Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 6204, for Samuel Templeman, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Templeman, Samuel
S 6204
CONTENTS
carded

Virginia 12 264
Samuel Templeman of Westmoreland in the State of Va who was a Link in the — comman by Captain — of the Regt comman by Col Wilson in the Va line for 2 years —
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 320 Dollars — Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of April 1833 and issued R. V. Bureau Pensions
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 64. Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept — 160 8800
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book E Vol. 6 Page 28

Let's to Pension agents at Washington & Richmond April 13 - 1833
Dear
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6. April 1838, from 4. Sep. 1840 to 20. Oct 1840. Age Modified & Recd $44
Set. to Hon. A. R. Holladay Jan 21. 1850

State of Virginia, Westmoreland County - To wit - - - - - }
On this 28 th day of January in the year 1833, personally appeared in open court, before the Justices of the Court of the County aforesaid then in Session, the Rev d Samuel Templeman, a resident of the said County, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7 th day of June 1832 - That he served two years as a Lieut e in the State Troops of Virginia during the war of the Revolution, and that he was afterwards appointed by Col o John A: Washington (Brother of the General) Adjutant to the Militia of Westmoreland County, in which capacity he served to the end of the war: That the circumstances under which he entered the Army & his subsequent services therein are as follows: That at the commencement of the rupture between Great Britain & the then Colonies, he resided with his Uncle at the Great Bridge in Norfolk County, who was engaged in a Mercantile pursuit - That on the return of Col o John Wilson of that place from the meeting of the first Committee of Safety, of which he was a member, at Williamsburg, he received from Col o Wilson the Commission of Lieut e in a minute company, to which William Grimes was Captain - That this company was immediately formed and  was employed forthwith in active service to protect the country from the depredations of the Tories & out-lying Slaves, up to the month of December 1775; when on or about the  day of December 1775 at which time the said company was stationed at the Great Bridge to aid in resisting the movement on that post, of the British Cap t Fordyce, with a considerable force of British Troops, aided by Tories & refugee Slaves - That the Troops first assembled at the Great Bridge to defend the place, consisted of a company from North Carolina commanded by Cap t Wm Goodman - The company commanded by Cap t Grimes, in which I was Lieut e ; a detachment of Minute men under the command of Maj r Ruffin from the Lower part of Virginia;

That this force was employed in fortifying their position, up to the 7 th of Dec r 1775, at or about which time the 2 d Virg a Reg t commanded by Col o Woodford - and a Battalion of Minute men from Culpeper and Fauquier Counties, commanded by Maj r Marshall (Fa- ther of the Chief Justice) - arrived That two days after the arrival of this force the battle of the Great Bridge occurred, in which he the said Templeman was - The result of the battle was, the death of Fordyce, who fell within a few yards of our Breast-work, the entire route of the British force, with a considerable loss on their side, in killed, wounded & prisoners - The night after the battle the British evacuated their Fort, & retired to Norfolk, & myself with Capt e Goodman were the first who entered the Fort on the ensuing morning. Two days after the battle Col o Woodford with the 2 d Reg t , Maj r Marshall with the Culpeper Brigade, and Col o Howe with his Reg t from North Carolina, which had joined us after the battle, moved down to Norfolk; The remainder of our force continued at the Bridge under the command of Maj r Ruffin, who assigned to me the duty of Adjutant - Our service while stationed at the Bridge was to scour, to protect the country down the Branch leading from the Bridge by Gosport, Portsmouth, to Tucker's Point, opposite to Norfolk - During this service we had frequent skirmishes with the enemy, near Portsmouth & their Fort - after the burning of Norfolk, Dunmore evacuated the Fort, and with all his Ships, Troops, Tories & Slaves, took post up the Bay on Gwin's Island, below the mouth of Piankitank River, opposite the County of Gloucester - Thence he carried on the most harassing predatory warfare in the Potomac River & other adjacent Rivers, & on the whole margin of the Chesapeake - Soon after the burning of Norfolk - Col o Howe with his reg t returned to North Carolina - Col o Woodford with the 2 d reg t , & Major Marshall with the Culpeper Brigade of Minute men were ordered to Williamsburg. The portion of the force to which I was attached remained to guard & protect the adjacent country from the predatory incursions of the enemy - In this service I continued till late in the year 1777, when the men of the Company in which I served as Lieut e were discharged - I

Then returned to my native County, Westmoreland, having been in active service from the time I received my Commission of Lieut t in or about the month of July or August 1775, till the month of October or November 1777, making a period of more than two years. Immediately on my return to Westmoreland, I was, as before stated, appointed Adjutant to the Militia of that County, the duties of which station I performed till the close of the war; and tho' it is now impossible for me, without the aid of Muster Rolls, or other records of dates, to state the precise periods when the Militia of that County were called out in mass to protect the inhabitants from the incessant apprehension of predatory incursions of the enemy from their Ships stationed in the River Potomac on which the County of Westmoreland lies in its whole extent, yet I declare that the actual service which I thus rendered at different periods from the year 1777 to the close of the war amounted to one year. I therefore claim to have served two years as a Lieut t in the military service of the State of Virg a in the war of the Revolution, and one year in the Militia as Adjutant, according to the above statement, for which service I claim such Pension as it may be judged proper to allow me under the above recited Act of Congress. Tho' I served with many of our most valuable Officers, who if living could testify to my service, they as well as a long list of cotemporary private soldiers or respectable citizens of Norfolk County & elsewhere are dead. I know of no one now living who could prove my service, and the nature of the service affords me no record evidence of it - All the evidence which it is in my power to produce to prove my service is herewith exhibited - I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension, or annuity, except the present; and I declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State - In answer to the Interrogatories put to me by the Court; I say, that I was born in the County of Westmoreland in the year 1758; and tho' I have no official register of my birth, I have ascertained to my entire satisfaction that I am seventy five years old - I was living at the Great Bridge in Nor-

for the County when I received from Col. Wilson my Commission as Lieutenant in a Company of Minute-men, of which Wm. Grimes was Capt. I now reside in the County of Westmoreland, where I have lived ever since the year 1777 - The names of the officers & Regiments with which I served are stated in the Declaration - as also the circumstances of my service to which I can add nothing - To the best of my recollection, my Commission was issued and signed by the Committee of Safety of Virginia - It has been many years lost -
I sworn to & subscribed The date aforesaid -
Samuel Templeman
We Richd. T. Brown and Henry Hungerford residents of Westmoreland County aforesaid, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the Rev. Saml. Templeman who has subscribed sworn to the above Declaration - That we believe him to be seventy five years old; That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood of his residence to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion -
I sworn to & subscribed The day & year aforesaid -
Richd. T. Brown H. Hungerford
and the said Court do hereby certify, their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Rev. officer & served as he states - and the Court further certifies that Richard T. Brown and Henry Hungerford who have signed the above certificate are respectable residents of Westmoreland County (There being no clergymen in the vicinity) and are credible persons, whose statement is entitled to credit - And I William Hutt, Clerk of the County Court of Westmoreland, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Saml. Templeman for a Pension - In testimony whereof, I hereto subscribe my name, and affix my seal of Office, this 30 th day of January in the year 1833, and in the 57 th year of the Commonwealth -
William Hutt cc

April 25, 1940
BA-J/AWF Samuel Templeman S. 6204
Honorable Louis Ludlow House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Ludlow:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you request information in regard to Samuel Templeman of Westmoreland County, Virginia, in the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 6204, based upon service of Samuel Templeman, in the War of the Revolution.
Samuel Templeman was born in the year 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing with his uncle, whose name was not given, at Great Bridge, Norfolk County, Virginia, Samuel Templeman was appointed by Colonel Wilson, sometime in July or August, 1775, Lieutenant in a company of minute men, commanded by Captain William Grimes; he was in the battle of Great Bridge, and in frequent skirmishes, and continued in the service until late in 1777. He returned to his native county, and was appointed by Colonel John A. Washington, "Brother of the General", adjutant to the militia in Westmoreland County, and served until the close of the war.
Samuel Templeman was allowed pension on his application executed January 28, 1833, then a resident of Westmoreland County, Virginia. It was stated at

that time, that he had been a Baptist Preacher for sometime, and had held and discharged in a very satisfactory manner, several public offices under the "Authority of the state of Virginia and the United States."
Samuel Templeman died October 30, 1840, leaving children; their names are not shown, nor was the name of his wife given.
If you desire the name of the person who received the last payment of this pension, it is suggested that you apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data: Samuel Templeman Certificate #12364 Issued April 13, 1833 Rate $320.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Samuel Templeman
This Paper indicates the objections to the Declaration of Mr Templeman -
$320 per an
R. T. Brown, Esq Present

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Templeman which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? NO
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
Traditionally inclined
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes  NO
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. Not answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Genl. Hunsford's Affidavit.

State of Virginia King George County } S ct
On this 29 th day of November 1832, before me John Taliaferro, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid, personally came Genl John P. Hungerford of the County of Westmoreland, and being first duly sworn, doth on his oath make the following statement - He says that he has known the Rev d Samuel Templeman at least fifty years, and has been on Terms of great intimacy with him during that period - That he has this day seen the Declaration made by said Templeman before Westmoreland County Court in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832 - That he believes the said Templeman was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and served as he states in his Declaration - That in many conversations with the said Templeman on revolutionary matters, he the said Templeman has represented his military services to have been substantially the same as he now exhibits them in his aforesaid Declaration.
John P. Hungerford
Subscribed & sworn to before me, John Taliaferro, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of King George aforesaid -
John Taliaferro. J. P.

Virginia) John G. Stuart Clerk of the County Court of King George in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that John Clausfero whose name is subscribed to the within certificate is a justice of the peace in and for the said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 14th day of November 1852 and 57th year of the Commonwealth. J. G. Stuart.

Form Prescribed by the War Department - including the questions to be put to the appli- cant, by the Court -

DEPARTMENT OF WAR,
PENSION OFFICE, June 27, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted by the Secretary of War for carrying into effect the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, entitled "an Act supplementary to an "Act for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution."
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared before the _____ of the A. B. a resident of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year _____, with _____ and served in the _____ regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court:
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will receive detailed instructions, respecting the nature and form of the testimony, they must produce, to secure their being placed on the Pension roll. As the presumption will, in such cases, be against the applicants, in consequence of the omission of their names in the muster rolls, they will be required to furnish, as near as may be, the same evidence as has heretofore been required, by the Regulations and practice adopted for carrying into effect the act of Congress, of March 18, 1818, and the acts supplementary thereto; with such relaxations as have been from time to time, sanctioned by the Department, on account of the rapid decrease of the survivors of the Revolutionary army, and the consequent difficulty of procuring direct positive testimony in every case.
Wherever an officer or non-commissioned officer is now in the receipt of a pension, he should make application, if entitled to the benefits of this act, by letter merely, setting forth his rank, and the regiment, corps or vessel, in which he served, and his present place of residence. His pension certificate must accompany his letter.
In those cases where the applicants have once been on the pension roll, under the act of March 18, 1818, and have been dropped therefrom on account of property, or for any other reason, or where application has been made under the act of May 15th, 1828, and the evidence of service is in the Departments, or having made application and proof of service, and having been rejected, instead of the above declaration they will make a statement, setting forth, under oath, their having been previously on the pension roll, and their having been struck from the same, shewing their rank, the regiment, corps or vessel in which they served, their present place of residence, and their place of residence when the first application was made, or of their application under the act of 15th May, 1828.
In a case where a claimant may make personal application at this Department, and can produce satisfactory proof of service, and of his identity also, at the seat of government, he may make his declaration before a justice of the peace.
2. The case of the State troops volunteers and militia is different. There are in the Department no rolls of the State troops, except those of Virginia; and no rolls of the militia, except those of New Hampshire.
Applicants, who served in the State troops of Virginia, and applicants, who served in the militia of New Hampshire, will be required to produce the same proof, as is prescribed for those, who served upon the Continental Establishment. But, with respect to the other State troops and militia, there is no record to advert to, and no presumption to be rebutted. The nature of the case, therefore, demands a different mode of proceeding.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia except as is above provided, will make and subscribe the following declaration;
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State, Territory or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of _____ now sitting, A. B. a resident of _____ in the County of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged _____ years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company officers; the day (if possible) and the month and year when the claimant entered the service, and the time when he left the same; (and if under more than one engagement, he must specify the particular periods, and the rank and names of his officers;) the town, and County or State, in which he resided, when he entered the service; whether he was drafted, was a volunteer or a substitute; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged; the country through which he marched; the continental regiments or companies with which he served; and the names of some of the Regular Officers whom he knew, together with such farther particulars as may be useful in the investigation of his claim; and also, if the facts be so, that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency of the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
C. D.
And then will be annexed the following certificate:
We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.,
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.,
The form of the proceedings and of the certificates will be so varied, as to meet the case, when the declaration is made out of Court, before a Judge, as hereafter provided for.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia:
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. 

6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. To require from the applicants positive proof of service from a contemporary survivor would, after the lapse of so many years, be to deprive many of them of the benefit of the law. And as no presumption is raised against the Militia by the existence of Rolls in the Department, there is no good reason why this requisition should be extended to them. On the other hand, to receive the declaration of the parties, as a sufficient ground for placing them upon the Pension Roll, without corroborating circumstances, would be to open the Treasury to great frauds. A just medium seems to present the best rule for carrying into effect the objects of Congress.
If the two persons, whose certificate is required, cannot be produced in Court, without too much inconvenience and expense to the applicant, then the statement of the facts and opinions, above mentioned, will be made under oath before some Judge or Justice of the Peace, and the certificate of the Court to the situation and credibility of the persons making the statement will be given.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify, that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
3. Persons serving in the marine forces.
4. Indian Spies.
Each of these two latter classes of cases will produce proof, as nearly as may be, conformably to the preceding regulations, and authenticated in a similar manner, with such variations as the different nature of the service may require.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, shewing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

Richmond Sept. 16 th 1832
Dear Sir
On my return from a visit to my friends in Fauquier and Frederick I received your letter of the 15 th of August. I am truly sorry that it is not in my power to give any information in support of your claim for compensation for military services.
I recall it very well the circumstances you state respecting the position taken by Captain Fordyce at the great bridge, of the action at that place, and of the great work constructed by our men across the street between the two houses that stood at the foot of the causeway leading from the bridge. You are correct in saying that the 2 d Virginia regiment was commanded by Colonel Woodford and that Captain Fordyce was at the head of a company of that regiment. Richard Parker, Alexander Parker, Thomas Parker and Catesby Jones were officers in it. My Father was at the Great bridge as a Major but not in the second regiment. He was in the Culpeper minute battalion. You are correct too in saying that Captain John Chilton from Fauquier William Randolph Thomas Randolph and myself were there. We were all in the minute battalion. Capt. Fordyce was I believe, as you state buried at the
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PAID Samuel Templeman Esq. Winchester
Chesapeake Messenger Letter from
1832
Samuel Templeman S. File 6204, Va.

church. Your recollection of these circumstances induces me to believe that you were there but I do not remember to have seen you. My not recollecting you is not surprising as I was not acquainted with you.
I am in respectfully your Obedt
J Marshall
Richard Logan of Westmoreland County, Virginia aged eighty four years declares on oath, that the Rev. Samuel Templeman served one year as Adjutant of the militia of Westmoreland County during the war of the Revolution — Richd Logan
State of Virginia:
Westmoreland County to wit:
I William Smith, clerk of the County court of Westmoreland do hereby certify that the above affidavit of Richard Logan was sworn to by him in open court on the 21 st November 1832.
Given under my hand this 27 th November 1832
(William Smith, Clerk)

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Veterans Administration S-6204 Sam'l. Templeman Templeman, Samuel S. File 6204

Richmond Sept. 16 th 1852
Dear Sir
On my return from a visit to my friends in Fauquier and Frederick I received your letter of the 12 th of August. I am truly sorry that it is not in my power to give any information in support of your claim for compensation for military services.
I recall, as very well the circumstances you state respecting the position taken by Captain Forde at the great bridge, of the action at that place, and of the great work constructed by our men across the street between the two houses that stood at the foot of the causeway leading from the bridge. You are correct in saying that the 2 d Virginia regiment was commanded by Colonel Woodford and that Captain Forde Richard Parker, Alexander Parker Thomas Parker and Cates by Jones were officers in it. My Father was at the Great bridge as a Major but not in the second regiment. He was in the Culpeper minute battalion. You are correct too in saying that Captain John Chilton from Fauquier William Randolph Thomas Randolph and myself were there. We were all in the minute battalion. Capt. Forde was I believe, as you state buried at the
pleman Va.

church. Your recollection of the circumstances in due me to believe that you were there but I do not remember to have seen you. My not recollecting you is not surprising as I was not acquainted with you.
I am in respectfully your Obedt
J. Marshall
Richard Doyen of Westmoreland County, Virginia aged eighty four years declares on oath, that the Rev. Samuel Templeman served one year as Adjutant of the militia of Westmoreland County during the war of the Revolution — Richd Doyen
State of Virginia:
Westmoreland County to wit:
I William Hunt, clerk of the County court of West moreland do hereby certify that the above affidavit of Richard Doyen has been sworn to by him in open court on the 26 th November 1832.
Given under my hand this 27 th November 1832
William Hunt Clerk

No 1.
Letter from Chief Justice Marshall
Samuel Templeman S. File 6204. Pa.
PAID
193. Samuel Templeman esq. Westmoreland
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Rev. M...
6204
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File No. 6204
Samuel Templeman
Lieut. New War
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[Arrangement of 1870.]
1901. Aug. 25. Hush to Samuel Templeman Esq. 1933. Oct. 23. Ad. Reg. Samuel Templeman They are no other persons named Templeman which have St. Samuel Templeman Esq. 1940. Apr. 25. Miss F. Louis Rudlow Esq.

MISS ALICE WITHERSPOON YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK
Brown Memorial Baptist Church
Samuel H. Templeman, Pastor
203 N. BROAD ST.
Winston-Salem, N. C.
MRS. JAMES H. STIMSON SECRETARY-TREASURER
Aug. 6, 1931
My dear Sir:
Samuel Templeman a soldier in the War of the Revolution is supposed to have drawn a pension. Will you please give me some information concerning this man? He was from Westmoreland Co., Va.
Yours Truly,
Sam'l H. Templeman 203 N. Broad St., Winston-Salem, N.C.

Broton Memorial Baptist Church
Samuel H. Templeman, Pastor
203 N. BROAD ST.
Winston-Salem, N. C. Sept. 12, 1933
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
In the muster rolls of Va. for the Revolution, there appear the names of two men by the name of Samuel Templeman. One is Lieut. Samuel Templeman and is found in the pension Dept. later as Rev. Samuel Templeman from Westmoreland Co., Va. where he is reputed to have been born
The name of no other Samuel Templeman appears in the records until after the Revolution. But there is a Samuel Templeman recorded in the St. Stephens Parish Register as having been born Dec. 27, 1761. Parents James and Hannah Templeman. At a court held in Northumberland Co., Va. Feb. 12, 1776, a guardian for the children of James Templeman late of St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland Co. was appointed. At the same court, Samuel Templeman orphan of James Templeman Dec'd was bound out to Randolph Mott. I would like any information on this Samuel Templeman or any other than Lieut. Samuel Templeman. Westmoreland
In the same muster rolls of Va. for the Rev. there appears the name of Nathaniel Templeman. Will you please furnish me any information possible about him?
Yours truly,
Sam'l H. Templeman
Sam'l H. Templeman, 203 N. Broad St., Winston-Salem, N. C.

LOUIS LUDLOW 12TH DISTRICT INDIANA
SUBCOMMITTEES: TREASURY AND POST OFFICE CHAIRMAN DEFICIENCIES
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON, D. C.
April 22, 1940
Hon. E. L. Bailey Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Bailey:
Please send to me all available information in regard to Samuel Templeman of Westmoreland County, Virginia. Mr. Templeman served in the Revolutionary War from the State of Virginia. The designation which I am given is "Pen 2-206-1835".
I should like to have information of a personal nature and also advice in regard to the pension paid to the veteran and the organization in which he served.
Sincerely yours,
Louis Ludlow

Virginia
At a court of quarterly sessions begun and held for Westmoreland County the 28 th day of March, 1831. —
The Rev. Samuel Templeman now twenty three years of age has been long a respectable Mem- ber in the Baptist Church — He has acted nearly thirty years as a justice of the peace in the County of Westmoreland, a part of which time he was the presiding Magistrate Member of this Court — He has held & discharged in a very satisfactory manner, several public Offices under the authority of the State of Virginia and the United States — His charac- ter for integrity stands without reproach — He is now aged, infirm and in very reduced circumstances — all which is ordered to be Certified —
From the Record
Copy True
J. M. Graham Clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 1 st 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, the children of Samuel Jenkeman, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond Agency, at the rate of Three hundred & twenty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th Jan 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840 to the 20 th October 1840. Respectfully, yours,
J. Sauer acting Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

State of Virginia - King George County -
I John Taliaferro of the County of King George being required to state my knowledge of the character & public services of the Rev d Samuel Templeman of the County of Westmoreland, as on my oath declare, that I have been intimately acquainted with Mr Templeman more than thirty years last past; that he is a man of the most sound integrity of character, that he has rendered a large amount of public & social service; that, in fact I have not known a more correct & useful man - That from his contemporaries the Hon ble : Judge Richard Parker & Genl l Alexander Parker, & several other most respectable revolutionary worthies now dead, I have often heard the said Sam l Templeman spoken of in the highest terms of commendation for his early, zealous, and useful exertions in the first stages of the revolution, & for his subsequent military services during the war - I would place the most implicit confidence in any statement of facts made by Mr Templeman -
John Taliaferro

King George County S.C.
Personally appeared John Taliaferro be- fore me a justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid and made oath to the truth of the mat- ters contained in the foregoing statement, sub- scribed by him - Given under my hand this 9 th day of August 1832 -
J. Taliaferro J.P.
State of Virginia Northumberland County to wit
I William West clerk of the County Court of Northumberland in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that the within affidavit of John Taliaferro was sworn to in open court on the 26 th November 1832 -
Given under my hand this 27 th November 1832 -
William West clerk
Evidence of John Taliaferro Esq. No. 2

H of Rep Washington Jan'y 18 th 1850
To Hon. J. L. Edwards Chairman of Pension
Sir
I have the honor to enclose to you herewith a letter from Mr Robert Hale asking for evidence to be obtained from the Pension office. Will you have the goodness to furnish it to me for him & oblige
Yrs very Respectfully
Alex R. Holcomb

October 23, 1933
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The Reverend Samuel H. Templeman 203 N. Broad Street Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of a Samuel Templeman other than the Lieutenant (S.6204) whose record was furnished you on August 25, 1931; also the record of Nathaniel Templeman.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of any soldier with surname Templeman other than that of Lieutenant Samuel Templeman, noted above.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator.

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August 25, 1931
Rev. Samuel H. Templeman 203 N. Broad Street Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
BA-J/AWT
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 6204, that Samuel Templeman was born in 1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
While residing with his uncle, whose name is not given, at Great Bridge, Norfolk County, Virginia, he was appointed by Colonel Wilson, in July or August 1775, lieutenant and served in Captain William Crimes' Virginia company, was in the battle of Great Bridge and several skirmishes, served until late in 1777, when he was appointed by Colonel John A. Washington, adjutant to the militia in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and continued as adjutant until the close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 28, 1833, then a resident of Westmoreland County, Virginia. At this time he was referred to as Reverend Samuel Templeman.
He died October 20, 1840, leaving children, whose names are not given, nor is the name of his wife shown.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator