Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38461, Isaac Welch, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Pa.
Welch, Isaac
S.38461
CONTENTS

See letter 10 Jany 1832 to Hon W Armstrong
Duplicate Pension certificate issued the 27 th January 1832 and sent to the care of J. B. White Romney Virg a .
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 th April 1834 from 4 Sept 1836 to 10 Dec 1836, the day of his death age 80 Feb 26 March 1839
Virginia
Isaac Welch
of Hampshire Co. in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Blackwell of the regiment commanded by Colonel Stephens in the Va line, for the term of three years from the year 1776 to 1779.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginiae at the rate of Eighte Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st day of August 1819 and dropt therefrom 26 Oct. 1820.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of October 1819 and sent to J. B. White Esq. Romney, Va.
Restored to the Roll on 4 th day of February 1831 and notification sent to Hon. W. Armstrong H. Rep. Pension commencing on the 4 th of February 1831
Amount due on 4th of March 1831. }
$ 8 : 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. }

Virginia to wit At a court held for Hampshire County the 16 th day of August 1819.
Present
William Fox, Francis White, William Vance, Robert Shenard and George Sharpe Just: Justices
Isaac Welch resident in the County of Hampshire in the State of Virginia aged sixty five years came into court and declared upon oath in order to obtain the provisions made by the act of the congress of the United States passed 18 th day of March 1818 entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" that he enlisted at Paeonian court-house in Virginia with Lieutenant Alexander Keith and was attached to a company commanded by Captain Thomas Blackwell that it was on the 27 th day of January (he thinks) 1776 he enlisted, that he belonged to the 10 th Virginia regiment on the continental establishment commanded by Colonel Edward Stephens, that he marched from Paeonian to the Northward, that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and at the taking of Stony Point. that his Captain some time after they had been in service resigned and he was left under the command of Lieutenant Evans, that after the battle of Brandywine the regiments were reduced & he was transferred to the 6 th Virginia regiment in which he continued to serve until he was discharged in Trenton New Jersey by General Frebeck in the month of February

1779 and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that has no other evidence now in his power of paid services.
Ordered that it be certified that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Isaac Welsh did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of three years and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that the proceedings & testimony aforesaid be transmitted to the office of the secretary of war pursuant to the directions of said act of congress. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of the said court this 21 st day of August 1819 and in the 44 th year of this commonwealth.
John B. White

Isaac Welch -
J. Welch 15. 315-
March 18 th
W. Miller
James and Company are able to furnish all

On this 17 th day of July 1820 personally appeared in open court it being a court of record Isaac Welsh aged 66 years in age his next of kin resident in Hampshire County Virginia who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, that he enlisted at Fraziers Court House in Virginia on the 27 th day of January 1776 with Lieutenant Alexander Keith in a Company commanded by Captain Thomas Blackwell of the 10 th Virginia Regiment on continental establishment that he marched to a place called Middlesex Brook in the State of New Jersey, that he served in the 10 th Virginia Regiment until after the Battle of Brandy Wine when the Regiments were reorganized & he fell into the 6 th Virginia Regiment Evans Captain Blackwell having resigned that said 6 th Regiment was commanded in a Company commanded by Lieutenant (Colonel) Stephens and afterwards by Colonel John Green that they were attached to Genl Wadsworth Brigade (and that said 6 th Regiment was commanded by said Green) that he continued in said service until he was discharged at Trenton in the year 1779 about February. That he was in the Battles of Brandywine, Red Bank, Red Bank, Green Bank and at the taking of Stony Point as will appear more fully by reference to his original declaration filed in the War Office and dated the 21 st day of August 1819 and upon which he has obtained a certificate of pension Numbered 15.315 and he also did solemnly swear that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the provisions of an 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 he has not now any person in trust for him any property or securities contracts or debts due to him other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by him subscribed, viz That he owns 225 acres of land  worth $2,000.00 prime ridge land which

is very poor and rough and that he has barely been able to make a support for himself and family with all the economy he could make use of, that he has two horses worth together about $90.00 that he has 3 cows and three calves worth altogether about $30. Nine head of sheep & 5 sheep worth together about $14. That his occupation is that of a Farmer, that in consequence of his aged constitution he is able to work but little, or attend to the management of his business; that the following is a list of the members of his family viz Mary Welsh his wife aged about 58 years, Sylvester Welsh aged about 28 or 29, Dampsey Welsh aged about 22 years James Welsh aged about 20 years and the following his Daughters Lucinda aged about 22 years Mary aged about 17 years, Nancy aged 15 years Charity aged 13 years, That the said Nancy his wife has been under the hands of the Doctor all winter and is not able to contribute any thing to her support; That the said Sylvester and Dampsey are able to support themselves, that the said James is a tolerable hand to work on a farm and is the only one of his said sons who works for him, and that his said daughters are not able to contribute much towards their support.
I John B. White Clerk of the County Court of Hampshire do hereby certify that the foregoing Lists and Schedules thereto annexed are true copies from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the Court that the total amount of the value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedules is $234.00
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 26 th day of August 1820
John B. White

A Schedule of the property both real & personal of Isaac Welsh, & the amount of debts he owes
225 Acres of land worth - - - $2000.00 2 Horses worth together 90.00 3 cows & 3 calves worth 30.00 9 head of Sheep & 5 Goats worth 14.00 $334.00
Isaac Welsh

January 23, 1936
Isaac Welch-S.38461 BA-J/AWF
Pearle G. Mott Davis West Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Isaac Welch, soldier of the Revolutionary War from Virginia.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 38461, based upon the service of Isaac Welch in the Revolutionary War.
He was born in the month of October, 1754, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents given.
Isaac Welch enlisted in Fauquier Court House, Virginia, January 27, 1776, served as a private in Captain Thomas Blackwell's Company, Colonel Edward Stevens' 10th Virginia Regiment, after the resignation of Captain Thomas Blackwell, he served under Lieutenant Evan in Colonel John Green's 6th Virginia Regiment; he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and Stony Point, and was discharged sometime in 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1819, then a resident of Hampshire County, Virginia, where he continued to live in 1831.
His wife, Nancy, was fifty-eight years of age in

1820, and he at that time referred to the following children:
Sylvester, aged twenty-eight or twenty-nine years Dempsey, aged twenty-three years Lucinda or Lurena, aged twenty-two years James, aged twenty years Mary, aged seventeen years Nancy, aged fifteen years Charity, aged thirteen years.
The soldier, Isaac Welch, stated that the members of his family in 1830 were himself, and a maiden daughter about twenty-five years of age, but he did not designate the name of that daughter. The soldier died December 10, 1836.
William and Benjamin Welch owned property in Hampshire County, Virginia, sometime prior to 1826, and Thomas Welch was of Hampshire County, in 1831. It is not shown that they were related to each other, or that they were related to the family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Romney Jan'y 28 th
Flare
Hon William Armstrong
In charge
Washington City D.C.
(Mail)
McLean Pension

Dear Amending
Roxbury Jany 27 1831
Will you be good enough to call at the War office and enquire what has been done with the application of old Mr. Isaac Welch's for a pension -
You know the old man as can Satisfy the department as to his respectability and the respectability of the gentlemen whose names are annexed to a certificate in file there - I can hardly believe the Secretary of War will be ungenerous enough to withhold a pension from this poor old soldier who deserves it so richly - You know I can have no motive for interfering in this matter, further than to obtain for Mr. Welch what he is justly entitled to. In haste
Your friend
John B. White

Romney Jan'y 17
File
July 24 1834
Pension Office
Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City D.C.

Romney Jany 17. 1832.
Sir
Some time since I enclosed to you the application of Isaac Welch a pensioner for a renewal of his original certificate in the form directed by Mr. Edwards. In consequence of his not having this proper the old man has been unable to draw his pension due 4 September last. will you be good enough to send the certificate by the first Mail. the old man is very poor and needs his money much. Respectfully, your ob d s v
John D. White

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 13 th , 1839.
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," The children of Isaac Welch, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va., Agency, at the rate of eight Dollars and _____ Cents per month  annum , under the law of the 18th March, 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1836, to the 10 th December, 1836, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Romney Jan'y 3 rd
Will:
Jan'y 9 1882
Hon Louis Cap Secretary of War Washington City D.C.
Pension office

Mr. J. L. Edwards
Rome Jan 3 1832
Sir
Enclosed is the application of Mr. Isaac White for a renewal of his original certificate. Made out as you directed when I saw you in your office a few weeks since. You will please enclose the certificate as soon as you can conveniently yours obedt
John B. White

I have no doubt the statement made by Isaac Welch is true having the utmost confidence in any statement he may make on oath -
W. Armstrong
Feb 4. 1831

State of Virginia County of Hampshire S.S.
On this 31 st day of December 1831, before me the Subscribed a justice of the peace for the said County of Hampshire personally appeared Isaac Welch who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Thomas Blackwell in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stephens & afterwards by Col. Greene in the service of the United States; that his Name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Virginia that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War, which certificate was left with John B. White of Romney Virginia some time ago, when application was made by this affiant to be restored to the pension roll (from which his Name had been dropped) and which has been lost or mislaid so that the same cannot be found.
Isaac Welch
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid
Jacob Vardiver

Hampshire County ss
Thomas Welch this day made oath before me the subscribed justice of the peace for said county that he is well acquainted with Isaac Welch who is named in the foregoing affidavit, and that he well knows him to be the same Isaac Welch to whom the original certificate was granted which is mentioned in said affidavit and stated to have been lost and I the said justice do certify that the said Thomas Welch is a man of good character and worthy of belief upon oath given under my hand this 31 st day of December 1831
Jacob Vandine
Virginia Hampshire County ss
I John B. White clerk of the court of the said County do hereby certify that Jacob Vandine whose name is subscribed to the above & foregoing affidavits and before whom the same appears to have been taken was at the time of taking the said affidavits & subscribing the same and is now one of the commissioned justices of the peace for the said county duly qualified and sworn to that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed by name as officer the seal of the said county this 3 rd day of January 1831
John B. White

Public,
Romney Nov 23 rd
207
Place $1
Mr. L. L. Edwards
Pension office war Department Washington City D ca
Mail)
Nov 25 1890 Pension Office

Sir
Roxbury Nov. 19 1830
Your letter of the 25 August last, was duly received and should have been answered sooner but for my being unable to go to See old Mr. Welch who is too infirm to ride to town.
The enclosed affidavit of the applicant giving the information you require respecting the 25 acres of land, and enclosing you Sylvester Welch's patent for 75 acres in which are included the 25 - you will also find an affidavit of several respectable freeholders (who are Mr. Isaac Welch's neighbours) who have made affidavit as to the applicant's needy situation & character - Should it be necessary to send you Sylvester Welch's affidavit proving that the 25 acres are included in his patent I can do so - you will please return me the patent after you have examined it.
I have no interest whatever in endeavouring to get this old man on the pension list roll, except that feeling of gratitude and duty which should should feel should prompt every man to assist a revolutionary soldier in obtaining the poor pittance allowed him by government, nor would I aid any man to obtain a pension unless I was perfectly satisfied he came strictly within the law, and in the present case I am well satisfied it will be a gross denial of justice to any withhold pension in the present case - Should you have any doubt as to the respectability of the freeholders whose affidavit is enclosed or of the justice who certifies or old Isaac Welch himself Mr. Armstrong the Member of Congress can satisfy you - I am aware your department has often been imposed upon and that it behoves you to be guarded in whatever you do for persons at a distance
In haste yours ob f John B. White

Hampshire County ss
Isaac Welch this day made oath before the subscribers a Justice of the peace for said County that the land named in his schedule in 1819 1820 was estimated according to the then high rate at which land sold upon a credit at that time, that the great depreciation in the value of lands in this in this County is notorious since 1820 - That the twenty five acres of land mentioned in said schedule was not in fact his property, although he believed it to be so at the time of making said schedule - that he had laid a Warrant upon said lands and had the same surveyed but owing to the inattention of the Surveyor he never received a patent for the same That Sylvester Welch afterwards laid a Warrant on said land and obtained a patent upon which he now holds the same, which patent will be forwarded with this affidavit - That the disposition made of his other property appears from his schedule of the 19 th August 1830. Given under my hand this 19 th day of November 1830 -
David Gibson
Hampshire County ss
William Vandusen, John Vane John Vandusen & John Cabrick respectable freeholders for said County this day made oath before the subscribers - Justice of the peace for said County that they are well acquainted with Isaac Welch Isaac Welch and applicant for a pension as a revolutionary soldier, that when able to labour for a living he was and industrious and useful citizen, that he is now and always has been a respectable man, that he is aged and infirm and unable to contribute to his own support and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support as they only believe. Given under my hand this 19 th day of November 1830
David Gibson
1830

Virginia Hampshire County ss
I John B. White Clerk of the Court of the said County Hereby certify that David Gilson whose name is subscribed to the annexed certificates and before whom the affidavits of Isaac Wilets, William Vandus, John Vause John Vandus and John Raburn appear to have been taken was at the time of taking the same and is now a justice of the peace for said county duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts In Witness Whereof I have here to subscribe my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 22 d day of November
1830
John B. White

Virginia Hampshire County for James Parker this day made Oath before me a Justice of the peace in for said County and swore  that that he is acquainted with Isaac Welsh an applicant for a pension under the law of the United States passed 18 th March 1818 Entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & Naval Service of the United States during the revolutionary war" that he knew said Welsh in the army of the revolution and that said Welsh served in said army to the applicant's own knowledge for upwards of two years. Given under my hand this 16 th August 1819
Jacob Van Alstyne

Hampshire County ss
William Vane and John Cundiff Sw. this day made oath before me that they are acquainted with Isaac Welsh an applicant for a pension under the law of the United States passed 18 th March 1818. that said Welsh is now reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support given under my hand this 18 th day of August 1819
Jacob Vanciver
a justice of the peace in & for said county

See letter of July 1830 to P.P.W. Notes & do. to same Aug 25. 1830.
15-315 R Virginia
Isaac Welch
of Hamp 6 th Co in the state of Virginia who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stephens of the Virginia line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st of August 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of Octob r 1819 and sent to John B White Esq r . At ty Romney Virginia
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1819 $ 3. 89
Semi-anl. all ce ending April 1826 48.
11/31/30
$ 51. 89
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not enrolled

William B. Giles Esq. Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia:
To all to whom these presents shall come, greet- ing: Know ye, That in conformity with a survey, made on the twenty fourth day of August, 1827, by virtue of a Land Office Treasury Warrant N o 9089 issued Nov r 2 nd 1826;
There is granted by the said Commonwealth unto Sylvester Welch a certain tract or parcel of Land, containing Seventy five acres, situate in the County of Hampshire, on the waters of Cabin run and Dry and run drains of Pattersons Creek, ad- joining the Land of William Welch - bought of Benjamin Welch and others; and bounded as followeth, to wit: Begining at a white Oak corner to the land William Welch bought of Benjamin Welch, Thence along a line thereof S 23 E, 133 poles to two red oaks and hickories on the North side of ridge, near the top in said line, Thence leaving it S 63 E, 82 poles to a white Oak and pine on the top of Cabin run ridge in a line of Abraham Goods; Thence along it S 36 - W, 15 poles to a double bodied white Oak, corner to Goods land, Thence along another line of his S 56 30' E, 23 poles to three Chestnut oaks and a locust sapling another corner of said Goods and corner to his own land, Thence leaving Goods land S 20 30 W, 91 poles to a red oak and Chestnut Oak in a line of Isaac Welshes; Thence along it S 49 45 W, 57 poles to a Chestnut Oak in a field and on the top of a ridge, corner to said Isaac Welch; Thence along another line of his S 33 W 41 poles to two pines and a Chestnut Oak - in

in said line and thence leaving it N 60° W 57.5 poles to the beginning.
To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances, to the said Sylvester Welch and his heirs forever.
In witness whereof, the said William B. Giles Esq. Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his hand, and caused the lesser seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed, at Richmond, on the fourth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine and of the Commonwealth the fifty fourth.
William B. Giles
[Endorsement.]
Sylvester Welch, hath title to the within granted land.
William Felden P. L. Off.
The above is a copy of a deed returned to J. B. White, Nov. 26. 1830 J. L. E.

Virginia to wit
At a Court continued and held for Hampshire County the 19 th day of August 1830. The following declaration was made
Virginia County of Hampshire ss.
On this 19 th day of August 1830 personally appeared in open Court being a court of record for the County of Hampshire Isaac Welch resident in said County aged Seventy six years in October next who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818, and the 1 st of May 1820: That he, the said Isaac Welch enlisted at Fauquier Court house in Virginia on the 27 th day of January 1776 with Lieutenant Alexander Keiths in a company commanded by Capt. Thomas Blackwell of the 10 th Virginia regiment on Continental establishment, that he marched to a place called Middlebrook in New Jersey, that he served in the 10 th Virginia regiment until after the battle of Brandywine when the regiments were reduced and he fell into the 6 th Virginia regiment in a company commanded by Lieutenant Evans, Capt. Blackwell having resigned. that said 10 th regiment was commanded first by Colonel Stephens and afterwards by Colonel John Greene, that it was attached to Genl. Weedons brigade and that said 6 th regiment was commanded by said Greene. that he continued in said service until he was discharged at Trenton in the year 1779 about February; that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth, Germantown and at the taking of Stony point as will appear more fully by reference to his original declaration filed in the war office dated the 21 st day of August 1819- that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropped therefrom on account of his property.

And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1830. I 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 disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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 schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
That he owns 200 acres of pine ridge land which is very rough and poor, one horse, one cow and heifer and Nine Shoats That his family consists of himself and a Maiden daughter about twenty five years of age in good health, That his occupation is that of a farmer and that from his age and the feebleness of his body he is unable to work or contribute to his support. That the following is a list of his property named in the first schedule and not now owned by him
Twenty five acres of land belonging to Sylvester Welch who had the title for the farm.
One horse, dead since
One Cow Killed, and two calves sold to Joshua Barker
Nine head of sheep, Killed by the wolves
five Shoats, Killed for meat
And that the whole of his land and personal property now in his possession, He does not believe to be worth altogether two hundred dollars.
Isaac his Welch mark
Or send that it be certified, that it appears to the

Satisfaction of the Court that the said Isaac Welch did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of Nine Months under one engagement, on the Continental establishment, and that it is the opinion of the Court that the total amount in Value of the property entitled in the aforesaid Schedule is two hundred dollars
I John B. White Clerk of the County Court of Hampshire in the state of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the records of the said Court.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 19 th day of August 1830
John B. White Clerk of Hampshire County Court

Pension Claims Romney Aug 22 nd Humble
Gen
Secretary of War
Washington City D.C.

Case of Isaac Welsh 4673 V
Mr. B. White clerk.
Romney, V.
rec d Aug. 26. 1819. Roll
Ch. B. White

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB
October 9, 1930
Mr. Frank G. Cross Q28-77. 1" 57 Mooseheart, Illinois Seneva - Ill
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 38461, that Isaac Welch enlisted in Fauquier Court House, Virginia, January 27, 1776, and served as a private in Captain Thomas Blackwell's company, Colonels Edward Stephens and John Greene's Virginia regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and Stony Point, and was discharged in February , 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1819, at which time he was living in Hampshire County, Virginia and was aged sixty-five years.
In 1820, his wife Nancy was fifty-eight years of age, and at that time he referred to the following children:- Sylvester, aged twenty-eight or twenty-nine years; Dempsey, aged twenty-three years; Lucinda or Lurena, aged twenty-two years; James, aged twenty years; Mary, aged seventeen years; Nancy, aged fifteen years and Charity, aged thirteen years.
The soldier died December 10, 1836.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isaac Welch a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. F. 38,461.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 27, 1776 to Feb. 1779 Pri. Thos. Blackwell { Edward Stephens John Greene Va. (2)  
Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point , Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Fauquier Co. Va. Date of application for pension, Aug 21 16, 1819. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Hampshire Co., Va. Age at date of application, 65 yrs in Oct. 1819. Died Dec. 10, 1836.
Remarks: In 1820, his wife, Nancy, was 58 yrs. of age. Children: Sylvester, 28 or 29; Dempsey, 23;  Lucinda, 22; James, 20; Mary, 17; Nancy 15;  Charity 13 yrs. of age in 1820.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Davis, W. Va. Jan. 3, 1936
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Will you please send me the only following data concerning Isaac eleleh , who served in the Revolutionary War, from Va. Name of wife, children, and date of his death .
Yours very truly,
Peale G. Mott
Davis, W. Va.

The Junior Order of Moose
HON. JAMES J. DAVIS Director-General
MALCOLM R. GILES Supreme Secretary
FRANK C. CROSS, Grand Governor Mooseheart, Illinois
General Council
DR. B. V. CANFIELD Indianapolis, Indiana HENRY CARR Spokane, Washington WILLIAM GARVEN Brooklyn, New York THOMAS M. HOWELL Aurora, Illinois MICHAEL J. MULVIHILL Camden, New Jersey HAROLD H. PARSONS Gloucester, Massachusetts ERNEST N. ROSELLE Mooseheart, Illinois J. JACK STOEHR Cleveland, Ohio J. A. SUNDBERG Chicago, Illinois OLIVER S. TWIST Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sept. 12, 1930
United States Pension Office Revolutionary Records Department Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I should like very much to have abstracts of the pension applications of the following two Revolutionary soldiers:
1. Isaac Welch of Hampshire County, Virginia. 2. Richard Custer of Rockingham County, Virginia.
Your kindness in answering this request will be much appreciated.
Respectfully yours,
Frank C. Cross

Rec Sec
Hartford City, Ind. August 2, 1922
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:—
Sometime ago I wrote to the War Department and found out that my grandfather's mother's grand father, Isaac Welch served in the Revolutionary War as a private of Capt. Thomas Blackwell's Company, 10th Virginia Regiment, commanded successively by Col. Edward Stevens, Major Samuel Hawes and Col. John Green. He enlisted January 27, 1777 for three years; was transferred

was a Civil War Veteran, born in Dublin, Wayne County, Ind. 10/20/1838 # . During the Civil War enlisted under the first call of Pres. Lincoln Apr. 1861 for 90 days re-enlisted in Co B. 34 th Ind. Vol. Inf. and was elected 2 nd lieut. Sickness compelled his resignation. In 1864 he enlisted the third time in Co. D. 138 th Ind. Vol. Inf. and was made orderly sergeant.
He was married 10/30/1862, to Emily Gann, daughter of Jonathan & Mary Ann (Dawson) Harris. She was born in Wells Co. Ind. 3/28/1844, and died in Hartford City, Ind. 4/21/1897. Married (21 st ) 5/22/1898 to Louise Baechler, widow of Rev. Samuel Baechler.
Children by first marriage, Orlando Milton Shinn, born Wells Co. Ind. 12/4/1864 married 7/21/1887 at Hartford City, Ind. to Anna Louie, daughter of Sidney R and Charlotte Case Patterson, born Ohio. 8/15/1868.
Children Florence Shinn, born 3/5/1888 Marjorie Patterson Shinn born 7/23/1890.
Marjorie Patterson Shinn married 6/9/1910 to George Earl Rapp at Hartford City, Indiana.
Benjamin Granville Shinn's father's name was Lyman, 8 th child of Daniel and Mary Whiteman Shinn, born 3/10/1817 in Harrison County, Virginia, was taken to Tyler Co. West Va. by his father, lived there until the family migrated to Indiana.

in Sept 1778, to Col. John Greene's Company, 6 th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. William Russell, was trans- ferred in December, 1779, or January, 1780, to Capt. John Steed's Company in a detach- ment of the 2 nd Virginia Brigade, commanded by Col. Febiger and his name last appears on the company pay roll covering the months of December, 1779 to March 1780, inclusive.
If you can give me any further information, I would be greatly pleased.
I wish to join the D. A. R. and my grandfather. Benjamin Granville Shinn

② In his 21 st year he became acquainted with Ann, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Welch) Van Buskirk who was born in Hampshire County, Va. 11/11/1810 and married her at Dublin, Wayne Co., Ind 12/24/1837. He died in Hartford City, Ind 11/12/1890 and his wife died 9/14/1891.
Can you tell me who was the father of Elizabeth Welch.
I think you can find this by looking up the record of Benjamin Granville Shinn as he had a pension. I have made sort of an

outline to make it a little plainer:
Marjorie Shinn Rapp. 7/23/1890 daughter of
Orlando Milton Shinn 12/4/1864 son of
Benjamin Granville Shinn 10/20/1838 son of
Hyman & Ann Shinn 3/10/1817 11/11/1810
daughter of John & Elizabeth (Welch) Van Buskirk
?
Was Elizabeth Welch the daughter of Isaac Welch, who was in the Revolutionary War?
Thanking you for any in- formation you can give me, I am Very truly yours,
Mrs. Marjorie Shinn Rapp 320 N. Jefferson St Hartford City, Ind.

Rev Sec and
Cumberland, Md. Feb. 18, 1922.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: I am seeking information regarding my great grandfather, Isaac Welch of Fauquier Co., Virginia, who fought in the Revolution at the battles of Monmouth and the storming of Stony Point Fortress. His father was William Welch, I think, also a native of Fauquier Co. His wife was Nancy Ayres. If you have any record of him will you please send same to me. I desire to join the

D. A. R. and would like very much to have any record you might have of him.
Thanking you, I am
Mrs. Minnie Welch Wood,
37 Maryland Ave.,
Cumberland, Md.

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.

June 27, 1919 Dept. of the Int. Per War
Can you furnish me with a record of the service of Isaac Welch, who served as a private through the Revolution, enlisting Jan. 27, 1777, in Capt. Thos. Blackwell's Company of Foot 10th Va. Reg.? Also with a list of his immediate descendants.
Mrs. Bernice A. Bates, Hart, Mich.

Hart, Mich., Sept. 20, 1912.
Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions.
Sir: I am endeavoring to obtain the required proof for joining the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. I am informed that a complete record of service of an ancestor may be secured from the Bureau of Pensions if the ancestor was a pen- sioner.

I desire a record of service of Isaac Welch who enlisted as a private soldier Jan. 27, 1777 in Capt. Thos. Blackwell's Company of Foot, 10 th Virginia Regiment, and is supposed to have served until Feb. 29, 1780. He lived in Northumberland County, Va., in 1782, and in Hampshire Co., Va., in 1819. He was placed on the pension rolls October 9, 1819.
Please let me know if any further inform-

ation is required before the record can be secured, and also what the terms are.
Very sincerely, Cora L. Shinn.
Hart, Mich.
R. R. # 3.

38 461 INVALID.
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File No. 38 461
Isaac Welch
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Act: March 18 th 1818
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 551
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
1912, Sept. 26 Dist. To Cora L. Shinn
1919 July 14 Dist. To Bernice A. Bates
1922 Mar. 22 " " Mrs. Minnie W. Wood
1922 Sept. 18 Dist. To Mrs. Mar- jorie Shinn Rapp. MMH
1930 Oct. 9-14 Dist. To Frank
C. Cross
1936 Jan 23 Dist. To Pearle G. Mott