Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6048, for John Saunders, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
va,
Saunders John
S 6048
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CONTENTS

4518
Virginia
John Saunders.
of Hanover in the State of Va: who was a Pvt. in the Company commanded by Captain Thompson of the Regt commanded by Col: Goodall in the Va: line for 8 months from 1777-
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 26- Dollars 66- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Jan: 33. and delivered Mar: 33. Handy.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 39.99. Semizant. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 13.33 53.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book D Vol. 7 Page 127-
Rev. 24/100 J. H. Hon. Jno. G. Davis

THE NEW TESTAMENT
Of our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
Translated out of the
ORIGINAL GREEK;
and with the former
TRANSLATIONS
Diligently Compared and Revised,
By His MAJESTY's Special Command.
Appointed to be Read in
EDINBURGH:
Printed by the ASSIGNS of ALEXANDER KINCAID, His Majesty's Printer.
MDCCLXXXVIII.

John Saunders was born May 4 th 1760.
Betty Saunders was born January 4 th 1762.
Nancy Saunders was born July 25 th 1765.
George Saunders was born March 19 th 1768.

Virginia
Hanover County
On this 23 day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the court of the county aforesaid, now sitting. John Saunders a resident of said county and state aged seventytwo 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. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States in the Militia of his own state of Virginia in April 1776, several days before he but was countermanded and did not march again in May 1777 or 1778 was sixteen years old - was drafted in Captain John Thompson's company from Hanover and served a tour of two months at the least - Marched to Williamsburg and served there and thereabout as a guard for the place against the enemy then in the waters of the Chesapeake - Cold Good all he thinks, commanded - there was no other regiment of Militia that he recollects, and that one half of the barracks was filled with regulars tho' he cannot recollect whom - That about the time of the battle of Monmouth he volunteered from the said county in a company raised by the same captain, and served a tour of three months in collecting and forwarding provisions to the Continental Army, and that this stood for a draft in the militia - That he furnished his own horse - Marched into North Carolina - collected corn - drove them northward - Swam the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, when the ferry man would not cross on account of the flood - crossed the Potomac at Roland's ferry and left the corn near Fredericktown in a pasture and returned - saw no regulars, but several companies of Militia in the same pursuit - That when Arnold invaded the state, he was again drafted and served a tour of three months in Anderson's company of Militia from Hanover - later after was as commanded by Lieut Underwood, Anderson having returned - was at Chickahominy when the Magazine near Weyanoke was blown up - Marched to the intrenchments, saw much destruction of cannon and powder - crossed the river at Weyanoke - Marched through Manchester to Osborne's and then

There saw the shocking destruction by the enemy - crossed the river again, Marched to Winnsburg, thence to York, thence to Richmond, and remained there some time - thence up the river and crossed over to Cabin point, and was there stationed till discharged. That Col. William Fleming commanded, saw some regulars but forgot where - frequently saw other regiments of militia but served with none - saw General Nelson at Winnsburg, and was in no battle but was at Charles City Ct House the day after some men had been slaughtered, by a party of enemy's horse - That when Cornwallis was in Hanover in the summer of 1781 he was again drafted from the same county, and served a three months tour - marched down to the Hoback hills under Ensign Kingham and was attached to the regiment of Major Campbell who had been in the regular army, and was a Presbyterian preacher. Marched up to Richmond thence to Prossers, thence to Hanover Court House, supposing the enemy would attack Fredericksburg. but at that place the route was changed, and he marched thence down by New Castle, and in New Kent his regiment was detached from the army, and crossed at West Point to Gloucester and continued to serve in those places till discharged; sometimes retreating from the enemy in Gloucestown across Drayton swamp into Ceres and then returning to Hubbard's and sometimes to Somer's old field, and at the later place made a small redoubt - first Major Campbell commanded his regiment then Col. Taylor and after ward Genl. Weddow sometimes called Genl. Gourd. That when with the army he served in Genl. Staples Stevens Brigade, and Lafayette commanded - That he saw Genl. Muhlenberg Major DeClouet and the regulars of the army under Lafayette and many militia but recollects none in particular - That he was in no battle but the convention at York had begun before he was discharged - that he was always a private - that he was born in the upper end of Hanover in 1760 May 4 th and has a family register - that he had no written discharge and has no documentary evidence - That Robert Snead and  John Williams and John Williams can testify to some part of his services and to the rest he can procure no testimony and that he refers to Dawson Bugby and Charles Thompson Genl. Esquire for his character and reputation He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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 or Territory -

To the 1 st Question he replies May 6 th 1799. as new found town in Hannover.
To the 2 d I send a family register the only records I have
To the 3 d I have always lived in the same neighbourhood
To the 4 th I was always drafted except the one under Thompson when I volunteered.
To the 5 th - answered to the satisfaction of the court,
To the 6 th I never received a written discharge
To the 7 th James M c Bagby and Charles Thompson Jr
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
John Saunders
We James M c Bagby a clergyman resident in the county of Hannover, and Charles Thompson residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Saunders, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty two years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
James M c Bagby
Charles Thompson
I Robert Snead a citizen of the said county do hereby certify that John Saunders who has sworn to the above declaration, served with me in the Revolution, in the Militia from Hannover, first at Williamsburg a tour of two months, in the Winter 1778 or 1779. again as it appears to me at Cabin Point in 1781 a three months tour, though of this I am not sure. and again as I firmly believe in the same year in Gloucester, a three months tour. officers recollected.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Robt Snead

I John Williams a citizen residing in the county of Hanover hereby certify that I perfectly recollect that John Saunders who has made the foregoing affidavit served in the revolution in the militia of Hanover the tour at Cabin Point and that I believe he served till discharged —
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John Saunders
And the said court do hereby declare their opinions 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 James McBagly who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Hanover, and that Charles Thompson Jr. who has also signed the same is a resident in the said county and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the court also certifies that Robert Snead and John Williams who have made the foregoing affidavits, are residents in the said county and in their opinion credible persons.
John Saunders
Jan 1777 Printed and Th.
#26. 446
Nov 1791
Virginia, Hanover County, to wit:
I Philip B. Winston
the Court of the said County of Hanover do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Saunders for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office the thirtieth day of October, one thousand, eight hundred & thirty two.
Philip B. Winston C.S.H.C.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Saunders a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1776 ✓ Pvt. in militia as officer State Va.   May 1777 1 mo. John Thompson Col. Dale   1778 3 mos. John Thompson   * 1781 3 mos. Anderson William Fleming   Summer 1781 3 mos. Colonel Bingham Major Campbell Col. Taylor  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Oct. 23 1832 His cl. was ill.
Residence at date of application, Fauquier Co. Va.
Age at date of application, "on his found birth" Hanover May 4. 1762
Remarks: _____
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
* magazine at Witham was destroyed in 1781. See Loessing Vol. 2 P. 257

Prof. G. Davis m.d. Hon. Geo. D. Whitney Comm'r of Pension Washington D.C.

THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS
Washington City Dec 19 1860.
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting Comm'r of Pensions Sir,
I wish to ascertain if the name of John Saunders, of the Va or N.C. line, Revolutionary War, who was a private & wounded in the Battle of Guilford appears on the Rolls in your Department.
Also, if the name of Daniel M c bay a private in the Va line, in the same War appears on the rolls in your office.
May I ask an early reply
Respy M c Intosh Ino. G. Davis

Bachelor Hotel
151-159 POWELL ST.
Herbert's
German Grill
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14, 1914.
Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Kindly give me the Revolutionary record as shown in their pension papers of the following Virginia militiamen who resided in 1835 in the states and counties following their names: John Saunders (age 74 in 1835), Hanover County, Virginia; Robert Thompson (age 77 in 1835), Bath County, Virginia; Ambrose Powell, Estill County, Kentucky; Zachariah Saunders, Wayne County, Kentucky (age 75 in 1835).
Yours respectfully,
{ H. M. Herbert { Herbert's Bachelor Hotel, { San Francisco, { California.

Bachelor Hotel
German Hill
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14/04.
12-1
Hon. E. B. Salterback, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Kindly give me the Revolutionary record as shown in their pension papers of the following Virginia militiamen who resided in 1855 in the states and counties follow- ing their names: John Saunders (see 74 in 1855), Fauquier County, Virginia; Robert Thompson (see 125 in 1855), Bath County, Vir- ginia; William Powell, Bath County, Ken- tucky; John Saunders, Wayne County, Ken- tucky (see 125 in 1855).
Yours respectfully, Herbert's Bachelor Hotel, (San Francisco, California.)

1914 Apr. 23 Hist. Soc. H. H. Norton V.P.M.
Rebrog
6048
INVALID.
File No. 6048
John Saunders Prin. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th / 32
Index:—Vol. M , Page 329
[Arrangement of 1870.]