Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8229, Richard Cole, Va.

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[Standard Card Format]

Service Va.

Cole, Richard

Number S8229

Carded

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Virginia
12713
Rich. Cole
Bath Co in the State f Virginia
was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Long of the Regt. commanded 
by Col Dabney in the Va. Line for two years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of May 1833 
and sent to C. L. Francisco Bath Co. VA

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   160.-
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 33   40.-
$200.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm R. Palmer
Book L, Vol. six, Page five.

[handwritten notes in left margin]
papers copied for Hon. Jph. H. Beale H.R. Jan 27, 1835

Date of Death not on a3 [unknown

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The Commonwealth of Virginia…
Bath County to wit
On this 9th day of April 1833 personally appeared before the Justices of the County Court of Bath now sitting in open Court Richard Cole aged Eighty two years last March a resident of this County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832. That he was born in London in England on the 8th of March 1750 but has no record of his age in Court. That he enlisted in the continental service of the United States in the year 1780 for and during the War and continued in the service until the War ended. That he enlisted under Captain William Long and was with his company attached to the regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Dabney he enlisted at the Warm Springs in the then County of Augusta in this state and was marched down to near Portsmouth in this state where he was stationed for some time from thence he marched to sleepy hole present Suffolk City] and from thence to the south side of James River opposite to James Town from thence crossed to James Town and was in the battle at Hot Water about eigteen miles above Williamsburg  under the command of General La Fayette and was from thence drove by the British into the County of Albemarle in this state to a place called Raccoon ford at which place General Wayne joined the army and pursued the British down to Richmond, Williamsburg and to York and was at little york and in the battle at the time of Cornwallis’s surrender He was then marched to Winchester Barracks where he was discharged on the 16th of July 1783 which discharge he has lost He is not in possession of any documentary evidence by which he can establish the fact of his services as above set forth that he does not know of any person now living by whom he could prove the same, that there is no minister of the Gospel residing in his neighborhood. That William McClintic and Alexander McClintic are his neighbors who will testify as to his character for veracity and their belief as to his services as a revolutionary soldier, that he has no record of his age. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension

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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.
[signed] Richard Cole

And thereupon William McClintic and Alexander McClintic into Court and being sworn declare they are well acquainted with Richard Cole who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That they believe him to be eighty three years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that they concur in that opinion. And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatives 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 William McClintic and Alexander McClintic who have deposed as above are residents in the neighborhood of the said Richard Cole and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Charles L Francisco Clerk of the Court of Bath County aforesaid hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matte of the application of Richard Cole for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11th day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and in the 57th year of the Commonwealth
[signed] Chs. L. Francisco

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24.929.12.)13

Richard Cole
Bath Co
Virginia

look on VA Role
or notes

Adm for 2 years.

C. L. Francisco Clerk
Bath C H
Bath Co
Virginia

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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, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A statement showing the Service of Richard Cole, Bath Co. Virginia
Period when service was rendered.   1780
Duration of the service. [There are no marks for Years, Months, Days]
Rank of the Claimant.   Pri
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Gen La Fayette, Col Dabney, Capt. Long
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered service.   82 years   Augusta Co. Vira [Virginia]
Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Traditionary

I am respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

[This is a standard Pension Office form. There is no writing or notes of any kind on this sheet

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3
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

Joseph Rowan [name found at bottom of sheet]

[This is a standard Pension Office form. Other than the name above, There is now writing or notes of any kind on this sheet for transcription.]

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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section

December 11, 1926

Mrs. G. M. Vandaveer
1049 S. Elm St
Caspar, Wyo.

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S.8229, it appears that Richard Cole was born March 8, 1750 in London, England.
He enlisted at Warm Springs, Augusta County, Virginia in 1780 and served as a private in Captain Williaam Long's Company, Colonel Charles Dabney's Virginia regiment, he was in the Battle of Hotwater and Yorktown, and was discharged July 18, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1833, while a resident of Bath County, Virginia.
There is no data on file as to family.
The above noted Richard Cole (Coal, Coale) is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of ths Bureau.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

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BA- ILL
Benedict Arnold
W20629

Veterans Administration Correspondence RECEIVED seal

Lakeside, Nebraska
July 2, 1938

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
A. D. Hiller 

Dear Sir;
I appreciate the data you sent me of the service record of Benedict Arnold.
I find I cannot use this as he was brother of my ancetress, Sarah Arnold, and not her father.
Do you have a record of Revolutionary Was service of Stephen Arnold, father of Benedict, and wh married Jane Finney (Finnie).
Do you have a Revolutionary War service record of John Richie (Ritchie) who married Sarah Arnold?
Or a record of Richard Cole, of Virginia, who married Mary Richie (Ritchie).
I realize I am not giving you much to work on, but it is all the information I ahve
Thank you, I am sincerely,
[signed] Hilda E. Black
(Mrs.  O. E. Black)

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Caspar, Wyoming, Oct. 11th, 1926

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen
Will you kindly inform me if you have application for Revolutionary pension, of either Richard Cole S. or Jr. who only would have applied from Woodford Co. Ky. and their service being either in Penn or Va. Richard Sr. died in Woodford Co. in 1814 and Richard Jr. died there in 1839.
Thanking you for any information you may give me, Iam, Very truly, [signed] Myra S. Vandaveer
Mrs. G. M. Vandaveer
[the following is lined through]  1039 So. Elm St.
[the following is hand written] 1049 So. Elm St. Caspar, Wyo.

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July 25, 1938

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA-J/EEL

Mrs. O. E. Black
Lakeside
Nebraska

Dear Madan:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Stephen Arnold, father of Benedict Arnold; also, records of John Richie (Ritchie) who married Sarah Arnold, and the record of Richard Cole, of Virginia.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of a Stephen Arnold, father of Benedict Arnold. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.
As a means of identifying the particular record of the John Richie or Ritchie, in who you are interested, should it be on file, it is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to hi; approximate dates of birth and the state from which the soldier served. Upon receipt of this information, a further search of the records will be made and a response furnished to you.
You are furnished herewith the record of Richard Cole, the only soldier of that name or similar spellings that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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8229
INVALID.Rev War

File No, 8229
Richd Cole
Priv Rev. War

Act: June 7th, 1832

Index: - Vol.  1st, Page 74

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[handwritten notes]

1926-Dec. 11 - Hist to Mrs. G. M. Vandaveer
1938 - July 26 - "     "     " O. E. Black

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April 16, 1833

Pension office

Va.

Richd. Cole 
24729

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July 26, 1938

Richard Cole
S.8229
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. O. E. Black
Lakeside
Nebraska

Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S.8229, based on the military service of Richard Cole in the War of the Revolution.
Richard Cole was born March 8, 1750 in London, England. The names of his parents were not given, nor was it stated when he arrived in this country.
Richard Cole enlisted at Warm Springs, Augusta County, Virginia, sometime in 1780, served as a private in Captain William Long's company, Colonel Charles Dabney's Virginia regiment; he was in the battle of Hotwater, and in the battle 'at the time of surrender of Cornwallis", after which he marched to Winchester Barracks and was discharged July 16, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Bath County, Virginia.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to the family of the soldier, Richard Cole.
In order to obtain the date of lat payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and

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possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington D. C., and furnish the following data:

Richard Cole
Certificate #12713
Issued May 20, 1833
Rate $80.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Virginia Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller 
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator