Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 276, Robert Anderson, Va.

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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                         NUMBER

Va.             Anderson, Robert        W.276.
                                       Mary


CONTENTS

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9087.

Tennessee, N.
Mary Anderson, dec.d

widow of Robert Anderson

who was a private of Va. Arty

in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1843. Ending 1 Jan.y 1846.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17" day of Oct. 1851 and sent to J. Bryan of Ala Present

[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2  Page 189

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Robert Anderson
to
Mary Read

Bond

J Bryan
of Aly

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Know all men by these presents that we Robert Anderson and William Read are held and firmly bound unto Benjamin Harrison Esq. Governor of the State of Virginia in the sum of fifty pounds to which payment well and truly to be made to the said Governor or his successors we bind ourselves, our heirs Exors. and admins. jointly and severally firmly by these presents.  Sealed and dated this 29th day of March 1784.
The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be had and solemnized between the above bound Robert Anderson and Mary Read. Now if there shall be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void, also to remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, sealed + acknowl'd    
in the presence of 
Caleb Tate

Rob. Anderson  seal [encircled]
William Read  seal [encircled]

State of Virginia
Bedford County   Sat.
I John R. Steptoe of the clerk county court of said county, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a marriage license bond now on file among the records of said court.
Given under my hand and seal of said court this 4th day of June 1851
Jno. R. Steptoe clk.

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State of Tennessee}
Davidson County   } S.S.

Be it known, That on this 26th day of July 1851 personally appeared before me Joseph H. McEwen a Justice of the Peace, and of the County Court of said County (which is by law a Court of Record and has a public seal, Samuel R Anderson, aged forty nine years, a resident of Davidson County, in the State of Tennessee, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain for the children of Mary Anderson deceased the benefit of the provision made by the Acts of Congress passed, July 7 1838, March 3d 1843 & June 17, 1844.
That he is the Administrator of Mary Anderson his deceased mother, who was the Widow of Robert Anderson. That his father Robert Anderson (as Declarant always understood, both from his father and mother) was a Private of Artillery in the Virginia Continental Line, in the Army of the Revolution for three years, that he enlisted in Louisa County Virginia, that he was marched into the State of North Carolina and was present at, and engaged in the Battle of Guilford Court House, that he does not recollect the names of any of the officers under whom his father served, although when Declarant was quite young, he has often heard his father mention their names, and recount the hardships and suffering he encountered while in the service, and has often heard him speak of having been for a considerable length of time sick while in the Army, that after his father, the above named Robert Anderson, had performed his service, to wit on the 29th day of March in the year seventeen Hundred and eighty four (1784) he intermarried with Mary Read in Bedford County, State of Virginia, after which he removed to the State of Tennessee and died in Davidson County in said state in the year 1826 on the 13th day of May that up to the day of his death, he and his wife Mary lived together as man and wife, and raised up a family of children. That after his death the said Mary Anderson survived him, and remained his widow until the [blank] day of January 1846, Eighteen Hundred and forty six when she died leaving the following named children and only heirs

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of herself and the aforesaid Robert Anderson, and no others: to wit Mary Cole, who now resides in the State of Mississippi, Joanna Cole, who has since died, and who left the following children and no others towit; Robert Cole, David Cole, Edward Cole, Rebecca Blew and Martha Simpson, and Declarant himself Samuel R Anderson, who with the above named heirs of Joanna Cole now reside in the State of Tennessee.
That he always understood from his father that he received a Bounty Land Warrant for his services in the Revolution, which warrant, his father’s elder brother David Anderson located for him in the State of Kentucky. 

Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written before me    S R Anderson

J.H. McEwen {JP}

I certify that the word "January" was used and "May" inserted in the foregoing declaration 1sth page 5th line from the bottom, and the figure "4" written over the figure "2" and the word "forty" over the word "twenty" in the 2nd line from the last on the 1st page of the foregoing declaration, before the same was executed before
J.H.McEwen {JP}

Know all men by these presents that I Samuel R. Anderson, of Davidson County Tennessee, Administrator of Mary Anderson dec'd, do hereby irrevocably constitute + appoint Smith + Jones of Nashville Tennessee my true + lawful Attornies for me + in my name to present + prosecute before the proper office in Washington the claim of the heirs of the above named Mary Anderson to a Revolutionary Pension, hereby certifying + confirming all their lawful acts in the previous.

Witness my hand that this 13th day of August 1851.
                                        S.R. Anderson.  {seal}
Signed sealed + delivered in presence of
xHarden P. Bostick
xAcknowledged before me this 13th day of August 1851
                     JH McEwen {JP}
 
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State
County of
Clerk of the County Court of
Joseph H McEwen Esq whose name

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Witness my hand + seal this 13th day of August 1851.
                             S.R. Anderson.  {seal}
Signed sealed + delivered in presence of 
x Harden P Bostick
x Acknowledged before me this 13th day of August 1851

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State of Tennessee}
County of Davidson}
 I Felix R. Cheatham Clerk of the County Court of said County of State do hereby certify that Joseph H McEwen whose name appears to the foregoing Declaration [several words illegible] is and was at the time of signing of the same an acting Justice of the Peace and of the Court of Record and has by law a public seal, and that the signature there to purporting to be his as genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 18th day of August 1851.
F.R. Cheatham. Clerk
By L. P. Cheatham D.C.

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Witness my hand + seal this 13th day of August 1851.
                             S.R. Anderson.  {seal}
Signed sealed + delivered in presence of 
x Harden P Bostick
x Acknowledged before me this 13th day of August 1851

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State of Tennessee}
County of Davidson}
 I Felix R. Cheatham Clerk of the County Court of said County of State do hereby certify that Joseph H McEwen whose name appears to the foregoing Declaration Certificate + Acknowledgment is and was at the time of signing of the same an acting Justice of the Peace and of the Court of Record and has by law a public seal, and that the signature there to purporting to be his as genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 18th day of August 1851.
F.R. Cheatham. Clerk
By L. P. Cheatham D.C.

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It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited to prove, and did know to my satisfaction, before me William K. Turner, Judge of the Criminal Court of Davidson County Tennessee, (which Court is a Court of Record, and has by law a public seal), that Robert Anderson was a private during the Revolutionary War for three years from the State of Virginia, that on the 29th day of March 1784, he intermarried with Mary Read in Bedford County, State of Virginia, that they lived together as man and wife up to the day of the death of the said Robert Anderson, which took place in Davidson County Tennessee on the 13th day of May in the year 1826, that after his death, his widow the above named Mary continued his widow + survived him until the [blank] day of January 1846, when she died, leaving the following named children and only heirs of herself and the said Robert Anderson and no others to wit, Samuel R. Anderson (who is her Administrator, and who resides in Davidson County Tennessee) Mary Cole, formerly Mary Anderson, who now resides in the State of Mississippi, and Joanna Cole formerly Joanna Anderson, who has since died, leaving the following children and only heirs and who now reside in the State of Tennessee, to wit; Robert Cole, David Cole, Edward Cole, Rebecca Blew, and Martha Simpson, all of which facts were fully proven to my satisfaction as aforesaid on this the 8th day of July [crossed out] August 1851.
 WK Turner
Judge of the cr court of Davidson Cty


State of Tennessee 
I Thomas T Smiley Clerk of the Criminal Court of Davidson County Tennessee do certify that W K Turner whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is Judge of the Criminal Court of Davidson County Tennessee and that the signature purporting to his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court of office  in Nashville the 20th day of August 1851
Tho T Smiley Clk
Pr A.C. Norvill DC

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State of Tennessee; Davidson County;
On this 19th day of August 1851, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Robert A Cole, aged forty one years, (with whom I am well acquainted + who I certify is a man of veracity) + made oath in due form of law that his first acquaintance with Robert Anderson was about the year 1821, that he was then residing in Giles County Tennessee, where he was reputed to have been a revolutionary soldier and was esteemed an upright and truthful man, that affiant lived at his house for about one year during which time affiant often heard both from said Robert Anderson and from his wife Mary, that he had been a soldier in the Revolutionary War from the State of Virginia, but does not remember at this time any particulars of said service, although affiant may have heard them both narrate them which they doubtless did, he being then quite young (say ten years of age), that the said Robert Anderson lived in Giles County some five years thereafter as well as affiant recollects when he removed to Davidson County Tennessee, where he afterward died, about the year 1826, that his wife Mary survived him until about the year 1846, when she died in Giles County Tennessee at the house of affiant's mother.
Robert, A. Cole   seal [encircled]
Sworn + subscribed the day + year}
above written Before me}
Josiah Farriss JP

State of Tennessee}
Davidson County}
I Felix R. Cheatham Clerk of the County Courty of Davidson County hereby certify that Josiah Farriss whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is now + was at. the time of signing the same are acting Justice of the peace in + for said county only commissioned and sworn that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.  Witness my hand + seal of office this 20th August 1851. 
F.R. Cheatham Clerk
By L.P. Cheatham D.C.

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July 1, 1955


Mr. W. P. Anderson                   Robert Anderson
The Ferro Realty Company     W. 276
Third & Elm Streets                  BA-J/ILL;MLB


Dear Sir:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 276, based upon services in the Revolutionary War of Robert Anderson.

Robert Anderson enlisted in Louisa County, Virginia, served three years as a private in the Virginia Continental Artillery, and was in the battle of Guilford Court House; the specific dates of his service and names of his officers are not shown.

The soldier married March 29, 1784, in Davidson County, Tennessee; the date of his birth, name of his parents, and his age at death are not shown.  His widow, Mary Anderson, died January 1, 1846, in Giles County, Tennessee; the names of the children who survived their mother were Samuel R. Anderson, Mrs. Mary Cole and Mrs, Joanne Cole; the last named child died before the summer of 1851.

On July 26, 1851, Samuel R. Anderson, the son, was aged forty-nine years and resided in Davidson County, Tennessee. He applied then on behalf of himself, Mrs. Mary Cole, of Mississippi, and the surviving children of Mrs. Joanne Cole, for pension on account of the service of Robert Anderson in the Revolutionary War.  The claim was allowed. The names of the children of said Joanne Cole were shown in 1851 as Robert Cole, David Cole, Edward Cole, Rebecca Blew and Martha Simpson, all of Tennessee.

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In 1851, Robert A. Cole, aged forty-one years, stated that he became acquainted with the soldier, Robert Anderson, about the year 1821, at which time he lived in his house in Giles County, Tennessee, and that Robert Anderson's widow, Mary, died at the home of his mother in said Giles County; said Robert A. Cole did not state his relationship to the soldier and his wife.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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1921 Feb. 7. Hist. to L.A. Shane. all 
1935. Mar 11. Hist to Mrs A.E. McClanahan - I.L.L.
1935, July 1 - Hist to R. Anderson - I.L.L.

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276
Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No.  276
Mary Anderson dec'd
Widow
Robert Anderson
Priv. Art. Rev. War.

Act: March 3, 1843 + June 17, 1844.

Index: -- Vol. A, Page 13

[Arrangement of 1870]

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Mary Anderson dec'd
Wife of Robert, Tennessee

Acts 7 July 1838 etc.

2 yrs pri artillery $100.
per an: from 4 March 
1836 to 1 Jan.y 46 when she died except 2 years
Payable to Samuel R. Anderson admin for the benefit of himself Mary Cole and Joanne Cole, only surviving children

Cert to
J Bryan of Ala 
Present

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11.188

Tennessee Nash
Mary Anderson dec.d
Widow of Robert who was a pensioner under the Act of [blank] and who died on the [blank] of [blank] in the State of Tenn
who was a priv.e arty in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the [blank] line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville at the rate of $100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Oct 1851 and sent to J Bryan of Ala Present

Total amount,  $ [blank]

[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by H E. Robinson Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 1. Page 341

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That it appears from a list in this office of such Officer and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line as settled their accounts and received certificates for the balance of the Full Pay, according to an act of assembly, passed the November session of 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 the 31st December 1781, (see Hening's Statutes at Large, volume. 10, p. 462,) that a settlement was made on the 29th day of May 1783 in the name of Robert Anderson as Soldier of Artillery and evidence of the indebtedness of the State to him for £86.11.6 and was delivered to Omitted  {and was given, as appears by a copy of the settlement on file in this office, for services from the    to   } [crossed out]

Given under my hand at the First Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 25th day of Sept. 1851.

(From page 84) 
[No Seal of Office.]

Ro Johnston
F. Audr

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That it appears from a list in this office of such Officer and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line as settled their accounts and received certificates for the balance of the Full Pay, according to an act of assembly, passed the November session of 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 the 31st December 1781, (see Hening's Statutes at Large, volume. 10, p. 462,) that a settlement was made on the 28th day of May 1783 in the name of Robert Anderson as Soldier of Artillery and evidence of the indebtedness of the State to him for £115.11.0 and was delivered to Mr. Prentice {and was given, as appears by a copy of the settlement on file in this office, for services from the     to   } [crossed out]

Given under my hand at the First Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 25th day of Sept. 1851.(From page 77) 
[No Seal of Office.]

Ro Johnston
First Audr

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Brief in the case of Mary Anderson, wid of Robert.
County and State of Tennessee.
act 7 July 1838 and its supplementals

Claim, ("original." or "for increase." [crossed out])

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.

Evidence of service: Record.
    "            "  marriage, do.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent.
J. Bryan of Ala  Present

F.F. Kirby
Examining Clerk

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State of Tennessee, Davidson County.

To Samuel R. Anderson a citizen of Davidson county:
WHEREAS, It appears to the court now in session that Mary Anderson has died, leaving no will, and the court being satisfied as to your claim to the administration, and you having given bond and qualified as directed by law, and the court having ordered that letters of administration be issued to you:

THESE ARE THEREFORE, To authorize and empower you, the said Samuel R Anderson to take into your possession and control, all the good, chattels, claims and papers of the said intestate and return a true and perfect inventory thereof to our next County Court, (or within ninety days from the date hereof) {inserted notation} to collect and pay all debts, and to do and transact all the duties in relation to said estate, to deliver the residue thereof to those who have a right thereto by law.  HEREIN FAIL NOT.
WITNESS, F.R. Cheatam, clerk of said court, at office, this 7th day of May 1851 and 75th year of American Independence.
F.R. Cheatham Clerk

State of Tennessee Davidson County Court May  Four 1851
Ordered by the court that Samuel R Anderson have Special Letters of Administration granted him on the Estate of Mary Anderson deceased, for the purposes of processing a Pension Claim.  Wherefrom the said Samuel R Anderson, in court here gave bond in the sum of Five Hundred dollars, I. Turner his security paid qualified according to Law
State of Tennessee} 
Davidson County}

I FR Cheatham clerk of the County Court of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing order appointing Samuel R Anderson admst of Mary Anderson and Letters granted to him, are true + correct copies of the same as they appear of Record on the books of my office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand + affixed the seal of said county at office in Nashville this 30th day of July 1851
F R Cheatham  Clerk

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Council Chamber, May 28. 83

I do Certify that Robert Anderson is entitled to the Proportion of Land allowed a private of the Virginia Continental Artillery for three years service.
Benjamin Harrison.   Thos. Meriwhether

A Warrant for 100 acres Issued to Robert Anderson.  May 28. 83

A copy from the Records of the Virginia Land Office.

Teste,
S. H. Parke, Req. L. Office

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Washington City
Sept 3. 1851

Sir,
I have the honor to submit here with the application of Sam.l R Anderson to be allowed the pension what was due to his mother Mrs. Mary Anderson the wife of Robt Anderson a Soldier of the Va Continental Line in the army of the Revolution. I respectfully ask that it may be considered + allowed.
Very respectfully
[ ? ] of Just
Jos Bryan

J.E. Heath Esq
[?]

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THE FERRO REALTY COMPANY
THIRD & ELM STREETS
CINCINNATI

June 19, 1935

{time stamp} REC'D JUN 20 1935 
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. AFF.
[indistinct]

The Pansion Bureau
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen:

Please send me the Pension Records of the following:
only capt! [hand written}

[double check mark] John Anderson, First Lieutenant, 7th March 1776, Captain 12th August 1777, transferred to Third Virginia 14th September 1778 and served to close of War.

only one in file [hand written]
[double check mark] Nathaniel Anderson, Serge. Fifth Virginia, 1776; Ensign 1776, Second Lieut. 1776, First Lieut. 1777; transferred to Third Virginia 1778; Captain Lieut. 1780; retired 1781.

in files 3 of 72
[check mark] Robert Anderson, Private Virginia Continental Artillery three years service.

I would appreciate greatly if you can send me this information. 

Sincerely yours,
W.P Anderson
W. P. Anderson

WPA:EW

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Veteran Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs,

Some time ago I wrote to you in regard to a Robert Anderson of Virginia, who I think was an officer in the Revolutionary War.  You said I gave insufficient data to identify him, and if I would furnish approximate dates, places of residence at enlistment and after service, and given name of widow, you would again search your files.
I do not know the date of his birth or death, but he lived in

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2
Henrico County Virginia, and on March 29, 1784 he married May Reade, daughter of William Reade of Bedford County Virginia where I think he then resided.  He had four children, -Robert Anderson, Johanna J. Anderson, Mary Anderson, and Samuel Reade Anderson.
Do you have any records of James Hicks {all sp} {hand written] of Brunswick County Virginia whose wife was Judith Collier? He died about 1793.  Or of Ja,es Hicks their son whose wife was named Martha.  
Will thank you very much for any information you can give me.
Very truly yours
Mrs. A. E. McClanahan
Route #1, Nashville, Tennessee

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Revolutionary War Record
2d Stamp
Rev 
cw

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

Dear Sirs:-
Can you give me a statement of the Military history of (Colo) Robert Anderson a soldier of the Revolutionary War--Whose home was in Louisa Co., Va. He was called Colo, whether he was a Colo or not can't say, but he was a soldier

1-2-1921.   
Yours
L.A. Shane

Pilot Mound.
Iowa

[circular stamp]
PENSION 
U.  JAN 6 1921 S.
OFFICE

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.

3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSION.
Washington, D. C.   [blank],  19[blank]

W276

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Robert Anderson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (son's {or his widow's}[crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[TABLE]

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. [check]

LENGTH OF SERVICE. 3 yrs.

RANK.  Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.  COLONEL.  in the Virginia Continental Artillery

State.

Battles engaged in, Guilford

Residence of soldier at enlistment, He enl in Louisa Co Va.

Dagte of application for pension, by son Samuel R. July 26, 1851.  The claim was al.

Residence at date of application, Davidson Co., Tenn

Age at date of application, 49.

Remarks:  Sol was in Bedford Co Va. Mar 29 1784 Mary Read. He died in Davidson Co Tenn. May 15. 1826.  she d. Jan 1846 in Giles Co Tenn. having the following children, Samuel R. Anderson, Mrs. Mary Cole of Miss and Mrs. Joanna Cole who died prior to 1851, having children Robert, David, Edward, Rebecca Blew + Martha Simpson

Respectfully,
Commissioner

6-2856

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July 1, 1935
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Mr. W. F. Anderson 
The Ferro Realty Company
Third & Kim Streets
Cincinnati, Ohio

Nathaniel Anderson, W.9701
Robert Anderson, W. 276 [underlined]

BA-J/MLB

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Anderson who served as first lieutenant, then captain to the close of the war, from Virginia; Nathaniel Anderson, of Virginia, who served from 1776 to 1781 as lieutenant, and Robert Anderson who served three years as private in the Virginia Continental Artillery.

Because of the large number of requests for records of Revolutionary War soldiers and the lack of clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has been impossible to make a series of investigation and reports pertaining to soldiers of that war, for one person.

The records of Nathaniel Anderson and Robert Anderson are furnished herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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May 11, 1935.

Mrs. A. E. McClanahan
Route #1
Nashville, Tennessee.

BA-J/ILL
Robert Anderson
W. 276

Dear Madam,

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Robert Anderson who married Mary Reade, James Hicks of Brunswick County, Virginia, who died in 1793, and his son, James Hicks whose wife was Martha.

A search of the Revolutionary War records fails to show a claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service of any James Hicks of Virginia, under any spelling of that surname.  The record of Robert Anderson has been found; it is given herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 276, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Robert Anderson enlisted in Louisa County, Virginia, served three years as a private in the Virginian Continental Artillery and was in the battle of Guilford Court House; the specific dates of his service and names of his officers are not shown.

The soldier married March 29, 1784, in Bedford County, Virginia, Mary Read; one William Read signed their marriage bond, no relationship to said Mary shown.  After their marriage, they moved to Davidson County, Tennessee, where they reared a large family of children.

Robert Anderson died May 15, 1826, in Davidson County, Tennessee; his birth, names of his parents, and his age at his death are not shown.  His widow, Mary Anderson, died January 1, 1846 in Giles County, Tennessee; the names of the children who survived their mother were, Samuel R. Anderson, Mrs. Mary Cole and Mrs. Joanna

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Cole; the last named child died before the summer of 1851.

On July 26, 1851, Samuel R. Anderson, the son, was aged forty-nine years, and resided in Davidson County, Tennessee. He applied then in behalf of himself, Mrs. Mary Cole of Mississippi, and the surviving children of Mrs. Joanna Cole, for pension on account of the service of Robert Anderson in the Revolutionary War.  The claim was allowed. The names of the children of said Joanna Cole were shown in 1851, as Robert Cole, David Cole, Edward Cole, Rebecca Blew and Martha Simpson, all of Tennessee.

In 1851, Robert A. Cole, aged forty-one years, stated that he became acquainted with the soldier, Robert Anderson, about the year 1821, at which time he lived in his house in Giles County, Tennessee, and that Robert Anderson's widow, Mary, died at the home of his mother in said Giles County; said Robert A. Cole did not state his relationship to the soldier and his wife.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.