Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 8,989, Joseph Welch, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Welch, Joseph Susannah
NUMBER
W 8989
CONTENTS

1509.
Kentucky
Susannah Welch widow of Joseph Welch who was a Private in the Virginia line for 2 years
Rep Aug 23
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 2280 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of August, 1843 and sent to Ch. Chinn Hanniburg Ken.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 175

State of Kentucky Marion County Set
On this 13th day of November 1840 Personally appeared before me James Dever a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Marion and State aforesaid Susannah Welch a resident of said County aged Seventy Seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, That she is the widow of Joseph Welch who enlisted as a regular soldier in the service of his country in the County of Amherst in the State of Virginia sometime in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy six for the term of two years and served out his term of enlistment in the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Cabell and in the Regiment denominated as the 7th Virginia Regiment and at the expiration of said two years the said Joseph Welch Received an honorable discharge, And after receiving her discharge he was taken sick and sent to the hospital where he continued until his recovery and then continued with the army nine months more including the time of his sickness, She further declares that she has seen and read the said Joseph Welch's discharge which he received for the two years service, along time since his death and frequently during his lifetime, but what has become of said discharge she does not know it has either been misplaced or lost so that she cannot at this time get it to file with this declaration, She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Welch in the County of Amherst in the State of Virginia in the Month of August Seventeen hundred and eighty six (1786) That her Husband the aforesaid Joseph Welch died in the Month February Eighteen hundred and Twenty five (1825). That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and and Ninety four, She further declares that her Husband the aforesaid Joseph Welch served under General Morgan, That she knows of no record of her marriage but has a family record of the age of her children in her Bible which she will have filed
Susannah Welch her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me And I certify that in

consequence of Old age and bodily infirmity the aforesaid Susannah Welch is unable to attend Court
Given from under my hand the day and date first above written James Dyer J.P. etc
The deposition of Miss Elizabeth Welch a resident of Marion County Ky taken this 13 th day of November 1840 to be used as evidence in favour of the application of Mrs Susannah Welch for a pension under the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. Deponent being fifty two years old Deposeth and saith that she is the Daughter of Joseph Welch Deceased and Susannah the applicant. The Deponent has know doubt her Father did serve as a soldier in the Revolutionary War she has heard him so frequently in his lifetime speak of the services he rendered in the company commanded by Lieutenant Lawney Rose and Captain Samuel Cabell and that he belonged to Morgans Rifle Regiment. She further states that she has frequently seen and Read during her Fathers lifetime and since his death the discharge which he received for his two years service under the said Captain Cabell. What has become of the discharge she does not know. She further states her Father the aforesaid Joseph Welch died on the Twenty Seventh day of February Eighteen hundred and Twenty five and that her Mother has remained a widow ever since to the present period. She further saith that she is well acquainted with the family record of the age of her Father and Mothers Children, which record was written on one leaf of the family Bible and was in her Fathers possession many years previous to his death and has been in her Mothers possession up to the 5 th of March last at which time it was taken out to be used in her deposition, taken at that date for the same purpose that this deposition is now taken. The said Record is in the hand writing of John Garland a schoolmaster and was written many years prior to her Fathers death. The said Family record commences in these words Viz Henry the older was born March 3 rd 1783. And then commences with the age of her Father and Mothers Children Viz Elizabeth Welch was born June 25 th 1787 which record is marked A and made as part of this her deposition
Elizabeth Welch mark

State of Kentucky Marion County Set
The foregoing deposition was this day sworn to and subscribed by Elizabeth Welch before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, And I certify the said Elizabeth Welch is a woman of good Moral Character and a person of truth and Veracity.
Given from under my hand this 13 th day of November 1840 James Steele J.P. Oath
The deposition of Susannah Norcott  Frances Welch , a resident of Marion County Ky, taken this 13 th day of November 1840 to be used in favour of the application of Mrs Susannah Welch for a pension. Deponent being Forty eight years old Deponeth and saith that she is the Daughter of Joseph Welch Deceased and Susannah the applicant. She further saith that she has not the least doubt on her mind that her Father the aforesaid Joseph Welch was an entitled soldier in the Revolutionary War and did serve two years in the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Cavil and in Morgans Regiment. She has heard her Father and other old soldiers so frequently talk about and tell over circumstances that took place while they were in the service that she knows she cannot be mistaken. She also so frequently saw her Fathers discharge both during her Fathers lifetime and since which discharge he obtained for his services thus rendered which confirms her in her belief of his performing all the service which he claimed and is set forth in her Mothers declaration. What has become of the discharge she does not know. Her Father the aforesaid Joseph Welch died on the twenty seventh day of February Eighteen hundred and Twenty five (1825) And her Mother the aforesaid Susannah Welch has remained a widow ever since to the present period.
State of Kentucky Marion County Set
The above deposition of Susannah Norcott  Mrs Frances Welch was this

No 7476 Susannah Norcott
Sworn to and subscribed by her before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid I certify the said Susannah Norcott  Frances Welch is a woman of unblemished character and person of truth and sincerity
Given from under my hand this 13th day of November 1840
J P Noble
Note; The word in foregoing deposition of Miss Frances Welch erased and Susannah Norcott substituted before signed
November 13th 1840
J P Noble
State of Kentucky Marion County } Set
I Rutherford H. Rountree Clerk of the Marion County Court Certify that James Eleven Whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificates is an acting justice of the peace for Marion County duly Commissioned and qualified, that his signature is genuine and to all his official acts faith and credit
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Lebanon this 13th Nov: 1840
R. H. Rountree

T H in the N E W TESTAMENT
Of our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
Newly translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK; AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.
PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED FOR MATHEW CAREY, NO. 118, HIGH-STREET.
ROBERT CARR, PRINTER. 1802.

Henry Welch was Born March 3 rd 1783
Elizabeth Welch was Born June 2 nd 1787
Shirley Welch was Born November 2 nd 1788
John Welch was Born February 25 th 1791
Susannah Welch was Born May 25 th 1792
Margaret Welch was Born January 19 th 1795
Francis Welch was Born August 29 th 1797
Joseph Welch was Born November 7 th 1799

1626
Sunnah Welch $80 per ac.
Ch. Chinn Harrodburg Vern

State of Kentucky Marion County Set On this 20 th day of May 1843 Personally appeared before me B. N. Peirick a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Susannah Welch a resident of Marion County and State of Kentucky aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843 granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, That she is the widow of Joseph Welch deceased who enlisted as a regular Soldier for the term of two years during the Revolutionary War in the County of Amherst in the State of Virginia and served out the said two years in the Company of Captain Samuel Cabell of the Sixth Virginia Regiment She further declares she was a pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky agency under the Act of Congress passed July 23 1838 and in such draw Eighty dollars per annum She further declares she is still a widow
Susannah her Welch mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this twentieth day and year first above written. And I certify the said Susannah Welch is personally known to me and was formerly a pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky agency
B. N. Peirick J. P.
State of Kentucky Marion County Set I P. W. Worntree Clerk of the Court of Marion County certify that P. N. Peirick is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 20 th day of May 1843 P. W. Worntree Clerk of the Court of Marion County
[Handwritten flourish or signature]

The deposition of Ezra Morrison a resident of Lincoln County Ky taken at his own house this 14th day of January 1841 to be read as evidence in favour of the application of Mrs Susannah Melch for a pension
The deponent being Eighty four years old deposes and saith that he was well acquainted with both Joseph Melch and Captain Samuel Cabell during the revolutionary war they were both at that time citizens of Amherst County Va and in the fall of Seventeen hundred and seventy six the said Joseph enlisted for the term of two years in said County as a regular Soldier in the company then commanded by the said Captain Samuel Cabell whose company belonged to the Sixth Va Regiment. a few weeks after the enlistment of the said Joseph Melch he marched from the said County of Amherst to the North with the said Captain Samuel Cabell and said Regiment. In the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty three the said Joseph Melch his wife Susannah and the family moved to the State of Kentucky, in year 1790 the deponent also moved from the County of Amherst Va and settled where he now lives and within a half a mile of the said Joseph Melch the said Melch continued there for about thirty years and then moved with his family to the County of Washington now Mason Ky and there died as the deponent has been informed, leaving the said Susannah a widow and further saith not.
Ezra Morrison his mark
State of Kentucky Lincoln County Set 5
The above deposition was this day sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the County of Lincoln Ky. Ezra Morrison and I certify that the said Joseph Melch is an officer of (turn over)

State of Kentucky Lincoln County Set
The foregoing deposition of Ezra Morrison was this day sworn to and subscribed by the said Ezra Morrison before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the County of Lincoln, And I certify the said Ezra Morrison is a man of truth and veracity
Given under my hand this 14 day of January 1841
George Dunlop J.P.
(Kentucky) Lincoln County Set
I Thomas Helms clerk of the court for the County aforesaid do certify that George Dun- lop J.P. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in Lincoln County duly commissioned sworn & qualified. That the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my Office this 15 th day of January 1841
Thomas Helms clerk Lincoln County Court.

The deposition of Frederick Moesner a resident of Marion County Ky taken this 29th day of August 1840 to be used as evidence in favour of the application of Mrs. Susannah Welch for a pension Deponent being sixty three years forty years old on the 23rd Inst. Deponeth and saith, that Joseph Welch deceased moved to this County abou- -ut twenty one or two years ago and settled adjoining the deponents farm that he now resides on, the deponent became acquainted with the said Welch a short time before his Removal to the County and on his becoming a Neighbour They were together almost every day until the death of the said Joseph Welch, The deponent has left many and often times and heard the said Welch recount over his services while in the Revolutionary War, which he took great deligh- -t in telling, the deponent further saith, that said Welch has told him of his services he performed and the officers he served under more than twenty times, but it has been so long and his attention not having been called to reflect on it until this moment that he cannot at this time recollect the services or the officers he said he served under except Gener- -al Morgan, He recollects perfectly well hearing the said Welch say he served under that officer, Deponent further saith that from his first acquaintance with the said Welch until his death he considered him a man of the strictest honour and a man of unspotted character and of truth, and he did, and yet believes the said Joseph Welch was a regular soldier under General Morgan. The said Joseph Welch died about fifteen years since and his widow the said Susannah who still remains on the old farm and a near Neighbour has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband And further saith Not
Frederick his Moesner mark
State of Kentucky Marion County Set
The above deposition of Frederick Moesner was this day sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, And I certify the said Frederick is a man of strict integrity and truth Given from under my hand the day and year first above written
James D. Dyer J. P. M.

State of Kentucky } Marion County } let
I Rutherford H. Rountree Clerk of the Marion County Court Certify that James Lever (Whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate) is and was at the time of doing the same an acting Justice of the peace for Marion County duly Commissioned and qualified and to all his official acts faith and Credit are due and that his signature is genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Lebanon this 13 th Nov: 1820
R. H. Rountree

747 C Susannah Welch of Joseph Remick
Admitted
P. 2 ym $80 Capt Cabell Col Morgan Pa
died Feb. 1825
Act 7 July 1838
C. Chinn. St. Andrews.

Kentucky 6112
rep o
Suzannah Welch, widow of Joseph Welch, dec d .
who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the _____ February 1825 of Marion Co o in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Cable of the reg t commanded by Col. Morgan in the Virginia line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of March 1841, C. Chinn sent to him, Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $ 400.00 Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. M. Curdy, Clerk, Book . 4. Vol. 2. Page 214.

Harrodsburg Ky 16th January 1841
Sir
Therewith, transmit you the deposition of Mr Edgar Morrison as evidence proving the duration of the enlistment of Joseph Welch, which you will please file with Mrs Susannah Welch the widow of Joseph Welch her dispended papers for a pension, And let me hear from them soon as it will suit your convenience to have the claim examined
Your Obt Servt Chs Cherry
Col J. S. Edwards Commissioner of pension, Washington City

This is to Certify , That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session, 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 13 th day of May 1781 , in the name of Joseph Welch as a Soldier of Infantry for £ 20. 2. 8, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to Col s S. Cabell and was given for services prior to the 1st January, 1782.
p. 321.
{ No Seal of Office. }
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this
17 th
day of July
1881.
John Heath
AUDITOR.

Isaac M. Welch of Joseph Kentucky
Suspended
See let 4 th Dec: 40 C. Shinn.
Acty July 1838

Rev  WIDOW, &c.  am
File No. 8989
Luannah Welch Wid. of Joseph Welch Prvt. Quar. line
Act: Mch. 31/43
Index:—Vol. 16 Page 320
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The deposition of Ezra Morrison a resident of Lincoln County Ky taken the 12th 20 th day of November 1840 at his own residence to be read as evidence in favour of the application of Mrs Susannah Welch for a pension
Deponent being Eighty four years Deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Joseph Welch a soldier in the Revolution from the County of Amherst in the State of Virginia. The deponent perfectly recollects that the said Joseph Welch belonged to a company commanded by Captain Samuel Cabell which company the deponent thinks was attached to the Sixth Virginia Regiment. The Deponent thinks the said Joseph joined the Army in the fall of Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six (1776) the Deponent was at that time in the company commanded by Capt Fountain of the second Virginia Regiment in the fall of seventeen hundred and seventy Six the Regiment the deponent belonged too lay at Spring- field field Va and the Regiment that the said Joseph Welch belonged too lay about three miles off at what was called College camp, the Regiment that the said Welch belonged to lay there but a short time before they marched to the North and the Regiment the Deponent belonged to marched The time of the Men expired, that fall, a short time after the said Joseph Welch marched off. And the deponent joined a Regiment that marched to the south where he staid three years and did not see the said Welch any more until he returned from the south. The said Welch & the deponent moved from Amherst County Va to the County of Lincoln Ky where they lived near Neighbors for near thirty years When the said Joseph Welch sold out and moved to Washington now Marion County Ky, Where he understood he lived until his death. The Deponent is a pensioner on the General government for his services rendered in the Revolutionary war, And further saith not Ezra Morrison mark

State of Kentucky Lincoln County Set
The foregoing deposition was this day sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid by Ezra Morrison an aged man And I certify that the said Ezra Morrison is a man of undoubted Veracity
Given from under my hand this 20 th day of November 1840
George Dunlap J.P.
State of Kentucky Lincoln County Set
I Thomas Helms Clerk of the Court of Lincoln County certify that George Dunlap is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 21 st day of November 1840
Thomas Helms
Clerk of the Court of Lincoln County