Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8077, for Mathew Lacy, Virginia

SERVICE
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Pa.
Lacy, Mathew Susanna
No. 8077.
CONTENTS
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31. 873 2513 Richmond Virginia Susanna Lacy widow of Mathew Lacy dec. who died on the 7th March 1823 of Stockland in the State of Va who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Rawls of the Reg t commanded by Col. Taylor in the Va line for 4 mos Ensign 2 " Private
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond V o at the rate of $40 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of July 1839 and Lieut C. P. Labrey Montpelier Va
Arrears to the 1st of Sept 1838 $320.02 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March, 1839, 23.33 $343.35
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd }
Recorded by W. C. Addison Clerk, bk 4 Vol. 2 Page 157
Date of Pension 15th July 1839

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State of Virginia
Goochland County, ss.
On this 7 th day of March 1838 person- ally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justice of the peace and a Justice of the court of the said County being a court of Record, SUSANNA LACEY, a resident of the County and state aforesaid, aged Eighty Eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836. That she is the widow of Nathan Lacey, who was a Second Lieutenant in the Militia of the County of Goochland, during the Revolutionary War. That to the best of her belief said Lacey was draughted and served one month at the Albemarle Barracks in guarding the British prisoners in the early part of the summer of 1779. That in the fall of the same year on the 30 th of September he was again draughted and served another tour of the same length at the same place in the same duty. And that in both these tours said Lacey was Second Lieut. under Humphrey Larrish (Capt) and Frank Taylor (Col). That in the fall of 1780. Said Lacey was again draughted and marched in the Militia from the said County under Humphrey Larrish Capt. as Second Lieut. to the lower country, marched through Chesterfield to Lee's Corner, then to Shirley to Hopton's to Baney Point and to Cabin Point and was discharged, and that in this tour said Lacey served two months as Lieut. as aforesaid. That in the Spring of 1781 early in the spring said Lacey was again draughted from the Militia of said County and marched as Second Lieut. under (Capt) Humphrey Larrish to the lower country to guard the country from the enemy who were then in it. Was at Old fishing shore when the enemy were seen in the river, and there was some firing of Cannon and small arms. Marched backwards and forwards as far up as Richmond and was there when the enemy were at Manchester. And that in this tour he served two months and was discharged. That after performing this tour said Lacey was detailed by Col Larrish to act as Lieut. as aforesaid in the Commissary Department and in this capacity was employed for three months in collecting provisions and forwarding them to the Army. And that while in this office said Lacey was present at Hickory Beech church at the time of battle of York Town, and saw the wounded of Wayne's army brought there. That it is represented that at the commencement of the Revolution the Militia of Goochland were organized by the County Court. And she does not know that any officers in the County were commissioned. After diligent enquiry she has been unable to find any and that she has no documentary evidence. to her said husband. That she is so far advanced in life, and consequently has lost her memory to such a degree and moreover suffered so much during the Revolution when her husband was fully half of his time from home, and she left with a family of small children, unprotected, and unassisted, and at last ill. That her recollection of

These transactions is very confused and imperfect. She well knows that her husband did much service which she is unable to particularise, but to the amount stated she is sure he served. She may be unable to procure full testimony to these facts, and will only expect to be allowed for so much as she may prove. as she further declares, that she was married to said Mathew Dacy on the eighth day of April Eighteen hundred and seventy five; that her husband the aforesaid Mathew Dacy died on the seventh day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty three. And that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written Susanna Dacy before me Henry Mosby Esq.
And I Henry Mosby Justice of the Peace as aforesaid hereby certify that from my own knowledge of the situation of the said Susanna Dacy she would be unable from great age and debility to attend the court of the county aforesaid or any other court of record in order to make the declaration required by the regulations of the War Department. Given under my hand the day and year above written Henry Mosby Esq.
State of Virginia.
Grechland County 3 ss.
I William Miller Clerk of the County Court of the said County of Grechland in the state aforesaid do certify that Henry Mosby was, at the time the preceding Declaration appears to have been made before him, and still is, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said County, this 22 d day of March 1838.
Wm. Miller, Clerk

May 26, 1936
Mathew Lacy-W.8077 BA-J/AWF
Honorable J. R. Mitchell House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Mitchell:
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 8077, based upon the service of Mathew Lacy during the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of Mathew Lacy are not shown in the claim, nor are the names of his parents given.
Mathew Lacy, while residing in Goochland County, Virginia, was a 2nd lieutenant in the Goochland County militia, and served as follows- in 1779, two months in Captain Humphrey Parrish's company, under Colonel "Frank" Taylor, guarding prisoners at Albemarle Barracks; in the fall of 1780, two months in Captain Humphrey Parrish's company; in the spring of 1781, two months in Captain Humphrey Parrish's company; later in 1781, he was detailed to the Commissary Department, and served three months under Colonel Jolley Parrish.
He married April 8, 1773, Susanna; her maiden name is not stated. He died March 7, 1823.
The widow, Susanna Lacy, was allowed pension on her application executed March 7, 1838, then aged eighty-eight years, and living in Goochland County, Virginia.
Reference was made to their "small children"

during the Revolution, but no names were designated.
Charles Lacy, brother of Mathew Lacy, served in the Revolutionary War from Hanover County, Virginia.
John Richards in 1838 a resident of Goochland County, Virginia, stated that he married a sister of the widow, Susanna Lacy, but did not give her name.
The papers in this claim contain no further reference to the family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

November 8, 1936
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BA-J/REL Mathew Lacy-W.8077
Mr. Austin W. Smith Tennessee Polytechnic Institute Cookville, Tennessee
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request to know how long Susanna Lacy, widow of Mathew Lacy, W.8077, Revolutionary War soldier, drew her pension, which was given her in 1838, at the age of eighty-eight years.
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 the Revolutionary War pensioner, Susanna Lacy, widow of Mathew Lacy (W.8077), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Susanna Lacy, widow of Mathew Lacy, Certificate No. 2513, issued February 15, 1839, rate $46.67 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of July 4, 1836, Virginia(Richmond) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
May 25, 1936
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Honorable J. R. Mitchell House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Mitchell:
Reference is made to your letter of May 21, in behalf of Professor A. W. Smith, Dean, Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, Cookeville, Tennessee, who requests the Revolutionary War records of Jonathan Graves; Robert Smith with wife Mary (Jarratt), of Rutherford County, Tennessee, said Robert having served as Captain in the North Carolina or Virginia troops; Anselm George and James George; Joe George and Matthew Lacy.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service of the Jonathan Graves or James George as described in the information furnished by Professor Smith, nor of an Anselm or Joe (Joseph) George. The record has been found of only one Robert Smith who served as a captain in the North Carolina or Virginia troops. His record and that of Matthew Lacy are given herewith as found in claims for pension and bounty land based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

March 3, 1933
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Mathew Lacy-W.8077 BA-J/ATF
Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Mathew Lacy.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W.8077, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Mathew Lacy.
The date, place of birth and the names of his parents are not stated.
Mathew Lacy, while residing in Goochland County, Virginia, served as Second Lieutenant with the Virginia troops, as follows- in 1779, two months in Captain Humphrey Parrish's company, under Colonel Frank Taylor, and guarded prisoners at Albemarle Barracks; in the fall of 1780, two months in Captain Humphrey Parrish's company; in the spring of 1781, two months in Captain Humphrey Parrish's company; after which he was detailed to serve in the Commissary Department under Colonel Jolley Parrish, and served three months.
Mathew Lacy married April 8, 1772, Susanna, her maiden name not stated. He died March 7, 1823/
His widow, Susanna Lacy, was allowed pension on her application executed March 7, 1838, then aged eighty-eight years and living in Goochland County, Virginia.
The application for headstone for Mathew Lacy,

RECEIVED JAN 2 1963
and letter from Mrs. Eliza Lee Lacy Lacy, 531 Park Street, Charlottesville, Virginia, are returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

June 19, 1929
Mrs. C.L.Lacy 420-4th Street, N.E. Charlottesville, Virginia
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.8077, it appears that Mathew Lacy, while residing in Goochland County, Virginia, served as Second Lieutenant with the Virginia Troops as follows:
In 1779, two months in Captain Humphrey Parrish's under  Facilities Company, Colonel Taylor's Regiment, and guarded the prisoners at Albemarle Barracks; in the fall of 1780, two months in Captain Humphrey Parrish's Company; in the spring of 1781, two months in Captain Humphrey Parrish's Company; after which he was detailed to serve in the Commissary Department under Colonel Jolley Parrish and served three months.
He died March 7, 1823.
The soldier married April 8, 1772, Susanna, her maiden name is not stated.
She was allowed pension on her application executed

March 7, 1838, at which time she was living in Goochland County, Virginia, aged eighty-eight years.
It is stated that they had a family of small children during the Revolution, no names are given.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.
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TENNESSEE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE
AUSTIN W. SMITH, DEAN-REGISTRAR
Oct. 29, 1936
Mr. A.D.Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
Dear Sir:
I was handed a copy of a letter that you wrote the Hon. J.R.Mitchell, Congressman from this district in Tenn. It stated in reply to refer to
Mathew Lacy--W. 8077--BA--J/AWF
I desire to know how long Susanna Lacy, wife of Mathew Lacy, deceased, drew her pension. I am trying to establish the date of her death. She was given that pension, it seems, in 1838 at the age of 88.
Yours truly,
Austin W. Smith

J. R. MITCHELL 4TH DIST. TENNESSEE
MEMBER COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Congress of the United States House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
May 21, 1936.
Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed find request from Professor A. W. Smith, Dean, Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, Cookeville, Tennessee, which is self-explanatory.
I hope that you have this information available in your records, and that you can comply with Professor Smith's request. I will greatly appreciate your careful consideration of same. Kindly advise.
Thanking you for this, and past courtesies, I am
Gratefully yours,
M. C.
JRM:CF
Encl.
The request x from Prof. A. W. Smith, returned with letters to Cong. Mitchell Mar 20-1936

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON
FEB 25 1931 1931
Memorandum for
The Surgeon General, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department, The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building, General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N. W.
1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designation of the organizations.
2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.
Request for headstone data for inscription See copy W. 8077 - all correct & applied Toni for headstone returned (recd 3-1933)

Feb. 6, 1929.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I find in "McEllister's Revolutionary Soldiers of Va" where Matthew Lucy on May 17, 1780 was sworn into office as an Ensign Matthew Lucy married Susannah Rutherford in Goochland County Va, April 8, 1772. I do not know when he moved to Richmond, but I am almost certain

he was living in Richmond Va at the time of his death March 1 st 1823. I have no proof he ever received a pension, but I hope if you can find any proof of his war service or can tell me where I'll be most likely to find it, I'll be under many obligations. Of course this proves he was in the Navy and it is possible you can tell me where to look for the full Naval records. I find so many more Army records than I do of the Navy. Hoping you can and will assist me I remain
Most Respectfully
Mrs. C. L. Lucy, 420-4 th St. N.E. Charlottesville, Va.

March 11 91. H. C. Knight, Southern R.R. Co. City, 1929. June 19. 11:24p. In Mrs. C. S. Tracy's room.
1933 - mch 3 - Memorial Br. for would have date - all slips returned & 223 1936 - may 26 - letter to Cong. J. R. Mitchell for Prof. C. W. Smith, 1936 - Nov 8 - Ad. Mrs. A. Smith to apply to L.S. for last payment of pen. etc. & L
- Recitation. Virginia WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8077
Susanna Tracy
Rockville Tenn 223  Wid.
Matthew Tracy
Ensign Prov. Line
Act: July 15/86, Sec. 34
Index: - Vol. CA , Page 417
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Virginia Hanover County, set.
On this 25 th day of June 1838, before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the said County, personally appeared Edmund Gilman, a resident of the County aforesaid, aged seventy six years, and a credible person, and made oath, that in the time of the revolution, he served a tour of duty in the militia from the County of Spotsylvania, with Matthew Dacey whose widow applies for a pension on account of said Dacey's service. That they were in the same regiment, though as Dacey came from a different County from this affi- -davit, they were not in the same company of men. That owing to the lapse of time, and decay of memory, he cannot recite the particular of the tour, but he distinctly remembers Dacey, from the circumstances -w, that his brother Charles Dacey went from the same County, with this affiant in that tour, and he thinks was his messmate, and he often saw Matthew Dacey with his brother. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me W m Klingfield J.P.
Edmund Gilman
States of Virginia } Hanover County, South }
I Philip B. Winston, Clerk of the County Court of Hanover in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that William Klingfield before whom the above affidavit was made, is now and was at the date thereof, an acting Magistrate for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such. I also certify that the signature above, purporting to be his, is in my opinion, genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this twenty eighth day of June one thousand, eight hundred and thirty eight.
Philip B. Winston C.H.C.

4 Susannah Lacy Virginia
Suspended rec at. to Hon. J. M. Jones April 24. 1835 do do July 7 1838 do do Col. Dobney Aug 29 1838 - do. to same Oct. 29. 1838
Act July 4. 1836

State of Virginia
Goochland County, ss.
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County. Anthony Layne, a resident of the County aforesaid, aged twenty nine years and a credible person, and made oath that he had known Mrs. Susanna Layne the widow of Mathew Layne deceased from his earliest recollection. That the said Susanna intermarried with the said Mathew some years before the Revolutionary War though he cannot specify the day of their marriage. That when he was put on the muster roll in the early part of the revolutionary War, he was enrolled in a company in the said County of which Iddy Larrick was first Lieut. and afterwards Isham Larrick was Capt. and the said Mathew Layne was a Lieutenant in said Company, and so continued for many years. And that he has heard that said Mathew was in service in the time of the Revolutionary War, but he does not remember serving with him. As he has heard that on some occasion at the Albemarle Barracks said Layne was invited to play on the fiddle by some gentleman, and said Layne's friend, regretted it for he was a very indifferent player. And that to the best of his belief, said Mathew died on the 7th day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.
Sworn and subscribed the 7th day of March 1835 before me. Henry Massie Jr.
Anthony Layne
State of Virginia
Goochland County, ss.
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County. John Richards, a resident of the County aforesaid, aged eighty four years, and a credible person, and made oath that he knows that Mrs. Susanna Layne for whom an application is to be made for a pension, intermarried with Mathew Layne deceased some years before the Revolutionary War. And has several children at the commencement of said War for he married a sister of said Layne herself. And that to the best of his knowledge, said Mathew was a Lieutenant of the Company of Goochland Militia, under the Larricks, during and after the Revolutionary War. That in the Spring or summer of 1779, he knows that a company of militia from said County served a term of one month at the Albemarle Barracks, which company was commanded by Isham Larrick Esq. and his officers. Though he hired a substitute and did not serve, he knew himself and therefore does not know of his own knowledge that said Layne served the term, but he firmly believes that he did in his capacity of a Lieutenant. That he has often heard that said Layne served in the Revolutionary War. And has often heard said Layne speak of being at a place called Hickory Church when the American army was in Virginia. That said Layne was engaged about this time in obtaining cattle, and frequently came to a place called the Battle of Van Brunt's to that place and being then absent, part of his father's cattle and carried them to the army. That he remembers that said Layne had been dead some 15 years, and he firmly believes

he died on the day mentioned in his affidavit.
Deed was subscribed the 7 th day of March 1838
before me
Henry Massie
John Rutherford
State of Virginia
Goochland County ss.
I, ordinary, appeared before the subscribers a justice of the peace in and for said county, John Rutherford a citizen of Says county, aged 78 years, and a resident thereof, and being duly sworn according to law, made oath, that William D. Lacy for whom an application is to be made to obtain a pension intermarried with Martha Lacy late of the county aforesaid, on the 8 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, and he was present at this marriage. That said Lacy was Second Lieutenant in the company of Goochland Militia, in which this affiant mustered, before and during the Revolutionary War, of which Col. John H. D. L. was Captain. That in the spring or early in the summer of 1781. This affiant served a tour of one month at the Williamsburg Barracks under Captain Humphrey L. L. and though he cannot distinctly remember said Lacy he is con- vinced by the memory of his childhood, that said Lacy served said tour as Lieutenant. That in the fall of the same year he knows that said Lacy served a tour as Lieutenant as aforesaid at the same place of service at least, for this affiant remembers seeing Lacy pass through his father's yard on his way, and knows that he was absent for that period. And that in the fall of 1781. This affiant served a tour of duty of two months at least in the Goochland Militia under Captain Humphrey L. L. in the country below Richmond, and that said Lacy served said tour as Lieutenant as aforesaid. That early in the spring of 1781 this affiant served another tour of two months at least, when all the militia from the said county were called out. Marched under Capt. L. from Goochland, across James River at Westham, then to Shirley and the Malvern Hills, and through that country and although he has no distinct recollection of seeing said Lacy, he is under the impres- sion that he served said tour as Lieutenant. And that after completing this tour he served with said Lacy in the company department, under Col. D. L. L. That said Lacy was an officer in the corps and had command of a detachment they were engaged in driving and collecting cattle. Took every tenth animal from each proprietor in all the adjoining counties, and delivered them at Goochland C. H. (and probably at other places) That they were enlisted by Col. L. and served under military command, and never received any wages. That this affiant served he supposes about two months when he was taken ill of an ague and fever, and was left at home. And that said Lacy continued in the service, and served he is sure at least one month longer he

thinks till the surrender at York, making at least three months as Lieutenant. And this he knows from having lived in the neighbourhood in which said Dacey's family resided, and said Dacey's now and then coming home to see his wife who was ill. That said Dacey departed this life, on or about the 7 th March 1823 and that the said Dacey has continued since unmarried. Sworn and subscribed this 15 th day of March 1838 before me John Rutherford Henry M c Lean J.P.
Some lines from home on such of the above mentioned occasions - Given and set under this my hand at March 1858 before me Williamson Payne ss { Notary Public State of Virginia } mark Washington Co. Va.
Port Republic, Md. Sept. 1841. I hereby appear before the Subscribers a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County. John Clements, a Citizen of the County aforesaid, aged 80 years, nine months, and a credible person, and made oath, that in the Revolutionary War, he remembers having seen in Service, often then once, Mathew Lacy and - whose widow, Susanna Lacy, is now applying for a pension, and he distinctly remembers, seeing said Lacy in Service in the year when Cornwallis was in Virginia, in the country below Richmond, though as he was not in the same Company with said Lacy, he does not know in what grade said Lacy served or how long. But at the time mentioned he distinctly remembered seeing him in Service.
Disown and Subscribed this 20th day of March 1838 before me

State of Virginia: 3 Goochland County. 3
I William Miller Clerk of the County Court of the said County of Goochland, in the state aforesaid, do certify that Henry Massey, (before whom the foregoing Affidavits of Anthony Layne, John Richards, John Ruther- ford & John Clements appear to have been made,) and that George Woodson Payne (before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Billy Parnell appears to have been made,) were both, at the times the said Affidavits were made before them and still are, Justices of the peace in and for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing Signatures, purporting to be theirs, are their genuine signatures.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said County this 22 d day of March 1838.
Wm. Miller, Clerk
Mr. Jones H 2

Virginia Goochland County, set.
Personally appeared before the
Subscribed & Sworn to the truth of the foregoing statement by John Rutherford aged forty eight years and a resident of this state, and made oath. That the facts stated in his affidavit lately made in support of his widow's pension application for a pension on account of the services of her late husband in the war of the rebellion, and those stated in his declara- -tion to obtain a pension under the act of 7 th June 1852. were transactions of his early life. That a long interval of time has since passed, during which his mind was not called to them by any circumstance. That it is entirely possible that in statement of those transactions made at the distance of nearly 50 years, by him, there may exist slight inconsistencies. That it is quite probable that he may have misstated circumstances in those statements. But in the facts of the service, and in relation to it, he is not mistaken. Indeed it is more probable, that his last account of those trans- -actions, is true, since his former one was made hastily, and immediately after his attention had been called to those scenes after a long interval of forgetfulness. That in relation to the service of Mathew Dacy at Cornersville he remembers distinctly that it was performed under the command of Col. Saly Darrick in a military capacity, and not under a civil contract. That they were ordered as soldiers by Col. Darrick, were not subject to draught as militiamen, and never received or dispensed to receive any pay or wages. And that the reason he did not insert that service in his declaration was that he did not suppose he would be paid for it as it was not regular service with the army, and never knew until the day on which he made said affi- -davit, that such service was paid for.
John Rutherford
Goochland county, to wit:
Sworn and subscribed this 19 th day of June 1888 before me. And also certify that I have known the affiant long and well and that I have always considered him a person of unimpeachable integrity and truth. Henry Morgan S.D.

Virginia Goochland County ss.
I personally appeared before the Subscriber a
Justice of the peace, in and for said County, Richard Stoler, a citizen of the County aforesaid, aged forty seven years, and a credible person, and made oath that he lived in his dwelling in the same neighborhood with Matthew Darg, late of the county of Goochland aforesaid, on a count of whose service in the War of the Revolution, his widow, Mrs. Susannah Darg, applied for a pension. That immediately after this affiant became sixteen years of age, he was sent on the Muster roll in a Company of Militia in said County of which John Darg was Capt. That at the first Muster, this affiant attended, the Captain seemed to become offended with him, and by way of punishment fired on him to perform a tour of service in discharge of the division, as he understood, the Capt. had a right to do. That the tour was to be performed as he learned at the time, and his friend, Susannah Darg would be a hard one. That said Matthew Darg, as soon as he heard the sentence of the Capt. went, the same day to this affiant's father. Told him of the sentence, and advised him to cause the affiant to enlist in the regular troops raised to guard the prisoners at the Albemarle Barracks, and to exempt himself from the court to which he was condemned, and that he did so. That he distinctly recollects, that said Darg was at that time an officer of the grade called Commissioned Officers but whether Colonel or not he cannot say. That this affiant marched to the Barracks in the Spring of 1881 and in consequence of an accident did not return till the summer of 1882 so that he does not know how much said Darg served, but when he did return he remembers that said Darg was employed in getting provision for the army, and although he did not inquire under what authority he was acting, he supposed it was under the orders of Col. Darg who he learned, was a Commissary. And that this affiant was raised in the same neighborhood with John Rutherford who has given an affidavit in support of said claim, and has always known him well. And that he has always considered him a man of the strictest honesty, a person who might be forgetful, but would not tell a falsehood.
Subscribed this 26 th day of June, 1838
Henry Mason J.D.
Rich d Stoler
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Virginia Grochland set
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County John Bradshaw a Citizen of the County, aforesaid aged Swintyfive years and two months, and a credible person, and made oath. That he was well acquainted with Matthew Lacy in the time of the war of the Ame- rican revolution - and understood that he was a commissioned officer in the company of Captain Jolly Parrish. but of what grade he does not at this time recollect. Also being requested to state what he knows of said Lacy, being Commissary. says he knows that that the said Lacy was at the head of a Company, which was collecting Beef for the Army; but under what authority he cannot say and the reason why he knows that he was collecting Beef for the Army. was said Lacy had purchased a very vicious Bull of Thomas Underwood which he and his company was afraid to lead or drive - and sent for him said Bradshaw to come and shoot the Bull. which he did, and understood that Mr. Underwood was to send the Bull to the place of deposit by his Team: and says he remained with them until the Bull was Butchered; and Lacy and his company went with him to his Father's and eat their dinner. The company to the best of his recollection was Matthew Lacy, John Lawrence, John Rutherford, Aaron Parrish, and he believes David Thomas:
John Bradshaw
Sworn & subscribed this 27th day of June 1858 before me G.W. Payne Jr. J.P.

State of Virginia Goochland County
I William Miller Clerk of the court of Goochland County do hereby certify that Henry Masie and George W. Payne Jr are magistrates as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 27 th day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
W m Miller Clerk of the Court of Goochland County
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Respectfully I have the honor to inform you that the four partitions for the year 1871-72 are now in the hands of the proper authorities for distribution. I shall thank you also for a copy of the Standard Press Law as I think it is in reference to the Wages of New Labourers, as I have not been able to find it in the Standard Press Law. I am, Sir, Yours faithfully, W. Palmer

Susanna Lacy widow Matthew Lacy Ensign 4 mo Private 2 mo $ 46:66 per an at 4 July, 1836
Send cut: to C. W. Dabney Esq Montpelier Virg a
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War Department
Pension Office
Jan'y 18 1839.
Sir
I have examined again the papers in the case of Mrs. Susannah Lucy but do not find the proof sufficient to justify the Department in allowing her for the amount of the service claimed. It is admitted by the claimant & sustained by the witnesses, that two tours of duty of 1 month each, performed by her late husband, Matthew Lucy, was in the year 1779; and that the two tours of 2 months each, were performed in the years 1780 & 1781. The claimant alleges that in these several tours, her husband was a Lieutenant. All the service rendered by Mr. Lucy was during his residence in Frederick County; and it is in evidence, from that County's records, that he was recommended for an Ensign, May 15, 1780.
This fact is sufficient to preclude the idea that he had previously held the Commission of a Lieutenant in the same, or any other Company, in that County.
In my communication to you in October last, I stated that the service claimed as Assistant Commissary could not be allowed. There remaining then, but 6 months' service which the Department can recognize as military; and from the proof before it, it may be warranted in allowing 2 months as a private, & the other 4 months as an Ensign. Should Mrs. Lucy see disposed to accept a certificate for this amount, it will be offered immediately, upon being so ordered by her.
It is desirable, in accordance with the rules that when no record of the service, or family record, exists, can be found that fact be stated; if other

one, or both exist, they should be fixed in this office
Yours, respectfully Your obed Servt J L Edwards
C. W. Dabney Esq Monticello Virginia

If I cannot by the regulation of the Department be considered entitled to a larger pension I will — accept one for six months service of my late husband as a private Feb. 4 th 1839 Susanna Lacy

War Department, Pension Office,
October 29 th 1838.
Sir,
Your letter of the 22 nd instant enclosing a certificate from the Clerk of the County Court of Goodland - in the case of Mrs Susanna widow of Matthew Lacy, Lacy, deceased, has been received. The affidavit of John Pickford who has testified as to Lacy's service & her withal retirement, in order that it may be considered. He states that the claimant's husband served in 1789. This is an error which requires correction. As soon as it shall have been returned to this Office, corrected, the case of Mrs Lacy will be finally acted on.
It is proper for me to say that on a review of this case, it is very clear to my mind, that Mr Lacy's service in procuring provisions for the troops must have been under a civil contract.
I am, respectfully, your obt servt
J L Edwards
C. W. Dubrey, Esq. Montpelier Virginia

Memoranda of the Journal. 1835.
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of consensus it leaves the unstable  connection in the masses . I know not that poverty has arisen , which was perhaps intended . The date 1877 is apparently unfamiliar  to  the  stable . The affair in the subsequent part of his life days  is  unfamiliar  to  the  stable . The last  days  of  his  life  are  unfamiliar  to  the  stable .
Yours sincerely, Bishop of Hull
Dear Father,
Co. May 18
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Montpelier Jan 12
no free
In a 6 vrs
L. Edwards Com. of Adm. Washington
Free

1895
Dear Sir - Yours in The Rev. J. Knight 1839

War Department Pension Office
August 29 1838.
Sir,
I have received your letter upon the subject of the claim of Mrs Susanna Lucy, widow of Matthew Lucy deceased, and in conformity with your request enclose a copy of my late letter to the Hon J. W. Jones upon that subject, dated July 7 1838.
I am, respectfully Your obedt servt. J. L. Edwards
G. W. Dabney Esq. Montpelier Virginia

War Department Pension Office April 24, 1838
Sir,
I have examined the claim of Mrs. Susannah Lacy, widow of John Lacy deceased, and have placed his papers upon our files.
It is alleged that her late husband served as a Lieutenant in the Southland militia during the war of the Revolution, was wounded, and as a Commissary three months. I will give her all the grace, and the service of Mr Lacy will be allowed. The first may probably be established, by the records in the office of the Clerk of the County Court of Southland. The testimony of John Huthings, accompanied by Lacy's papers, states that he served with the said Lacy as a Lieutenant, more than six months and that he also was with him 2 months while he acted as Commissary.
This statement of Mr Huthings differs so widely from that made in his deposition, some years since that it cannot be received as satisfactory proof. The service as a Commissary, claimed for was very probably rendered under a civil contract and consequently not embraced by the law. No mention

mention of this service is made by Mr. Fletcher. And in his declaration before mentioned... Mr. Gaines's letter is herewith returned.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Yr. Mr. H. H. J. B. Edwards
Hon. S. W. Jones House of Representatives

State of Virginia
Louisa County ss.
I personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for said County - John Rutherford, a citizen of the County aforesaid aged seventy eight years, and a credible person, and made oath that he is the same person who made an affidavit before Henry Martin a Justice of the Peace for the County of Goochland in said State on the 7 th day of March last in support of his claim for a pension that the date 1799, when he was in said affidavit was a mistake of the person who took the said affidavit and was intended for 1797, when he was in the in the army of Virginia. That since he had been informed that the said was recommended by the County Court at Louisa, he certifies that said John Rutherford was Second Lieut. and Adjutant of the First Regiment and that he is not sure that he was not Lieut. during his time at the Revolution, that he is a very old man and does not distinctly remember when he was a Lieut. but that before the other Lieut. were promoted by him he was in the army of Virginia. That he was removed to Kentucky. That he was made First Lieut. and Adjutant of the First Regiment and that he was promoted to the rank of Colonel in the year 1800. But he is still in the army of Virginia. That in his service in collecting bounties for the army he was under the command of General Wayne in company with the other Generals and Colonels and that he was not in any Contract, but he was paid as an officer and that he was never exposed to the loss of any of his property. And that he distinctly remembers that they were paid by the State of Virginia for their services.
Subscribed and sworn to this 8 th day of Nov 1838 Thomas Shelton
John Rutherford
State of Virginia
Louisa County ss. I John Hunter Clerk of the court of the County aforesaid hereby certify that Thomas Shelton my deponent whom the above affidavit was made, was at the time of making the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature above purporting to be his is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal at office this 13 th day of March 1838. John Hunter

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War Department Pension Office July 1 1838
Sir
I return herewith the letter of Mr Deabney upon the subject of the claim of Mrs Susannah Lacy, and have examined the additional proof which accompanied it, in support of the services of Matthew Lacy, decd. & filed it with an original paper. The Department cannot recognize the claim for 3 months alleged service as a Commissary, as military service. The collecting together Beef Cattle, &c. to supply the militia then in service, had no connexion whatever with the Quartermaster General's Department, and can be viewed in no other light than as a service rendered under civil contract. In my letter of the 24 April last, it was suggested that proof of the appointment of Mr Lacy as a Lieutenant, might be found among the records in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Goodland County. It does not appear that any application has been made to that source for the desired proof. The present proof is not such as will justify the Department in allowing Mrs Lacy for the service here claimed.
I have the honor to be very respectfully,
Your Obedt Servt (Signed) L L Edwards
Hon L H Jones House of Representatives

Dear Monopolies I.O.
St Ann's Church N 25th Oct 1838
Sir,
For the readiness with which my request to you for a copy of your letter to Mr. Doyne, in reply to Doyne's claim, was complied with, you have our thanks. The objection relating to the record of a requirement of Mathew Doyne, contained in your first communication to Mr. Doyne on this subject was not overlooked by me, but was supposed to have been attended to. The Clerk to Doyne who was requested to make the certificate, did not do so and his failure to do so notwithstanding the receipt of your letter note. A similar misunderstanding on the part of the Clerk is my apology for not having sooner complied with that requirement, now
We have searched the minutes of proceedings of the Goochland County Court during the period of the resolution, and find among quite numerous but by no means universal orders on the subject, the usual order. Rec- ords, citations, and qualifications in Court, seem to have taken place in
many instances, but the known fact of there being many officers, whose appointments are not so noticed, and the tradition on the subject, requires
this as that any action of the Court, attended with care. At May Court 1780. Mathew Doyne seems to have been recommended to be Judge in Capt. Humphrey Ransley's Company. The Declaration of his wishes and the testimony alleged
that her services as Second District a person that in matters of this sort, perfect accuracy is not required or desired in the very last state of existence, and
the facts to circumstances which conspired in their early years, and
possibly much hidden to others and confused. It is apparent, that if the statements of these old persons could be contrasted with a record of the facts made at the time, they would very rarely coincide. When proof of the credit of the witness is admitted, and no inaccuracy is detected
apparently dictated by fraudulent motives, it is respectfully suggested that all due diligence in protecting the public purse is satisfied. The provisions
enacted by the law was intended for the benefit of the persons described, and
I am very sure the administration of the law will not be coupled with such conditions as would be most to our prejudice.

Evidence, in every particular, except the grade. This is very easily and most readily reconciled, upon the supposition that the Deceased did not carry the duties of Second Lieut. although, only Commensal and Insignia, or that, he had acquired the title of Lieut. in some way and passed famil- iarily by it - or else that he was really appointed Lieut. and no notice was taken of it in the Army, as was apparently often the case - The duties of the two stations were so nearly similar, and the pay so nearly the same, that no suspicion of fraud should be entertained, even if the possibility of inten- tional falsehood, was not absolutely in relation to these persons - If ever it is more consistent with the construction of the Office, the appli- cant will gladly receive, the pension proportioned to the lower grade - In relation to the matter of discharging the War Pension Department I must beg leave to respectfully to differ with the cost of Indians - The supposition of that Service being of a like character, I think is perfectly refuted by the testimony of Ralston and Brant - The former is a most loyal and able man, who was not only a good soldier, but prepared to give the further obligations for what was to look. That performed this Service in view of regular Service in the line, and they are now in line. We must in circumstances, seem to our conclu- sion, that the Service of a Compulsory Military nature - The only other reason considered for the Service discharging the Service is that, that duty would exempt them from any draft in the Militia. It was hoped to make a general discharge from our Service elsewhere, as full compensation for the loss of service of an other, to the public and to the Service - I would venture to refer the point to the case of Capt. John L. Smith of this Service, to whom a pension was allowed under the Act of 1850.
The subscriber hopes he is sensible of the character of the responsibility under which all the intelligent officers of the Government must act. They are the guardians of the public treasury, selected for their ability and integrity, to protect the public money from fraudulent display and peculation. But the Commissioner of Customs, occupying an attitude now unattackable and unassailable. He is the Governor of the Government. He is the people's sovereign to distribute their charity and beneficence to such shape as are supposed to deserve it. He will not suffer any other justice to be of his claim, from which

person, or could not gracefully procure it, and thereby render the foundation for their benefit & magnanimity - But while only necessary to be declared that the object is in reality one of the persons to whom he is devoted to extend the various beneficence, which he wills and it is with much pleasure that I am - I ought not perhaps to waste your time, which may relate to the most important business - But I cannot suppress my testimony to the deep & fine sensibility, the unproclaiming honesty, of purpose, & intention of the dear friend - In a somewhat extended experience in business of this nature, I have met with many whose apprehension of falsehood was dishonest, & dishonest, but I have not seen any person, & from a deliberate notion to be honest as in this venerable lady - I am sure, that one glance & her fine, resigned, countenance, would evince her relations, with the character of perfect integrity, in the truest sense of feeling -
A bold action of this kind absolutely requires the Church - She has many duties to sustain the amount of her own in the same noble and in- dependence in which she has always lived - But a pension would make much more comfortable - And above all would convey to her some token of the public approbation of all her unusual & meritorious -
With Respect Your Obedient C. D. Dabney -
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comt. of Presbytery -