Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40593, Christopher Trotter, Continental Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Va.
Trotter, Christopher
8 40593
CONTENTS

5,134
Ohio.
Christopher Trotter private Va
Arrears no. 4 the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
scribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of Dec r 1818 and sent to Job Dunning Esquire West Union Ohio
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 4 mo. 30 d $ 36.79 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 48.
$ 84.79
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
no years War
Continued
1884 March John Drummond for data for identification 1884 May 2 John Drummond giving his military history Prior
30 June 1821
With sent to Mr. Drummond Esq. 2 West Union

C. Proter
Armand's corps.
 and Independent Bty.
suspended, until the rolls, &c. are received.
Admitted
on final settlement certificate List N o 1392, p. 16, vol. 1.

State of Ohio Adams County ss
I hereby certify that this day Christopher Trotter a citizen of the United States and this State personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid being duly sworn according to law made the following declaration under Oath First that he served between 4 and five years in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy in the Virginia line on continental establishment
2 d That he enlisted under Captain John Mellon in Colonel Joseph Crockett's Regiment for the term of two years and served the time for which he had enlisted, after which he enlisted in Captain Lebaron's Company in Col o Armstrong's Regiment in which he served till the close of the war
3 d That after the conclusion of peace he proceeded from Col o Armstrong an honorable and regular discharge in due form and left the Army but that the discharge aforesaid as well as the discharge he obtained from Col o Crockett has been either lost or mislaid
4 th That there is not at this time any person in this State within the knowledge of the said Christopher Trotter by whom he can prove any of the foregoing facts, but by going to Col o Crockett in the State of Kentucky he believes he can prove some of them
5 th That he never had nor received any pension from the United States & therefore thinks it not necessary to make any formal relinquishment of a pension
Christopher Trotter

State of Ohio Adams County ss
I certify that the foregoing deposition of Christopher Trotter was this day taken subscribed & sworn to before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid And I further certify that the said Christopher Trotter has satisfied me by examination under Oath that the facts stated in the foregoing deposition of are strictly true; that he served in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary war against the Common Enemy and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country Given under my hand and seal this 17 th day of April 1818
John Dinning Acting Clerk
State of Ohio Adams County ss
I Joseph Darlington Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named John Dinning Esq: before whom the within deposition of Christopher Trotter was taken and who has signed the above Certificate was at the time of signing the same (and still is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid) duly Commissioned and qualified and that full faith & Credit is due to his said Certificate as well in Court of Justice as

thereout In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said bond at West Union this 20 th day of April in the year of our Lord 1818
Joseph Darlington

Christopher Trotter
5134
Second papers
Con-
J.L.B.

The State of Ohio Adams County ss
Supreme Court of the State of Ohio
On this 10 th day of May 1821 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record having the power of fine and imprisonment Christopher Trotter aged sixty two years in last October, resident in the State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows He enlisted at Martinsburgh Berkley County Virginia in the year one thousand seven hundred eighty one in the Company of Regulars commanded by Captain John Mellon and of the Regiment commanded by Col o Joseph Crockett and of the Western Battalion under General Clarke on Continental establishment, and marched to the Falls of the Ohio where he remained in the service two years & was here discharged. And then he returned back to Virginia and again enlisted at Winchester in the Troop of Cavalry commanded by Captain Labant in the Regiment commanded by Col o Armstrong, and was marched thence to Little York Pa a and was there discharged. And that he now has a Certificate in his possession of which the following is a copy
War Department Revolutionary Claims
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18 th March 1818 Christopher Trotter late a private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension list, Roll of the Ohio Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the fourteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Given at the War Office

of the United States thirteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
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J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
And 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 to be diminished as to bring my reg. within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain per- sons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen 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
Schedule
Christopher his Trotter mark
No property real or personal of any kind
Christopher his Trotter mark
sworn to, and declared on the 10 th day of May 1821 in open court
Joseph Darlington CLK. S.C. A.C.
The State of Ohio
Adams County ss
Joseph Darlington Clerk of the Supreme

of the United States thirteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Public real 5134
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1815 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 to be diminished as to bring my reg. within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain per- sons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen 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
Schedule
Christopher his Trotter mark
No property real or personal of any kind
Christopher his Trotter mark
Sworn to, and declared on the 10 th day of May 1821 in open Court
Joseph Darlington Clerk S.C.A.C.
The State of Ohio
Adams County ss
Joseph Darlington Clerk of the Supreme

Court of the State of Ohio in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedule (or statement that there is no property, in lieu of a 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 said Christopher Trotter has "No property real or personal of any kind") In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at West Union this 11. day of May in the year of our Lord 1821. in the 45 th year of the Independence of the U.S. of America & in the 19 th year of this state
Joseph Darlington
Clerk of the Supreme Court of Adams County Ohio

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Christopher Trotter 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. 40,593.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ 2 yrs. Pvt John Mellon Joseph Crockett Va.   ✓ to close of war Labant Armand                                     
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Enlisted at Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 17, 1818. His cl. was al,
Residence at date of application, Adams Co. Ohio.
Age at date of application, { B. in Oct. 1758, day of month not stated. D. in 1828, month not stated.
Remarks: There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

In accordance with your request of Feb'y 21 & Mch 24 last for information of Chas Trotter who was a Soldier in the war of the Revy, the following Statement is taken  is furnished from his statement  by him made in her application for a pension, as made by him  which was made before the Court of Com both Pleas April 20, 1818 and before the Supreme Court May 10, 1821, held at West Union in Adams Co Ohio
He States that that he was 62 years old in Oct 1820 & that at Martinsburg Berkeley Co Va 62 years he enlisted in 1780 under Capt John Mellon in the Western Battalion (of Va Com d by Col d Joseph Crockett) which marched to the falls of the Ohio to join the forces under the Com d of Genl Geo Rogers Clark where he remained two years & after his discharge he returned to Va & again enlisted at Winchester under Capt Lobant in a troop of Cavalry that was attached to the reg t of Colo d Am d Arty going to York Pen s where he was discharged in 1781 He does not state where born or name  any any place where residing nor is known whether the records of the Court in Adams Co Ohio include such information or

unknown The vouchers of the 3 rd annual part of his pension  on which his pension was  same annually paid are on file in the office of the 3 rd Aud of the Treasury Dept 2 , may possibly contain specification of his residence at each payment, and the date of his decease or at least the date to which he was last paid

10593
March 24 th 1884
To the commissioner of Pensions Please
do me the favor if possible to do so to examine the papers in your office of Christopher Trotter an old pensioner who died in the year 1828 We think he enlisted in the state of Virginia or Kentucky we do not know which state having lived in both states neither do we know any battle that he was in or the officers under which he served He did not leave a widow his wife died before he did We think he held the office of Captain He received his pension in Ohio having moved to that state in his old days

Now if you can please inform us of the date of his enlistment and date of his discharge his age at the time of enlistment how long he served in short all that the papers shew about him Our object is to find as near as we can the time of his birth
He drew his pension the last time in the Spring of 1828
We have a large interest in finding the date of his birth Pleas do us the favor through the mail
Direct to Melrose Clark Co Ills
Yours with respect
John Drummond

1917, Inch. 26. History to Aida P. Oldham. Fr.
40593
INVALID.
Pay
File No. 40,593
Christopher Brother
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 513
[Arrangement of 1870.]

West Union Co. 12 th May 1821
Sir I am requested by Christopher Trotter a revolutionary Soldier of this place to forward you your the enclosed application for Pension, your Early attention to the same is at this time Respectfully requested, directed to me to this place
Respectfully yours W m Cummins
The Honble the Secretary of War Washington City

Oldham 12

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2 d- Sum Read Stamp ret'd ew OK Urbana, Ills. AW
Mch. 10, 1917
Pension Dept.,
Washington, D.C.
Dear sir:-
Reference to Christopher Trotter who served in War of Revolution.
Will you kindly send record of his services in War of Revolution.
He 1st. enlisted in 1780 at Martinsburg, Berkley co., Va. under Capt. John Mallon in Battillion commanded by Col. Jos. Crockett.
He again enlisted at Winchester, Va. in Capt. Labants Troop of Calvary that was attached to Regiment of Col. Armand and marched to York, Pa. where he was discharged.
I would esp. like to have the month - day and year of his birth also of his wife Prepare Mc. Clintock-Trotter .
I would esp. like to have date of their marriage and where?
He received 508 acres of land in Clark Co., Indiana for his services in war of Revolution and sold it for Confederate money and lost what he had in it.
Awaiting your reply and trusting you may be able to assist me with same.
Very respectfully,
Aida Pearl Oldham
Address-mail
Miss Aida Pearl Oldham, Suite 107 Cohen Bldg., (res. 403 W. Green St.) Urbana, Ills.

Copy of Letter Feby 21. 1884 addressed to the Hon A Shaw by John Drummond of Melrose Clark Co Ills — " examine the papers of Christopher Trotter, an old pensioner who died in 1828 & let me know what service he was in & who was his superior officer, the date of his enlistment & date of his discharge; in fact everything the papers there will show about him — Our object is this; there is an estate in England belonging to some Trotter here & we think Christopher Trotter, that is our grandfather is entitled to a part of it — Please examine the papers & let me know through the mail — Our object is to find as near as we can, his age & the place of his birth — The estate is large — Nothing more remain yours Obedient servant
John Drummond
Direct to Melrose Clark Co Ills
The original returned to Hon A Shaw March 4. 1884

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Old war
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. March , 1884.
Sir,
In answer to inquiry of the 21 st ult. addressed to the Hon: A. Shaw, and by him referred to this office, for information of Christopher Trotter, your grandfather, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, you are advised that without you furnish, so far as may be known, the place or State of his residence before and after the war, the names of the officers under whom he served, the State or Territory where his military service was rendered, or battles in which engaged, and if a widow survived him, her name, and supposed date of death, it will be impossible to identify the soldier with any one of the same name that may be found on the records of this office.