Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11803, Jonathan Whight, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Whight, Jonathan or Wright or White Hannah
W. 11803
CONTENTS

26605
Kentucky
Jonathan Wright  Wright of Shelby Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Kearny of the regt commanded by Col Alexander in the Mearon line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of April 1834 and 1835 Drooker Springfield
Arrears to the 4th of March 80.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 13.33 $93.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 34
4 This should be White see his declaration.
Letter to Hon John Pope 15 Sept 1838.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from the 1 st March 1837 to the 1 st March 1838. Age notified 18 Decr 1838.

State of Kentucky, Washington County.
On this 28 th day of October in the year 1833 personally appeared Jonathan Wright a re- sident of said County and State aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following amended Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June y th 1832. said Declarant states that he was in born in Prince George County in the State of Virginia Maryland on the 12 th of August 1762 as copied from his father's Register. That he was drafted in the County of Loudoun in the State of Virginia in May 1781 the particular day not recollected. He was enrolled in a Company of Virginia Militia commanded by Capt. John Henry. Thomas Marks Lieutenant, and attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. John Alexander, Major Reid and Capt. Penland were also attached to the same Regiment. He was was at the time and place whereby  where stated in the County before stated at John Moore's Tavern in said County. We marched from there to Fredericks- burg by the Boliyoree from there to Richmond thence to the Three Mile Creek from there we retreated to the Martin Hills being chased by Cornwallis from thence to Raccoon Ford on the Rappahann- ock, when we were reinforced by Genl. Wayne, who had come from the Northward. Some My first term of service expired having been drafted as before

and having served three months, I received a written discharge from Capt. Berry but I have lost it. The term of service of a good many of the Troops having expired about the same time, and about to expire, and there being a great want of men at the time, there was a call for volunteers and I then immediately volunteered as a private in an Infantry company commanded by Capt. Caldwell from my present recollection to serve three months. We were attached to Wayne's regulars. From Raccoon Ford we passed for Wallis towards Little York. We came up with him at Somers Town, and had a smart engagement. Charles Crook and Dick Styles who were my mates were wounded there. I continued in this service till the Battle of York where Cornwallis surrendered. I was at the siege during the whole time on this side of the River, not on the Gloucester side. I was detailed to guard the prisoners from York to Winchester. I forget whether Capt. Caldwell was my Capt. under whom I marched to Winchester. I was then discharged, but do not now remember by what Officer. I got my discharge about the last of November or first of December 1781. I know it was cold weather when I went home. Owing to old age and loss of memory I am unable to state with precision the particular hours of my entering upon the services before stated, and when discharged, but I can positively state that from the time I first entered the service in May 1781 as a drafted Militia until I was discharged at Winchester as before stated, during all which time I was on military duty, I served more than six months. In the Spring 1782 in the month of May I volunteered in Capt. Wether Simtalls Company from Loudoun County in Virginia, to guard the prisoners at Winchester Barracks. We volunteered

and went to the Barracks and were put under Capt Simrell's command, who was stationed there. I continued in this service two months and was discharged by Capt Simrell, after my term of service expired. I have lost my discharge. I have no documentary evidence of my services rendered or, before stated, nor do I know of any living witness by whom I can prove my said services any further than the statements of Isaac and Sarah Lewis of Shelby County, in this state may conduce to prove what I have stated. I moved to the County of Washington before I now live, in the year 1815 and have lived here ever since. I am acquainted with the Minister of the Gospel particularly unless it is the Rev. Mr. Smith of this County. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in this state, or on that of any state or Territory.
Jonathan White mark
I Sam Lyles Minister of the Gospel certify that from the best information I have received on the subject I believe that the above named Jonathan White is a man of good character and is generally reputed in his neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier.
Sam Lyles Pastor of the Springfield Presby Ch
I Vincent Morgan Justice of the Peace certify that I am or appeared with the above named Jonathan White & believe him to be a man of truth & that he is reputed & believed in his neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier.
Vincent Morgan

State of Kentucky Washington County set
A county court began held and continued for the county of Washington on Tuesday the 29 day of October at the court house in the town of Springfield in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three Jonathan White an applicant for a pension as a Revolutionary soldier this day made oath in open court to the truth of the statement by him subscribed and the court do hereby declare that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he has stated and the court further certify that it appears to them Samuel Lyne who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman residing in the county of Washington and that Vincent Lurgen who has also signed the same is a resident in said county & is a credible person and that their statements are entitled to credit
William B Booker clerk of the county court of Washington county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Jonathan White for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of office this the first day of November 1833 William B Booker clerk
3348

Rep d
Kentucky. 341.
Hannah Wright widow of Jonathan Wright who was a Private
in the N. C. Line
N. C. Husb d died 27. Jany. 1845
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844.
27. January 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24. day of Feby. 1847. and sent to
Hon. B. R. Young.
Adv. of Rep d .
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A,
Vol. 2. Page 188.

13084.
Hannah Wright
Rev:
Act 7. July '38-
Married 1783
husband died 27 Jan'y 1845
Subscribed to W. Crump
He says the family name is Sufficent

State of Kentucky Washington County Set
On this the 30 th day of August 1846 personally appeared before me Robert S. Mitchell a justice of the peace in and for said county Hannah Wright a resident of the county of Washington and State of Kentucky aged Eighty one years old 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 7 th 1838 entitled, An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows also the act of Congress passed the 17 th June 1844 That she is the widow of Jonathan Wright a revolutionary pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky agency, She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Wright on the twenty second day of July Seventeen hundred and Eighty Three in the County of Fauquier in the State of Virginia by a protestant preacher by the name of (Parson) Thompson before marriage we were published three successive Sundays in church, That her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Wright died on the twenty seventh day of January Eighteen hundred and forty five and that she has remained a widow since the death of her aforesaid husband, 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 Ninty four Viz at the time above stated
She further declares she knows of no record of her marriage but has the record of her children in a book of hers entitled, The American Instructor, Which record is in the hand writing of one of my Brothers, John Lewis and was written by him upwards of thirty years since, The said Book has been in the declarants possession for forty years past,
Hannah her Wright mark
Sworn and subscribed before me and I certify that the said Hannah Wright in consequence of old age and bodily infirmity is unable to attend court Robert S. Mitchell J.P.

The deposition of Kitty Dunn taken to be read in favour of the application of Mrs Hannah Wright for a pension
The deponent being forty seven years old on the 20 th of August 1846 and a resident of Washington County in the State of Kentucky deposeth and saith that she is the Daughter of Johnathan Wright Deceased and Hannah his widow the present applicant. That she knew her Father the aforesaid Johnathan Wright was a pensioner on the roll of the Kentucky agency at the time of his death and that he died on the Twenty seventh day of January Eighteen hundred and forty five (1845) and that her Mother the aforesaid Hannah Wright has remained a widow ever since to the present time.
She further saith that she has been fully acquainted with the family record of the age of her Father and Mother children which is written on one side of a leaf of a book called the American Instructor, as described in her Mother's declaration this record has been in the possession of her Father and Mother to the deponent's knowledge for upwards of thirty years, which record commences with her oldest Brother in the following words Viz. Warren Wright was born the 26 July 1784 and continues with the rest of the children down to the deponent's own name which record she has taken from said book and makes part of this her deposition and further saith not
Kitty Dunn
State of Kentucky, Washington County Set
Personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County Kitty Dunn who subscribed and made oath to the above deposition, And I certify she is a woman of Veracity
Given from under my hand this 20 th day of August 1846 Robert S. Mitchell J.P.

State of Kentucky
Washington County set
I William B Booker Clerk of the Court of Washington County certify that Robert S Mitchell is a magistrate as stated on the two foregoing pages and that the true foregoing signature, purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my Office This 24 th day of August 1846
WB Booker
Clerk of the Court of Washington County
State of Kentucky
Washington County Set, August County Court 1846
Satisfactory proof was this day made in Court in open Court by the oaths of Robt McDaniel & Vincent B. Kennington good and lawful witnesses that Hannah Wright who subscribed to the foregoing declaration for a pension, in consequence of old age and bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court
I William B Booker Clerk of said County do certify that the above is truly transcribed from the records in my Office
In Testimony Whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affixed the seal of my Office This 24 th day of August 1846
WB Booker
Clerk of the Court of Washington County

They Boves Warren Wright was born the 26 July 1784
Laban Wright was born the 27 Oct r 1786
Friendley Wright was born the 9 April 1789
Sally Wright was born the 1 Dec r 1791
Elizabeth Wright was born the 4 April 1794
Nancy Wright was born the 2 July 1796
Prissy Wright was born the 20 Aug t 1799

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

3848
Jonathan Wright Kentucky
for 1781 per 8 months. $26. 66 / 100
M rs B Booher Springfield C.K.O.

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 subjóined 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. These 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 Jonathan Wright
   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.     1781 3 P Traditionary & witnesses   3 P witnesses not   182 2 certified to be   credible   seal imperfect   Traditionary evidence not perfect.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES 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 and State, Territory or District A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of 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 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), who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with 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 affix 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 [i] 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.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

V No 13084 Hannah Wright Ky
Set to 6.6 minn Oct 31/46 to Same Dist 12:46 to Same Dist 30:46 Dr. Jany 28:67
post 7 July 1838

Virginia, Fauquier County, to wit:
I, William A. Jennings, Clerk of Fauquier County Court, hereby certify, that I have made diligent search among the records remaining in the office of said Court, for proof of the marriage of Jonathan Wright and Hannah, his wife, said to have been married in (1787) seventeen hundred and eighty-three - either the marriage bond or the return, required by law, of the minister who celebrated the rites of matrimony between said parties; and that I cannot find any evidence of said marriage, among the records of said office. And I further certify, that the files of marriage bonds and the returns of those who have celebrated marriages in said County, as they now exist in said office, especially at so early a date as before eighteen hundred, are exceedingly imperfect, and not to be relied upon.
In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and annex the seal of my said office, this 18th day of December, 1846, and in the 71st year of the Commonwealth.
Wm A. Jennings, Clerk of said Court.

DEC 20 N
Dec 21. 1846
Adah Dyer M rs Wright
Comm ee on Pensions Washington D.C.
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Warrenton Dec 19 th 1846
Please file the enclosed Certificate with the papers of the applicant for a pension by the wife of Jonathan Wright or Wright for Christopher Clinch of Kentucky.
The Commissioner of Pensions
Thos. Withers

rev WIDOW, &c.
File No.
11803
Hannah Wright
Widow of
Jonathan Wright
Priv. N. C. Line
Act:
June 17 th /44
Index:—Vol.
Bm
, Page
330
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 8 th , 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," Jonathan Wright, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Lexington, Ken: Agency, at the rate of Twenty six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William E. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

A. of R. Feb 11 th 1847
Col. J. L. Edwards Com of Pen.
I fin. Will you allow me to ask you to read the inclosed letter & to reconsider the application of Mrs Hannah Wright for a pension
Very respectfully your obt. Serv.
B. E. Young

Warrodsberg (Ky) 12th October 1846
Dear Sir
Enclosed you have the declaration of Mrs Hannah Wright, widow of Jonathan Wright Dec d for a pension, When examined I would be pleased to hear from you
I am very Respectfully Your O bt Hon ble Serv t Chr s Chinn
Col J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Dec 3, 1846
Recd
James Whipple
Col J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
11

Harrodsburg (Ky.) 27th November 1846
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 35 st Ultimo is to hand in which you acknowledge the reception of Mrs Hannah Wright, paper widow of Jonathan Wright, papers for a pension.
You state that Jonathan Wright is not found on the pension roll, and that the date of the marriage should be proven by the records of Fayette County or by an original family register. The claim being being a single one, I depended on the family register of the age of the children as sufficient, But I presume I can obtain the records from Fayette.
Jonathan Wright was an applicant from the County of Washington Ky and passed on the 3 d day of April 1834 for the sum of $26.66 and she belonged to the North Carolina line. It is highly probable you will find this claim under the name of Wright for I recollect well that in writing the declaration I could scarcely keep from writing it Wright.
I am very Respectfully Your Ob t & amiable Serv t Chr Chirry

P1578 - Sept 12. 1838
Pension Office
M c Ewan
M c Ewan

Spursfute August 29th
1838
To the Secretary of War -
Sir
The with
in Mr. Wright a pensioner by some right of his own cannot draw his pension at Lexington without an institution to that agency from the war department or pension office - He is a needy & deserving old soldier & is really in want of it - He authorized Mr Henderson to draw it & he forwarded the with in paper to me - I now understand that his not drawing for a year renders him eligible to have a further to the Lexington agency to pay him - will you please to have the due honors given promptly & have me duly of it as ever Sir Respectfully J. Pote

Jonathan Wright. By White, Ky., Act 7 June 1832 $26 67 per ann. To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office Feby. 18 th 1847
G. C. A. Paid to 1 st Sept. 1844. W. B.

No 13084 133
Hannah Wright widow of Immanuel Wright or Wright-
Kins
Act 7 July 1838
Rejected husband's deed 27 Jan'y 1845
Adm. act 17 June 1844
8 mo. in $26 67 /pa
adm. from 27 Jan'y 1845
Hon B. R. King House of Reps

Mar 14. 1857
Rev
Samuel May
Col J S Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Harrodsburg 6th January 1847
Dear Sir
Yours of the 30th Ultimo acknowledging the receipt (through Dr Withers) the Clerks certificate of Fauquier County setting forth that there was no evidence of the marriage of Jonathan Wright & Hannah in his office and also referring me to yours of the 31st of October last in which you say the date of the marriage should be established by the records of Fauquier County or by an Original family register. Mrs Hannah Wright in her declaration sets forth that there are no family registers in existence of the marriage but that there was a family register of the age of her children, which family register was furnished and made part of the deposition of Kitty Durn, which register I presume you have now looked. I would thank you kindly if you will again turn to Mrs Durns deposition and see if I am not correct if I am correct I suppose you will not require any further evidence to establish the marriage.
I am very Respectfully Your Obt Humble Servt Chas Whinn
cc I L Edwards hours of Pension Washington City

Shelby County and State of Kentucky On this 12 th day of September in the year 1833. personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Isaac Lewis and Jacob Lewis both residents of the County aforesaid. The first named being seventy three years old, and the last named being sixty seven years old, each of whom being first duly sworn according to law doth on their respective oaths, state, that they are well acquainted with Jonathan Wright who is an applicant for a Pension for services rendered the United States in the Revolutionary War, and who resides in Washington County in the State aforesaid. They both state that they both lived a near neighbor to his father in the County of Woodson in the State of Virginia. They were all boys together. They are both very well satisfied that said Jonathan Wright did service in the Revolution as a soldier. They have no doubt of it, but cannot say how long he served, but they are convinced from the time he was absent from home, he was in the service more than six months. They both state that they are well satisfied he was in the spring of 1782 to guard the prisoners at Unches- tee Barracks. They both state that they heard said Wright say sixty years ago and more than that, that he had been at the siege of York. Said Isaac Lewis states he is turned of seventy three years old, and said Jacob states he is sixty seven years old. Jacob Lewis Sworn to before me Mark Wardlaw Justice

Commonwealth of Ky
Shelby County ss
Jacob Lewis & Isaac Lewis the within mentioned subscribers the within writing was witnessed to the well in the same before me and I do hereby certify that the said Jacob & Isaac Lewis are men of truth in the date of this writing. Witness my hand as keeper of the peace in for the County of
State aforesaid this 12 th of Sept 1833.
Entered June 5 th 1834
Subscribed to
Martha Wardin
Shelby County ss
I James J. Whitaker Clerk of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that Martha Wardin appeared before me the foregoing Affidavits were made Now it is and was at the time of doing the same One of the Commonwealth Justices for said County Commissioned and qualified According to Law and authorized to administer Oaths And that full faith and credit is & ought to be given to all his Official Acts as such In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 12 th day of Sept. 1833.
J. J. Whitaker Clerk Shelby County Court.