Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1192, Peter Brickey, Va.

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(3-1776) [form number]

SERVICE [heading]
Va.

Brickey, Peter
              Elizabeth

NUMBER [heading]
R. 1192
B.L. Wt. 44,800-160-55
____________________________
CONTENTS [heading]
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[image of outside of envelope, vertically on center of page:]
The Hon.
The Secretary of War
Washington City
D.C.
[postage stamp:] FREE
[postmark stamped:] FINCASTLE Va. DEC 15

[handwritten over envelope address noted above:]
December 19
Va
Peter Brickey
20795

[handwritten vertically on left side of page:]
Va
Recd.
June 19

[hand printed vertically on right side of page:]
Brickey, Peter


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application of Peter Brickey for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office the 10th day of December 1832.

H. J. W. Bowyer, Clk [signature]
B. C. Court

The National Archives of the United States [seal]

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Virginia

At a court held at the court house for the County of Botetourt on Monday the 10th day of December 1832.

On this 10th day of December in the year 1832 personally appeared in open court the same being a court of record for Botetourt County Peter Brickey now a resident for said County aged about 71 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832. That about the last of September 1780 he was drafted in the County of Botetourt and sent to guard the lead mines on New River from which the armies of this Country received their principle supply in lead to prevent the Tories from taking possession of them and he was there placed under the command of a Captain Saunders who was the commanding officer of the place and unfortunately
on his return from this expedition he was again drafted into the service under Captain William McClanahan of Botetourt County with whom he marched to the State of North Carolina and joined the army of General Green during his celebrated retreat before the army of Lord Cornwallis through the State of North Carolina a short time after the Battle of the Cowpens and remained in the army of General Green until near the last of March after the Battle of Guilford. During the whole of this Campaign he served under Captain William McClanahan was engaged in several severe skirmishes one of which was called the battle of Alamance where Major Rowland of Botetourt County commanded and where a Captain Philip Walkins and Anley Hill, two of Captain David May's Company from

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Botetourt County were killed and the other was the battle of the Reedy Fork of Haw River where Col. Cloyer and Major Rowland commanded. He was in the hard fought battle of Guilford and remained in the field of Battle driving the whole day. He further states that 
he was in the service of his Country in the Revolutionary Army in these two expeditions about six months altogether that he is entirely illiterate and does not recollect the different places to which he was marched or much about the geography of the Country. He states that he has a record of his age and was born the 10th day of April 1761. He received a written discharge both from Captain Saunders and Captain McClanahan but he has lost them both. Not supposing that they would ever be of any use to him he took no care of them. He has no documentary evidence of his service but can prove by William Brickey who is now in Court that he was a soldier in the army of the Revolutionary Army [underlined] and that Henry Buckhanan, James Kyle Esq. and the Rev. Jonathan Lee will testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution. He hereby relinquishes all claims whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to subscribed in open court.

           his
Peter   X   Brickey
          mark

We Jonathan Lee a clergyman residing in the County of Botetourt and Henry Buckhanan and William

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Brickey residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Brickey who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 71 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 I William Brickey know that fact of my own knowledge and that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

Jonathan Lee [signature]
Henry Buckhannan [signature]

           his
Wm.     X     Brickey
          mark

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after parsing the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Jonathan Lee who has signed the preceedings certificate is a clergyman residing in the said County of Botetourt and that Henry Buckhannan and William Brickey who have also signed the preceedings certificate are residents in the same County and are credible persons and that there [their] statement is written to credit.

I Henry W. Bowyer Clerk of the County Court of Botetourt do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Count on the matter of the

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application of Peter Brickey for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office the 10th day of December 1832.

H. J. W. Bowyer, Clk
B. C. Court
The National Archive of the United States [seal]


[hand printed vertically on left side of page:]
Brickey, Peter

[image of outside of envelope, vertically on center of page:]
The Hon.
The Secretary of War
Washington City
D.C.
[postage stamp:] FREE
[postmark:] FINCASTLE Va. DEC 15

[handwritten upside down over envelope address noted above:]
December 19 
Va
Peter Brickey
20795

[handwritten vertically on right side of page:]
Va
Recd.
June 19

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Rejected -- see let: 
of the 13th July '33 
to H. J. W. Bowyer
Fincastle, Va.

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Botetourt County to wit -- Peter Brickey
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the peace for said County, who being duly sworn, deposeth [deposed], and saith [said] 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 grade; for two months under the command of Capt. Saunders in guarding the lead mines on New River, I served as a private; and for four months under the command of Capt. William McClanahan in the army of Gen. Green in the state of North Carolina. I served as a private--altogether I served six months as a private in the two foregoing tours; and for such service I claim a pension.

Given under my hand & seal this 27 day of May, 1833.

James S. Walrand, J.S. [signature]       Seal

Virginia, Botetourt County to [illegible]
I Henry W. Bowyer Clerk of the County Court of Botetourt do hereby certify that Jame S. Walrand Gent. whose name is attached to the above certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office this 27th day of June 1833 in the 57th year of the Commonwealth.

H. W. Bowyer Clk [signature]
The National Archives of the United States [seal]

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222.851
Act March 3.
Nov. 16.
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Elizabeth Brickey, wid. [widow]
Peter Brickey, pri. [private]
________________
Private [underlined]
Va mila [militia]
Revy. [Revolutionary] war.

Appli. made for Pension.
Va. Rej June 32
Ad. 160 ac's Oct 18/56
Dodge 


Wm. C. Emmert,
Elizabeth John
Tenn.

[vertical text written over above text:]
No 44800 isso Oct 1956

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State of Tennessee } SS
Carter County          }
On this 9th day of November A.D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Elizabeth Brickey aged about fifty six years a resident of the said County in the State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Peter Brickey deceased who was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War. She further states that she was married to the said Peter Brickey in Bottetourt [Botetourt] County V.A. about the year A.D. 1820 by one ___________ Crousessecker [spelling?] a minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Dunn. That her said husband died at Bottetourt [Botetourt] County, V.A. about the year A.D. 183[2]4 [4 written over 2] and that she is now a widow and has been ever since the death of her husband the above named Peter Brickey. She further states that for the proof of her said husband's services she refers to the proof now on file in the Pension Office made out by the agent of the said Peter Rickey on an application for a Pension during his life time and to army payroll proof that may be on file in relation to the service of said Brickey. She states that she has no private or public record of her said marriage in her possession. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March the 3rd 1855.

                 her
Elizabeth    X    Brickey
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We Geo. [George] W. Brickey and Susen Syrah residents of Carter County Tennessee upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Elizabeth Brickey in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents her self [herself] to be and we further state that we were personally acquainted with said Elizabeth Brickey and her said husband the aforesaid Peter Brickey and knew them during his lifetime to live together as lawfully wedded husband and wife and as such were known and received into society and so acknowledged that the said Peter Brickey is dead having died in Bottetourt [Botetourt] County, V.A. about year 1834. Since which time she has remained a widow and is so at this present date, and that we are uninterested in her claim for land bounty.

George W. Brickey [signature]
          her
Susen X Syrah
         mark

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents her self [herself] to be and, that I have no interest in this claim.

James Hickey [signature]
Justice of the Peace
of Carter County

State of Tennessee}
Carter County         }   I James L. Bradley Clerk of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that James Hickey Esqr. whose genuine official signature appears to the above was at the date thereof and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected commissioned and qualified

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and that I have no interest in the foregoing claim. 

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In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 10th day of November 1855. Jas. L. Bradley Clerk
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222.851
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Send Warrant to
Wm. C. Emmert
Elizabethton
Carter County
Tennessee

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September 28, 1936.

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BA-J/ady  [illegible initials]
Peter Brickey
R.1192

Mr. Irving Dilliard
St.Louis Post-Dispatch
St.Louis,Missouri

Dear Sir:

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, R.1192, based upon the military service of Peter Brickey in that war.

Peter Brickey was born April 10, 1761, place not stated, and no reference is made to his parents.

He enlisted in Botetourt County, about the last of September 1780, served about six months as private in Captains Saunders' and William McClanahan's Virginia Companies and was in the battles of Reedy Fork, Alamance and Guilford and several skirmishes.

He died about 1834 in Botetourt County, Virginia.

Soldier married about 1820 in Botetourt County, Virginia, Elizabeth Dunn.

She was allowed bounty land in full satisfaction on account of the services of Peter Brickey in the Revolutionary War on her application executed November 9, 1855, at which time she was aged about fifty-six years and a resident of Carter County, Tennessee.

In 1832 one William Brickey was living in Botetourt County, no relationship stated. In 1855 one George W. Brickey was residing in Carter County, Tennessee, no relationship stated. There are no further family data.

For information in regard to the location of land you should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C., and furnish that official the following data: B. L. Wt. No. 44800-160-55.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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Peter Brickey.
Va

Rejected - See let [strikethrough text]
13 July 1833 to [strikethrough text]
H. J. W. Bowyer [strikethrough text]
Fincastle  [strikethrough text]
Va [strikethrough text]

1192

Ack 7 June 1832
222851

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1934 May 21 Hist.
to Mrs. C.C.L.
Rudicil. A.D.Y.
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1936 Sept. 28 Hist.
to Irving Dilliard
A.D.Y.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873 [strikethrough text]
1192.
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P. O. Peter Brickey
Service:  [blank]
REJECTED [stamped across page]
Enlisted: [blank]
Discharged: [blank]
Application filed: [blank]
Alleges: 1852 Rej. Book gives Reasons for 
    rejection "Did not serve six months."
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]
Recognized. [blank]
Contract. [blank]
Cert. of Dis. [blank]
Searched for [blank]

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[illegible mark]
44.800
[illegible mark]
Va [illegible text]

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Depart of War
Pen. Off [Pension Office]
July 13 1833

Sir

The amended declaration of Peter Brickey has been examined, and upon a comparison of that with the original, I am fully satisfied that he did not perform six months service.  In speaking of his second tour of duty, he says it was four months--that he was drafted and joined General Green's army a short time after the Battle of Cowpens, and remained in the army of Gen. Green until near the last of March after the Battle of Guilford. As the Battle of Cowpens was on the 18th of Jany. [January] it is clear that he could not have been engaged in that tour more than two months and a half--

The claim is therefore rejected and his paper placed upon the files in this Office.

H. J. W. Bowyer Esq.
Clk. Botetourt  C [County] Court
Va.

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[letterhed]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Editorial Department

[stamped:]
RECEIVED
SEP 8, 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER #31

5 September 1936

Dear Sirs,

I am very anxious to establish accurate information on certain of my ancestors who served in the Revolutionary war. Will you please advise me what the records of your office may say about the following:

1. Peter Brickey of Botetourt Co., Va., died 1786.

2. Peter Brickey's son, Jarrett Brickey (or Jarrot, Jared, Jarard, Girard--name spelled variously), still alive in Washington County, Mo., in 1840.

3. Daniel Easley Adams of Halifax County, Va.

4. Anyone named Dilliard in Revolutionary war as the name is very uncommon and the pensioner probably was the father of Mark Dilliard of North Carolina, (b. 1770) my great grandfather.

Please indicate what the records show as to military service, place, time, etc., the date of the pension, to whom paid, when and where death occurred, etc.

Thank you very much in advance for any help you can give.

Very cordially yours,
[signature of Irving Dilliard]

Irving Dilliard [printed]

[return address from envelope]
Dilliard
After Five Days Return To
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis, Missouri

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Chickamauga, Ga.
Mar. 12, '34.

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

[stamped]
RECEIVED
MAR 29, 2934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
READER 18
VETS. ADM.

Dear Mr. Hiller:

Will you please give me information regarding the Revolutionary service of Peter [underlined] Brickey [underlined], (Bricky C) he was from one of the southern states.

Thanking you for your valued information & courtesy.

I remain,
Yours very truly,
Mrs. C.C.L. Rudicil
Chickamauga, Ga.

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Chickamauga, GA.
Mar 14, '34.

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

[stamped]
RECEIVED
MAR 24 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER # 9

Gentlemen:

Please give me information concerning the Revolutionary record of Peter [underlined] Bricky [underlined]: (Brickey) -- he was from one of the southern states.

Thanking you for your courtesy of prompt reply.

I remain,
Yours very truly,
Mrs. C.C.L. Rudicil
Chickamauga, Ga.

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September 28, 1936
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BA-J/MCS

Mr. Irving Dilliard
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis, Missouri

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of September 5th in which you request information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, Peter Brickey; Jarrett, Jarrot, Jared, Jarard, Girard Brickey; Daniel Easley Adams and any soldier surnamed Dilliard.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of a Daniel Easley Adams, a Jarrett Brickey searched under all spellings, or of any soldier surnamed Dilliard.

You are furnished herewith, the record of the only Peter Brickey that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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May 21, 1934.

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BA-J/ady
Peter Brickey
R.1192

Mrs. C. C. L. Rudicil
Chickamauga
Georgia

Dear Madam:

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, R.1192, based upon the military service of Peter Brickey in that war.

Peter Brickey was born April 10, 1761, place not stated, and no reference is made to his parents.

He enlisted in Botetourt County, about the last of September 1780, served about six months as private in Captains Saunders' and William McClanahan's Virginia Companies and was in the battles of Reedy Fork, Alamance and Guilford and several skirmishes.

He died about 1834 in Botetourt County, Virginia.

Soldier married about 1820 in Botetourt County, Virginia, Elizabeth Dunn.

She was allowed bounty land in full satisfaction on account of the services of Peter Brickey in the Revolutionary War on her application executed November 9, 1855 at which time she was aged about fifty-six years and a resident of Carter County, Tennessee.

In 1832 one William Brickey was living in Botetourt County, no relationship stated. In 1855 one George W. Brickey was residing in Carter County, Tennessee, no relationship stated. There are no further family data.

For information in regard to the location of land you should address the Commissioner of the General Land Offices, Washington, D. C., and furnish that official the following data: B. L. Wt. No.44800-160-55.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

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May 21, 1934.

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BA-J/ady

Mrs. C. C. L. Rudicil
Chickamauga
Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of James Montgomery as described by you or of George Rudicil or George Dillard, all spellings of the names searched. The War of 1812 records fail to show that pension was ever claimed on account of the services of John Dillard as described by you.

This office has no record of services rendered in the colonies prior to the Revolution.

The land grant which you state was granted on account of the service of James Montgomery may have been made by the state of Georgia and not by the United States.

For information in regard to the military service of soldiers of the Revolution and the War of 1812 it is suggested that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.

The records of Samuel Knox and Peter Brickey are furnished you herewith on separate pages, as found in the respective claims based upon service in the Revolutionary War.

Very truly yours, 

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.