Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31325, for Lewis Richards, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Richards, Lewis or Richard
S. 31325
CONTENTS

1269
Kentucky
Lewis Richards
of Union in the State of Kentucky who was a Sergeant in the Compy; commanded by Captain Roberts. of the Regt. commanded by Maj. Sloughter in the Virginia line for 2 years from 1798. —
Date of death not on A.B.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 120 00 Dollars — Cents per Ann: to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of October 1832 and Invt o of R o Hughes. Morganfield, Ky.
  Arrears to 4th Sept 1832  180. —    Semizant. allowance ending 4 th March 1833  60     $ 240. —  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book D. Vol. 9 Page 58.
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7557
Levi Richards
Enlisted in Col. D. from 1778 2 years as a sergeant.
$120.

7557 BRIEF in the case of  Lewis Richards  County of Union  in the State of Kentucky (Act 7 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? 68  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 latter part of 1802-74 enlisted 2 ~ ~ Sergeant Gen. Capt Benj Roberts Lt Saunders - Maj Geo Slughter -  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Some battle with the Indians  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Culpeper City Va  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional on State Roll as Sergeant.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
T. Waugh
Examining Clerk.

State of Kentucky } County of Union } B
On this 20 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before Joseph Hoy Samuel M c Henry John G. Finner John L. Dickey & George Johnson Justices of the County Court for the County of Union now sitting Lewis Richards a resident in said County of Union and State of Kentucky aged sixty eight 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 entered the service service of the United States in the following named officers and served as herein stated - In the latter part of year 1778 or first of the year 1779 he was in the County of Culpeper Virginia and there entered the service for the term of two years in the company of Capt d Benjamin Roberts Samuel Simintant and William Asher Ensign - he was immediately appointed Sergeant to the company - Marched from Culpeper Courthouse with Capt d Roberts & Capt d Clark Thomas's company under the command of Col d George Washington to Winchester, where he with others were dispatched to Staunton for arms - returned with the arms to Winchester and were then marched to the Shenandoah River at the place then called the New Store, built boats and descended the river as far as the falls of the Ohio at Louisville where Gen l George Rogers Clark took the command and erected a fort - In the summer 1780 some Militia joined Gen l Clark at Louisville and the whole were marched to where Cincinnati

now stands where they erected a block-house, on the way to Cincinnati. They were joined by other militia - then were marched to Chillicothe where the Indian Town and crops was destroyed - were marched to the Piqua Town, defeated the Indians destroyed the Town and crops and then marched to Louisville the Militia having been discharged - the companies of Roberts and Thomas were quartered in the fort at Louisville during the winter - Shortly after they arrived at Louisville Col Crockett arrived there with three companies and the five companies remained there under Genl Clark until the term of his enlistment expired when he received his discharge signed by Capt Roberts and Maj Langston - which discharge he has lost - He has no documentary evidence of his services - nor does he know of any person now living by whom he can prove his services - At the time of his enlistment he was very young, marched so far from the place of his nativity, - after his discharge he remained in Kentucky till after the battle at the Blue Licks in which he was a volunteer - after that he returned to Gilesburg County Virginia - married and again came to Kentucky in the year 1804 lived in the County of Franklin one year and then moved South of Green River Henderson County and has lived in Henderson & Union County for twenty seven years - He has never received a

dollar for his services nor any land which he was entitled to
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Lewis Richards
We Claiborne Duval a clergyman residing in Union County Kentucky and William Bayle John H. Harris and Sam Carey residing in said county — hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lewis Richards who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be sixty eight years of age — that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Claiborne Duval
William Wm Bayle " Sam Carey
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states — and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Claiborne Duval who has signed the preceding certificate

is a clergyman resident in Union County and that William Burgh John A. Warner and Sam Casey who have also signed the same are in the County of Union County of Union and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I James M. Hughes Clerk of the County Court of Union County in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Lucius Richardson for a pension, as ordered to be certified by said court.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at office this 20 th day of August A.D. 1832 in the 41 st year of the Commonwealth witness James M. Hughes.
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July 17, 1936
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Mrs. Lue Reynolds Spencer Memorial Continental Hall Washington, D. C.
LEWIS RICHARD S. 31325 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Lewis Richards, who served as sergeant in the Virginia line, and was placed on the pension roll October 30, 1832, while a resident of Union County, Kentucky.
The record of Lewis Richard or Richards follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 31325, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Lewis Richard are not given.
While a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia, Lewis Richard enlisted in 1778 or 1779 in Captain Benjamin Roberts' company, under Major George Slaughter in the Virginia troops, was immediately appointed sergeant, during his service assisted in building a fort at Louisville at the Falls of the Ohio River where he wintered under General George Rogers Clark; in the summer of 1780, marched to the place where Cincinnati later stood, assisted in building a blockhouse there, thence to Chillicothe and Piqua, Ohio, where he assisted in destroying Indian towns and crops, then returned to Louisville where he remained until discharged after having served two years the term for which he enlisted. After his discharge the soldier remained in Kentucky, and volunteered, date not given, and names of officers not shown, and was in the battle of the Blue Licks, length of this service not stated.
After the war, the soldier returned to Culpeper County, Virginia, where he married, name of wife not given and no reference made to children. In 1804, he returned to Kentucky, lived in Franklin County one year, then moved south of Green River to Henderson County where he lived, also in Union County which was taken from Henderson County.

Lewis Richard or Richards was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1832, at which time he was aged sixty-eight years and a resident of Union County, Kentucky. He signed Lewis Richard but his name was borne on the pension roll as Lewis Richards.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Lewis Richards, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Lewis Richards Certificate No. 1269 Issued October 30, 1832 Rate, $120 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of 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 *** If the declarant 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? It is & it has

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? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? ✓
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 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? ✓
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? The Court certifies that they were put - but they are not stated at large in the declaration
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.
† 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
† 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.

31325 Ray  INVALID.
File No. 31,325
Lewis Richards
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 1 st 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 341
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1915 Jan. 11—History to Mrs. J. F. Hare. M.B.H.
1936 July 17—Hick to Mrs. L. R. Ranel M.B.H.
1940, Mr. Hubert Wayne Boyd M.B.H.

VI. Two 18 3/4 stamps - 35 cts Stamped envelope held "W" 5 cts C.D.W. Pension Bureau.
Will you make any investigation about David Richards who served in the Revolution- ary War & recd a pension a number of years or until his death. He was in a Virginia company. He will certainly appreciate any trouble you will have to take. I want to become an A.A.R. & of course will have to establish my eligibility through him.
Am inclosing self addressed envelope & if you will attend to this matter at once I will appreciate the favor & thanking you in ad- vance. I am Respectfully
W. J. H. Hark- January 10 th 1915 1415 Jefferson St Winchester, Va. Paducah, Ky.

OFFICE 1915 JAN 4 U.S. PENSION
OFFICE 1915 JAN 4 U.S. PENSION

MRS LUE REYNOLDS SPENCER REGISTRAR GENERAL MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL HALL WASHINGTON, D. C.
June 22, 1936
Revolutionary War Pensions Veterans Administration Navy Building, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you be kind enough to send us a transcript of the Revolutionary War pension of
✓ LEWIS RICHARDS
Sergeant, Virginia Line, placed on pension roll October 30, 1832, while a resident of Union County, Kentucky, aged 70.
His record is listed on page 141, Volume 3, under Kentucky (1835 List).
Respectfully requested
Lue Reynolds Spencer
(Mrs. Lue Reynolds Spencer) Registrar General, N.S.D.A.R.
by LMT:B

Rev. & MR.
2610 North Illinois Indianapolis, Ind.
February 27, 1940.
Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs,
Can you possibly aid a genealogist?
Three Revolutionary ancestors of mine seem to have fought in the Revolution and yet no one (i.e. the War Dept., N.C. Historical Commission, Adjutant General of Ky etc.) knows anything about their services.
Hoping that you can and will aid me I enclosed brief outlines of each man.

Number I  Captain Thomas Williams of Charlotte County Va. Militia . Fought about 1777 to 1782 I imagine.
He was born about 1740-50 and died about 1802-3 (never drew a pension I guess)
Number II  John Motley  Capt died in 1811 in Ky. fought in Va. (maybe N.C.)
born in Va about 1740-50 raised a family in N.C. (Wake County Raleigh) (probably not pensioned)
Number III  OK M.L.O. Lewis Richards sergeant under Clarks, born 1763 in Va. died in 1845 in Union Co. Ky. ( maybe pensioned )
Enclosed please find a self addressed stamped envelope
Yours very truly, Herbert Wayne Boyd
3 & 5 Stamped Envs. att.

March 25, 1940
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Mr. Hubert Wayne Boyd 2610 North Illinois Indianapolis, Indiana
LEWIS RICHARD S. 31325 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
The data which follow in regard to Lewis Richard or Richards were obtained from the papers in pension claim, S. 31325, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Lewis Richard and names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Culpeper County, Virginia, Lewis Richard enlisted in 1778 or 1779 in Captain Benjamin Roberts' company, under Major George Slaughter in the Virginia troops, was immediately appointed sergeant, during his service assisted in building a fort at Louisville at the Falls of the Ohio River where he wintered under General George Rogers Clark; in the summer of 1780, marched to the place where Cincinnati later stood, assisted in building a blockhouse there, thence to Chillicothe and Piqua, Ohio, where he assisted in destroying Indian towns and crops, then returned to Louisville where he remained until discharged after having served two years the term for which he enlisted. After his discharge, the soldier remained in Kentucky, and volunteered, date not given and names of officers not shown, and was in the battle of the Blue Licks, length of this service not stated.
After the war, the soldier returned to Culpeper County, Virginia, where he married, name of wife not given and no reference made to children. In 1804, he returned to Kentucky, lived in Franklin County, one year, then moved south of Green River to Henderson County where he lived, also in Union County which was taken from Henderson County.
Lewis Richard or Richards was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1832, at which time he was aged sixty-eight years and a resident of Union County, Kentucky. He signed his surname Richard but his name was borne on the pension roll as Richards.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Lewis Richards, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Lewis Richards Certificate #1269 Issued October 30, 1832 Rate, $120 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

March 25, 1940.
Mr. Hubert Wayne Boyd 2610 North Illinois Indianapolis, Indiana.
RA-J/ILL Lewis Richard S. 31325
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to several veterans of the Revolutionary War, listed as, Captain Thomas Williams, born 1740-50 and died in 1802-03, Captain John Motley who was born about 1740-50 in Virginia and lived with his family in Wake County, North Carolina, died in 1811, and Lewis Richards who was born in 1763 in Virginia and died in 1845, in Union County, Kentucky.
Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States based upon service.
A search of those records has been made in your behalf and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of the Thomas Williams cited by you, not of any John Motley. The record of Lewis Richard (Richards) is furnished you herewith, pension claim-S. 31325.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Lewis Bickard 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 31325
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1778 or 1779 2 years Sgt. Benjamin Roberts Major George Daugherty George Rogers Clarke Pa   1782 enlisted as a volunteer officer not stated and was in battal of Blue Licks  
Battles engaged in, See above Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cumberland Co. Va. Date of application for pension, Aug. 28 1832. Her claim was allowed Residence at date of application, Union Co. Ky. Age at date of application, 68 years.
Remarks: Married in Cumberland Co. Ky. Name of wife not stated. No further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.