Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1324, for William Rhodes, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
V(a.)
Rhodes, William
D. 1324
B. L. Wt. 1026-100
CONTENTS

13,030 R Ohio.
William Rhodes
of Champaign Co. in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Poyey of the Virginia line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 15. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of July 1819 and forwarded to J. R. Parish, Esq. Columbus, Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 . . . 85. 33 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept. 30. 1819. . 48. " arr. 10m. 20/30. . $133. 33
Discontinued
11 } Revolutionary claim, { { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Am t due as Rev d Pensioner. . . $ 85. 33 Am t paid as Invalid Pensioner from 15. Apr l 1818 to 4. March 1819 - 10m. 20/30 @ $4 p m. . } 42. 61
Difference between Invalid and Rev d Pensioner . . . . $ 42. 61
Robert E. Gibson sent May 21st 1821 for William Rhodes Esq. B.M. Informing him of his death in Champaign County, Ohio

13.030 Q Ohio.
William Rhodes
of Champaign Co. in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Percy of the Virginia line, for the term of three years .
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 15. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of July 1819 and forwarded to J. R. Parish, Esq. Columbus, Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 . . . 85.33 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept. 30. 1819. . 48. 11 arr d . 10m s . 20/30 . $133.33
Discontinued
11 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
amt d due as Rev d . Pensioner . . . $ 85.33 amt d paid as Invalid Pensioner from 15. ap l 1818 to 4. March 1819 - 10m s . 20/30 @ $4 p m s . } 42.61
Difference between Invalid and Rev d . Pensioner . . . . $ 42.61
Robert E. Gibson sent May 21 st 1821, for William Rhodes Esq. B.M. Superior Court Champaign County, Ohio

William Rhodes Private Co. B Woodford's Regiment Virg. Line Sept. 1776 - 3 years
Private Washington City

William Rhodes aged Seventythree years deposeth and saith, that some time about the first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventyfive he enlisted as a private soldier into the first Company of Regular troops in the second Regiment of the Virginia line of Continental troops said Company at the time of this depo- nents enlistment was commanded by Capt George Johnson, and said Regiment by Colonel William Wolford - this Depo- nent enlisted as aforesaid for the term of one year, and served as a private soldier in said Company during the full space of said year - This Depo- nent was regularly discharged at the end of said year, and immediately enlisted into the same Company again, then under the command of Thomas Tibbs, for three years - This Deponent served as a private soldier, in said Company under said Captain Tibbs about six months when said Capt. Tibbs died and Captain Peyton Harrison succeeded to the com- mand of said Company, and this De- ponent served as a private soldier under said Capt. Harrison in said Company in the Continental service, for two years or upwards - This Deponent then enlisted

into the same Company under the command of Capt Harrison aforesaid, during the war - This deponent performed his duty as a private soldier in the aforesaid Company, to the command of which Capt. Thomas Catlett afterwards succeeded and was killed, and then the company was commanded by Capt Alexander Parker, till the close, of the Revolutionary war, and this deponent was discharged from said Company at Richmond in Virginia at the close of the war aforesaid - The Regiment to which said company then belonged, was commanded by Colonel Purvis -
All the discharge which this deponent received, as a soldier in the war aforesaid, have been lost by accident or destroyed by time
This deponent has been a citizen of the United States ever since the Revolution and is now a Resident Citizen of the County of Champlaine in the State of Ohio - This deponent being removed from the place of his nativity, is unable to produce any further evidence of his services aforesaid, than his own affidavit and the affidavit of James Hopkins herewith enclosed - This deponent now claims a pension of forty-five dollars

which he received while a soldier in the Revolutionary war - This deponent is in reduced and indigent circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for support
Subscribed and sworn to this 15 th of April 1818 William Rhodes
The State of Ohio Champaign County } I, Oliver P. Smith, President } of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Ohio } hereby certify, that William Rhodes, whom } now is now said to the foregoing affidavit } personally came before me and made solemn } oath that the matter and things contain- } ed in said affidavit were just and true } and subscribed the same in my presence } I further certify that I believe from the } aforesaid affidavit and the other proof in the } case herewith enclosed, that the said Rhodes is } entitled to a pension as a private soldier under } the act of Congress of March 1818 } entitled "an act to provide for certain per- } sons engaged in the land and naval service } of the United States in the Revolutionary } war - In testimony whereof I have hereunto } set my hand and seal this 15 th day of } April 1818
Oliver Smith (Seal)

I further certify from my own knowledge that the said William Rhodes is in reduced circumstances and absolutely needs the assistance of his country for support
Orville C. Smith
William Rhodes Private Col. Woodford's Regiment Virg. Line Sept. 1776 - 3 years
Washington City
Wm Rhodes
Col. Woodford's
Virginia Regt
1777 - 1778
15 th April 1810
Submitted - me a pension certificate will be issued to the applicant upon the 10 th March 1810, when the certificate of service is now held, is to be sent to the office, for the with these papers -

The State of Ohio Champaign County Supreme court of the term July 1820 On the 20 th day of July 1820 personally appeared in Open court John Rhodes aged Seventy five years resident in the county of Champaign aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath de- clare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows (to wit) He enlisted in the army of the United States for the term of one year at Alexandria in the State of Virginia in the company commanded by Captain George Johnston belonging to the Second Regiment commanded by Colonel William Woodfina and that he served out the time of his aforesaid enlistment when he was honably discharged from service at Williamsburgh in the State of Virginia that he again immediately enlisted in the army of the United States at Williamsburgh aforesaid for the term of during the war then existing between the United States & Great Britain in the company commanded by Captain Pay- ton Harrison belonging to the Second Virginia Regiment then commanded by Colonel Alexander Spotswood & that he faithfully served out the term of his aforesaid enlistment when he was honorably discharged from service at Richmond in the State of Virginia that on the 15 th day of April 1818 he made an application in order to obtain a pension under the act of the 18 th March 1818 and has since rec d a certificate of his being inscrib d on the Pension list

Commanded by Colonel Alexander Spotswood & that he faithfully served out the term of his aforesaid enlistment when he was honorably discharged from service at Richmond in the State of Virginia that on the 15 th day of April 1818 he made an application in order to obtain a pension under the act of the 18 th March 1818 and has since Rec d a certificate of his being inserted in the Pension list of the Ohio & Ky. which said ... No. 11,000 ... 13 th July 1819 and Number 13,000.
And I the said William Rhodes do solemnly swear that I was a United States citizen on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposal of my property or any part thereof in order thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval services 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 nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed - and I do further swear that my occupation in life is a laboring farmer and that in consequence of advanced age in life I am unable to work at all and that my family consists of a wife and three children one aged 11 years and 14 years and one aged 17 years -
Schedule of Property owned by me Rhodes    80 Acres of land of the value of  $560  9 Horses & mules value  $20.00  A few articles of household furniture -    2 Horses value  30  5 Sheep value  10.00    4 Horses value  40  2 Beds value  20.00    of the value $10

Total Amount of Property contained in Schedule $690 Sworn to & Subscribed in 13.030 William Rhodes Open court July 20 th 1820 July 19
W. Ward clerk S. B. B. B. Not Eng.
The State of Ohio Champaign County Supreme court July term 1820 Personally appeared in Open court Joseph Vance and made oath that he is personally acquainted with Wm. Rhodes a Revolutionary soldier who now draws a pension from Government under the act of Congress of 18 th March 1818 and that he has seen his schedule of Property & Number of his family made out under the act of 1 st May 1820 and believes the same to be true in substance and in fact.
Sworn to in Open court Joseph Vance July 20 th 1820 W. Ward clerk S. B. B. B.
The State of Ohio Champaign County ss Be it remembered that at a Supreme court held at this court house in the Town of Urbana on the thirteenth day of July in the year of Our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and twenty the following order was made in said court to wit, William Rhodes Our Applicant for pension under acts of Congress of 18 th March 1818 and 1 st May 1820 The declarations of the applicant having been sworn to and subscribed in Open court where in Depositions of witness being filed, It is Ordered that a copy of the same be duly made out and satisfied.
The State of Ohio Champaign County ss I William Ward clerk of the Supreme court of the State of Ohio for the County of Urbana do hereby certify that the foregoing is an true copy made from the original and now on file in said Office.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Urbana this 7 th day of December 1820
W. Ward clerk S. B. B. B.

M m Rhodes Va Quil Mt. Jrd N o 1025 N o 1025. annulled -
(-1026-)
M m Rhode - private Virginia line 
1025. Annulled
Warrant ip o Feby. 11 th 1892.
Hon: Joseph Vance -

See Virginia rolls -
State of Ohio County of Champaign
I, William Rhodes aged Seventy five years, a citizen of the United States, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five I enlisted in the army of the Revolution, against the common enemy of my country, for the term of "during the war," and served in the company commanded by Captain George Johnson and in the regiment No. 2 under command of Colonel William Woodford of the Virginia line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, in seventeen hundred and eighty-three, when I was regularly discharged from the first regiment, commanded by Colonel Thomas Paine
My discharge is now lost or mislaid, so that I cannot produce it to corroborate the above statement. I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assign- ed or transferred my claim to that gratuity in any manner whatsoever: therefore, Know all men by these presents, that I, The above named William Rhodes aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Rev. Joseph Vance of the county of Champaign and state of Ohio to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, or of such other person as is duly authorised to issue and deliver the same, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid, and to sign a receipt or acquittance therefor; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest, Charles B. Carnahan  William Rhodes
I, James Hopkins aged Seventy five years, a citizen of the United States, do, upon oath, declare, that I have been long acquainted with William Rhodes who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and, further, I know that he did perform the mi- litary service therein stated.
Attest, Charles B. Carnahan  James Hopkins mark
Before me, Samuel McCord a justice of the peace for the county of Champaign personally appeared the above named William Rhodes subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared James Hopkins who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this 15th day of January 18 22 Samuel McCord Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the above written was a magistrate authorised to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the state of Ohio at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at this day of January 18 22
The above named Samuel McCord Clerk, &c. was sworn to of the State of Ohio at the time of signing the foregoing Joseph Vance M. B.

document No 1

Wm Rhodes affidavit

State of Ohio Champaign County ss
William Rhodes of lawful age deposeth and saith that he never at any time has received a pension Certificate, from the United States, or any office thereof. Nor does he know that any such Certificate has ever been issued from the war department, or from any office or offices, authorized by the laws of Congress to issue the same, in the name of this deponent. And further saith not.
William Rhodes
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7 th day of July 1819
John McLean
Judge Sup. Court of Ohio
The State of Ohio Champaign county ss I, William Ward, junior, Clerk of the Supreme court of Ohio State, for the county aforesaid, do hereby certify that the Hon. John McLean

Hon: Mr. Alexander
Mr. Alexander.
Feb. 1816.
Washington D.C. Feb 10th 1816 Dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th inst.
Feb 15th 1816.

The hand to Mr. Boyd Nat. Cutting Eng.
names
Section of Bounty lands Dept. of War — Washington

Representative Chamber 12 th Feby. 1876.
Sir
Enclosed you will have a letter covering an additional document in favor of the application of William Rhodes for a pension.
Mr. McLean informs me that the other documents, relative to this application, are left with you last winter - will you have the goodness to give me an answer, on this subject -
respectfully,
John Alexander
Stat. Cutting Eg.

Urbana Ill Dec 25 th
Free
The Hon ble John Alexander
(Col. N.B. Bets) Mem. of Congress Washington City

Champlain Co. Decem 25-1815
Hon d Sir
I herewith send you the deposition of Doctor Carter which I hope will be sufficient together with the other documents which had been delivered to Mr c Clean last session by Major Vance to obtain a pension for old W m Rhodes.
You will pleas d Sir to remember me to Messieurs Rutoun, Caldwell & Mr c Clean I hope each of those Gentlemen will bestow any aid requisite in this business. You will perceive by the vouchers that, if any Soldier ever did merit a pension this man is entitled to one. Besides the old man had two sons who have served throughout the whole of the late American war
Your attention to this business will oblige your Humble Serv t .
any needfull information on this subject or any news of importance which you can make convenient to send me will be thankfully received.
You will pleas d to direct to the Urbanusport office
I have the Honour to be your Obedient Serv t — Nless M c Beth

Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 1324
William Rhode Cofo. Rev. War
Act: May 1. 1820.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 314
[Arrangement of 1870.]

RULES AND REGULATIONS
FOR
SUBSTANTIATING CLAIMS TO A PENSION.
VID.  "An act to provide for Persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war," passed the 10th of April, 1806, revived and continued in force for six years longer, by an Act of the 23th of April, 1812.
"SEC. 2.  And be it further enacted, That in substantiating such claim, the following rules and regulations shall be complied with; that is to say: all evidence shall be taken on oath or affirmation, before the Judge of the District, or one of the Judges of the Territory in which such claimant resides, or before some person specially authorised by commission from said Judge.
"Decisive DISABILITY, the effect of a known wound or wounds, received while in the actual service and line of duty against the common enemy, during the Revolutionary War, must be proved by the affidavit of the commanding officer of the regiment, corps, company, ship, vessel or craft, in which such claimant served; or of two other credible witnesses to the same effect, setting forth the time when, and place where, such known wound or wounds were received—and particularly describing the same.
"The nature of such DISABILITY, and in what degree it prevents the claimant from obtaining his subsistence, must be proved by the affidavit of some reputable Physician or Surgeon, stating his opinion either from his own knowledge and acquaintance with the claimant, or from an examination of such claimant on oath or affirmation, which when necessary for that purpose, shall be administered to said claimant by said Judge or Commissioner. And the said Physician or Surgeon, in his affidavit, shall particularly describe the wound or wounds from whence the disability appears to be derived.*
"Every claimant must prove, by at least one credible witness, that he continued in service during the whole time for which he was detached, or for which he engaged, unless he was discharged, or left the service in consequence of some derangement of the army, or in consequence of his disability resigned his commission; or was after his disability in captivity or on parole, until the close of the Revolutionary War. And in the same manner must prove his mode of life and employment since he left the service, and the place or places where he has since resided, and his place of residence at the time of taking such testimony.
* RESOLVED,  by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary for the Department of War, return to the respective District Judges, the names of all such persons, as have been transmitted to him by the several District Judges pursuant to the Act for the Regulation of Claims to Invalid Pensions, and in whose cases the examining physicians have neglected to specify the ratio of disability; together with such defective returns of physicians. And the said District Judges, respectively, shall forthwith cause the examining physicians to specify the several rates of disability which have been so neglected; or, in case of sickness, death, or removal of one or both such physicians, to make new appointments, and cause the several rates of disability to be specified, and by the said physicians returned to them as soon as may be; of which they shall make return to the Secretary of War, &c. &c. &c.
VID.  Law of the 18th April, 1796.—Laws of the U. S. Vol. 3, page 374.

"Every claimant shall by his affidavit give satisfactory reasons why he did not make application for a pension before, and that he is not on the pension list of any state ; and the Judge or Commissioner shall certify in writing, his opinion of the credibility of the witnesses , whose affidavits he shall take, in all those cases, where by this act it is said the proof shall be made by a credible witness or witnesses. And also, that the examining Physician or Surgeon is reputable in his profession ."
"SEC. 3. And be it further enacted , That the said Judge of the District, or person by him commissioned as aforesaid, shall transmit a list of such claims, accompanied by the evidence, affidavits, certificates and proceedings had thereon in pursuance of this act, noting particularly the day on which the testimony was closed before him , to the Secretary for the Department of War," &c. &c. &c.—"And it shall be the duty of the Judge or Commissioner aforesaid, to permit each claimant to take a transcript of the evidence and proceedings had respecting his claim, if he shall desire it, and to certify the same to be correct."
"SEC. 5. And be it further enacted , That an increase of pension may be allowed to persons already placed upon the Pension List of the United States, for disabilities caused by known wounds received during the Revolutionary War, in all cases where justice shall require the same: Provided , That the increase, when added to the pension formerly received, shall in no case exceed a full pension."
"Every invalid making application for this purpose, shall be examined by two reputable Physicians or Surgeons, to be authorised by commission from the Judge of the district where such invalid resides; who shall report in writing, on oath or affirmation, their opinion of the nature of the applicant's disability, and in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor , which report shall be transmitted by said Physicians or Surgeons, to the Secretary for the Department of War," &c. &c. &c.
Extract from an Act of Congress of the 25th of April, 1808, entitled "An Act concerning Invalid Pensioners."
"SEC. 4. And be it further enacted , That any officer, non-commissioned officer, musician or private, who has been wounded or disabled since the Revolutionary War, while in the line of his duty, in the actual service of the United States, whether he belong to the Military Establishment or to the Militia, or any volunteer corps, called into service under the authority of the United States, may be placed on the Pension List of the United States, at such rate of compensation, and under such regulations as are prescribed by the act, entitled "An Act to provide for persons who were disabled by know wounds received in the Revolutionary War," passed April the tenth, one thousand eight hundred and six."

Original Claim.
UNITED STATES.
Ohio DISTRICT, Ss.
I, C W Byrd . Judge of the DISTRICT COURT of the United States of America for the Ohio District, BY AUTHORITY of an act of Congress, passed the 25th day of April, 1812, entitled, " An Act to revive and continue in force an Act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War, and for other purposes,"
—DO HEREBY ESPECIALLY AUTHORISE AND COMMISSION Alexander M. Beth of the county of Champaigne and District of Ohio to take all evidence pursuant to the rules and regulations of the said act for substantiating the claim of William Rhodes of the town of in the county of Champaigne and district of Ohio to be placed on the Pension List of the United States by reason of known wounds received in said war, or since, (as prescribed in the 4th section of " an Act concerning invalid pensioners," passed the 25th of April, 1808,)—while in the actual service of the United States, and in the line of his duty. And when the same shall be completed, to return the evidence, affidavits, certificates and proceedings had hereupon, together with this commission, to the Secretary for the Department of War.
Given under my hand and seal at Chillicothe the 5 th day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen
C W Byrd.

Increase of Pension.
UNITED STATES.
DISTRICT, Ss.
To Doctor
of
and Doctor
of
in
said District.
Pursuant to an Act of Congress of the United States, passed the 25th of April, 1812, entitled "An Act to revive and continue in force an act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War, and for other purposes"—You are hereby appointed and authorised to examine
who is
inscribed on the Pension List of the United States, and is claimant for an increase of pension conformably to the 5th section of the act of the 10th of April, 1806, revived as aforesaid; and you are to report in writing and on oath or affirmation your opinion of the nature of his disability and in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor; and in your proceedings in the premises you are to be regulated and governed by said act.
Given under my hand and seal at
this
day of
in the year one thousand eight hundred and

Ohio act 30 th Apr. 1816. William Rhodes. Corporal.
Capt. Alex. Parkis 6 th . Virginia Line in the Revolutionary War.
Decree of Disability Certified — } One half Date of closing } Nov. 3 rd 1814 Testimony — }
half Pensions allowed commencing 3 rd Nov. 1814.
Cert e . of pension issued the 28 th March, 1817, and sent to John Hamm, agent, Zanes- ville, Ohio.

Ohio. 852
Mr William Rhodes
Corporal
In the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on roll under Law of 30 th Nov. 1816, at $4 per mo. Comg. 3 rd Nov. 1816. This Invalid pension relinquished & the name of W.R. placed on roll under Law of 18 th March, 1818. Stricken from the roll under Law 1 st May, 1820, on certificate No. 1, within.
Reinstated under Law of 1 st of May, 1820, at $4 per mo. Comg. 4 th of March, 1820.
Certificate issued 24 th Dec. 1821 and sent to Hon: Joseph Vance, House of Represen- tatives.
No. 1 to 4 per 1822 annu. $96.
Increased Invalid.

Report of Commissioner in the case of Wm Rhodes. — 1

State of Ohio Champaign Co.
Sir - I have the honour to transmit to you the documents had on the claims of William Rhoads on his application for a pension, to wit, a deposition of Gen. Samuel Findley No. 1 a certificate of Doctor James Davidson No. 2 a deposition of Colo William Ward No. 3 a deposition of Wm Rhoads the applicant No. 4 - and that on the 3 of November 1814 the evidence was closed on the afore- said affair as taken under a commission from the Hon. Judge Bird to me directed and herein also enclosed given under my hand & seal the third day of November 1814
The Honorable the Secretary of War
Alex r McBeth

deponent and saith that William Rhodes performed the duties of a private soldier in the first company of Regular troops in the second Regiment of the Virginia line of the Continental troops, for a term of two years following the Month of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventyfive, and as this deponent understands and believes enlisted as a regular soldier in said company, under the command of Capt George Johnson in the Month of September aforesaid - and this deponent further says that the said William Rhodes is now a Resident Citizen of Champaign County in the State of Ohio and further this deponent saith not
Francis Hopkins (Seal)
Sworn to and subscribed this 15 th of April 1818
The State of Ohio Champaign County ss. Attest this 15 th of April 1818
Personally appeared before me Chris Priest, President Judge of the 6 th Judicial Circuit of Ohio, James Hopkins, and acknowledged the foregoing affidavit in my presence, and made return that the facts therein stated were just and true
Chris Priest (Seal)

Certificate of Examining Surgeon, in the case of W m Rhodes. —
N.B. Degree of Disability — not stated.
Enc
Document

I do certify that I have examined the wounds of William Rhoads and do believe the said Rhoads to be justly intitled to the benefit of the several acts of congress passed for soldiers disabled during the revolutionary war by reason of a ball having passed through his left shoulder and his left hand having been likewise crippled by another ball has prevented him from acquiring that support for himself and family which otherwise he might have acquired Nov r 3 rd 1814 James Davidson
State of Ohio Champaign county Before me the subscriber duly commissioner authorized and appointed by the Honorable Judge Birds of the under States circuit court holden in Chillicothe for the district of Ohio personally appeared the above named Doctor James Davidson and being duly qualified as the law directs deponeth and saith that the above statement relative to the aforesaid William Rhoads is correct and true Sworn to and subscribed this third day of November A.D. 1814 Before me Alex c McBeth
I do certify that the above named James Davidson before whom the wounds of the aforesaid William Rhoads were careful examined is a reputable physician and that full faith & credit ought to be given to his testimony, - given under my hand at Urbana the 3 day of Novem r . 1814 Alex c McBeth

Document
No 8

The State of Ohio Champaign county } before me the Subscriber duly commission- ed Authorized and Appointed, by the Honorable Judge Bird, of the United States Circuit court, held in Chillicothe for the District of Ohio — Personally came before me William Ward, of full Age and Made Oath as follows to Wit — That he has known William Rhodes, for the term of twenty odd — years, that, When he first knew him he resided in the State of Kentucky, that about fifteen years ago he said Rhodes Moved to the State of Ohio that in both places his employment Was that of a farmer, or tilling of the ground, that in both places he the said Rhodes lived in the country & Neighbourhood of this Deponant, and as far as this Deponant knew or heard of he the said Rhodes, his Demeanour has been that of an honest and good Citizen, & that his present place of resi- dence is in the Aforesaid county of Champaign — Subscri- bed & Sworn to before me this 3 d of November 1814 — } William Ward Alex r McBeth
I do certify that the above named William Ward is clerk of the county of Champaign in the Ohio State and that full he is a Gentle- =man of reputable Mansions and character and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his testimony given under my hand at Urbana the 3 day of Novem: 1814 Alex r McBeth

Whereas William Rhody, of the County of Champaign & State of Ohio an applicant to the general Government for a pension did employ me to examine and report to the Honorable the Secretary of War, the degree of disability occasioned by the different wounds which he the said William did receive when performing the duties of a Soldier in the American revolutionary War.
I do hereby certify that upon examination I do find several wounds on the Body of the aforesaid William Rhody, one of which by the penetration of a Ball near his left shoulder injured the shoulder joint, and fractured the upper end of the Os Humeri, And by the penetration of another Ball in his left hand the Metacarpal Bones and tendons were much injured which has occasioned a permanent contraction of the hand and an enervation of the arms. The other wounds having been received by the Bayonet in the Abdomen are less injurious. Upon the whole, I do believe that by reason of those wounds the aforesaid William Rhody is rendered incapable of performing more than half manual labour, and I am of the opinion he is accordingly justly entitled to a pension given under my hand at Urbana the 22 d of September Eighteen Hundred and fifteen
Joseph S. Carter
Personally appeared before me the under named having been by the Hon ble Charles W. Birds Judge of the United States district court holden at Chillicothe State of

To the Hon ble the Secretary of Navy —

Ohio legally authorized constitutes and appoint- -ed a commissioner to take depositions in this case Doctor J. S. Coarter and made oath according to law that the above statement made out from under his own hand is correct and true. Given under my hand at Urbana the 22 nd of September A. D. 1815
Alex r W th Beth
I do certify that I am acquainted with the above named Doctor Joseph S. Coarter and that his general Character is eminent as a Surgeon and physician
Given under my hand at Urbana the day and date above written
Alex r W th Beth

To all people to whom these presents shall come Greeting —
Whereas I, that I William Rhodes of the County of Champaign and State of Ohio have remised released and forever quitclaimed and by these presents do remise release and forever quit claim unto the United States of Am- erica, all claim or demand which I shall or may hereafter have to any money which shall accrue and become due to me by virtue of any pension or pensions heretofore granted and allowed to me by the said United States, as a wounded soldier of the Revolution — provided always and it is hereby expressly understood, that this release is made and to take effect only on condition that the said William Rhodes shall be allowed and granted a pension as a private Continental soldier of the Revo- lution, under the law of Congress of March 1818, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15 th day of March 1878 William Rhodes Ernis Parsons

The State of Ohio Ashtland April 15 th 1818 Champaign County
Personally appeared before me Oris Parish , President Judge of the 8 th Judicial Circuit of Ohio William Rhodes , signed and sealed of the within instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year above written
Oris Parish
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of November 1821
Samuel Gibbs CLK
John Francis H.R.
Hon. J. Vance, H.R.
MS 124.007

To the Hon. John C. Calhoun Secretary of War,
The Petition of William Rhoads of the County of Clermont respectfully shows, that some time in July 1820 he made his conditional application surrender before the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio as required by Law, for the purpose of being continued on the Pension list under the act of 1818 for the relief of officers & soldiers who served in the con- tinental Revolutionary war on continental establishment under which act, to wit of 1818 he had obtained a Certificate & received a Pension, that his application for additional enclo- sure was forwarded to the Department but in consequence as he encloses of the schedule of his property as contained therein appearing sufficient to afford him a support without the aid of govern- ment he was rejected. notwithstanding, your Petitioner accounts the schedule by him

return & which will appear from the copy of his additional declaration heretofore sent to the Department, to be a true statement of his property, yet when the situation of your petition is fully known to the War Department, I cannot but think I will be viewed as a proper object of the country interest by Government. The 80 acres of land returned in his schedule I was enabled to constitute the segments when solely from the pension I received under the act of 1818, but situated in a remote part of the country its value is small as well as that of the small personal property which I returned. That I now is a for a long time has been unable to labour by reason of his age which is almost 77 & his disabilities (from wounds received in the Revolutionary war. That I is the father of three children from none of whom can I receive any aid with in money or manual labour except what I receive from the labour of a daughter aged 16 who lives in his family. That I justly own the sum of $140, which I have no prospect of paying except by the sacrifice of his little all unless I should be so fortunate as to be restored to the hit

of Pensions - Your Petition further shows that previous to his being allowed a Pension under the act of 1818 he had been for many  for - for years on the half pay roll as a disabled soldier at the rate of four dollars per month which however ceased on his being put upon the Pension list under the act of 1818 nor has he since received it. Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that the Honorable Secretary would take his case into consideration & if consistent with the regulations of the Department to grant him a certificate upon his application now on the files made under the act of 1820, or should the Honorable Secretary still be of opinion that under all the circumstances of his case he ought not to receive such certificate, he prays that he may be again restored to his half pay as a disabled soldier. and your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray.  William Rhodes
Cherokee County Ga, Personally came before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for said County William Rhodes & made oath the above statement contains the truth.
sworn to this 17th Nov 1821
G. M. Wood J.P.

The State of Ohio } Champaign County } ss Samuel Gibbs Clerk of the court of common pleas of the county aforesaid do certify that Samuel H Lord before whom the within foregoing Deposition appears to have been taken and who hath subscribed his name thereto is an acting justice of the peace in & for said county duly commissioned & sworn & that credit is given to his official acts as such
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 17 th day of November 1821
Samuel Gibbs CLK
Hon J Vance, H. R.
J. H. Vance H. R.
ms P. R. & Co.

I do Certify that William Rhodes served, as a Corporal, in Captain Alexander Parkers company of Infantry, in the years 1781 and 1782, and until disbanded in the year 1783 — That, in the State of Georgia, he was severely wounded, by the Indians and Tories, who attacked our Camp in the night time; and, I do believe, the wound, he then received, has afflicted him ever since; and, in measure, prevented him from acquiring that support for himself, and his family, which, otherwise, he might have acquired. — Further I do believe him justly entitled to the benefit of the several Acts of Congress for the relief of  passing for soldiers disabled during the revolutionary War. Witness my hand this Sixth day of September 1814
Before me the Subscriber, duly commissioned, authorized and appointed by the Honorable Judge Brea, of the United States Circuit Court, holden in Chillicothe for the district of Ohio, personally appeared Samuel Kinley, a Major in the late revolutionary Army; and, being duly qualified, as the law directs, deposes and saith. That the above named, W m Rhodes, was a soldier in a Detachment of the Virginia Line, of which he this deponent was Major, and for the greatest part of the year 1782, and until the conclusion of the War, sole Commandant, and that the above statement, relative to the said William, is, to the best of his knowledge, correct and true. He further certifies that the said Corporal Rhodes was a good Soldier and served his Country faithfully
Sworn to and subscribed this Sixth day of September 1814
Before me
Alexander McBeth
Sam Kinley, late Major in the Virginia Line and Com

COLUMBUS July 4 CHIO
W.P.C.E.
Honble John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City

Nonconforming to the law, Sir I return the application of William Rhodes together with an affidavit that he has never received a pension Certificate under the former law He says that Doctor Ham of the first of his former pension brought him any Certificate was ever issued he does not know. He makes none was came to his knowledge or proportion - I should presume the enclosed Release would be equally as good to bar the claim of Rhodes as the Certificate
Very Respectfully Yours &c J. B. Smith

Document No. 1

The State of Ohio Campaign records of the Subscriber, Duly commissioned, by the Honorable George Bird of the United States circuit court, held in Chillicothe for the District of Ohio, personally appeared William Rhodes, and Made Oath to the truth of the following facts, to Wit, that at the Close of the Revolutionary War (in which he served in the Capacity & Office first of a Corporal & next and lastly as a Sergeant for near eight years) he being left Sick in South Carolina When the Army to which he belonged Was Disposed, — On his return to Virginia his native state by the instruction of one of his Officers, he repaired to Richmond in said State, and received his Discharge from General, Lincoln And then Supposed that he had been placed on the list of Pensioners, on Account of Wounds he had received in the Aforesaid Service, and that shortly afterwards he removed to the Western country, and Contended there some considerable time under the impression that his pension was Due him, but on his travelling to the City of Washington, and Making Application there, found that there had not been the provision made for him he had Expected, and Either thro, Misinformation or not following the proper Directions, he has never yet procured a pension, nor has he placed on the pension list of any state to his knowledge, nor received any Money or other restitution on Account of the Wounds received in the Service Aforesaid — I swear to And Subscribed before me this 9 th of November 1814
Alex r McBeth
William Rhodes
I do certify that the above named William Rhodes is an honest and good citizen and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his oath given under my hand at Hobana Novem. the 9 th — 1814
Alex r McBeth