Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,210, Asa Virgil, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Virgil, Asa
S 43,210
CONTENTS

See letters to Hon. Robert Monnell and Isaac Lawrence Esq. Agent for pay- ing Pensioners in New York - 2 o Feb y . 1821
Cert: authorizing the Agent to Pay A. Virgil, at $1 25 / 100 p mo . from 20 ap r . 1796, to 24 ap r . 1816 from that time at $2 per mo. to the 15 ap r il, 1818 at which time his Pension under Rev. 18 Mar. 1818 commenced, was issued 2 Feb y . 1821 & sent to Hon. R. Monnell to be returned when the above mentioned pay- ment shall have been made.
Said cert: returned & sent within this envelope 5 th July, 1821.
14.305 New York R
Asa Virgil
of Milford in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shepard of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 6 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of Jan y 1820, and sent to John Russell Esq., Cooperstown, N. York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819 . . . . $133.33 Semi-ann. all ce ending Mar. 4. 1820 . . 48. " am t . 1y r . 4m o . 20/30. $ 181.33 Death.
See letter to John Russell Esq. Dec r 13 June 1820 cont d { Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Notice sent Dec. 19 th 1820 to John Russell Cooperstown N.Y.

Asa Virgil Corporal yy to 83
Shepard Massachussetts
Regt
on Roll
Committee

DISTRICT OF New York , ss.
On this 13 th day of October 1819, before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the United States District Court in New York — for the said district, personally appeared Asa Virgil — aged 64 years, resident in Milford — in the said district, who, being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he, the said Asa Virgil — enlisted for the term of during the war in the Spring — day of the — in the year 1777 — in Alford — in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Job Alverd — of the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Shepard in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the Summer of the year 1783 , when he was discharged from service in New Milford state of New York , that he was in the battles of Rhode Island and Sullivan's retreat —
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
John Russell Judge of Obsol and Asa Virgil Pleas
I, John Russell — Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Asa Virgil — did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support. Also certify that he made a previous declaration on the 15 th day of April 1818.  John Russell

I certify that Asa Fugit the applicant within mentioned made a previous attestation before me on the fifteenth day of April 1878.
Gennu wden my hand This 13 th day of Oct r 1879.
Silas Cripps Late Judge of Otsego Common Pleas
State of New York
Otsego County
Clarks Office ss I certify that
John Russell whose signature appears to the within paper was at the date of said paper a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Otsego duly quali- fied as such & that the said signatures are genuine In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court This 13 th Oct 1879
W. Morell C.M.

Asa Virgil Milford etc 16.305
June 1890
6 1890

District of New York
Otsego County ss: On this 10 th day of October 1890 personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid Asa Wright aged 65 years resident in Milford in the County of Otsego in said District, who, being first duly sworn, according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war in Capt. Job Alvord Company, Colonel Shephard's regiment belonging to the Massachusetts line: And the date of his original declaration was on the fifteenth day of April 1818 on which he had received a pension certificate No. 16,305 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 10 th day of March, 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift or 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 & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 10 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 & by me subscribed —
I have no real estate — My personal property consists of One Cow one heifer — unable to attend the last court on account of

Sickness - By occupation a miller - I have a wife residing with me - both of us are infirm in health -
Sworn this 10 th day of _____ Asa Virgil October 10 th 0 Before the Court
4 th
Geo. Morell Clk.

STATE OF NEW-YORK. OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, GEORGE MORELL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego and State of New-York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is 80 dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 12 th day of October 1820.
G. Morell Clerk

Asa Virgil
Det Declaration
27 April
Correct

Otsego County State of New York to the Hon John C Calhoun Secy of War Department of the United States of America your Petitioner Asa Virgil of the town of Milford in the County of Otsego and State of New York Within the United States of America Declares Under Oath that he enlisted a Private Soldier in the Month of March 1777 into the United States Service Under Capt Isaac Alvord Col William Shepard Regiment fourth Regiment Massachusetts Line for During the Revolutionary War Served the time that he enlisted and was Honorably Discharged my Discharge is lost and out of my Power to Make any further Proof your Petitioner Setteth forth that on account of his advancement of Life to the age of 63 years and his Reduced Circumstances the Needs assistance from his Country for his Support therefore your Petitioner Prays that his name May be Put on the Pension List agreeable to laws Made in Congress the 14 th Day of March 14 14 for the Relief of officers and Soldiers in such a case Personally Came before me Asa Virgil this 27 Day of April 14 14.
Asa Virgil and Made Oath to the Above Declaration Silas Crippen one of the Judges of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego and State of New York

Otsego County State of New York
This May Certify that Asa Virgil Served in the Revolutionary war against the Common Enemy to my Satisfaction the time Specified in his Declaration and he is in need of a Pension according to Law Mailed and Provided for officers and Soldiers in Such Case Given under my hand of Silas Crippen one of the Judges of a Court of Record in and for the County of Otsego and State of New York —
State of New York
Otsego County ss. I certify that Silas Crippen whose signature appears to the above affidavit & certificate was at the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County duly qualified as such & that the above are his signatures
Given under my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County this 9th day of May 1818
W. Morell C.M.

1 MC Rev. War Section.
December 11, 1915.
Mr. Roy W. Tallman, 39 Rhode Island Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 4 th instant, you are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Asa Virgil, Sur. File No. 43,310, that soldier enlisted as a Private, in February or March, 1777, under Captain Job Alvord, in Colonel William Shepard's Massachusetts Regiment and was in the battle of Rhode Island where he was wounded in the head, and was discharged in the Summer of 1783, at New Windsor, New York.
He was pensioned for disability resulting from said wound, from April 20, 1796.
He was a resident of Milford, Otsego County, New York, in 1818, at which time he was sixty-three years old. In 1820, he referred to his wife but no name or other family data is stated.
Very respectfully,
Inselgaben
Commissioner.

43215
INVALID.
Rey
File No. 43.215
Asa Brizil P. O. Box 100
Act: 18 March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]

43210
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43.210
Asa Virgil
His Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 525
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dec 1, 1903 - Hist 5 H. E. Woods - Boston Mass
1915 Dec. 11 Hist. to Roy H. Fallen.

War Department,
Pension Office,
June 13 th 1820.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 2 nd Ult o relating to the case of Asa Virgil, I have to acquaint you, that it will be necessary for him to produce the evidence of a credible and disinterested witness in corroboration of the facts set forth in his affidavit of the 2 nd of May, which was enclosed in your late letter, and which is now on file with the papers of this Pensioner, in this Office.
I am, respectfully
Your obed Serv t .
J. L. Edwards
John Russell, Esq. Cooperstown, New Jersey. —

New York.
Asa Virgil, private Capt Alvord Mass
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Oct. 1818 and sent to Silas Crippen Esq. Worcester, N. Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4 mo. 8/30. 34.13 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar. 1819. 48.00
$82.13
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

St. Botolph Club
Boston, 18 Nov. 1903.
Commissioner of Pensions, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Dear Sir: I write to ask if you have on file in the Bureau of Pensions Records of one Asa Virgil who served in the Revolution from Alford, Berkshire Co., Mass., and Nobleton, Albany Co., New York ; and if so, will you kindly give me from them all information concerning his birth, marriage, name of wife, etc. It is desired in the interest of his heirs, who are wanted in connection with the title to a piece of land granted to him for his Revolutionary service. A reply as early as convenient will be esteemed a favor.
Very respectfully yours, H. B. Woods

Asa Virgil
Application made in 1794 or 1795
U.S.

I Lewis Graves of the town of Hillsdale, in the county of Columbia and State of New York being duly sworn do depose and say, that I was present before Doctors Vrooman and Monell in the county of Columbia aforesaid, when Asa Virgil made application to the said Vrooman and Monell for the purpose of obtaining a pension under an act of Congress providing for invalids of the revolution; that the witnesses who then testified in his cause as to his service and wounds were Joseph Hoo- ket and Elijah Hetch of the said Columbia county: That the said application was made in the last of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four or in the beginning of the year following: And that the said Asa Virgil, of the township of Milford and county of Otsego, is the identical person who made the said application to the said Doctors Vrooman and Monell — And further this deponent saith not Lewis Graves —
Columbia County ss Personally appeared before me this fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty Lewis Graves and made oath according to law, that the facts in the above affidavit by her sub- scribed are true —
James Platt Judge and I further certify that the above Dependant Lewis Graves is a Credible Disinterested Person James Platt Judge

State of New York Columbia County } ss.
I Abraham B Van Duell Clerk of said County & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas certify that James Platt before whom the within affidavit was taken is one of Judges of the Court of Common Pleas duly appointed and sworn in and for said County at the time of taking said affidavit. and I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe the signature James Platt Judge &c. to be his proper hand writing. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County. Hudson 7 th October 1820.
M c Cluskey Clerk

Nov. 6, 1906 Nov 7.

Virgill, Asa
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court of the District of New York, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Feb'y 21, 1795 and printed in the American State Papers class 9, pag. 187.
Rank; Corporal.
Regt; 4th. Massachusetts.
Disability; Has frequent attacks of dizziness, and partial blindness, in consequence of a wound in his head by a musket ball.
When and where disabled; August or Sept. 1778, Newport Island.
Residence; Killdale.
To what pension entitled. One-fourth.
Remarks; Enlisted Feb. 1, 1777, for the war; on the rolls in 1780.
Evidence complete.

Washington, D. C.
Dec. 4, 1915.
Rev. S. S.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My Dear Sir:
Please give me such information as the records of your office show relative to the service in the Revolutionary War of Asa Virgil . He lived in Vermont most of his life, I believe, but may have served in a Massachusetts regiment in the Revolution.
Thanking you in advance for the information, if any is found in the records of your office, I am,
Yours respectfully,
Roy W. Tallman.
39 Rhode Island ave. N.W., Washington, D. C.

Directed to be placed on file with the Rev. papers - 13 June 1890

1 State of New York Otsego County. I Asa Virgil a man of the town of Milford of the County of Otsego in the State of New York being duly sworn do depose and say that in the last of the Year of our Lord 1794 or in the beginning of the year of our Lord 1795, I made application to Doctors Vrooman & Monece of Columbia County and State aforesaid for the purpose of obtaining a pension under an act of Congress providing for invalids of the revo- lution; that the witnesses of my services and wounds and who testified in my case were Joseph Hackett of Hindsdale in Columbia County and Elijah Hatch of the same place; that I belonged to the South Massachusetts regiment commanded by Col. Wm. Shipland in Captain Job Alverds Company that I entered the service in the year 1777 and was discharged in the Year 1783 at New Windsor in the State of New York. and further this deponent saith not. Asa Virgil
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 2 nd day of May 1820. —
John Rufus Judge of Otsego County.

State of New York Otsego County Clerk's Office p. I certify that John Russell whose signature appears to the within affidavit was on the second day of May 1820 a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego aforesaid duly qualified as such & that the said signature of the said Judge is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County this second day of May 1820
W. Morell Clerk

Mr. Wm Hickey Pension Office War D pt

Genl Compt Offce June 12 th
Sir,
Asa Virgil's name is entered on the Old book, originally at $1 25 Pr. Month, and subsequently increased to $2. Neither the date of commencement or increase mentioned.
The same name is entered on the New book as a Revolt pensioner, beginning on the 15 th April 1818. On neither of the books is there any evidence of his having received any payment.
Your Ob t Serv t Mr. W m Hickey Pension Offce
J. M. Hall

COOPERSTOWN Nov 7
Ames
Recd. 3 Nov. 1825
Asa Wright Esq. John Dean
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington
Free 5

Coopers-town N.Y. Nov. 4. 1820.
Sir,
Please to make returns on the enclosed papers of Asa Virgil and John Reed to your obedt Servt.
John Rufner
J. L. Edwards Esq.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Rev d Claim.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18 th of March, 1818, Act to grant pensions to Asa Wirgil, _____ late a private _____ in the Army of the Revolution, Act to grant pensions to is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York _____ Agency, at the rate of eight _____ dollars cents per month, to commence on the twentysventh day of April , _____ one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this fifth day of October , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

Mr. Edwards
War Department Washington
March 1820
Tru 14 19 of August 1820

The payments on this certificate will be made at $1. 25 / 100 per mo. from the 20 th of April, 1796, to the 24 th of April, 1816, from which time he will be paid at the rate of $2 per mo. up to the 15 th of April, 1818, when the pension of A. Virgil as an Invalid ceased. — When the payment above stated shall have been made by the Agent this certificate will be returned to the War Department. — WAR DEPARTMENT.
INVALID PENSION.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 20 th of April, 1796. — Asa Virgil late a Private in the army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of one $1. 25 / 100 dollars per month, to commence on the twentieth day of April , one thousand eight  seven hundred and ninety six, and to terminate on the 15 th of April, eighteen hundred and eighteen, the time at which the pension commenced under the Law of the 18 th of March, 1818. — GIVEN at the War Office of the United
States, this second day of February , one thousand eight hundred and twenty one .
J. G. Calhoun Secretary of War.

Sta Virgil
Certificates issued between the 4th March and the 4th September, are not payable until the 4th September. Those issued between the 4th September and 4th March, are not payable before the 4th March. The stipend due to the within named Pensioner will be paid at New York . . . . . by the President of the Branch Bank N. Y. & Agent for paying U. S. Pensions
How Robt Morell N. Y.
Recorded

Edward. D. P. For merchants For Mercator's chart

Payable on the 4 th of March 14 th of Sept r in each year, at the Branch Bank, U.S. City of New York.

rec d May 13. 1820.
Ann Wright affidavit
rec d 13 May 1820.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Prison Office Washington
Wm John Rufell Esq Cooperstown, New York May 13. 1820 Office Office

Cooperstown May 2. 1820.
Sir,
Enclosed you will find the affidavit of Asa Virgil. That he is the identical Asa Virgil to whom the pension was granted I have not the least doubt.
Be so good as to enclose the amount to me.
I am Sir, respectfully Your obedt Servt.
John Rufus
J. L. Edwards Esq.