Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7859, Isaiah Welsh, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Welsh, Isaiah
S 7859
CONTENTS
Carded

Virginia 12. 603
Isaiah Welsh
Calpeffer in the State of Virginia who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Waugh of the regt. commanded by Col. Haughton in the Virginia line for six months
Enscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 - Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of May - 35 and sent to E. Broadus Calpeffer C.H. Va.
Arrears to the 4th of March 33-40.00 Fem. ant. allowance ending 4th Sept 10-00
2. Apr. 13. 1848.
50-00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Rush Newman Clerk, Book 6 - Vol. 6 - Page 30 -

See letter to C.S. Morgan Dec. 24, 1836-
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 March 1840. Agt notified 23 March 1841.
Paid as above from 4 Sep 1840 to 4 March 1841. Agents Notified 28 Feb 1842.

Isaac Welsh Rulpepper Co. Pa
Pa.
Admiral as a private for 6 mo. $21-
4.5 Pa. Edward Bradas Rulpepper Co Pa Dec 13 1882
P 152.

BRIEF in the case of  Isaac Walsh  of  Culpepper Co  in the State of  Va  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Spring In 1781. — 2 — pr. Genl Washington   Soon after deft. " " Johnson   July 1781 " " Bohannon  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Culpepper Co Va  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Witnesses.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. H. Gylfe
Examining Clerk.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of Virginia County of Culpeper ss.
On this 22 nd day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Court of Culpeper County now sitting, Isaiah Welch a resident in the said County and State, aged 69 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 Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he was born in the County of Stafford, Virginia in the year 1763 about the month of April as his mother has told him, and removed with his parents to Culpeper when a child, and has lived in Culpeper ever since.
That he first entered the service in the spring of 1781, and marched under Captain John Waugh attached to Colonel James Maultsby's Regiment, and went to near Petersburg at a place called Blackwater that whilst there Captain Waugh was ordered to go out and destroy a bridge across the river to prevent Tarleton's troops from crossing to Petersburg. That he went with the Company upon that service, and aided in destroying the Bridge - That after remaining some time at and about Petersburg, he with the Regiment marched up to Green & Squirrel Bridges , and was discharged - that General Mecklenburg was there in command - this tour was two months .
That very soon after returning he was again drafted and marched towards Fredricksburg and was countermanded that he thinks he was commanded by Captain Johnson , but does not recollect the officers - that this tour lasted as a two months tour, but does not recollect how long they were gone.
That some time in July of 1781 he again marched under Captain Robbins in Colonel John Maultsby's Regiment, and went to Meallin Hills where he was in General Stevens Brigade - that from that place he with the troops were ordered to King
William

William, and after remaining there about a week, went nearly to Williamsburg, and in that neighborhood was discharged with the Regiment.
That he can prove part of the above service by Captain Zachariah Griffin who was with him; that the other tours he cannot prove that he knows of by any living witness.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state.
Drawn and subscribed this day in Open Court.
Isaiah his X Welsh mark
I Zachariah Griffin of the County of Culpeper, Virginia, hereby certify that I was with Isaiah Welsh who subscribes the above declaration, in the service which he mentions as being about McAlpin Hill, and know that he performed that service. I have talked much with him lately, and for many years, and have no doubt of his having been in all the service which he states. It is generally believed in the neighborhood that he was in the service; and I believe him to be about 70 or as he says 69 years of age.
Z. Griffin.
I John Brown resident of Culpeper County Virginia, hereby certify that I was in the service in the Revolution under Colonel James Slaughter in Captain Pollard's Company in the tour mentioned by Isaiah Welsh who subscribes the above declaration, and although I do not recollect said Welsh, I do well remember that Captain Slaughter commanded a company in Slaughter's Regiment, and I recollect too that Slaughter's Company was sent to destroy the Bridge as stated in the declaration; and from other conversation had with said Welsh I cannot doubt of his having been in said tour.
John his X Brown mark
I John Lexington resident of Culpeper County Virginia, hereby certify that I have for many years known Isaiah Welsh who subscribes the above declaration, and have always understood that he was a soldier in the Revolution - that it is generally supposed

reported and believed in the neighborhood that he was a revolutionary soldier, and from my knowledge of him I think him entitled to full credence in what he states in his declaration.
John Covington.
The Court then proceeded to propound the following interrogatories to the applicant, he being under oath, and which he answered as is hereinafter recorded. Ques.
Ques. 1 st When and in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born in the County of Stafford in April 1763.
Ques. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Ans. I have none - I learned the date of my birth from my parents.
Ques. Where were you living when you were called into service, where have you lived since, and where do you now live?
Ans. I lived in Culpeper County, Virginia, during all the revolution, and now live in the same County.
Ques. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Ans. I was drafted in every instance.
Ques. 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 service?
Ans. I name some officers in my declaration, such as Stevens, Meuhlenburg - I have seen Washington and Lafayette - I mention the circumstances of my service in my declaration.
Ques. Did you ever receive a discharge, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Ans. I never did - the Regiment were all discharged together.
Ques. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighbourhood, who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
Ans. I refer to John Covington Esqr. Capt. J. Griffin and John Brown as to certify -

And the several depts certify that of their knowledge no clergyman resides in the immediate vicinity of the applicant - that the persons who certify to his character and revolutionary services are entitled to full credence, and the Court concurs in the opinion favourable to his character and revolutionary services. 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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that J. Griffin, John Baern and John Livingston, who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents of Guilford County, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Francis K Lightfoot clerk of the Court of Appeals (County), do hereby certify that the foregoing contains a true copy of the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Sarah Welch for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 1 st day of September in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty two, and in the 57 year of the Commonwealth.
F. K. Lightfoot

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
17. 785-9
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isaiah 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1781 2 mos. Pvt. John Waugh James Slaughter Va.   ✓ 1 mo. Johnson   July 1781 6 mos. Bohannon John Slaughter  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Giles County Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 22. 1832. His Cl. was of
Residence at date of application, Giles County Va.
Age at date of application, { born in Apr. 1763 in Stafford County Va. } (from A. B.)
Remarks: { died Apr. 18 1848 }
There is no data on file as to his family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Isaac Nash

State of Virginia Gwynn County S.S.
On this 16 th day of April 1833 before the subscriber a justice of peace in and for said county personally appeared Isaac Welsh who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that in making his declaration for a pension which was done on 22 nd August 1832, he had correctly stated his first tour to wit the one commencing April 1781 as a two months tour though it continued some days longer — That the next tour to wit the one to Fredericksburg when he was countermanded, was then rated as a two months tour and he supposed he was entitled to pay for two months; but that to the best of his recollection it was at least one month they being held together some time before and after. That he cannot recollect exactly the date of this tour as to a day but remembers that it was between April the time of his first tour and the second — That the second third tour was for three months at least, that it was protracted on account of the difficulties of the times, being not a great while before the siege at York commenced when Virginia was full of enemies in every quarter — That his whole service was full time monthly.
Given under my hand this 16 th April 1833
R Moore
Virginia
I Francis S. Lightfoot (Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that R. Moore is a Magistrate as aforesaid and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 19 th April 1833
F. S. Lightfoot

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Jan'y 5 th , 1842.
Sir:
Under the date 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," Isaiah Welsh — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. 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 1 st of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Wm. B. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 3 d , 1841.
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," Isaiah Welch , — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Biehmore P. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Wilson B. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Dec 6.
Isaac Webb Wash
12603
FREE
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City.

Richmond Va. Dec. 3 rd 1886.
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Sir, will you please order payment on the within pension paper of Isaac Welsh? The defect seems to be the want of an additional witness to the Majesties Certificate of the copy of the pension certificate. The Majesties I know to be more to be relied on. Your obt. serv t ?
C. C. Morgan

Isaiah Welsh
Salisbury 60
p 2

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Welch which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? NO
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? NO  yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
has witnesses.
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
†QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

Brownwood, Tex. Feb. 9 th 1918.
Rev Van mark
Dept. Interior, Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please
send me the Revolutionary records of Sylvester Welch of Fagin Co. & Isaiah Welch of Culpeper Co. was a pensioner.
Respectfully,
Mrs. G. N. Harrison 803 Center Ave. Brownwood, Tex.

1918 Feb 19. Heir to Mrs. G. K. Harrison
Rev War
7859
INVALID.
File No. 7839
Isaac Welsh
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:—Vol. 103, Page 398
[Arrangement of 1870.]