Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,277, Isaac Goar, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                NUMBER
Va.   Goar, Isaac                S. 32,277
CONTENTS
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(UPPER LEFT CORNER TORN OFF)
e let. M. A. Bledsoe, Mar 10 - '35
ee let. Pensioner July 22d. 1835
V duplicate certified issued 21 Feby. '37 - and sent to the Hon. Wm. Ludlay, He. of REps.
Cir Tea - Feby. 21 - '37
Transfd. to Illinois from 4h. SEpt. '34 - Mar. 13-. '37 -=
Order to pay - May 2, 1837.
AW
[illegible] of death not [illegible] 13
Illinois  22-259
(Kentucky crossed out)
Isaac Goar
of Grayson Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Williams of the Regt. commanded by Col. Fleming in the Virginia line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Oct 1833 and Jack Thomas Litchfield
Arrears to the 4th of Sept          100 -
Semi-an. Allowance ending 4 March      20 -
$120-
{revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl. Boyd Clerk,
Book C Vol. 7 Page 11
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State of Kentucky
Grayson County Sct.
On this 27th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open Court before George W. Neighbours, Joseph Boone, John Patterson, William C. Wartham & William Patterson
the court of Grayson County and State of Kentucky now sitting Isaac Gore a resident of Grayson County and State of Kentucky aged 72 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 in the revolutionary War in the year 1779 he volunteered in the militia of the State of Virginia under Captain Gains in Charlotte County in the state of Virginia and was marched to Portsmouth on the Aptomatic River and remained there in service Six months guarding Portsmouth, and was discharged and went home, and some time afterwards  to wit in the year 1780 he volunteered in the militia of Virginia under Capt. Thomas Williams and Rendavoused  at Hillsborough Courthouse from thence they marched to deep River and from thence they marched to River Rasin in South Carolina under the command of General Gates and they had a battle with the British at Camden in which battle the Americans were defeated, and after the battle
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they were marched from place to place in the state of South Carolina after the Briticsh & tories until his term of service expired which was six months and that in this term of service, he servced six months. That in both terms of service he served one year that in the last term of service he was in the Regiment commanded by Colo. Fleming - that he was under command of Genl. Burrel at the time he was stationed at Portsmouth 
Interrogatories propounded to the applicant by the Court
Question 1st where and in what year were you born Answer I was born in Charlotte County in the state of Virginia on the 26th day of December 1760
Question 2ne Have you any Record of you age and if so where is it, Answer my age was recorded in my mothers bible but I don't know where it is
Question, when were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live-
Answer when called into service I lived in Charlotte County Virginia and lived there until some time after the Revolutionary war, then I moved to the state of Kentucky in which state I have lived every since and now live in Grayson County State of Kentucky where I have lived about 12 years -
question 4th. how were you called into service were you drafted or did you volunteer - Answer I volunteered.
Question 5th. State the names of some of the Regular
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O served and continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general Circumstances of your service - Answer the officers are those already stated and I don't know whether they were Regular or Militia Officers, and the general circumstances of my service the same as already stated in this Declaration-
Question 6th. Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service   Answer I never did
Question 7th State the names of some persons in your present Neighbourhood (and croseed out) who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer. Aaron Start, Morris Brady, Robert Wooldridge, Samuel Wells, Garton Petty, William Litrel, Philip Falkerson, Bird Grimes - John Statfield David Hatfield - He knows of no person whose evidence he can procure except the evidence of Barnard Clements whose affidavit is here filed in court and made part hereof
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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Isaac Goar
We Charles H Stuteville Clergyman residing in Grayson County and State of Kentucky and Charles Wortham residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Goar who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 72 years of age and that he is
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reputed, and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Chas. H. Stuteville
Charles Northam
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 Charles H. Stuteville - who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Grayson County and that Charles Northam - who has also signed the same is a resident of Grayson County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Jack Thomas clerk of the Grayson County court in the State of Kentucky do certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Goar for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 27th day of May 1833.
Jack Thomas, C. G. C.
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Isaac Goar
Ky to Ill
and 
nw Cu
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Application for a Transfer
State of Illinois Greene county Sct
On this Second day of February A.D. 1837, before me, the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the County of Greene, personally appeared Isaac Goar, who, on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Thomas Williams, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel - Fleming, in the Service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Kentucky, from whence heas lately removed, that he now resides in Greene County State of Illinois, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Kentucky to Illinois- His children had removed to the State of Illinois, he had heard many accounts and statements affirming that Illinois offered a fertile soil, cheap lands, and clean living - that it was preferable for a poor man, he believed these accounts true and concluded to remove and enjoy the Society of his children in his old age, and he consented to the removal more readily as the residue of his children talked of removing and he was likely to be left with Suitable comforts.
Isaac Goar
Sworn and Subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
D. H. Kennett, J. P. Seal (circled)
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State of Illinois, Greene County Ss
On this Second day of February A.D. 1837, before me, the Subscriber, a Justice of the peace for the said County of Greene, personally appeared John Goar, who being duly sworn deposes and says, that his father, who has signed and sworn to the foregoing application for a Transfer from the pension roll of Kentucky to the Agency in the State of Illinois, is the identical same individual who was placed on the pension roll of Kentucky - and who has lately removed to the State of Illinois. - 
       his
John  X  Goar
       mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me the date aforesaid.
D. H. Kennett  J. P. Seal (circled)
State of Illinois, Greene County Ss
I, Moses O. Bledsoe, do Solemnly Swear that Isaac Goar, the identical same individual who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing application for a Transfer) Some time in the year 1835, applied to me to obtain a transfer of his name from the pension roll of Kentucky to that of Illinois - informing me at the same time, that his pension certificate was at Washington City - that in answer to a letter which I addressed to the Pension department, I received a note of the 10th March 1835, enclosing the Certificate with instructions to take the proper evidence to have his name transferred - that the papers were shortly thereafter put into the hands of the above named Isaac Goar - Since which time he has had no certain account of them. Given this 2d February A.D. 1837.
Moses O. Bledsoe
Sworn to before 
D. H. Kennett  J. P. Seal
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Isaac Goar makes Oath, that after his pension certificate was obtained through Moses O. Bledsoe, it was put into the possession of another individual , and has been lost of mislaid so that this affiant is unable to regain the possession of it - he would therefore ask the department to grant him a duplicate -
Isaac Goar
Sworn to before me the 2d February 1837.
D. H. Kennett  J.P. Seal
I, D. H, Kennett, an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Greene and State of Illinois do hereby Certify that Isaac Goar, John Goar, and Moses O. Bledsoe were this 2d day of February A.D. 1837, severally before me sworn that the statements contained in the affidavit to which their names are signed, are true. Given the date above mentioned.
D. H. Kennett, J. P. Seal
I, Moses O. Bledsoe, Clerk of the County Commissioned Court of Greene County Illinois, do hereby Certify that D. H. Kennett, who genuine Signature is above, was at the time of making the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for our Said County of Greene- duly commissioned and qualified according to law - and his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto Sign my names and affix my Seal of office of Carrollton this 2d of February 1837.
Att
Moses O. Bledsoe Clerk C of G C
(seal) [illegible] (picture of a plow)
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No. 25335
Isaac Goar Grayson County Kentucky
from 1779 private 12 months,
$40
Jack Thomas Clk Grayson County Kentucky
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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. These 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Isaac Goar Grayson County Kentucky
(table with columnar headings)
Period when the service was rendered
Vol. 1779
Vol. 1780

Duration of the claimant's service
Years
-  
-
Months 
6
6

Days 
-
-

Rank of the claimant
private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap. Gins
Cap. Williams, Genl. Gates, Col Fleming

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service
72 years
Charlotte
county
Virginia

Proof by which the declaration is supported
Traditionary, papers correctly attached.

Battle of Camden
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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 emplyed 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:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The state Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. 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 [sic] 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 applicate 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, 1832.
State, territory, or District of County of}
On this          day of            personally appeared (a) before               A. B. a resident (b) of                  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 Copany Officers; the time he left the service; (ad if he served under 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 though which he marches. 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 an 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.

I                     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 not (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 believe, 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. and that C. D., who has also signed the saime 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 or         &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?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
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 a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. {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 you 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 enquiry 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 Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper clerk of the Court of 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.

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[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 his 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 claimant 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 ____ month, and ____ days, I served as a ______________. For __________ months and ________ days, I served as a _________; and for each 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, &e. 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 thereto 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 claimants 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the same officer, under his seal of office.

The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the case of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rules is 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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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON 
February 25, 1940.

Honorable John Kee
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 

(copied - AVF not here)
BA-J/AVF/ILL     
Isaac Goar
S. 32277

My dearh [sic] Mr. Kee:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Isaac Gore, of Kentucky.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 32277, based upon service of Isaac Goar in the Revolutionary War.

Isaac Goar was born December 26, 1760 in Charlotte County, Virginia, names of his parents not given.

While residing in Charlotte County, Virginia, he volunteered in 1779, served six months in Captain Gains' company in the Virginia
militia, doing guard duty in Portsmouth, Virginia. He volunteered in 1780, served six months in Captain Thomas Williams' company,
Colonel Fleming's Virginia regiment, and was in the battle of Camden.

He moved to Kentucky after the Revolution. He was allowed pension on his application executed May 27, 1833, then living in
Grayson County, Kentucky, where he had lived about twelve years.

Isaac Goar referred to his wife in 1835, but did not give her name, and it is not shown when and where they were married. He
had moved in 1837 to Greene County, Illinois, to be near his children who were living in that state; he also stated at this time that he
had other children, who were considering moving from Kentucky. His son, John Goar, made affidavit in 1837 in Greene County, Illinois, names of other children not given.

There are no further data in this claim relative to the family of Isaac Goar.

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

Isaac Goar
Certificate #22259
Issued October 18, 1833
Rate $40 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Illinois Agency (transferred from Kentucky Agency).

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Washington
Feb 20. 1837

Sir
The enclosed papers are sent to you for
the purpose of having Isaac Gore transferred
to the Pension Agency of Illinois. I respectfully request that an answer to his
application may be returned before
the adjournment of Congress

I remain with great
respect your most obt
sevt
William L May

J L Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions
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Northern Bank Ky
Lexington March 2nd 1837

Sir
Yours of the 21st letter is received
Isaac Goar was paid to the 4th September 1834
and will not be paid in future at this Agency

Very respectfully
Your Obt Svt
John Tilford
Prest
per Wm Ernst
Pension Clerk

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pension
Washington
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Litchfield Ky
July 13

free

J. L.
Edwards

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

ans. 22 July '35
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Litchfield Ky July 10th 1835

Dear Sir

In October last I being about
to remove to the State of Illinois
inclosed [sic] to you my certificate of pension
(for $40 per annum) and requested you
to transfer my pension to the agency of the State of Illinois, you answered
the letter that the pension
could not be charged nor would the pension
be paid in Kentucky as I did not
live there, and you also retained my
Certificate of pension. In consequence
of which and as I cannot well do without the small pittance which the government has allowed me for my services.
I have moved back to my former residence in Grayson County Ky. I hope
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therefore circumstanced as I am you will
return me my certificate of pension so that I can draw it in Kentucky. I hope you will not deny me this favor, the amount is not much, but it is a good deal to me a poor man and will assist in support of myself and and [sic]
old helpless wife- Inclose [sic] the certificate
me at (Litchfield Grayson County Ky)

yours with respect
Isaac Goan

J L Edwards
commissioner of
pensions
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Litchfield, Ky
Oct 12
free

The Secretary of War
Washington City
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18 October 21. 1834
Pension Office
Isaac Goar
for Transfer
no appr
return Cert

Litchfield Ky
Oct 13
free

The Secretary of War
Washington City

Pension Office
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Leitchfield Grayson County Ky
October 12th 1834

Dear Sir
I am about to remove from this state to the  state of Illinois, and I have sent you my pension certificate;  will you be so good as to transfer the payment of my pension to the place of paying pensions in the state of Illinois and send the certificate of transfer to me at this place
Yours with respect
Isaac Goar
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[STAMP]
Crawfordsville Ia.
May 26

[STAMP]
FREE

J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
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Post Office
Crawfordsville Ia
May 26. 1835

Dr Sir
It is with regret that return this Document to you;  conscious, that he to whom it is designed for, requires all the assistance, care and protection that is due to a patriot of the American Independence.  This is the 3rd time that I have sent this from this office;  I have examined all the maps, charts, and geographical works within my reach for the special object of discovering its place of destination but in every instance I failed:
I finally concluded that it was my best policy to return the same to you, for peradventure it might of have received an incorrect address.
I trust that you will not censure me;  under the present existing circumstances, for the course and liberty that I have taken, in returning this to you.
Permit me to subscribe myself
Your freind
T.W. Webster D.P.M.

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Com. of Pensions
Wash. City
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Leitchfield Grayson County Ky
October 12th 1834

Dear Sir
I am about to remove from this state to the state of Illinois and I have sent you my pension certificate;  will you be so good as to transfer the payment of my pension to the place of paying pensions in the state of Illinois and send the certificate of transfer to me at this place
Yours with respect
Isaac Goar
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[STAMP]
Crawfordsville Ia.
May 26

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FREE

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
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Post Office
Crawfordsville Ia
May 26. 1835

Dr Sir
It is with regret that return this Document to you; conscious, that he to whom it is designed for, requires all the assistance, care and protection that is due to a patriot of the American Independence. This is the 3rd time that I have sent this from this office; I have examined all the maps, charts, and geographical works within my reach for the special object of discovering its place of destination but in every instance I failed:
I finally concluded that it was my best policy to return the same to you, for peradventure it might of have received an incorrect address.
I trust that you will not censure me; under the present existing circumstances, for the course and liberty that I have taken, in returning this to you.
Permit me to subscribe myself
Your freind
T.W. Webster D.P.M.

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Com. of Pensions
Wash. City
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James L. Edwards Commissioner
of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City
Litchfield Ky
Jun 3   free
Mar 13 KY
25385
25384 is dispos
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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commis. of Pensions
20 - Feb-
Washington
Mar - to L Indy
aff Isaac Gore for transfer
Bundiur
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Threr is no such man in Carroll County as Moses O. Bledsoe. I.H. Stewart P. M.
Mr. Stewart P.J., at Delphi Ia.
If there is no such an individual in your county, you will return this, to this office There is not such a P.O. in this County but there is a small village in the S. E. part of this county by the appellation of Carrolton - Cranfordsville Ia.
P. C. Etston P.M.
By T. W Webster
The papers enclosed to Mr. Bledsoe (to crossed out) to Indiana though mistaken were last closed to B. in Illinois
June 9, '35
(Sct May go to Delphi Ia crossed out)
J L Edwards 
Com of Pensions
Moses O. Bledsoe Esqr.
Carrollton
Indiana
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The papers enclosed to Mr. Bledsoe (To crossed out) to Indiana though mistaken were inclosed to Mr. B. to Illinois
June 9 '35
(Sct. Nov go to Delphi, Ia.
J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
O. Bledsoe Esqr.
Carrollton, Indiana
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Mar 9
Reqts transfer
FREE
(stamp) CARROLLTON FEB 18 IA.
Mar 9
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Ansd. Mar 10 '35
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Ansd. Mar 10 '35
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Carrollton, Greene County Illinois
February 17th 1835

J.L. Edwards Esqr.

An aged individual who has recently removed from Litchfield, Kentucky to this vicinity, has placed before me the copy of a letter from you bearing date the 18th December 1834, in answer to a letter from him of the 12th of October last desiring to have his name as a pensioner of the United States, transferred from the pension agency in Kentucky to the agency in this state.  I learn from a letter of Mr. Jack Thomas of Litchfield Kentucky, that the certificate of this individual, Isaac Goar, has been forwarded to you, with a view of effecting the transfer and that his certificate has been retained by the department.  You say " that in consequence of attempts made to defraud the government by means of transferring the names of pensioners from one agency to another, this department has determined to suspend all applications of this kind for the present, your application will therefore remain suspended until some new order be taken in relation to the matter."  You will have the goodness to inform me whether there is any evidence of an attempt to defraud the government in the case of Isaac Goar?  Whether any new order has been take to restore him - and if not, what evidence he should furnish the department to have his name placed on the pension agency of this state.
Yours most respectfully
Moses O. Bledsoe
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12

John Thomas Esqr
Litchfield 
Grayson County 
Ky

To the care of 
Col Cunningham
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The affidavit of Bernard Clements taken at the Town of Frankfort 0 on the 14th day of April 1833
Deponent being of lawfull age and first duly sworn deposeth & saith that in the year 1776 this affiant became acquainted with Isaac Gore who now lives in Hardin or Grason Counties State of Kentucky, that said Gore was a militia soldier, in the revolutionary war in Captain Thomas William's Company and the name of the Col not recollected.  that said Gore served out the full time of six months for which he was drafted.  this affiant states that he was himself a regular soldier, in a different Company - but was intimitly acquainted with Isaac Gore, and knows he served the aforesaid six months.  this affiant does not know that said Gore performed any other duty.  this affiant states that he is now in the 74th year of his age and has been on the pension roll of the United States for many years.
further saith
Bernard Clements x his mark

State of Kentucky
Franklin County Sct
I S.B. Crockett a Justice of the
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peace in & for said County do hereby certify that this day came before me Bernard Clements who made oath to the foregoing affidavit and subscribed the same
Given under my hand this 15th day of April 1833
S.B. Crockett J.P.F.C.

I James Shannon a Justice of the peace in & for said County hereby certify I am well acquainted with Bernard Clements who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit, and I know him to be a creditable man
James Shannon  J.P.

State of Kentucky
Franklin County Sct
I Alexander H Renick Clerk of the County Court holden in & for said county do hereby certify that I am well well acquainted with the handwriting of Samuel B. Crockett & James Shannon and I know their signatures to be genuine, to the foregoing certificates and that they are both acting Justices of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned as such
In testimony whereof I
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Alexander H Renick Clerk as aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office this 16th day of April 1833
A.H. Rennick C. Clerk

[SEAL]

Frankfort May 3rd 1833
Dr Sir
I have had the testimony of the afsaid person taken and have to pay W H Todd 2.50 for his trouble in taking the same
I. Gore

The foregoing is true
W H Todd
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October 20, 1939

BA-J/ILL
Isaac Goar
S. 32277

Honorable Albert Gore
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Gore:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request, for a constituent, the Revolutionary War records of Henry and Isaac Gore.

A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made in your behalf and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of a Henry Gore, under any spelling of that surname.  Such claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States are the source of the data furnished by the Veterans Administration pertaining to soldiers of that war.  The record of Isaac Goar is furnished herewith, as found din pension claim, S. 32277.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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Veterans Administration
Washington
October 20, 1939

Copied for Miss Ford/ILL
BA-J/AWF/ILL
Isaac Goar
S. 32277

Honorable Albert Gore
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Gore:
The Revolutionary War record of Isaac Goar which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 32277, based upon his service in that war.
Isaac Goar was born December 26, 1760 in Charlotte County, Virginia, names of his parents not given.
While residing in Charlotte County, Virginia, he volunteered in 1779, served six months in Captain Gains' company in the Virginia militia, doing guard duty in Portsmouth, Virginia.  He volunteered in 1780, served six months in Captain Thomas Williams' company, Colonel Fleming's Virginia regiment, and was in the battle of Camden.
He moved to Kentucky after the Revolution.  He was allowed pension on his application executed May 27, 1833, then living in Grayson County, Kentucky, where he had lived about twelve years.
Isaac Goar referred to his wife in 1835, but did not give her name, and it is not shown when and where they were married.  He had moved in 1837 to Greene County, Illinois, to be near his children who were living in that state;  he also stated at that time that he had other children, who were considering moving from Kentucky.  His son, John Goar, made affidavit in 1837 in Greene County, Illinois, names of other children not given.
There are no further data in this claim relative to the family of Isaac Goar.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, your constituent should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city and furnish the following data:
Isaac Goar
Certificate #22259
Issued October 18, 1833
Rate $40 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Illinois Agency (transferred from Kentucky agency).

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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March 28, 1935
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BA-J/AWF
Mr. H. H. West
214 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request information in regard to the following Revolutionary War soldiers: Isaac Gore, private in the Virginia militia and pensioned, while living in Grayson County, Kentucky, and John Ray, private in the Maryland militia and pensioned, while living in Union County Kentucky.
the records of these soldiers are furnished you herewith, as found in pension claims, based upon their service in the War of the Revolution.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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March 28, 1935
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Isaac Goar-S.32277
BA-J/AWF
Mr. H. H. West
214 south Hill Street
Los Angeles, California
Dear Sir:
The Revolutionary War record of Isaac Goar which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 32277, based upon his service in that war.
Isaac Goar was born December 26, 1760 in Charlotte county, Virginia, names of his parents not given.
While residing in Charlotte County, Virginia, he volunteered in 1779, served six months in Captain Gains' company in the Virginia militia, doing guard duty in Portsmouth, Virginia. He volunteered in 1780, served six months in Captain Thomas Williams' company, Colonel Fleming's Virginia regiment, and was in the battle of Camden.
He moved to Kentucky after the Revolution. He was allowed pension on his application executed May 27, 1833, then living in Grayson County, Kentucky, where he had lived about twelve years.
Isaac Goar referred to his wife in 183(7 overstruck)5, but did not give her name, and it is now sown when and where they were married. He had moved in 1837 to Greene County, Illinois, to be near his children who were living in that state; he also stated at this time that he had other children, who were considering moving from Kentucky. His son, John Goar, made affidavit in 1837 in Greene County, Illinois, names of other children not given.
There are no further data in this claim relative to the family of Isaac Goar.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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September 18, 1934
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BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Mr. Edward E. Gore
The Roanoke Tower
125 West Madison Street
Chicago, Illinois
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request photostatic copies, both negative and positive, of papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S> 32277, based upon service of Isaac Goar, in said war.
There are seventeen pages to be copied in above-noted claim. The cost is twenty-five cents a page, making the cost $8.50 for negative and positive sets.
Remittance should be made by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States.
In regard to lists of Revolutionary War soldiers which you state you would like to obtain, this office has not lists for distribution. A report of the Secretary of War printed in 1835 contains the names of many Revolutionary War soldiers. That report is in three volumes. It is in many of the state libraries, also, in the Congressional Library, this city. 
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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information as contained in his (or his widows) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
(table with columnar headings)
Dates pf enlistment or appointment.
1779
1780

Length of Servioce
6 mos.
6 mos.

Rank.

Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain
Gains
Thomas Williams

Colonel.
Fleming

State 
Va

Battles engages in, Camden
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Charlotte Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, May 29, 1835  this cl was al.
Residence at date of application, Grayson Co. Ky
Age at date of application, 72 yrs born in Charlotte Co. Va. Dec. 26, 1760
Remarks: Wife & children referred to, no names [illegible] other than son John, who was living in Ill. in 1807.
and served six months under Captain Thomas Williams and Colonel Fleming and was in the battle of Camden.
He was allowed pension on an application executed May 27, 1835 while a resident of Grayson County, Kentucky.
His wife and children are referred to but no names are stated other than son John who was living in Illinois in 1837.
Very respectfully, Commissioner.
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March 22, 1909.
Hon. Thomas P. Gore,
U. S. Senate, 
My dear Senator:
In reply to your letter dated the 17" and received the 19" instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the claim of Isaac Goar, Sur. File No. 32, 377, it appears that he was born in Charlotte County, Virginia, December 26, 1760 and while a resident of said County, volunteered in 1779 and service six months in the Virginia militia under Captain Gains. In 1780 he volunteered in the same militia and served six months under Captain Thomas Williams and Colonel Fleming and was in the battle of Camden.
He was allowed pension on an application executed May 27, 1833 while a resident of Grayson County, Kentucky.
His wife and children were referred to but no names are stated other than son John who was living in Illinois in 1837.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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(stamp)
FEB 26 1940 MAIL SUB-DIV congressional #1 VETS ADM (numbers 1-12 around the circumference with an arrow pointing to 10.
Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs
John Kee
5th Dist. West Virginia
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JOHN KEE
5th Dist. West Virginia
Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
February 22, 1940.
Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Hiller:
I shall appreciate it if you will kindly furnish me with a written report in regard to the Revolutionary War record of Isaac Gore of Kentucky.
Thanking you for your attention to this request, I am
Sincerely yours,
John Kee
K-b
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ALBERT GORE
4th Dist. Tennessee
Home Address: Carthage, Tenn.
Mr. Miller
Committee Banking and Currency
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
October 18, 1939
(stamp) ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE
OCT 19 1938
RECEIVED
Miss Augusta N. Landis
Secretary to Administrator of Veterans' Affairs
Veterans' Administration
Washington, D. C>
-A W G
Dear Miss Landis"
I have a request from a constituent for information relative to the service of Isaac and Henty Gore in the Revolutionary War. The Adjutant General's Office has referred me to the Veterans' Administration.
Do you pension records contain any information that would show that Isaac Gore, son of Henry and Margaret Gore born March 2, 1765, and married to Miss Byrd in March 4, 1783, in Shennandoah, Virginia, and Isaac Gore living in Grayson, Kentucky, in 1835 who was granted a pension for services as a Virginia Militiaman, and the same person?
Please refer this letter to the proper person for a reply.
Sincerely yours,
Albert Gore
(stamp) ADMINITRATOR'S OFFICE
OCT 19 1939
 To Ur Black
For Please A. Y. S.
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West-Carleton Sales Co.
214 South Hill Street
Phone, VAndike 1818
Los Angeles, Calif.

Western Representative
Motor Oils, Greases and Specialties

H.H. West
Jack Carleton

February 14, 1935.

The Veterans Adminstration, 
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:  
Isaac Gore was a private in the Virginia militia in the Revolutionary War.  He applied for, and was given a pension.  His pension was paid him while living in Grayson County, Kentucky.
Will you kindly furnish me an abstract of his pension application, with particular reference to family, his service in the war, with dats, etc, and oblige.
Yours very truly
H.H. West.

HHW - E

[STAMP]
Received Feb 18 1935
Mail Sub-Div.
Vets Adm
Reader #17
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Edward Gore & Co.
Certified Public Accountants
The Roanoke Tower
1515 West Madison Street,
Chicago

Edward E. Gore, C.P.A.
William B. Boulter, C.P.A.
Edward B. Wilcox, C.P.A.
William E. Hill, C.P.A.
David K. Harbinson, C.P.A.
Telephone Central 2670
Represented in the principal cities of the United States and at Havana and London

[STAMP]
Received Aug 13 1934
Mail Sub-Div
[illegible]

August 10, 1934

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Please advise me of the cost of a photostatic copy of the application for a pension, as a soldier of the Revolutionary War, made by Isaac Goar, who I understand made application for such pension May 27, 1833, while residing in Grayson County, Kentucky.  I further understand that his application was favorably acted upon and that his file number is 32277.
I would also be pleased to know the cost of a positive photostatic print, in addition to the negative which is regularly supplied.
I would appreciate information upon the subject of the existence of an index of the names of soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and if such index, or any list, is in existence, how it may be obtained.
Yours very truly,
Edward E Gore

EEG:KCL
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U.S. Pension Office
O
Feb 6 1918
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Rev Sec H1

Sumner Iowa Jan 31st 1918

To the commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C. - 
Dear Sir-
I shall be grateful if you will look up, and write me whatever records you have regarding one Isaac Gore, a Revolutionary soldier, who went from Virginia, and afterward drew a pension - I think from Grayson Kentucky.  I think he enlisted from Rockbridge Co, Va - Please tell me what injuries he rec'd and any data you have regarding his family.
Thanking you in advance
I am yours sincerely,
Mrs. Frank Wescott
Sumner
Iowa.
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3-871
Record Division.  Congressional
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.

Briefed by L.D.L.


Soldier Isaac Gore
Service Va.
Additional Service Rev. War


Remarks:
No claim, except #32277
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Records Division
Mar 19 1909

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Congressional
U.S. Bureau of Pensions
Mar 19 1909
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United States Senate,
Washington, D.C.

March 17, 1909.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

In a letter from you sometime ago, you stated that there was a Revolutionary soldier by the name of Isaac Gore, in the Virginia line, and I write to request that you kindly send me a summary of his military record as shown by the records in your office.

Truly yours,
T.P. Gore

32277
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32277  
Revy INVALID

File No. 32,277
Isaac Goar
Priv Rev War

Act:  June 7" 32

Index:-Vol. 2, page 159

Arrangement of 1870

1909 Mch 22 Hist. to Honr Thos . P. Gore
1918 Feby 9 hist. to Mrs. Frank Wescott
1934 Sept. 18. Mr. Edw. E Gore adv. cost of photos  MMH
1935 Mch 28 Hist to H.H. West EWY
1939 Oct 20 - Hist to Hon. Albert Gore
1940 Feb 24 Hist. copied for Hon. John Kee JLL for AH