Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,349, for Michael Rader, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Rader, Michael or Radar, Michal
S. 7349
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 14 Sept 1838 to 4 March 1838 age notified 30 Jan 1839
Paid as above from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 March 1839. age notified 18 Dec 1839
due 20 Mar 38 - Rev. A. S. Cont. Jos. Johnson & D. agt Feb. 13. 1839
Dead H. Mason Matthews Jan. 13 th 1858
23.130 Virginia
Michael Rader — of Jackson in the State of Va who was a P. & Capt in the Com. Va — commanded by Captain Pauling of the — commanded by — — — in the Va line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 70 — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Nov. 33. and Rev. Henry J. Fisher South Pleasant, Va
  Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833  175    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mar 34  35  
Died June 18, 1839 $210 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Apr June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ata Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 th Page 30

Sta Lynchburg Dec 23 d 1857
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
By referring to the roll of Revolutionary Soldiers from Virginia you will find the name of Michael Rader. It can be established by record evidence that he entered the service as a mounted man and continued in the service seventeen months.
Under the act of 7 th June 1832 he appeared before the Jackson County (Va) Court and proved the above-mentioned fact which was certified to the Secretary of War who placed him upon the pension roll at $70 per annum.

which he received until June 17 th 1839.
If it is within the province of your office you will please inform me whether there are not arrears now due and payable to the heirs of Michael Radre upon their making a proper application.
Respectfully yours
H. Mason Matthews

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 9 th 1839.
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," The widow of Michael Bader, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va., Agency, at the rate of Seventy — 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. 1838, to the 2 th March, 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parry Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Virginia Jackson County to wit
On this 22 d day of September in the year 1833. personally appeared in open court before the Court of Jackson County now sitting Michael Rader a resident of Mill Creek in the County of Jackson and state of Virginia aged eighty one years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his corporate oath make the following declarations 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 and served as follows In the latter part of the year of 1777. it is believed on the 1 st or 2 nd day of Sept r . he had raised a volunteer company in the County of Shenandoah Virginia at a place in said County called Massanutten. As well as he now recollects on the day and year last mentioned he marched with said company as Capt. thereof to Winchester Frederick County Virginia and there joined the following troops commanded by the following named officers viz Capt s . Reddickens, Pauling, Nighswonger and Bucko - each with a company of men. That they all marched in company to the then fort Pitt situated at the head of the Ohio river That on their march there was no officer whatever with the troops of a higher grade than Capt. After arriving at their destination Genl. Hand there at fort Pitt took the command. After remaining at fort Pitt about a month or six weeks they were ordered to Wheeling fort situated in Virginia on the bank of the Ohio river about one hundred miles below fort Pitt - To that place they went by water and there served out the balance of that tour of duty which was for the period of three months At Wheeling fort there were Col. Zane there were some regular soldiers at Fort Pitt at which place I also saw Col. Steele & Col. Gibson from the former of which viz Steele I drew two guns for my company
After having completed the aforesaid tour of duty he returned to the County of Shenandoah where he was appointed a Major in the Militia of that County by the then Government of Virginia. About the 1 st day of May 1778 (and this applicant believes that it was on that day) then applicant marched by order of the Government of Va. as a Major to Fort Pitt a second time having under his command two companies of men consisting

led by Capt. John Hawk & Abraham Byrd. After arriving at Fort Pitt He with his command was ordered to a place called Carneg's Fort on Decken Creek about six miles from Morgan Town Virginia and took the command of the fort where he remained until his term of service expired which last term of duty was also for three months. At Carneg Fort Col. Evans commanded there were no other troops at Fort Carneg but my own except what military duty was done by the inhabitants of the surrounding country congregated there His documentary Evidence viz. his Commission as Capt. & Major were some year ago accidentally destroyed. One original paper he however has preserved and produces which accompanied his former applica- tion made to the Court on the 27th day of August 1832. And since the making of that application he has accidentally mis- sed the other original papers now accompanying this application He knows of only one person within his reach that he can prove his personal service by whose name is David Bumgarner of the County of Mason who gave his affidavit on his former application which he here again offers in lieu of the personal attendance of the witness whose great age renders it difficult to procure his attendance even if the very considerable distance from the Courthouse of Jackson County at which residence was not to be travelled over a very rough road
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pen- sion roll of any agency of any state Michael Rader Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid We the undersigned  residents in the County of Jackson and George Stone residing in the County of Jackson and in the neighborhood of the applicant hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Michael Rader who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be above Eighty one 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 day and year aforesaid George Stone David sayre

And the Court pursuant to the directions of the department propounded the following questions which with the answers thereto annexed were reduced to writing and sworn to
1 st Question. Where and in what year were you born? - Ans. I was born in the lower end of Rockingham County some in the year of our Lord 1750 it is believed in the month of March
2 d " Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? - Ans. I have a record of my age it is now in my possession
3 rd " Where were you living when called into service - where have you lived since the revolutionary war? Where do you now live Ans When called into service I lived in the County of Shenandoah Virginia - Since the revolutionary war I have lived in the Counties of Shenandoah a short time - in the County of Greenbrier about two years the residue of the time viz 24 - years I have lived in the County of Mason Va. until that part of the County I reside in was recently detached from Mason and created a County called Jackson
4 th " How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom? Ans. My first tour was as a volunteer for three months as capt. of a Company My Second tour was as a Major by a draft or at least by order of the Government for three months I never was a substitute
5 th " 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 service - Ans. It is believed that Genl

Colrs. Thos & Gibbons I do not remember any regular regiment nor do I remember any other troops particularly other than those already mentioned
6 th Question. Did you ever receive a commission and if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it. Ans. I did receive a captain's as well as a Major's Commission Commission but I do not remember by whom the commissions were signed and it is lost - both of them
7 th " State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their beliefs as to your services as a soldier of the revolution? Ans. I believe I can refer safely to almost every Justice of the peace in the County of Mason where I long acted as one until old age and infirmity rendered it proper for me to resign. In the County of Mason I can refer to the following persons who it is believed are known to the department - Doctor Sypher Burnett. Benjamin Thomas Esq. the present post master also Mr. Thos. Mc Culloch the former Post Master - In the County of Jackson which was created in 1831 I can refer to the Justices also the Clerk of the Court Benjamin Wright Esq. - also to James Smith Esq. the Port master at Cedar Grove Jackson Co. to Robert Lowther Esq the Port master at Jackson Co. have now called Ripley. and believe that I am more or less known to all the persons in the County. We had President
Sworn & Subscribed to on the day and year aforesaid

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 David Sayre George Carton who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the neighborhood of the applicant in the County of Jackson. And that George Stone who has also signed the same is a resident of the County of Jackson that both the Gentlemen are well known to the Court personally and for a long time and that they are respectable persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit - And the Court deems it but due to the applicant to certify that he has for the last 24 years lived in his present neighborhood that he has always known the character of a respectable and upright man that he is very aged apparently and that from the Court's own personal knowledge they cheerfully state that they have the fullest confidence in his statement - And at the request of the applicant they further certify that David Bumgarner (whose affidavit was taken in Court in the month of August 1832 upon a former application of this applicant and which affidavit is embodied in the declaration which original declaration is now here shown to the Court) is a very old man and lives at the distance of 30 or 40 miles from this Court house - That his great age the badness of the roads &c will excuse his not being now here - And that the omission in the former certificate of this Court to certify as to his credibility did not arise from any doubt in the mind of the Court respecting that fact but simply because in the hurry of the moment it was forgotten - But this Court now certifies that they have no doubt as to his credibility and that he is a credible person is the universal opinion of his neighbors and acquaintances - And this Court further certifies that Henry J. Heiber James Rader Michael Rader and Joseph Rader whose affidavits are embodied in the present declaration are respectable persons and

their several statements are entitled to credit And this Court at the request of the applicant does further certify that Mr. George Carto the clergyman who joined in the last certificate and with whose name the present certificate was filed up is a member of this Court and was expected at Court this day but was prevented from attending by circumstances not anticipated and which is the reason of erasing his name and inserting that of David Sayre And that there is no clergyman other than the said Carto living in the neighborhood of the applicants and nearby .
I Benjamin Wright clerk of the County Court of Jackson do hereby certify that the foregoing (two sheets before united with my private seal and my name thereon written) contain the original proceedings &c. Benjamin Wright
I Benjamin Wright clerk of the County Court of Jackson County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Michael Rader for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal thereon being no seal of office as yet furnished although by Law the Court is directed to have one this 23 rd . day of September 1833
Benjamin Wright (Seal)
I John J Allen hereby certify that Benjamin Wright whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is clerk of the County Court of Jackson County Virginia, that I have seen him write and believe the above signature to be his hand-writing. The County Courts in Virginia are courts of record.
John J Allen
Harrison County Va.
Oct. 11 th 1833.

Henry I. Fisher was produced in Court and sworn who stated that he drew the declaration of Michael Rader for a pension in the month of August 1832. That the papers were afterwards returned to him by the officers of the Government directing the pension office thro. the mail because of defects both in form as well as in relation to proofs respecting the existence of the commissions of Capt and Major mentioned in said declaration. That in consequence of the return of the papers he wrote a letter to the executive Council of Virginia to procure a copy of each of the commissions a/d. That he kept no copy of that letter But received in due course of mail an answer thereto dated 'Richmond Va. 12 th March 1833' the original of which is now here produced. That in consequence of the letter thus received he again wrote another letter dated May the 18 th 1833 a copy of which letter he retained and now here produced and in answer thereto he received a letter by mail of the date of the 3 rd of June 1833 which is now here produced. And further that he does not know or believe that a copy of the before mentioned commissions can be obtained unless by application to the place he has applied too without success.
Sworn & Subscribed to on the day and year aforesaid
Henry I. Fisher
James Rader was produced in Court and sworn who stated that he has frequently saw Michael Raders commissions of Capt & Major of a very ancient date and appearance - That he is the son of the applicant had frequent occasions to look among his papers And that he has frequently saw other papers purporting to be in relation to military service of the period of the revolutionary war
James Rader
Sworn & Subscribed to that day and year aforesaid

Michael Rader was produced in Court and Sworn who stated that he has frequently seen the commissions of Capt. and Major of Michael Rader his father the applicant. That they both had a very ancient date and appearance. That he in the son of the applicant had frequent occasion to look among his papers - And that he has frequently seen other papers of an ancient appearance relating to the period of the revolutionary war.
Michael Rader Jr.
Sworn and Subscribed to on the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Rader was produced in Court and Sworn stated that he has frequently seen the commissions of Capt. and Major belonging to his father Michael Rader the the applicant. That they both had a very ancient appearance. That he in looking amongst his father's papers has frequently seen other papers of an ancient appearance purporting to relate to the revolutionary war. And as well as this witness now recollects some two years ago this witness committed as well the said commissions as the other papers to the flames and they were burnt - Joseph Rader.
Sworn and Subscribed to the day and year aforesaid.
Benjamin

mmhf
February 21, 1957
Mrs. N. J. Bell Waterloo, Nebr.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 7349 it appears that Michael Rader, or Radar, was born in March 1750 , in the lower end of Rockingham County, Virginia.
While a resident of Shenandoah County, Virginia he raised a company of volunteers and served from September 1 or 3, 1777 as Captain of said Virginia Company, three months on an expedition to Fort Pitt and Wheeling Fort. He was commissioned May 1, 1778 Major, and served three months on an expedition to Fort Pitt, and Carnes' Fort, Virginia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832 while a resident of Mill Creek Township, Jackson County (formerly a part of Mason County), Virginia, and on that date stated that he was aged eighty-one years, six months and nineteen days . He died June 18, 1839 leaving a widow whose name is not given.
His sons Michael, Jr., James and Joseph were living in 1833 and signed their names "Rader;" their father signed "Radar".
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Rev. Mrs.
7349
INVALID.
1915 May 8. History to Mrs. John Florence. P 1927 Feb. 21 - Hist. To Mrs. N. J. Bell - MMF 1938 - Sept 2 - Hist to Mrs. Marie Reedans
File No. 7349
Michael Braser
Pr. New War
Act: June 1st 82
Index: Vol. 183 , Page 309
[Arrangement of 1870.]

objections to M. Raden claims
Amount as a
Parole 3 mo. 10 00
Capt 30 60 $70.00
Henry I Fisher Esq Parish Pleasant Mason Co N.C.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Michael Reuder which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? No. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No. He has no seal of office
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No . Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
1, 2, 3, 5, 7. _____
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
# In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.

FREE
J. L. Edwards
Pension agent Washington

Jan 27
Richland Va 10th
23130
FREE
J. L. Edwards
commispeano of Loano
Washington city

Henry J. Fisher Esq Point Pleasant Mass. Co.
Executive Council to H. J. Fisher Esq No. 1 State St.

Henry J. Froker Esq. Point Pleasant Mason Co.
Elizabeth Town to { Mrs. No. 1 49 State

Executive
to { Rader Letter No 2 Fisher }
11 1
Dear Pleasants Yours truly
[Faint signature]
John Fisher Esq.
11 1
11 1

Brother Ely Pond Pleasant, Mass.
Merchandise to H. H. H. H. Pond Pleasant, Mass.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 21 st , 1839.
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," Michael Bader, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Virginia, Agency, at the rate of Seventy — 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 H. Passmore Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Washington 21 Jany 1833.
Sir,
Yours of the 24 th ultimo, with its enclosures, has been received. They were immediately referred to the Pension Office, where the declaration of Mr. Reader has been examined, and returned to me again with the enclosed letter from Mr. Edwards. He says the declaration is defective, and points out the omissions.
I am with respect Yours abt but
W. Lewis
F. L. Fisher

Edwards to } Letter. Hime

War Department Pension Office January 19, 1833.
Sir,
The declaration of Michael Reader has been examined and it is herewith returned accompanied by a brief. The declaration is defective in several respects. The objections are contained in the negative answers in red ink, given to the questions. Particular attention should be paid to the accompanying regulations and to the explanatory notes subjoined to the brief. The claimant should produce evidence of his having been commissioned as a Major, and of his having served as such.
I am, respectfully, Your Oble. Servt.,
J L Edwards
W. B. Lewis Esq. 2 d Auditor.

Warrenton Department Richmond V o 12 March 1833
for I rec d your letter of the 28 th Feb y a few days since and after a careful examination of such records & documents as are within my reach, have been unable to find any thing relating to the services of Mr Rader. It is quite possible that in the course of an examination just commenced, of a mass of old documents recently discovered, something may be found to throw light upon his claim, (and if so, I will immediately inform you. Respectfully Yours & Serv t
Wm H Richardson Secy Com te
Henry Fisher Esq Point Pleasant

Executive Dept t 3 June 1833
Sir
I rec d your letter of the 6 th May a few days since and have made the most careful examination in regard to Mr Rader's case, but without success. There is no record or other trace of the Militia Commissions issued at the time referred to - The only Journal of the Committee of safety that I know of, com- terminates in July 1776. Militia Commissions have been regularly registered for the last 25 or 30 years - but if those issued during the Revolution were registered (it is very doubtful) the Register has been lost or destroyed. Any further examination Mr Rader may require, will be made with pleasure
Very respectfully
Wm H J. C. H. Richardson SC
Henry Fisher Esq

Richmond 15 th of Feb 1830
Sir Some time since I encl d to you Michael Braden's power of atty for his pension. The agent say he cannot pay the money untill that paper is produced. You will be so good as to send to me as soon as you can.
I am respectfully Your obed t serv t A. Waggin

Richmond January 25 th 1836
Dear Sir
Inclosed is Mr. Radus power of attor. I have presented it to the agent at this place and will not pay it unless directed by you, you will let me know by Mr. L. what is to be done
Yrs &
A. Magallanes

Sir - In order to give you as little trouble as possible in investigating this claim I have drawn up the following explanatory short history of the matter viz -
After making the application on the 27th. day of August 1832 the original which you will find enclosed and after the return of the papers to me together with your letter of the 19th of June 1833 and also the printed Sheet showing the objections to allowing this claim - I wrote the letter mentioned in my affidavit of which I kept no copy and received in return the answer which is dated the 12th. of March 1833 marked on the back No. 1. after which I wrote the letter dated May the 18th. 1833 marked on the back & Hiker to Executive Comp. and in answer received the letter dated June the 3rd. 1833 marked on the back & Executive to Hiker Letter No 2. - The references to Flemings Statutes at large may be by you consulted as I believe a copy of that work is in the Public Library at Washington. by which you will at once perceive the utter impossibility of an officers being able to obtain a copy of a commission of the date of the revolutionary war. Here you will see that every exertion has been made to do so that there is no less than three respectable men independent of the oath of the applicants who swear to the existence of the commission and one of whom swears to their non existence. So that upon this point you have all the Evidence that can be procured - And in addition to the Certificate of the Court respecting the respectability and credibility of the applicants statements made under oath. and the additional fact of his long residence in the neighborhood where he swears I have also procured from the Clerk of Macon County Court a copy of the order in which the Applicants and others qualified as a Justices of the peace of Macon County - If however you shall still think this Testimony insufficient as to the existence

of the Capt & Majors Commission - You will at least be satisfied of Six months service having been performed by him in the revolutionary war and that he could not have served in a lower grade than a private for which he ought I think to be allowed a pension.
Very respectfully your obedt
Point Pleasant
Sept 21. 1818
Mason County W.V.
P.S. you will find by the scraps of paper recently found some additional Evidence that the applicant was a Capt.
By the paper numbered one in red ink you will see that the applicant as early as July 1773 was a man and doing business
By the paper numbered 2 you will find a note given to the applicant Nov. 15th 1777 styling him Capt. By the paper No. 3 you will see an appraisement of articles And No 4 is a receipt of a regularly authorized officer styling him Capt This paper of Archibald Steels the deputy quarter master general if genuine as I have no doubt it is is in my opinion conclusive Evidence of the Applicant being a Capt
Henry I. Hirtner
J. L. Edwards Esq. J. L. Edwards Esq.

Fisher to Executive Copy

Point Pleasant Mason Co. W. Va. May the 16 th 1833
Sir: Your letter of the 12 th of March last, is received and is now before me; and I am directed by Mr. Michael Rader, to tender to you his acknowledgements, for your politeness and promptness, in relation to his business.
Perhaps you did not distinctly understand the particular information by him wanted & called for; and I therefore take the liberty of again addressing you, and calling your particular attention to it. It is, as to the fact, whether the Militia officer commissions were or are now, recorded, as they issue from the Government. He has sufficient indisputable Evidence Living testimony, as to the actual performance of the services; but the department which brought these claims propos ; contends that altho. his witnesses prove the performance of the services that they in the character of Capt & Major; yet that some other more conclusive evidence of the facts of his being an officer is required, viz Either the original commissions under which he acted, or regularly certified copies thereof, or at least of one of them.
If the Militia officer commissions ever were recorded, — his commission of Capt. will be found in the year 1777. — His commission of Major if one ever existed, will be found in the year 1777 or 78 but not later.
I have sent to the County of Shenandoah Va., to ascertain by the records of their board, whether he ever was nominated to the Governor and Executive board in either of these characters.
Should you have leisure, be pleased to give me an early answer by mail, as to these particular facts
Yours &c
J. J. Hether

1st vol. R. C page 36 By the 13. th Sect of the old Constitution, the Governor and Council were directed to Commission Militia officers on the recommendations of the County Courts as well as otherwise — You will find by looking into the 9th vol of Henings Statutes at large page 27 last 9 that the Law then authorized the Commissioning of Militia officers upon the nomination of the Committee of Safety in each County — in page 49 of 9th H. S. Committee of Safety constituted in page 50 this they are empowered to Com. Militia officers in page 309 this power was still continued and I believe was continued as late as Oct. 1779 vide 10th vol. H. S. at large page 198 Chap. 37 by which it appears that a regular Journal was kept of the proceedings

Michael Braden application for a pension 27 th of August 1832.

Virginia } to wit Jackson County }
On this 27 th day of August personally appeared in open court before the court of Jackson County now sitting Michael Rader a resident of Mill Creek in the County of Jackson and State of Virginia aged Eighty one years six months and nineteen days 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 - in the latter part of the year 1777 by volunteering his services and raising a volunteer company in the County of Shenandoah in the State of Virginia at a place in said County called Massanutten and took command of said Company as Captain and marched first to Winchester and there joined the following troops commanded by the following officers - Capt. Reddickens - Capt. Bauley - Capt. Migherswonger - Capt. Beck each with his Company. They all marched in company to the then Fort Pitt - there was neither Major or Colonel with these troops when they arrived at Fort Pitt. Genl. Hand took the command and the troops went from Fort Pitt to Wheeling by water where they halted and remained during the balance of their time of duty at which last place they were discharged and returned to Shenandoah County where this Applicant was appointed by the Government of Va. a Major about the first of May in the year 1778 this applicant marched as major to Fort Pitt again having under his command two companies of men under the command of Capt. John Roush & Abraham Byrd after arriving at Fort Pitt they were ordered to proceed to a place called Cannon Fort on Deckards Creek about six miles from Morgan Town and took the command of the fort where the term of service expired - his documentary Evidence was some years ago accidentally destroyed

all except one original document which was accidentally destroyed preserved and which is now here Exhibited and he knows of only one person within in his reach that he can prove his personal service by whose name is David Bumgarner And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state
Sworn and Subscribed to the day and year aforesaid
Michael Rader
We George Easton a clergyman residing in the County of Jackson and George Stone residing in the County of Jackson hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Michael Rader who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be above Eighty one years of age that he is respected and beloved in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion George Easton George Stone
Sworn and Subscribed to the day and year aforesaid
David Bumgarner was produced in Court who stated that he in the year 1777 served as a private soldier in Capt. Michael Raders Company and that the facts in relation to that tour of Duty so far as recited stated in Michael Raders Declaration in relation thereto are true so far as he recollects and that the present Michael Rader now here in Court is the same person that commanded in the year 1777 which Statement of the said David Bumgarner was verified by the oath of him the said David Bumgarner
Sworn and Subscribed to on the day and year aforesaid
David Bumgarner
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 George Casto who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergymen resident on Mill Creek in the vicinity of the present applicant in the county of Jackson and that George Stone who has also signed the same is a resident on Mill Creek in the neigh- borhood of the applicant in the county of Jackson and is a credible person that their statements is entitled to credit
I Benjamin Wright Clerk of the County court of Jackson County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Michael Rader for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal there being no seal of office as yet furnished although by Law the court is directed to have one this 24 th day of December 1832
Benjamin Wright Seal

Copy of the record show- ing the Applicant's qual- ification as a Justice of Mason County - 1804

At a Court held for Mason County in the State of Virginia on the the 3 rd day of July 1804
Be it remembered that in conformity to an act passed the last Session of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, entitled an act for the division of the County of Kanawha and the forma- tion of a new county to be known by the name of Mason, and whereas agreeable to commission from his Excellency John Page Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, dated the Second day of May in the Year 1804 constituting and appointing Francis Watkins, William Glendinen, William Owens, John Rausch, Maurice Reynolds, Edward H. McDonough, John Henderson, John McCulloch, Michael Rader, and Andrew Lewis Justices for said County,
Whereupon the said Francis Watkins, William Glendinen, William Owens, John Rausch, Maurice Reynolds, John Henderson, John McCulloch and Michael Rader Gentlemen met at the town of Point Pleasant the place appointed by Law for holding Court and at the house of William Owens Esq. on Saturday the third day of July in the Year 1804. and severally qualified as the Law directs
A Copy Test Thos. Lewis Clerk

P. O. Plain City, O. May 3 rd 1915 Department of the Interior.
I would like the ✓ Berean Pension Rev. War record of Michael Rader, pr. Virginia Militia.
M. S. Pension Roll. 1835.
Packson Co. Va. p. 155. also of Samuel Rader.
Bounty Warrant (a manuscript index to applicants for Bounty warrants.
If you find the War records would like to know all you find. marriage & k- whom & when and where, in fact - all that - is in your records.
Respectfully,
Mrs John Horner.

July 27, 1938
U. S. Dept. of Interior, Washington, D.C. Gentlemen: Would you please send me the Revolutionary War record of George Rausch who was born July 1761 in Shenan- doah County Virginia. There is a record of War Pension Claim S 8579, and I would like to know whether or not he drew a pension I would also like to have the war record of

Michael Rader , a resident of either Rockingham or Shenandoah County, Va. He was a Major of Shenan- doah Revolutionary Militia 1788. ?
Will appreciate any informa- tion you may be able to give me.
Very truly yours, Myrl Cecil Reed

Waterloo Nebraska
Jan. 1927
To
Commissioner Pensions Revolutionary War Dept.
Dear Sir
Can you give me the military record & any other data you may have such as family names etc, for Captain Michael Rader of Virginia in 1777 Did he draw pension
Also any data of Samuel Rader of that war & if he drew pension
Are these the only Raders from Virginia

who fought in the Revolutionary war -
Am desiring to be come D.C. R. My great grand mother was
Malinda Radue of Virginia & family history says her people were soldiers in that war & am trying to find relationship. Please give names of families for identification
Mrs. H. J. Bell
Waterloo
Nebraska
War department says their records are very incomplete & referred to you

Waterloo Nebraska. To Commission of Pensions Dear Sir
Please tell me if Michael Radu a Captain of One more Militia of Virginia in 1777 ever drew a pension for Revolutionary War service also did his widow draw pension Please give any thing you have in regard to his military record
Mrs. H. J. Bell Waterloo Nebraska

OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
May 11, 1915.
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 8th instant you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at Richmond, Va. the records of this office show last payment to have been made to Michael Rader, Priv. & Capt. Army, Rev. certificate No. 23130, at $ 70.00 per month annum, to June 18, 1839, the date of his death, to Nehemiah Smith, attorney for his widow, name not shown.
Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully,
Asa Alice
Auditor.
MPE R
By
Deputy Auditor.

OFFICE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPT. MAY 12 1915
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Rev. War Sec. Division. S. File No. 7349 Michael Rader Rev. War.
L. S. C., Ex'r.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., May 8 th , 1905.
SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of Michael Rader who was allowed $70 per annum from Mch. 4, 1831 pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1832 , by certificate No. 23,130 , at the Virginia Agency, showing the date of soldier's death and the name of his widow.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Newman
Acting Commissioner.
THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Department.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Michael Radar or Rader , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
8. 7349
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept. 1777 3 mos. Captain Expedition to Fort Pitt + Wheeling Fort. Va.   May 1, 1778 3 mos. Major to Fort Pitt thence to Carnegie Fort, Va.      
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Shenandoah Co. Va. Date of application for pension, Aug. 27, 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Jackson Co., Va. Mill Creek Twp. same Co. in 1833 Age at date of application, born in Mch. 1750, in lower end of Rockingham Co. Va.
Remarks: Only children mentioned; Michael Jr., James + Joseph alive in 1833.  In date of soldier's death + name of his widow, apply to the Auditor for the Interior Dept. U.S. Treas. Dept. giving him all of the following data:  Sol. died June 18, 1839 name of widow not shown.  Soldier signed his name "Radar" + his sons signed it "Rader"
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

September 2, 1938
Mrs. Mark E. Reed 1132 Oak Hill Avenue Hagerstown, Maryland
BA-J/AWF AW Michael Rader-S.7349 George Roush-S.18579
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Michael Rader, and George Roush, both of Shenandoah County, Virginia.
The Revolutionary War records of Michael Rader (Rader), and George Roush are furnished herein, as found in pension claims, based upon service in that war.
Michael Rader-S.7349
The data which follow concerning Michael Rader (Rader) were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 7349, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War.
Michael Rader was born in the year, 1750, in the "lower end" of Rockingham County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not stated. His signature is shown Michael "Rader" in the claim.
While a resident of Shenandoah County, Virginia, Michael Rader raised a company of volunteers, and served as Captain of said Virginia company, from September 1 or 2, 1777, three months as an expedition to Fort Pitt and Wheeling Fort. He was commissioned
See Treas. Dept. Report at back of this correspondence

Major May 1, 1778 in the Virginia troops, and served three months on an expedition to Fort Pitt and Carnes' Fort.
Michael Radar, after the Revolution, moved from Shenandoah County, Virginia, to Greenbrier County, Virginia, where he lived about ten years, and moved to Mason County, Virginia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Mill Creek Township, Jackson County, (formerly a part of Mason County) Virginia, on that date he stated he was aged eighty-one years, six months, and nineteen days.
He died June 18, 1839, survived by a widow, whose name is not shown. His sons, Michael, Jr., James, and Joseph were living in 1833, and signed "Rader".
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.
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George Roush-S. 18579
The data furnished herein in regard to George Roush were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 18579, based on his military service in the Revolutionary War.
George Roush was born in the month of July, 1761 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
George Roush, while a resident of said Shenandoah County, enlisted in the fall of 1779, served two months as private in Captain John Roush's com-

pany of Virginia troops. He enlisted in the spring of 1780 and served two months as private in Captain Joseph Pugh's company, and guarded prisoners from Millerstown to Winchester, Virginia. He enlisted "about harvest time" in 1781, served as a substitute for Jacob Roush, three months in Captain All's company.
George Roush moved from Shenandoah County, Virginia, about the year 1798, to Ohio. He was allowed pension on his application executed October 1, 1832, then a resident of Sutton Township, Meigs County, Ohio.
It was not stated whether the soldier, George Roush, was ever married. The Captain John Roush under whom he served in 1779 was his brother, and a brother, Jonas Roush, was of Meigs County, Ohio, in 1832.
It was not shown that the Jacob Roush for whom he served as a substitute in 1781 was a relative.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
George Roush Certificate #13483 Issued July 27, 1833 Rate $23.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator