Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 18,602, Stephen Turnbull, Va

SERVICE
Va
Turnbull Stephen
NUMBER
R. 18602
Va. half pay
CONTENTS
N.A. Acc. No. 874 See 950 177 Half Pay Stephen Turnbull

I William Anderson, administrator of Stephen Turnbull dec d . formerly a Captain of the Virginia State line in the War of the Revo- lution, do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph Segar Esq. of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, my attorney to receive from the Government of the United States , all sums of money due, as half pay or as commu- tion pay, to the said Stephen Turnbull, for his services in the line and War aforesaid, under the act of Congress of July 5 th 1832, or under any decision of the courts of Virginia, or an- d any decision of any of the Departments, at Washington, a- mounting to Ten thousand dollars or thereabout.
And my said attorney is further empowered to grant receipts and all necessary papers of whatever kind, and to substitute one or more per-

sons under him to effectuate the purposes of this letter of Attorney.
Witness my hand and seal this 9 th day of July 1849.
William Anderson
State of Virginia 3 Towns: Elizabeth City County This day William Anderson administrator of Stephen Turnbull died personally appeared before me one of the commissioners of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed. Given under my hand this 9 th day of July 1849.
John Jones J.P. J.P.

State of Virginia } To Wit: Elizabeth City County }
I, Samuel S. Howard, clerk of the Court of Elizabeth City County, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify, that John Jones Esq., before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, and still is, a justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this the 9 th day of July Anno Domini Eighteen Hun- dred & forty Nine.
S. S. Howard clerk

I subscribe Francis A. Dickinson Esq., of Washington City, to receive the Half Pay or commutation pay of Captain Stephen Turnbull, and the commission of pension or other accounting officer of the Treasury will settle the same with the said F. A. Dickinson and pay over the amount to him, whose receipt and discharge shall be good. Jos: Segar.
July 11 th . 1849.
Stephen Turnbull

ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1871.
WAR OF 1812.
3333
Stephen Turnbull Capt-
Va Arty.
Revolutionary
Discharged _____, 18
6036 REJECTED
N o Pay _____ act '32
Received _____, 18
Attorney.

Los Segar, or F. A. Dickinson.
Jan. 4 '50.
\frac{1}{2} pay case.

Pension Office 57 January 4. 1850
Sir,
The papers which were filed in the Treasury Department when the half-pay claim of the heirs of Stephen Turnbull, dec d . was examined settled, have been examined. The claim is now presented for commutation and interest. I cannot allow the claim, because
1. There is no positive proof that the decedent lived to the 22 d April 1783, to which time he must have served in order to have be entitled to commutation from the State of Virginia. Several persons have testified that he served to the end of the war; but such evidence does not determine the precise period, because each one swears according to the particular views he has relative to the close of the war. Some suppose that the war ended when hostilities ceased in Virginia in 1781; others that war ended when the preliminaries of peace were signed. The decision of the Treasury Department giving half-pay from the 22 d April 1783 does not determine the point, because it was the custom of that Dept t . in all cases to give the half-

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pay either from the 22 d April 1783 or from September 1783, notwithstanding the officer might have left the service long before either of those periods.
✓ 3. There is no proof as to the continuation of the former administrator in office. There may, or may not, have been a revocation of his power. Upon this point proof is required.
4. Should the administrator show that he is still authorized to act, he must either appear in person, or authorize some one to act for him.
2. The State of Virginia granted land for his service during the war; but that fact constitutes is not deemed conclusive evidence that he served to the 22 d April 1783, for many officers received land for service during the war who left the service before the 22 d April 1783.
Joseph Segar, Esq of Virginia or T. A. Dickinson Esq Present

#186 Stephen Turnbull
#186 act 5 th July 1832

Washington 26 Sept. 1849.
Sir.
Enclosed I have the honour to present to you a power of Attorney from William Anderson Administrator on the estate of Stephen Turnbull who was a Captain in the Virginia State Artillery, Authorizing Joseph Segar Esq to prosecute and collect his claim for the difference between his half pay for life, heretofore received and Commutation with interest, to which he is entitled under the act of Congress of the 9 th July 1832. - The branches upon which the half pay claim was allowed No. 65.749. in the Office of the Register of the Treasury will show that his claim should have been allowed for commutation with interest & I beg leave to refer you to them.
Yours very respectfully Francis A. Dickinson.
James M. Edmonds Esq Com r . of Pensions.

22 Octs 1857
holp Pay
Relation to the commutation allow- ances of Stephen Turnbull
Abel Wedge
answered
Turner
Washington City
The Commissioner of Pensions M c
Referred to Mr. Dickenson
Stephen Turnbull

Norfolk Va
October 22 d 1851
To
The Commissioner of Pensions -
Sir,
In right of my wife, I am entitled to \frac{1}{8} th of the money paid by the U States for the services of Stephen Turnbull, for his half pay, & commutation arising out of his services as an officer of the State of Virginia in the war of the revolution -
I have been obliged to bring suit against Mr W m Anderson, his administrator, for what I believe to be my right - suit is now instituted and I must trouble you so far as to ask you to send me authenticated copies of all receipts given by Mr Anderson or by his agents for the different sums of

money paid by the U States for the 1/2 pay & commutation of Stephen Turnbull decd. I believe there were 3 or 4 payments made -
Yours ob t serv t his Abel X Wedgewood mark
State of Virginia City of Norfolk } To wit:-
This day the above named Abel Wedgewood, who is personally known to me, appeared before me Simon S. Stubbs, Mayor, of said City and made oath the the facts set forth in the foregoing written letter are true - Given under my hand this 22 d of October 1857 - and I further certify that I correctly read the said letter to the said Abel Wedgewood.
Simon S. Stubbs Mayor

Commutation - Stephen Turnbull March 19. 1832 into
Vol. 2p
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Pension Office,
March 19, 1850.
I hereby certify that I have examined the claim of the administrator  legal representative of Stephen for service at Turnville as  Purnball deceased and that I find the said Purnball to have been a Captain of Artillery, in the Virginia State line and to have served until the end of the war of the Revolution and, consequently, under the opinion of the Attorney General and decision of the Secretary of the Interior, having decided that he is entitled to commutation with interest. That William Anderson is the Administrator on the estate of the said Purnball. I am therefore of the opinion that the claim should be allowed for commutation of five years full pay as Captain of Artillery, being three thousand dollars, with interest, at the rate of six per cent per annum, from the 22 d April 1783, to this day, and that from this amount should be deducted the amount of half pay heretofore paid under the act of Congress of the 8 th July 1837, entitled "An act to provide for liquidating and paying certain claims of the State of Virginia," and that the balance is payable to Francis S. Dickinson, Esq., substituted Attorney for Joseph Segar, Esq., Attorney in fact of William Anderson, Esq., Administrator on the estate of the said Purnball. Interest upon interest is not to be allowed. Approved.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Secretary of the Interior.

Stephen Turnbull Act July 5. 1832 age 22' 46.
Record vol 103 page 178.

Pension Office April 22. 1846
I certify that I have examined the claim of the administrator of Stephen Turnbull, deceased, and it appears that under the act of the 5 th of July 1832 half-pay has been allowed from the 22 d of April 1783. Half-pay is now claimed from the 6 th of February 1782, and the claim should in my opinion be allowed. I therefore certify that half-pay  there is still due to the administrator of said Turnbull, half-pay for service as a Captain of Artillery of the Virginia State Troops, from February 6. 1782 to April 22. 1783 at the rate of Three Hundred Dollars per annum, and that the amount is payable to Henry Northup, attorney of William Anderson, of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, administrator of Stephen Turnbull, deceased.
Approved
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Secretary of War.
Commission of Pensions
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