORBES
W. 10998
BA-J / MLB
Miss J. N. Forbes
214 First Avenue
Farmville, Virginia

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of November 11, in which you request the record of Alexander Forbes, of Buckingham County, Virginia, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The record of Alexander Forbes follows as shown in pension claim, W. 10998, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Alexander Forbes was born in 1765 and reared in Stafford County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia, he enlisted sometime in 1780, served as a private in Captain Peter Guerrant’s Virginia company, and in Captain Park Goodall’s company, Lieutenant Colonel John Nicholas’ Virginia regiment engaged in the Southern Campaign and was discharged after having served six months.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia. He died there February 22, 1838, at his home.
Alexander Forbes married March 27, 1815, in Buckingham County, Virginia, Judith Ammonette. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not given. Their marriage was recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Buckingham County.
Soldier’s widow, Judith Forbes, was allowed pension on her application executed December 20, 1854, at which time she was aged seventy-six, years and a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia.
Judith F. [illegible] bl. Nov 24, 1855 [illegible] Buck Co. [illegible]
In 18[illegible], W. W. Forbes, son of Alexander Forbes and his wife, Judith, was residing in Buckingham County, Virginia. In the same
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Year Thomas Forbes and James H. Forbes were residents also of that county, but their relationship to soldier’s family was not stated.
[illegible]
Very truly yours
[illegible]
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
To the Administrator
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November 24, 1934
Xxxxxxxxxxxx
ALEXANDER FORBES
W. 10998
BA-J / MLB

Mrs. Allen T. Stokes
Farmville
Virginia

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of November 12, in which you request two copies of the record of Alexander Forbes, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, of Buckingham County, Virginia.
The record of Alexander Forbes is furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 10998, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Alexander Forbes was born in 1765 and reared in Stafford County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia, he enlisted sometime in 1780, served as a private in Captain Peter Guerant’s Virginia company, and in Captain Park Goodall’s company, Lieutenant Colonel John Nicholas’ Virginia regiment, engaged in the Southern Campaign and was discharged after having served six months.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia. He died at his home there February 22, 1838.
Alexander Forbes married March 27, 1815, in Buckingham County, Virginia, Judith Ammonette. The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not given. Their marriage was recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Buckingham County.
Soldier’s widow, Judith Forbes, was allowed pension on her application executed December 20, 1854, at which time she was aged seventy-six years and a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia.
In 1855, W. W. Forbes, son of Alexander Forbes and his wife, Judith, was residing in Buckingham County, Virginia. In the same
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Year, Thomas Forbes and James H. Forbes were residents, also, of that county, but their relationship to soldier’s family was not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
To the Administrator
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November 24, 1936
Xxxxxxxxxxxx
ALEXANDER FORBES
W. 10998
BA-J / MLB

Mrs. Allen. Y. Stokes
Farmville
Virginia

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of November 12, in which you request two copies of the record of Alexander Forbes, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, of Buckingham County, Virginia.
The record of Alexander Forbes is furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 10998, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Alexander Forbes was born in 1765 and reared in Stafford County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia, he enlisted sometime in 1780, served as private in Captain Peter Guerrant’s Virginia company, and in Captain Park Goodall’s company, Lieutenant Colonel John Nicholas’ Virginia regiment, engaged in the Southern Campaign and was discharged after having served six months.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia. He died at his home there February 22, 1838.
Alexander Forbes married March 27, 1815, in Buckingham County, Virginia, Judith Ammonette. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not given. Their marriage was recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Buckingham County.
Soldier’s widow, Judith Forbes, was allowed pension on her application executed December 20, 1854, at which time she was aged seventy-six years and a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia.
In 1855, W. W. Forbes, son of Alexander Forbes and his wife, Judith Forbes, was residing in Buckingham County, Virginia. In the same
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Year, Thomas Forbes and James H. Forbes were residents, also, of that county, but their relationship to soldier’s family was not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
To the Administrator
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[circular stamp RECEIVED FEB 7 1940 MAIL SUB-DIV Reader No. 19 VETS ADM]
Cornwall, New York,
February 6, 1940.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
In data furnished me some time ago by your office regarding Alexander Forbes, your file #W. 10998, BA-J/MLB, it was stated that “Alexander Forbes married March 27, 1815, in Buckingham County Virginia, Judith Ammonette.”
From the study I have made of my family, the indication is that the above mentioned that may be in error. For that reason, I should appreciate it if you would examine your records again in connection with this marriage and, if possible, quote the data you have.
Very truly yours,
(miss) Maude Fuqua Pitt
Maude Fuqua Pitt.
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Cornwall, New York,
May 3, 1939.

Veterans’ Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
I am anxious to find out whether or not there is in your office a pension application by Alex. Forbes, a Revolutionary War soldier and, if so, whether the application contains any information regarding the soldier’s family and his military service. Alex. Forbes is thought to have been born about 1763 and to have lived in Buckingham County, Virginia.
Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Maude Fugua Pitt
(Miss) Maude Fuqua Pitt.
[circular stamp RECEIVED MAY 4, 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER #36]
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JUDITH RANDOLPH CHAPTER
D.A.R.
FARMVILLE
VIRGINIA
November 12, 1936
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, DC.
2 [illegible] [illegible] to have first
Dear Sir
Will you please send me a copy of the Pension Certificate of Alexander Forbes of Buckingham County, Virginia a soldier of the Revolution.
I should like two copies of this certificate as I want them for application for membership in the D.A.R. by two grand daughters of Alexander Forbes.
Yours Truly
(Mrs. Allen Y.) K. Stokes
Send two hists [illegible] by
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[circular stamp RECEIVED NOV 12 1936 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM READER #37]
214 First avenue,
Farmville, Virginia
November 11, 1936
Secretary of U. S. Pension Records,
Washington, D.C.
Will you, if you please, kindly look up the following matter for me.
My grandfather, Alexander Forbes (the name is not [underlined] spelled any other way) was a soldier in the revolutionary war. He was 17 yrs old when he was in the battle of Guilford C. H. [Court House] in North Carolina so I have been told. He was wounded in the battle of Guilford C. H. [Court House]
I have reason to believe and what I have gathered is that he went out from Buckingham County, Virginia with the militia along with the militia from Prince Edward and
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Adjoining counties when a call was made for the militia to go to the aid of General Greene in North Carolina. The Virginia militia was commanded by General Edward Stevens, also by General Lawson, I do not know the name of his captain. These two officers also “served as colonels in the continental line.”
Alexander Forbes (no other spelling) Buckingham [underlined] County [underlined], Virginia, militia (?) muster [underlined] roll [underlined] must [underlined] be [underlined] examined [underlined].
Private . Please look up pay roll of Buckingham County, Virginia.
Get his Pension [underlined] Declaration [underlined]
This would give for [underlined] how [underlined] long [underlined] enlisted [underlined]
Time of discharge
Age
The muster roll, the pay roll the Declaration for pension will have to be examined concerning Alexander Forbes a private in the
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Revolutionary war.
I shall be extremely grateful
Very respectfully,
(miss) J. N. Forbes
214 First Avenue
Farmville
Virginia

I should like to have a copy of his Declaration for Pension of Alexander Forbes

The pay roll of Captain (?) company of the Buckingham militia 1781 [underlined] would have to be examined.
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1936, Nov. [November] 24 Hist. to Miss J. N. Forbes
1936 Nov. [November] 24 Hist to Mrs A. Y. Stokes (2 copies)
1939 June 23 Hist to Miss Maude Fuqua Pitt
1940 Feb. [February] 12 Miss Maude F. Pitt [illegible] date given 6/23/39 correct. [illegible]
Rev [Revolutionary] WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 10998
Judith Forbes
Widow
Alexander Forbes
Pri. [Private] Rev. [Revolutionary] War
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Act: Feb. [February] 3, 1853
Index: – Vol. ___, Page ___
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[illegible] Office,
April. 3. 1855.
Sir:
Please certify the time to which the within named petitioner was paid on the date of his death.
Very respectfully,
N M 37
L P Waldo
Commissioner.
W Randall
R. F. Atkinson Esqr.
[illegible] [illegible] Auditor. Treasury, }
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Alexander Forbes paid to 4 March 1837.
Robr J Harrison
Auditor
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Judith Forbes
Wid [widow]
Alexander
[circular stamp]
Revolutionary Pension
Howr.
Boynton
Fw
L P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Judith Forbes
Wid [widow]
Alexander
[circular stamp]
Revolutionary Pension
Howr.
Boynton
Fw
L P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Va 12359
Judith Forbes
Howr
Wid
[circular stamp]
Alexander
Boynton
A5
Feb 6th 1855
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Va 12359
Judith Forbes
Howr
Wid
[circular stamp]
Alexander
Boynton
A5
Feb 6th 1855
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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[circular stamp WASHINGTON D.C. MAY 8 FREE.]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Business,
Adv1 L P Waldo
Comissioner.
W. W. Forbes Esq.
Rockingham Court House
Virginia
Sent to
Buckingham CH
Sep [September] 8 1855
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[illegible] 5457
Judith Forbes.
Wid [widow]: of
Alexander.
Set: [illegible] W. W. Forbes. 7th Feby: [February]  / 55 [1855].
Act / 53.
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(Revolutionary)
[circular stamp]
[illegible]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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(Revolutionary)
[circular stamp]
[illegible]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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(Revolutionary Pensions)
Wid
Alex[illegible]
Va
Triplett
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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(Revolutionary Pensions)
Alex[illegible]
Va
Triplett
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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[illegible] Forbes
Wid
Alexander
Boynton
Act 53 5165
Honr J Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Act 53
Honr J Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Judith Forbes
Wid: [widow] of
Alexander
[crossed out set to J V Boughnam Apl [April] 5h [5th] / 55.]
Set to W. W. Forbes Apl [April] 5h [5th] / 55.
Act / 53
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Febry [February] : 6th 1855.
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Judith Forbes.
Wid: [widow] of
Alexander
Buckingham Co: [County]
Va [Virginia]
Act / 53
$20. Pension
Com: Feby: [February] 3d [3rd] 1853
Revys
W. W. Forbes
Buckingham CH
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business,
Commissioner.
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26.642
[illegible] Any
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Payments to be made at Richmond by the Presd. W. S. Br. Bank Agent for paying pensioners, in the Agency of Virginia
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 6 Page 8 by N. Rice
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Alexander Forbes of the State of Virginia who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive twenty dollars and ___ cents [crossed out] per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 23d [23rd] day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and }
Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Alexander Forbes which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? —
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. *Has he mentioned 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? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? [crossed out: yes] No
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No clergyman but 2 citizens
XII. If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No there is a witness
XIV. t If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? —
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service? Yes
XVI. t Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 7
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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.”
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants entering 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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22d [22nd] Feby: [February] 1838. [illegible]
Rec: of Clerk of Co: Mas
[illegible] + [and] W M [illegible] Cert:
Boynton
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Brief in the case of Judith Forbes widow of Alexander
Buckingham County and State of Va: [Virginia]
Act 3d [3rd] Feby: [February] 1853
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Claim, (“original,” [crossed out])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioned under the act of 7th June 1832 @ [at] the rate of $20. Per an [annum]. Marriage provenly the County recomd thereof. Pensioner died 22d [22nd] Feby: [February] 1838 as per the affidavits of the witnesses [illegible] report of the [illegible] Auditor.
Widowhood + [and] [illegible] is established by the affidavits of the credible applicants + [and] a surrender of the October’s Pen: Act:
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
W. W. Forbes. Esq.
Buckingham C.H.
Va: [Virginia]
Name and residence of Agent
J. C. Boynton
Examining Clerk
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Buckingham CH [Court House] Feby [February] 2 1853
Dear Sir
I herewith enclose my mothers application for pension which I hope be found all correct. I also enclose my father’s certificate showing that he was in the service and recd [received] a pension. The certificate if it is not necessary to be retained as proof in the case I would like to have returned as I would like to keep it as evidence of his service. When the case is acted on please inform at Buckingham C.H. [Court House] Va [Virginia]
Res [Respectfully]
Your Obt [Obedient] Svt [Servant]
W. W. Forbes
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Pension Office,
Feby. [February] 7. 1855.
Sir,
The claim of Mrs. Judith Forbes, for a pension as the widow of Alexander, has been examined & suspended.
The affidavits of the witnesses Thomas J Ja. H Forbes, (duly verified,) should be filed in the office. It is very questionable, if the applicant subscribed her name to her declaration; it will be necessary for John J Gilliam, the magistrate, who verified her papers, to certify relative to this matter.
I am respectfully,
Your Obt [Obedient] Servt. [Servant]
L P Waldo
Commissioner

W. W. Forbes, Esq.
Buckingham C. H. [Court House]
Va. [Virginia]
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Affidavit in the case of Judith Forbes for Pension
Filed by WW Forbes
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We Thomas Forbes and James H Forbes residents of the County of Buckingham in the State of Virginia upon our oaths declare that we are personally well acquainted with Mrs Judith Forbes who has heretofore made her declaration for a pension which said declaration was signed by James H Forbes at her instance and request and acknowledged by her in our presence to be her act. We further declare that the said Judith Forbes is the widow of Alexander Forbes decd [deceased] who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. That she is still his widow. That her said husband Alexander Forbes decd [deceased] died at home in the County of Buckingham in the State of Virginia on the 22nd day of February 1838 as set forth in her said declaration. That we were present at his death and burial and that she is the identical person represented in her declaration and that we are disinterested witnesses
Thomas Forbes [illegible]
J.H. Forbes [illegible]

State of Virginia }
County of Buckingham }
The foregoing affidavit was sworn and subscribed before me on the 24th day of March 1853 and I certify that I know the affiants Thomas Forbes and James H Forbes to be credible and respectable persons I further certify that I was the Justice of the
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Peace before whom the said Judith Forbes acknowledged her said declaration for a pension. That she did not sign her declaration with her own hand being unable to do so from bodily infirmity but authorized and requested her son James H Forbes to do so for her who did it in her and my presence and that she acknowledged the said signature to be hers when it had been so signed for her. And I certify that I have no interest in the said claim for a pension, and that I am not concerned in its prosecution. Given under my hand and seal this the 24th day of March 1853.
John J. Gilliam J. V. [illegible]

State of Virginia Buckingham County Jc
I Rolfe Eldridge clerk of the county court of Buckingham in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that John J Gilliam before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is + [and] was at the time of taking the same, an acting justice of the peace within + [and] for the county + [and] state aforesaid duly commissioned + [and] qualified, + [and] that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 26th day of March in the year 1855
R. Eldridge CBC
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Buckingham CH [Court House] Va [Virginia] March 27th 1853
D Sir
I herewith enclose you the affidavit in the case of Mrs Judith Forbes for pension which I hope will be found correct.
Very Res. [Respectfully]
Your Obt [Obedient] Svt [Servant]
W. W. Forbes
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State of Virginia }
County of Buckingham } 569
We Thomas Forbes and James H Forbes citizens of the State of Virginia and County of Buckingham on our oaths declare that Alexander Forbes (the husband of Judith Forbes who has applied for a pension under the Act of Congress approved February 3rd 1853) died on the 22nd day of February 1838. That we were present at his death and burial and we swear that we are disinterested witnesses.
Thomas Forbes [illegible]
J. H. Forbes [illegible]

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of April 1855 and I certify that the said Thomas Forbes and James H Forbes are credible and respectable citizens.
Chs [Charles] McKinney J.V. [illegible]
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State of Virginia Buckingham County Sc
I Rolphe  Eldridge clerk of county court of the said County of Buckingham in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Charles McKinney before whom the within affidavit was subscribed + [and] sworn to is + [and] was, at the date of his certificate, an acting justice of the peace in + [and] for the said county duly commissioned + [and] qualified according to law, + [and] that the within signature purporting to be the said Charles McKinneys is genuine. Given under my hand the seal of the said County Court this 1st day of May 1855
[circular stamp]
R. Eldridge CBC
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Buckingham CH [Court House] April 31st 1855
Virginia

Dear Sir
I herewith send you the proof of Alex Forbes’ death to enable Mrs Judith Forbes to obtain a pension under the Act of Feby [February] 3rd 1853. You state in your letter of the 5th not that this is necessary “in as much as the proof the widow Judith Forbes now files of his death varies materially from the proof long since filed in the Treasury Department.” I do not see how this can be. Mrs Judith Forbes is my mother and I know she has furnished no proof of any sort relative to my father’s death before her application under the Act of Feby [February] 3rd 1853. I am inclined to think there is some mistake in the matter. My father died on the 22nd day of February 1838 and in all the proof which has been offered during the pendancy of my mothers application to prove that fact the same date was intended to be given. My father Alex Forbes who was a soldier in the Revolution certainly died on the 22nd Feby [February] 1838. Any proof to the contrary no matter where
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Or by whom offered notwithstanding.
Most Respectfully
Your obt [obedient] svt [servant]
W. W. Forbes
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Buckingham CH [Court House] Va [Virginia] Aug [August] 29 55 [1855]
Dear Sir
The claim of Mrs Judith Forbes widow of Alexer [Alexander] Forbes for pension under the Act of Feby [February] 3rd 1853 now sent to the department sometime during the last or recent year and the additional proof asked for by the Commissioner of Pensions was also forwarded a short time before Mr Waldo resigned since which time I have heard nothing from it. I will take it as a great favr [favor] if you will examine into the matter at the earliest practicable day and inform me as to its standing
Most Respectfully
Your obt [obedient] svt [servant]
W. W. Forbes
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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 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, directing the Auditors of Public Accounts to settle and adjust the pay and accounts of the said Officers and Soldiers from the 1st January 1777 to 31st December 1781, (See Hening’s Statutes at Large, Vol. 10, p. 462,) that a settlement was made on the 7th day of November 1783 in the name of Alexander Forbes as Sol. Inf and evidence of the indebtedness of the State to him for £55.1.8 delivered to Capt [Captain] C Shelton but as the original settlements or copies thereof are not to be found in this Office, the term of service embraced therein cannot be stated
Given under my hand, at the [crossed out] Auditor’s Office, Richmond, this 8th day of October 1855
G. G. Chetten
Adr. P. A
{NO SEAL OF OFFICE.}
55.1.8
20
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6) 1101
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$183.58
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Buckingham CH [Court House] Va [Virginia]
Oct [October] 12th 1853

Dear Sir
I herewith send you the record evidence of the service of Alexander Forbes in the revolutionary war to be made in the application of Mrs Judith Forbes for bounty land under the Act of March 3rd 1855 and which is now suspended for want of this proof (no: 50001)
Very Res [Respectfully]
Your obt [obedient] svt [servant]
WW Forbes
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Alexander Forbes’ amendment to a former declaration for a pension
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State of Virginia: Buckingham County Court:
The amendment to the declaration of Alexander Forbes [illegible], for a pension made 13th August 1832. On the 12th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open court before John Morris, William Moreley, Wm. [William] W. Ferguson and Robert S. Gary Justices of the Court of said county and state of Virginia, aged seventy years, after being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following explanation to his original declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, who further state that the following man lives in his neighbourhood, who are known to him, and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service, as a soldier of the revolution, towit; Capt [Captain] Joseph Wooldridge, Wm. [William] A. Jones, Joel Walkins, Thomas Sawry, Doct [Doctor] Joel W. Hood and Colo: [Colonel] Thomas H. Hood.
Alexander Forbes [illegible]

I William Moore a clergyman residing in the county of Buckingham and state of Virginia, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Alexander Forbes who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that he believes him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution + [and] that he concurs in that opinion.
William Moore
March 12th 1833

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary war soldier and served as he states, and the court further certifies, that it appears to them that William Moore who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Buckingham + [and] that his statement is entitled to credit.

I Rolfe Eldridge clerk of the County Court of Buckingham do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter amonditory [amendatory] to the former application of Alexander Forbes for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 12 day of March Eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Rolfe Eldridge C.B.C.