Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,932, Patrick Clark, Va.

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Va.

Clark, Patrick

S.30932

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25136
Kentucky

Patrick Clark
of Mercer in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the com commanded 
by Captain Craig of the regt commanded
by Col Matthews in the Virginia
line for 6 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 20 Dollars [no] cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day o March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Dec
1833 and Hon Kell Johnson H R

Arrears to the 4th of Sept     50.00
Semi-anl, allowance ending 4 March      10.00
$60.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Danl. Boyd Clerk
Book E    Vol. 7    Page 6

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State of Kentucky
Mercer County Sct
On this 26th day of August 1833 Came before O Garnett Esqr a Justice of the peace in & for said County, Patrick Clarke aged 76 years who being a resident of Mercer County Ky & who after having been duly sworn, according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That in the year 1779 in the spring of that year he volunteered as a private soldier for three months in Orange County State of Virginia, in Captain Tolover Caigs Company – that in this tour he was in no battle, but was marching & scouting under said Craig that he faithfully served out his Tour of three months and was discharged.
That in March 1781 this affiant Volunteered for three months more under Captain George Waugh

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said Waugh’s Company was assinged to Col Mathews Regiment of Militia, that he served in Company over the three months four months in this last Tour of duty that he was from the service discharged by a certificate from his captain, which certificate he has lost or mislaid that he knows of no witness by whom he can prove his service nor has he any record by which the same can be proved.
He hereby relinquishes all claim whatever to a pension but the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in the United States. Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
[signed] Patrick Clark

answers to interrogatories put by the Justice.
I was born in Caroline County Va in 1756. I have record of my age.
At the time of the revolution. I lived in Orange Cty Va since the revolution I have lived in Mercer County Ky.
When I was called into service I Volunteered each Tour. I recollect no Continental Regiments

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or officers but my own, because of the loss of memory from old age, & infirmity.
I receive discharges which I have lost or mislaid.
I state as persons to whom I am known in my present neighborhood Patrick Horn & James Clarke.

All residents of Mercer County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Patrick Clarke who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 76 years of age that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he now resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution & we concur in that opinion.
[signed] Patrick Horn 

And the said Justice hereby declares it is his opinion after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department & after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant served as he states & was a revolutionary soldier, and the Justice further certifies appears to him that Patrick Horn & James Clarke who have signed the foregoing certificate

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are residents A Live or of Mercer County, KY & that they are respectable men whose statements are entitled to credit.
[signed] O. Garnett J P [Justice of the Peace]

State of Kentucky
Mercer County
I Thomas Allen Clerk of the County Court said County do hereby Certify that O Garnett whose name is signed to the preceding Certificate now is & was at the time doing the same as Acting Justice of the Peace in a& for said County duly commissioned as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand as Clerk aforesaid & affixed the seal of Mercer County at Harrodsburg this 29th day of August 1833.
[signed] Tho. Allen CLK

State of Kentucky Mercer County for October 1833
I certify that I am acquainted with Patrick Clark who has made the foregoing declaration; and in my opinion that from age and debility he was at the time he made said declaration unable to travel to Harrodsburg the seat of Justice of Mercer County. Given under my hand =
[signed] O. Garnett Justice of the Peace Mercer County

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Patrick Clarke
Kentucky

from 1779 Private
6 months
$20

Todd

Hon. R. M. Johnson

Gt & i

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This is a War Department form

Pension Office, September 6, 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the follow rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will. by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

[Card format is not reproduced below. Written notes are shown with the appropriate column heading.)

Statement shewing the Service of Patrick Clarke

Period when service was rendered.   1778   1779

Duration of the claimant's service.   3 months   3 months

Rank of the claimant. Pri

Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.   Capt. Craig, no Colonel   Capt Waugh, Col Matthews

Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.   76   Va.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Traditionary

I am,respectfully, Your obediaent servant. J. L. Howards, Commissioner of Pensions.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

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Handwriting in upper right corner of letter is not legible.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

January 7, 1924

Alice Mahan
State Library
Frankfort, KY

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 30932 it appears that Partick Clark was born in 1758 in Caroline County, Virginia.
While a resident of Orange County, Virginia he enlisted in the spring of 1779 and served three months as a private in Captain Toliver Craig"s Company.
He enlisted in March 1781 and served four months as a private in Captain George Waugh's Company, Colonel Mathews' Virginia Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 18323 while living in Mercer County, Kentucky. 
There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,
Actingin[unsigned]
Acting Commissioner

Date of death not on av3

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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

January 7, 1925

Alice Mahan
Frankfort, KY

Madam:
I have to advise you that Thomas Clark a Sergeant of the First U. S. Rifles Regiment was a soldier of the War of 1812 and not a Revolutionary War soldier.
Owing to the lack of a clerical force available for such a purpose, only two histories are furnished each inquirer.
You are herewith furnished the histories of Patrick and James Clark, pensioners of Mercer County, Kentucky.
Respectfully,
[unsigned]
Acting Commissioner.

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Bureau of Pensions form

Revolutionary Was Records Section 3-525

Department of the interior
S. F. 30932
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. D.

In reply to your request of ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of Patrick Clarke a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.   Spring 1779,   Spring 1781
Length Service. 3 mos.   4 mos.
Rank,   Pri
Officers under whom service was rendered. Captain. Toliver Craig   George Waugh   Colonel. no entry    Mathews
State. Va.


Battles Engaged in, no entry
Residence of soldier at enlistment, in Orange Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 26, 1833 His cl. [claim] was al. [allowed]
Residence at time of application, Mercer Co. Ky
Age at date of application, born in 1756 in Caroline Co. Va
Remarks: no data as to family

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[Names at top of letter not transcribed]

Kentucky State Library
December Thirtieth Nineteen Twentyfour

Department of the Interior
Bureau of pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the Revolutionary War Pension claims of the following:
Thomas Clark (Serg.) 1st. Reg. U. S. Rifle. An invalid pensioner from Fayette County Kentucky. Place on pension roll Nov. 17th. 1813. under the Acts Military establishment.
Patrick Clark Virginia Line, pensioned dec 2nd. 1833. Age 77 years old.
James Clark Virginia Line, pensioned Dec. 21st. 1833. Age 75 years old.
Both of these two men were pensioned from Mercer county Kentucky under Act pass June 7th, 1832.
Thanking you in advance for your very prompt attention to this matter as its mean quite a lot to mean to me.
Sincere[signed] (Miss) Alice Mahan
State Library
Frankfort, KY

Official Stamp
Pension Office U. S. Jan 2 1925

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San Francisco, Calf.
May 12, 1914

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir;
Please give me the Revolutionary record of the following Virginia militiamen who were receiving Revolutionary pensions at the paces after their names in 1835:
Patrick Clark, Mercer County, Kentucky
Lee Clarke, (age 78 in 1835), Guilford Co., North Carolina
Lewis Clarke (age 71 in 1835), Jackson Co., Alabama
Samuel Clarke (age 70 in 1835), Monroe Co., West Virginia
Thanking you, I remain
Yours truly,
[signed] Dwight L. Clarke

c/o Savings Union Bank and Trust Company
Grant Ave. & O'Farrell St.
San Francisco, Calf.

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30932
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Revy

File No. 30392
Patrick Clark
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32Index: Vol. 2, Page 74

[Arrangement of 1870]

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1914 May 18 Hist. to Dwight L. Clarke
1925 Jan 7 Hist. to Alice Mahan also ad
[ad]vised only 2 hist etc [initials illegible]

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Stamp Frankfort, KY Nov 15     Free

Col. Richard M Johnson, at. or to lee at
Washington City D. C. 

P. Clarkes Rev Case

[vertical writing]

Hon. R. M. Johnson
Pension claim is forwarded