Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16625, Richard Bacon, Va.

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(3-1776)

SERVICE.
Virginia

Bacon, Richard

NUMBER.
S 16625

carded.

CONTENTS.

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3701
Alabama

Richard Bacon
of Madison County in the State of Alabama who was a Private & Commissary in the company commanded by Captain Winn of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Mason in the Virginia line for 10 months a private 4 months a commissary.

Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of December 1832 and sent to Honorable C.C. Clay, Present.

Arrears to 4th of September 1832 - $109.99
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March 1833 - $36.66
= $146.65

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Jon Cromwell, Clerk,
Book D, Vol. 10, Page 198

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Washington Bacon 20th March 1854.

Death not on A.B.

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State of Alabama
Madison County} ss.
On this 29th day of October 1832 personally in open court, before William J. Adair, Judge of the Circuit Court, of the County and State aforesaid now sitting.
Richard Bacon a resident of said County & State, of Seventy one years of age, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration I order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, past June the seventh 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That either in th month of February or March of the year 1779, he was draughted in & entered a company of Militia commanded by Captain Joseph Winn.He states that he joined the company in the court of Lunenburg in the state of Virginia when he then resided & where he was born & raised. He states that the company to which he was attached & the several companies from the counties Lunenburg, Brunswick, North Hampton, South Hampton & the Isle Wight all rendezvoused at the Town of Halifax in the state of North Carolina. he states that Captain Winn's Company to which he belonged was attached to a regiment commanded by Colonel David Mason & was called Mason's Regiment of Virginia Militia. They then marched from Halifax to the town of Oxford in the county of Granville, North Carolina. That those they joined

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the balance of the army that had rendezvoused at Oxford under the command of Colonel Lewis Burwell, from the counties of Amelia, Macklenburg, Charlotte, Halifax & Pittsylvania. He states that from lapse of time he is unable to state the names of any of his company officers, except that of Captain Winn as before named. He states he recollects many of the company officers from the different counties. That he recollects Captain William Fitzgerald from Amelia, Captain Reuben Vaughan form Macklenburg, Captain Richard Brent from Charlotte, Captain Peter Rogers from Halifax, Lieutenant Peter Barkesdale from same county, Lieutenant Charles Lucas from Brunswick, Lieutenant Anthony Irby fro Pittsylvania. The applicant states that he has no remembrance of any of his field officers except Colonel David Mason & Colonel Lewis Burrell. That Colonet Mason took command of the troops. The applicant states that they marched from Oxford to Hillsborough in North Carolina, from thence to Salisbury, from thence to Charlottetown, from thence to Camden in South Carolina, from thence to Colonel Thompson's on the south side of [illegible] from thence to Dorchester within about

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fifteen or twenty miles from Charleston, from the ice to General Lincoln's headquarters in about ten miles of Stone ferry, where they joined General Lincoln's army & where Colonel Henderson who commanded a broken regiment of Regulars beat up for volunteer, in the Virginia line of Militia to complete his regiment, & where he joined Henderson's regiment in a company commanded by Captain Isaac Hicks to the best of his recollection a regular officer. He states that General Lincoln together with the main body of the army retired back about three miles for the sake of water, leaving Colonel Henderson's regiment about that distance in front & between the main army & the British who were then forted in at Stone ferry about eight miles of where they remained until the 20th of June of 1779, when the whole army marched down and attacked the British in the fort. Colonel Henderson's regiment brought on the action. They marched towards the fort in front; the British sallied out & met them & pretty severe engagement ensued. The regiment after firing many rounds were inclined to change; they [illegible] so. The British retreated to the fort & the left wing of the regiment were in the act of scaling the walls when the British obtain a reinforcement from St. Johns Island & the regiment were compelled & inclined to retreat.

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This engagement he states was on Sunday morning the 20th June 1779; that on the Tuesday following they ascertained that the British had abandoned the fort leaving their dead unburied & a good deal of plunder in the fort; that on Wednesday they proceeded to bury the dead both British & Americans. The next that they heard of the British, they were at Beaufort Isle and the applicant states that he was in this engagement in Captain Hicks' company & in Colonel Henderson's regiment as before stated. That after they had buried the dead & after the British had abandoned the fort, he was transferred to his original militia company under Captain Winn & in Colonel Mason's troops. That they then marched to Camden where those who chose were discharged there & those who chose remained with the wagons & were marched home. He states that he remained with the wagons & was marched home & discharged in the county of Lunenburg in the month of September 1779, making a tour of about seven months. He states he received a written discharge from his captain, but that it has been lost or destroyed; & that he has no documentary evidence of this service. He states, however, that he expects to prove the same by the testimony of Edward Neville & Galanus Winn.

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The applicant states further, that shortly after General Gates' defeat, he joined a volunteer company of light-house commanded by Captain Ben Smith. He states that the company was raised about Richmond & Petersburg for the purpose of suppressing the Tories, who were committing depredations on Haw & Deep rivers in North Carolina. He states that he joined the company in the county of Lunenburg in Virginia, in the month of September 1780 as the company were marching through that county on their way to North Carolina. He states that the company was raised under the agreement that they were to furnish their own horses, & that the government was to furnish arms & ammunition; that having arms of his own he used them without applying to government for any. He states they marched from Lunenberg to Hillsborough in North Carolina, from thence to Deep & Haw rivers in the Tory-settlements when they routed & dispersed many of the Tories; that at the plantation of one Graham they wounded four & took six Tories prisoners, & carried them to the encampment of General Butler; That they remained there scouting about through the country after the Tories & under the directions of General Butler & Major O'neal, until the month of December 1780. They marched to Taylor's ferry on Roanoke river when the Captain dismissed the company to go

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to their respective homes, but to hold themselves in readiness to obey his orders, & as the company lived remote from each other, he would give notice of his orders in the [illegible] printed at Richmond & Petersburg & that according notice was given in those papers & the company met at Richmond in Virginia & men discharged in the month of January 1781 & the arms and ammunition of the government returned. He states that the company volunteered for the term of three months; that he received a written discharge from his Captain, but that it has (as the other was) been lost or destroyed. That he has no recollection of any his officers of the company except the captain above named & Lieutenant James Ruffin; that he knew & saw General Butler & Major O'Neal during this campaign; that he has no documentary evidence of this term of service; that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to this terms of service; that Colonel Patterson, who, the applicant under [illegible] one year or two since resided in Tennessee near Pulaski was in the same company & campaign with him; that he addressed to Colonel Patterson a letter on the subject of this application about two months since requesting if possible his attendance at this court.

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This day, but has received no answer; does not know whether Colonel Patterson is now alive. The applicant further states that shortly after this tour he thinks in the month of February 1781 his brother-in-law, Robert Dixon, was draughted in a Militia company commanded by Captain Francis Degraffenriedt; that his brother-in-law being a man of family & as the applicant was a single man,  he without any remuneration or consideration took his brother-in-law's place & joined the company as a substitute in the county of Lunenburg in said state of Virginia; that the Company [illegible] roused at Lunenburg courthouse and marched from there to Petersburg; he states he received an order form Colonel Edward Carrington to attend him at his quarters at Colonel Banister's early next morning; that he done so when Colonel Carrington ordered him to take charge of all the wagons that could be spared in the Brigade & to proceed with them to Cabin Point, where General Lulenburgh was encamped, & at the same time gave him a letter to Major James Pennelton; that he collected about fifteen wagons & proceeded with them to Cabin Point & delivered the letter to Major Pennelton, who after reading the letter

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ordered the applicant to take charge of the magazine as Commissary of Military stores with discretion to receive damaged [illegible], give out other goods [illegible] in their stead & others orders & instructions relative to this duty; that he the applicant remained in the performance of his  duties as Commissary for about two months; he was then ordered by Major James Pennelton to remove the magazine to Black-water bridge in the Isle of Wight County, the he remained in the performance of his duties until his term of service was expired, which was he thinks in the latter part of May 1781, at which time the troops were discharged. But that he still continued to hold his appointment, he was however by permission of Major Pennelton allowed to procure, at his own expense, a deputy to attend to the business until he could go home; under an agreement however that he was to return as soon as possible & join the army which he states he did in Richmond when he continued in the capacity of commissary for about two months, & was dismissed in the latter part of July 1781 to the best of his recollection. He states that he saw General De Lafayette at Richmond, that whilst his army lay

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then Lord Corn Wallace's Amy was in a few miles of; that he was with General Lafayette's army when Lord Wallace's army pursued him up James river, that on one occasion the British army got ahead of the American army between them & the Tories at He states that he saw General De Lafayette at Richmond, that whilst his army lay old courthouse; that the American army stole a march, had an old road opened & again got ahead of the British line after night & next morning from the troops in front of the British encampment; that the British troops them returned towards Richmond. The American army with General Lafayette in command following on. He states that during this term of service ehe knew Major James Pennelton, Captain Lewis Booker, Lieutenant Richardson of the regular army & also Colonel Edward Carrington & Colonet Harry Morris of the regular army. He states he has no documentary of this term of service, but expects to prove it by the testimony of Edward Neville, that he knows of no other person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to this term of service. Upon this statement of facts which may however be imperfect as to dates & the certificates following, he predicates his claim for a pension. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a persons or annuity except the present & declares that his name is

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not on the pension roll of any agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court.
Richard Bacon
[illegible]

State of Alabana
Madison County}
I John H. Thompson, a clergyman residing in said county & state, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Richard Bacon who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that I believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is respected & he lived in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & I concur in that opinion, sworn & subscribed to in open court the day & year aforesaid.
John. H. Thompson

State of Alabama
Madison County} I, Galanus Winn a resident of the county & state aforesaid do hereby certify that Richard Bacon who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration served in the revolutionary war in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Winn, a brother of mine, that he the applicant served as therein stated in his first term of service, that the facts set forth in relation to that term of service are substantially true, that I know nothing of any of

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Richard Bacon

Admitted

C.C. Clay

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Brief in the case of Richard Bacon of Madison County in the State of Alabama.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Seventy one years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
Drafted in 1779, February or March.
Duration of Service.
About 7 Months.
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Captain Winn. Colonel Mason. Captain Hicks. Colonel Henderson.

Period.
Substitute in 1780 September.
Duration of Service.
3 months.
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Captain O. Smith. General Butler, Major Oneal.

Period.
Substitute in 1781, February to July.
Duration of Service.
4 months.
As a Commissary.
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Captain Dage Henriedt.

3. In what battles was he engaged? 
skirmishes
4. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Lunenburg, Massachusetts.
Is his statement support by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
A clergyman certify to traditionary evidence; Galanas Winn serving 7 months; Edward Neville serving the 7 & 4 months of service. They both saw and knew him & served with him
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

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

D. Kenly
Examining Clerk.

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Rawlingsville, Alabama
July 27

Paid 3 cents.

To the Pension Agent
Washington
D. of C.

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Dekalb County, Georgia
February 23rd, 1854
Dear sir,
Some letter than twelve months ago, I employed an attorney to get the pension of my Father, who was one of the revolutionary soldiers, and he got his papers all arranged and went from this to Washington about the latter end of February or the first of March last, and returned and told me that he did not take my claim up. This is therefore to request you to examine the recordsin your office to see if there has been any thing drawn for Richard Bacon for my benefit. If so, please write me the amount drawn and by whom. If there has been any thing obtained it was at the time above mentioned. I am dear & in your obedient service.
Washington Bacon
To the Pension agent at Washington D. of C.
P.S. My address is Bowlingsville in the County.
W.B.

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1938. May 5. Info to Honorable Jonathan Sparkman (AR)
for Mrs. Howard C. Jones (Rel [illegible] no Inv. of Robert Allen. S. 37661). [illegible] H.J.B.

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16.625
INVALID.

File No. 16625
Richard Bacon
Private, Revolutionary War

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index: Vol. 1, Page 433
(Arrangement of 1870.)

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Richard Bacon's Statement

Madison County, Alabama
Admitted
10 months Private
4 Commissary
= 14 months

C.C. Clay

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the other terms of service stated by him, but from my knowledge of his character, I believed these to be true. Sworn to subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court.
Gallanus[illegible]
Seal L. Mead clerk CC

State of Alabama
Madison County
I, Edward Neville, a resident of the county & state aforesaid do hereby certify that, Richard Bacon who subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration was a soldier of the revolution. That I served in the same regiment with him & knew him in the army & was well acquainted with him. That he served in Captain Joseph Winn's company, and he stated in his first term of service.
 I know nothing of the second term of service maintained by him, but from my knowledge of his character, I believe it to be true. As to his third term of service in which he states he was at Cabin Point, I am able to testify to. I saw him there, knew him, he acted there in the capacity as by him stated. That the facts by him stated in relation to the first & third terms of his service are substantially true.
Sworn & subscribed this day & year aforesaid in open court.
Edward Neville.
Lemuel Mead, clerk, C.C.

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State of Alabama
Madison County
And the said court do hereby declare its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the terrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a soldier of the revolution & served as he states. And the court further certifies that, that it appears to him that John. H. Thompson, who has [illegible] signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Madison in the state of Alabama & that Galanus Winn & Edward Neville who have also signed a preceding certificate are residents in the county of Madison & State of Alabama & are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit.
W. J. Adair

State of Alabama
Madison County
I, Lemuel Mead, clerk of the circuit court of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Richard Bacon for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this twenty seventh day of October eight hundred & thirty two.
Lemuel Mead

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME
Bacon, Robert
GRADE
Private
LINE
Virginia

WARRANT NUMBER
11900
ISSUED
NOVEMBER 5, 1789 to - not shown -
notation: On file, not delivered.

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.