Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41384, John Wright, Continental Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Va.
Wright, John
S. H 1384 B.L.W. 1499-100.
CONTENTS

9849
Virginia John Wright
of _____ in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Mood of the Virginia line, for the term of 3 years .
scribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Apr 10 and sent to M c Burn Winchester Va
arrears to 4th of Mar 19  70 89 emi-anl. all'ce ending Feb 11  48 22 4 8 30 35  115 8 89
(Spiral scribble)
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Sep 29
see letters 11 Sept. 1828 to W. H. Terrill, Balt C.H. Va & 13 Feb. 1829 to Hon. J. Floyd, H. R. see letter Feb. 21. 1829 to Hon. P. B. Porter.

N o 1499 John Wright Pris Arm?
att d to Jos: Watson D.C.

State of Virginia County of Alleghany
I, John Wright aged Sixty Eight years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty I enlisted for the term of "during the war," and served in the regiment No. under the line ; and command of Colonel Remond of the Virginia that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the regiment, commanded by Colonel Simond
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that I, John Wright aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Col. Joseph Watson of Washington City , to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest, John Persinger
John Wright
I, Jacob Persinger Sen d aged Eighty years, do, upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with John Wright who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Jacob Persinger Sen d
Attest, John Persinger
Before me, John Persinger a Justice of the Peace personally appeared the above named John Wright subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared Jacob Persinger Sen d who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this 27 th day of March 18 29
John Persinger Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the abovewritten John Persinger was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Virginia at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the my private county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Covington this Second day of April 18 29 .
Oliver Callaghan C. Clerk, &c.
This law expires 3d March, 1827.
There being no seal office in this county this being a new county

Decr 29. 1837
Rev Wm Gordon Eng County Land Office Washington.
John M. Patton Jan 30 1837

Hon d John M. Patton Jan y 30 th 1837
John Wright Revolution No 1499 Wadsworth Coffin Barnes New Bedford Eng Dear
th N o Jan y 27. 1837

He Rep. 27 th Jany 1837
Sir
I presume the enclosed was sent to me for the purpose of ascertaining if the person within named John Wright is entitled to any thing either of land or money for services rendered in the revolutionary war
Will you give me the information if any is furnished by the records in your office -
I am respectfully Yr Obt Servt J. M. Patton
No 1499 - for 100. Acres issued the 13 th Ap l 1829 to John Wright, a private of Armand's Legion - and the same delivered to Jos Watson for copy of discharge Co. B

John Wright
Words of 3 years -
Adm

A court held for the County of Botetourt in the state of Virginia the 9 th day of June 1818
John Wright an inhabitant of this County & Citizen of this State, personally appeared before this Court being a Court of Record, and made oath that he served as a soldier in Capt m Andrew Wallace's Company of the 12 th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col o James Wood on Continental establishment in the Army of the Revolution, that he served therein three years, the term of his said enlistment, when he was regularly discharged by Col o Wood, which discharge accompanies this statement, that he afterwards became a Substitute for Eighteen Months in the Virginia Line & was attached to Col o Henry Lee's Legion, and at the expiration of that term was discharged, which discharge he has lost, That afterwards he enlisted in Col o Armand's Legion & continued therein until he was discharged at the end of the war of the revolution, which discharge also accompanies this statement and finally that he is now in such low circumstances as to need the assistance of his Country for support
At an other Court held for said County the 10 th day of March 1819
It appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said John Wright did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of Nine Months at one time, on Continental establishment; and that he needs the assistance of his country for support. the same is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of War
The above is a true copy from the Records of the Court aforesaid
IN TESTIMONY whereof I Henry Bowyer Clerk of said Court have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my said Office the 12 th day of March 1819
H. Bowyer

aw Rev. War Section. aw
141384
October 5, 1915
Mrs. Mary Agnes Gardner, Decatur, Ohio.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the 27" ultimo, you are advised that one John Wright (S. File No. 41,384) a Revolutionary War soldier who resided in Botetourt County, Virginia in 1818, was allowed pension on account of his services and also granted 100 acres of land under Warrant No. 1499.
The papers in his above noted claims do not state where he resided when he enlisted, nor is it shown that he ever lived in Ohio.
For the location of his land warrant, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office citing all of the above data. For information relative to land granted by the State of Virginia, for services in the Revolutionary War, you should consult the Librarian of that state.
The files of this Bureau fail to show a rejected Revolutionary War pension claim for a John Wright who enlisted in Botetourt County, Virginia, and afterwards resided in Ohio.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Steelgaber
Commissioner.

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9849
Wright John Cont. Va! 541324

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
John Wright late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Virginia Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 27 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Rev d Claim.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18 th of March, 1818, ensue Samuel Warner, late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, ensue is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of eight dollars cents per month, to commence on the seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this twenty ninth day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War

41384
INVALID.
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1915 Oct. 5: Data given to Mrs. A. Gardner. Rev
File No. 41384
John Knight Di Per 1870
Act: 18 March 1870
Index: — Vol. 3 , Page 381
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
SEP 28 1915
Commission of Pensions Department of Interior Washington D.C.

Decatur O. Sept. 27 1915
Dear Sir:
Have you a record of a reject claim for pension or of John  a pension early in a Revolutionary soldier Wright who enlisted from Botetourt County Va and was the application made by John Wright or his Widow and was it rejected because he had already received a land grant in the Virginia Military lands. We have the records descendants of a John Wright who came to Ohio from Virginia and settled on a grant of 1000 a The application was in Very Respectfully (Mrs) Mary Agnes Gardner 1888-4 rejected 1889) Decatur Ohio

Memo:
John Wright, the applicant for a pension, was one in the year just preceding the passage of the act which limited pensions to those whose property was of less value than one dollars - His pension was discontinued under the restriction of that act, his property having been valued to a trifle over the prescribed limit - Since then he has become and is now, nearly destitute - The facts of his Revolutionary services will appear from his Discharges which were forwarded on his first application which are, it is presumed, on file in the War or Pensions Office - Of these he had two, having enlisted first for three years and, at the end of that enlistment, for the war -
The law requiring two witnesses to his services and his identity would have been complied with but for a casualty; Col. McDowell of Rockbridge, wrote his first petition and put him in the way of getting his pension, from which act, Wright having conceived of him as more capable to make his renewed application than any other man, has actually walked alone sixty miles to his house to procure his aid in this behalf: thus separating himself from his acquaintances who could have attested the identity required - Should this defect of witnesses vitiate his application - Dr. F. will be pleased to inform me by letter - Let it be recollected that the service is attested by proof upon record so that the casual default of one witness as to the other point, be viewed as less weighty in excluding his claim -
J. McDowell Jr.
Nov. 25, 1828

Pass. Office 29. Jan. 1829.
of Virginia Washington D.C.
Hon. John Floyd
Lexington 28 Novr
Referred to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Feb. 13. 1829

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 20 Feb 1829.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of John Wright under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether a commission, and, if so, what commission, was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension.  The claimant is now on the Pension list.
R. Rush.
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
Letter War Dept 21 Feb 1829

Act 1828.
Settled at
Treasury
Cons n with
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41,384

Enrolled to B Land Sec Land Act.
Washington City
July 28. 1829
Sir: Permit me to ask you to examine the within papers as soon as convenient - and let me know the result - whether the soldier can get his pension or whether whether any other papers or evidence may be necessary
I am Sir your ob serv.
John Floyd of Virginia
The Secretary of the Department of War.

No. of Original payment 910 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
16 Feb 1829.
John Wright of Alleghany in the State of Virginia , in the County of Alleghany has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain John Wright 's company, in Col Armand's  regiment of the corps , line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary W. H. Dickins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
18 th February 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to John Wright in the Armands Corps
It further appears that a man by the name of John Wright is now on the pension list of the Virginia agency, and has been so since the  to the 1 st September 1826 at the rate of eight dollars per month,
John Hagner And

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th of May 1828 I John Wright of the County of Alleghany in the State of Virginia, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination; at which period I was a private in Captain [blank] Company in the first Partizan Legion under Col. Armand of the Cavalry line. And I also declare that I afterwards received no certificates (to the best of my recollections) for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15 th of May 1778.
And I further declare that I was not on the 15 th day of May 1828, on the pension list of the United States.
Witness my hand this 25 th of November 1828 John Wright
Before me Ja: M Dawell (Jem) a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Rockbridge in the State of Virginia, duly empowered to administer Oaths, personally appeared this 25 th day of November in the Year 1828, James M. Dawell of said County, who made oath that John Wright by whom the foregoing declaration is subscribed, is generally reported and believed to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand the day & Year aforesaid.
Ja: M. Dawell Jem! Rockbridge County

I Andrew Reid Clerk of the Court of the County of Rockbridge in the state of do hereby certify Virginia, that a new M David Iruford whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time a justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer oaths -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court This day of November in the year 1828 -
Andrew Reid Clerk of the Court of Rockbridge Co.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Wright John GRADE Private LINE Lee's Legion
WARRANT NUMBER 13929 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 4, 1793 To - not shown -
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Wright, John GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5263 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 31, 1795
to Joseph End Allen Broker
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Wright, John GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5274 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Nov. 14, 1789 to Sarah Green, widow
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.