Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5735, for Jesse Matthews, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Mathews, Jesse
S. 5735
CONTENTS

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Matthews, Jesse
S. 5735
CONTENTS

5670 Virginia
Leke Matthews
of the of Virginia in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Whitehead of the Regt commanded by Col. Wells — in the Virginia line for 11 months & 13 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 38 Dollars 09 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Feb. 1833 — and sent to Mr. [redacted]
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 11 14 24 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4th Mch 33 19 04
$76 18
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. H. Styles Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 126

Dea.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838, for 4 Sep 1838 to 22 May 1840. Agt Notice 17 March 1843

Nothing that fits you flat except 85-735-Jesse Matthews Send if no other

Bureau of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
Dear Sir
Please send copy of pension papers of one Jesse 3 or Jerry  Matthew , who died near Bemus Church, Isle of Wight Court House to Va.
Mrs. C. W. Connery
c/o Mrs. James H. French,
R. H. D. 5
Box 101 B.
Arlington Heights,
Ft Worth,
Texas.
May 10, 1911.

1911 May 19 Recd. To Mrs. C. W. Conner O.E.M.
Leah
5735
INVALID.
File No. 5735
Jesse Matthews Prim. Rec. War
Act: June 7 th /32
Index:—Vol. M , Page 236
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Life Mathews of Virginia
49 20/34.3 11.13
admitted
323 11 3668 143 3809  12 11 163
Hon J. H. Mason

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Matthews of Isle of Wight  County in the State of Virginia (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, D. ys.     In 1775 Served 8 tours - sum of 6 Weeks each & one of 7 Weeks - making a total of 49 Weeks As a Pri Gen. Capt Whitehead. Capt. Webb Col. Genl. Wells. Capt. Gay Capt. Farn, Capt. Blunt  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? at the Siege of York.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Isle of Wight County Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Infra no dates to his service 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. M. Mathews Examining Clerk. By 12/1833

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Feby 16 th 1843.
Sir:
Under the act 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," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Jesse Matthews, decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Thirty eight Dollars and 9 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 22 nd May 1840.
Respectfully, yours,
Glendon L. Passmore Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

admitted 11.13 days prior to

State of Virginia
Isle of Wight County Set.
On this Third day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Justices of Isle of Wight County aforesaid now sitting, Jesse Matthews a resident of said Isle of Wight County and State aforesaid, aged Seventy three years the 18 th day of July last past as appears by a register of his birth to the said court shown; 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 of the United States in the militia of Virginia in the year 1775 just before he was sixteen years old, as a substitute for one Anthony Brown, that he went with the company commanded by Captain Jesse Whitehead to Portsmouth and there served seven weeks though six weeks was considered a tour of duty - he then returned to his native county of Isle of Wight, and in a very short time (say five weeks) he was enrolled on the muster list and ordered to go out another tour, which he served out under Captain Emanuel Wills in the regiment commanded by Colonel John S. Wills, then he returned home and remained about six weeks, and again went into service and continued nearly seven weeks under Captain William Gay in the aforesaid regiment - after that, he in a short time entered for another tour as a substitute for a quaker (he thinks his name was Jordan) & served out the tour under the command of Capt. Thomas Dearn - the next tour he served, was his own regular tour, which he served out under the aforesaid Capt. Emanuel Wills - and the sixth tour he served under the aforesaid Capt. William Gay as a substitute for another quaker by the name of Westray as well as he recollects - and the seventh tour was his own tour & he again served under Capt. Emanuel Wills - The eighth tour he served under Captain William Blunt at the expiration of which he with three other men John Turner, Michael Bowling & Thomas Coffield, went on board of Vessel at Millers Town that bound to the West Indies with Tobacco, and on getting into the Chesapeake Bay met the French fleet, and the vessel he was in being well armed the captain was requested by the French comman- der to join the Fleet and assist in the capture of Lord Cornwallis at Little York which he did and remained in York river till

Wallis was captured & acted as a guard rifle during the siege He relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state - sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above written -
his Jesse Matthews Mark
We Daniel Whitley a clergyman, and Nathaniel Young residing in the county of Isle of Wight aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jesse Matthews who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the militia of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Daniel Whitley Nath. Young
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after investi- on 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 Daniel Whitley who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in county aforesaid and that Nathaniel Young 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 -
I Nathaniel Young clerk of the court of Isle of Wight county, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jesse Matthews for a pension In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of my office this 3 rd day of September 1832 -
Nath. Young C.M.C.