Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42046, John Trotter, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Trotter, John
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S 42046
CONTENTS

16,407. 8 Kentucky (R.) Ohio
John Trotter, priv. of Lincoln co. in the state of Kentucky who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel J. Wood, of the Virginia line, for the term of 5 years — 1775 to 80.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky. at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 13. of August, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28. of Jany. and sent to hon. Geo. Robertson member of Congress for Ky.
  Arrears to 4th of  Sept. 1819.  $ 101. 07    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  4. March 1820.  48. "    12 mo. \frac{19}{31}   $ 149. 47.    \frac{4}{30}    
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued.
Notification sent on 26 June 1820 to Hon. Geo. Robertson, Member of Congress for Ky. Date of death not on file.

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John Trollers Claim
The line must be mentioned

John Trotter aged 61 years for the purpose of obtaining a pension in conformity with the provisions of the act of Congress passed in March 1878. States upon oath that in the year 1875 at Winchester (Virginia) he enlisted as a regular soldier in the service of the United States in the war then waging with Great Britain, that his enlistment was during the war, that the Company he enlisted in was commanded by Capt John Norvell, the Regt was the 12th & commanded by Col James Wood, & the brigade was commanded by Genl Charles Scott. That he served five years faithfully & was captured at Charlestown South Carolina, that he escaped from his captivity & returned to his place of residence about 20 miles from Winchester also & reported himself to Major Andrew Waggoner, who ordered him to return home & remain there until called upon for further service. That he never was called upon again for further service owing to the before mentioned separation from his corps & the circumstance above stated he never obtained a regular discharge; that he was at the storming of Stormy Point, & the battles of Brandywine & Germantown. He states that he is afflicted with the Rheumatism, that he is unable to procure a comfortable living by labor, is reduced in his pecuniary circumstances, & really needs the aid contemplated in the act of Congress before recited. John Trotter

At a Circuit Court held for the County of Lincoln at the Court house in the Town of Stanford on Thursday the 13 th day of August 1898 before the Honble Thomas M c Man garny and like Circuit Judges for the state of Kentucky John Trotter an applicant for a new trial made oath to a statement in writing which was filed; the Court after hearing the statement & interrogating the said John Trotter is of opinion that he has stated the facts truly: therefore it is ordered that the said statement together with the above expression of this Court's opinion be copied & Certified to the secretary of the War department of the United States.
Kentucky Lincoln Circuit Ct.
I Thomas Helm Clerk of the Lincoln Circuit Court do hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of the statement of John Trotter which was sworn to & filed in my office, & also a Copy of the opinion of the Court in relation thereto. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my office hereto this 21 st of September 1898.
Thomas Helm

John Trotter
for
Pension
Virginia line
Col. James Wood
12 Regt
775-5 yrs
Correct by All
No 293
Hon. Geo. Robertson
H. R.

State of Kentucky, Seto
On this day John Trotter personally appeared before me & after being sworn, stated in addition to his declaration made on the 13 th day of August, A.D. 1818 in the circuit court for Lincoln county, in order to procure a pension, which is annexed hereto, that he believes that he belonged to the Virginia line upon continental establishment. And I do certify further that it is my opinion that the act of congress does not require the old soldier to make the above statement, and that I have no doubt that every clerk in the war department ought to know to what line General Charles Scott, belonged, and if unknown to any, it might have been ascertained upon a minutes enquiry. Given under my hand as one of the judges of the circuit courts

of the state aforesaid; and Pre- siding Judge of the Lincoln circuit court the 14 th day of August, A. D. 1849.
Thomas Montgomery
Kentucky Lincoln Circuit Court Atch
I Thomas Helms Clerk of the Lincoln Circuit Court do hereby Certify that Thomas Montgomery Esq whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is one of the Circuit Judges in the state of Kentucky. & presides in the Lincoln Circuit Court.
In testimony whereof I Thomas Helms Clerk of the Circuit Court herein for Lincoln County have hereunto subscri- bed my name & affixed the seal of my office hereto this 14 th day of August 1849 Thomas Helms Clerk

John Shotters Cinn.

State of Kentucky 12 th Judicial District and Circuit Court for Lincoln County - Set
On this 18 th day of August A.D. 1820 in open court before the court above mentioned, it being a court of Record by act of Assembly proceeding according to the clause of the common Law John Trotter ages over 63 years old, personally appeared in court and being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war, as follows to wit, five years that he in the month of June in the year 1774 in Winchester in Virginia he enlisted for the term aforesaid which he served out and was prevented from obtaining a discharge by captivity he enlisted in the company comm- =manded by John Neville in the Regiment comm- =manded by James Wood and Brigade commanded by Genl Charles Scott; that his Regiment was part of the Virginia line upon the continental establishment as will more fully appear by the affidavit under which he obtained his certificate for a pension N o 16.407 dated the 28 th day of January 1820. And I the said John Trotter do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner dispose of my property or any part thereof with intent so to diminish it as to bring myself within the

provision of the Act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war "passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the below Schedule below hereto annexed and by me subscribed viz
one mare of the value of £ $ 30. 00 $ 30 and no more £ 2. 00 one or two dollars owing to him £
Sworn to declared and subscribed the day and year aforesaid John Trotter
And the said John Trotter further states upon oath that he is a cooper by trade but is entirely unable to labour on account of bodily infirmities being sorely afflicted with Rheumatic pains that he is a Widower and has four children alive namely Lewis William Fanny and Betsy all residing in the State of Ohio and under age and all over twenty one years of age except William that he has had four other children, but that they are dead two of whom died in the army not long since as he supposes. Sworn to declared and subscribed before me John L Bridges presiding Judge of the court above mentioned the day and year first mentioned John L Bridges

Since at a circuit court held for Lincoln County on Tuesday the twentieth day of May in the year 1893 at the court house in the town of Stanford by the honorable John B. Parsons one of the circuit judges in the State of Kentucky. John Trotter an applicant for a pension exhibited a written statement in addition to the one made by him on the eigh- teenth day of August in the year eighteen hun- -dred and twenty, into court and made oath to the correctness of the same which was ordered to be recorded and the same follows in these words to wit State of Kentucky 12 th Judicial District and Circuit Court for Lincoln County Set on the 20 th day of May in the year 1893 personally appeared before the circuit court above mentioned it being a court of Record by act of assembly proceeding ac- cording to the course of the common law John Trotter who being duly sworn upon his oath declared that he is the same John Trotter who made oath to a schedule of his estate property before the court aforesaid on the 18 th day of August in the year eighteen hundred and twenty for the purpose of being reinstated on the pension roll under the act of January of the 18 th March 1818 and he states upon his oath aforesaid that at the time

of making his oath aforesaid on the said 18 th day of August 1820 he was an inhabitant of this county of Lincoln and within the jurisdiction of the Court aforesaid.
John his Trotter mark
Sir Thomas Montgomery & Schuyler Baird two credible & respectable Witnesses were sworn touching the species amount & value of the property contained in the Schedule of the said John made on the eighteenth day of August 1820. who declared on oath that they believe the same as stated by the said John Trotter to the best of their knowledge. being satisfied that the statements made by the said John as to the manner & time of his entering the service of the United States & also as to the value of his property contained in the Schedule of the said John are true. do cause it to be certified to the Secretary of the War Department.
State of Kentucky Lincoln Circuit Court Set.
I Thomas Helm Clerk of the Lincoln Circuit Court do certify that the John B. Briggs Esquire before whom the foregoing written declarations were made, is one of the competent Judges in the State of Kentucky. that he held the Court at the times when the said declarations were respectively made; that the decla- rations & schedule & each have been as matter of fact of said Court. the same are truly copied therefrom &

I do further certify that it is the opinion of the Comt. that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty one or two dollars. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Comt., on this 26 th day of May 1893. Thomas Helm Clerk of the circuit Comt for Lincoln County.

May 4, 1938
Mrs. Paul D. Voorheis Mrs. Paul D. Voorheis 321 W. Sandusky Street Findlay, Ohio
John Trotter S. 42046 BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Trotter of Virginia, died in Adams County, Ohio, about 1826.
The data which follow concerning John Trotter were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 42046, based on his military service in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of John Trotter were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
While residing about twenty miles from Winchester, Virginia, John Trotter enlisted at said Winchester, sometime in June, 1775, served as a private in Captains Neville's and Joseph Swearingen's companies, Colonel James Wood's 12th Virginia regiment; he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Storming of Stony Point, was taken prisoner at Charleston, South Carolina, made his escape and returned to his home, and was not called into service again.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-one years and a resident of Lincoln County,

Kentucky.
The soldier, John Trotter, was a widower in 1830, name of his wife not shown; he at this time referred to four children- Lewis, William, Amy, and Betsey, all residing in the State of Ohio, and all over twenty-one years of age "except William"; he also at this time referred to four "other children", all dead, two of whom died "in the army long since", names of these children not stated. (not)
On March 21, 1825, John Trotter stated that he had "lately removed" from Kentucky to Adams County, Ohio.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further reference to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
John Trotter Certificate # 16407 Issued January 28, 1820 Rate $8.00 per month Commenced August 13, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 Ohio Agency, transferred from Kentucky.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

State of Ohio application for Transfer As 3 Adams County
Adams County on this Twenty first day of March 1825 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Adams personally appeared John Trotter who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Joseph Swer arming force in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Wood in the service of the Uni- ted States that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the Kentucky agency from which he has lately removed and that he now resides in the State of Ohio in the county aforesaid where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there pay able in future that he at pre- sent receives Eight dollars per month sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
me the day and year H. Haller Jones Justice of the Peace
his John Trotter moss

The State of Ohio Adams County ss
I Joseph Darlington Clerk P.P. of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of aforesaid do hereby Certify that the within named John Patterson Esq. Esq. who has signed the within deposition of John Trotter was at the time of signing the same & still is a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified & that full faith & credit are due to his said certificate of all other Official acts by him done as well in Courts of Justice as thereout In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at West Union this 21 st day of March in the year of our Lord 1825 (and in the 23 d year of this state
Joseph Darlington

Received of Jan. 10
Yrs O
The Honble John C. Calhoun
Washington City
Recd June 1823
Pension Papers enclosed

Stanford, 11 th June, 1822.
Sir,
I send enclosed the schedule V o of John De Trotter, a person whose pension was suspended under the act of May, 1820, as also an amendment to his affidavit V o with an expression of the courts opinion as to the verity of the matters stated, as required upon the presentation of the first mentioned document. You will please to transmit his certificate to me at this place.
Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Thomas Montgomery
Honble John C. Calhoun

Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
JOHN TROTTER of Va. Continental line, died in Adams County, Ohio about 1826, aged about 76 yrs. In 1826 he was on the pension rolls of Adams county, O., having been transferred there from Ky. If you please, I would like to secure a copy of his pension papers as I am trying to complete my Trotter Family records. Thanking you in advance, I am
Yours very truly,
Ruth K. Voorheis Ruth K. Voorheis (Mrs. Paul D. Voorheis) 321 W. Sandusky St., Findlay, Ohio.
Apr. 18th 1938-

1938-May 4. list to Mrs. Paul D. Voorhees Lucy
42 046
INVALID.
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File No. 42, 046
John Strother Dr. Geo. W.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
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[Arrangement of 1870.]