Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7316, John Forehand, Continental (Va.)

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Service
Continental (VA)
Forehand, John                                         Number    W. 7316
Forean
Born in Pa.                                              Rebecca

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19.224
Virginia
John Forehand
of Rockbridge in the state of Virginia who was a Private in the Company of Captain Bell
in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Guil in the Virginia line, for the term of 1777- 3 years on Rockbridge 160.  
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 dollars per month to commence on the 1 April 1823. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of March 1826 and Lentto Andrew Reid on Lexington, VA.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1826 
Semi-anl. All'ce ending 6 Sept 1824

11 mo       6/87                              89.3
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   89.3                                    Revolutionary Claims Acts March 18, 1818 and May 1, 
                                              1820. 
                                              March 1, 1828

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1964
Richmond, VA
Rebecca Forehand, widow of John Forehand who was a private in the line for 3 years. Inscribed on the roll at a rate of 80 dollars--- cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of September 1843 and sent to John W. Brockenbrough, Arlington, VA. 
[Act of March 3, 1843]

Recorded in the Book A, Vol. A Page 148

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5,909
John Forehand 
Declaration 
Andrew Reid, 
Lexington, Va 
rec'd 3 March 1824

On Roll
page 146

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Virginia 
Rockbridge County Sc

on this first day of April in the year 1823 personally appeared in open court being 
a court of record for said county having a 
jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and possessing the power of fine and 
imprisonment John Forehand aged sixty eight years resident in the county aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath Declare that he served in the revolutionary War as follows that he enlisted in Staunton in 
Virginia in the company commanded by Capt Bell about the year 1777 that he was afterwards attached to the sixteenth Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Gest in the Brigade of Genl Muhlenburg that the period for which he enlisted was three years. 

that he was in the battles of monmouth and stony point and at the siege of charleston where he was wounded through the right breast & shoulder and taken prisoner that he was afterward taken round from charleston to williamsburg by the British for the purpose of being exchanged Where he and others made their escape from the vessel in which they were confined and that he was afterwards discharged at Williamsburg having served out the period for which he was Enlisted 

And further that he was born in the state of Pennsylvania and is now and was on the 18th day of March in the year 1818 a resident Citizen of the united States, and that he has not by gift or any other manner Disposed of his property or any part thereof with a view to bring himself within the provisions of an act of Congress Entitled an Act to provide for certain persons employed in the land  & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary

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War and that he has not nor has any person 
in  trust for him any property security or contract nor has he any Debts due to him nor has he any income of any kind or description 
And further that he has no family living with  him upon whom he can depend for support.
John forehand

Schedule, Real Property none Personal Debts none contracts none
John Forehand 

Virginia 
Rockbridge county to wit;
I Andrew Reid clerk of the court of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule annexed thereto are truly copied from the records of said court that the said Forehand is possessed of no property of any value 

In testimony whereof I have herewith subscribed my name and affixed my office 
seal at Lexington the seat of justice of said county this 1st day of April 1823 and in the 
47th year of the Commonwealth
Andrew Reid 

[round illegible seal attached]

Mr Forehand is sometimes called Jno Fore
& sometimes Fusan.

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5426
Rebecca Forehand
wid of John 
Va
Act July 7 1838
Marred 1785
died 27 feb 1838
Allow $80 per an
from  feb. 27 1838

Jn W. Breckenbrough 
Lexington Va

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At Rockbridge County Court May 6th 1839.
State of Virginia to wit.

On this sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine (1839) personally appeared before the county court of the county of Rockbridge Rebecca Forehand a resident of the said county of Rockbridge and state aforesaid aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to attain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows That she is the widow of John Forehand deceased who was a private soldier of the virginia continental line during the Revolutionary war and who was at the time of his death a pensioner  of the united states.

She further declares that she was married to the same John Forehand on the 29 day of September (1785) in the year seventeen hundred & eighty five That her husband the aforesaid John Forehand died on the twenty seventh day of February in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninty four by at that time above stated and that she has not since intermarried with any other person.

Sworn to and subscribed in open court before a court held for the said county of Rockbridge on the day and year above written to wit on the sixth day of may in the year of our lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine
Rebecca Forehand [her mark] X

On the application of Rebecca Forehand it is ordered to by certified that on this sixth day of may 1839 personally appeared before the county court of Rockbridge a certain Francis Hation who made oath that John Forehand the husband of the said Rebecca Forehand 
departed this life on the twenty seventh day of

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February 1838 at the home of the said Francis Hatton in the said county of Rockbridge that a certain Sally Woods also personally appeared in court who made oath that she is the daughter of John Forehand deceased and the said Rebecca Forehand and produced to the court the family Bible of John Forehand deceased in which the time of the intermarriage of the said John & Rebecca Forehand is stated to be the twenty ninth day of September 1785 that the said John Forehand deceased many years before  his death gave to the deponent the said family Bible which has always since been in her custody & that she has often heard her father say that the day of his marriage is correctly stated in the said family bible.

The court also certify that both Francis Hatton and Sally Woods are credible witnesses & that full faith and credit are due to this declaration. The court certifys that they have carefully inspected the record of the intermarriage of John & Rebecca Forehand which is contained in the family Bible produced in court by Mrs. Wood & which states that the said parties were lawfully married by a licensed minister and that the said record bears all the marks of unquestionable authenticity

The foregoing is a true transcript from the minutes of the County Court of Rockbridge, as fully as it appears on the said record ~

In testimony whereof I Samuel Mc D Reid clerk of the County Court of Rockbridge have affixed the seal of said County Court and Subscribed my name, at Lexington the 16th day of May 1839, and in the 65. year of the Commonwealth.
Saml MD Reid CRC.
By David Hutcheson D.C.

[round illegible seal attached ]

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[top left hand page was torn out of a Bible. Between the lines are handwritten notes]

[Bible text]
THE NEW TESTAMENT 
Of our LORD and SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST, 
Newly translated out of the
ORIGINAL GREEK:
And with the former 
TRANSLATIONS
Diligently Compared and  Revised, 
By His Majesty's Special Command.
Appointed to be Read in Churches.
EDINBURGH.
Printed by ALEXANDER KINCAID, 
His MAJESTY'S  Printer 
MDCCLXXI.

[handwritten notes inserted in text]
Jason was Born March the 16th 1807
Rebecca Forean born December 18 1808

[left margin vertical note]
No 1 HBarclay ]

[right hand blank page torn from Bible]
No 2 Hugh Barclay
Henry Forean Born the 19 of July, 17.86
Sarah forean Born the, 31 of July 17.88 
John forean Born the 26 July 1790
Rebeckah Forean Born the 30 of march 1793
William forean born october the 11 1795
Mary forean  Born may the 18 1797

[bottom off page personal letter]

The mother of the affiant is still  living 
and unmarried: that her first husband 
(the affiants) is dead and that she is now 
the wife of Zachariah Woods and that the Bible out of which the enclosed leaves have been cut was given to her by her father John Forean decd when she was married to her first husband and that she has retained possession of it without interruption 
from that time to the present 

Sworn to before me a Justice of the peace 
for the county of Rockbridge this 26th day of August 1839
Hugh barclay

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[top of page copied upside down unfinished declaration]

Rockbridge County State of Virginia  to wit
This day personally appeared before the undersigned Sarah Woods of said county 
who produced to the undersigned

[left side page torn from Bible with text between the lines]

[Bible text]
PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE:
Newly Translated, and diligently Compared 
with the original TEXT, and former Translations.
More plain, smooth, and agreeable to the TEXT, than any heretofore.
Allowed by the Authority of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the KIRK OF SCOTLAND, and appointed to be sung in Congregations and Families.
EDINBURGH 
Printed by ALEXANDER KINCAID, his Majesty's Printer 
MDCCLXXL.

[text handwritten between lines]
Margaret foran Born Apriul 23/ 18??

[right hand page]
Samuel Campbell 
This book
John forean and Rebeckah Campbell
Was joined together in marriage lawfully 
by a Licensed minister in September the 
29 - 1785
God give them helth 
to Live and Prosper 
Well their undertaking 
And keep them from 
All wickedness and
Sin
John & rebeckah foran

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Rockbridge County, State of Virginia to wit

This day personally appeared before the undersigned Sarah Woods of said county 
who produced to the undersigned the Family 
Bible of John Forean or Forehand decd out
of which the undersigned has cut with his own hands the two leaves herewith enclosed marked 1 & 2. The affiant made oath that she was the second child of John & Rebecca Forean and that her birth is registered on 
No 2 as having received on the 31st of July 1788: 

that she was married in the year 1806 to her cousin John Forean (or Forehand) and that the Addison and Rebecca Forean whose birth are registered on the printed side of No 1 are her children: that the children whose births are registered on No 2 were all the children of John & Rebecca Forean born in  lawful wedlock: that her father the said John Forean dec'd was never married but once and that his widow, Rebecca the mother of the affiant is till living and unmarried.

That her first husband (the affiants) is dead and that she is now the wife of Zachariah Woods and that the Bible out of which the enclosed leaves have been cut was given to her by her father John Foran dec'd when she was married to her first husband and that she has retained possession of it without interruption from that time to the present.

Sworn  before me a Justice of the peace for the county of Rockbridge this 26th day of August 1837
Hugh Barclay

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State of Virginia 
Rockbridge County Sc.

I Samuel WD Reid Clerk of the County court of Rockbridge in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Hugh Barclay whose name appears 
to the within  and annexed certificate, is an 
acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified;and
that all his official acts, as such are entitled to full faith and credit.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Lexington this 26th day of August, A.D. 1839, and in the 64th year of the Commonwealth ~
Samuel D Reid CRC
By David Hutcheson D.C.

[illegible seal attached ]

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Virginia:
At a court held for Rockbridge County, at the courthouse, on Monday the third day of April 1848 

On the application of Francis Hatton admin of Rebecca Forehand dec'd whose within affidavit was produced, subscribed and sworn to in Court, it is ordered to be certified that the said Francis Hatton is the admin of Rebecca Forehand deceased, and that the word "thirtwth" in the third line from the bottom was used before the same was signed and sworn to, 

it is further ordered to be certified that it appeared to the satisfaction of the Court from the affidavit of Michael Linkswiler and George 
W. Chittum subscribed and sworn to in Court and who are credible witnesses that the said Rebecca Forehand dec'd was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, was a resident of the county of Rockbridge in the state of Virginia and died in the said county in the year 1846 on the twenty ninth day of January in the said year, 

that she left the following children to Wit: Sally intermarried to Zechariah Woods, 
Peggy intermarried to John  Smith, 
Polly intermarried to and now the widow of Stephen Brown and Rebecca intermarried to Francis Hatton who is the admn. of said Rebecca Forehand deceased.

In testimony that the above is a true transcript from the Records of said court  I Samuel McDowell Reid, Clerk thereof have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said county at Lexington this eleventh day of April 1848 and in the 72nd year of the Commonwealth.
Saml Mc D. Reid CRC

[round illegible seal attached]

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Declaration
I Francis Hatton administrator of the estate of Rebecca Forehand in order to obtain the benefits of the decision of he attorney General of 2nd September 1842 and the Resolution of Congress the 23d January 1845 [illegible] the rules of the Department and the act of the 30th of April 1844 prohibited Rebecca Forehand  widow of John Forehand prior drawing a pension for the same period during which her husband was a pensioner.

Francis Hatton administrator of the estate of the said Rebecca Forehand make the following statement under oath, to obtain for the children of the said Rebecca Forehand, the benefits of the decision and resolution above mentioned

I am the administrator of the estate of Rebecca Forehand who was the widow of John Forehand who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. He drew a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum from the twenty seventh day of February 1838 and I now ask for the amount due from  the fourth day of March 1836 to the twenty seventh day of February 1838, when her former pension commenced.

She died in the county of Rockbridge, in the state of Virginia on the twenty ninth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
Frances Hatton
Administrator of the estate of Rebecca Forehand

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Stae of Virginia
Rockbridge county SS

The county court of Rockbridge county, now sitting doth order it to be certified that Francis Hatton who is the administrator of the estate 
of Rebecca Forehand dec, personally appeared in open court on this 3rd day of April 1848, and subscribed and swore to the foregoing declaration,. The court further certifies, that the word "thirtieth" in the third line from the bottom of the first page was erased before the same was signed

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State of Virginia
Rockbridge County ss

On this third day of april 1848, personally appeared in the court before the court of said county now sitting Michael Linkswiler and George W Chittum, who having been first duly sworn according to law, do declare and say that, on the 29th day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty six, Rebecca Forehand who was a pensioner of the United States, and the widow of John Forehand a revolutionary soldier, died. 

The affiants came to the town of Lexington on that day and procured a coffin in the process of burying the said Rebecca Forehand and that they assisted in the burying her on the 30th day of January 1846. 

The affiants were well acquainted with the said Rebecca Forehand and further declare and say that she left four children whose names are Sally intermarried to Zach Woods - Peggy intermarried to John  Smith - Polly intermarried to and now the widow of Steven Brown and Rebecca intermarried to Francis Hatton and that the said Rebecca forehand at the time of her death resided in the county of Rockbridge.
Michael Linkswiler 
George w. Chittum

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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section Aug

February 16, 1928.
W. C. Hattan,
Erwin, Tennessee.

Sir,
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 7316,
it appears that John Forehand or Forean 
was born in Pennsylvania, date not stated.

He enlisted at Staunton, Virginia in 1777 and 
served three years as a private in Captains McGuire's and Thomas Bell's Companies
Colonels Grayson;s and Gist's Continental Regiment, and  was in the battles of
Monmouth, Stoney Point, and at the siege 
of Charleston, where he was wounded in the right breast and shoulder, was taken prisoner, but made his escape from the vessel in which he was confined and was discharged at Williamsburg.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1823, while a resident of Rockbridge County, Virginia, aged sixty-eight years. He died in said county February 27, 1838.

He married September 29, 1785, Rebecca Campbell.

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She was allowed pension on her application executed May 6, 1839, while in Rockbridge County, Virginia, aged eighty-three years.
She died in said county January 29, 1846.

Their children --
Henry born July 19,1786
Sarah born July 31, 1788
John  born July 26, 1790
Rebeckah born March 30, 1793
William born October 17, 1795
Mary born May 18, 1797
Margaret borm  April 23, 1804

Sarah married in  1806, John Forehand or Forean, her cousin, and their children  were  Adison  born March 13, 1807, and Rebecca 
born December 18, 1808.

Sarah married the second time Zachariah Woods.
Peggy married John  Smith; Polly married Steven  Brown; Rebeckah married  Francis Hatton.

In 1846 the following children were alive --Sarah Woods, Peggy Smith, Polly Brown (widow), and Rebeckah Hatton.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
Commissioiner.

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Virginia
Rebecca Forehand
widow of John
See letter to Jus. Brockenbrough,
Aug. 5th 1839

Act July 7th 1838.

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[left hand page]

4.144
Richmond Virginia 
Rebecca Forehand 
widow of John Forehand dec.d
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 27th February 1838
of Rockbridge Co. in the State of Va.
who was a Private in the Compy commanded 
by Captain Bell of the Regt. commanded 
by Col. Gest in the [illegible] 
line for 3 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond Va.
at the rate of 80 Dollars - -Cents per annum,
to commence on the 27th February 1838

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Sept 1839 and sent F. W. Brockenbrough Lexington Va.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839 $ 120.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Mar '40. 
40.00
$160.00
{Act July 7, 1838}

Recorded  by D.D. Addison Clerk, 
Book A Vol. 2d Page 178

[right hand page]

No 568
April 26. 1848
Certificate issd.  
under the [illegible] Reso; of
23rd Jany 1845, at the 
rate of $80 per an
Congs 4th March 1836
& ending 27 Feb 1838,
and sent to Hon James
Mcdowell
Hos of Reps

Reported 
Payable to Francis Hatton Admn. for the 
sole use and benefit of Sally Wood, Peggy
Smith, Polly Brown & Rebecca Hatton
only surviving Children.

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[right hand page]

No 383
Rebecca Forehand 
wid of John
Va
Act 7 July 1838 and 
Joint Resolution of
23 Jany 1845
$80.00 per 
from 4 March 1836 to 27 Feby
1838 from which time she 
has been already paid,
Payable to Francis Hatton 
admin, for the sole use and 
benefit of Sally Wood,
Peggy Smith, Polly Brown
& Rebecca Hatton only surviving
children of Rebecca Forehand 
Hon Jas McDowell
House of Reps

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Rebecca Forehand
wid of John
Va. acts 1843 & 1844  $80.00 per an
To What time was she last paid?
Pension Office April 25th 1848 

Died 29th Jan. 1846
Paid to death 
BLB.

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
W.4.7316
Washington, D. C. ,...., 19...

In reply to your request of ....., received....,
for a statement of the military history of 
John Forehand or Forean 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.

[Chart with column headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT 
1777
LENGTH OF SERVICE 3 years 
RANK [left blank]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  
CAPTAINS McQuire, Thomas Bell
COLONEL. Grayson and Gesh
STATE Va

He was wounded in right breast & shoulder and taken prisoner at Charleston, escaped from the vessel in which he was confined and discharged at Williamsburg

Battles engaged in, Monmouth, Stony Point, & Seige of Charleston
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Staunton Va.
Date of application for pension, Apr 1 1823 His cl. al
Residence at date of application, Rockbridge Co. Va.
Age at date of application, 68 yrs, born in [illegible]He died Feby 27 1838 in Rockbridge 
Co. Va
Remarks:
He mar Sept. 29 1785 Rebecca Campbell. She was al pens on an app. executed 
May 6, 1839 while a resident of Rockbridge Co. Va. aged 83 yrs. She died in Rockbridge Co. Va. Jany 29 1846 left 4 chil
See supplement herewith for family Data.

Respectfully ,
Commissioner.

6-2856

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July 22, 1914.

Mrs. Lipscomb Norvell.
1628 Franklin Street,
Beaumont, Texas.

Madam:
In addition to the military history of John Forehand or Forean, W. File No. 7,316, Rev. War, you are furnished the following data as to his children.
Henry Forean born July 129, 1786.
Sarah Forean born July 31, 1788.
John Forean born July 26, 1790.
Rebeckah Forean born March 30, 1793.
William Forean born October 17, 1795.
Mary Forean born May 18, 1797.
Margaret Forean born April 23, 1804.

Sarah married in  1806. John Forehand or Forean. her cousin. and their children were Adison born March 13, 1807. and Rebecca born December 18, 1808. She married the second time Zachariah Woods. 

Peggy married John Smith.
Polly married Stephen Steven Brown. wid
Rebeckah married Francis Hattan.

Very respectfully, 
[illegible]
Commissioner.

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Form G-4
CLINCHFIELD RAILROAD COMPANY

Erwin, Tennessee, November 22, 1927.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir: 
Please note copy of correspondence with The Adjutant General's Office in reference to the record of one John Forehand, a Revolutionary soldier.
Will you kindly advise if there is any further record at your office in connection with thi sparty.

Yours very truly,
DC Hattan

wch-ew

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Erwin, Tennessee, November 17, 1927.

The Adjutant General,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:
I desire to make application for membership to the National Society of the Children of the American Revolution.  This application will be in the line of descent from one John Forehand, Sr., who was born March 29, 1755, and died in 1835 or 1836.

John Forehand, Sr's., remains are buried in  a family grave yard in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and his tombstone has the following inscription: "A Revolutionary Soldier in the Sixteenth Virginia Regiment."

At the time of his enlistment he was probably 
a resident of Augusta County, Virginia, Rockbridge County having been formed later.

I will be pleased if you will advise me if your records confirm his Revolutionary service. It is my understanding that he received a pension for a number of years after  the close of the Revolution. Any information you can give me in connection with this will be appreciated.

In some of our old papers I note that his name is spelled Forhan and it is possible that it may be so in  your records.

Your very truly,
W. C. Hattan.
Wch-w

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Washington
November 19, 1927.
In reply
refer to ORD
fjm

Respectfully returned to
W. C. Hattan,
Erwin,
Tennessee.
The records of this office show that one John Forehand served as a private in the Revolutionary War in a company designated
at various times as Captain John McGuire's and Lieutenant Thomas Bell's Company, Colonel Grayson's Regiment of Continental Troops.
He enlisted July 25, 1777 for three years. In April, 1779 he was transferred to Captain Thomas Bell's Company in Colonel Nathaniel
Gist's Regiment of Continental Troops, and is last borne on the company pay roll for the month of November, 1779, without remark
as to termination of service.

His name also appears as a soldier of Virginia Infantry on a Book under the following heading,-
A List of Soldiers of the Virginia Line on Continental establishment who have received certificates for the balance of their full pay agreeable to an Act of Assembly passed November Session 1781.
This list shows that on May 3, 1784 he received a certificate for the sum of 86 - 13.
The collection of Revolutionary War records in this office is far from complete, and it is suggested as a possibility that additional information may be obtained from the Librarian, Virginia State Library, Richmond, or from the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C., to whom inquiries relative to pensions should be addressed.
Lutz Wahl
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
By FJM.

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Texas State National Old Trails Road Committee
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL COMMITTEE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC SPOTS

Daughters of the American Revolution
KING'S HIGHWAY SAN  ANTONIO ROAD COMMITTEE

[eleven member names, positions, & addresses are listed] 

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

The history of John Forehand of Rockbridge Co, Va is desired. Was he not granted a pension from the American Revolution?

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Lipscomb Norvell.
July 10 - 1914.

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[left hand page]
1914 July 22 Hist. to 
Lipscomb Norvell. V.F.

1928 Feb. 16 Hist. to 
W. C. Hattan aug.

[right hand page]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7316
Rebecca Forehand
Wid;
John Forehand
Pvt. 16 line
Act: Mch 3rd/43
Index:-0 Vol. A, Page 246

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Colo. J. L. Edwards
Pension Office.

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H. of Reps
Apr 29 1848
Dr Sir,
I have just rec.d the Secy of War's certificate 
to the Pension claim of Rebecca Forehand - widow of John Forehand, private in the revolution and having kept no private memorandum of the names and residence of 
the person who forwarded me the papers for 
presentation to the Secy, may I ask you the favor to furnish me with a copy of any papers 
in with accompanying the claim when submitted from which I can get the

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address not  [illegible].
Very respectfully
Yours Obt Set
Jas Mc Dowell

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Augusta County, to wit,
This day Smith Thompson personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, & made oath, that he is well acquainted with John Forehand who is about to apply for a pension under the act of Congress granting a pension to soldiers in the Revolutionary War; That he knows the the sd. 
Forehand enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1777, in a company at that time commanded by Capt. McGuin, & subsequently by Cap. Bell, in the 16th Regiment, Virginia Line, in Continental establishment: 

That the said Forehand served in the same regiment with this deponent, for between two & three years, & that he was severely wounded at the seige of Charleston. And I also further certify that the said deponent is a credible witness.
Given under my hand the 22nd day of 
October 1823.
John C. Lowers

Augusta County, to wit
This day Abel Armstrong personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, & made oath that he is well  acquainted with John Forehand, of the county of Rockbridge, who is about to apply for a pension under the act of Congress granting pensions to Revolutionary soldiers; 

That he knows the said Forehand enlisted in the regular army of the United States in the year 1777, & remembers his having served for three years in the same Company with himself, to wit, in the company at first commanded by Cap. McGuire & afterwards 
by Col. Thomas Bell,  in the 16th Virginia Regiment, or continental establishment, commanded at first by Col. Grayson & afterwards by Col Guest.
 And I do further certify that the said deponent is a credible witness.
Given under my hand the 22rd day of October 1823.
John C. Lowers

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State of Virginia,
Augusta County To wit:
I Vincent Tapp deputy clerk of the County Court of Aus

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State of Virginia:
Augusta County To wit.
I Vincent Tapp deputy clerk of the County Court of Augusta, do hereby certify that John C. Lowers, before whom the within affidavits of  
Smith Thompson and Abel Armstrong were made, is now, and was at the date of the said affidavits a Justice of Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit, is due 
to all his acts and deeds as such.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Court aforesaid to be affixed, this 26th day of November 1823, and in the 48th year of the Commonwealth.
Vincent Tapp DC.AC. 

[round illegible seal attached]

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B. Robinson 
Affidavit

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Virginia 
Rockbridge County Se

This day Britton Robinson aged eighty years 
appeared before me a justice of the peace for said County and made oath, that he is well  acquainted with John Forehand sometimes called John Forean. 
That he knows that said Forehand enlisted in the regular army of the United States during the war of the Revolution, the year in which he enlisted he does not remember, that recollects that said Forehand served three-four years. That he well recollects having seen the said John Forehands discharge and having also seen him in the Continental uniform after his return. This affiant further states that he

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resided at that time in the County of Rockbridge, he was not in the regular 
service but served two months in  the 
war of the Revolution as a militia man.
That he has seen the wound in the heart 
which said Forehand is said to have 
received at the Siege of Charleston, he
has also seen the land warrant granted 
by the State of Virginia to said Forehand 
for his services as a soldier.

I do further certify that said Briton 
Robinson is a credible witness.
Given under my hand this 3d day of Nov 
1823.
J Leyburn

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State of Virginia
Rockbridge County to wit;

I Andrew Reid Clerk of said county do hereby certify that John Leyburn Gentm. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Britton Robinson was made is now and then was an acting justice of the peace in and for the said county duly commissioned and qualified. and that full faith is due to all his official acts-

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official 
seal at Lexington in said county the 26th day 
of February 1824 and in the 48th year of the Commonwealth
Andrew Reid

[illegible round seal attached]

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[hand written on outside of envelope]

Aug 30
Va
[illegible] proof
Rebecca Forehand 

[return address on envelope]
Lexington Va
28. August

Free
JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City

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[hand written on envelope]

Va

Free 

JL Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department 
Washington City

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Lexington Va. August 27th 1839.

Sir,
In consequence of my absence from home your communication of the 5th inst. has only come to hand within the last few days.

The enclosed documents will establish to the entire satisfaction I presume of the Department the date of the marriage of Mrs. Forehand. A second leaf is also sent from the same bible containing a register of the births of the issue of the marriage.

With the highest respect 
I am 
Your obedient Servant
John Brockenbrough 

J.L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions

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[top of page]
5426
Va May 20 
7 July 1838
Rebecca Forehand
wid : of John 

[bottom of page address written vertically]

Lexington Va
March 17
Free
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
War Department 
Washington City

Forehand

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[address on envelope]
Free

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions 
Pension Office
War Department 
Washington City 

[written underneath the address]
Forehand

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Forehand

[address on copy written upside down]

Free
J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions 
Pension Office 
War Department 
Washington City

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Lexington Va May 16th 1839.

Sir,
I send you enclosed herewith the evidence 
which was taken with a view to secure to Mrs Rebecca Forehand of the County the benefit 
of the Act of Congress of July 7th 1838 'Granting half pay and  pensions to certain
widows." No proof of the service of John Forehand dec'd the late husband of the applicant is forwarded to the Department because as John Forehand was himself a pensioner and the evidence of his service 
is on file in the Pension office it was 
presumed that no further evidence on that subject can  be necessary. The early action 
of the department on this claim is respectfully asked. 

With the highest respect I have the honor to be
Yours ob. Servant
John Brockenbrough 

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
War Depsrtment
Washington City

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Declaration
State of Virginia, Rockbridge County to wit:
On this Twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Three personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Rockbridge and State of Virginia aforesaid Rebec [page torn off] Forehand, a resident in the said County of Rockbridge, aged Eighty Seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3rd of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Three, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.

That she is the widow of John Forehand who was a private soldier in the Army pf the Revolution, the evidence of whose service and the regiment in which he served is now on file in  the war Department of Washington and that she has received a pension of Eighty Dollars per annum commencing on  the 27th day of February 1838 and terminating on the fourth day of March 1841 amounting to Two Hundred and Forty Dollars which she received under the Act of July 7th 1838.

And she further declares that she is still the widow of the said John Forehand and that she has not intermarried with any other person since the death of the said John Forehand
Juste John W. Brockenbrough 
Rebecca Forehand [her mark] X

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above writ [page torn off] before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Rockbridge and State of Virginia aforesaid : and I further certify that the said declarant Rebecca Forehand is personally known to me
John T. McKee J.P.

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State of Virginia 
Rockbeidge County Ss

I Samuel MD Reid Clerk of the Court of Rockbridge County, certify, that John 
T McKee whose signature appears to 
the foregoing certificate is genuine, and
that he is acting Justice of the Peace in 
and for said County, duly commissioned 
and qualified.
 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal 
of said Court at Lexington this 20' day of 
June 1843 and  in the 64th year of the Commonwealth~
Samuel MD Reid CRC
By
David Hutcheson D.C.

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2337
Reb Forehand 
$80 per anm
John W. Brockenbrough
Lexington 
Va

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[address on back of letter]

July 10 1844
[black ink round stamp]
LEXINGTON 
JUL 7
FREE

[faded illegible words]
Cert

Reb Forehand
valid '43
1967.43

[address written vertically]
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Please Issue a Duplicate in  
my care .
J. W. Brockenbrough
Lexington Va

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[top of page torn illegible words]

[round black ink stamp]
XINGTON  JUL 7 

Cert
Reb Forehand
March 43.

1967-43
FREE

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City 
D.C.

Please Issue a duplicate in 
[illegible] care.

J.W. Brockenbrough,
Lexington, Va.

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Lexington Va July 7th 1844

J.L.Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions,

Dear Sir,
A certificate was sent to me some time since from your office for the Pension of Mrs Rebecca Forehand widow of John Forehand decd from the 4th March 1843 to the 4th March 1844. The amount of the pension being Eighty Dollars, the money payable on the 4th September 1843, the remaining money on the 4th of March  1844. The money falling due Sept, 1843  was drawn by D C Randolph her attorney in fact and has been paid over to her by myself. 

Mrs Forehand executed another power of attorney empowering the same agent, D C Randolph to draw the remaining money. The power of attorney together with the original certificate were transmitted by me to Mr. Randolph by mail and the pension agent Anthony Robinson. He refused payment in the
point that the word March had been erased 
and the word September written over the erasure.

Mr Robinson stated however that if the magistrate who certified Mrs. Forehand's  
acknowledgement  would certify that the erasure was made before the acknowledgement, he would then pay the money. Mr Randolph accordingly returned to me the certificate   and power of attorney and the Magistrate John T McKee certified

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that the erasure was made before the acknowledgement, a fact which I personally knew was true. I had drawn the power of attorney and through [illegible] it claimed the whole session commencing March 4 instead of a [illegible] of it from September 4., not adverting to the fact of it from the moment that the first money was already drawn.

I discovered the error before I finished drawing the power & made the correction accordingly. After the last named certificate was given I enclosed the power & certificate in an envelope addressed to DC Randolph, Richmond, Virginia, and committed the package with my own hand to the mail.

This package was miscarried & never came 
to the hands of Mr Randolph and I  now respectfully ask that you will forward to me 
a duplicate certificate for the six months certificate from Sept. 4th 1843 to March 4th 1844.

I do not know that this application is sufficiently formal. out of abundant caution 
I assume an affidavit of the truth of the preceding statement.
Very Respectfully 
your ob. servant
John W. Brockenbrough 

Rockbridge County to  wit;
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace is & for the County aforesaid John W Brockenbrough who made oath that the preceding statement of facts is correct and true.
Given under my hand & seal this 6th day of July 1844
Robt White  [hand drawn seal]

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H. of Reps,
Apr 19 1848

Dr Sir,
I send you herewith the application of 
Francis Hatton, admn of the Estate of 
Rebecca Forehand (widow of John)
late of Virga, for arrears of pensions &
desire to call your early attention thereto~
Respectfully
Your Obt Snt
Jas McDowell