Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [Blank], for William Legg, Virginia

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Legg, William
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Application of heirs - 1846
CONTENTS
Certificate of William's Court.

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Declaration of the Heirs of Mr Luff for a pension under act of 1832 forwarded this 20 th day of April 1826 for

State of Virginia County of Culpepper Town
On this 20 day of April personally appeared in open court before the court of the aforesaid County now sitting Mary Brown wife of Francis Brown and also Nancy Legg Hannah Legg and William Legg by their friend M. S. Walton and made the following declaration in order to obtain the pension due to them from the General Gov- ernment on account of the services of their deceased father William Legg formerly of Prince William County Va but later a citizen of Culpepper County Va in the war of the Revolution under the act of con- gress passed June the 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States un- der the following named Officers and served as hereinafter stated. That he was drafted for the service in the fall of the year 1780 and marched in service from Leesburg in the County of Prince William Va about the first of October 1780 under Captain John Burt of said County of Prince William Va and served with Subordinate Officers under said Captain John Burt to Fredericksburg Richmond Petersburg and Roanoke Virginia and from Roanoke to Hillsborough to Salisbury North Carolina and to Cheraw hills South Carolina and served six months in said tour begin-

ing as before stated in the fall of 1780 and continuing throughout the entire winter of 1780 and ending in the spring of the year 1781 as will fully appear by reference to the accompanying Certificates of Mr. - Daniel O'Rear and Mr. Daniel Cole who were privates in the said Captain John Potts Company to the South in said Town of six months for which they the said Nancy Brown Hannah Legg and William Legg hope the Department will allow a pension. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
W. A. Nation
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the above named William Legg deceased was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as before stated.
And the said Court doth further certify that satisfactory evidence has this day been exhibited to said Court that William Legg late of the aforesaid County who was a private in the Revolution departed this life intestate on the (22 nd ) Twenty second day of July in the year 1833 eighteen hundred and thirty three leaving no widow and only the following children to wit Nancy Brown wife of Frank Brown - formerly Nancy Legg Hannah Legg and William

Legg
I Fayette Mancy Clerk of the court of Pulaski County Va do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nancy Brown wife of Frank Brown formerly Nancy Legg Hannah Legg and William Legg heirs of William Legg deceased by their friends M. N. Walton for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 20 th day of April 1846.
Mancy C.C.

Affidavit of Daniel O'Neal Who filed in William Leff Hirs Application for a Pension under act of 1832 for services from Culpepper Ct. Va. 20 th April 1840
A. N. Walton Barnes Mills, Va.

All papers in this jacket were found in Rev. War pension claim of Joseph Bobo P. 981, Va service.
No record has been found of any action that was taken in this claim.
Joseph Bobo's claim was rejected.
Daniel O'Neal and Daniel Cole named in these papers received their pensions, but D. Cole was later suspended.
MMH
Dec. 17-1931

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J. S. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Wulkipster County Va. 20 th April 1876 Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the declaration of the Heirs of Wm. Lloyd for a pension please send me at Barnetts Mill Ga. Va. a copy of your decision when you shall have passed upon the said claim I oblige You Truly
M. S. Waters

Testimony of Daniel Cole to be filed in the case of M c Legg forward this 20 th day April 1826

State of Virginia County of Culpepper } to wit
I Daniel Bale of the County and State aforesaid testify under oath to the following facts in relation to the services of Mr. William Legg (deceased) late of the aforesaid County a State in the war of the Revolution. I recollect distinctly by that Mr. Legg did serve with me a six month tour to the South under Cap- tain John Dett of Prince William County Virginia with Capt. Dett and Conner as subordinate officers. In the said Company I knew Mr. Legg well before this service to the south began he was then a married man living in my neighborhood in the County of Prince William Virginia and his wife had three children. I was born in the said County of Prince William Va and Mr. Legg and myself entered the service together and continued together throughout the entire term of six months to the south. This term of service began in the fall of the year 1780 and continued through the winter of said year of 1780 and ended in the spring of the year 1781. This tour to the south was known to be a six month term before the draft was made. our said Company under Captain Dett entered the service about the first of October 1780 and marched from Prince William County Virginia to Fredericksburg thence to Richmond where our Company drew their arms and from Richmond our Company went on to Petersburg and from Petersburg to Roan where our Company halted for about two weeks waiting for orders. Ours at length

came and our Company marched on to the South from Roanoke our Company marched on by Hillsborough Charlottesville Salisbury Guil- ford Point Road in S. Carolina and so on to Cheraw hills in South Carolina and after the capture of this town of Cheraw hills to the south under said. But in the spring of the year 1781 W. Legg being a man of family he left the Company and home on home to Prince William County Virginia where he left his wife and children when he entered the said service to the South, after our Company was discharged I with many of our Company volunteered under General Stephens to pursue the prisoner called Morgan to the barracks in Abingdon Virginia after which returned to my home in Prince William County Va. W. Legg continued in Prince William for several years after the service & then removed to Culpepper County Va where he died several years ago. I am now upwards of eighty years of age.
Daniel Cole
State of Virginia County of Culpepper to wit - This day personally appeared before me the above named Daniel Cole and made oath to the truth of the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit and he is a man of respectability. Given under my hand this 8 th day of March. Gabriel Gray J.P.
Culpepper County to wit I Jay. the Many clerk of the county court of Culpe- per do hereby that Gabriel Gray is a magistrate as above & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of said court this 10 th day of March 1846 J. Many

State of Virginia County of Prince William 3 to wit
I Daniel O'Neal of the County and state aforesaid certify under oath to the follow- ing facts in relation to the Revolutionary services of Mr William Legg and late of Cul- pepper County Virginia and who at the time of the Revolution was a resident of Prince William County Virginia. I know the said William Legg did serve with me a six months tour to the South under John Bodd Captain Ewell Aylton and Conner Subordinate officers from Prince William County Virginia, which tour of six months began in the fall of the year of 1780 and continued through out the entire winter of said year of 1780 in the South and we came home in the Spring of the year of 1781. I knew Mr Legg before we were called on in service he was then a settled man and a good deal older than myself and I am now upwards of eighty seven years of age. When drafted for this term of six months Mr Legg and myself lived in the same neighborhood in the said County of Prince William that we went in service under Captain Bodd to the South together and were together at Dumfries at Fredericksburg at Rich- mond at Roanoke Virginia at Hills- borough at Salisbury at Cheraw hills in South Carolina and at Guilford Court House in North Carolina. For further particulars of the term to the South I refer the Department to my Declaration for a pension made in

open Court the 6 th day of April 1820 and after the expiration of the said term of six months to the South under Britt Mr. Legg myself and many others of our Company set off home and continued together until we reached our neighbourhood in Prince William County. Mr. Legg continued his residence in my said neighbourhood in Prince William Va for some years after the close of the Revolution and then removed to Culpepper County Virginia where he continued or remained until a few years ago when he did swear to and subscribed the day and year after said in open Court before me
Daniel Breaux
37.135 Before me John Fitzhugh a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid this 7 th day of April 1820 and he is man of respectability from my hand the day and year above written
J. Fitzhugh J.P.
State of Virginia County of Prince William (ss) I John Williams Clerk of the Court of the aforesaid County do hereby certify that the above named John Fitzhugh is an acting Magistrate in and for the aforesaid County and that his signature hereunto annexed is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 2 nd day of June 1820
J. Williams