Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 82, for William H Parker, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va. Sea Service
Parker, William H.
R. 82.
Va. half pay
CONTENTS
See N. A. Acc. No. 837 Virginia State Geo. William H. Parker, N. S. File Va. Half Pay

State of Virginia, Frederick Co. } ss
Personally appeared before me Horime L Opi, in my said County of lawful age and with whom I am well acquainted & made oath that he was well acquainted with Wm. H. Parker dece d of the State of Virginia who was (as he has understood) a Lieutenant in the Navy of the State of Virginia during the Revolutionary War & that he left the following children Viz: Richard E. Parker now a Judge of the State aforesaid, Foxhall A. Parker, John H. Parker, Wm. C. Parker, & Juliet O. Parker, now the wife of Leroy P. Daringfield, and no others & that the said Richard E, Foxhall A, Jn s H, Wm. C. and Juliet O, are his only heirs and were so at the time of his death.
Given under my hand this 23 rd day of Nov r 1832. Ch. H. Clark.
Virginia,
Frederick County-Set
I Thomas Allen Tidball, Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid- do hereby certify, that Charles H. Clark, Esq r is a Magistrate as within, and that the within signature purporting to be his is gen- uine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name this 3d day of December 1832.
T. A. Tidball, Clerk of the Court of Frederick County.

State of Virginia, Frederick County, } ss
I Jacob Anderson of the State & County aforesaid, a soldier of the Revolution, do hereby certify, that I knew Wm. H. Parker, the father of the present Judge Richard E. Parker & Juliet O. Saingerfield, late Juliet O. Parker, who was a Lieutenant in the Virginia State Navy, & that I saw him frequently during the War of the Revolution & conversed with him soon after his vessel (I think the Tempest) was captured in the James or York River, that I have often seen him since & visited him in Loudoun County at his own house when he the said Wm. H. Parker, then known as Captain Parker died. Given under my hand this 27th day of Nov. 1832.
his Jacob X Anderson. mark.
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in, & for, the State & County aforesaid, Jacob Anderson a soldier of the Revolution and made oath that the above Certificate was the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Given under my hand this 27 day of Nov. 1832.
William Lynn.
Virginia,
Frederick County - I et.
I Thomas Allen Tidball Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that William Lynn, Esq. is a Magistrate as within and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto

affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name, this 8 th day of December, 1832.
J. A. Tidball, clerk of the Court of Frederick County.
William H. Parker son of Judge Richard Parker and father of Richard E. Parker, Foxhall A. Parker, John H. Parker, William C. Parker, & Juliet O. Dangerfield, went into the Navy at the commencement of the War, he served in the Farter as Lieutenant under Cap t . Markham, and continued in the Navy until his vessel was captured in the James River just before the siege of York - he then returned to his father in a most destitute condition having lost the vessel he making his escape by jumping overboard and every thing he had on board, & swimming to shore being frequently shot at before he reached it. Many of these circumstances I well recollect and often have I heard my father speak of, every thing I have stated. Given under my hand this 27 th Sep r . 1830. Frances Blackwell, family of Parker.
Fauquier County to wit
Mrs. Frances Blackwell, this day appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the County of said and made Oath that the above Certificate to which her name is affixed, contains the true statement of facts to the best of her knowledge and belief.
Given under my hand and seal this 27 th day of September 1830.
Geo s Thompson

Virginia.
I Alexander J Marshall, Clerk of the County Court of Fauquier County, do hereby certify that Joseph Thompson, is and was a Magistrate for the County aforesaid at the time when the within affidavit was made, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my Office this 26th day of November 1832, and in the 57th year of the Commonwealth.
A. J. Marshall, C. C.
I was a soldier in the revolution War and was on board a War Ship on the James River (Virginia) when the fire became so sharp from the enemy we blew up the vessel that we were in and made our escape to the opposite shore. I never saw so great a shower of shots; The Tartar, a vessel commanded by Capt. James Markham, was near us at the time of the attack, and every man in the Vessel was either killed or taken prisoner, (the Capt. not excepted) except one man who jumped overboard in my presence, and made his escape by swimming, but not without encountering many sharp shot. I was told that it was Lieutenant William H. Parker.
Given under my hand this 27th Sept. 1830. Peter Conway

Fauquier County to wit:
The above Certificate of Peter Conway was signed and sworn to before me a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid on this day. Given under my hand & seal this 27th day September 1830. Jo s Thompson J.P.
Virginia.
Fauquier County to wit:
I Alexander J. Marshall Clerk of the County Court of Fauquier County do hereby certify that Joseph Thompson is and was a magistrate in the County aforesaid, at the time when the affidavit within written was made, and that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this 26th day of November 1832, and in the 57th year of the Commonwealth. A. J. Marshall, C.C.
Treasury Department,
Register's Office, Oct. 2, 1845.
I hereby certify the foregoing to be true copies of the original papers on file in this office.
J. W. Barry
A. H. Gillis Register.

Act July 5. 1832, Wm H Parker du 2 Oct 7. 1845.
Record Vol 43, pag 169.

Pension Office
October 7. 1845
I certify that I have examined the claim of the administrator of William H. Parker, dec d who was a Lieutenant in the Virginia State Navy; and I find that under the act of the 5 th July 1832, entitled "an act to provide for liquidating and paying certain claims of the State of Virginia," half-pay was allowed in 1833, from the 3 rd of September 1783. The administrator now claims half-pay from the time when the deceased left the service. My opinion is that the claim should be allowed; and I therefore certify that the admiral administrator is entitled to half-pay under said act at the rate of one hundred and eighty two dollars and fifty cents per annum from the first of December seventeen hundred and eighty one, when he retired left the service, to the 3 rd of September 1783, from which time the half-pay has already been allowed, and that the amount should be paid to William C. Parker, administrator, who requests that it may be transmitted to him at Jerusalem, Southampton County, Virginia, in a draft on Norfolk or Baltimore.
Approved
Secretary of War
Commissioner of Pensions.

Oct. 3. 1845.
Adal to car
Mr. Parker.
Connu.
Papers in case of Mr. H. Parker decd. act 5 July 1832.
Francis A. Dickinson

Nº 82
ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1871.
WAR OF 1812.
32 46
Heirs of William H. Parker Gr.
va Star Revolution
Discharged _____, 18
Annual  PENSIONER:
Cif. No. _____
W. Pay Act of July 5 th 1832 5046
Received  82 _____, 187

WJ Parker
Oct 4. 1845
Presented to the care of Mr. Parker, do Comm. of Finance.
2

Washington 3 Oct 1845.
Sir,
On behalf of S. H. Parker Esq. of Richmond, I must and do protest against the revocation of a power of attorney from Mrs. Towler being respected. - I deny her right to revoke. I claim that the half pay is a debt and as such she had a right to assign it for a valuable consideration and after having thus assigned it she had no right or control over it & that she has no assigned it. - I further claim that the order which she has given on Mr. Parker creates such an interest in him as to make the power of attorney irrevocable.
Yours very respectfully Francis A. Dickinson.
James L. Edmonds Esq.