Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8845, for Alexander Logan, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Logan, Alexander
S 88 45
CONTENTS
Carded

12/1/46 Virginia
Alexander Lagau enlisted in the State of Va: who was a Mr. in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Taylor in the Va: line for 7 mo:
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 23- Dollars 33- Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of April 1833 and Little John Thompson. Amherst. Va
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833- 46.66 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept - 11.66 158.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk. Book 8 Vol. 6 Page 16.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 Sept 1839. Age notified 18 June 1840

9777
Alexander Logan
Declaration for a pension

Virginia
On this 22 nd day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Ambrose Tucker W m Dillard H ry L. Davies and J. Kinstry the Court of said County of Amherst now sitting Alexander Logan of said County aged seventy one years next October 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 June 1832.
That he entered the service in the Revolutionary War as a drafted Militia man, and served four tours of two months each, making in all eight months service, as nearly as he can now remember as follows viz: at the age of sixteen years (and as he understood from his father before he had entered his sixteenth year) he was drafted and called into service in the County of Fluvanna to his then residence and was marched about the year 1780 or 81 to the Barracks in Albemarle County in this State under Capt. Anthony Haden, and was then in the command of one Col. Taylor, and was there engaged in guarding the Prisoners, he can't undertake to state positively whether he served on that occasion one or two months, he thinks two, but prefers claiming for one month only. Shortly thereafter the next year he verily believes he was again drafted and called into service from the same County under the command Capt. Sam l Richardson, marched from Fluvanna County aforesaid to and was stationed at the half way house between York & Hampton, he does not remember the name of the field Officer commanding, his recollection is so impaired that he cannot at this lapse of time remember the names of his Lieutenant or Ensign, he served out two months at that place and was discharged. That not long thereafter and he thinks in 1781 he was again called out from said County under the command of Capt. Richardson, was stationed at Williamsburg in said State and Hanover Town under the command of Col. in which service he remained two months and was discharged and returned to his family in Fluvanna County. That about the year 1782 he was again called into service under Capt. Richard Napier and marched to the siege of York, and was stationed on the Gloucester shore opposite the town of York under the command as he believes of one Col. Taylor, that he continued in that station watching and preventing the enemy from escaping from York Town, then blockaded by the French fleet lying in the York River, and invested on the other side by the main army, he remained there in service until the expiration of his term of two months, was then discharged

and returned to his family in the County of Fluvannah aforesaid. Shortly before the surrender of Cornwallis' army - making a total term of service of not less than seven, and he believes eight months independent of the time of going into and returning from service. He received a certificate of pay at one time which produced two dollars and fifty cents, which is all the pay he ever received for his said services. He further states from age and infirmity his recollection has been much impaired, and he cannot give so detailed and circumstantial an account of his services as could be desired, he knows however he performed the services above stated. he was never in any engagement but discharged his duty faithfully, and to the satisfaction of his Officers. He never recd a written discharge, and believes it was not usual in the Militia service, the companies were discharged by their Officers, and he supposes regularly. Robert Grant of Amherst was raised in Fluvannah County, and they served the tour to York Town together, in the same company, and he does not now know any person by whom he can prove his three first named tours. 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 any agency of any State - Sworn and subscribed to in open Court the day and year aforesaid.
Alexander his Logan mark
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court the day and year aforesaid
This day Robert Grant came into open Court and made oath that he is well acquainted with Alexander Logan the person named in the foregoing declaration and was with him and knows of his services at Little York as therein stated. He believes and has no doubt but that he rendered the other services stated in said declaration.
Robert his Grant mark
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court the day and year aforesaid.
We Thomas Coleman and Godfrey Toler residing in the County of Amherst do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alexander Logan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy or seventy one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in

that opinion.
Thomas Coleman Godfrey Toler
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
And the Court 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 Robert Grant Thomas Coleman and Godfrey Toler who have signed the foregoing Certificates are residents of the County of Amherst and credible persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit.
I Robert Tinsley Clerk of the Court of Amherst County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Alexander Logan for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office. this twenty seventh day of August one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two in the year of the Commonwealth.
Robert Tinsley

BRIEF in the case of Alexander Logan County of Amherst in the State of Va (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 years  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 1780 at 1 1 Private Gen. Col d Taylor   81 2 " Capt Richardson   81 2 " Capt Richardson   1782 2 " Capt Napper Col d Taylor  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Fluvanna Co d Va a  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional 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? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[Signature] Examining Clerk.

In reply to your request of Aug. 20, received Aug 22 1910 for a statement of the military history of Alexander Logan a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S.F. 8845.
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fluvanna Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug 22, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Amherst Co. Va.
Age at date of application, Born Oct 1781
Remarks:  There is no family data on file.
The above is the only Alexander Logan of the Va Troops found in the Rev. War Pension records.

Rev. 1897
8845
INVALID.
File No. 8845
Alexander Logan
Ph. Rev. Mass
Act: June 14 82
Index: —Vol. 104 , Page 227
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1910. Aug 26. Dist. to Mrs Anna L. Mc Gregor. [Letter in S.F. 31. 219. William Logan ] M.B.H.

W.W.R.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by a. Mae D. 24/8/10
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Alexander Logan Service Va.
Additional Service Rev.
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
Snv 7. 8845 (Va.) NO other Snv. " Wid. " Ref

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 11 th 1840,
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," Alexander Logan, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Three Dollars and Thirty Three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 4 th Sept. 1839,
Respectfully yours,
Edward B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Also on Dr Logan
Yc
Alm. & punch for 7 mo. — $23.33 June 17/80 Col. Taylor Yc
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Alexander Logan amount 6 o 0 c 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? yes 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? yes 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 clergyman XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no 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? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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 XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.