Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,056, for Joshua Roberts, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Roberts, Joshua
S. 17056
CONTENTS
Cardid

680000 13683
East Tennessee
Joshua Roberts
Morgan Co in the State of East Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Campbell of the Regt commanded by Col Parker in the Virginia line for one year
inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 40 Dollars & Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of June 1833 and issued Robert A. Dabney Montgomery Co TN
Arrears to the 4th of March $80 9 Semest. allowance ending 4 Sept 20 9 $100 8
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 59
R. A. Dabney informed by let. Oct. 4. 1833 that the cut. was not shown at Montgomery C. H.
Duplicate certificate issued and sent to H. J. Henderson 24 Jan 1834
Letter & Tr. Ex to R. A. Dabney 2 Oct 37 Air to Pen Agt 2 Oct 1837.
To Messrs from 4 Sept 1837. 7 Nov. 1837. Notification sent to R. A. Dabney Morgan Co. H. Tenn
Paid at the treasury under the act of 6th April 1839 From 4th Sept 1840 to 4th March 1841. Agent qualified April 15th 1842

State of Tennessee } On this the 10 th day of Morgan County } April 1833, personally appeared before me Thos Jack one of the acting Justices of the peace for the County of Morgan and State of Tennessee being one of the Justices of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for said County and State which court when sitting is a court of record having a Clerk and power to fine and Impri- -son according to the course of the Common Law. Joshua Roberts a resident citizen of the county of Morgan aforesaid in the State of Tennessee, aged about 72 years agreeable to Tradition from the best information he can get not ever having had any record of his age is informed and believes he was born in the month of May the day and date not remembered if he ever knew, 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 the 7 June 1832 That he entered the service of the

The united States of America in Bedford County Virginia a drafted private militia soldier To serve a three months Tower he entered said service under a captain Samuel Campbell in Bedford County Virginia the precise time not remembered but he thinks it was in the month of August and about two or three years before the surrender of Cornwall- -lis he marched under said captain To Jarrets fort in Greenbrier County in Virginia where he remained in service at different forts in said county for three months the full time of his engagement had a written discharge from his said Capt for a three months Tower and returned home to Bedford County and there remained and about one or two years thereafter he cannot say certain owing to old age and loss of memory. he was again called into service a drafted private militia soldier To serve a three months Tower and again entered the service in Bedford County Virginia he thinks it was nearly a year before Wallis was taken at York he was marched off from Bedford County under a captain whose name he cannot remember at this time

and serv'd under a Major Decluman a Col Parker their first names not known to this applicant and march'd To Petersburg Virginia from there to Cappen point from where he joined General Muhlenburgs army and thence to the dismal swamps and was there in a Little Engagement with the British was march'd through the country to many places and finally to the Yard and was there discharged had a written discharge for a three months Lower as a private militia from my said captain whose name he cannot recol- -lect having serv'd full three months and some time thereafter was again called into service a private drafted Militia To serve a three months Lower the time of entering said service not recol- -lected and march'd off under a captain Trigg his first name not remembered and was march'd to many places the country in Virginia staid a while on and near the road between Richmond, and New London Looking for the British to come high up in the State and finally had a written discharge from said

Capt Frigg having servd full three months and was again called into service a drafted private militia To serve a three months Towes the precise time of entering service not remembered and entered the service under said captain Frigg whose name he cannot remember was marchd to old James Town and joined some other Troops staid there a short time and went on to old Williamsburg where he became unable To march and staid there in a low state of health untill after after Cornwallis was Taken and the Troops were returning To Bedford county applicant had orders to return home and accordingly returned home to to Bedford county having been out on this Towes his full three months he never obtained nor never applied for any discharge for last mentioned Towes, and this making in the whole 13 months service performed by applicant (counting the time he was unable to march) performed in the war of the revolution as a private drafted militia for which he claims a pension applicant has lost his discharges many years ago and has no written or

Documentary Evidence of his services and knows of no person by whom he can prove his services or any part of the same applicant was born in Chesterfield County Virginia in the month of May and brought by his parents to Bedford County Virginia as he is informed and believes when an infant. knows not the day nor date of his birth having no record of his age and being no schollar he continued in Bedford County Virginia untill about 7 years after the Revol- -ution and went to where is now Hawkins County Tennessee. staid there many years knows not how long and then moved to Roan County Tennessee staid there 7 or 8 years and then moved to Morgan County Tennessee where he has lived ever since where he has many acquaintances and has no doubt he can get good Traditionary proof as required by the war department by dispensing with the part requiring requiring the Evidence of a clergyman there being no clergyman any where within neighborhood of applicant applic- -ant states that from Extreme

old age and Bodily infirmity he is unable to attend court, and for this reason has called on a Justice to take his declaration at his own house applicant can prove, (as he he has no doubt) his veracity and character as a Soldier of the revolution by many good men of his acquaintance in this County with Col, Thomas Staples Col, Oldridge Myatt, and William C King ton & Samuel Bowman and the most of his acquaintance applicant hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state Sworn to & subscribed today afore Thomas Jack Justice of the peace I his mark Joshua H Roberts mark
We William C King ton, Residing the of the County of Morgan and State of Tennessee and Samuel Bowman Residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joshua Roberts who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration that we believe he is 70 years old 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 to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Jack                      Wm Kingston Justice of the peace      Samuel Bowman
I Thomas Jack Justice of the peace as aforesaid in and for the county of Morgan and state of Tennessee do hereby certify that it is clear to me after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I further certify certify that William C Kingston and Samuel Bowman who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing certificate are resident citizens of the county of Morgan and state of Tennessee and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit, and that there is no clergyman in the neighborhood of applicant that appli- =cant is as stated in his Declaration unable to attend court, - and I hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceeding as transacted before me in the matter of the application of Joshua Roberts for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have this day set my hand and affixed my seal this 10 th day of April 1833
Thomas Jack Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee Morgan County
I Elijah Lavender clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for the county of Morgan aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Jack before whom the foregoing declaration was made was at the date hereof an acting justice of the peace for the county of Morgan duly com- missioned and sworn that his signature there to is in said justice's own proper hand writing
and that full faith and credit is entitled to be given to his official acts as such justice under my hand & seal of office at office this 15 th day of April A.D. 1833
State of Tennessee Morgan County
Elijah Lavender Clerk By his deputy Thomas S. Lea
I John M. Davis chairman and chief presiding justice of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for the county of Morgan aforesaid do hereby certify that Elijah Lavender by whom the foregoing certificate
the proper clerk of said court that said certificate is in due form of law and that his signature is in the proper hand writing of his own appointed and sworn deputy Thomas S. Lea Given under my hand & seal of office at office this 15 th day of April A.D. 1833
John M. Davis, chief Presiding Justice

State of Tennessee } Morgan County } on this the 12th day of October
1837 before me, Thomas Lark the subscriber, a Justice of the peace for the County of
Morgan personally appeared Joshua Roberts who on his oath declares that he is the same person, who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Capt. Trigg
in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Tennessee at Knoxville that he received a Duplicate Certificate of that fact under the seal and signature of the Secretary of War
sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid Thomas Lark Justice of the peace
Joshua Roberts his mark
Be it Remembered That on the day a. D year last mentioned in the foregoing affidavit before the subscriber a Jus- tice of the peace in and for the County of Morgan State of Ten- nessee personally appeared Robert

A. Dalbey of undoubted veracity and after being duly sworn on his oath states that he well knows him to be the identical Joshua Roberts alluded to in the foregoing affidavit
Sworn and subscribed this 14th day of October 1837 Thomas Lusk Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee Morgan County
I Edmund G. Kington Clerk of the County Court of Morgan certify that Thomas Lusk Esquire is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
Given under my hand and seal of office at office this 14th day of Oct A. D 1837
Edmund G. Kington Clerk
By his Deputy
Robt A. Dalbey

No 25-092 Joshua Roberts Montgomery- Tennessee
Geo - private 11 yrs. $40.
Rollt A. Dabney Montgomery Montgomery- Tennessee

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjoined 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.
Tennessee
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joshua Roberts Morganbo-
   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.     Referred to as definitely 3 Private Capt Campbell 72 years Bedford County Virginia Traditional evidence   Refused 3 Major Dechmon   Refused 3 Col Parker   Refused 3 Genl Malinburg   Capt Trigg  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1852.
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, 1852.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District 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, 1852. 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, _____ of the Court of _____ 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) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has 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 enquiry 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.
[j] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John R. Ashton

June 1, 1939.
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Mr. Fred E. Seaton 3814 Flora Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri.
BA-J/CC Joshua Roberts S.17056
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Joshua Roberts of Saline County, Missouri, whose name was included in the 1840 census of pensioners.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S.17056, based upon service of Joshua Roberts in the Revolutionary War.
Joshua Roberts was born in May, 1760, in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Names of his parents are not shown. He moved with them, when an infant, to Bedford County, Virginia.
While a resident of Bedford County, Virginia, Joshua Roberts enlisted two or three years before the surrender of Cornwallis, and served four tours of three months each, first tour in Captain Samuel Campbell's company, second tour under Major Deklawen , omit next time Colonel Parker's regiment, was in a little engagement with the British in the Dismal Swamp, third and fourth tours in Captain Trigg's company. All of the above service was with the Virginia troops, as private, and ended soon after surrender of Cornwallis.
About seven years after the Revolution, Joshua Roberts moved from Bedford County, Virginia to Hawkins County, Tennessee, then to Roane County, Tennessee, where he lived seven or eight years, then moved to Morgan County, Tennessee.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1833, at which time he was still a resident of Morgan County, Tennessee.
Date and place of marriage of Joshua Roberts and name of his wife are not shown.

In 1837, Joshua Roberts moved with his son to the upper part of the State of Missouri. Reference was made to other children, names of children not shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Joshua Roberts, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Joshua Roberts Certificate #13683 Issued June 3, 1833 Rate $40.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832
Missouri Agency. (transferred from East Tennessee Agency).
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Joshua Roberts 7. June paid to 1. Sept 1837 $40 per annum - See Agents letter filed with the papers of Samuel Wheeler Inverness Illinois J S E 7 Nov 1907

17056 INVALID.
1939. June 1 - Hist to Fred E. Dutton Co
File No. _____
John D. Rockefeller _____
Act: _____
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 324
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 1 st , 1842.
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," Joshua Roberts , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Forty Dollars and Cents her annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1840, to the 1 st March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Edward L. Tansill
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

R. B. BRINEY
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Kansas City, Mo., April 10, 1939.
Veteran's Administration ,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
I would like to get the military service record of Joshua Roberts of Saline County, Missouri , whose name is included in the 1840 Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services. Also dates of birth, marriage, and death , with names of wife and other relatives, or other family data which may be available.
Very respectfully yours,
Fred E. Seaton, 3814 Flora Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

May 14
Secretary of War Washington City Pension
Office Department

Montgomery, Tennessee
April 27 th 1833
Dear Sir
Enclosed is a fair Declaration made by Joshua Roberts I have no doubt but it will acquire as early attention as practicable with the Department Yours &c. Robert A. Habers
Pension office
War department
J. L. Edwards Esq.

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Mr Evans
James L. Edwards Washington City D. C. War Department Pension Office

Morgan Ghooe E June Oct 15 th
1837
The honorable
James L Edwards com- missioner of pensions I inform you, that I am reques- ted, as the intimate acquaint- ance and friend of Joshua Roberts, to procure his name to be transferred from the agen- cy of East Tennessee at Clin- tonville to Missouri his son is going immediate to some place high up in that State, I am under promise to the old man as he is going forth with with his son to solicit the Depart- ment for a transfer of his name to the most convenient agency, you will please give information, to me that he may know when and where to apply
Your humble servant
Robert H. G. Gentry

Sept 6 '30
Mr Evans
J S Edwards Washington City D.C. War Department 3 Pension office
Morgan 6th Floor Sept 13 th
Lisa J White P.M.

Morgan Courthouse
Kennerly September the 3 rd 1837.
I herewith enclose to you the affidavit and petition of Joshua Roberts pray- ing to be transferred to some agency high up in the state of the Missouri he requests that the Department give information to me at this place as soon as practicable
Your humble Servant R. A. Dabney
J. L. Edwards

State of Tennessee Morgan County
Be it known that on the 3 rd day of September 1837 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Joshua Roberts and made oath in due form of law that he is the identical Joshua Roberts named in a Duplicate Original Pension certificate issued at the War office of the United States the 14 th day of January 1834 and signed by Lucas Secretary of War. given in lieu of one dated the 3 rd day of June 1833, and he upon his oath states that he prays to be taken off the Pension Roll at Knoxville in Tennessee and trans- ferred to the agency at Jefferson City in Missouri or to the nearest agency that is high up in Missouri State as he is resolved to go with his children that are moving to that State, he designs, lifting the amount that is due him, up to the 4 th day of this instant, at Knoxville Tennessee Sworn and subscribed before me this 3 rd day of September
1837
his Joshua Roberts mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me Adam Nichols an Acting Justice of the Peace Morgan County Adam Nichols J.P.

State of Tennessee } I Edmund G. Hington Morgan County } Clerk of the County Court of Morgan aforesaid certify that Adam Vickery is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine,
Given under my hand and seal of office this 5th day of September 1837
Edmund G. Hington Clerk by his Deputy Robert A. Labney
Affidavit
Joshua Roberts

State of Tennessee } Morgan County }
In this the 23 d day of December 1833 personally appeared before me Thomas Jack one of the Justices of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for said County, Robert H. Waleney and after being duly sworn for that purpose on his oath States that no certificate of pension has ever come to his hand in the case of the application of Joshua Roberts for a pension, deponent, having been at Knorville Tennessee some time last fall and seeing the name of said Rob- erts on the Roll at said agency wrote to the war department from that place and some time thereafter he received a printed letter from J. L. Edwards com- missioner of pensions, stating in two or three marginal lines written by hand that said claim had been granted on the 3 d day of June last; and that if he would send an affidavit that he had never received a certificate, that a duplicate should be sent to him he positively states that he has never received any yet and that he made a former affidavit of said fact before a Justice of the peace at Knorville Tennessee and had it certified by the county clerk of Knox County and directed it to the War department deponent has been importuned by said Roberts remarkably often on the subject

Deponent supposes that the commission -w of pension first misent said certificate to Montgomery County Tennessee in stead of Morgan Courthouse Ten- nessee. the written lines said that the certificate was sent to him at Mon- -tgomery Courthouse. Montgomery is the name of place of holding courts in Morgan County, but it is known as a post office by the name of Mor- -gan Courthouse hence he thinks from the written words in the letter he received from the War department that it was sent to a wrong place sworn to and subscribed before me the day and } Robert Wabney year aforesaid
State of Tennessee Morgan County } I Elijah Savenner Clerk of the court court of pleas and and quarter sessions for said county of Morgan do hereby certify that Thomas Sack Esquire whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavit was at the time of doing the same and now is an acting Justice of the peace for said county and that full faith is due his official acts as such and that his signature thereto is in his own proper hand writing
Given under my hand and seal of office at office December 24th 1833 Elijah Savenner Clerk By his deputy Andrew J. Cromwell