Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2845, for Andrew Milbourn, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Va.
★ Milbourn, Andrew Milbourn.
S. 2845
carded.
CONTENTS

Rev Agents May 11-30 - ordered to then to 3 rd in 1840 - 3 rd April 1840 Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 1 st April 1838 from 4 th Sept 1837 to 4 th March 1839. age notified 16 th April 1840
3843  Chic Pittsburgh Agency
Andrew Milburn of Columbia in the State of Ohio - who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Henry of the Regt commanded by Alexander in the Va line for 1 year from 1780 - That & Another of same name in war 1812 are not the
Same Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency - at the rate of $40 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 5 th day of March, 1831.
Andrew Milburn Records at Feb 10 th Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Jan 4 th 33 - and sent to Hon. J.  Thomson House of Reps -
  Arrears to 4 th of Sept 1832  60 -    Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Mar 33  20 -     $80 -  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 137 -

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832
State of Ohio Columbiana county ss On this 15 th day of Oct 1832 Personally appeared before the
board of Common Pleas for said county Andrew Melburn a resident of Augusta township in the said county of Columbiana, aged sixty nine years, on the second day of October, instant, who being first duly affirmed, according to law, doth on his affirmation make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he was drafted at Leesbu- rg in Loudoun county Virginia about the month March in the year 1780 for the term of three months. That he entered the service under the following named officers. Capt John Henry, Lieutenant Josiah White, Ensign Thomas, Mark, Maj James, Pierce, Coln John Alexander. That he marched from Leesburg about the first of April 1780 to Rich- mond Virginia where we fell under the command of Genl Marcus and attached to a Regiment com- manded by Coln Dabney. That at the time he was drafted he lived in the said county of Loudoun. That he was in a battle call Marcus' battle it was between Richmond and the Manakin hills. After the battle we marched day and night until we arrived at Rapid Don River at Raccoon Forge, there Genl Wayne and his troops joined us, we were then marched on after the enemy to Williamsburg Virginia where we began intrenchments, about this time my three months expired and I and fourteen others of our company who were drafted at the time in a volunteered for nine months under the said Capt John Henry, Lieutenant White and Ensign Mark, and remained at Williamsburg until Genl Washington arrived with his army and were then discharged and

he then returned home to his father in Loudoun county. That he has lost his discharge, and has no documentary evidence of his discharge, 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 any pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. It is affirmed to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
C. D. (Affin) (MK)
Andrew Millburn
We Samuel Reeder and Jacob Reeder residing at this time in the said county of Columbia and hereby certify that at the time the said Andrew Millburn state, in his declaration that he was drafted, that they lived in his neighborhood and that it was then understood in the neighborhood that he was drafted and had gone to serve his town of duty. That they were then and are now acquainted with the said Andrew Millburn who has subscribed and It is affirmed to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. It is affirmed to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
C. D. (Affin) (MK)
Samuel Reeder Jacob Reeder
Interrogatories, Put by Court to applicant
1 st Where, and in what year were you born? Born in the State of New Jersey and was a farmer in Loudoun county Virginia in the year 1763 2 d Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? Answer It was in my father's bible and I took it off on a piece of paper which paper I have yet, and when I was lost in Virginia I inquired for the bible and was told it had gone to pieces, and was destroyed 3 Where were you living when called into service.

where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Answer When I entered the service I lived in Loudoun county in Virginia and lived there eight years after the war was over, then removed to Campbell county Virginia and lived there ten years and from thence I removed to the said county of Cumberland and have lived there ever since.
4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
Answer I was first drafted for three months, and then volunteered for nine months.
5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served.
Answer The officers were Genl Washington, Genl Wayne, Coln Dabney, Genl Marcus and others whose names I do not now recollect.
State the names of persons in your neighborhood to whom you are known and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your sincerity in the deposition given. Answer Samuel Reeder and Jacob Reeder of the said county 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 Samuel Reeder and Jacob Reeder who have signed the preceding affidavits are residents of the said county of Cumberland and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Charles D. Coffin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county of Cumberland do hereby certify that the foregoing contains

the original of the said court in the matter of the application of Andrew Melburn for a pension! In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and seal of office this 30 th day of Novr 1832
Charles L. Aspin, McKinney Clerk

Minchamps Knaback B.R. Pittsburgh June 3 rd 1857
Mr. ... Washington, with the Group of the 30th W.B. ... the ... of Washington ... National ... ... the ...
Yours Respectfully, J. ... Frank ...
for Edwards ... ... of ... Washington City

Rev War
2845
INVALID.
11/20
File No. 2845
Andrew Milburn
Pr. No. 100
Act: June 7, '32
Index: — Vol. A , Page 256
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Andrew Milburn. Records corrected Feb 1 '04

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 13 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," Andrew Wilburn, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Forty — Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1837, to the 4 th March 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Harrison
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Merchants & Manufacturers B.R. Pittsburgh May 24 th 1837
Sir, I have the honor of transmitting the annexed in case of Douglas McLay's Pension under the Act of June 1832 at 20 Dollars per annum, which was last paid up to the 1 st day of Sept 1835. - In virtue of the 11 th Sect. enclosing Papers of John Russell & John Suck I enclose also a declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of June 1832 of the 7 th June 1832 of Andrew McElhane of the State of Pennsylvania & herewith enclosed is the same. I am Sir your obedt Servt
Frederick Babb for McIlwaine Pa.
John Russell Esq. Pittsburgh Pa.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Milbourn, Nicholas GRADE Corporal LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11478 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED October 20, 1789 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.