Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46656, for Philip Radcliff, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Radcliff Philip
S. 46656
CONTENTS

Virginia 29.9 Heirs of Philip K. of Chesterfield in the State of Va. who was a prisoner in the Confed. by Captain Newkins of the Reg comn by Maj comn Good in the Virginia line for Militia.
Abigail S. M o Lucy W. Baden Iden Radcliff & Nancy Radcliff
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. W 12 February 1835
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of June 1835 and sent Parlee V. ... deaths En Charlesfield Va
10.555 Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending } 1067
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. A. ... Clerk, Book H Vol. 62 Page 30
1 Nov 26 1835

Virginia, Chesterfield county, To wit:
On this 13 th day of May A.D. 1835, personally appeared in open court, before the county court of Chesterfield county now sitting, John Gregory a resident of the said county, who being duly sworn for that purpose, deposed that Philip Radliff who made, subscribed, and swore to his declaration for a pension, as a Revolutionary soldier under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, before him the said John Gregory as a Justice of the peace for the said county of Chesterfield, on the 12 th day of January 1835; has since that period departed this life, leaving no widow; (as the said deponent has been informed & believes) but leaving Sabitha Radliff, Lucy W. Vaden wife of John W. Vaden, John Radliff and Nancy Radliff his only surviving children and heirs at law; — The said John Gregory further deposed, that the said Philip Radliff, being unable to write, the signature to the said declaration, was written by him the said John Gregory, at the request of the said petitioner, who annexed his mark thereto; that the said John Gregory being unacquainted with the correct mode of spelling the name of the said petitioner or applicant, wrote it Philip Radliff, instead of Philip Radliff , which the said deponent has since been informed, and verily believes, is the correct way of spelling it. Sworn to and subscribed the date aforesaid, before the county court aforesaid.
John Gregory
Virginia, Chesterfield county, To wit: Parke Ponderiter of Chesterfield county, On this 13 th day of May A.D. 1835, personally appeared in open court, before the county court of Chesterfield county, who being duly sworn for that purpose deposed, that at the request of Philip Radliff he drafted his declaration for a pension, that being unacquainted with the correct mode of spelling his name, he wrote his name spelled not only variously, but in every instance incorrectly, as he now believes; the said Parke Ponderiter further deposes that he has since been informed and verily believes, that the

correct mode of spelling the name is Philip Radliff . Sworn to and subscribed the date aforesaid, by the deponent aforesaid, before the county court aforesaid.
Parke Poindexter
Virginia, Chesterfield county to wit:
On this 13 th day of May 1835, personally appeared in open court, before the county court of Chesterfield county, now sitting; George Cogbill sent, who being sworn for that purpose, deposed that he was a near neighbor to, and well acquainted with Philip Radliff deceased, who made his declaration for a pension, as a revolutionary soldier, on the 12 th day of January 1835, before John Gregory esquire, that the mode in which the old gentleman usually spelled his name was Philip Radliff ; that he departed this life on the 12 th February 1835, leaving no widow, but leaving the following children namely Tabitha Radliff, Lucy W. Vaden wife of John W. Vaden, John Radliff and Nancy Radliff.
Sworn to and subscribed the date aforesaid by the county court aforesaid, by the deponent. —
George Cogbill sent
Virginia; Chesterfield county to wit:
On the thirteenth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty five, personally appeared before the county court of Chesterfield John Gregory, Parke Poindexter, and George Cogbill sent, persons of credibility, and being duly sworn made the foregoing affidavits in support of the declaration of Philip Radliff for a pension, all of which is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of the Department of War. — In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 18 th day of May anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty five, and in the 59 th year of our Independence.
Parke Poindexter Clerk of Chesterfield county court

32 & 82.
Philip Radcliff's
Declaration.
1834. November 10 th At Whitworth made his affidavit to
1835 May 13. Park-Row, New York Gregory George Cogbill Sr. made affidavit.
Admitted for $20.00
died 12 th Feb 1835
certified children

State of Virginia, Chesterfield county, Set.
In this twelfth day of November  January A.D. 1835, personally appeared before me John Gregory a Justice of the peace for said county personally appeared before me John Gregory , Philip Battcliffe a resident of the county aforesaid, in the state of Virginia, aged Seventy seven 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 under the following named officers, and served as herein after stated, to wit;
That sometime in the year 1779 or 1780 he resided in the lower end of the said county of Chesterfield, and volunteered to perform a tour of three months service, as a private in the Virginia Militia, that Captain Breed Perkins commanded the company to which he belonged, the subaltern officers are not now recollected, the detachment consisting of two companies, was under the command of Major Robert Goode of Chesterfield county; they were marched down on the South side of James river into Newbern county, and stationed on Newbern river near a place called Sack point; they were generally engaged on scouting parties watching the movements of the enemy, whose main force was at that time, stationed at or near Norfolk; that he was in no battle or skirmish during this tour, and after serving, as he believes, three months, was marched up to Petersburg, & discharged.
That very shortly after being thus discharged, he was again called out, and stationed for sometime at Randolph's mills on Swift creek in Chesterfield county, and upon the arrival of the British force under Philips, at Petersburg; the American troops there were compelled to retreat and marched up to Chesterfield Court house, at which place I was attached to a company, commanded as, I think, by Captain Wilson; we passed up by Falling Creek church, crossed James river at Tuckahoe, marched down the river on the North side to Richmond, from thence to the neighborhood of Williamsburg, and from thence to Malvern Hills, where we were stationed a considerable time, watching the movements of the enemy; I was in no battle or skirmish during this tour, and after serving

as I verily believe, three months, was discharged. —
3 But before I reached home, and upon my arrival at Wilton, was again called into service, and belonged to a company of Militia commanded by Capt n Joseph Royall, the detachment being under the command of Col o . Robert Goods of Chesterfield, from Wilton we crossed James river, and were stationed on the South side, in the county of Chesterfield, at a place called Sudberrys, where we were surprized by the British light horse under Col o Tilton, a part of our detachment made prisoners, and the residue dispersed: in the affair at Sudberry's I escaped capture, and our troops being routed and entirely dispersed, I went immediately home, but in a day or two afterwards, was called out again and ordered to rendezvous at Richmond; the company to which I belonged, was stationed for a considerable time at or near Manchester, opposite to Richmond, watching the movements of the enemy and endeavoring to keep them in check; I was discharged at Manchester, after serving two months or more, this last mentioned tour.
2 From the great lapse of time since the revolutionary war, and in consequence of my memory being considerably impaired by disease and old age, I am unable to remember the names of the Regular officers, and indeed some of the Militia Officers, who were with the troops where I served; nor do I pretend to recollect, precisely how long I served at each tour, or the exact date when such service was performed; but I am positively certain, that I served as much as eight months in all, and think, I served considerably longer.
I did not receive written discharges, or if I did, they have not been preserved, nor have I any documentary evidence of my services, but I am known to many persons in the neighborhood where I now reside, who can testify to my character for veracity; and particularly to Allen Whitworth, who will testify as to my revolutionary services. I was born in Chesterfield county, state of Virginia, in the year 1757, and have resided in said county ever since, my birth is registered in the family Bible.
Philip his Radcliffe mark 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 the agency of any state.

whereof the foregoing is a true copy Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before the undersigned me John Gregory a Justice of the peace for the said county of Chesterfield, and I do hereby declare it as my opinion after the investigation of the matter & putting the interrogatories required by the war department, that the above named Philip Radcliffe was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states; and I do certify that the said applicant from bodily infirmity is unable to attend court; Given under my hand and seal.
John Gregory J.P.
Virginia, Chesterfield county, To wit;
On this 10 th day of November A.D. 1834, personally appeared in open court, before the county court of Chesterfield now sitting; Allen Whitworth a resident of the said county, aged about seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn for that purpose, deposed. That he is now and was during the revolutionary war, well acquainted with Philip Radcliffe, who hath subscribed to the foregoing declaration; That he clearly and distinctly recollects to have served two tours of service in the Virginia Militia during the revolutionary war, in the same regiment or battalion with the aforesaid Philip Radcliffe, though they belonged to different companies; that he served part of a third tour of service with said Radcliffe, but he the said deponent did not continue with the American troops during the whole of the third tour of service, being made prisoner by the British in the affair at Sudbury's.
Sworn to & subscribed on the date aforesaid, before the county court aforesaid.
Allen Whitworth
Virginia, Chesterfield county court November 10 th 1834.
Allen Whitworth a person of credibility personally appeared in court and being duly sworn made the foregoing Affidavit in support of the Declaration of Philip Radcliffe for a Pension, which Affidavit was ordered to be certified to the Secretary of the Department of War. —
I Parke Poindexter, clerk of the county court of Chesterfield, in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that John Gregory whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for the county of Chesterfield duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that his signature thereto is genuine: and I do also certify that the above affidavit of Allen Whitworth was made in due form in open court on the 10 th day of November 1834. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & seal of Office this 15 th day of January anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty five and in the 59 th year of our Independence.
Parke Poindexter Clerk

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File No. 46 656
Philip Radcliff Priv. Va. Mil.
Act: Rev. June 8 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 151
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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War Department Pension Office. Jan: 29. 1835
Sir:
Upon an examination of the declaration of Philip Ratliff, I find his name so variously spelled, neither of the signatures being written by himself - that it is impossible to ascertain which is right. -
Before the certificate can be issued, this objection must be removed. - The papers are returned for that purpose -
I am Respectfully, Yours at H. J. L. Edwards
Philip Radliff - died 12 th Feb 1835 - left no widow but left children Tabatha Radliff Lucy W Vaden wife of Ino W Vaden John Radliff Nancy Radliffe
Parker Com'deste C. J. - Chesterfield

May 23 rd 1835
Chesterfield C.H. 21 st May 1835.
Free
The Secretary of the Department of War "Pension Office"
Washington City.