Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19474, for John Steuart, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Ua.
Stewart, John or Stewart
S. 19474
carded
CONTENTS

Virginia
23.909
John Stewart of Pitt in the State of Va
who was a Q.M. in the Army commanded by Captain Bracken of the — commanded by — in the — line for —
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20. Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Oct. and 1832 Francis B. Taylor, Jr.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar: 30 60— Semi-ant. allowance ending 1/1 — 10— $70—
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by crath Clerk Book 6 Vol. 6 Page 35
Order to Pay - 28 Nov 1831 Letter to B Payton - 28 Nov 1831
Paid at the Treasury under Act of Nov 6. April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837. to 4 March 1838 Age Notified 25. Jan 1839
Paid as above from 4 Sept 1840. to March 1841. Agent Notified 1. Dec 1841
Letter to Pension Agent & B. Payton 29 July 1843
Done March 2nd 1843

John Stewart 30.598 pa
Vryuna ayuna
20.000
Pension Office
Submitted as private 4 months $20
Washington City D.C.
Nov 21
St. L. Francisco
Path C4 12

Bush choir Dec 26 th 3
To. The Secretary
The Commonwealth of Australia

The Commonwealth of Virginia -
Bath county to wit.
On this 12 th day of November 1835 personally appeared before the Justices of the County Court of said county now sitting, in open court John Stewart aged Seventy five years on 6 September last a resident of said county 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 the 7 th 1832 That he was born on the 6 th day of September in the year 1761 in the County of Augusta (Now Bath) in the State of Virginia. That in January 1781 he was drafted as a private and served a three months tour of duty and marched from Augusta County down to Newcastle and crossed James River at Sandy Point and joined the Army and from thence marched to Sullolth and thence to Camperson at which place he was stationed during the winter, and was frequently out on scouting parties. In the Month of March he was marched down to Portsmouth and back to Camperson where he was discharged on the 10 th of April. But received no written discharge he was under the Command of Colonel Thomas Hicklin, Lieutenant Joseph Swain, and Captain Thomas Maysight who were under the Command of Colonel Sampson Matthews and Colonel Williams. But further states that he was drafted in the year 1781 for a three months tour and served out the same as a private, was marched from Augusta County down to Little York and was in the engagement at that place where he was wounded on the hand by the cut of a sword and remained there until Cornwallis's Surrender was then discharged but received no written discharge. He is not in possession of any documentary evidence by which he can establish the fact of his services as above set forth that he does not know of any person now living by whom he could prove the same. That there is no Minister of the Gospel residing in his neighborhood. That John M c Cloughlin and John McAdo are his neighbors who will testify as to his character for veracity and their belief.

as to his services as a revolutionary soldier. That he has no record of his age. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and acknowledges that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Given to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid John Stewart
And Thereupon the said John M c Gloughlin and John Mcas- came into Court and being sworn declare that they are well acquainted with John Stewart who has subsisted and sworn to the above declaration that they believe him to be seventy five 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 they concur in that opinion. 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 John M c Gloughlin and John Mcasade who have deposed as above are residents in the neighborhood of the said John M c Gloughlin and are credible persons and that their state- ment is entitled to credit.
Nicholas J. Francisco clerk of the Court of Washington aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings the said Court in the matter of the application of John Stewart for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at office of the Court House this 26 day of December 1833 and in the 58th year of the Commonwealth.
N. J. Francisco

777145
May 26, 1927
Walter Stuart 251 South Jefferson St., Petersburg, Virginia
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 19474 it appears that John Steuart (pensioned Stewart) was born September 6, 1781 in Augusta County (later Bath County), Virginia.
He enlisted in January 1781, marched from Augusta County, Virginia, served as a private in Captain Thomas Hicklin's Company under Colonels Sampson Matthews and William Bowyer in the Virginia Troops and was discharged April 10, 1781 having served three months.
He enlisted again in 1781, served three months as a private, was at the Siege of Yorktown where he was wounded on his hand by the cut of a sword, and was discharged after the surrender of Cornwallis. The names of his officers in this tour are not given.
In 1833 he was living in Bath County, Virginia. He was allowed pension on Certificate No. 23909 issued April 21, 1834.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
Did not pay on apl. 24-1 Nov. 12-1832 according to letter dated another man in our file in Bath Co - probably for a like date as dated Sept 12-1832 in claim of John and Stewart H. 6-170 Miss Hall's in the same man
Date of death not known

Rev-Var
19.11.74 INVALID.
File No. 11,474
Act: _____
Index: —Vol. _____, Page 11
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1757-May 26-let to Peter Stewart MAKE 1733-Feb 14 History of Miss Anna Weston - Later in case James Stewart. Bld 59-act

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by P. Heissner July 12. 1910 Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier John Stewart Stewart
Service or Stuart
Additional Service Rev.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O. H. Inv. Wid. or Ref. as above except S. 19.106. S. C. service S. 6.164. Va. under other officers. S. 7.619. N. C. service S. 7.615. N. C. " S. 7.621 S. C. " S. 21.504. N. C. " W. 22.345. Va. " W. 19.090. sol. died Aug 1831 none identical with Chief Division S. 19.474. Va service, alive in 1832.

251 S. Jefferson St., Petersburg, Virginia, May 6, '27.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you not kindly send me whatever data you may have in regard to John Stuart, or Stewart, or Steuart, a Revolutionary soldier from Augusta County, Virginia?
I have found the fol- lowing data in Chalkley's Abstracts of Augusta County:
John Stuart's Declaration Sept. 12, 1832: Was drafted in 1781 and served under Captain Thomas Highklin, Lt. Joseph Gwinn, Ensign Thomas Wright, Col. Samuel

Matthews, Col. W m . Bowyer, was again drafted and present at Cornwallis' sur- render."
John Stuart's wife was Hannah Hicklin. I think he died in Bath County, Virginia.
Sincerely, Walter Stuart.
P. S. - If there is any charge for this service, please let me know, and I will remit the amount at once.
W. S.

February 14, 1933
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RA-J/1
James Stewart-S. 6159
John Stewart - S. 19474
Miss Anna Sexton 214 Virginia Avenue Clarksburg, West Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James and John Stuart, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, who resided in Bath County, Virginia, in 1840. The histories of James Stewart and John Stewart are furnished herein as found in their respective claims for pension, S.6159, James Stewart and S.19474, John Stewart.
James Stewart S.6159
James Stewart was born January 2, 1757, in Augusta(that part which was later Bath) County, Virginia.
He enlisted, place not stated, and served as a private with the Virginia Troops, as follows: in 1778 or 1779, three months in Captain Andrew Lockridge's Company and was stationed at Clover Lick Fort, guarding the frontiers of Augusta County, Virginia, against the Indians: in 1779 or 1780, one month in Captain Thomas Hicklin's Company and was stationed at Warwick's Fort again guarding the frontiers of said Augusta County: in 1781, three months in Captain Thomas Hicklin's Company, under Colonels Harrison Mathews and William Bowyer and was in a skirmish at Portsmouth: from in June, 1781, twenty days in Captain Peter Hall's Company, Colonel John McCreery's Regiment and was in the battle of Jamestown: again in 1781, one month and ten days and went in pursuit of Tariton; officers' names not given.
Could not identify any of these officers
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 12,

1833, while residing in Bath County, Virginia.
There are no data in regard to the family of James Stewart.
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John Stewart E.19474
Copied from m. H.
John Stewart(pensioned Stewart) was born September 6, 1761, in Augusta(later Bath) County, Virginia.
He enlisted in January, 1781, marched from Augusta County, Virginia, served as a private in Captain Thomas Hicklin's Company under Colonels Simpson Mathews and William Bowyer in the Virginia Troops and was discharged April 10, 1781, having served three months; he enlisted again in 1781, served three months as a private, was at the siege of Yorktown, where he was wounded on his hand by the cut of a sword, and was discharged after the surrender of Cornwallis. The names of his officers in this tour are not given.
In 1833, he was living in Bath County, Virginia. He was allowed pension on Certificate No. 3909 issued April 21, 1834.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILL Assistant to Administrator.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov 20 th 1841.
Sir:
Under the date 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," Jane Stewart — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 3rd June 1832 , has been paid at this Department, from the 1st of Sept. 1840 , to the 4th March 1841 .
Respectfully, yours.
Wilson L. Davis
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Present.

29. July 1843 B. Peyton

Pension Office July 29 th 1843.
Sir,
I have this day instructed the pension Agent at Richmond, to pay the Amount due John Stewart, whose Vouchers are herewith returned. I am H e
W. Peyton Esq Richmond Va

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 17 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1833 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," John Stewart, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, V a . Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William E. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Nov 27.
J. L. Edwards Esq 3 Commissioner of Revenue Washington City

J. L. Edwards Esq Compt. of Pensions Washington
Sir,
The Pension agent here requires your consent to pay the without Pensions, because it has 18 months to run, being no objection able in all other respects, may I ask that you will give him that, at your earliest convenience, to relieve a needy old man! —
Yrs. Respectfully &c
Your obed. Servt
Bernard Peyton
Rich d V o 24 Nov 1837

July 29 '43
In- at M c Loany
[Large decorative flourish]
L. Edwards Esq. agent for Pensions Washington

J. E. Edwards Esq Agent for Pensions
Sir,
Thirty days having ex- pired, the Pension Agent has declined paying the interest, without your authority, which he does not doubt you will give, and with that view I now trouble you with it, & am,
Mr. Rupert Sir
Your obedt. Servt.
A. Peyton
Rich d ? V o 26 Aug 1853