Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,570, Obadiah Wade, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va. _____
Wade, Obadiah _____
S 16,570 _____
Carded.
CONTENTS
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4744
Kentucky.
Obadiah Wade
Born in the State of Ky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by _____ in the Va. line for 18 mo: from 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 50- Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Jan: 33 and sent Hon. G- Tompkins, House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 90- Pemi=ant. allowance ending 4 th Mar: 33 30- $120-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book D Vol. 9 Page 61

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Obadiah Wade
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? _____ IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? _____ Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? _____
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? _____
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2. 7.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
† QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Obadiah Wade
from 1780 private 18 months. $60.

BRIEF in the case of Obadiah Wade  County of Barron in the State of Kentucky (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? 68  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.     enlisted In 180 1 6 — private Gen. Peter Muhlenburg, va. State line.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Yorktown  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Richmond va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Neither on Roll  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh
Examining Clerk.

State of Kentucky, County of Barren fct.
On this 18 th day of September 1832 personally appeared before the Judge of the Circuit Court for the County & Circuit of Barren in the State aforesaid, Obadiah Wade a resident of the said County of Barren in the State aforesaid, aged sixty eight years & five months, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832: That he enlisted in the army of the United States, in the year 1780 according to the best of his recollection, for the term of eighteen months, & served for the said term of eighteen months in the Virginia State line under the following named Officers, - he belonged to the Brigade of Genl. Peter Muhlenberg, he does not know to what company he was attached, being selected with about fifteen others as a waggon-guard & placed under the command of a sergeant, in which capacity he served during the whole time being generally stationed with the said Genl. Muhlenberg and acting under his orders: - That he joined the army at Richmond Virginia, just before Arnold burnt the Foundry at that  Court House near that place, - that he marched by Chesterfield, to Petersburg, from thence to Smithfield & Cabbins Point, from thence to Suffolk, from thence they returned to Richmond - This was at the time Arnold invaded the state of Virginia. - After the army returned to Richmond, Cornwallis was advancing, and the said army with the said Wade retreated to the mountains to a place called the Raccoon Ford, where they were reinforced by Genl. Wayne, when the troops returned to Little York where Cornwallis was besieged by the French and the army under Genl. Washington - the said Wade further saith, that he remained at Little York until shortly before the surrender of Cornwallis, when he was taken sick & sent to the hospital at Williamsburg, where he remained until after the surrender, when he obtained a furlough and returned home to Goochland County, Virginia, where he resided at the time he entered the service & afterwards - that in the winter of the year 1781 he obtained his discharge in writing

at Powhatan Court House in Virginia - He does not recollect by whom his discharge was signed - He afterwards left it with the Auditor at Richmond, Virginia, when he drew his pay. - The said Wade recollects that Col. Dick, Maj Thomas Drew & Major Ludeman served in the army to which he was attached; but owing to the nature of his service as before described, & his being very young at the time, he cannot say whether he was in the same Regiment with them - Majors Drew & Ludeman were aids to Gen l Muhlenburg. - The said Obadiah Wade hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Oba Wade
And the said Court doth hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states.
I Richard Garnett Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County and Circuit of Barren in the state of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Obadiah Wade for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 18 D day of September 1832.
Richard Garnett Clerk

16.570 INVALID.
16.570
File No. 16.570
Obediah Wade
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 393
[Arrangement of 1870.]