Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39040, for Dennis Ready, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Ready, Dennis
S. 39040
CONTENTS

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6302 Virginia
Dennis Reedy , of Giles County in the state of Virginia who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ruffel of the Virginia line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of Feb y 1819 and sent to Hon. J. Lloyd House Representatives
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1819 10 mos. 30 33 60 Semi-ann. all ce ending 1 st Mar 1819 — 148 1 881 60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

The Hon ble Secretary of War of the United States Washington City,

Virginia to wit
At a court held and continued for the County of Giles on Wednesday the 29 th day of April 1878 on motion of Dennis Ready who intends to apply for a pension under the law of the United States It is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of the department of war, of the United States It appeared to the satisfaction of this court from the oaths of the said Dennis Ready that he is at this time a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County of Giles State of Virginia that he the said Dennis Ready served in the Virginia line during along portion of the Revolutionary war he the said Ready in the year 1778 enlisted as a Sargent under Ensign John Steel in the company of Captain ex Hendal, that the said Ready served as Sargent for the term of three years when he was regularly discharged which discharge was signed at Williams burg the 28 th day of July 1781 by William Johnston Kenneth and by David Stephenson Major H. It also further appeared that the said Dennis Ready was in the battle at Stony point and in the battle at Churnat hill & that he was taken prisoner at Charles town South Carolina by the British forces under the command of Lord Cornwallis & that he remained a prisoner with the British for the term of fourteen months when he was exchanged It further appeared that the said Ready after he had got his discharge discharge as above stated a copy of which is directed to be inserted in the records underneath this order that I

under one Captain Payne as a Sergeant Major and served in that office until he was Regularly discharged at the conclusion of the war but which discharge is now mistaid so that the said Ready cannot obtain it, It further appeared that the said Dennis Ready is about Eighty years of age & very infirm & in necessitous & reduced circumstances, & that it further appeared that there is no person alive and known to the said Dennis Ready by which he could prove the above circumstances, It further appeared to the Court by other disin- terested & Respectable Evidence that the said Dennis Ready is a moral & respectable man and that implicit credit ought to be given to his statements on oath all which is ordered to be certified. Discharge
I do hereby certify that Dennis Ready Sergeant in Capt. Ruple's detachment of the Virginia line has served the full term of three years for which he was enlisted and is now hereby discharged from the Service and that he has Received his pay in continen- -tal currency up to the first day of December one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy nine, Since which he has only Received two dollars in specie from the commissary of prisoners in Charlestown, Germ. under my hand at Williamsburg the 26 of July 1781
Wm Johnston Lt. Col. Comdt D. Stephenson H. C.
Virginia Court
David French Clerk of the County of Giles do hereby certify that the foregoing

is a true copy of an order of court made in the case of the application of Dennis Ready to be placed on the pension list under the law of the United States, also in closing the discharge of the said Ready given under my hand Seal of office this 2 nd day of Jan y 1849
David French 1246

Don't Read, 28
Leaves No. 6302
recd. 12 Aug. 1892
March 101
The Clerk must certify the opinion of the Court as to the value of the property exhibited in the schedule
Exhibits to No. 6302 37th Aug 1890
for the unexpired term of the lease
Washington City

Virginia Giles County to wit
on this 27 th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the said County Dennis Ready aged Eighty years resident in the said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he enlisted on the day day of 1778 under S er John Steel in a company commanded by Kendal in the County of Augusta in said State and that he belonged to & served in the regiment commanded by Col o George Matthews and that he made a declaration of the circumstances concerning his int st ment &c on the 28 th day of April 1818 and that he has Rec d a pension certificate or warrant Number _____ and I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident
Citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or in any part thereof with intent thereby so as to diminish it to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress Intituled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me for nor have any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit
one silver watch worth about twelve dollars money that I have Rec d as a pensioner now on hand thirty dollars
my occupation was to teach a country school while I had my eye sight but now I am almost blind and deaf and not able to procure any thing and have no other property only what is stated above I have no family nor have I any blood relations on Earth that I know of
I David French Clerk of Giles County do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration made by Dennis Ready is a true copy from the Records of my office given under my hand this 28 th day of July 1820
Feste David French Clerk
At a court held for the county of Giles on Tuesday the 26 th day of September 1820 being a court of records on the motion of Dennis Ready
turn over

who has known here tofore Recv'd opinion from the united States and who made a second declaration on the 27 th day of June 1820 the court do certify that the value of the said property in the said Schedule annexed is hereby and made in the said declaration made on the 27 th day of June 1820 to which this is a Supplement the value of the said property in the said schedule to be worth ten dollars which is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of war of the united States with the proper certificate annexed to the said Declaration made the 27 th day of June 1820
Virginia to wit
I Davico French Clerk of Giles county do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property described in the aforesaid schedule is ten dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 30 th day of September 1820
Davico French Clerk The court for the county of Giles

October 18, 1937
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Miss Elsie Ready Farmer City Illinois
Dennis Ready, S. 39040 Shadrach Ready, S. 39035 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Dennis and Shadrach Ready, both of whom served in the Revolutionary War from Virginia, and of David Norris who, you state, served in that war from New Jersey and after the Revolution moved to Ohio and was living near Carrollton, that state, when he died.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of a David Norris. Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. You are furnished herein the records of the only soldiers found of Dennis and Shadrach Ready.
DENNIS READY S. 39040
The data herein were obtained from pension claim, S. 39040, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Dennis Ready.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Dennis Ready were not given.
He enlisted in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1778, served as sergeant in Captain Kendall's company, Colonel George Matthews' regiment, and as sergeant major in Captain Payne's company, Colonel Russell's regiment, in the Virginia troops, was in the battles of Stony Point and Chestnut Hill, was taken prisoner by the British at Charleston, held fourteen months and was discharged July 26, 1781.
Dennis Ready was allowed pension on his application executed April 29, 1818, at which time he was aged about eighty years and a resident of Giles County, Virginia.

It is not stated whether the soldier ever married. In 1820, while still living in Giles County, Virginia, he stated that he had no family and no blood relations on earth that he knew of. He died in October, 1826.
** In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the exact date of death of this soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Dennis Ready, certificate 6382, issued February 3, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced April 29, 1818, Act 18" March, 1818, Virginia Agency.
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SHADRACH READY S. 39035
You are furnished herein the record of Shadrach Ready as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 39035, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Shadrach Ready was born in Loudoun County, Virginia. The date of his birth and names of parents are not shown.
He entered the service at Leesburg, in Loudoun County, Virginia, in the fall of 1776, served as corporal in Captain William Johnston's company, Colonel Daniel Morgan's Virginia regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth and was discharged late in the year 1779, after having served three years.
Shadrach Ready was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1820, at which time he was aged seventy-four years and a resident of Madison County, Alabama. He stated he had been a resident of that county for more than four years.
In 1820, the soldier referred to his wife then aged about forty-two years and to his two daughters, one aged about seven and the other about four years, but he did not state the name of his wife or the names of his children. He died April 3, 1825.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of this soldier's pension, and name and address of the person paid, you should write to the same official as instructed in the other case and furnish the following data: Shadrach Ready, certificate #17946, issued December 5, 1820, rate $6 per month, commenced September 11, 1820, Act March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820, Alabama Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

39000
3-068. (Old No. 3-619.)
Bureau of Pensions.
Morris Ready
Apr. 20, 1861
Giles Co. Va.
78  St. Joseph's Co.  Mo.
Abt. 1842
Cal. Gen. Matthews
Sept - 8 Yrs
Stony Pt. & Chestnut Hill
No Pensions

LOUW 2/2/03
Dear Sir Will you please give me the name of the wife or widow of the soldier belonging to Deffin's lady a revolutionary soldier in the Va. Continental Line during the Revolutionary war.
Yours sincerely
Anne Clarke 1005 E. Marshall St. Richmond Va.

39 040 INVALID. Ray
File No. 39 040
Dennis Ready Serg Rev 1828
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 515
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Dec. 29. 1903 See a Anne Ready Richmond Pa
1937 Oct. 18. Dist. to Miss Elsie Ready (See ltr in ch. p. 39035 of Shelbach Ready. — m. L. B.

Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March next,
at the Branch Bank No 1. Richmond Virginia
Record

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818.
Dennis Reedy late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Virginia Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 29 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Third day of Feby one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

Giles Court House N a
23 d . Feb y 18 77
James Barham Esq k
Sir
Inclau is the Prussian warrants of Dennis Reading & John Biggs who have paid the Setts of Nature, Mr. Reading sued in act. Last, and Mr. Biggs in Assumpsit.
Yours &c
W m Chapman

Given at 23
Miss
M c Chapman and reporting two deaths
Barbara Esgr Secretary of War Washington City
3 Mar 1827
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Ready, James GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7669 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 27, 1797 to Herman Vosburgh, assignee
*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.