Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2112-100, for John Suddoth, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
★ Suddoth John
B.L.Wt. 2112-100
CONTENTS

Fredericksburg May 19 th 1835
Sir,
Your favour of the 16 th inst. is this day rec d . covering a Land Warrant for 100 Acres, No. 2112, issued to the heirs of John Suddath, dec d . who was a private in the Virginia Line of the Army of the Revolution.
Respectfully Yr. Ob d . Servt.
W. F. May
Wm Gordon Esq. Country Land Office Washington City.

John Lundock's claim
aff. of Solomon Gallowhorn.
If it be within the knowledge of the Hon. Mr. McCallum that W. P. Conway, & John R. Fitzhugh, and acting Justices of the Peace, his Certificates of the fact, may be substituted for those of the Clerk of the Court.

State of Va Stafford County To wit,
This say personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the County of Stafford Solomon Gollakorn, who being duly sworn deposed & said that he was himself a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and well knew John Luskotho, who was also a soldier in the Virginia Revolutionary Troops - That he saw him while in service at Fredericksburg C.W. but does not recollect what Regt. he was in, nor the officer he was commanded by. -
Solomon Gollakorn
Stafford County Insl:
This day Solo- mon Gollakorn personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition and I further certify that the said Gollakorn is worthy of implicit faith & credit. Given under my hand this 11 Aug. 1834
W.P. Conway

In Testimony that the within written W. P. Conway was a Magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements &c. in the State of Virginia, at the within date; and that his name there subscribed appears to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the County Seal, and subscribed my name and quality at Stafford Court House, Va. this 18 th day of May 1885. —
W. P. Conway J. of P.

John. Suddoth N. 2112.

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an Act of Congress of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities:
State of Virginia } County of Stafford, }
I, John Suddoth , heir at law of John Suddoth , dec d do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that the said John Suddoth , did enter the service in 1779, for the term of the war , and served as a Soldier in the Regiment No. _____ under the command of Colonel _____, of the Virginia Continental Line ; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until about the close of the war .
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to the said John Suddoth 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,
I know all men by these presents, that I, John Suddoth , aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint William F. Gray , 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 authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest, John Suddoth
Personally appeared the above named John Suddoth , the subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest, John R. Fitzhugh Justice of the Peace.
I know that the above written John R. Fitzhugh was a magistrate to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements, &c., in the State of Virginia above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Stafford Court House on this Tenth day of May 1835.
H. Conway C. Clerk, &c.

Proof of Heirship

Stafford County Court, August the 11 th 1834.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that Theodosia Jones, formerly Suddoth, John Suddoth, Grace Suddoth and Mary English, formerly Suddoth are the only legal heirs at law of John Suddoth, deceased, it is ordered that the same be certified. Virginia. Stafford County to wit:
I John M. Conway, clerk of the County Court of Stafford in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of my office.
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of my said office, this seventeenth day of November, A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty four in the fifty ninth year of our foundation.
J. M. Conway

Deposition of Grace Snedecor
No 7. claim of John Snedecor

I hereby depose that I distinctly re- member that my Uncle John Smith Dudith left home, to gain his regiment in the revolutionary army, when I was about 10 years of age and that he returned from the service when this deponent was about 13 years of age - being the autumn succeeding the capitulation of Cornwallis - and about 12 months after that event - in the year 1781 - when Uncle Dudith reached
I hereby certify that Grace Dudith personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace for the county of Stafford State of Pa, and made oath to the above statements - I the Deponent resides in my neighbourhood, and as far as known to the undersigned, bears a good character - given under my hand the 1st April 1835 - John R. Hutchinson

In Testimony that the within written John R. Fitzhugh was a Magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements, &c. in the State of Virginia at the above date, and that his hereunto subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the County Seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at the Court House of Stafford County Va this tenth day of May 1835.
W. H. Murray
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