Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1745, James Bass, Va.

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(3-1776)
Service
-VA. 

Bass, James

NUMBER
- S. 1745

carded

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566 13566

James Bass

of Bedford Co. in the State State of Tennessee
who was a private in the company commanded 
by Captain Moody of the reg A. commanded by Col. Matthews in the ___________
___ for 18 months from 1778.


Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee 
at the rate of 60 Dollars -- Cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.


Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of May 1833 and sent to James 
MCKissick, Shalbgolle, Ten. 

-- to the 4th of March 1833   $120.
Semi-an. allowance ending 4 Sep 1833 $30.
                                                        $150
                        {Revolutionary Claim, 
                          Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W.M. Allison Clerk
Book 6. Vol. 7. Page 72.

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Interogatories [?]

1st Where and in what year were you born
Ans. in Norfolk County State of Virginia August 1760

2nd. Have you any record of your age
Ans. I have not for it was wrote down in my Fathers Bible and his home was burned many years ago

3rd. Where were you living when called into service
Where have you been living since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
Ans. at the time I was called into Service I was living in the County of Norfolk in the State of Virginia. I lived there untill [until] above thirteen years ago when I moved to [illegible] Bedford County where I now live

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4th Now were you called into Service were you drafted did you Volunteer and were you a substitution and if a substitution for whom
Ans. I served three tours all of which I Volunteered I think for nine months the other two I was drafted on Service when my [illegible] was [illegible] [illegible]

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5th
State the name of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops when you served 
Such continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general  circumstances of your Service 
Ans [answer] the first tour I served I think was in the 1st Regt. of the Virginia line tho. It has been so long I am not certain I also think I Served [ink spot over a word probably ‘in’] the [number possibly 11th] Regiment of the Virginia line I knew General Washington Commander in Chief- 
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Did you ever Receive a discharge if so who gave it and what has become of it
Ans [answer] I do not recollect whether I ever received a written discharge tho. I was discharged three times
7th Give the names of Some of your acquaintances who can verify as to your Viracity as a man of truth. J Y Green James Mosley [or Masley] James Patterson Esq. James Billington Esq. presented in open court 12th November 1832
James Bass x his mark
Jas Mc Kisick clk

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[document looks like it was scanned on top of another paper as the right edge looks like it has been laid over the top of another sheet with part of the other paper showing] 

State of Tennessee 
Bedford County
this day James Mosley a citizen of the County and State aforesaid came personally before James Billington one of the acting Justices of the Peace in for sd. [said] County and after being sworn in due form of Law deposeth and Saith, [I was well acquainted -crossed out]  I was acquainted to James Bass 
And [crossed out illegible several words]] and believed him to be a man of truth and that he himself was a Revolutionary Soldier In the continental line and was himself a pensioner himself now on the pention [pension] roll 
Therefore this deponent further saith that from the conversation with the sd. [said] James Bass [illegible] the Revolutionary War that he was a Soldier and Served as he has declared that there was a battle fought at a place called the great Bridge on Elizabeth Town in Virginia at a Little fort belonging to us, Capt Cordise of the British was slain and from every circumstance he does believe that James Bass was their [there] for ten years he has been acquainted with him since then  this deponent Saith from age and bodily infirmity he is not able to appear personally in open court 
Sworn to and Subscribed this 15th August 1832 
J. Billington JP [initials with spirally circle around his initials with x under]
James Mozley [handwritten word ‘Seal’ with spirally circle shape drawn around the word]

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State of Tennessee ss 
James Mc Kisick clerk of Bedford County Court do hereby certify that James Billington before whom James Mosely made oath & signed the foregoing statement is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Bedford duly Commissioned and Sworn that full faith & credit ought to be given to his affidavit as such: In Writings whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Court at office in Shelbyville this 12th day of November 1832
[signature] Jas Mc Kisick
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And we the said Court do hereby declare our opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed war department that this above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and Served as he States and the court further [illegible] that it appears to them that James Y Green who has signed the proceeding certificate is [struck through] a Clergyman and that James Patterson who has Signed the same is a Resident in this County and is a creditable person and their  statement is entitled to credit
[signatures] James Brittain Samuel Phillips 
John [looks like Jake] B. Armetrong
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State of Tennessee on this 12th  day of November 1832 Bedford County personally appeared in the open court of Pleas and quarter sessions held [inserted for]  the County aforesaid before James Brittain Samuel Phelps &  John Besinnsting ]-  Esquire Justice of the peace and member of this Court aforesaid James Bass a resident of said County aforesaid Aged Seventy two 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 act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832 [number circled]
That he enlisted the Service of the United States under the following named officers and Served as he here declares that he thinks it was about the year 1778 in the fall season he was in Norfolk County State of Virginia as stood he thinks in the first Class to be called on in the Company he enlisted in but a call being made ad a chance for the quota to be filled by Voluntary enlistment he thinks he was one who enlisted the Service that way but stood in the Company as One of the Ordered Class he Recollects of being mustered into Service in Capt. Moody’s Company and Leut. William Tester in a Regiment commanded by Col. J Matthews Applicant things it was the first Regiment of Melitin [unsure] in the Virginia Line in Gen  G. Washington’s Army and clearly recollects his time of Service before he left the army that tour was nine months during which time he was in the battle which was fought at the great bridge in Norfolk County in the State of Virginia with the British officers being Killed by the name of Cordis [first letter written over to correct spelling]  and the British defeated Applicant recollects of being marched to Several points

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and Stationed but all in the Same State and nothing of particular note accused that he can now clearly recollect [illegible] his time of Service expired and men being brought on to fill the places of those whose time was out, applicant Recollected of being discharged by his Colonel James Matthews but whether he got a written discharge or not he cannot Recollect but knows his Colonel told them they were discharged and to go home & applicant further declares about Ten months after his discharge from that tour he was called on again as he thinks drafted or to fill his own Class and enlisted the Service under Capt. Green but cannot be positive what the number of the Regt. was but probably the 11th in the Virginias Line commanded by Col. Ralston in Gen. Washington’s Army in this tour he Recollects of Served little Skirmishes with the British no general engagement he marched through Norfolk, County Nancymund [Nansemond] and 
Prince Ann in the State of Virginia and was stationed at different points he thinks this tour was about Six months when he was again discharged on Verbally discharged by his Colonel - the last tour applicant Served he has a more clear Recollection of he enlisted the Service under Capt. Cormack in Norfolk County march [unsure] to Isle of White and Nancymund [Nansemond] old town was in no battle was Stationed near the mouth of James River until discharged by his Captain he thinks the tour was three months and thinks his name will be found on the muster Rolls of

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The Virginia Line as he has declared he has no documentary evidence and he knows of no pension- whose testimony he could promise that could testify of his active [unsure] Service tho’ he is confident he Served Eighteen months as a Revolutionary Soldier in Gen. Washingtons arm he hereby Relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pensions Rolls of the agency of any State or Territory in the United States  - Sworn to and Subscribed on this 12th day of November in the Year of Our Lord 1832 [circled] in open Court his mark X James Bass  Mc Kisick Clk [hand drawn seal]
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We James Y Green a clergyman residing in the County and State aforesaid and James Patterson [illegible] residing in the Same hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with James Bass who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy-two years of age and that he is Respected and believed in the neighborhood where he Resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
[initial] Mc Kisick Clk    James Y Green [hand drawn seal]
James Patterson [hand drawn seal]

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June 24, 1940

BA-J/AWF
James Bass
S. 1745

Miss Harriett B. Griffin
Longwood
Huntsville, Alabama

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Dear Madam:

The data which follow in regard to James Bass were obtained from claim for pension, S. 1745, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 

James Bass was born in August, 1760, in Norfolk County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Norfolk County, Virginia, James Bass enlisted in the fall of the year, in Captain Moody's company in Colonel James Matthews' Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Great Bridge on Elizabeth River, and served about nine months. About six months later he enlisted in Captain Green's company in Colonel Hutson's Virginia regiment, served about six months. He enlisted, again, and served about three months in Captain Cormack's Virginia company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832, at which time he was living in Bedford County, Tennessee, where he had moved about 1819.

The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data in regard to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of

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this pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of James Bass, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:

James Bass
Certificate # 13566
Issued May 22, 1833
Rate $60.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours

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A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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[this page’s orientation is horizontal with what seems is a line or a fold vertically down the middle, separating the pages into two sections] ] 
[right side section, written  horizontally] 
Shelbyville Mar 4
Honble [not sure] Lewis

[handwritten vertically left side]  March. 1883
Tenn [unsure] Ret. 

[handwritten vertically right side] James Bass. Tennessee 

[left side section  to the far left of the page is vertical writing]

Hon. J Polk. [Rolk?]
Columbia.
J. McKenich Esq

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Harr [or Farr]
Cass Secretary at war 
[Wash]ington City D Columbia
[handwriting that is vertically through or under the above]
No Brief
Enamed [unsure]
[illegible] J. K Polk 

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Jan. 8, 1924. Hist. to F.M. Ranson
1935 Nov. 8. hist . to Rebekah Jetton MCS
1940, June 24. hist to Harriett B. Griffin. Letter in this claims

Rev War.

1745
INVALID.

File No. 1745
James Bass.
[illegible]

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Act: June 7, 1832.
Index:--Vol. A, Page 17
Arrangement of 1870.

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GRIFFIN AND FORD
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
HUNTSVILLE, ALA.

M.U. GRIFFIN
EARLE R. FORD

May 16, 1940

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MAIL SUB - DIV.
VETS ADM
READER 3

The Veterans' Administration 
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen: 
Please send me the Revolutionary War record of James Bass, Sr., born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, 1761, and married in Brunswick County, Virginia; and also the Revolutionary War record of Captain Nathaniel Jones, Waite county, N. C.

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Very truly yours,
[signature] Harriett B Griffin
Harriett B. Griffin
Longwood
Huntsville, Ala.

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June 24, 1940

BA-J/AWF
James Bass-S.1745
Nathaniel Jones-W.7918

Miss Harriett B. Griffin
Longwood
Huntsville, Alabama

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of James Bass, born in 1761 in Dinwiddie county, Virginia, and of Nathaniel Jones of Wake County, North Carolina.

You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War records of James Bass of Virginia, and Nathaniel Jones of North Carolina. These are the records of the only James Bass and Nathaniel Jones found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

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Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

[handwritten] see her letter in James Bass S.1745

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Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Sept. 15, 1935

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A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
Veterans Administration
Washington.

My Dear Sir:
For almost a year the application papers of Mrs. Lida Blackman Miles on her Revolutionary ancestor, James, Bass, have been delayed. Mrs. Spencer, Registrar General, N.S.D.A.R. writes that she has the pension record which shows him to have been living after 1832.

Now, I filled out Mrs. Miles' papers and the will of James Bass, which I copied from the record [illegible] at the Rutherford Co. Court House, Murfreesboro, shows that he died earlier - will dated "Nov. 24, 1825, probated April term of court 1826 - recorded Nov. 21, 1826 by John R. Laughlin, Clerk".

We dedicated a gov. headstone at his grave on Oct. 27, 1935. in making application for same. I stated date of death 1826.

The Registrar General will not accept the papers

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and I am wondering if your department can assist me in straightening it out.

His wife - widow - Temperance Jordan Bass a pensioner, d. 1832.

Do you think that maybe, the family of James Bass did not report his death & continued to receive pension - or that the mistake occurred in the office at Washington - or were dates of death of husband & wife confused?

I am chmn [Chairman] of membership ^com. ^ and we are in desperate need of members, according to nat. [national] by laws we have to relinquish our charter when we fall below 25.

I thank you for any assistance from your records. 

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[illegible stamp]

Very Truly,
Rebekah Jetton, vice regent
Capt. Wm. Lytle Chapter D.A.R.
337 East Main Street.

P.S. Wont you please send me military records - Pen [pension] ^service^ - of pensioners, (white) Lieut. William Harrison d June 22, 1833
Peter Jennings, negro - both from Rutherford County, Tenn.

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E-F Building, Government Hotels,
Washington, D. C.

November 20,1923.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

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Sir:
That I may complete my application papers for entrance into the Daughters of the American Revolution, will you please furnish me the transcript record of my ancestor, James Bass, Sr., whom I find listed in Eckenrode's "Virginia Revolutionery Soldiers - Supplement", published 1913, page 25:
Bass, James - Sec'y of War's Report 1835, Pension Rolls 3, Tenn. 46.

Thanking you for your efforts in my behalf,
Respectfully,
[signature] Frances Mary Ransom

Address:
Miss Frances M. Ranson,
E-F Building,
Government Hotels,
Washington, D. C.

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November 8, 1935
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BA-J/MCS
James Bass, S.1745
William Harrison, W.463

Rebekah Jetton
337 East Main Street
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Lieutenant William Harrison who died June 22, 1833, and Peter Jennings, colored, borh [both] of Rutherford County, Tennessee, and pensioners, also the record of James Bass whose will was recorded in Rutherford County, Tennessee, November 21, 1826, whose widow , Temperance Jordan Bass, a pensioner, doed [died] in 1832.

As previously stated, because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force anailavle [available] for furnishing such information, it has not been possible to comply with each request in full which requires so much time and research.

The record has been found of only one James Bass, also the record of a Lieutenant William Harrison of Tennessee who died June 22, 1833, has been found, which may be that of the officer in whom you are interested. These two records are furnished herewith, as found in the claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.

Very truly yours

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A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Acministrator [Administrator]
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November 8, 1935
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BA-J/MCS
James Bass, S.1745

Rebekah Jetton
337 East Main Street
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 1745, based upon the Revolutionary War service of James Bass.

He was born in August, 1760, in Norfolk County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.

While living in Norfolk County, Virginia, he enlisted about 1778, in the fall of the year, in Captain Moody's company in Colonel James Matthews' Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Great Bridge on Elizabeth River and served about nine months. About six months later he enlisted in Captain Green's company in Colonel Hutson's Virginia regiment and served about six months. He afterward enlisted, date not given, and served about three months in Captain Cormack's Virginia company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832, while living in Bedford County, Tennessee, to which place he had moved about 1819.

The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family and the Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show that anyone applied for pension as the widow of this soldier.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of James Bass, the name and address of the person whom it was paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller

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General, General Accounting Office, Record's Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:

James Bass, Certificate 13566, issued May 22, 1833, rate $60 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, West Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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MCS [handwritten]

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

January 8, 1924

Miss Frances M. Panson
E-F Bldg. Government Hotels,
Washington, D.C.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.1745, it appears that James Bass was born August 1760, in Norfolk County, Virginia.

He enlisted in Norfolk County, Virginia, about 1778, in the fall of the year, in Captain Moody's Company, Colonel James [handwritten] Matthews' Regiment, served about nine months, and was in the battle of Great Bridge on Elizabeth River.

About six months later he enlisted in Captain Green's Company, Colonel Hutson's Virginia Regiment, and served about six months.

Hee nlisted [He enlisted] (date not given) in Captain Cormack's company, and served about three months. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832, while residing in Bedford County, Tennessee. 

There is no data on file as to his family. 

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Respectfully,
To [illegible, handwritten] Office
Washington Gardner
Commissioner