Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5787, for William Moore, Virginia

SERVICE
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Moore, William
S 5787
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2358
Virginia
William Moore
of Rockbridge in the State of Virginia who was a P t H ss in the Compy: commanded by Captain ————— of the Reg t commanded by Col: Lewis & — in the Virginia line for 6 1/2 months from 1781-
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 90 — Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Nov r 32 and sent to J. M c D. Reids Lexington, Va
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 135.- Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mar: '33 45- $180.-
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk Book D Vol. -7- Page 106-

7485.
Cap t William Moone
Declaration

State of Virginia
Rockbridge County fc:
On this 7 th day of August in the year 1832. William Moore of said County and state personally appeared in the County Court of said County, in open Court, (the said Court being a Court of record for the said County of Rockbridge) and being duly sworn, according to Law, did on Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June the 17 th 1832. That is to say. That he the said William Moore, served as a private Soldier in the Militia, in the service of the State of Virginia, during the Revolutionary War, one Tour of three months and fifteen days, including the time going and returning, under the Command of Capt. Samuel Wallace, (now dead) of said County and State of Virginia, and of Lieutenant Edm d son de d , he marched from Lexington in Rockbridge County to Portsmouth in said State, about the first of January 1781 and was discharged about the 25 th of April 1781, the said Wallace's Company was under the Command of Col. John Bowyer and General Muhlenburg. That he served another tour as Captain of a Volunteer Company, with which he marched to Richmond in said State, soon after the incursion of the British under Col. Tarleton to the town of Charleston, in the same year, and remained in service about three weeks. That he marched again about the 15 th September 1781 to York Town, as Captain of a Company of Militia; when he arrived in service, he was placed under the Command of Col. Samuel Lewis and of Major — Long and Major — M c Elhanan, from York Town he marched with the British prisoners as a part of the Guard to Winchester in said State, and was discharged some time in the month of December 1781. rather more than three months from the time he last went into the service. He returned to Rockbridge again with not more than twenty of the men he had carried with him. He also served several other short Tours of which he does not deem it necessary to give a more minute account, the Tours of which he has already given an account, amounting to more than six months.

For confirmation of the above statement he refers to the accompanying testimony of John Davidson, John M c Clain and William McKee of said County of Rockbridge.
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 any Agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Wm Moore
John Davidson a Citizen of Rockbridge County and State of Virginia, aged seventy five years in October next, being duly sworn, according to Law, saith, That he was a soldier in the company of Captain Grey of Rockbridge County at the siege of York Town Virginia 1781, and was serving in that capacity, when William Moore of same County arrived there in command of a company. He Moore, as the subscriber recollects, arrived on the 4 th of October 1781 - had the command as Captain, of a company of men, and continued in that capacity until the 14 th of that month when the subscriber was discharged and, as he has every reason to believe and does believe, until the capture of Cornwallis, & perhaps longer - The subscriber further states, that he marched as a private in the company of Andrew Moore together with William Moore, aforesaid, who was a private in the company of Samuel Wallace, leaving what is now the County of Rockbridge about the 1 st of January 1781 and marching to the Town of Portsmouth in Virginia. That he served with said Moore until the 25 th of April 1781, when their respective companies were discharged. Captain Wallace and Moore were under the command of Col o John Bowyer who was commanded by General Muhlenburg. -
John Davidson
John M c Lane a Citizen of Rockbridge County and State of Virginia near seventy six years of age, being first duly sworn, saith, That in January 1781 he marched to Portsmouth Virginia under the command of Captain Andrew Moore, That William Moore, who lived his neighbor

in Rockbridge marched at or near the same time, to Portsmouth also under the command of Captain Samuel Wallace of Rockbridge County. — That the two companies of Andrew Moore and Samuel Wallace belonged to the same Regiment and were both discharged on the 25 th of April 1781, and that he the subscriber, had the daily opportunity of seeing said Moore and knows that he served as a private from January until 25 th of April 1781 when he was discharged with his company. —
John M c Lean.
Virginia
At a Quarterly court continued and held for Rockbridge county the 7 th day of August 1832
The declaration of William Moore Bgr together with the annexed Certificates of John Davidson and John M c Lean was produced in court and severally sworn to and subscribed in open court "And the court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Captain in the Revolution ary and served as he states both as Captain & private
And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Davidson & John M c Lean who have signed and sworn to the preceding certificates are residents of said County and are Credit worthy persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I Samuel M c Reid Clerk of said County court have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 6 th day of September 1832 and in the 57 th year of the Commonwealth
Sam m M c Reid

2485
Wm Moore
for 1781. private + captain 6 1/2 mths.
#90.

74835
BRIEF in the case of William Moore County of Rockbridge in the State of Virginia (Act 2th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he?  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 81 3 15 As a private Gen. Col. Saml Wallace   again about three weeks Col. Geo. Bowyer Genl.   again 1781 Sept. rather more than 3 mo. Capt. Shulerburg   do Col. S. Lewis  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Yorktown  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rockbridge Co. Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh
Examining Clerk.

March 2, 1940 OW
William Moore, S.5787
BA-J/MCS
Mr. Robert A. Stewart The Shenandoah, P.O.Box 5221 Richmond, Virginia
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to William Moore of Rockbridge County, Virginia, who served as private and captain of Virginia troops during the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, S.5787, based on the military service of William Moore.
The date and place of birth of William Moore and the names of his parents are not shown.
During the Revolutionary War, William Moore lived in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He enlisted about January 1, 1781, served as private in Captain Samuel Wallace's company in Colonel John Bowyer's Virginia regiment and was discharged about April 25, 1781. He also served about three weeks in 1781 as captain of a volunteer company and marched to Richmond, Virginia. From September 15, 1781, he served as captain in Colonel Samuel Lewis' Virginia regiment, was at the siege of Yorktown and was discharged in December, 1781. He also served several other short tours, no details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was living in Rockbridge County, Virginia. His age at any period is not shown.
One Andrew Moore served as captain of a company under Colonel John Bowyer from about the first of January, 1781, until April 25, 1781, but it was not stated that he was related to William Moore. There are no further data relative to family.

If you desire to obtain the date of last payment of pension of William Moore, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., giving the following data:
William Moore, Certificate 2358, issued November 24, 1832, rate $90 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1689, up 2 nd
Evansville Ind March 29-99
Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir
Please tell me if William Moore who enlisted from Virginia - and ranked as major in the Revolutionary army ever drew a pension Can you tell me where he enlisted from - and when discharged and oblige
Mrs J. J. Gosby. Evansville Ind

Overushoro Ky Feb 8 th 1924
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please send to my address, military services of William Moore and John Moore of Rockbridge County Va. If there are any charges will be glad to pay same
Respectfully
Marguerite Moore 518 Allen St

Ella F. J. Tafe GENEALOGIST—PATRIOTIC LINES 921½ WEST 18TH STREET ATLANTIC 3995 LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
March 28, 1925
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear sir;
Will you kindly send data on Pension applications of Samuel Elliot, who served from Virginia, and appears on the 1840 Pension Rolls granted in Vermont. advised the S.E. found in 1840 Vt. pensioners was a mass. sol. more info. asked Aug. Also Pension application granted Capt. William Moore of Rockbridge, Va., Rolls of 1835.
Kindly send as soon as convenient to
Mrs. W. Wolheter, Paluse, Wash.
Written for Mrs. Wolheter by E. F. J. Tafe.
E.F.J.T.
Paluse, Wash.

Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia
OFFICE OF THE GENEALOGIST
THE SHENANDOAH P.O. Box 5221
ROBERT A. STEWART GENEALOGIST
RICHMOND, VA., February 10 1940
Veterans' Admnsitaryion Bureau Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
me S.
I should like to have an abstract from the pension papers of Capt. William Moore of Rockbridge County, Virginia, who according to the Report of The Secretary of War, 1835, drew a pension for his services as "private and captain" of Virginia State troops in the Revolution.
Yours very truly,
Robert A. Stewart
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June 16, 1938
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Mrs. Marvelle Simpson Witten 794 S. 9th Street San Jose, California
James Simpson, S.6102 William Moore, S.5787 BA-J/MCS
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War pensioners, James Simpson of Botetourt County, Virginia, and William Moore of Rockbridge County, Virginia.
You are furnished herewith, the records of these soldiers as shown by papers on file in their claims for pension.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

June 16, 1938
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BA-J/MCS William Moore, S.5787
Mrs. Marvelle Simpson Witten 794 S. 9th Street San Jose, California
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.5787, based on the military service of William Moore.
The date and place of birth of William Moore and the names of his parents were not given.
During the Revolutionary War he lived in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He enlisted about January 1, 1781, served as private in Captain Samuel Wallace's company in Colonel John Bowyer's Virginia regiment and was discharged about April 25, 1781. He also served about three weeks in 1781 as captain of a volunteer company and marched to Richmond, Virginia. From September 15, 1781, he served as captain in Colonel Samuel Lewis' Virginia regiment, was at the siege of Yorktown and was discharged in December, 1781. He also served several other short tours, no details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was living in Rockbridge County, Virginia. His age was not given.
One Andrew Moore served as captain of a company under Colonel John Bowyer from about the first of January, 1781, until April 25, 1781, but it was not stated that he was related to William Moore. There are no further data relative to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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June 16, 1925
Mrs. W. Wolbeter Paluse, Washington.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 5787 it appears that William Moore was a resident of Rockbridge County, Virginia during the Revolution.
He enlisted January 1, 1781, served as a private in Captain Samuel Wallace's Company, Colonel John Bowyer's Virginia Regiment and was discharged April 25, 1781. He also served three weeks in the same year as Captain of a volunteer company to Richmond, Virginia.
From September 15, 1781 he served as Captain in Colonel Samuel Lewis' Virginia Regiment, was at the Siege of Yorktown and was discharged in December 1781.
He also served several other short tours, no details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

August 7, 1832 while living in Rockbridge County, Virginia. His age is not stated.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Dating death not m
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March 13, 1924
Marguerite Moore 518 Allen St., Owensboro, Ky.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 5787 it appears that William Moore was a resident of Rockbridge County, Virginia during the Revolution.
He served as private and Captain in the Virginia Troops, and was allowed pension for the service of six and one half months, on his application executed August 7, 1832 while living in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
The dates of his birth and death are not stated, and there is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Dates of death not on file (Abbreviated)

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5787
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File No. 5787
William Moore
Cap t  Rev War
Act: June 7 th 532
Index:—Vol. M , Page 263
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apl-13-1900 H. T. G. Mrs. J. J. Crosby-Evansville Ind
Oct 31 - 1902 To above - No further information
1924-Mch. 12-Hist. to Margaret de Moore. MMATF- 1935 June 26-Hist. to Mrs. H. Holchler MMATF- 1938 June 16 Hist. to Mrs. Marvella Simpson Witten 245 See letter in Rev. chn. Jas. Simp- son, D. 6102. 1940 Mar. 2 Hist. to Mr. Robt. A. Stewart. M.C.D.

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

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? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
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?
There are Credible witnesses
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? ss
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? ss
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? ss
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1, 2, 5, 6, 7
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.