Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31483, Henry Wigginton, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Wigginton, Henry
S 31483
CONTENTS

Kentucky 29.593
Henry Wigginton
of Bourbon Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Trammell of the Regt. commanded by Col. Summers in the Virginia mil. line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Dec r . 1834 and sent to Hon. R. M. Johnson H. R.
  Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1834  70. 00    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. March '35  10. 00     $80.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E - 2 Vol. 7 Page 57

reported to agent 23 May 35
Letter to Hon. John Chambers 2 June 1838
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1835 to the 4 Sept 1837. - Agent Notified 13 th June 1838.
Letter to Hon. G. Davis 3 rd June 31. Feb 1844
Head
Paid as above from 4 th March to 4 th Sep 1842. Agt notified 20 th April 1844.

State of Kentucky set
On this day of May 1833 personally appears in open Court before the Judge of the Circuit Court for Harrison County in the State aforesaid. Henry Wiggins a resident of S. County aged seventy seven years who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That in the month of July 1781 I was called upon to serve as a private in the militia in Loudon County State of Virginia where I then resided. That in the spring of the year 1796 I was drafted to serve a tour of four months as a private soldier in the militia. That I served was drafted in Loudon County State of Virginia and served out my tour of Capt. Robert Frazier Company of Virginia militia. That Capt. Frazier's Company belonged to the Battalion commanded by Major Cox. The Regiment was commanded by Col. Leon Powell. We marched from Loudon to Alexandria in Fairfax County, Virginia where we staid the greater part of the time which we served. When at Alexandria we were principally employed in building breast works of earth so as to protect us from the Cannon of the enemy. At the expiration of our time for which I was drafted I was discharged at Alexandria I received a written discharge but it has been long since lost and I do not know where it is. In July 1781 I was again drafted to serve a tour of four months as a private soldier in the Virginia militia. I was drafted in Loudon County State of Virginia and served out my tour of Capt. Sam Fraz- ier's Company of Virginia militia which belonged to the Battalion commanded by Major Thomas Raper. The Regiment was commanded first by Col. George Summers until we were marched to Head Quarters at a place called Mattaponi Hills near Richmond Virginia where we joined the main army. We were there put under the command of Col. Moresworth who belonged to the Regular Regiment of Regulars. We then marched from that place to Williamsburg & from thence towards York Town in Virginia. I was discharged after having served out my tour at near the place called the Brandy Springs.

within about twelve miles of York Town. I was discharged on the 19 th of October 1781 and Cornwallis was surrendered on the 19 th of the same month. I received a written discharge but have lost it long ago & I do not know where it is. and I know of no living witness in this State by whom I can prove my last four services in the last mentioned State  except  Spencer Buchanan of Bourbon County. and I know of none none by whom I can prove my services in the first four except Thomas Rogers and  Spencer Buchanan of Bourbon County who can can prove my services if they are living. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension except the present and I declare that my name is not on the pension Rolls of any agency in any State.
The following Questions were proposed propounded by the Court. 1 st Where and what year were you born? 2 d Have you any Record of your age? 3 rd Where were you living when you were called into the service, where have you lived ever since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live? 4 th How were you called into the service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom? 5 th State the names of the Regular officers who were with the Troops where you served and such Continental and Militia Regular Regiments as you can recollect and the General circumstances of your services? 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and say when it given and what has become of it? 7 th State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
To the first question I answered that I was born the same year of Braddock's defeat which was on the 19 th of Nov. 1755 in Loudon County Virginia. To the second I answered that the time of my birth was recorded in my father's family Bible from which I had it transcribed into my own Bible. To the 3 rd I answered that I was living in Loudon County State of Virginia when I was called into the service. Since the Revolutionary war I lived in the same County until I came to Bourbon County, Kentucky in the year 1788 where I have resided ever since. To the 4 th I answered that I was drafted and was not a substitute. To the 5 th I answered that General Stevens, Col. Meriwether, and Col. Matthews were with the Troops where I served. To the 6 th I answered that I had received a written discharge at the expiration of each Term of service but I do not recollect by whom I was discharged but I suppose I was discharged each time by my Captain. To the seventh

3 I Peter Clarkson & John Hedges Aaron Griffith and Nicholas Warfield I answered that I was known to the Reverend Lewis Corbin and Samuel Allen in my present neighborhood who can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution
Sworn to and declared this day and year aforesaid.
Henry in Wigginton mark
Peter Clarkson & John Hedges
And the Court doth certify that Aaron Griffith and Nicholas Warfield two respectable persons came into personally into Court and certified that from their acquaintance with the above mentioned Henry Wigginton they believe him to be at least seventy-seven years of age and that they believe from information he was a soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn to and subscribed on this day and year aforesaid.
Peter Clarkson John Hedges mark
I Thomas Rogers of Bourbon County State of Kentucky do certify that in the year 1776 I served a tour as a private soldier in the Virginia militia That I served in the Company of Capt Radican. That I was drafted for four months and served until I was discharged a short time before the expiration of the Term. That during the time of my service I frequently saw Henry Wigginton now of Bourbon County Kentucky and I know that s d Wigginton served as a private soldier in Capt Robert Fryer's Company during the time that I served and that we both served in the army of the Revolution in the war with Great Britain until we were regularly discharged.
Signed and sworn to this in open Court this 3rd day of Sept 1893.
Thomas Rogers mark

I Spencer Buchanan of Bourbon County Kentucky do certify Lord Cornwallis surrenders Henry Wigginton that in the year 1781 I resided in Loudon County Virginia. That we and myself both mustered in Capt Sampson Farnell's Company and the Com- pany was arranged in three companies every company being compelled to do militia duty. I am satisfied that every person who belonged to the Com- pany was called upon to do militia duty in the army of the Revo- lution, and I have always understood from the conversation of the neighborhood that S d . Wigginton served a tour in the Virginia mil- itia in the war of the Revolution.
Signed and sworn to in open Court this 3 rd day of Sept 1883. Mr Spencer Buchanan mark

and the court doth hereby declare its 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 court doth certify that Aaron Griffring and Nicholas Warfield who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Bourbon County in the state of Kentucky and that their statements are entitled to credit —
State of Kentucky
I Thomas P Smith Clerk of the Court for Bourbon County do certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Henry Wiggins for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of September 1833. and the the 42 nd year of the Common wealth
Thos P Smith Clerk
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State of Kentucky } Bourbon County Set 3.
I Robert Scrogin a Justice of the peace for the county and State aforesaid do certify that Peter Clarkson, John Hedges Thomas Rogers and Spencer Buchanan who have signed the preceding certificates are residents of s d County of Bourbon and that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit. Given under my hand this 20 day of November 1834.
Robert Scrogin J.P.
State of Kentucky } Bourbon County } Set
I Thomas R. Smith clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid do certify that Robert Scrogin who has signed the preceding certificate is a Justice of the peace for s d County of Bourbon and a Justice of the County Court of s d County which is a Court of Record and that the signature of the said Rob t Scrogin annexed to the s d certificate is his genuine signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 20 day of November 1834.
Tho R Smith Clerk Bourbon County Court.

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Henry Wigginton Burlington Co. N.J.
Let the Court for justice of the Peace certify as to credibility of witnesses and send me the papers connected to 620's #20's Thomas W. E.R. Chief Justice
Hon. R. M. Johnson Gettysburg Pa.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Henry Wigginton
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 4 Pa. Cap Fryer Col Russell 77 Pa Traditionary & two witnesses.   1781 4 " Cap Trammell Col Summers, None of the witnesses certified by the court to be credible, see note J.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court 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 Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
W.F. 31483
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Henry Wigginton 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1776 4 mos. Pvt. Robert Foye Levin Powell Va.   July 1781 4 mos. Sampson Trammell George Summers   their other      
Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Loudoun County Va. Date of application for pension, Sept. 1823 His d. was ab. Residence at date of application, Roanoke County Ky. Age at date of application, born Nov. 19. 1755 - in Loudoun Co. Va. Remarks: died Sept. 4. 1842  There is no data on file as to his family.  There is no bounty land claim on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Washington 27 th May 1838
Sir
I send you the papers showing the State of mind of Henry Wigginton a pensioner and the appointment of Henry Boyer as his Committee under the Statute of Kentucky. You will observe amongst them a power of Att y (in blank). If the papers are satisfactory be so good as to inform me and I will call at your office.
Respectfully
Your obed Serv t
John Chambers
L. L. Edwards Pen. Com r Pension Office

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 5 — 1838.
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;" Henry Wigginton a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of twenty Dollars and " — " Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1835 to the 4 th Sept. 1837 —
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Parrish Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

31483 Ray INVALID.
1922 May 22 Hist. to James W. H. H. H. 1922 June 13 Hist to P. F. Wiggins top AW. 1924 Oct 24 Hist to Mrs. W. B. andery aut.
File No. 31, 483
Henry Wigginton In Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 453
[Arrangement of 1870.]

As per Mrs. Wigginton
BENJ. F. WIGGINTON REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
CHULA VISTA, CAL. April 26th, 1922.
Bureau of Pensions Department of The Interior Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me a statement of the military history of Henry Wigginton of Bourbon County, Kentucky; he received a pension for service in the Revolutionary War, in 1832, was then 84 years old; he enlisted in either Culpeper or Fairfax County, Virginia.
The above mentioned Henry Wigginton was my great grand father, my Grand father William Wigginton, my father Benjamin F. Wigginton, Thanking you for the same
Very truly
Benj. F. Wigginton

State Regent MRS. EUGENE H. RAY 306 Weissinger-Gaulbert, Louisville
State Vice-Regent MRS. LOWRY BEARD Shelbyville
State Recording Secretary MRS. VICTOR K. DODGE Versailles
State Corresponding Secretary MRS. HENRY Y. OFFUTT 100 East Magnolia, Louisville
OF KENTUCKY
State Treasurer MISS JESSIE YAGER Owensboro
State Consulting Registrar MRS. WALTER MATHEWS Lexington
State Historian MRS. WILLIAM B. ARDERY "Roceligan" Paris
State Librarian MRS. A. S. CONLEY Ashland
State Chaplain MRS. LLOYD BOSWELL Fulton
Oct. 2nd, 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions., Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:
I will appreciate it very greatly if you will send me any Revolutionary, and family, records of one Henry Wigginton, born in Va. abt. 1755, who died in Bourbon Co., Ky. 1842. I think he was married in Fairfax Co., Va. and probably enlisted from Loudoun Co., Va. He was the father of about fourteen children.
I am, also, very anxious to secure the same records for one James Davis who was born in Va. or Pa. in 1761, and died a pensioner in Bourbon Co., Ky. in 1836. He served from Va. I do not know who he married, but he had a number of children, among them Elizabeth, Wm. Nathaniel, Polly, Nancy, Morton?, James, Thos., Lucy, George and Rayless.
Thanking you, so very much, for anything you may find for me regarding these pensioners, I am
Very sincerely,
Mrs (W.B.) Julia S. Ardery Roceligan Paris, Ky.

Record Division DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. War Section
Feb. 14, 1922.
James W. Wigginton Chula Vista Calif.
Sir:-
In reply to your letter dated the 15 th Jan., and received the 21 st Jan., you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to
William or Henry Wigginton as described by you
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
Chula Vista Calif. Apl. 9 th 1922
Dear Sir Gardner
Since my request for has record of Henry or William Wigginton, I have received the following notation from a copy Mrs Mary T. Klayder, Needham Kane. (Madison Co. Ky. History.) Henry Wigginton Bourbon Co. Ky. received a pension in 1832 for service in the Rev. War. at that time he was 84 years old. My impression he enlisted from Albemarle Madison or Culpeper Co's, Va. If you rec

will kindly have the records searched little further and give me the data of his enlist- ment and if he received or was allowed bounty land for his services in the Rev. War. Any mention made of his family?
Yours most sincerely
James W m Wigginton. B.A. Rev.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Aug.
October 24, 1924.
Mrs. William B. Ardery, Roccligan, Paris, Ky.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31483, it appears that Henry Wigginton was born November 19, 1755 in Loudoun County, Virginia.
While residing in said county, he enlisted in the spring of 1776 and served four months as a private in Captain Robert Fryer's Company, Colonel Levin Powell's Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted in July 1781 and served four months as a private in Captain Sampson Trammel's Company, Colonels George Summers and Meriwether's Virginia Regiments.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 1833, while a resident of Bourbon County, Kentucky. He died September 4, 1842.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.