Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9090, for Sharshall Jordan, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Jordan, Sharshall Efferilla
N 9090
CONTENTS

Effieella Jordan Widow of Sherehale on the Kintz Roll and pensioned under the Act of 1836. and resided in the County of Clarke in Kentucky.
R. W. Young Agent

Huddville Clarke County Ky Oct the 10 th 1850
Dear Sir
Cl. A few days since got a letter out of the office - addressed to my Mother Effervilla Gordon upon the subject of an Increase of her pension and I am sorry to inform you that she is no more she Departed this Life on the 13 th day of January Last and I take it upon myself to inform you of the fact upon the supposition that if she was entitled to an Increase of her pension that her Heirs of which I am one is Legally entitled to that increase and I write you these lines that you may ascertain the facts and if so I feel disposed to give you the Agency you will be pleased to make the necessary Examination and if any thing can be done inform all about it and the course I should pursue and I will attend to it - Immediately and write you on the subject I know she is entitled to a draw from Sept. the 4 th 1849 up to the day of her Death which I expect to get according to the former papers
Yours Respectfully
Garshwell D. Gordon

Kentucky 4360
Efferilla Jordan widow of Marshall Jordan Va
who died on the 28 Sept. 1813 of Clarke Co. in the State of Kentucky who was an Ensign in the Comp y commanded by Captain Estlin Co of the Reg t commanded by Col. Thorne in the Revolution for five months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of May 1846 and sent to the Suggs Esq. Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1846 $900.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 46 30.00
$930.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd }
Recorded by Th D Rumph Clerk Book C Vol. 1 Page 195
By [unclear] Nov 16 50 Reported

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836 State of Kentucky County of Clarke
On this eleventh day of December eighteen hundred and forty-three, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the above written County and State Effarilla Jordan, a resident of the County of Clarke and State of Kentucky 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 provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 4th 1836: That she is the widow of Marshall Jordan who was a Lieutenant in the revolutionary war in the militia from County of Culpepper and State of Virginia, she states that he was commissioned Ensign on the second day of February seventeen hundred and seventy-five which can be seen by reference to his commission he served as Ensign until he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, he continued to act in this capacity until the close of the war in Colonel Thorne's Regiment and Captain Gessum's Company she believes that these are the Officers he was under, she further states that he was out at least two tows a year of three months during the war she says that he was gone from home half of his time and when he was gone she had to work in the cornfield to raise bread for her children and to work in the harvest to save her grain, that she had four children to take care of whilst he was out defending his country. She she has heard him speak of being in several battles but she is unable to state them at this great length of time from her great age and consequent loss of memory. she states that she has often heard William Write who drew a pension say that he served under her husband and Martin Johnson say that he served under him in the militia and several other Gentlemen all of them are dead at this time and she close

not recollect any person living that she can prove his services by she prays that such evidence as she has be taken she knows that he was out as she has stated and she further knows that she had to toil and suffer whilst he was out. She is unable to state when he was commissioned Lieutenant she knows that he was Lieutenant she had his commission since his death she has heard him speak of receiving as Lieutenant and she recollects his acting as Lieutenant The commission has got lost or mislaid that she cannot find it She further declares that she was married to the said Sharshall Darden on the nineteenth day of November seventeen hundred and seventy-one in the county of Culpeper Virginia. That her lived husband, the aforesaid Sharshall Darden died on the twenty eight day of September eighteen hundred and thirtyn and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed annexed. She states that they moved from Virginia in seventeen hundred and ninety four or five to the State of Kentucky and settled in the county of Clarke and have resided there ever since; they were living in the county of Clarke when her husband died, that she has had ten child ren she states that the family record that accompanies this declaration is the genuine family record kept by her hus band she knows that it is a correct record of our marriage and the births of our children but she does not know how the nine was blotted but she knows that she was marri ied on the nineteenth day of November seventeen hundred and seventy-one
State of Kentucky county of Clarke
Effa her Darden mark
Be it known that personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the above written county and state Effa Darden who from bodily infirmity cannot attend the court and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above declaration an answer on the second page of the declaration in the thirteenth line and in the

MS. A. 9. 2. 20. 11. 1843 Morgan
Family Record.
MARRIAGES.
Sharshall Jordan and Effarilla his wife Married November 19 th 1771 By the Reverend John Thompson Minister
MARRIAGES.
Morgan John and Miller his wife was Married September 13 th 1846 By the reverend. S. D. Kindred, Minister

Family Record.
BIRTHS.
Sharshall Jordan son of Tho s Jordan & Mary his wife Born March the 15 th 1747/8
Effarilla Jordan wife of Sharshall Jordan was Born April the 27 th 1755
Lucy Jordan Daughter of, S+J; was Born September the 19; 1772
Thomas Jordan son of, S+J; was Born September the 25, 1774
Richard Jordan son of, S+J; was Born November the 10 th ; 1776
Jonas Jordan son of S+J; was Born December the 19; 1778
Jane Jordan Daughter of S+J; was Born September the 11, 1781
Elizabeth Jordan Daughter of S+J was Born June the 27; 1786
BIRTHS.
Milley Jordan Daughter of S+J was Born October the 26; 1788
Absalom Jordan son of, S+J; was Born March the 30; 1791
Catey Jordan Daughter of S+J was Born April the 14. 1794
Sharshall Jordan son of, S+J; was Born April the 16; 1797

No 1-2-43.
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Ken July 4 1836 Effailla Jordan
Ann... Book of the Seal of the... Grand
Mr. R. French H. Rep.

seventeenth line, record untelined in twenty third line all before signing given from under my hand this 11 th day of December 1843 Fielding Bush P.P.66
I William Johnson a resident of the of the county of Clarke and State of Kentucky aged sixty three years state that I have been acquainted with Shars hall Jordan ever since my earliest recollection I know that him and Effervilla Jordan lived together as husband and wife until his death which took took on the twenty-eight of Septem- ber eighteen hundred and thirteen, and she has remained a widow ever since the above date I have examined her declaration and believe that it contains the truth The family record that accompanies this declaration is the genuine family record and I believe it is the hand write of Shars hall Jordan I know that Effervilla Jordan is the same person that lived with Shars hall Jordan as his wife and she has remained a widow ever since his death given from under my hand this 11 th day of December 1843
William Johnson
I Shars hall Jordan a resident of the county of Clarke and State of Kentucky aged forty six years state that I was examining my Fathers paper seven or eight years ago and saw among them a commission that gave him commissioned him lieutenant in the war of the revolu- tion I read the commission and I believe it had a seal to it there was a considerable amount of this old continental money in the desk the commission and the money is gone and I do not know how it got lost given from under my hand this 11 th day of December 1843
Shars hall Jordan

State of Kentucky } County of Clarke }
Be it known that personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the above written County and State William Johnson and Marshall Jordan, both known to me to be persons of respectability and truth and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit. I further certify that I have been acquainted with Effavilla Jordan for thirty years and know her to be a lady of respectability and truth and I believe what she has stated in her declaration is the truth. Effavilla bloled where it is signed to the declaration an answer in the fourth line of Marshall Jordan's affidavit before signing given from undersigned hand this 11th day of December 1843
Fielding Bush J.P. C.C.
State of Kentucky, Clark County, ss.
I James R. Durrett Clerk of the Court of Clark County certify that Fielding Bush is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 12th day of December 1843
James R. Durrett Clerk of the Court of Clark County
4 1836
Effavilla Jordan
French Rep. v
6009

(Copy of Report)
Pension Office
October 21: 1845.
Sir.
I make the following report in the case of Effarilla Jordan, widow of Marshall Jordan, who was an Ensign of the Militia, during the Revolution. The difficulty of determining the duration of the service, in this case, prevents us from placing his name on the pension roll. That he was a Militia Officer is very clear, as his commission is exhibited, and will be found with the enclosed papers, numbered from one to seven; but we cannot ascertain with the necessary precision how long he served, and we cannot, of course, fix upon the amount of the pension, as it is pro-rata allowance, depending entirely on the length of the term which he performed, as well as the rank he held.
The testimony of the witness is very vague, Robert Burk, who says that he served three years, (and that Jordan served as long as he did) was in the service, only eighteen months, as appears from his papers, which are enclosed herewith.

Bunk alleges in his declaration, that he served one term of six months, five terms of three months each, and served other terms, amounting to at least six months, making, in the whole, twenty seven months; but we could not allow for more than eighteen months service, as there were no militia terms for so long a period as six months, and the last terms which he computes at six months were not allowed, as he made no such specification as the rules direct.
He was credited for the first term 3 months, and for all the other 3 months terms he was credited, making the eighteen months. If his claim were now presented for the first time, it is doubtful whether so liberal an allowance could be made, without his producing other proof, than his own declaration.
He says that Jordan was a Lieutenant; but there is no proof except the statement of Bunk to that effect.
The rules require that the service, for which a claim is allowed should be specified; but there is nothing in this case to show the length of the terms; the periods when they were performed; the rank or

names of the Officers under whom the deceased served; nor the section of the Country where it was performed.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Your obt. Servant (Signed) J. L. Edwards
Hon. Wm. S. Hoare Secy. of War!

Pension Office
24 th . Aprie 1846.
Sir.
The endorsed report was made to The Secretary of War, in the case of Effailla Jordan, and I am instructed by him to inform you that the report is approved, as to the impracticability of adjusting a private pension, from the present exhibits, with reasonable precision.
I am Sir,
Very Respectfully Yr. ob. Ser. J L Edwards
W m Suggett Esq. Present.

Pension Office
October 16. 1845
Comm. of Pensions Report in the case of Effa Miller Jordan
The within report is approved. It is impossible to make any proper adjustment of the claim without more satisfactory ev- idence of the time applicant's husband actually served.
Was sent } W. L. Stacey, April 17/46 }
Secy of War
B3p60.
Pension Office.

Pension Office,
October 4. 1845.
Sir,
I make the following report in the case of Effarilla Jordan, widow Sharshall Jordan, who was an Ensign of the Militia during the revolution. The difficulty of determining the duration of the service in this case prevents us from placing his name on the Pension Roll. That he was a Militia Officer is very clear, as his commission is exhibited, and will be found with the enclosed papers, numbered from one to seven. But we cannot ascertain with the necessary precision how long he served; and we cannot, of course, fix upon the amount of the pension, as it is a pro rata allowance, depending entirely on the length of the term which he performed, as well as the rank he held. The testimony of the witness is very vague. Robert Burk, who says that he served three years (and that Jordan served as long as he did) was in the service only eighteen months, as appears from his papers, which are enclosed herewith. Burk alleges in his declaration that he served one term of six months, five terms of three months each, and served other terms, amounting to at least six months, making in the whole twenty-seven months; but we could not allow for more than eighteen months service,

as there were no militia tours for so long a period as six months, and the last terms which he computed at six months, were not allowed, as he made no such specification as the rules direct. He was credited for the first term 3 months, and for all the other 3 months tours he was credited, making the eighteen months. If his claim were now presented for the first time, it is doubtful whether so liberal an allowance could be made without his producing other proof than his own declaration. He says that Jordan was a Lieutenant; but there is no proof except the statement of Burk to that effect. The rules require that the service for which a claim is allowed should be specified; but there is nothing in this case to shew the length of the tours; the periods when they were performed; the rank or names of the officers under whom the deceased served; nor the section of the country where it was performed.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your Obt. Servt., J. L. Edwards
Hon. W. L. Marcy, Secretary of War.

Feb 3. 1845.
base of Effarilla Jordan. Oct 4 July 1836 Kentucky.
Col No 7 J. L. Edwards
Commission of Seniors Washington City D. C.
6009 Effarilla Jordan
Nov Oct 4 July 36 m 71
arms 6 mo. Ensign 60
Wm Suggatt Lieut

Washington Feb. 1 st 1844-
Dear sir
From the enclosed evidence it appears that Sharshall Gourdin was in the war of the revolution as an officer if you cannot allow his widow Effarlene Gourdin full pay I am authorized to take the amount you can allow her please report to Mr Wm S Alison
Respectfully yours
Wm Suggett Jr
Col J. L. Edwards Washington City

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6009
To Hon. R French Jany 16. 42 L. C. Suggs Oct 25. 42 W. S. Allison Apr 15. 43 Secy of War Oct 4 " vide Secy's decision with Mr. Suggs Mr. Morse 46

V 6009.
Efferilla Jordan
Ky
cit 4 July 36
m. 71
see letter to Sec. War 4 Oct. 1845
Letter to Hon. R. French H.R.
Jan 16 1844. let to D. L. Duggett Oct 25 '44 " to Wm. Allison Apr 10 1845

I Robert Burk a resident of the County of Owen and State of Kentucky aged eighty four years state that I served in the war of the revolution as a Sergeant or paymaster for the army and was engaged in procuring provision and horses for the army I was from the County of Culpeper State of Virginia. I was acquainted with Sherrill Pounden before the war and whilst he was in the war, I know that he served in the war as a Lieutenant or Ensign from the County of Culpeper Virginia in Captain James Browning's Company at the commencement of the war, and the latter part of the war he served in Captain Robert Johnson's Company I do not recollect the names of the Colonel. from the duty I had to perform perform I was not confined to the army but I saw him when he left home to go out in the war and I was frequently at the army and saw him in the service as an officer I have frequently heard my Father speak of serving under him, he was out at least twice a year on three months tours during the war of the revolution and was as good a soldier as fought in the revolution. I lived in the same neighbourhood with Sherrill Pounden and I know when he left home for the army and know when he returned home. I will further state that I served three years in the war of the revolution and that Sherrill Pounden was out as long or longer than I was I refer to my former affidavits for further evidence in relation to this matter given under my hand this 27 day of November 1844
Robert Burk mark
County of Owen } State of Kentucky } ss
Be it known that personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the above written County and State Robert Burk a man known to me to be of respectability and truth and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit an erasure in the twelfth line Virginia interlined in the eight line all before signing given under my hand this 27 day of November 1844
J. M. [initials]

Kentucky Owen County ss
I N McBeacon Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid certify that No Giles Eddy whose name appears to the Certificate on the other side of this appear is an acting Justice of the peace for Owen County regularly Commissioned and qualified as such, and that his signature to said Certificate is genuine -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my said office this 27 th day of November 1844
N McBeacon clerk

I Robert Burk a resident of the county of Owen and State of Kentucky aged eighty four years, state that I am a Pensioner of the revolution on the Virginia line from the county of Culpeper and lived in the same neighbourhood with Sherrill Gourden and know that he was a Lieutenant or Ensign and was in the war of the revolution as a militia officer from the county of Culpeper Virginia under Captain James Browning at the commencement of the war and Robert Johnson the latter part of the war I am unable to state the colonel he served under, but I recollect that my Father and Sherrill Gourden was frequently out on three months militia tours under the same captain and I have heard them speak of being in skirmishes with the British together. He was draughted in seventeen hundred and seventy six and served when called on until one or two months before the siege of Little York. Sherrill Gourden served in the war of the revolution at least three years. I know that I was in the service of the revolution three years and I know that he was in as long as I was or longer and was married at the time he was in the service and his wife was named Effarella my Father's name was Robert Burk given under my hand this 23rd day of July 1844 Robert his Burk mark
State of Kentucky, county of Owen
Be it known that personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for the above written county and State Robert Burk a man known to me to be of respectability and truth and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit given under my hand this 23rd day of July 1844 John P. Baker Esq.

State of Kentucky } Owen County } At
I N. M. Barron Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do Certify that the within Named John D. Baker is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Said County and the Signature of his is genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set My hand and Affixed My Seal of office this 23 rd day of July 1844
N. M. Barron Clerk of Owen County
No. 4

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9090 Efferilla Jordan Wid. of Sharshall Jordan Ensign Rev. War.
Act: July 4 th 36, Sec. 3 d
Index:—Vol. A , Page 378
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Shorehall Jordan N. 9090

THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY FOR THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA
Marshall Jordan
BY Virtue of the Power and Authority invested in us, by the Delegates and Representatives of the several Counties and Corporations in General Convention assembled, we, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, do, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Ensign of the Militia of the County of Gulpeper ; and you are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Trust reposed in you, by disciplining all Officers and Soldiers under your Command. And we do hereby require them to obey you as their Ensign . And you are to observe and follow all such Orders and Directions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Convention, the Committee of Safety for the Time being, or any superiour Officers, according to the Rules and Regulations established by the Convention.
GIVEN under our Hands, at Williamsburg this 2 o Day of February ANNO DOMINI 1776.
Edm Pendleton John Page Dudley Digges Plumpton Mercer W: Cabell John Tabb

Long Lick Ky (August 6. 1844)
Jan
Aug 12. 44 Adolf Effanella Jordan
Col James L Edwards Commission of Pension Washington City D.C.
No 5
Aug 5 44

Long Dick Seat Co. Aug. 6. 1844
Dear Sir
The enclosed Affidavit of Mr Robert Burk is in support of the claim of Mrs Effervilla Gording widow of Sharshall Gording for the benefit of the Act of Congress of July 4. 1836 which I hope will be satisfactory
I am yours with great respect Davis G. Sugg
J. L. Edwards Esq Came Perrin Washington C. T. D 6