Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35,195, Seth Botts, Va.

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Virginia

Botts, Seth

S 35,195

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5774

Kentucky

Seth Botts

Captain Alexander Private

In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribedon the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 27 of June 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 of January 1819 and sent to Judge Clark
Mount Sterling, Kentucky.

Arrears to the 4th of September 1818. 
2 months   18.13
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March 1819
                  48.00

               $66.13

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.

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Seth Botts

Private

Enlisted in October
1775 and served three
yeas in the Virginia Line

Cd. Not mentioned

Admitted

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THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,
[illegible] Clarke County Sct.
On this 27th day of June 1818, before me the
subscriber, one of the Judges of the circuit court, in and for the state aforesaid,
personally appeared Seth Botts, aged
sixty three years;--who being by me first duly sworn according to
law, doth on his oath, make the following statement and declaration, in order
to obtain the provision made by the late law of Congress, entitled, "an act to
provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States
in the Revolutionary War;" that he is a citizen of the state of Kentucky,
and resident in the county of Clarke; and that he was
enlisted for twelve months at Battletown, Frederick County in
the state of Virginia
on or about the day of [marked out]
he thinks October 1775 by one Captain Morgan [illegible]
and served in the company commanded by captain [illegible] of the
Regiment of the [marked out] commanded by Colonel
Virginia line on continental
establishment
that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, in the continental army, against the common enemy, until about the
[illegible] day of October 1776 when he was honorably discharged from service at Williamsburg in the state of
Virginia:
that he was in service in twelve months
and he was in the battles of [marked out]
several skirmishes, but in battle of importance
and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of
his country for support; and that he has lost his discharge, and has no evidence
in his power of his services and discharge, other than that which is here transmitted
Sworn and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Jos Clark
Circuit Judge

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The deposition of Genl. Marquis Calmes of W[illegible]
County being [illegible] states that he was a Lieut
[illegible] Morgan Alexander's
company in the war of the Revolution that he
he served in the company until the fall of 177?
which was the year that it was in the second
Regt [illegible] Came armed part of the
line by Capt Spotswood that he was acquainted
with the afore named Seth Botts
and [illegible] that he enlisted in said [illegible] 
[illegible] Company in the fall
in the year 1775 on countersigned deposition
in said company Regt for a
year, until the fall of the year 1776
when he was [illegible] 
I, James Clarke Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Seth Botts
did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the
preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress-
and it further appears to my satisfaction, that said applicant is in such indigent and reduced circumstances, as to require the aid of his country, pursuant to the above recited act.
Jos Clarke
Circuit Judge
SEAL OF
THE COURT.

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State of Kentucky
Clark Circuit

I Samuel M. Taylor clerk of the Circuit Court for the circuit and State aforesaiddo hereby certify that James Clark esquire whose signarture is affixed to the within instrument, is and was at the time the same said date one of the circuit judges for the State aforesaid and appointed by law to preside in said circuit.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 6th day of July one thouseand eight hundred and eighteen

Samuel M. Taylor

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Seth Botts
51884

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SCHEDULE
State of Kentucky
SS.
Clark Circuit [illegible]
On this 27th day of September 1820 personally
appeared in open court, {a} being a court of record {b} established by an Act of the
Legislature of Kentucky for the said district [marked out] [circuit,] who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war, as follows: {c) that he enlisted in the 1776 in the 2 Virginia Regiment under Capt Alexander; the Regt was commanded by Col Woodford for twelve months in the Revolutionary War his original declaration is dated 27th June 1818, and his Pension Certificate 26th of January 1819 and No 5774
And I do solemly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to
bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed
on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me: nor have I any income other than what is contained
in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed {d}
One horse valued - $20
One Bed [marked out] - 26 [marked out]
About Eight dollars due and I
owe about ten dollars - 20
Sworn to, and declared, on the 27th day of September 1820
Circuit Judges of the State of Kentucky in
open Court
Jos Clark
Circuit Judge
I Samuel M. Taylor clerk of this Clarke Circuit
do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly
copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it in the opinion of the said
court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
Twenty dollars. In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 27th day of September
1820 and in the 29th year of the
Commonwealth - 
Saml. M. Taylor Clerk of the Court for the Clarke Circuit

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July 17, 1933

Seth Botts - S. 35195
BA-J/AWF

E. T. Printz
Moulton
Iowa

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Seth Botts of Clark County, Kentucky.

The date furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 35195, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Seth Botts.

The date and place of birth of Seth Botts are not given, nor the names of his parents stated.

Seth Botts enlisted in Battletown, Frederick County, Virginia, sometime in October, 1775 and served as a private in Captain Morgan Alexander's company, Colonels Woodford's and Spotswood's Second Virginia regiment, was in several skirmishes, lenght of service one year.

Seth Botts was allowed pension on his application executed June 27, 1818, then ages sixty-three years and living in Clark County, Kentucky.

There are no data concerning his family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent, and probably the date of death of the above named pension, you should aply to eh Comptroller General, General Accounting Ofice, Records Division, Washington, D. C.,

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citing all of the following data -

Seth Botts
Certificate No. 5774
Issued January 26, 1819
Rate $8.00 per month
To commence June 27, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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35195

Revolutionary

INVALID

File No. 35195

Seth Botts
Private Revolutionary War

Act: 18 March 1818

Index:-Vol. 2, Page 46

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

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Moulton Iowa 5.14.33

Dear Sirs,

Please send me copy of Seth Botts pension claim of Clark County, Kentucky. 1818 age 81 years. Died in 1827.

Kindly send full text names, wife and children.

Thank you for this

Yours truly

E. T. Printz

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Sciota, Illinois
July 3, 1930

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C.

Dear sir:
Will you please send me any and all information about Seth Botts, a Revolutionary soldier of Virginia who was granted a pension in 1818 at which time he was residing Clark County Kentucky, or would the War Department have a record of him. I think he was my great-great-great grandfather and we want the record to complete a family history.

Thanking you so much,
your sincerely
(Mrs.) Ettiel Powell

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4614 Lake Park Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
July 8th, 1929

Adjutant General War Department
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
The State Library Report of Virginia Revolutionary soldiers gives a Seth Botts, John Bots Colonel in Chesterfield Company 1779.

Thse men were of my husband's family and will you give me all possible information about them for family history only.

Of course dates are desired also did Colonel Botts retire to Chesterfield County because of

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wounds or ill health?

Sincerely,
Mrs. J. M. Eugenia J. Johnson.

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St. Paul, Minnesota. March 7, 1923

Burean of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

In connection with clearing up some applications fo rmembership in the Minnesota Society Sons of the American Revolution, will you kindly send me the information you have on Moses Botts a pensioner from Kentucky and also of Seth Botts who many have been a pensioner under the act of 1818, he died in 1827.

Respectfully
State Registrar
H. C. Varney
743 Iglehart Ave.
St. Paul, Minnesota

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION 3-525
MMSTF
S. 35195
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., May 8, 1923
In reply to your request of [blank] ,for the history of Seth Botts, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's claim for pension.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
x1776 [scrathed out]
Oct. 1775
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
1 yr.
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Morgan Alexander
COLONEL.
Woodford
Spotswood
STATE.
Va.
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Battletown, Frederick Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, June 27, 1818. Residence at date of application, Clarke Co. Ky.
Age at date of application, 63 years
Remarks: No family data on file.
Respectfully,
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Date just 1776 Ok'd by Miss Wilson
---
Changed in 1929 by MMSTF
Commissioner.

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August 8, 1930

Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB

Mrs. Ethel Powell
Sciota, Illinois

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War claim, S. 25195, that Seth Botts enlisted in Battletown, Frederick County, Virginia, in October, 1775; served on year as a private in Captain Morgan Alexander's Company, Colonel Woodford's and Spotswood's Second Virginia Regiment and was in several skirmishes.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 27, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-three years and resided in Clark, County, Kentucky.

There are no daa concerning his family.

Very truly yours
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner

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October 3, 1929

Mrs. J.M. Johnson
4614 Lake Park Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Madam:
I advise you that this bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States on account of his services.

The records fail to show such a claim on account of the servies of John Botts.

From the papers in the Revolutioary War pension claim, S.35195, it appears that Seth Botts enlisted in Battletown, Frederick County, Virginia, in October 1775, served one year as a private in Captain Morgan Alexander's Company, Colonels Woodford's and Spotswood's Second Virginia Regiment and was in several skirmishes.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 27, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-three years and resided in Clark County, Kentucky.

There are no data concerning his family.

Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.

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June 19, 1933
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Mosses Botts-S.16329
Beth Botts-S.35195
BA-J/AWF

Luella Wood Mackenzie
Moulton,
Iowa
Dear Madam:
June 19, 1933
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Botts, Moses Botts, Seth Botts and Burrell Wilks, or any soldier, with surname Wilks.
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 search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the services of any John Botts and Burrell Wilks ( Wilkes).
In order to make a proper search of the records of this office, the full name of the soldier is essential with as much as possible of the following data-approximate dates of his birth and death and places of residence at enlistment and after service.
The records of Moses and Seth Botts are given
below, as found in the papers on file in their claims for pension, based upon service in the War of the Revolution.
Moses Botts - S. 16329
Moses Botts was born February 25, 1750 in Loudoun County, Virginia; the names of his parents not given.
While residing in said Loudoun County, Moses
Botts enlisted and served as a private with the Vir-

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ginia troops, as follows-
From sometime in July or August, 1780, the three months in Captain Daniel Fegain's company, under Colonels
Francis Peyton and Dabney; from sometime in April, 1781, three months in Captain John Henry's company, under Colonel Alexander and Merriwether, and was in the battle of Jamestown, where wounded in the head; from about the middle of July, 1781, three months in Captain Thomas Cannon's company, and was in the siege of Yorktown; from sometime in October, 1781, three months in Captain James Simeral's company, and guarded prisoners to Winchester Barracks.
The soldier, Moses Cotts, moved to Kentucky
about the year 1800.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1838, then a resident of Bath County, Kentucky.
There are no data relative to family, in this claim.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, the name and address to whom sent, and probably the date of death of the pensioner, Moses Botts, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data-
Moses Botts
Certificate No. 6636
Issued March 8, 1832
to 40.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.

Seth Botts-S.35195
The date and place of birth of Seth Botts are not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.
Seth Botts enlisted in Battletown, Frederick County, Virginia, sometime in October, 1775 and served as a private in Captain Morgan Alexander's company, Colonels Woodford's and Spotswood's Second Virginia Regiment, was in several skirmishes, length of service one year.
Seth Botts was allowed pension on his application

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3
executed June 27, 1818, then aged sixty-three years and living in Clark County, Kentucky.
There are no data in this claim concerning his
family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent and probably the date of death of the pensioner, Seth Botts,
you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data
Seth Botts
Certificate No. 5774
Issued January 30, 1818
Rate 2.00 per month
To commence June 27, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator