Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3837, John Tucker, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Tucker, John
S 3837
Carded
CONTENTS

Reported 18 Feby 40 to Joel M. Smith, Esq. agt. Nashville, Tenn.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6 th April 1838, from 4 th March to 4 th Sep 1840. Agent Notified 10. Nov. 1841. C
Date of death not on AB
Tennessee 31709
John Tucker of Hickman in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Bradley of the regt commanded by Col Rogers in the Virginia line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Feby 1840 & sent to Hon. and Com. W. B. Jones
Arrears to the 4 th of Sep r 1839 $170.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mar ch 40 10.00
$180.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. M. Gandy , Clerk Book E 2. Vol. 7. Page 107.

No 17293
John Tucker Hick County Tennessee
Actum.
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Samuel Sebastian Esq Clerk of the part of Hickman County Vernon Tennessee

BRIEF in the case of  John Tucker  County of Hickman  in the State of  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Drafted In 1780 5 - Capt Braly & Rogers   " 1781 " 2 -  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? " at the Siege of Yorktown  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Virginian Halifax Co.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary by a witness.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No Clergyman 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dr. Clagett Examining Clerk.

Declaration Amended.
Of John Tucker Senior in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State of Tennessee } Hickman County. } S.S.
On this 12th day of November in the year 1839. personally appeared in open Court being the Circuit Court for the County of Hickman aforesaid at the November term 1839 of said Court before the Honorable Edmund Littlehanty Judge of said Court the declarant John Tucker Senior a resident Citizen of the County of Hickman in the State of Tennessee aforesaid, aged 86 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Acts of Congress passed June 7th 1832. - That affiant was drafted a private Soldier in the County of Halifax in the State of Virginia in the year 1781. or 1782. as well as he can now recollect. - he hired & paid a Substitute to serve the said term of three months, but the said Substitute failed and refused to render the services in his place and a file of Men from the Army of the United States was sent after him and he was taken under guard and carried to the Army where after rendering his said excuse of having hired a substitute who had failed to report himself to the Captain, Your Affiant was ordered into the Continental Army for eight months and placed under the commands of Captain Bradley and Lieutenant Turner their given names he cannot now recollect, at the Magazine on Roan & Oak River in the State of Virginia and served out his

term of enlistment, Affiant was sent to Hillsboro in Virginia with a Wagon for provisions, before the expiration of his said Eight months tour of service affiant was placed under the Command of Captain Taylor, after Capt: Bradley left the Command of the Company and affiant was Honorable discharged by said Capt: Taylor after the expiration of his term of service, and he returned to his home in Halifax County in Virginia where he remained until some time in September of 1781 or 2 nd as well as he can recollect he was again drafted a private soldier in Halifax County in Virginia and was mustered into service under Capt John Faulkner for three months and marched to Little York town, and was in the Battle of Little York and at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis: and after the term of his service expired after the surrender of Corn Wallis he was honorably discharged by Captain Stapler and Col Holt Richardson. Affiant was in the Regiment Commanded by Col Richardson and under the Command of Maj: Gen: Geo: Washington Affiant was Eleven months in the actual service of his Country in the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution - Affiant obtained the services and professional aid aid of Henry Nixon Esq an Attorney at Law who prepared for him his declaration & proofs and affiant delivered to his said Attorney his discharges which he was informed thereon to be true were enveloped & forwarded to the War Department of the United States at Washington City in the District of Columbia & affiant has never received any return from said proceedings.

said Henry Nixon Esq died shortly afterward & affiant knows not what has went with the paper aforesaid. said application was made more than six years ago and some time in the present year a declaration & proof was made & certified and as he is informed and believes to be true was forwarded to the War Department and the following paper of Instructions was received in reference to his application which will be forwarded back & is here referred to as Exhibit A. Affiant is very old, and infirm, and is poor, and much in need of the benevolent aids of his Government in granting him a Pension which he humbly prays may now be granted to him as the law directs from the passage of the Act of June 7th 1832. as in duty bound will ever pray &c.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or an Annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State in the United States of America. Affiant respectfully refers the Hon Sec. of Pensions to the proof heretofore forwarded to the Hon Department and humbly prays as he has heretofore prayed, which is his reason for not making his application sooner. sworn to & subscribed in
open Court this 12th Nov. 1839. David B. Warren Clerk of the circuit courts of Hickman and State of Tennessee Hickman County } S.S.
his John X Tucker Jr. mark
I Edmund Dillahanty Judge of the Circuit Courts for the 8th Judicial Circuit of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration was signed, read and certified in open Court on the

12th day of November in the year 1839 at the November Term 1839 of said Court in the town of Centreville for the County of Hickman aforesaid, I are in due form of Law, & that John Tucker Esq. is a man of good moral Character and entitled to credit on his oath. Given under my hand and seal this 12th day of November 1839.
Edmund Dillahunty
State of Tennessee Hickman County } S.S.
I David B. Warren Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hickman County aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Circuit Court in the matter of the Amended proceedings of the application of John Tucker Esq. for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and private seal then being no seal of office at Office in the town of Centreville on the 12th day of November in the year 1839. & in the 64th year of American Independence.
David B Warren clerk of the circuit Court of Hickman County
I am acquainted with David B Warren & his hand writing - he is the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hickman County & the preceding signature is in his proper handwriting.
Feb 8 th 1840
C. Johnson
John Tucker Esq. Pension Declaration
H. C. Johnson

July 17, 1934
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Mr. Hoyle Webster 1508 Ordway Place Nashville, Tennessee
BA-J/HEL John McMurtry-W.1448 John Tucker S.3837
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of four pensioners of that war, Frederick Fisher, John McMurtry, Sylvania Tucker and John Tucker.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has not been possible to make a series of investigations and reports for one person, pertaining to soldiers of that war. The records of John McMurtry and John Tucker are given herein as found in the respective claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
John McMurtry W.1448
John McMurtry was born February 15, 1753. The place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
John McMurtry enlisted, place not shown, in July, 1775, in Captain James Chambers' Company, Colonel Thompson's 1 st Pennsylvania Regiment, was engaged in the siege of Boston, and at the battles of White Plains, York Island, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Paoli and Germantown, during which period he was appointed sergeant and promoted sergeant major. On September 1 or 3, 1779, he was appointed ensign in same regiment, then commanded by Colonel James Chambers and continued in that regiment until June 29, 1780, when he left the army with the consent of his colonel and went to sea on the brig, "Fair America", Captain Decatur; no further details are given in regard to the service of John McMurtry.

John McMurtry was allowed pension under the Act of May 20, 1830, at which time he was a resident of Sumner County, Tennessee, in which county he died March 16, 1841.
The soldier married January 29, 1781, in Somerset County, New Jersey, Margaret or Peggy Gomer, who was born August 1, 1765, place not stated.
Soldier's widow, Margaret, was allowed pension under the Act of June 7, 1838, while residing in Sumner County, Tennessee.
She died April 7, 1846, in said Sumner County, Tennessee.
The names of the following children with their dates of birth are shown:
Henery McMurtry born December 6, 1781. Jean McMurtry " October 18, 1784. John McMurtry, Junior " March 10, 1787. James McMurtry " December 22, 1789, died February 10, 1795. Mary McMurtry " June 15, 1796. Asa McMurtry " May 1, 1799. Peggy McMurtry " October 18, 1806.
The widow left three heirs, Asa McMurtry, who was living in 1851, in Sumner County, Tennessee; Mary Forrester and Thomas McMurtry; the relationship of Thomas to the family was not shown.
There are no further family data.
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John Tucker S.3837
John Tucker was born in October, 1752, in Halifax County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in Halifax County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1780 and served two tours, one of eight months and one of three months

under Captains Bradley, Taylor, John Faulkner, Colonels Rogers and Holt Richardson, and was at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis. His service was rendered in the Virginia Troops.
After the Revolution, John Tucker moved from Halifax County, Virginia, to Chatham County, North Carolina; thence to Williamson County, Tennessee; thence to Hickman County, Tennessee, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1839.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Tucker(S-3837), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:
Tucker John Tucker, Certificate No. 31709, issued February 10, 1840, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Tennessee Agency.
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

John Tucker Tennessee
Suspended
Act 6 July 1839
J. D. Easty Act: 7 Feb: 1840 No. C. Johnson
Act 7 June 1832

1934 - Hint to Doyle Webster Letter in case John M c Murtry No. 1448 - 884
Rev War
3837
INVALID.
File No. 3837
John Tucker
Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1852
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 380
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Centerville Ky July 5 - Pensioners Declaration Geo. Fisher 7 th June 1832
To the War Department
Pension office Washington city D.C.

War Department, Pension Office, July 6 1839.
Sir,
The declaration of John Tucker has been examined and filed with suspended cases; In order to a proper investigation of the claim, a full and particular statement of each term of service should be made, as required in the enclosed printed regulations. He should also state his reasons for not making an earlier application for a pension .
I am, respectfully, Your obt. servt J. S. Edwards
James D. Earley Esq. Clerk Court of Hickman Co. Vernon, Tennessee.

17. 293 John Tucker Juniper
31709
admits
P 6 ~ $ 20. Capt Bradley C Rogers Va.
Acty June 1832
Hon: Care Johnson N. R.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 30 th 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," John Tucker, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville Tenn Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March, to the 1 st Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William H. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Feb. 8. 1840.
Mem.
The Comm. of way of Pension
Hon. G. Hudson M.P.

H of Rep
July 8 1840
Dear Sir,
I return the petition of John Tucker with the Certificate which you desired -
Please enclose me the Certificate of Pension
Yours sincerely
C Johnson

Feb 7. 1840
The Commissioner of Pensions J. B. In. C. A.
Wm. Johnson H.R.

Washington Feb 5 th 1840
Dear Sir,
I have just been informed that the Pension papers of John Tucker from Rockham County, Fla. have been long ago forwarded to the Department & no return - will you inform me, if they have been rec d & the action of your office on them.
Respectfully
Yrs s
C. Johnson

Nov 25 Centerville Ia
Yr free
Dear Mr. Tucker
Hon. J. L. Edwards Sec. of War & Pension Agent.
Revolutionary Pension Claim John Tucker Senr.
Washington City District of Columbia

Gentreville November 12 th 1839.
Hon J. L. Edwards
See Penn
for Sir.
In closed you have the Amended declaration of John Tucker sent. Made in conformity with the written instructions & the printed forms by you forwarded to Mr. Tucker: which I hope will be altogether satisfactory.
As the Clerk of the Circuit Court has no seal of Office I refer you to Col. Cave Johnson the Representative in Congress from this District who will certify that David B. Warren is the Clerk of this Court and that Judge Dillahanty is the Judge & that the same is in their respective hand writing of their names the balance is all in my hand writing.
For information and testimonials in reference to me I refer you to Judge Grundy, Col Johnson & the delegation in Congress from Middle Tennessee in particular - Direct your reply to Maj. Geo. H. Roulstone my partner in the practice of the Law at Centreville Tennessee.
Accept assurances of the high regard and esteem of your Obedient humble servant. H.
Ino. H. Dew.

17. 293
John Tucker Tennessee
James
J. T.

State of Tennessee } S.S Wickman County }
An this 29 th day of January in the year of Our Lord 1839 personally appeared before me John Suckern one of the Justices of and a Justice of the County Court of the County of Wickman aforesaid John Suckern a resident of the County of Wickman and state of Tennessee aged eighty six years, who being duly first duly Sworn according to Law, doth on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he was drafted in the army of the United States in the year 1780 with Capt Bradly and Lieut. Turner and served in the regiment (No forgotten) of the militia line, under the following named officers (viz) Col. Rogers and Capt John Falkner and left the service in February he states that he served two terms of enlistment or tours one of eight months and the other three months he states that he left home in October 1781 and marched to Yorktown under Col. Rogers and Capt John Falkner, that he lived in the County of Halifax and State of Virginia when he entered the service, he states that he was engaged in the Battle at Yorktown, when Genl Wallis surrendered that he marched thence from home to Petersburg, and thence to Little York. He states that he was born in the month of October in the year 1752 in the County of Halifax and State of Virginia He has no record of his age when he was called into service he lived in the state of Virginia in the County of Halifax He states that he moved from the County of Halifax in the state of Virginia to Chatham County in the State of N. Carolina and from thence to Williamson County in the state of Tennessee, thence to Wickman County in the state of Tennessee where he now resides. He was called into service by being drafted. The names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops when he served are the following viz Col Rogers, Capt John Falkner, Capt Bradly, Lieut Turner and Gen. Washington = Commander in chief.

He states that he was in the Virginia lines (names of Continental lines and regiments forgotten)
He states that he was engaged in no battles during the eight months thereof, but, that he was engaged in the Battle of that was fought at Little York. He received a discharge from the service; signed Col. Holt Richerson and John Gartin but from length of time he has lost it. He never received any Commission but served as a private soldier all the time he was in the service. The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify to his declaration for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution namely, Alexander Goodman, Jacob Smith, Joseph Tucker, William Purdy, Isaac Anderson, Wopson Tally and P. S. Ponder.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll or agency in any State
his John Tucker mark
Sworn To and subscribe before me this the 29 th Day of January 1939
John Depriest Seal
Justice of the peace for Hickman County
Tennessee
State of Tennessee Hickman County I testify that I was in the revolutionary war with John Tucker when he was at Little York and that he served the time above stated as well as I now remember
Signed John Tally his mark
Sworn To and subscribe before me this the 29 th Day of January 1939
John Depriest Seal
Hickman County Tennessee

We John Goodman a Clergyman and Allen Sally residents in Hickman County Tennessee hereby certify that we have well acquainted with John Lucker who has subscribed and to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty six years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion Given to and subscribed } John Goodman the day of year aforesaid. } Allen Sally
John De Priest
And I the said Justice of the peace and of the County Court of Hickman County aforesaid do hereby Certify declare my opinion after 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 I further certify that it appears to me that John Goodman who signed the preceding certificate as Clergyman resident in the County of Hickman aforesaid and that Allen Sally who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Hickman, aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. I also certify that John Sally who testifies as to the service performed by said applicant is entitled to full credit upon his oath and he is a resident of the adjoining County (Decatur) I also certify that said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity, attend the Court, and that the foregoing contains the original of the proceedings before me in the matter of the application of John Lucker for a pension given under my hand and seal this the 29 th day of January 1835 John De Priest

State Tennessee Hickman County I James D Eastly clerk of the county Court of Hickman aforesaid do hereby Certify that John D Spriett Esquire now is & was at the date of his certificate one of the acting Justices of the peace and Justice of the county court of said county of Hickman duly commissioned and qualified to act as such and that full faith and credit is due to his official acts as such and that the signa- ture annexed to his certificate is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and af- fixed the seal of said court at office the 31 st day of January AD 1837
J. D. Eastly clk
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