Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 277, George Ashbrook, Va

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(8-1776)
Service
VA

Ashbrook, George

Number
R.277

Contents

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33.577
George Ashbrook
Missouri

Hon. W. H. Ashley
WR

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State of Missouri
Washington County

On this thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty six personally appeared before the circuit court of Washington County George Ashbrooks of the county of Washington State of Missouri aged sixty 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 June 7th 1832 that he was born in the County of Hampshire Virginia in the month of November seventeen hundred and sixty three that he remembers the record of his birth in his fathers bible which was burnt when he was about sixteen years of age in a school house. He moved with his father in the year 1779 to that part of Montgomery County Va which now constitutes Wythe Co of that State. In July seventeen hundred and eighty he entered the service as a mounted volunteer called a minute militia man at the place of rendezvous in Montgomery County [strikethrough] at [strikethrough] called Poplar camp under Colonel John Preston Captain James Montgomery and Lieut Robert Montgomery with Col or General Pickens marched into north Carolina to join Gen’l Green at Charlotte near Camden North Carolina but before joining Gen Green the General had moved about forty miles further north.  he with his regiment joined General Green about Christmas. His time was spent in marching and countermarching fighting and skirmishing [strikethrough] until he was dis[strikethrough] between Charlotte and Guilford until after the battle of Guilford he was discharged in a

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skirmish he was in at the Reedy fork of Hawe River Capt Sawyer and Robert Montgomery were wounded. He was in the battle of Guilford and in a few days  day about the 20th of March 1781 was dismissed and he received no discharge his company being informed that their services were at that time no longer needed. Hw as in the service eight months as a mounted volunteer furnishing his own horse and arms. In 1784 he removed into what is now the State of Tennessee and stayed four years and returned to Montgomery Co Va where he remained till 1796 when he removed to Menoe District Tennessee where he staid four years he removed to the place where he now resides in what was then Upper Louisiana State Genevieve County and what is now the State of Missouri Washington County. He hereby relinquishes every clam whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state
G Ashbrook

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court 
Israel McGready

We James Glenn a clergyman residing in the county of and Augustus Jones residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Ashbrook who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be [strikethrough] sixty two [strikethrough] seventy two years of age that he is repurted and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
A Jones
Ja Glenn

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Israel McGready

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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James Glenn who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the county of Washington and that Clg’ Agustus Jones is a resident of the same county and that their statement is entitled to credit.
William Scott

I Israel McGready clerk of the circuit court of Washington County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding in the matter of the application of George Ashbrook for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal at [?] this thirty first day of March 1836
Israel McGready
Clerk

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1921 Feb’y 28 Hist to Hon W’m A Ashbrook Letter in S.F.31528 Thomas Ashbrook

Ex’r. Invalid
No. 277
[strikethrough] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. [strikethrough]

REJECTED

George Ashbrook

N. O:

Service:

Enlisted: List of Rejected, 18
Discharged: Claims printed in, 18
185-2 [?] cause of rejection
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
C. O.
n as follows:
“not six months of actual service.”
Application filed:
Wages:

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It appears from the papers in the claim R. File No. 277 that George Ashbrook was born in November 1763 in November 1763 in Hampshire County, Virginia, and while residing in that part of Montgomery County Virginia which was afterwards Wythe County, Virginia, volunteered in July 1780 as a Minute Man under Captain James Montgomery in Colonel John Preston’s Regiment Virginia Militia, and about Christmas of that year joined General Green’s Army and was in the engagements of Reedy Fork of Haw River and Guilford.

He applied for pension March 31, 1836, while a resident of Washington County, Missouri. The claim was not allowed as he did not render six months actual military service in the field as required by the pension law, the service as Minute Man not giving title to pension.

There is no data on file as to his family,
Very truly yours,
E. A. Royse,
Acting Commissioner.

Hon, W’m A. Ashbrook
House Rep.
Feby 28. 1921

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277
Rejected
Let 27 Apl; 36
Hon W. H. Ashley
Let 17 Feb 1837 M. Frissell
Did not perform six months actual service.
Lett: to M. Frissell
May 31/53

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Potosi Mo Jan 17th 1853

Sir
I would respectfully call your attention to the application of George Ashbrooks and Mather Atkinson for pensions as soldiers in the revolutionary war under the act of 7th June 1832

Knowing that a more liberal constitution has been adopted of the act referred to and other acts for the relief of soldiers that was first practiced I am indeed to believe that a pension would be granted to both if the application was now [?]

The application was made shortly after the act of 7th June 1832 was passed.

I would ask that their applications may be reexamined.

Respectfully,
M. Frissell atty
For the heirs of 
Geo Ashbrook & Matthew Atkinson

Commissioner of Pensions DC

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Al.a Apl 25

J L Edwards Esq
Commin’s of Pensions
Washington

Hon W.H. Ashley
HR

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House of Repts April 23, 1836

I beg [?] to submit the Declaration of George Ashbrook for a Pension under the acts of 1932. Your early attention to the case [?] greatly obligd

Yservant
WH Ashley

J L Edwards Esq
Commis of Pensions
Washington

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Hon. W. H. Ashley
Apl 27, 1836

Record Vol 28, p454.

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War Department, Pension Office
April  27, 1836
Sir,
The declaration of George Ashbrook has been examined. He alleges to have entered the service as a mounted minute man and marched into North Carolina from Virginia joined General Green’s army about Christmas and continues with said army until after the Battle of Guilford in March 1781, when he was discharged and that he served eight months.  The actual service of the applicant was less than six months, and as the act of June 1832 provides for none who did not perform six months actual service. His claim has been rejected and the papers filed in this office. 
Hon: W.H. Ashley
H. R.

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31 May 1853

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574
Pension Office
May 31 1853

Sir

Upon an examination of the papers in the case of George Ashbrook of Mo: under Act of 7 June 1832 it is clear that the decision of this office rejecting his claim, & communicated to you on the 17 Febry 1837/ was correct, & cannot be reverted, upon the evidence now in the office.

You are respectfully referred to that letter-

M Frissell Esq.
Potosi
Mo:

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War dept, Pen office
Feb 17, 1837

Sir,

The declaration of George Ashbrook has been reexamined, [strikethrough] at your [strikethrough] and I have to inform you that he alleges to have entered the service in July 1780 as a minute man and that he was discharged in March 1781 having served eight months. I would appear that after he joined the company as a minute man he marched into N. Carolina in [?] 1780 to join the army under Gen’l Green [strikethrough] That affair did not take [strikethrough] and continue in actual service with the army until March 1781. The militia did not perform continuous service for six months and it cannot be recognized that the applicant was in actual service against the enemy for that length of time. [strikethrough] The former denial in this case cannot [strikethrough]

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[strikethrough] therefore be reversed. [strikethrough] The actual service can only be computed from the time he marched to join Gen’l Green’s army until his discharge and was less than six months. The found decision in the case cannot be reviewed. The declaration will remain in our files.

M. Frissell
Apl 17, 1837

Recorded [?] P 307.

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7 Feb
M. Frissell
Case Geo Ashbrook
Allison

Potosi Mo
January 2

J L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington City
D.C.

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Potosi, Mo January 6th 1836

Sir

I forwarded to your office by the hands of the Hon Wm H. Ashley the declaration of George Ashbrook for the purpose of procuring a pension for services rendered in the revolutionary war. I think the declaration was dated in March and probably reached you in April last or about that time.

His application was refused, it was stated, for the want of his having, by his own statement made out six months services. I drew the declaration, and if I made no clerical mistake, the time of his services was stated at eight months, or upwards, according to the best of my recollection. Counting the time from his entering the service until his leaving it (no mistake being made on my part) it will amount to eight months. It would seem, that, if the mistake was not made by me, the time of his entering the service was mistaken for the the time he joined Green, which was some months after he had been in active service. I trust that the declaration will be re-examined, and if upon such re-examination be found defective, that the same will be returned for amendment.

Respectfully
M Frissell