Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 550, for Leonard Hutts, Virginia
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[3-1776]

SERVICE
Va

Hutts, Leonard
Sally

NUMBER
W.550

B.L.Wt.12563-160-55.

CONTENTS
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
14.070
Virginia

Leonard Hutts

of Franklin Cy. in the State of Virginia
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Moss of the regiment commanded
by Colonel Buford in the Virginia
line for the term of ‘77 was On Roll

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 4 of August 1823

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Sept. 1823
and Sent to George Asbury J.P.
Rocky Mount Va

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1823 8.28
Semi anl. all’ce [allowance] ending 4 Mar 1826 48-
$56.28
28/31 4/30  7.22  1.06 8.28

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Acts March 18, 1818}
{and May 1, 1820}
March 1, 182[Illegible]
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

2.146
Restoration

Virginia                            1867 Dec. 30 3d Auditor
Sally Hutts
widow of Leonard Hutts
who served in the Revolutionary 
Va war, as a private - Richmond

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 96 Dollars – 00
cents per annum, to commence on 
the 3d February, 1853.
4th March 1861
Certificate of Pension issued 
28th day of October 1867
and sent to Claimant (care)
Hugh Nelson
Rocky Mount Franklin Co Va

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 153 Vol. H
J. N. Smith dClerk
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87483 Act 3 March [Illegible] 
April 21/20

Sally Hutts widow of
Leonard Hutts
Pensioner – [Illegible] 
Private 
Va Cont Line
Revolutionary War
No Va Feby 53 – 2146
Entitled to 100 at which he did not receive
At 160 acres Dec 5/55
[written through form – 563 of Dec 11/55]

H. G. Haul
Present
Vol. H2 – 12/7
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Declaration of Sally Hutts – widow of Leonard Hutts, dec’d, late of Franklin Co

State of Virginia, County of Franklin Va
On this 31 day of May 1853, before me, Christopher Arrington a Justice of the Peace  in and for the said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Sally Hutts a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged about 54 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 the 3rd February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Leonard Nutts, late of Franklin County in the State of Virginia, who was a Private in the war of the Revolution, and for services then rendered in Sd [said] evidence on file in the Pension Office Washington was granted a pension, under Act of the 18th March, 1818, at the rate of Eight dollars per months, which he drew occasionally till his death -
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She further declares that she was married to the said Leonard Hutts, on the 2nd day of October 1837, and that her said husband died, on the 10 day of February 1853. That she was not married to him, prior to the 2nd January, 1800, but at the time above stated – She further declares, she is still a widow..
Sallie [her + mark] Hutts
Sworn and subscribed,]
This 31 day of May]
1853, before me}
Christopher Arrington JP}

I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that from badly infirmity she cannot attend court, without inconvenience.
Christopher Arrington JP

This is to certify that I have celebrated the wrights of Matrimony between Leonard Hutts and Sally Spark 2nd October 1851.     Pleasant Brown

State of Virginia, County of Franklin To Wit – I Robert A. [page cut off]
do hereby certify that her above is a true copy [Illegible] from the [page cut off]
file in my office. And I further [page cut off]
appear above, is and was at [Illegible] of 3 [page cut off]
aforesaid duly Commissioned & sworn that all [page cut off]
I further certify that I am not interested [page cut off]
this 1st day of July A. D. 1853 in the 77’ [page cut off]
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[paragraphs scratched out]

Scott Clerk of the Couty Court in and for the County & State aforesaid returns of marriages made by Pleasant Brown Minister of the Grateful. Certify that Christopher Arrington whose genuine signatures giving the same a Justice of the Peace in & for the County & State his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the said Court [Illegible] of the Commonwealth.
Ro A. Scott, Clk
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No. 87483

Act March 3d 1833

Sally Hutts
widow of
Leonard Hutts
who as a Revolutionary
Pensioner under Act 1820
March 1818 Virginia

Bounty Land

Hamilton G. Fant
Washington D. C.
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State of Virginia}
County of Franklin}SS

On this 9 day of April 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Sally Hutts aged 55 years a resident of Franklin County in the State of Virginia who being duly sworn according to Law doth declare on oath that she is the widow of Leonard Hutts who was a Revolution Soldier and pensioner and she the said Sally Hutts is now drawing a pension and herewith present her certificate of pension as [Illegible] Department of the Interior.
[line was smudged out] Widows Pensions I certify that in conformity with the 2d Section of the Act of February 3 1853 Sally Hutts Widow of Leonard Hutts who was a private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of ninety six dollars and    cents per annum commencing on the 3 day of February 1853 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which hereto pension is not payable after the timing of such marriage Given at the Department of the Interior this 24 day of September 1853
R McClelland
Secretary of the Interior
Examined and 
Countersigned [seal]
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions

She makes this declaration for the purposes of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled to under the act approved March 3
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1855 and I hereby authorize Samuel [Illegible] Taylor Story of Franklin to act as my attorney to prosecute my claim and receive my Land Warrant and I have made no other appeal for Land Warrant but this and I am now widowed.
Sally [her + mark] Hutts [Seal]

We Stephen Showalter and Temsey Hutts residents of Franklin County in the State of Virginia upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sally Hutts in our presence and that we believe from appearance and Statements of the applicant that she is the Identical person she represents herself to be.
Stephen Showalter [S]
Temsey [her + mark] Hutts [S]

The foregoing Declaration and affidavit were sworn and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify the affiants to be credible person that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
R. Bush JP
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State of Virginia}
County of Franklin} To Wit:
I Robert A. Scott Clerk of the County Court and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Robert Bush whose genuine signature appears written, is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the said Court this 10th day of April A.D. 1855
Ro A. Scott, Clk
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Leonard Hutts

On Roll
page 164
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Schedule
District of Virginia, Franklin County, Towit, 
On this 4th day of August 1823 personally appeared in open Court Leonard Hutts, being a Court of Record and Quarterly Session for the County of Franklin and State of Virginia, having the power and jurisdiction to fine and imprison, being also a Court which proceeds according to the course of common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, of keeping a record of all their proceedings and have been solemnly adjudged by the Tribunals of the several States to be a Court of Record being expressly made such by the legislature of the state aforesaid, the said Leonard Hutts a resident in said County aged between sixty and sixty five years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820. that he the said Leonard Hutts enlisted for during the War, the year he does not recollect but believes it was 1776 or 77 in the State of Virginia, in a Company commanded by a Captain whose name he has now forgotten, said Company was attached to a Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Abraham Buford in the line of the State of Virginia on the Continental establishment, and that he continued to serve in said Corps until Bufords defeat in North Carolina, after the defeat such of the Company as escaped met at Hillsborough and were placed under a Captain named [blank space] Smith, and was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Richard Campbell; he also believes to have served under a Captain named Henry Moss, also to have been commanded in a Regiment under the control of Colonel Samuel Hawes, and that he has now forgotten several of the Officers names, both Captains and Colonels under whom he served, but well
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recollects that his Captains and Colonels were commanded by General Green the whole time he served, and that he continued to serve on the Continental establishment until May 1782 when he was discharged from said service at Savannah in the State of Georgia; that he was in the Battle at Bufords defeat, also in the battle near Guilford Courthouse, also in a battle at the Eutaw Springs, also at the Siege of Ninetysix besides several small skirmishes, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except his own oath and the Records of the War Department 
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled, “An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War” passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule herewith annexed, and by me subscribed: I possess no estate real or personal of any kind. My occupation is that of a temporary hireling, my ability to undergo hard labour [labor] has been diminished by age and [illegible] hardships I also received a wound in Bufords defeat, which still disables me at time, my left thumb has been cut off by accident which also disable me, besides a breast complaint which causes a Dyspnoea. I have no home nor any certain place of residence, both poverty and the lack of a home have caused my family to separate and scatter each to themselves, my ability to obtain a subsistence by manual employment is not sufficient to relieve and overcome
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the scruple which poverty imposes on me. I therefore supplicate the aid of the General Government for my future support. 
Leonard [his + mark] Hutts

Sworn to and declared in open court on the fourth day of August 1823.
Caleb Tate Clk

I Caleb Tate Clerk of the County Court of Franklin do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are hereby copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the applicant (Leonard Hutts) property is not misrepresented in the said Schedule.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my and hand and affixed my private seal, the seal of the office being lost or mislaid, on this 28th day of August 1823.
Caleb Tate clerk of the County Court of Franklin in the State of Virginia
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12,563


[Illegible]
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2146
Virginia Richmond
Sally Nutts 
widow of Leonard 
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96. Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
3d February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the
24 day of September 1853. 
and sent to F. M. Lawson
Richmond
Va

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
[date scratched out] Feby 3 1853 Page 124 Vol. A
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 550
Sally Hutts.
Widow
Leonard Hutts
Priv. Rev. War.

Act: Feb. 3, 1853

Index: - Vol. A, Page 354

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[envelope]

FREE

L. P. Waldo, Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

14 July 1833

[stamped - RICHMOND JUL 13 VA
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Pension Office
Sept. 20/53

Sir,
Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner.
Respectfully 
L P Waldo 
Commr [Commissioner]

F. Burt Esqr [Esquire]
3 Aud
Resent
Leonard Hutts, act 18th March 1818 $8 p month Died 10th Feb. 1853. Paid to his death.
F. Burt
Auditor
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July 14, 1853

No 2658

Appl of Sally
Nutts, widow of 
Leonard Hutts
Franklin Co.
Va

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Act 3d Feby. 1853

[Illegible] Rev $96 per annum
Com Feb 3 1853

F. M. Lawson
Richmond,
Va

[written sideways – DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS]
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The Secretary at war or the proper person authorized to issue Drafts to Revolutionary Soldiers Granted to by acts of Congress 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 will please transmit to George Asbury Junior of Franklin County Virginia a draft in my favour [favor] for my Revolutionary Services August 30 1823.
Leonard [his + mark] Hutts

George C. Perry
Samuel G Asbury
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Joseph H. Barrett Esqr [Esquire]
Com’r [Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir
A Restoration Pension Certificate has been recently sent from your office to Mrs Sally Hutts, of Franklin Co Va, widow of Leonard Hutts decd. [deceased]. That certificate makes the renewed pension commence on 4th March 1861. In her application for Restoration Mrs Hutts stated that she was last paid on 4th Sept [September] 1860. I am informed that she can establish this fact by positive testimony. Can she not, yet get the pension for the Six months from 4 Sept 1860 to 4 March 1861. Any information on this point will be a favor to her. She is in
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very in [digent?] circumstances and needs all that she is entitled to.
Very Respectfully
Yr. obt. Sert. [Your Obedient Servant]
Hugh Nelson
Rocky Mount, Virginia
21 Decr. [December] 18[Illegible]7
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Joseph H. Barrett Esqr [Esquire]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Sir With this I send you the application of Mrs Sally Hutts for Restoration to the Pension Roll. If the application is allowed, please make the Pension payable at the Agency at Richmond Virginia, and send the new Certificate to me, at your earliest convenience.
Very Respectfully
Yr. obt. Sert. [Your obedient Servant]
Hugh Nelson
Rocky Mount}
Franklin County}
Virginia}
31 August 1896
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Brief in the case of Mrs Sally Hutts widow of Leonard 
Franklin County and State of Virginia 
act of Feb 3 1853

Claim, (“original,” or “for increase.”)

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by Rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of March 18, 1818 
at $96 per annum

Pri

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved – public record
Death Audr [Auditor] report

Identity Circumstantial
Name and residence of Agent
F M. Lawson
Richmond Va

Examining Clerk,
J L Gray
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Restoration              2146
Brief in the Case of Sally Hutts Widow of Leonard 
Hutts a Rev. Soldier. Rocky Mount 
Franklin County and State of Virginia
2d Sec Act Feb. 3 1853

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE

PROOF EXHIBITED,

A Suspended pensioner wd Va at $96 per annum and paid to March 4 1861 Certificate returned.

Claims restoration
Identity Loyalty widowhood I have by her witness certified

Restored Oct 20 1867 to a pension at $96 pr annum commencing March 4 1861

Claimant
Name and residence of Agent
Hugh Nelson
Rocky Mount Franklin Co Va
Examining Clerk,
WE Frank
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Payment to be made at Richmond by M. D. Newman

Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Virginia

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Penson Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Pages 124 Vol. A.
G. T. Getty, Clerk
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW’S PENSION.

I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Sally Hutts
widow of Leonard Hutts
who was a private in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Ninety Six
dollars        cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this twenty fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three

R W Clelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned

L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Hutts Sally
Franklin Co
Virginia

Application for 
Restoration to Pension Roll

Agent Hugh Nelson
Rocky Mount
Franklin Co
Virginia
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Virginia
Franklin County towit:
On this 30th day of August 1867 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Mrs. Sall Hutts  -  (Widow of Leonard Hutts deceased) aged Seventy three years, a resident of Franklin County in the state of Virginia, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Sally Hutts – who was a pensioner on the roll of the Agency at Richmond Virginia, and whose pension certificate is herewith returned; that she has resided since the first day of January 1861 in the County of Franklin in the State of Virginia, that during this period her means of subsistence have been derived from the labor of her own hands and the assistance offered her by her neighbors, - and that she has not born arms against the United States Government, nor has she in any manner encouraged the rebels or manifested any sympathy with their course; and that she was last paid her pension (she thinks) on the 4th day of September 1860. This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new pension certificate such as she may be entitled to under existing laws referenced being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the pension office to substantiate her original claim.
Sally [her + mark] Hutts
Witnesses
Henry Moore 
John H Hannabass

Also on the same day personally appeared Henry Moore and John H. Hannabass residents of Franklin County in the State of Virginia persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn and that they were present and saw the said Sally Hutts make
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Her mark to the foregoing declaration, and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant, and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and they further swear that she is still a widow, and that she did not in any manner encourage the rebels or manifest any sympathy with their cause; and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Henry Moore
John H. Hannabass

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of August 1867, and I hereby certify that the foregoing declaration, was read to, and the contents thereof fully explained to the said Sally Hutts   -   before she made her mark thereto and I further certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim.
A. J. [Illegible] JP

I Sally Hutts     do solemnly swear that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution of the Government of the United States, against all enemies whether domestic or foreign, and that I will bear true faith allegiance and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, resolution, or law of any State Convention or Legislature to the contrary no withstanding, and further that I do this with a full determination, pledge and purpose, without any mental reservation or evasion whatsoever; and further, that I will and faithfully perform all the duties which may be required of me by law: So help me God:-
Sally [her + mark] Hutts
Witness}
Henry Moore}
John H.  Hannabass}
Thom Kline County to wit}

Subscribed and Sworn to before me this 30th day of August 1867,
A J Hais[Illegible] JP
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State of Virginia}
County of Franklin} To wit

I Robert S. Scott Clerk of the Couty Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do certify that             whose genuine signature appears written, is and was, at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly Commissioned and qualified that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the said Court this 31st day of August A.D. 1867
Ro A. Scott, Clk