Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1955-150, for Zachariah Tatum, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Jatum, Zachariah
B.L. Wt. 1955-150
CONTENTS
316

Aug 2, 1927
Dept of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
My dear Sir: —
Will you please give me the dates of service of Zacharia Tatum of Va. Revolutionary Army, also any records you may have concerning his family places of residence.
Yours truly
Mrs R. A. Love 2828 Magnolia Ave. Knoxville, Tenn.

Accomack Co. Va Aug 8. 1933
Rec d of William Gordon by Warrant No 1955 for 150 acres issue to Henry W. Latum heir of Zachariah Latum formerly an Ensign in the Virginia Line in the Revolutionary War.
W. Ellis of Accomack Co.

Lach: Tatum
St. Paul
Power of Atty for Warrant
Rec d July 24. 1833

Zachariah Tatum No. 1955

I Henry Tatum of the City of Richmond Va formerly a Lieutenant in the Va Continental line do hereby certify that my brother Lachanah Tatum of Chesterfield was an officer in the Virginia Continental line & served to the end of the War - and I further certify that Henry W Tatum is the only son there of my said brother Lachanah Tatum & now lives in Chesterfield Co. Virginia. Henry Tatum
Henrico Co Va City of Richmond Virginia July 20th 1833
I certify that Henry Tatum a Revolutionary Officer & a man of respectability came before me & made oath to the truth of the above certificate. Witness my hand & seal as a Justice of the peace in & for Henrico Co Va aforesaid
M c Moray J.P.

STATE OF Virginia
COUNTY OF Henrico
I Henry W Tatum only heir at law of Zachariah Tatum  deed do upon my oath declare and testify, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the said Zachariah Tatum entered did enlist in the service of the of the United States in the Virginia line in the year 1779 or thereabouts as an Ensign and served in the Regiment, No. 5 under Col: Russell as an Ensign untill about 1782 and then under the command of Colonel Matthews of the 8 th Regiment as a Lieutenant
of the Continental line, and that he continued in the service until the War ended.
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to said Zachariah Tatum on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: Therefore Know all Men by these Presents, That I Henry W Tatum aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Vespasian Ellis of Accomack , Virginia, to be my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States; a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed. Witness my hand and seal this 18 th day of July 1833
ATTEST
J. W. Mosby J. Seddon
Henry W. Tatum
PERSONALLY APPEARED THE ABOVE NAMED Henry W Tatum subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto subscribed to be his act and deed. Witness my hand and seal this 18 day of July 1833
J. W. Mosby
IN TESTIMONY that the above written John G. Mosby Esquire is, and was, a _____
Magistrate — authorised to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of Virginia at the above date — and that his name # — subscribed to the foregoing certificate &c. appears to be his usual signature # I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name and quality as Clerk of Henrico Court at Henrico C.H. Va this 28 th day of July — 1833
John M. Elliott C.H.C.

W. Gordon, Sir,
Zachariah Tatum drew warrant No. 2648 from Va for services as a Lt in the Va Cont. line to the end of the War.
By reference to a "numerical arrangement of the Va line" May 6 - 1882 it will be seen that Zach. Tatum was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. I understand that a copy of that paper has recently been forwarded from the Auditor's Office to the War Dept. (perhaps the Pension Office) — Should the claim be satisfactory please forward me the warrant by mail to my residence "Accomack Ct. B. No. 11."
I oblige you ob't serv't J. W. Ellis
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Virginia; Chesterfield county to wit: —
At a court held for Chesterfield county at the courthouse thereof, on the 12th day of December Anno Domini one Thousand eight hundred and thirty one. (1831.)
Spencer Worlledge of the said county, being first duly sworn, deposeth and saith that Henry W. Tatum of the said county of Chesterfield is the only heir at law of Zachariah Tatum deceased late of Chesterfield county aforesaid, which is ordered to be certified to all whom it may concern. —
I, Parke Poindexter Clerk of the county court of Chesterfield, do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit is truly and correctly copied from the records of said office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this nineteenth day of July anno Domini One Thousand eight hundred and thirty three and in the 58th year of our Independence
Parke Poindexter Clerk

Mm. Metcalfe, Old Records Div., Nav. Dept., stated by phone on May 10, 1928 that Nav. Dept. records showed Zachariah Tatum Commissioned Ensign (3 rd Lt.) Dec. 13, 1780, 5 th Va. Regt., commissioned May 4, 1782, promoted, rank not given, but on another record that he served as Lieut. in 1782. Retired Jan. 1, 1783.
MMNF
Official

Rev.&1812 Wars Section. B.L. Wt. 1955-150 W.L.
May 10, 1928.
Mrs. R. A. Love, 2828 Magnolia Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Madam:
I advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that Zachariah Tatum entered the service about 1779 as an ensign in Colonel Russell's Virginia Regiment. In May, 1782, he was promoted to lieutenant in Colonel Mathews' Virginia Regiment and served until the close of the Revolution.
He died in Chesterfield County, Virginia, date not given.
Henry W. Tatum of Chesterfield County, Virginia, the only son and heir of Zachariah Tatum, was allowed one hundred fifty acres of bounty land by the United States on Warrant 1955, which was issued July 26, 1833, on account of the Revolutionary War service of his father.
In said records it is stated that Zachariah Tatum received bounty land from Virginia on Warrant 2648, for his services as a lieutenant in the Virginia line, War of the Revolution.

This is the only Zachariah Tatum that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.