Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 11218, Frederick Watts, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Watts, Frederick
R 11218
CONTENTS

Frederick Watts's Declaration

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Virginia County of Fauquier 3 d .
On this 16 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the justice of the peace of Fauquier County now sitting Frederick Watts a resident in said County and State, aged 77 years who being first duly sworn according to law, did on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he was born in the year 1755 about 4 miles in the County of Fauquier as he has always understood from his parents and has lived in Fauquier ever since
That he first entered the service in the year 1777 about the 1 st of September under Captain Waugh and marched to the river and joined General Washington's Army in Pennsylvania
That he continued with Washington till about the 1 st day of December following, when he was discharged with his Regiment
That he was drafted in said service, and was in the Regiment commanded by Col James Barbour at first, afterwards Major Stokely commanded till he joined the Army, when he was attached to Fauquier's Regiment - This term was about four months
That in the spring of 1778 he was again drafted and marched under Captain Bradley and Lieutenant Reuben Zimmerman That he went nearly to Richmond and was encamped
That he was not long in the service at that time, but had leave for a time which was two weeks - That he was not again mustered himself, but had a substitute in service two years
That he composed the above service by the Certificate of Robert Moor, Edmund Vaughan, and Thomas Vaughan
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed this day in open court
his Frederick Watts (Mark)
I Reuben Moore resident of Fauquier County Virginia, certify that Frederick Watts I was with Frederick Watts who subscribed the above Declaration was in the company of Captain Waugh in which I was Lieutenant, and marched with us to Washington Army as he states, and that he performed that time faithfully that

that I have known him ever since, and consider him entitled to full credit in what he states Given to and subscribed this day in open Court R. E. Moore 3
Ol. Edward Vaughan resident of (six pages County Virginia) hereby certify that I was with Frederick Watts in the last of which he speaks in his (Declaration) as being com- manded near Richmond and knew that he performed that service. I also was with him in this March several time referred to by Captain E. Moore. Given to and subscribed this day in open Court Edward Vaughan 3
In as the Court then proceeded to propound the following interrog- ies to the applicant, he being under oath, and which he an- swered as hereinafter recorded viz:
Question 1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Ans r In the County of (six pages) about 4 mo 1775.
Question 2 nd Have you any record of your age, and if so, when is it?
Ans r I have no register. My Parents told me what day I was born.
Question 3 rd Where were you at the living when you were called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans r I have said I was born in (six pages), I have never lived out of that County, and now live in it.
Question 4 th When were you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Ans r I was drafted each time I was in service.
Question 5 th State the names of some of the Virginia officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans r I state in my (Declaration) the names of many officers I was with, and also the circumstances of my service.
Question 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans r I never received a written discharge but was dismissed with the (six pages)
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, who can testify

as to your character for veracity and then being of your service as a soldier of the Revolution
Ans: I might name James Stanbrough Esq. Peter Vanbrugh and Martin Martin with others; I spread my service as set forth in my Declaration.
The last entry upon the knowledge of the justice sitting that there is no disputable matter in the immediate vicinity of the applicant; that several credible witnesses have testified as to the service hereof first, and second in their opinion in favor of his character and Revolutionary service, — and that such evidence is due to all that he has stated. In the said last do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the last further deposes that it appears to them that Reuben a Niece and Edmund Wanshan who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the County of Bedford in the State of Virginia and credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Francis Lightfoot Clerk of the Court of Appeals of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Frederick W. Wall for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and annexed the seal of the said Court this 30th day of August 1832 in the 57th year of the Commonwealth.
F. Lightfoot

Thos. Watts.
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Edmundo Posadas Calpe p. 6 H p.
Dec 13 1872
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BRIEF in the case of  Frederick Watts  of  Wilpepa Co.  in the State of  Tex  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Conus  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he?  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.     In 17 Repcha for 1st clan mac the 5th  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

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Fred Watts
Aug-16-1832-77
Culpepper Co Va
Sept 1, 77 Culpepper Co. Va.
Capt Waugh Cal —
3 m
Col Jas. Duffey 5 m
Sept 78, Capt Bradley Cal. Las Bourbon 2 m
Burn Culpepper Co Va Dec 25, 1775-

Oct. 26 - 1900 - Mrs. A. C. Wellington St. Anthony Park Minn
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
11,218
P. O. Fred K. Watts
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

W.C.W.
To The Com. of Pensions Washington - D.C.
Dear Sir -
Can you give me the revolutionary record - of Colonel Frederick Watts of the Penn. Battalion of the Flying Camp -
Also the revolutionary record of Ensign Thomas Huling of the III & II Penn.

line
and oblig
Yours. Very Truly
Mrs. A. C. Wellington
2174 Dooley Ave.
St. Anthony Park
Minn.
October eighteenth — 1900

Fredrick Watts Virginia
11218
Rejected see let. to E. Broadus of the 13 th Dec. 1832 -