Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5,957, for Mosby Pulliam, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
William Mosby
S. 5,957
CONTENTS
carded

Rehran
5954
INVALID.
File No. 5954
Mosby William
Priv Recv. War
Act: June 4 th 62
Index: —Vol. M , Page 304
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Virginia 12.495 Mosby Tulliam
at Henrico in the State of Virginia who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Proper of the Regt. commanded by Col. Selden in the Virginia war for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d day of May 1833 — and sent to Hon A. Stevenson, Richmond — Va.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 — 160 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Sept n — 40
$ 200
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by William Miller Clerk. Book E. Vol. 6. Page 21

State of Virginia, } ss. Henrico County, }
On this 3 rd day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before John D. Ellis, Samuel Pleasants, Jesse Snoddy & Geo. B. Bowles, justices of the Court of Henrico County, now sitting, Mosby Pulliam, a resident of said County, and State aforesaid, aged sixty eight years and about eight months, 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 the 7 th : 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States when very young, at a little above the age of 15 years, in the Militia, in the early part of the year 1779, he recollects that he was not as old as the law required a man to be, before he was compelled to serve in the Militia, but as men were scarce he was called on & challenged with being old enough to be enrolled, but altho' he was not, yet he was willing to be enrolled and was so enrolled and was immediately drafted and went into the service, he cannot be certain as to the month, and the day it is impossible for him to designate, he is confident tho' that it was early in the year above named. he then resided in the County of Henrico & State aforesaid, and has ever since, he cannot state the officers under whom he first served, he thinks Capt. Prosser was the first, he certainly served however under the following named officers, to wit; Captains Prosser, Wm. Mosby, Geo. Brooks, Saml. Price, Wm. Price, John Price, Lieut. Wood, & Col. Selden, Mandale Pleasants, Innis, & others not now recollected, and so continued to serve from time to time until the end of the war, making altogether more than two years actual service. for the last few months of his service he acted as orderly sergeant. he cannot state the different periods & times when he was called into service & discharged, he is however certain that the time he was out of service bore no comparison with that while he was in service, he was in no regular fought battles, he was in several skirmishes, one particularly recollected, on James River, below Richmond, where a British vessel got stuck in the mud, and was fired at frequently by a detachment to which he belonged then commanded by Lieut. Wood, until they were driven away by the enemy's cannon shot. He marched through the lower Country in Virginia principally - several times from above Richmond to Williamsburg & back down James River, and to near Cuckoo Church. When he joined the troops under Genl. Washington and marched with them under Genl. William Howe to York Town, he remained there until the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and was afterwards in the service guarding prisoners. He never had a discharge in writing, all his discharges were by the word of mouth, & frequently after he was discharged he was called into service again in a week or less time - men were so scarce -
He submits the accompanying affidavits in support of his statements -
He declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state whatever -
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid -
Mosby Pulliam

Obadiah Griffin and Jesse Corbett, being severally sworn do each of them state, that they have been long acquainted with Mosby Pulliam, whose declaration is on the other side of this paper, that they both personally know the fact that he was in the revolutionary war as a soldier, that they were were both with him during part of their service in the same, and they both believe that he did serve as in his declaration is declared. Sworn to in open court the day aforesaid.
Obadiah his Griffin mark
Jesse his Corbett mark
We, Philip Coorthey clergyman, residing in the county of Henrico state of Virginia and Samuel J. Winston residing also in said county hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Mosby Pulliam, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 68 years and 8 months 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.
Philip Coorthey Sam l J. Winston
sworn and subscribed to, the day and year aforesaid.
In the winter of 1825. when I was a member of the Legislature. Mr Mosby Pulliam placed in my hands, some documents. in support of an in support of an intended nomination for the office of door keeper to the house of representatives, I distinctly recollect that among these papers there was some certificates in support of his revolutionary services. To the pleasure, of to satisfy further that from my knowledge and the general character of Mr Pulliam that the facts set forth in the foregoing statement are all true. Given under my hand
this 3 rd Sept 1832
Sam Pleasants

$80 per an
To
Hon A. Stevenson

Dr. Mr.
I have seen Mr. Mark Williams since I sent you, & he stated me yr letter, with the objection. He has replied by an additional affidavit the material objection & I now enclose his response. He is a most respectable & truth man, & I have no doubt of the truth of his statement - that he was a holder of the resolution to be called here. Do let me hear from you as soon as a decision is made!
Yrs resp.
Not. for.
A. Stevens
May 1: 1833
Dear Sir,

Virginia:
At a Monthly Court held for Henrico County at the Courthouse on the 3 rd day of September 1832
The foregoing declaration of Mosby Pulliam was this day subscribed and sworn to by the said Pulliam in open 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 Philip Courtney who has signed one of the preceding certificates, is a Clergyman resident in the County of Henrico, and that Samuel J. Winston who has signed the same is a resident of the said County and is a credible person (and) that their statement is entitled to credit - (and) that Obadiah Griffin, Jesse Gornett, and Samuel Pleasants who have signed other of the the preceding certificates, are residents of the said County, are credible persons (and) that their statements are entitled to credit -
I Loftin m. Ellen Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mosby Pulliam for a pension -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 5 th day of Septm r 1832 in the 57 th year of the Commonwealth
Loftin m. Ellen C.M.C. " " 3

Virginia. City of Richmond To Wit:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, Mayor of, and a Justice of the Peace, in and for said city, Mosby Pulliam, the declarant, in the foregoing Declaration named, 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 recollections he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following order: (For three months, with Capt. Thomas Prosser; - For six months with Capt. William Mosby; For three months with Capt. John Brooke; - For three months with Capt. Sam Price; For six months with Capt. William Price; For three months with Capt. John Price; For three months with Capt. John Wood; and for three months with Capt. Sharpsden, (Christian name not recalled) - All of this time was performed as a private soldier, with the exception of six months at the end of the war he served as an order sergeant; - and for such service he the said Mosby Pulliam claims a pension.)
Sworn to, and subscribed to by Mosby Pulliam, to me well known, this Thirtieth of April A. D. Eighteen hundred and thirty three, before me
Mosby Pulliam
Joseph Tate, Mayor of, and a Justice of the Peace, in & for said City.