Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,611, for George Strother, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Strother, George
S 18,611
carded
CONTENTS

Virginia 16.971
George Strother of this Co: in the State of Va who was a Pr: in the by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col: Strickler in the Co. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 80-Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Oct 33. and due to Mr. Saliafer Present
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 2 00 Pension allowance ending Mar 34 4 00
$ 24 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Math: Niles Clerk, Book E Vol. 6/1 Page 32.
Date of death not on R.B.

B. The statement of John Taliaferro, in relation to the claim of John Strother & John Mardens is filed with the papers of the latter.
— Order to pay and letter to E. T. Taylor 13. March 1838.
Mr. John Agnew Col. 19. 1833 " " " Oct. 8 1835 " " " J. J. Mussey

State of Virginia, King George County - S c E
On this 4 th day of October in the year 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the Court, of the County aforesaid, George Strother, a resident of the said County, aged seven- ty three 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 the 7 th day of June 1832: That at the commence- ment of the War of the Revolution, he was regularly enrolled and mustered as a Militia man in the Com- pany commanded by Capt e Francis Conway, which Company was attached to the Regiment com- manded by Col o John Skinker. That very soon after the war began, a general order was issued, requiring each Militia- man in the County of King George to hold himself in readiness to take the field, with three days provision, at any moment when required. That in pursuance of this standing order he was from time to time, during the whole war, called into ac- tual service to repel hostile incursions from the Fleets of the enemy, stationed in the River Poto- mac; That on account of no Muster Rolls having

been preserved, it is impossible for him to state the precise dates & terms of the numerous, indeed almost incessant, tours of duty which he was required to perform in the aforesaid service - He however is well satisfied, & on his oath declares, that the sum of all his services aforesaid amounted to a period not less than two years. That the evidence of his aforesaid service herewith exhibited is all that he believes to exist - He hereby relinquishes every claim to a Pension, except the present; and he declares, that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State -
Geo Strother
Sworn to in open Court & subscribed the date aforesaid -
We Jesse Davis - a clergyman, & James Mardens, both residents of King George County, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with George Strother, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years old; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood of his residence to have been a Soldier of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion -
Jesse Davis James Mardens
Sworn to, and subscribed in open Court, the date aforesaid
And the said Court hereby declare, their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named appli-

cant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. And The Court further certifies that Joseph Davies — is a Clergyman residing in the County of King George, and that James Warders, a resident thereof, who also has signed the above certificate, is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit — And I John G. Stur- art Clerk of King George County Court, do hereby cer- tify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of George Strother for a Pension —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office this 5th day of October in the year 1837 and of the Com- monwealth the 57th
State of Virginia
King George City to wit
Personally appeared before me Sam l Oldham an acting justice of the peace for the said County. George Strother who being duly sworn, deposed & said that his 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 recollections not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades during the year 1779 as a soldier during the year 1780 as a quarter master & in the 1781 as a quarter master until the 9th April on which day he received a gun shot wound in the left shoulder which so disabled him that he was thereafter unfit for duty making in the aggregate a period of long service as a soldier. And in answer to the interrog- atories, prescribed by the war department he says that he was born in the year 1760 in the county of King George state of Va his age is recorded in a family bible in his

impression that he was living in the county of King George state of Va when he was called into service & that he has lived in the same county ever since with the exception of about one year soon after the close of the Revolutionary war - & is now a resident of the sd County -
The regiment was out in mass
Capt John Willis with a company of regulars was at one time with us
Capt Reed was with us also with a company of horse
I think he belonged to Nelson's corps
At the close of a campaign we were discharged virtually
That he is known to most of his countrymen & believes that they will generally testify to his character for veracity
Given under my hand & seal this the 1st of
May 1833
Sam p Aldham J.P. (seal)
Declaration of George Strother
I John S. Stuart Clerk of the County Court of King George, do hereby certify, that Samuel Aldham before whom the foregoing amended declaration of George Strother was signed & sworn to by him, is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County of King George - In testimony of which I have
hereunto affixed the seal of my of- fice, & subscribed my name, this first day of May in the year of our Lord 1833, of the Common- wealth the -
John S. Stuart Clk

Grace Mother pa
All to Mr Taliaferro
Adm d by instructions of the Hon Secy.
24 mo. per 80 00
4.5.6
1.2.3.4.5.6.7
Dr John Taliaferro
66. at Dec 17 1832
June 29. 33 -
112.

BRIEF in the case of  George Stothert  of King George (in the State of  for  (Act 7th June, 1889.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 1840 called out from home to home & served me up there two years - As a Gen.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? _____  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? King George 6-14  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? None 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H H S  Examining Clerk.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section. ADY Clear
October 24, 1930.
Mrs. R. S. Kuns, Broken Bow, Nebraska.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.18611 , that George Strother was born in 1760, day and month not stated, in King George County, Virginia.
While a resident of King George County, Virginia he enlisted and served as a private in 1776, 1777, 1778 and 1779, four and one half months each year in the Virginia Militia under Captain Francis Conway and Colonel John Skinker and as regimental quartermaster in 1780 and 1781 to April 9, 1781 at which time he was wounded and disabled, and could serve no longer, having served two years in all.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 4, 1832 while a resident of King George County, Virginia.
There are no family data.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

Rev. War Section
March 9, 1918.
Dorothy Tarwater, Rockwood, Tennessee.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 27 th ultimo, you are advised that a careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show a Revolutionary War pension claim on file for a George Strether of King George County, Virginia, other than George Strother S. F. No. 18,611 a history of whose services is furnished herewith, although two are quoted on the census of pensioners of 1840.
Said census was compiled by the Marshals of the several judicial districts, under the Act for taking the sixth census, and without reference to the records of this Bureau, and is therefore often incapable of verification.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

MRS. R. S. KUNS BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA
8 - 27 - 1930
Pension Bureau. Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:-
I find in McCallister Va. Militia in the Revolution War.
"Pensioners Residing in Va. in 1835- who received pensions.
Stroud, W m Sr. James City Co - age 82
Strother Geo. - King George Co
Will you kindly send me all information available

concerning their pensions.
From this same book I found Chas. Kelgore - whose very complete record you sent me - and which has been so very helpful.
I will appreciate very much all the data  data you can send me.
Yours truly Mrs R. S. Rame.

June 28 stamped envelope Rev 29
Walkalla, SC April 31 1922
Commission of Pensions Washington
Dear Sir, Can you inform me if the following served as soldiers in the army cap- tured at Appomattox during Rev. War? William Sharber (Va) George Sharber (Va)

Thomas Boad (Va) B.L. James Bell (N.C.) Henry King (N.C.)
Please give me any information you can as to dates etc.
Thanking you,
Wm. J. Bell

P.V.
Can you tell me where I can purchase "William Warner of Va & Descendants" by Thomas McAdy Owens List of Rev. Soldiers of Va also Cruzee Buckner of Va

Thanking you,
Truly
Mrs. J. W. Bell
Wallasey SC

Rockwood, Second.
Feb. 24 1918.
Commissioner of Pensions. Revolutionary War Section, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you please send me the records Your office contains

regarding the follow- ing Resolutions.
petitioners; George Strother, King George Co., Va., (Sister with Benjamin Warner)
George Strother, King George Co., Va., (Sister with James Strother)
Very resp. Dorothy Tarasale Rockwood, Tenn.

703 Sison - Rev. Apr 1918 Brookfield, Mo. Feb. 27-1918.
Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir -
I am trying to secure the Revolutionary records of relatives - Will you please send me the records of Col. John 1809 Garrison and Capt. Geo. Webb of Holden, Mass. 4 th Mass. Regiment.
Yours truly - Mrs. M. M. Garrison -

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS RECORD DIVISION
Briefed by AW Mar. 9, 1918
Orig. _____
Cert. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier George Stewart
Service any prior to 1860
2 names of that name reported on Census of 1840 No. _____ claim, Service record _____, 191
as of Army George but was _____, Clerk.
No. claim, Alph'b record _____, 191
_____, Clerk.
REMARKS: only one claim
on Old War Inv. & Disb.
admitted list of
that is S. 18611 - Rev. War

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A.O.T.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier George Strother
Service 10
Additional Service Res War
No. _____ claim, State records July 14, 1908
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
No other claim as above than Jnd. 18611

Mr V. H. Warner.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
May I impose on your kindness to give me information in regard to my ancestors of Revolutionary period? Did they serve in the War, and in what service: date etc etc.
One is Charles Ficklin of Fauquier Co, Va. and the other, one George Strother presumably of same county. If you can find records or proof of either or both of

Three gentlemen, please give me name of volume & page also. My object is to join the Daughters of American Revolution. Also the name of Robt Deatherage or his son William one of them served in the war but I have no proof.
Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated by one of the descendants.
Miss Bessie Deatherage. Feb. 9th. Carrollton Mo.

18611 INVALID.
File No. 18611
George Sheffield
Mr. Geo. W. W.
Act: June 7 th 02
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 263
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1908 Feb. 19 Hist. to Birtie D. S. M. 1913 Mar. 17 Hist. to Mrs. John Bakey Letter in W. F. 6163 D. S. M. David Strange 1917 Mar. 7 Hist. to Ella Armstrong Letter in W. F. 6163 James Hamilton 1918 Mar. 9 Hist. to Dorothy Tarmak also letter of transmission 1922 May 18 Hist. to Mrs. J. W. Rollins 1930 Oct. 24. Hist. to Mrs. R. L. Kuns. Q. 10.7

To J. J. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions. Washington.
No. of Delegates, Richmond, 10th Mar. 1832.
Sir, At the suggestion of the Pension Agent in this City, I forward the claims herewith enclosed, asking him to authorize them to be paid. The circumstances which induced the Agent to suggest this course are these. The claims were sent to me with authority to fill the blank in the power of attorney with my name, over the name of some resident of early Richmond. The party sending it believing that the law required that the attorney should be a resident of the City where it was paid. In the presence of the Agent, I filled the blank with my own name, as requested. In Richmond State not being observed, it became necessary then to insert "of King George County" (of which I am the representative in the Legislature). The Pension Agent regards this as a slight irregularity but further, he is unwilling to subject the recipients of the money to the expense and trouble of making the papers. I trust that you will have no hesitation in waiving the difficulty. I refer you, if necessary, to the Secretary of War.
I am, Sir, Respectfully, Your Obedt Servant Ed. S. Hargis

Oct 8 1863
J. L. Lewis P.M.
Mr. English
L. L. Edwards
Comm s of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Portsmouth 5 th Octo. 1835
For Sir
Stephen Lewis
Down Mr. Geo. Stratton
Declaration & Power of Attorney to draw his Pension up to the 4 th Sept r last I am informed that the New Agency in Richmond have not his name enrolled  enrolled upon their list, please give them the necessary direction of which you will please inform me or Mr Jas. E. Heath of Richmond
Ver, nbsp
Jas. S. Dunsbury
— " —
16971

State of Virginia - King George County S c z
Personally appeared before me John Ta- liaferro, an acting Justice of the Peace, in & for the County aforesaid, George Strother a Soldier of the Revolution, who being first duly sworn made the following statement as supplemental to his Declaration bearing date the 4 th day of October 1832, and sent to the Pension Office of the U. States, in order to obtain for him the benefit of the act of Congress, passed the 7 th of June 1832 - The said Strother now on his oath declares & states, that by reason of the great lapse of time, old age, & the consequent loss of memory, and not having the advantage of any written memorandum or record of his military service, he cannot pretend to state with precision the length of that service, nor can he remember the dates of the various tours of duty which he was called on to perform in a series of years begin- ning in 1776 & ending on the 9 th of April 1781 - He however recollects well, that at the commencement of the war of the Revolution he was enrolled a Soldier in the Compa- ny of Militia in King George County commanded by Capt Francis Conway, attached to the Regiment commanded by Col John Skinker - That from his enrollment to the end of his service he was under orders to take the field

at a moments notice, with three days provision, to be furnished by himself - That under this arrangement, in order to watch the movements of the Hostile armed Vessels, sometimes ranging in force in the Potomac River, & often composed of no more than one or two Vessels; but in one form or other, nearly the whole time in the said River; and in order to protect the property of our people from plunder & wanton spoil; to restrain the slaves from desertion & insubordination, and to protect the Ferry Boats at three public landings, the Militia of King George County in masse were nearly all the time on duty - having a river margin of nearly forty miles to guard, besides several bold, navigable Creeks extending from the River many miles into the county. That he cannot recollect the exact number of times he was called out in each year in the aforesaid service, nor the exact duration of each Tour, but that the hardships & privations he encountered then leave him no ground to doubt that for the following years he was at least half the time in actual service - He remembers well that during these years the calls on the militia were so frequent as to permit the men to remain but a very few days at a time at their home - He therefore states that his various Tours in 1776 could not amount to less than four & a half months; in 1777 to the same - in 1778 to the same - in 1779 to the same - making in the whole an aggregate service in these four years as a

private of eighteen months - Further he states that early in 1780 he was appointed Regimental Quarter Master, & that in this capacity he rendered actual service to the Regiment or to parts of it, during the years 1780 & 1781, up to the 9 th of April of the last year, (at which time he was wounded & disabled to serve long time) equal at least to eight months - He therefore claims, on his oath, to have rendered two years actual military service - There were he states three places of general rendezvous for the Militia, to one of which they were severally ordered to repair in all the calls on them to perform the service mentioned above - Boord's hole immediately on Potomack River at which was a Public Tobacco warehouse & a large stock of Tobacco - Machodoc Ferry in the same situation, & Hoods Ferry, the then regular pass over Potomac to Annapolis, Baltimore &c - That to one or the other of these points he always repaired when called out, but that as to the exact succession in which he went to each of them his memory does not now allow him to state - That his answers to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department are the same, as will be found in his original Declaration, the amendment to it - both which are again herewith submitted most respectfully by,
Le. Threlkeld

State of Virg a - King George County Set
Subscribed & sworn to by George Strother, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in & for the County, aforesaid - The date above mentioned -
John Taliaferro, J. P.
I John G. Stuart Clerk of the County Court of King George in the state of Virginia do hereby certify that John Taliaferro whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office the 27th day of December 1883 in the 58th year of the Commonwealth
J. G. Stuart

J.L.M.
Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Clare Martin 12/18/91
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.      Served as a Pvt in 1776, 1777, 1778 & 1779. All in Va. militia under Capt. Francis Conway, John Willis & Reed, and Col. Skinker and as a Regimental Quartermaster in 1780 & 1781 to Apr. 1781 at which time he was wounded and disabled from service longer. Turned 70 years old.   
Battles engaged in, ✓  Residence of soldier at enlistment, King George Co. Va.  Date of application for pension, Oct. 11, 1891  Residence at date of application, King George Co. Va.  Age at date of application, Born in 1760 in King George Co. Va.  Remarks: He was a son of John Martin & Mary (Conway) Martin. He had 10 children.