Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30613, for George W New, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New George W.
S 30 6 1/3
CONTENTS

30,504 Kentucky
George W. New- of Woodford Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the reg t commanded by Col  in the Virg a mil a for six months.
Inserted on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of March 1836 — and sent to Genl. R. M. Johnson N.R.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 p 100 — Semizant. allowance ending 4 Sep " 10. —
$110. —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk, Book B 2 Vol. 7 Page 36
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of Mar 6 th April 1838 from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 March 1840. Cgl. Modified 6 th March 1841
1855 No. 28 Set to P. 49 th pension in only Asylum Hand- book as reported by Treasurer of Washington Asylum, See case of James Delan Invalid.
1855 1. March — To P. Ag t regarding insinuation of misleading with regard to New, he being Revolutionary pensioner.
1856 May 17. To P. Ag t Thompson 1855
Act G vt Emery June 30/56
March 29 June 1857
Maj. J. S. Alexander Jan'y 15/59

State of Kentucky } Woodford County } 55
On this 6 th day of April 1835 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Woodford county court now sitting George W New a resident of said county of Woodford and state of Kentucky aged seventy years the 13 th day of November last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he was born in King William County in the State of Virginia in the year 1764 and resided there until the year 1797 at which time he removed to the county of Woodford and State of Kentucky where he has resided ever since
That in the month of August or September in the year 1780 he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer (and a private) under Thomas Smith who was called Capt Smith That said Smith was a commissary that immediately after entering the service his apps taken by Capt Smith as an assistant commissary the duties of which he discharged until in the month of May 1781 making a service of at least eight months during which time he was stationed at Williamsburg from the commencement of his service until in the month of February following from thence he was marched to Cole's ferry on the Chickahominy river where he remained until about the 1 st of April 1781 at which time he returned to King William County and remained until in the month of May following when he volunteered as a private for four months in the company commanded by Capt William Ferry he marched

with his company to Ruffins ferry and remained there sometime as a guard to the military stores at that place They were marched from thence to King & Queen court house and joined a regiment commanded by Col John Taylor of Caroline county Va he recollects that Major Boswell commanded one of the Battalions he does not recollect the name of the other Major. Yancy Lipscomb was Lieut and Threater Ensign in Terry's company they were marched from the Courthouse to an old field near the Dragon bridge in Middlesex they were marched from thence to Hubbards field Gloucester county passing through Paradise field where they staid some days. At Hubbards field they were joined by another regiment and formed a Brigade which was commanded by Genl Morden here Col Taylor left the regiment and Col Williams Bay- ton took the command at this time Capt James Wade came with a relief and Capt Terry's company was honorably discharged and this applicant with the rest He then substituted in said Capt Wade's company for Lightfoot for a tour of two months the Lieut and En- signs under Wade were Curtus Tigner and William Whitlock. we were marched to Ware church in Glou- ter county by thence at this place they were joined by some French troops we marched from thence to Towels old field on the North side of York river at which place they were joined by the French Army He remained at this place during the siege of York and capture of Cornwallis after which we marched to West point in King Williams after the com- -pletion of the two months tour under Capt Wade.

and after the surrender of York he substituted for two months in a detachment commanded by Lieut Joseph Valentine and was stationed at West point as a guard during the whole tour at the end of the same Lieut Valentine was relieved by Lieut John Whitlock who was stationed at the same place to guard the Military stores &c. He again substituted under said Whitlock in the place of his Brother James New for another tour of two months he remained at this place until about March 1782 and we were then marched to Williamsburgh after the expiration of his tour he again substituted under Lieut Hays who relieved Lieut Whitlock. We were marched from this place to Yorktown and was attached to a small Battalion commanded by Maj Richardson here he remained until the term for which he had substituted (toward) two months had expired when he was honorably discharged as he had been at the end of each tour) and returned home. He also states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person now living whose testimony he can prove to testify to his services. Since he will forward all the evidence he can obtain. he would further say the reason he has not made an application for a pension sooner was after the passage of the law giving Pensions he had a brother then living who resided at a distance who knew of his services and he wished to obtain

his testimony that before the same could be done his brother died and he lost the benefit of his testimony. The reason of his remaining in service after the close of the War he cannot say unless it was to guard Military stores & guns which duty he remained several months and on small detachments. He has in this declaration stated all the tours he can recollect of having served and he has no doubt he has forgotten a part as he will recollect when he entered the service a little time before he was 16 years old for the two years following he never was out of the Army but twice and then on furlough for a short time one only 8 days. In his declaration he has identified twenty months in service altho he is sure the fact stated of his continuous service with the exception of two short furloughs is true. 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
George W. New
We B. W. Rhoton Clergyman residing in the county of Woodford and state of Kentucky and Herman Bowman residing in the same county and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George W. New who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
B. W. Rhoton
Sworn and subscribed to this 3rd day and year aforesaid
Herman Bowman

Woodford County by J. Whittington

Conversing with the late Kentucky Governor, John Breckinridge, before the war, he informed me that the Commonwealth of Kentucky was the first to raise for the military service of the United States, and that she made ready to the following acts and resolutions. for the following purposes: That she was born and raised in the county of Henry, Kentucky in the State of Virginia. That she is now twenty six years of age. That she is the sister of George W. Dress, who is in the United States military service. Appointed for the service under the Act of Con- gress of 1802, he was mustered as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, and she states that during said War her said brother George W. Dress was from home, and she was then informed and believes he was in the service of the United States as a soldier. Her length at time he served as such she cannot state, but she remembers he went from home several times during said War after staying a short time with the Regiments and that in those times of his absence she be- lieves he was in the service of his country as a soldier.
Joanna Jay (op)
Subscription and payment to be made before me this 17th day of April 1830. Given under my hand and seal as a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid. J. W. Williams

George W New produced in Court a Declaration for the purpose of receiving the benefit of the provision of the Act of Congress passed 7 th day of June 1832 which Declaration was subscribed and sworn to by said New. Whereupon the Court do 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 Soldier of the Revolution and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Benjamin W Rhoton who has signed the same is a Clergyman resident in the County of Woodford, and that Herman Bowman who has also signed the same is a resident of said County of Woodford is a credible person and that their statements are entitled to credit. And that this Court doth further certify that they have individually & personally known the said New intimately for at least twenty years and from various and uniform conversations & declarations of the said New and his neighbours & acquaintances, they have no doubt he served as stated in his said declaration -
I Herman Bowman J.D. Clerk of the County Court for the County of Woodford do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of George W New for a pension. I do further certify that Thomas W Sellars whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate of the Affidavit of Joanna Taylor is a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Woodford duly qualified and acting as such and that his signature is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Versailles this 8 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five and in the 43 rd year of the Commonwealth
Herman Bowman Justice
Woodford County Ky S. Whittington

To Hon. Geo C. Whitney Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

FREE
Hon. Ina B. Thompson. U.S. Senate Washington City DC

Official Business
FREE
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
By George W. Allen By a charged Aug. 8-57.

Department of the Interior, Pension Office, Official Business.
Hon. J. B. Thompson, U.S. Senate

30613 Rev INVALID.
File No. 30613
George W New Rev Rev
Act: June 1 st 82
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 296
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Soldiers Home D.C. Jan'y 6th 1859
Sir.
Enclosed please find the certificate of Pension of the late George W. Nunn a pensioner of the war of the Revolution & who died, as reported to your Office some two years ago
I have the honor to be Sir
Your Ch. St. Servt
T. S. Alexander
Major M.S. Ag
Act G.O. M.A.
To
Hon Geo. Whiting
Commr. of Pensions

144
Dear Edward, I enclose the Certificate for 200 I send back the letters of Mr Sellers & Jobling A. H. Johnson

Payments to be made at Lexington by P. Telford Esq r Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Kentucky.
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book C 2 Vol. 7 Page by Wm L Wilson Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, George W. New of Kentucky , who was a Private in the Army of the revolution, is entitled to receive twenty dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 24 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty- six ,
Lee Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

It is impossible to do more without more proof - shall I get the Pension for the 20th I so send this back
Wm Johnson
Pension less wood for see letter on 21

War Department Pension Office Feb. 27. 1836
Sir,
The papers of George W. New have been again examined, and filed with suspended cases. In the letter from this Office of the 29. th of April 1835 to S. Whittington, objection was made to the applicant's claim for service as an assistant Commissary of militia, and also to militia service in Virginia after the surrender of Cornwallis. His other militia service amounted to six months. For that time a pension can be allowed. Enclosed is Mr. Sellers' letter.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your Obek. Servt. J. L. Edwards
Hon. R. M. Johnson House of Representatives

It is impossible to do more without more proof - shall I get the Pension for the 20th of so send this back Philo Johnson
Pension late war for see letter on it

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 6 th 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," George W. New, ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1839, to the 1 st March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Parsons
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Mr. [unclear]
Williams
Yours sincerely [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear]

Rev J Wright Conner Springs
Sir
I am directed by Hon G W Jones Chairman Committee on Pensions to request that any information that you may have in your Office in regard to the rejected cases Sally Keyes - George H. Scott & Diana H. Patchin, be trans- mitted to this Office
Respectfully Yours C. B. Coffey Ch. Com. Pensions
Washington June 24/66

West. Br. Military Asylum Harrodsburg Ky. August 1 st 1857.
To, The Commissioner of Pensions - Sir -
I have the honor to inform you herewith that Mr. George W. Kero late a Revolution- ary pensioner of this Asylum - died at this place June 29 th 1857.
I am Sir - Very Respectfully Your Obdt. Servt J. L. Alexander Major U.S. Army Depty. Govt.

32,552
Geo. W. New- Kentucky
allowed for six months $20

State of Kentucky Woodford County.
I Samuel Henry about fifty-four years of age and a citizen of the County - of and State aforesaid. do certify, that I have been personally acquainted with Mr George Tew ever since the year 1798 who about that time moved from Virginia to the County and State afore- -said, he was said at that time to be a revolutionary Soldier and I have never heard any person doubt it since, he was ex- -pert in Military discipline, and when he attended the Militia Muster of the County he was frequently called on to assist in training the Troops.
Do further certify that I have heard Mr Chapman Taylor say (perhaps fre- -quently) that he was acquainted with the aforesaid George Tew during the revolutionary War, and that in the aforesaid George Tew was a revolu- - tionary Soldier . And I do further certi- -fy that I have been personally acquaint- -ed with the aforesaid Chapman Taylor

ever since I was about eight years of age (never living more than two miles apart) until his death, which took place about seven years ago, and during that long acquaintance he was always called a revolutionary soldier, and I never heard any per- -son doubt it, he was a wealthy and a very respectable man whose word cannot be questioned.
Given under my hand at my residence this 21 st day of Janu- -ary 1836.
Isaac Beine
Commonwealth of Kentucky Woodford County ss. I Isaac Whittington one of the Commonwealth the business of the peace in and for the county aforesaid do certify that the above named Isaac Beine personally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the facts contained in the state- ment made over his signature. And I do further certify that the said Beine is a person of creditability and a man of good character and standing.
Given under my hand and seal this 11 th day of February 1836 Isaac Whittington
Commonwealth of Kentucky Woodford County ss. I, Jeremiah Bonmar my Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do certify that Isaac Whitting- -ton whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of signing the same, one of

the Commonwealth's Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified according to law - and that his official acts are and should receive full faith and credit either in or out of this State. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my said Office, at Versailles this eleventh day of February 1836 and in the 44 th year of the Common- wealth.
Herman Bonner Jr. Clerk.