Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8032, William Armstrong, Va.

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Service Va. Armstrong, William Number S. 8032 
carded 
contents

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Paid at the Freasing under the act of the 6th April 1838 
From 4 March 1838 to 4 September 1838. Age notified 3 July 1839

Paid as above from 4 March to 4 September 1839. [illegible] notified 23  

Issued 1840


Setter to 3 [illegible] To 7 April 1848 
NK Trout April 13 1854
3 illegible Feb. 1856 

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Virginia 23.032 
William Armstrong of Augusta in the State of VA who was a pri, in the --- commanded by captain [blank] of the Ryn commanded by Col S in the time for 6.5 months 

Inscribed on the role of Virginia at the rate of 21 dollars 66 cents per annum to commence of the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of pension issued the 26 day of Oct. [illegible] and [illegible] Clark 

Arrears to the 4th of [illegible] 54.15
Semi-anl. Allowance ending [illegible] 10.83
$64.98
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nath Rice, Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 6 ½ Page 1.

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No 19018
WMArmstrong
Augusta [illegible]

Return [illegible marks]
Admit as a Private
6 1/2 mo $21.00

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War Department, 
Pension Office 
15th May 1833

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 show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in teh 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, showing the service of Wm Armstrong Augusta (illegible) Va

Period when the service was rendered: 
illegible  1778-79
illegible 1781
" July       "

Duration of the claimant's service: 
Year: (blank)
Month: 3, 1, 3
Days: 

Rank of the claimant: Private

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. 
Cap WM Kincaid (illegible) 
Cap Gwin 
Cap 

Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers. 
Gen (illegible) 

Battles in which the applicant was engaged. 
Guilford 

Country through which he marched: 


Place of abode when he entered the service and age at the present period: age 72
August of Virginia 

Evidence by which the declaration is supported. 


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 listed, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as clerks to commissaries and to storekeepers and teamsters, boatman, etc. person who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from benefits of the law, as well as persons who out as patrols who were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and we’re not recognized as being an 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 rules 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, musicians or private, well 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 applicant 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} ss.

 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 dually 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, past 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 Company officers, the time he left the service, and if he served more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and ranks 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 through which he marched. This form is to be varied 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 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 

[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 give in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, 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 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 believed, 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 day 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 gthe interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolution Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that is appears to them that A.B. and that C.D. who has also signed the same 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 of _____ &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 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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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?
6.{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 your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he 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 or 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.
{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 ______months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For ____ months and _____days, I served as a _____; and for such 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
militia, &c. 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.
{h} 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 claimant's 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 proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
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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State of Virginia

Augusta County, To wit, 

On this 26th day of October, 1832, personally appeared in open court before (illegible) William S Eskridge, William Young, and Washington Loupe, the court of August County, now sitting, William Armstrong, a resident of the Little Calf Pasture, in the county and state (illegible), aged Seventy-Two years the 12th day of December last, who being first duly sworn according to laws, does, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the (.     ) of the Act of Congress passed (.    ) 7th, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States, under the following sworn officers, and served as herein states.

That in the month of March 1778, or 1779, as well as he can recollect, he was drafted to perform a three months tour of duty as a private and (illegible) at Col Samuel Vances (illegible) in the County of August (now in Beate) & was marched from there to (.    ) & from there, by the way of (.   ) Valley to the west front of the (.    ) River, where he remained until some time in the month of June following, when his tour, having expired, he was discharged. The object of this draft was to protect the citizens of that part of the state from the invasions of the Indians. During this tour, he was under the command of Cap. William Kinkead &

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During the assaults this applicant was under the command of Cap.
Given, in whose company he continued during the whole time; This 
company was attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Campbell.
this applicant does not recollect the name of the other rank or company 
officers. Shortly after joining the southern army, the Battle of 
Guilford Court House took place, in which battles this applicant 
was engaged; after the defeat, this applicant retreated with his commander 
to Troublesome Iron Works, in Rockingham County, North Carolina,
 at which place, after the expiration of about one month from 
the time he left home, he was discharged.
 About the middle of July in the same year (1781) this applicant
was drafted again, to perform a three months tour of duty;
He (illegible) at (illegible) immediately afterwards and marched
From there, by the way of Charlottesville, Richmond & James Town, 
to York, in the lower part of Virginia, when he joined the main 
army under the command of Genl Washington; this applicant 
continued in the service at the siege of York, assaulted 
the captain of Cornwallis & his army; -about the 17th of 
October 1781, (next several words are scratched out), he was discharged, and 
returned home; - He was not in any engagements during this
time. He was commanded, on this expedition, by
Cap. James Bell
Lieut. John Meachub (?)
Ensign Alexander Crawford.
and the regiment to which he was attached, was commanded 
by Col. Samuel Lewis, & Major William King
This applicant has no documentary evidence of his service,
having never received a written discharge; nor has he been
able to find any of his companions in arms who might furnish 
that evidence, except the one whose affidavit is hereto affixed
& (illegible) proves that this applicant was in the service at the siege 
Of York: an shows does he knows of any other persons now living
who can prove other forth. 
This applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension, 
or annuity, except the present, & declares that his name is not on state pension
rolls of this agency of any state. 
Sworn to,and subscribed. the day and year first aforesaid. 
William Armstrong

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Interrogatories propounded by the Court.
 1st. When, & in what year, were you born?
Ansr. I was born on the plantation where I now reside, on the 12th 
day of December 1759. 
2d. Where were you living when called into service? Where have 
you lived since the revolutionary war? and where do you now live? 
Ansr. Where I was born, as above mentioned. 
3rd. Have you any record of your age? and if so, where is it? 
Ansr. I have at my residence, a copy of the record of my age,
taken from the original record made by my father, which
original, I believe, is in the possession of my youngest 
Sister, who resides in the State of Ohio . 
4.th How were you called into service? were you drafted, - did you
Volunteer, - or were you a substitute? - and if a substitute, for whom? 
Ansr. I was drafted, as before mentioned.
 5th.  State the names of some of the regular officers who were with 
the troops when you served; - such continental and militia 
regiments as you can recollect, & the general circumstances 
of your service.
Ansr.  I can give no further information on those points, that I 
 have stated in the body of my declaration, except that I 
recollect seeing Gen La Fayette & Wayne at York Town.
 6th. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? and if so, 
by whom was it given, & what has become of it? 
Ansr. I never received any written discharge, as I have already 
Stated.
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in 
your present neighborhood, & who can testify as to your 
character for veracity & their belief of your service as a soldier
 of the revolution . 
Ansr. I will name Joseph Henderson, John McCutchen Sen., (illegible)
 Lockridge, Samual Craig & the Revd. James Kerr, the pastor of 
the congregation in which I reside; but the said Kerr being at 
this time absent from the State, I am unable to procure his 
evidence. in I believe I might safely add to this list all my 
other neighbors, but suppose it cannot be necessary.
 Sworn to & subscribed, in open Court, the day and year first
aforesaid.
 William Armstrong

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We, John McCutchen, aged eighty two years, and Joseph Henderson, aged sixty years, resident of the Little Calf Pasture, in the County of Augusta and State of Virginia hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Armstrong, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, having lived as neighbors to him from our respective births; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, as stated by him; that we have full confidence in his veracity and that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 

Sworn & subscribed, in open court, the day and year first aforesaid. 
John McCutchen 
Joseph Henderson 

Smith Thompson, a citizen of the town of Stauton, in the County of Augusta & State of Virginia, aged eighty four yerars the 19th day of July last, personally appears in open court & having been first duly sworn according to law, doth depose & say that he is acquainted with William Armstrong, the applicant who has hath made the foregoing declaration, & has a     at recollection that the said Armstrong was in military service at the Battle of Guildford, & at the Siege of York. This affirmant having seen him at both those places. How long he continued in the service, this affirmant does not know. 

Sworn & subscribed, in open court, the day and year first aforesaid. 

Smith Thompson

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Rev. and 1812 War Section. 

November 19, 1924. 

Mrs. J. A. Holtsolaw, 
313 E. Eighth St.,
Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Madam; 

I have to advise you that from the papers in teh Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 8038, it appears that William Armstrong was born December 12, 1759 at Little Calf Pasture, August County, Virginia. 

While residing there, he enlisted in March 1778 or 1779 and served three months as a private in Captain William Kincaid's Virginia company. 

He enlisted March 1, 1781 and served one month as a private in Captain Gwind's Company, Colonel Campbell's Virginia Reigment and was in the battle of Guilford Court House. 

he enlisted in July 1781 and served three months as a private in Captain James Bell's Company, Colonel Samuel Lewis' Virginia Regiment and was at the Siege of York.

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He was allowed pension on his application executed October 26, 1832, while living at Little Calf Pasture, Augusta County, Virginia. 

He died October 29, 1853. 

It is not stated whether soldier was married. 

Respectfully, 

Commissioner.

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Left side: Rev Wa 8032 INVALID. 
File No. 8032
William Armstrong 
Pri Rev War 
Act: June 7th 32
Index: Vol. illegible, Page 11

[Arrangement of 1870]

Right side: 

1910 July 9 (hist) to Hon. Henry D. Flood. 
1922, May 23 hist to Dr. M.H. Daffenbraugh by illegible 

1924. Nov. 19 - Hist to Mrs. J.A. Holtzclaw, AWF

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William Armstrong
VA AD 1832
Then in duly noticed
Sent to the Th(illegible)
Audited 
Janu 14/56

[written sideways is the following in typeset:]
Treasury Department,  
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
First Auditor. 

[Handwritten]
J. Minor 
Commissioner of Pensions

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(illegible) 24,
W Evans

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19018
WM Armstrong
Declaration

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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he stated. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John McCutchen and Joseph Henderson & Smith Thompson who have signed the preceding citification are residents of this county and are credible persons, & that their statements are entitled to credit. 

State of Virginia

I Jefferson Kinney, Clerk of the Court of Augusta County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Armstrong for a pension. 

In testimony where I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 22nd day of November 1832 & in the 57th year of the Commonwealth. 

Jefferson Kinney 


August County, to wit, 

William Armstrong, the foregoing applicant, this day personally appeared before me & a justice of the peace for the county aforesaid & made oath that by reason of old age & consequent [illegible] of [illegible], he cannot state with greater precision the time of his service in the revolutionary army than he has done in this foregoing declaration. Given under my hand the 5th day of October 1833 
WM Young

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Virginia, To Wit 

I Jefferson Kinney Clerk of the County Court of Augusta in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that WM Young whose name appears to the within certificate now is and was at the time of signing the same awaiting Justice of the Peace in and for said county & that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine. In terstimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of office this 16th day of October 1833 & in the 58th year of the Commonwealth 

Jefferson Kinney cal

19018
WM Armstrong 
Declaration

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Treasury Department 
Second Comptroller’s Office 
June 22, 1839 

Sir: 

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” William Armstrong, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, VA Agency at the rate of Twenty One Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this department, from the 4th of March 1838 to the 4th Sept. 1938, 

Respectfully Yours, 

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller 

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.

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November 8th Dec 1833

I.L. Edward E.q.
Sir, Iast two the papers of Williams Armstrong
with affilation from him, stating his inability to be now by are as to the length of his time of Service, Upset together commpresion the directs, hope together, by the clark, in the [illegible] -- Hubert Thug {illegible} the prosperous.
With great respect,
damagent abodest
Mescarbe
1cc

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
Second Comptroller's Office.

May 7, 1853 

Sir: 

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 28, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents, 
William Armstrong 
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond Agency at the rate of Twenty one Dollars and 66 cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1849 to the 4th March 1852. 

Respectfully yours, 

JM. Broadhead
Comptroller. 

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
June 16, 1840 

Sir: 

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasure of the United States," William Armstrong, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, VA Agency, at the rate of twenty one dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of March 1839 to the 4th Sept 1839. 

Respectfully yours, 

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller. 

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.

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July 7th, 1910

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington D.C.

My dear sir: - 
I would appreciate it very much if you would kindly advise me if your office has any record of one William Armstrong, as a soldier of the Revolution, from Augusta County, Virginia. I am informed that he was paid a pension for such service and that the soldier was born in 1759 and died in 1853. I would greatly appreciate any information you might be able to give me. 

Very truly yours, 

H.D. Flood 
July 8 1910.

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8-049

Ex. AW Di. Rev. War Sect

Department of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions

Washington, D.C. Apr 10, 1922

The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained. 

Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit and return to this Bureau. 

(No. of Claim is crossed out) First name of Widow Ann 
Name of Soldier, William Armstrong
P.O.Box address of claimant, at enlistment & after service, Little Calf Pasture, VA 
State where enlisted Virginia 
Date of (enlistment crossed out) birth: Dec 12, 1759
Date of (discharge crossed out) death 

If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers 

Return attached letter with reply. 

Washington Gardens 

6-2469
Commissioner.

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Rev Sec 

Fairmont, Nebr., Mch. 13, 1922

U.S. Pension Bureau, 
Revolutionary War Section, 
Washington D.C. 

Gentlemen: - 
Will you please give me copy of whatever Revolutionary War record you have of William Armstrong of Virginia. Also any family connections that he may have given in application. 
Respy yours, 

Dr. M.H. Deffenbaugh 
Fairmont, Nebr. 

Stamp: Pension U. Mar 16 1922 S. Office 
Stamp: Pension U. APR 17 1922 S. Office


Fairmont, Nebr., Apl 14, 1922

Pension Bureau, 
Washington D.C. 

Gentlemen: - 
The William Armstrong I want record of had wife Ann. She was born May 15 1755 and died Dec 25 1842. She was born in Virginia. I have no positive record of which William Armstrong was her husband, but think it was the one who was born and lived in Little Calfs Pasture, Virginia. He was born Dec 12, 1759. They moved to Northampton county, Pa. shortly after Marriage and had a daughter born there but only lived there a short time afterwards and I think returned to Virginia. 

Very truly yours, 

M.H. Deffenbaugh

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Mrs. Sarah C. Holtzclaw 
213 East Eighth Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee 

2nd Nov 1924

Bureau of Pensions, 

Dear Sir, 

In the list of Rev. soldiers in the State Library of Virginia, I noticed the name of William Armstrong of Augusta County Virginia. Will you please look on your roster of soldiers and see if his name is there and give me his

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me his military record. 
I am anxious to find him as he is one of my ancestors. I will appreciate the favor very much. thank you I am very respectfull yours 
Mrs. J.A. Holtzclaw

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July 9, 1910.

Hon. Henry D. Flood, 
Appomattox, VA. 

My Dear Mr. Flood, 

In reply to your letter dated the 7th and received the 8" instant, I have the honor to advise you that William Armstrong was allowed pension on his application executed October 26, 1832, while a resident of Little Calf Pasture (planation) Augusta County, Virginia, where he was born December 12, 1759 and had always liven. 

He stated that he enlisted March 1778 or 1779, as a Private in Captain William Kinkaid's company, Colonel Samuel Vance's regiment, and served three months. 

Enlisted about the first of March, 1781, in Captain Gwin's company, Colonel Campbell's regiment, was in the battle of Guilford; served one month. 

Enlisted about the middle of July, 1781, in Captain James Bell's company, Colonel Samuel Lewis' regiment, marched to Yorktown and continued in the siege until discharged October 17, 1781, two days before the surrender of Cornwallis. There is no family data on file, the Bureau record bears the endorsement "died October 29, 1853." 

Very respectfully, 

Commissioner.