Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,690, for David G Talbot, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Talbot, David G. or. Talbott
S. 7690
carded
CONTENTS

ms 8th Sept 11 1843 Virginia - 32,069. -
David G. Talbot * of Campbell Co in the State of Virginia who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Fugate of the Regt: - commanded by Col. Lynch in the Virginia line for 6 months - David G. Talbot, Aug. 11/44. Records corrected. R.
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of September, 1843 and sent to H. H. Supt - West Charleston New Hampshire.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1843. $240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Sept. 10.00
$250.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nettleton Clerk Book 8 — Vol. 6.7 Page 35 —

PAID
H. Sylvester Esqr
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Washington D.C.
You will also state to me the amount which would be due provided the check is returned to you.
May 16.
Col. Diana of Talbot Va
May 13 43
Wm. L. Washington

I hope you will answer this letter immediately on its receipt - I should to receive an answer by the 20 th as I shall be down in that part of the county where he lives about that time JFW
M c L. Winston
May 13 43
Col. David G. Fallett. Va.
May 16.
Washingtn D. C.
Col. J. H. G. G. G. G. G. G. G.

Lynchburg May 13 th 1843
Dear Sir, Being about to commence the prosecution of a pension claim of my Grandfather, Col. David J. Salbot now living in Campbell County in this State, And which as far as I am capable of forming forming a correct opinion on the subject - from a cursory examination of the pension laws - I think there can be no doubt but what the claim is as good a one as any which has ever been allowed by the Government - And I am really surprised that he has suffered it to remain so long without making any effort to establish his just and undeniable right to a participation in the benefits arising from the pension acts that have been passed by Congress. A neglect which probably originated in an ignorance or misconception on his part of the laws relating to the subject - he having been induced to believe (as I judge from the history which he has given me of the matter) that he was not entitled to receive any benefit, unless the period which he had served in the war should have amounted to two years. This and other causes which I shall state more in detail hereafter furnish ample reasons why this claim so easy to be established and so just in itself has never before been brought to the notice of the government. Having heard you represented by several of my friends as a gentleman that acted in the capacity of a pension agent - and one that was every way qualified to present this claim to the Government in a proper manner, I have therefore concluded to employ you to attend to this matter for me - and thereby prevent the necessity of any

should exist for visiting your City, provided of course that your charges shall be proportionate to the services which you shall render. And in order to give you an opportunity to form some estimate of the cost that will attend the prosecution of this claim, I will give you brief outline of the grounds on which the application will be made, and of the evidence which will be brought forward from this part of the country to sustain it, and also of the collateral and corroborative testimony which I presume can be found in the files and archives of the pension office. And here it may not be amiss to say that the old Soldier himself - for whom this application is made is a gentleman of the highest respectability is well known in the County in which he lives - he has honourably filled many offices of trust and profit, and has represented his County for a long number of years in the Legislature of the State, and in every respect has always sustained an unblemished reputation as a man Man of honor and integrity. I anticipate no difficulty whatever in presenting the necessary proof of the fact of his having served in the War of the revolution, as besides having the highest character for veracity himself, I shall have the testimony of two if not three of the contemporary survivors of the War of the revolution, to prove that he was twice regularly draughted during the War, and served each time until (three months each each) he was legally discharged and also one tour in the Volunteer Service which will

which will also be proved by a contemporary Survivor. He has also given his certificate to two other Soldiers of the Revolution several years ago, to enable them to obtain them benefit of the pension acts, and which are no doubt on file in the pension Office at this time, and which could be used as corroborative testimony in the prosecution of his own claim. I have thus laid the leading facts of this case before you, and perhaps I should here say that the particular act of Congress under which it appears to me, this application should be made is that of the 7 th June 1832 - but after having these facts laid before you, you will of course be better qualified to say what course it will be best to pursue in the premises, and should you consider it best to prosecute under the provisions of this or any previous or subsequent law - you will instruct me to act accordingly - I have given you I hope sufficient data on which to base an opinion - as to the probable result of the prosecution of the claim, of this you will please to inform me at as early a day as possible, and of the amount of compensation which you will require for your services and all other information appertaining to the subject with which you may deem it necessary that I should be acquainted - in order to ensure a successful termination of the whole matter.
P.S. I have the form of procedure Yours Respectfully in my possession under the act of 1832. - J. W.
John L. Winston

Declaration.
In order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.—
State of Virginia } County of Campbell } S.S.
On this twelfth day of June, personally appeared in open court, before the Court of the County of Campbell, now sitting David T. Talbot, a resident of the county of Campbell and State of Virginia, aged 32 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 th 1832, that he first entered the service, as a volunteer, while at school, in tour to the lead mines in New River, under Charles Lynch, with the rank of Colonel, as his Commanding Officer, Joseph Hugua as his captain; of the events that transpired during this period of his service, he has but a slight, and indistinct recollection, and cannot therefore speak with any degree of certainty. This company of Volunteers consisted of about seventy or eighty men, all mounted and equipped at their own expense, and there had been obtained by some means, (he does not now recollect how) a list of the Tories between this county, (which was at that Period the County of Bedford) and the Lead Mines; and we were principally engaged in this tour, in taking Tories, and trying them by a Court Martial, and punishing them according to their deserts, but when we arrived at the Lead Mines, we found that the reports which had reached us, were not true. of the injuries which had been sustained, by those who were friendly to the American cause; and after remaining there some

Short time, we were legally discharged, and he returned home. The duration of this tour, he cannot permit himself to assert with precision, but according to the best of his knowledge and belief, it consumed about four or five weeks, for a corroboration of this part of his declaration, he refers to the accompanying certificate, of the Rev Henry Brion, whose name is now on the pension Roll of the United States. The next tour on which he served, was a volunteer tour, under Charles Lynch as his Colonel, and Robert Adams as his captain. This according to the best of his recollection was a volunteer Regiment, which was intended to go to the South, he was marched from here to Old Town Creek near Petersburg - and while there, was placed under command of General Robert Lawson - But from causes which he cannot now call to mind, it was deemed advisable not to march the Regiment to the South, and we remained there until legally discharged. The duration of this tour was, according to the best of his knowledge and belief, between two and three months. For a corroboration of this part of his declaration, he refers to the accompanying certificate of Mr John Cobbs, whose name is now on the Pension Roll of the United States. —
The next and last time, he was called into service, was according to the best of his recollection by a regular draught in a town to the Martin Hills, under John Holcombe as his Colonel  commanding Colonel , Philemon Holcombe as his major and Alexander Cummings as his captain. Colonel James Callaway, the officer whose duty it was to carry into effect, the call that had been made for men, took upon himself the responsibility of dividing the call (as it was about Harvest Time) and sent on only half the number, the draft called for. with the promise to those that went first, that after they had served half the time (six weeks).

the other half should come on and relieve those that had been drafted and went on first. But about the time the six weeks had expired, and General Lawson became aware that we expected to be discharged, he had us mustered, and in a short speech made to us, reminded us in a strong and forcible manner, of the punishment and disgrace that would attend the desertion of the company at this time, and also, that Colonel Callaway had far exceeded the limits of his authority in making any such promise to us. - but the next morning it was found that by far the largest portion of his company had deserted the night previous. It was then that our Captain, Alexander Cummins applied for a command discharge for the balance of his command, at which General Lawson was highly incensed, and immediately ordered him, under arrest; - according to the best of his recollection, they remained there two weeks longer, when the relief came down, and the balance of the company, of which he was one, were legally discharged, and he returned home. He has no distinct recollection of the month or the year in which either of these tours occurred and were performed, nor of the Regiment to which he belonged, But as he was so young at the commencement of the war, he thinks it must have been towards its close. If he ever received a written discharge, he has no recollection at this time what it contained, nor by whom it was given. The only cause which has prevented him so long from making any effort, to obtain the Pension which he believes to be justly his due, has been, that he has not been able until very lately, to find any contemporary survivor who even saw him at the Lead Mines, which

he has always believed was necessary, in order to ensure a successful prosecution of the  his claim. And 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.
David G. Talbot
Campbree County June term 1843. sworn to in Court by David G. Talbot
Wm A Clement Ck
We take pleasure in certifying  testifying that David G. Talbot the subscriber to the foregoing declaration, is a man of integrity and good demeanor, and that we would place full confidence in any declaration or statement which he might make, under  on oath.
this 12 th day of June 1843
Samd Pannill
Richard Morgan
Campbree County Court June term 1843
The foregoing declaration was this day presented in Court after the investigation of the matter the Court is of opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that Samd Pannill and Richard Morgan are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
By Wm A Clement Ck
Campbree County to wit I Wm A Clement Clerk of the County Court of Campbree County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David G. Talbot for a pension the testimony whereof I have known at my hand and seal of office this 24 day of June 1843 in the 57 Year of the Commonwealth.
Wm A Clement Ck

I hereby certify that David G Tabbott served one tour with me in the Revolutionary army under Dawson as our General, Charles Lynch as our Colonel and Robert Adams as our Captain - the tour mentioned in his declaration as the tour to Petersburg - That he served until he was legally discharged and for which tour I have rec d my just and full compensation.
his John F. Cobb mark
State of Virginia
Campbell county ss
This day John Cobb personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for the county aforesaid and made oath to the truth of the above certificate to the best of his knowledge and belief - and I do hereby certify that he is a man of veracity - Given under my hand this 3 d day of June 1843
W D Gilliam J.P.

State of Virginia
Comptroller's Office I Wm A Clement Clerk of the County Court of Campbell County in the State aforesaid do certify that Rev. R. Williams is an authorized officer of the Gospel in and for said County duly qualified and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed the seal of Office this 24 day of June 1843 in the 17 Year of the Commonwealth
Wm A Clement CLK

David G. Talbot Va 1832
H H Sylvester H H Sylvester July 1 '43

I hereby Certify that while I was engaged in a volunteer tower against the Tories in the neighbourhood of the lead mines on New River during the war of the Revolution - that I there saw Colonel David G. Talbot and that I have every reason to believe that he was engaged in the same service - that this was my impression at the time and has been so ever since
Henry Brown
State of Virginia
Campbell County to wit
This day Reverend Henry Brown personally appeared before us Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid and made Oath to the truth of the above certificate and we hereby certify that he is a highly respectable clergyman of this County and otherwise a man of unquestionable veracity, given under our hands
This 6 th day of June 1843
Robt. W. Withers. J.P.
Richard Morgan J.P.
State of Virginia
Campbell County to wit I Wm. A. Clement Clerk of the County Court of Campbell County in the State aforesaid do Certify that Robt. W. Withers and Richard Morgan are acting justices of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 24 th day of June 1843. In the 67 th Year of the Independence of the United States
Wm. A. Clement Clerk

I Henry Brown a clergyman residing in the county of Campbell - hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Colonel David G Talbot and that I believe him to be eighty two 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 I heartily concur in that opinion
Henry Brown
State of Virginia
Campbell county to wit
Henry Brown personally appeared before us Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid and made oath to the truth of the above Certificate and we further certify that the Reverend Henry Brown who has signed the preceding certificate is a highly respectable Clergyman of the County of Campbell and that any statement which he may make is entitled to the highest degree of credit given under our hands this 6 th day of June 1843
Robt. M'Whorter J.P. Richard Morgan J.P.
State of Virginia
Campbell County ss I Wm A Clement Clerk of the County Court of Campbell County in the state aforesaid do certify that Robt. M'Whorter and Richard Morgan are acting justices of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be theirs are genuine In testimony whereof I have here set my name and affixed the seal of Office this 21 st day of June 1843 in the 7 th Year of the Commonwealth
Wm A Clement Ck

PAID
Ag.
Henry H. Sylvester Esqr
Washington V

Lynchburg June 26 th 1843
Sir - I herewith enclose you The declaration and accompanying papers of Col - David G. Talbot - You will understand of course that I accede to the terms which you proposed in your letter of May 1843 - There is I believe an omission been made in the declaration as regards those for whom he testified some 6 or 8 years since - I did not consider it proper when the declaration was made to insert their names in it - but supposed it was only necessary to inform you of their names and place of residence - I hope however that this omission will produce no serious difficulty in the establishment of the claim - I will now proceed to give you their names and The first was given to Doctor Robinson of Botetourt County Virginia (his given name the old Gentlemen does not now recollect) County Virginia and who I believe is still living - and could I have found him conveniently - I should have procured his certificate at this time - I rode to the County in which he lives for that purpose but was not able to find him - I did not however consider it essential and did not therefore make much exertion to obtain it - The other certificate was given to Major Philemon Holcombe of Fayette County West Tennessee who had removed from this section of Virginia to that State - and who was his Major in one of the tours mentioned in his declaration - Major Holcombe is since dead and of course his certificate could not be obtained - But should you regard the certificate of Doctor Robinson as important - I will make another effort

to obtain it — Much more evidence as to the credibility of the old gentlemen could be obtained but I hope that this will be amply sufficient — You will inform me immediately of the receipt and examination of these papers whether they are made out in the proper form the result of the application — and any other information which you may think proper to communicate —
Yours Respectfully
John L. Winston
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State of Virginia
County of Campbell
Know all men by these presents that I David G Talbot of the County of Campbell and State of Virginia a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby Constitute and appoint Henry St Sylvester my true and lawfull Attorney for me and in my stead to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying Pensions in the County of Campbell and State of Virginia my pension from the 4 th day of March 1831 to the 4 th day of March 1843. Witness my hand and seal this 24 th day of June 1843
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
George Wilson
David G Talbot
State of Virginia
Campbell County to wit
Be it known that on the 24 th day of June 1843 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the said County personally appeared David G Talbot above named and acknowledged the foregoing Power of attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned
Richard Morgan. J.P.

State of Virginia Dumfries County to Wit, 3 I Wm A Clement Clerk of the County Court of Dumfries County certify that Richard Morgan is a justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of Office this 24 day of June 1843 in the 67 Year of the Commonwealth Wm A Clement CLK

David G. Talbot Ia
abt 7-June 32
adm 6 mo fri 20¢
H. H. Lyvers Charlestown N. H.

July - 21 - 1900 Mrs. M. A. Austin Ranch
Rev Wm
7690 INVALID.
File No. 7690
David G. Talbot
Brig Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. 183 , Page 269
[Arrangement of 1870.]