Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,300, for Samuel Rice, Virginia

SERVICE
Va.
Rice, Samuel
NUMBER
S. 14.300
carded.
CONTENTS

7082
Kentucky
Samuel Price.
Jessamine of  the Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Scott of the Regt. commanded by Col. Williams in the Virginia army for 9 months from '79
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Feby 1833 and sent to Hon. R. M. Johnson - S. of Rep.
Arrears to 4th of March 1833 . . $60.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 . 15.00
$75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 7. Page 25.

10-896 some

State of Kentucky County of Lipsumme set on this 20 th day of August 1832
personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County Court of Lipsumme County now sitting Samuel Rice a resident of Nicholasville in the County of Lipsumme & State of Kentucky aged 71 years who having first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Decla- ration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers • I served as herein stated That in the latter part of the summer of 1779 he served a term of three months under Josiah where he then resided Monorton Charlotte County Virginia, & marched from there to Williamsburg from there we marched to Hampton & from there to Port mouth at Portsmouth we were discharged by Genl Nelson I have long since lost my discharge in the fall of 1779 I served in other town of then, months under John

Blayton from the same County & marched to Petersburg & were discharged at the end of our term of service by Genl Lawson I have long since lost my discharge my Coat as well as I now recollect was by the name of Banister John Holcomb an Major Randal commanded a Regiment that was along at the same time the Lieutenant of my Company was William Price in the Spring 1780 I entered the Service as a volunteer under Capt Francis Scott I served a term of three months and marched from Charlott to Hillsborough & at Carolina & discharged near there by Col John Williams who commanded the Infantry I have long since lost my discharge he served in all in the war of the Revolution 9 months that he has now documentary evidence & that he knows of now person now living who has testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
He hereby Relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except

The present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the army of any state
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Sam d Fice
44 th N Benedict We Samuel Taylor, clergyman residing in the neighborhood and Joseph Maxwell residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Fice who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 71 years of age that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood, to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
H. T. N. Benedict Samuel Taylor Joseph L. Maxwell
And the said Court 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 certifying that it appears to them that H. T. N. Benedict Samuel Taylor and Joseph L. Maxwell who have signed the proceeding certificate are clergymen residing in the County of Linn and that Joseph L. Maxwell who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Nicholasville in said

County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Was Wilmore (Sgt) June 1 st Dickerson Sam d , Steele
I Daniel B Price Clerk of the County Court for the County of Spardine 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 Samuel Price for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 20 th day of August 1832 nd and in the 41 st year of the Commonwealth Dan. B. Price.
10.896 S. m. C.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
June 21, 1923
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of  Samuel Rice , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Summer 1779 3 mos. Pvt. Isiah Norton Banister Va.   Fall 1779 3 mos. John L. Norton Banister   Spring 1780 3 mos. Francis Scott Williams        
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Charlotte Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug 20, 1852. His ch. was ad-
Residence at date of application, Oldersville, Jessamine Co., Ky.
Age at date of application, 71 yrs.
Remarks: No family data on file
Respectfully,

1922 June 21 - Heick to Mrs. Ray Rose Imm N
Rev has
✓ 14300 INVALID.
File No. 14300
Samuel Rice
Phil Penna
Act: June 21 st 1832
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 317
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Samuel Rice
Mercer
from 1779 print 9 months.
$30.
sent 9 months
Hon. R. M. Johnson.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Rice which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant 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? 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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?
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?
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?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, not answered
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 the 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.

First Vice-President, MRS. T. N. FIELDS, Fulton. Second Vice-President, MRS. LAMME S. GIVENS, Cynthiana. Third Vice-President, MRS. EDWIN MATTHEWS, Maysville. Recording Secretary, MRS. H. H. HANCOCK, Paris. Corresponding Secretary, MRS. O. B. KERLIN, Hickman. Historian, MRS. W. H. CONANT, Owensboro. Treasurer, MRS. R. L. FENWICK, Earlington.
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Kentucky
Division
MRS. ANDRELLE REEVES, PRESIDENT HICKMAN, KY.
Auditor, MRS. CLAUDE E. MILLER, Lexington. Custodian of Crosses, MRS. EDMONA ROBERTS, Bardstown. Registrar, MRS. F. RAY ROSE, Nicholasville. Chaplain, MRS. W. B. WINN, Guthrie. Vice-Chaplain, MRS. PETER THORNTON, Newport. Permanent Custodian of Records, MRS. GEO. T. FULLER, Mayfield.
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.
April 30 - 1923 - Nicholasville Ky
Dear Sir:
Would you please give me a record of Samuel Rice who was a Revolutionary soldier. He drew a pension of $30 00 per year from March 4-1831 to April 25, 1833. He is on Jessamine Co. Ky U. S. Pension Roll No 3 - Page 109 -
I would like to know if this record tells anything about to whom he was married or when and where he was married. He was a Private in the Virginia Militia. Thanking you for any information you can give me I am Sincerely Yours
Mrs Ray Rose Nicholasville Ky -