Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9,198, Mason Colvin, Continental. Va.

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SERVICE                                                                                                                                                  NUMBER
Continental                                                           Colvin, Mason                                                    S.91988
VA

carded

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82.52
14.225
Virginia 
(Crossed Out) New York
of Culpepper in the Sate of (Crossed Out ) NYork  VA
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Col Washington in the Virginia (Black Star)
line for 11 mos

Va and Continental (Black Star)
Nov. 28/04
Records completed

Inscribed on the Roll of (Crossed Out) N York   Virginia
the rate of 36 Dollars 66  Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of April
1833 and ? no. W Walden
Woodville


Arrears to the 4th of VA '33                                     $73.32
Semi-anl allowance ending  4 Sept '33                18.33
                                                                                             $91.65
Jany 23, 1853
 (Revolutionary Claim) 
(Act ? 7, 1832)                       


Recorded by G Stiles Clerk
Book G    Vol 4     Page 22          


Transfd the Virginia
Jan 23 '34
GCS

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Declaration in order to obtain the Comps of the Act of Congress passed
the 7th June 1832

State of Virginia
Culpeper County
SS


On this 16th day of August 1832 personally appeared
in open court, before the Justice of the Court of Culpeper now
sitting, Mason Colvin, aged seventy two years a resident of Culpeper
County in the state of Virginia, who being first duly sworn agreeably
to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the Act o Congress passed June
the 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the  United States under the
following name officer and served as herein stated. That he was
drafted in the county of Culpeper in the state of Virginia and served
in Captain Frances Nalles Company of Militia march to Richmond
Virginia, and placed under the command of Major D Coleman
a french officer and served a three months tour of duty , and was
discharge from the service after the service expired, the ?
year of his going into service he does not ? ?; That
he was again drafted and entered the militia service the month
and year not ? in the company commanded by
John Waugh of the county of Culpeper of Virginia and was
marched to Richmond Virginia and to Petersburg, General Stevens
the commanding officer; during his time was engaged in skir-
mish with the enemy at the last named place, and after the
expiration of his time of service ended,  which was for three
months received a discharge signed by General Stevens, That
he was again drafted in the militia service for a three months
time, of duty, and served the same in the company commander
by Captain Davis(?) Yancy of Culpeper County Virginia, and
marched to Williamsburg Virginia the service during this time
he  ?  ? and about that place and the ? part of
Virginia and received a discharge after his term of service
expired. That he was again drafted for a three month tour
of duty in the fall of 1781 in the company by Capt
James Slaughter,  and marched to Williamsburg Vrginia
where he join the main Army and ? shortly after
upper counties.  Cornwallis being impressed after crossing
with a detachment of the Army the Rainsford in Culpeper
County Virginia was marched back ? of the army
and continued on to Yorktown.  After arriving at York-
town and during the siege at the place, he enlisted in Colonel
Washington Regiment of Dragnoons, under Capt
James Garnell of that Regiment who was ? at that
place for and during the war; continued with ? ? 
from the of the enlistment until Cornwallis surrendered
at Yorktown  When he was ? to Petersburg Virginia
with the ? about the !st November 1781

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continued at the placed until April of 1783 where he was discharged
from the Regular service at that place  That he was born and
raised in the county of Culpeper and has ever continued to reside there.
That the several discharges which he received. he said all been lost or
missed.  That there is but an ? now living that he
knows of by when he can prove his enlistment
having belonged to the same company in the militia when he
enlisted under Captain Garnell of the Dragoons.

He truly relinquished every claim whatever to a pension
or ?,  except the presents and he declares his
name is not on the Pension Roll of the Army or any agency in any state.

Mason Colvin (His X Mark)

Sworn and subscribed
this day in Open Court



I , Thomas Thornhill  ? of the County  of Culpeper and  state of 
Virginia do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with
Mason Colvin, pensioner to and since the Revolutionary War,
that I believe that he was a soldier in that war.  And I
further certify that I was at his Father 's residence in the
County of Culpeper, then on furlough  Myself from the southern
army, and inquired after son Mason and was informed
by his Father, that he had enlisted in Regular Army, and
had not been at home since he went to the siege of York-
town, that the last information which he had received respond
ing was, that he was in the hospital sick and that he 
fevered that had soared  Dead  During the day that I was at
his Father   Mason Colvin came home, was duped in 
Regimental such as new ? , by the Dragoon, ?
knap sack expense is back from which circumstance
and his son Statement of his town, claim and have
been always of the opinion that he was a Regular Soldier
in the army of the revolution.  As to the precise time of his
return.  I cannot positicity over, but believe that it so as in
the spring, or summer of 1782.  Given under my
hand this day of August 1852

Thomas Thornhill

State of Virginia
Culpeper County SS

This day I attended at the residence of Thomas
Thornhill senr a resident of the foregoing County who is
from age and bodily infirmity unable to attend the Court
from Culpeper County, and who I know to be a creditable witness
and qualified him agreeably to ? to the foregoing affidavit

Given under my hand the 8th day of August 1832

William Walden 
Justice of the  Peace
in the County of Culpeper
Virginia

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I James Clatterbuck of the County of Madison of
 Virginia do hereby certify that in the War of the Revolution
I was drafted same times in the County of Culpeper where
I then resided,  and well remember that Mason Colvin of
the County of Culpeper was drafted and served three tours of duty
with me - not allways in the same company, but with
same Regiment I am not positive in what year the
first tour was performed, but i am positive that the last
tour was at the siege o York.  I will remembers that
during the siege at Yorktown that Mason Colvin  ?
? ? during the war under Captain Garnell who was
an officer in the Regiment of Cavalry commanded by
Col Washington.  Sworn under my hand this 15th day 
of August at  Madison Court House Va

James Clatterbuck (His X  Mark)

The above sworn to 
before me the 15th 
day of August 1832

Charles R Gibb,Justice of the Peace for
the County of  Madison Virginia


The Court having ? the following interrogations to the
said Mason Colvin   They ? answered in the following
manner

Ques - When in what your were you born?

Ansr- I was born in the County Culpeper, I know not in what
year, but I count myself  abut seventy-years old


Quest - Have you any record of your age, and is so where is it?

Ansr - I have no such record.


Quest - Where srvd you living were you saw first called into
service:  Where have you lived since the Revolutionary
War, and where do you now live?

Ansr - I was living in the county of Culpeper ever since the Revolutionary
war, and I am living Culpeper at this time


Quest - I ? saw were you called into service: where you drafted:
did you volunteer or were you substitute, and if a 
substitute or whom?

Ansr -  I was first drafted into service and did not volunteer
and afterwards service one term as a substituted for a
man by the name of Sr M Colvin, and when enlisted
during the war as here to for states.


Quest -  State the names of some the regular officers who
were with the troops when you served; such Continental
and Militia Regiment as you can recall it and the
general circumstances o your service?

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Ansr - As I have heretofore in my Declaration mentioned the 
names of Captain Thomas Nalle, Major D Closman,
Captain John Waugh, General Edward Stevens, Capt
Lewis Yancy,  Captain James Slaughter,  Col Washington,
Captain James Garnell - In recollect the names of 
those officers and I have also stated the general
circumstances of my services in my said Declaration.

Quest - Did you ever received a discharge from the service , and
is a, by whom was it given, and what his become
of it? 

Ansr - I did receive a discharge from the service, but do not
recollect by when it was signed and have long since 
lost it .


Ques - States the names of person to whom you and  know in
your present neighborhood, and who can testify for as to
service as a soldier of the Revolution

Ansr - My neighbors not being here generally, I can refer the 
Court at this time to Captain Zachariah Griffin, who
is acquainted with some personally,  but I do not
knows that he knows anything of my Revolutionary
service - There is not Clergyman acquainted with me
supposedly will to give me a certificate

Culpeper County tour:

I Zachariah Griffin do hereby certify
that I am well acquainted with a Mason Colvin 
mentioned in the above Declaration for a pension
and that he believes him to be a man of Veracity
and that his statements all to be ? on; but that he
knows nothing of his Revolutionary services  Given under
my hand this 16th day of August 1832

Z Griffin

Sworn to subscribed 
this day in Open Court


And the said Court do hereby declare then opinion, after
the investigation of the matter, and after pulling she
interrogations presented by the War Department, that the
above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and
served as the state.  And the Court further, that it 
appears to them, that Thomas Thornhill senr who has signed
one of the preceding certificate, and who, it appears made
oath I here to before William Walden a justice of the peace for
the County of Culpeper, together with the foregoing affidavit
of James Cultterbuck; made before Charles R Gibbs, who

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who was proven to be acting Magistrate of the County of
Madison by Jonathan C Gibson and Horace Stringfellow
on oath, and considered by the Court as entitled to full credence 
and also Z Griffin who has also signed one of the foregoing
Certificates. and residents of the County Culpeper, except, James
Clutterbuck, who it seems is a resident of the aforesaid County
of Madison, and all of whom, it see in to the Court are
credible person, and that their statement are entitled to
credit.

I, Francis T Lightfoot clerk of the Court of the County of Culpeper
do hereby certify that William Walden, who name is subscribed
to the foregoing certificate, was at the time, who is an'
acting Magistrate for the County of Culpepper, duly commissioned
to administer oaths, and to whose official acts as such
full faith and credit ought to be given  And I do further
certify that the foregoing contains a true copy of the original
proceedings o the said Court, int the matter of the application
of Mason Colvin for a pension

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and offered the seal
of  the said Court this 1st day of
September in the year on thousand
eight hundred and thirty-two, and on
the 57th year of the Commonwealth

F T Lightfoot

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Rolls
14225

Mason Colvin

VA

not found on fee Conte Vol



William Walden
Woodville
Culpeper Co
Yea

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Brief in the case of Mason Colvin
County of Culpepper In the State of Virginia
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before Court a Judge 
     In open court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disable by bodily infirmity?


3.  How old is he?
      Seventy two

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Names of General and Field Officers
Period                            Duration of Service                                                                          Rank                                                Under whom he served
                                          Years                         Months                      Days                              As a                                                  Gen.

Drafted  in 17                "                                      3                                  "                                  Private                                            Capn Francis Nalles

Drafted again               "                                       3                                  "                                  Private                                            Capn John Waugh

Drafted again               "                                       3                                   "                                 Private                                             Capn Lewis Yancy

Drafted again                "                                      3                                  "                                  Private                                             Captain James Slaughter
in 1781

Enlisted in                       1                                      "                                   "                                 Private                                             Col Washington Reg Dragoons
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Capn Garnett

5. In what battles was he engaged?
     Skirmish at Petersburg

6. Where did he reside when he entered
      Culpepper County VA

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence by
     incidental evidence, or by the rolls
     By living  witness and traditionary evidence

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect
     Connect

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned

John S Watson
Examing Febry 1833

Examing Clerk

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3-525
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C.                       ,19


S. 9198


In reply to your request of                                           , received
for a statement of the military history of Mason Colvin
a soldier  the Revolutionary War , you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (Crossed Out) (or his widow's) applicatio for pen-
sion on file in this bureau.

DATES OF                         LENGTH OF                   RANK                      OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED                     STATE
ENLISTMENT OR           SERVICE                                                           CAPTAIN                                   COLONEL                                                          
APPOINTMENT
Checkmark                      3 mos                              Pvt                            Francis Nalle                                                                                                   VA
Checkmark                      3 "                                                                        John Waugh                   
Checkmark                      3 "                                                                        Lewis Yancey
 Fall 1781                                                                                                        James Garnett                    Washington Dragoon
Dis April 1782                                                           

Battles engaged in Petersburg, Siege of York
Residence of soldier at enlistment      Culpeper Co, VA
Date of application for pension   Aug 16, 1832 This claim was allowed
Residence at date of application  Culpeper Co, VA

Age at date of application 72 years born in Culpeper Co VA
                                                      Died Jany 23.1853                                   from A B

There is no date on file as to his family

Respectfully, 


Commissoner

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19 July 31 Hist to Mrs Will
W Ward
1918 Mch 25 Hist to Mrs Thos
W Cook
1921 Nov 30 Hist to Mrs Howard
 Fewell aw
1923 Sept 22 Hist to Mrs J L
Codington aws


Rev War 
9198
INVALiD
File No. 9198
Mason Colvin
Priv Rv War

Act  June 7th/32
Index  Vol 1st, Page 75

[Arrangement o 1870]

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AWF

Rev War Section

September 22, 1923

Mason Colvin
S-9198


Mrs. J L Codington 
P O Box 1208
Omaha, Neb

Madam

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 9198, it appears
that Mason Colvin was born in Culpeper County, Vir-
ginia, and while residing there enlisted and served
as a private three months in Captain Francis Nalle's
company, Virginia troops.  He also served three months
in Captain John Waugh's company and three months in
Captain Lewis Yancey's company, dates of service not
stated.

The fall of 1781, he enlisted in Captain James
Slaughter's company and while in said company, he en-
listed in Captain James Garnett's company, Colonel
Washington's Draggons.  He was in the siege of York,
and was discharged 1782.

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He was allowed pension on his application
executed August 16, 1832, while a resident of
Culpepr County, Virginia, aged seventy two years.
He died January 23, 1853.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,


Commissioner

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Daughters of the American Revolution Emblem
Major Isaac Sadler Chapter
Omaha, Neb.

Aug. 4.1923


U.S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Rev. War Section
Washington, DC


Hon. sir:
 
I desire data o Mason Colvin, b abt 1763, entered the 
Revolutionary War was from Culpepper County, Va. and received at B.W.
Said to have applied for a pension in 1833, at the age of seventy 
years.

All genealogical and service data is desired.

Very respectfully,

Kate M. Smith Codington
Register

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2 cent Postage stamped and add'd env recd FNE
Checkmark
Rev W

(Black Ink Stamp)
PENSION OFFICE - A NOV 16 1921


111 Maple St
Texarkana, Texas


Pension Bureau
Washington, DC


Gentleman

Please send to 
the undersigned, he Revolutionary
record of  (Name Underlined) Mason Colvin who
enlisted in the war from
Culpepper Co Virginia

Also would like to know the 
given names of any soldiers by
the name of Fewel or Fewell
who enlisted in the same county

Thank you for a reply

Yours

Mrs Howard T Fewell

Nov 9 -1921
Mason Colvin's pension began about 1833

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Daughters of the American Revolution Emblem

Rec Sec
NL


328 Irving Ave
Dayton, Ohio


To the Commissioner of Pension
Department of the Interior
Revolutionary War Records Section


Dear Sir,

Please send me
the important dates and 
names sin the Pension papers
of Mason Colvin from

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his children, wife or parents.

Thank you,

Yours sincerely,

Alice Horne Cooke
(Mrs Thomas W Cooke)
328 Irving Ave
Dayton, Ohio

Mch 16, 1918

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Culpeper Co., Virginia, who
received a pension in 1833.
Would kike to know names of
father or brothers if mentioned
and what pace he enlisted
from

Would like to know if
Capt Emaunel Harman (or
Harmon) who was in the 
Second Battalion, 5th Co of
Pennsylvania received a
pension, or his wife - if
so would like record of
his service and family 
names - especially names of

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Columbus, O 
July 21st/13


Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, DC


Dear Sir

Can you give me any information of
Macon Colvin of Culpepper and Rappahannock Counties VA
He served a private in a Virginia infantry organization
during the Revolutionary War and the records show that on
"April 8th 17?2.  Major Slaughter received 47 Pounds 
back pay for Mason Colvin."  At the War Department
they referred me to you.  thinking you might be
able to give me first their information.  He was my
great, great, great, grandfather and I want the information
to enable me to join a patriotic society.   I see by
this reference I found in the Ohio State Library.
"Macon Colvin Pension Vol 2 Page 92." that
he applied for a pension.  Thank you for 
what ever information you can give me 

I am Respectfully Yours,


Mrs. Will W Ward
Columbus, O

# 1923 Hawks An

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I withdraw that part of the written claim of Mason 
Colvin forward upon enlistment in Col Washington
troop of Horse. 

Wm Walden 
Washington City 
April 11 1833


Mason Colvin
Declaration 
14225

Not found on VA Contl rolls

aomd
11 mo pri
$36.66

Wm Walden in
Woodville