Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16497, for Joseph Oder, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Oder, Joseph
S. 16.497
carded
CONTENTS

5450
Kentucky
Joseph Oder,
of Harrison Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Blackwell of the regt commanded by Col Edmunds in the Virginia Mili- tia for 8 months,
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 26. Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Febru- ary 1833 and sent to Hon R. M c Johnson H.R.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 32 - $40. - Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Mch. 33 13.33
$53.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. Allison Clerk, Book D. Vol. 99 Page 53

Joseph Oders Declaration
21583
from 177- pri- vate 8 months,
$ 26. 66 100
Hon. R. M. Johnson,

State of Kentucky Harrison County } Set
On this 15 th day of December 1832 before
Me  James William an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County & State aforesaid A member of the County Court, which is a court of record Oder S r a resident of Harrison County and State of Kentucky aged upwards of Eighty one years, having been born in the County of Fauquier State of Virginia on the 3 rd day of August 1757 who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the law of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. He states that he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as is hereinafter stated: That in the fall of the year 1777 under Captain Samuel Blackwell, Francis Triplet adjutant, in the Regt. Commanded by Colo: Elias Edmunds & Colo: Martin Pickett being drafted this declarant served a tour of two months That Colo: Martin Pickett also commanded a Regiment in Company there being about 1100 troops in Company & That during this tour he marched from Fauquier County Va through the intermediate country towards Philadelphia & near the place where the the battle of Brandywine was afterwards fought. That when this tour was ended this de- clarant rec d a discharge from Colo: Edmunds which has been long since lost or mislaid. That afterwards he was again drafted in the latter part of the Spring 1781 for a tour of six months. Having failed to serve a tour when it was his turn That he served under Cap t William Blackwell in the same Colo Edmunds Regt & Gen l Weedens Brigade; That the services ren- dered during this tour consisted in marching from Fauquier County Va from place to place through the intermediate country to Fredericksburg, and between that place and Little York and at the Siege of York - Part of the while at York & part of the while acting under orders guarding & wagging & bringing

in provisions to the American troops engaged in the Siege of and that after the Capture of Cornwallis he marched as fitting to guard the British prisoners, through Falmouth Fredericksburg to Faguer Court house where at the expira- tion of this tour he was dismissed and went home. That he recollects in addition to the officers already named - Generals Washington, Lafayette & Wayne - That he rec d . no discharge for the last named tour. That he resided in Faguer County v z when he entered the S d Service in both of the foregoing tours That he lived in S d County until the fall of 1786 when he removed thence to within three miles of Lexington Ky, where and in Bourbon County Ky he resided until about 1804 when he removed to Harrison County Ky where he now resides and has resided ever since - That he has no record of his age; it was on his father's family Bible but what has be- -come of that he knows not, but he verily believes he is of the age he suggests from good information & recollections He states & verily believes that he served in said two tours above alluded full eight months. He states that he knows of no person living by whom he can prove his said services. Having been now largely upwards of forty years from the places of action & his old companions in arms He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or territory whatever.
his Joseph X Oden
Mark
State of Kentucky, Harrison County set. I Heman Millin a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named applicant, Joseph Oden, is, in my opinion, unable, from bodily infirmity to attend the court; being very old & decriped & living a considerable distance from the seat of justice. Given under my hand this day of Dec r 1832 H. Millin J.P.

We Nicholas Millner & Jacob Leuter residing in the County of Harrison and State of Kentucky, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Oder S r who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be now upwards of eighty one seventy four years of age; that he has been, and still is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides, to be a man of veracity, and to have been a soldier of the Revolution, that we concur in that opinion
Nicholas Millner
his Jacob Leuter mark
I Haman Million an acting justice of the peace in and for the County of Harrison & State of Kentucky, before whom the foregoing declaration was made by the applicant in person do hereby certify & declare it as my opinion, after the said investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories pre- scribed by the War department, that the above named appli- cant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. And I do further certify that the said Nicholas Millner and Jacob Leuter who have signed the above certificate are residents of Harrison County and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Haman Million P.P. 86
Commonwealth of Kentucky Harrison County to wit the I Samuel Endecott clerk of the County Court of Harr now County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Lewis Day whose name is subscribed to the foregoing pro- ceedings and certificate is now, and at the time of subscri- bing his name thereto, was an acting justice of the peace in and for said County and State, duly appointed and commissioned; and that full faith and credit ought to be

given to all his official acts and deeds as such and that the signatures annexed are his genuine signatures in testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 31 st day of December A D 1832 and in the 41 st year of the commonwealth J. Endecott C. H. C. by J. Wells Endecott D. C.

March 19, 1934
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BA-J/MCS Joseph Oder, S. 16497
Miss Gladys Kidd Lillard 210 First Street, S.E. Washington D.C.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the record of Joseph Oder, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 16497, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Joseph Oder.
He was born August 3, 1751, in Fauquier County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
While living in that county he enlisted in the "fall of the year 177-" sometime before the battle of Brandywine was fought, and served two months as private in Captain Samuel Blackwell's company in Colonel Elias Edmunds' Virginia regiment. He enlisted in the latter part of the spring of 1781 and served six months as private in Captain William Blackwell's company in Colonel Elias Edmunds' Virginia regiment and was present during a part of the siege of Yorktown.
In the fall of 1786 he moved to within three miles of Lexington, Kentucky, where and in Bourbon County, Kentucky, he resided until about 1804 when he moved to Harrison County, Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 13, 1832, at which time he was living in Harrison County, Kentucky.
The papers in this claim contain no data whatever relative to the soldier's family.
Death not on agency book
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

16.497 INVALID.
File No. 16,497
Joseph Oder Pri Rev war
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 282
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1934 Mar. 19 hist. to Miss Gladys Kidd Lillard M.C.S. 1936 Aug. 26 - link to miss. Charles W. Ferrell ams

Please send Record of Joseph Oder S 16497
to Gladys Kidd Lillard
210 First, SE
Washington D.C.
msu. 1 H-34

Richmond Va.
Aug - 10, 1936 -
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C., Dear Sir:-
Kindly let me have any available information on-
Joseph Oder - Rev. War- pensioner - born in Va- but a pensioner of Harrison Co. Ky- Placed on Pen. Rolls - Feb. 11, 1833. [S. A.W. 1835- Pen. 3. Ky. I.]
Should also appreciate information of like nature on James Oder - a Va. soldier residing in Harrison Co. Ky- 1831-
Thanking you -
Respectfully -
Mrs Chas. W. Ferrell
5417 Chamberlayne Ave. Richmond, Va.

August 26, 1936
Joseph Oder-S.16497 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Charles W. Ferrell 5417 Chamberlayne Avenue Richmond, Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James and Joseph Oder, soldiers of the Revolutionary War from Virginia and later lived in Harrison County, Kentucky.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land, which have been made to the United States, based upon service in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of James Oder, surname searched under similar spellings.
The data concerning Joseph Oder were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 16497, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Joseph Oder was born August 3, 1751 in Fauquier County, Virginia, names of his parents not stated.
While living in that county he enlisted in the "fall of the year 177-" sometime before the battle of Brandywine was fought, and served two months as private in Captain Samuel Blackwell's company in Colonel Elias Edmunds' Virginia regiment. He enlisted in the latter part of the spring of 1781 and served six months as private in Captain William Blackwell's company in Colonel Elias Edmunds' Virginia regiment and was present during a part of the siege of Yorktown.
He moved from Fauquier County in the fall of 1786
Cory from M.C.S.

to within three miles of Lexington, Kentucky, where and in Bourbon County, Kentucky, he resided until about 1804 when he moved to Harrison County, Kentucky.
The soldier, Joseph Oder, was allowed pension on his application executed December 13, 1832, at which time he was living in Harrison County, Kentucky.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the family of the soldier.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following-
Joseph Oder Certificate # 5450 Issued February 11, 1833 Rate $26.66 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator