Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20,524, Curtis Winfield, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Winfield, Curtis
P 20,524
CONTENTS

Curtis Winfield
a soldier of Cavalry in the South during the Revolution
Was a Wagon man - served 5 yrs 6 mos. - he was a prisoner 2 yrs 6 mos. & then turned over to Col. Thomas & Edison
Was married before the year 1794
He died in the year 1820
no dft at Washington for them to find wife from Richmond W

Pension Office
August 19th, 1857.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 1 st inst, I have to state that the name of Curtis Winfield is not returned on the records of the Virginia Continental line, among those entitled to, or who have received bounty land from the United States. It appears from the letter of Mr. A. E. Winfield, that he died in 1820, leaving an widow. There could, consequently, be no arrears due him in the way of pension, as no law had then been passed under which arrears could have accrued.
I am, very respectfully,
Your Obt. Servant,
W. C. C. Lee Commissioner.
S. D. Wilkins, Esq. Petersburg, Virginia

Curtis Winfield Revolutionary Soldier
He entered for the War 5000? 5 Yrs 6 Mths in the Canajoharie South, was a prisoner 2 yrs 6 Mths, and then turned over to Col. Thos. H. Jones

Pension Office
June 3 d 1852.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 31 st Ultimo you are informed that your mother's right to a pension depends upon the date of her parents' marriage and death and the amount of service performed by her father, six months being the shortest period for which a pension is allowed. When these facts are stated the proper form of application and instructions will be sent you for your mother's use.
Very Respectfully
Your Ob t Servt.
J. P. C. Tipton
For Com. of Pensions.
John C. Willis Esq. Petersburg Virginia

Off. Rec.
POWER OF ATTORNEY.
No. _____
Claim of Hannah Winfield and Lucy J. Wills for Pension and Bounty Land. War of the Revolution
FILED BY
J. Thomas Turner. Washington, D. C.

Curtis Winfield was a soldier in that revolution and was enlisted in Colonel Shen  Shen field's Capt. Thos. Shen  Shen field Colonel William Starke of Sussex County Virginia
Curtis Winfield died on the 9 th of Sept 1820. His young child was four years old in July before he died

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all Men by these Presents, That we , Mary H. Winfield and Lucy J. Wills, only surviving daughters of Curtis Winfield, deceased, residing at Petersburg, Virginia, have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents, do make, constitute and appoint J. Thomas Turner of Washington, D.C., our true and lawful Attorney, irrevocable, for us and in my names place and stead, hereby annulling and revoking all former Powers of Attorney or authorizations whatever in the premises, to take exclusive charge and control of our claims to pension and bounty due to us as the daughters and only surviving heirs of Curtis Winfield, a soldier of the Virginia Continental Line, in the war of the Revolution. Now pending in the Pension Office, and to prosecute said claims to a finality before said Office.
and to, from time to time, furnish any further evidence necessary or that may be demanded, giving and granting to my said Attorneys full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do, if personally present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and revocation, and to receipt and sign all vouchers, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorneys or their substitute may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof, we hereunto set our hand and seal, this fourth day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty- one .
Witnesses: H. L. Matthews R. F. Wilson
Mary H. Winfield
SEAL
Lucy Jordan Wills seal
Signature of Claimant MUST be attested by Two Witnesses.

State of Virginia City of Petersburg County of _____ } ss.
Be it Known, That on this fifth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and Sixty one , before me, the undersigned, a Clerk of the  Henrico Court in and for said County  City and State, personally appeared Mary Hill Winfield and Sarah Jordan Wells to me well known to be the identical persons who executed the foregoing Letter of Attorney, and the same having been first fully read over to Them and the contents thereof duly explained, acknowledged the same to be Their act and deed, and that I have no interest present or prospective in the claim.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, the day and year last above written.
John C. Brumley Ex. Clerk of Court
If not acknowledged before an officer having an OFFICIAL SEAL, his official character must be attested by the certificate of the Clerk of a Court of Record of the proper County, under his seal of office; which certificate must be so attached as that the imprint of the seal may appear on this paper. No Revenue Stamp required.

I find in the list of Cavalry Officers in Col Lee's Legion 1776 - The name of Lieut. W m Stark Commissioned as such April 9. 1776 - He may have been a Col afterward - I find no evidence of it -
The name of Thomas Coleman or (Coleman)  Coleman I do not find at all in any grade

State of Virginia
City of Petersburg, to wit:
I, Mary H Winfield do make oath that I am now in the eightieth year of my age, that I am the daughter of Curtis Winfield deceased and that I and Lucy J Wills are the only living children of said Curtis Winfield deceased, and that at his death the said Lucy J Wills was six years of age. Given under my hand at Petersburg state of Virginia this 8 th day of March AD 1881
Mary H Winfield
Subscribed and sworn to by Mary H Winfield before me Jno M Pleasants a Justice of the Peace in and for the City of Petersburg in the state of Virginia. Given under my hand this 8 th day of March AD 1881
Jno M Pleasants J.P.

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No. 20524
_____, Ex'r.
REJECTED
OLD WAR WIDOW.
Curtis Winfield of Va Private Va Rev War act 1818
Died at (Children applying)
other claim.
_____, 18 .
Clerk.
Application filed:_____, 18 .
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
1881 May 25. J. Thomas Turner - that no arrearage of pension could accrue under act March 18. 1818 & children not entitled to a reversion

6-16-80
Col. P. Edwin Dye Addressed
U.S. PENNSYLVANIA AY 19 1881 OFFICE

General Ins. Agents,
607 Seventh Street,
Washington, D. C., June 15 th 1880
Col. P. Edwin Dyer
Dear Sir
The parties I represent in the papers left with you they say the name inquired about is Coleman and they accept the name of Lt. instead of Col. They think that Col. was a state title.
Yours Respectfully H. N. Lansdale

Mr. Slateford Sir I think it proba- ble if you will have the Pay Rolls of the Cavalry Compa- nies of the Revolutionary War Examined you will find thereon the names of the following members of the Winfield family viz:
Curtis Winfield Harris Winfield John Winfield Ephraim Winfield William Thomas

Curtis Winfield a soldier of Cavalry Louis war of the Revolution
was a War man
see act of 15. May 1828 p. 50. see principals ditto n. 3. p. 18.

Pension Office September 10 th 1852
Sir. Herewith enclose you forms for declarations under the acts of June 7. 1832, July 14 th 1836 and July 7. 1838. One of which I presume will enable you to frame a declaration in the case of Curtis Winfield. I have sent similar forms to E. A. Winfield Esq also of Peterborough Va. The information you ask cannot be given by the office.
I am respectfully Your obedt servt Comm r
W. E. Mills Esq Peterborough Va.

Pension Office May 21 st 1852.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 10 th . March last, you are informed that it is not practicable to furnish the information you desire, in relation to Curtis Winfield, who is alleged was a soldier of the Revolution, until you give the particular line of the Army to which he belonged, or the State of which he was an inhabitant, when he entered the Service.
Upon the reception of this information an examination will be made, & the result communicated to you.
I am respectfully
Your obt. S t
J. H. C. Frazier for Commr of Pensions
John O. Willis Esq r Petersburg Va

In re
LAW, LAND, AND GOVERNMENT CLAIMS OFFICE OF J. THOMAS TURNER & CHAS. F. WHITTLESSEY , ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW, Glenn Law Building, No. 607 Louisiana Avenue, N. W.,
Washington, D. C., May 7th, 1881.
Hon. J. A. Bentley, Comr of Pensions,
Sir:
I have the honor to file herewith copies of attys from Mary H. Win- field and Lucy J. Wills, the daughters and only sur- viving heirs of Curtis Winfield, deceased, late a Soldier in the Revolutionary War - who claim certain relief from the Government, and whose claims have been long pending in your Bureau.
I respectfully request an early report as to present condition of same.
Very respectfully, J. Thos. Turner.

U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAY 19 '81
U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAY 19 '81

F.A.P. R B.L.
(No. 60.)
WIDOW'S DIVISION.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
PENSION OFFICE,
Washington, D. C., May 13, 1881.
Sir
To aid in tracing the claim referred to in the inclosed papers, THEY SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THIS OFFICE with answers in full to the subjoined interrogatories, which answers should be inserted on the blank lines below.
Any communications heretofore received from this Office relative to the claim should also be returned.
Very respectfully,
O.P. D. Clarke
acting Commissioner.
Thomas Turner Present
INTERROGATORIES.
1st. What No. was given to the claim by the Pension Office?
Don't know
2d. What is the claimant's full name and relation to soldier?
Sister in law - Daughters
3d. What was the soldier's full name?
Curtis Winfield
4th. What was his company and regiment, and when did he die?
Don't know
5th. When, or about when, was the claim filed?
Can't state
6th. If Pension has been paid, at what Agency?
Never allowed
(Signature.) J. Thos. Turner.

In re
LAW, LAND, AND GOVERNMENT CLAIMS
OFFICE OF
J. THOMAS TURNER & CHAS. F. WHITTLESEY,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW,
Glenn Law Building, No. 607 Louisiana Avenue, N. W.,
Washington, D. C.,
May 18 1881
How Comm r of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Sir:
In response to your endorsement on case of Mary H. Winfield and Lucy J. Mills, I have the honor to return your letter and I have to state that the enclosure will, in my judgment, put the case before your office in such light as will enable you to thoroughly comprehend the case. I call attention to response to interrogatories from your office & endorsed on packet herewith &c
Very respectfully
J. Thomas Turner