Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25716, for Peter Moore, Virginia

SERVICE
Va.
Moore, Peter Margaret
NUMBER
W 25716
B.L.W. 11159-160-55-
And Va. Half Pay
CONTENTS
See N.A. Acc. No. 874 050120 Half Pay Peter Moore

93099 } Act Mar 3/53 April 28/53-
Margaret Moore, maiden Peter Moore late  of Bicut
Col Joseph Gackett Va: State Troops
JP
Revolution War 10:160 Qcres Nov. 27/56 Ky Feb 53- B.R. H.
Nov
Boyle
Boyle
Benjamin F Graves Lexington Ky
Vol M 2. page 90.

5.371
Kentucky
Margaret Moore, widow of Peter Moore
Pa who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Lieutenant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 320 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 23 rd day of July 1855. and sent to
W. E. Simmons,
Paris, Ky.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 175. Vol. A.
30 th cousin Aug 16. 1854 Same Aug 13. 1854 a Reg Aug 13/54

State of Kentucky 5 Bourbon County 3
On this 3 rd day of May 1853, personally appeared before William Mr. Samuels, the Presiding Judge of said County of Bourbon Mrs Margaret Moon a resident of the County of Fayette in said State of Kentucky, aged seventy one years, who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the 3 rd day of February 1853; That she is the widow of Peter Moon who was a Captain and Adjutant in the Regiment commanded by Col Joseph Crockett in the Virginia State Line during the war of the Revolution. That she was married to the said Peter Moon on the day of October 1805. That her husband the said Peter Moon died on the day of July 1818 in Fayette Bourbon County Kentucky and that she was a widow at the passage of the act aforesaid and is still a widow. And that she has had by the said Peter Moon the following children viz: Mary Barton, Thomas L. Moon and Robert N. Moon now living and William S. Moon, & Blackwell Moon Lucy Moon long since dead . All of whom were over sixteen years of age at the date of the passage of the act aforesaid. She further says she has never before made application for a pension. Margaret her Moon Mark
Ym obed Servant State of Kentucky Bourbon county ss
Personally appeared before me Presiding Judge of the county court for the county and state above written, Mrs Margaret Moon widow of the late Capt Peter Moon dec d of the army who served in Col Crockett's Regt Virginia State Line during the Revolution and subscribed with her mark and made oath to the foregoing declaration in my presence, and I hereby certify that the said

Margaret Moon is very old and infirm so much so that she is not able to appear in open court - I also - certify that I have no interest in this claim either directly or remotely and that she is the identical widow of Capt Peter Moon deceased as appears from under my hand This The 3 rd day of May 1853 W m M c Samuel P. D. Bble
State of Kentucky Bourbon county
I Richard L Brown Clerk for The county court for the county and state above written do hereby certify that William M Samuel whose genuine signature appears above is and was at the time of taking the foregoing acknowledgement and subscription and subscribing and certifying the same Presiding Judge of the county court for the county and state above written duly commissioned and sworn, that all of his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that said county court is a court of record having general jurisdiction
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at the town of Paris This the 3 rd day of May 1853
R. L. Brown C. Bble. By W. W. Mitchell D. B.

State of Kentucky County of Fayette to wit On this 16 day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty five before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the county and state afore said personally appeared Mrs Margaret Moore who being first duly sworn according to Law declares and says that she is the faithful Margaret Moore the widow of the late Captain Peter Moore who was a soldier and captain in the war of the Revolution in the Regiment Colonel Joseph Brackett from the state of Virginia That her said husband served for about seven years in said Revolutionary war She further states that she is now of the age of about seventy three years and resides in the county of Fayette and state of Kentucky and that she was married to the said Peter Moore in Fayette County Kentucky in the year 1805 She also not now recollect the name of the preacher That her name before marriage was Margaret Love and that her said husband died at Fayette County Kentucky in the year AD 1818 and that she is a widow at the date of this her declaration and have been a widow ever since the death of said Peter Moore She further says she has made application to the proper department at the city of Washington for arrears of pay due to her said husband that she has succeeded in part in establishing her claim to pay and has received a part that her said claim is still pending before the Departments and that William E Simmons of Bourbon County Kentucky is her attorney She refers to the proof filed in said case to prove her marriage as the affidavit of two witnesses is there filed who was at her wedding and proved said fact That it is out of her power again to get said proof and also in said appli- cation which she refers will be found a filed

The proof of her marriage the evidence of the services and death of her said husband which evidence she is unable to procure again in this case all of which evidence she refers to in this application. She makes this application for Bounty Land warrant for 160 acres under the act of Congress 3 d March 1855. She further declares and says she has never received or made application for Bounty Land warrant for the services of her said husband heretofore nor has she ever received or made application in any way for Bounty Land Warrant to the Government U.S. She requests the Commissioner of Pensions to send said warrant when issued and all communications to the care of Benjamin F. Love Lexington Kentucky. She further states her said husband as she has been informed and as he often told her that he served under Col. Crackett who was under General Clark at Louisville Kentucky. She don't know how long her said husband served under General Clark. She refers to the Ralls in said application. Witnesses
Robert H Moore
Isabella C Moore
for Margaret Moore (Seal) moor
Sworn and subscribed by making her mark My Margaret Moore before me a justice of the peace for said county this 16 day of April A D 1855 I certify I well know said Margaret who made her mark above and known to the above and I certify I knew said Margaret Moore in the lifetime of said Peter Moore that they lived together as husband and wife and cohabited together I further certify I am not interested in this claim
Robert Henry Warekinick, J.P. 88,

State of Kentucky Fayette County to wit On this 16 day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty five before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared Jacob Sidener & H. S. Gains
Two credible witnesses known to me to be such, who being by me first duly sworn according to law declares and says that they are well acquainted with Mrs Margaret Moore who made her oath to the foregoing affidavit and declaration in our presence and we believe her statements in said declaration to be correct that we well knew said Margaret Moore in the lifetime of her said husband Captain Peter Moore since together & cohabited as husband and wife and they had several children the fruit of said marriage some of which we know well. That said Capt Peter Moore died in the county of Fayette and state of Kentucky about the
28 day of July A.D. 1818, and we knew said Peter Moore well in his life time and was always represented and we understood from all those who knew him that he was a Revolutionary soldier from the state of Virginia and he also served under Genl Clark & Colonel Brett at Louisville Kentucky we have no doubt but from the information we have received that said Peter Moore served as a pensioner and we are not interested in this claim
Francis Gains Seal Jacob Sidener Seal
Sworn and subscribed before me by Jacob Sidener H. S. Gains — this day and date above written Robt Henry Breckenridge justice of the peace for said county

State of Kentucky Fayette County to wit:
I James A. Grinstead clerk of the county court in and for the county and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Robert Henry Breckenridge Esq. who name is signed to the foregoing declaration and affidavits is and was at the time of signing the same a justice of the peace in and for the county and State aforesaid duly elected commission and sworn and that his said signatures are genuine and entitled to full credit and belief
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Fayette county court this 20th day of April A.D. 1855 At James A. Grinstead clerk
95099
James A. Grinstead Clerk

County of Bourbon State of Kentucky } Set
Your petitioner Margaret Moore, widow of Captain Peter Moon deceased, who served in the Virginia state line in the war of the Revolution. States that her petition or declaration for a pension as widow of the said Captain Peter Moon deceased, is now on file at the Pension office at the City of Washington. She has been notified that her said application has been suspended on the ground that the proof of her marriage to the said Captain Peter Moon is not sufficient in law. She begs leave to amend her said declaration now on file at the office of Pensions in this  to  wit She states that there is no written record of her said marriage possessed of which she now has any knowledge. She was married in the County of Fayette in the State of Kentucky, and supposed her said marriage would have been recorded in the Clerk's office of the County court in said county. She understands that the papers and records in said office have in part been destroyed.

by fire. She understands that said office has been examined, and that no record of her marriage can then be found:
She therefore states that there is no written record of her said marriage recorded.
She therefore prays that the Department will permit her to file the affidavits of living witnesses who were present at her marriage, to prove the same, and also the affidavits of sundry persons who have for many years known her and who also knew her husband in his life time, who knew her to be the wife of the Captain Peter Moore from general reputation. That he acknowledged her to be such, and that she was allowed of his estate at his death as his widow, and her children thereby of their said marriage took as heirs up his estate. She hopes the department will consider her claim as soon as possible. She is getting old, and therefore can not hope to live many years.
She prays that this may be filed and considered as a part of her former declaration, together with the additional proof herewith forwarded.
Margaret Moore

State of Kentucky County of Bourbon
Personally appeared before me presiding Judge of the Bourbon county court Margaret Moon, widow of Captain Peter Moon to me well known, and made oath to, and signed in my presence the foregoing declaration. And I hereby certify that the said Margaret Moon on account of her great age and infirmity of body, is unable to appear in open court, that I believe her to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that whatever statement she may make is entitled to full faith and credit
Given under my hand this the 1 st day June 1855
Wm M Samuel P. Blele
State of Kentucky Bourbon county ss
I Richard J Brown clerk of the county court for the county and state above written do hereby certify that Wm M Samuel whose genuine signature appears above is the Presiding Judge of the Bourbon county court duly commissioned and sworn, and was at the time of signing the same, that all of his official acts as such are entitled

Of full faith and credit, and that said county court is a court of record having general jurisdiction.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Paris Ky This the 7 th day of June 1855
N. J. Brown

Commonwealth of Kentucky B Bourbon County 3 Oct.
Personally appeared before the undersigned, a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Bourbon Mrs. Sally Webb, who being sworn states upon her oath that she is well acquainted with Mrs. Margaret Moon, who is the widow of Capt. Peter Moon deceased, and whose maiden name was Margaret Love. Affiant states that she recollects perfectly the circumstances of the marriage of said Capt. Peter Moon and Margaret Love, and believes she was present at the marriage but cannot be certain of that fact, nor of the date of it. She states that she then resided in the neighborhood of said Peter Moon. Affiant states that the said Peter Moon and Margaret Moon lived together as husband and wife until his death and raised a family of children. Their marriage was never questioned. Affiant states that she was present when Capt. Moon died and the said Margaret was then there and recognized as his wife and afterward received dower in his estate as his widow, and her children received their portion of his estate as his heirs at law. The marriage of Capt. Peter Moon to the said Margaret Moon, took place as early as the year _____ to the best of her recollection and belief.
Sally Webb
Also personally appeared before me, Mrs. Anna Markham, who being sworn states upon her oath that she remembers perfectly the circumstances of the marriage of Capt. Peter Moon to Mrs. Margaret Moon then

Margaret Isaac, but she does not remember the date of the marriage. Affiant states that her husband William Markham, now dead was present at the marriage and gave her an account of it on her return home. She states that said Capt Peter Moon and Margaret Moon lived together as man and wife until his death and raised a large family of children. They were reputed, in the neighborhood and amongst their friends to be man and wife and there is no doubt that they were. Ann Markham
State of Kentucky, Bourbon County
I William H Samuel Presiding Judge of the the County Court and an acting Magistrate of said County of Bourbon - do certify that on the 15 th day of March 1855. Mrs Sally Webb and Mr Ann Markham who are personally known to me, came before before me and made oath, that the foregoing affidavits signed by them respectively - are true. I also certify that I have no interest, in the claim to which the above affidavits refer that the foregoing affiants are residents of this County and have been for many years and that they are credible witnesses,
Given under my hand this 15 th day of March 1855 Wm. H Samuel P. J. Bleek

State of Kentucky
Bourbon County Set=
The affiant George Moore first being duly sworn as by law required states that he is the son of Capt Peter Moore deceased by his first wife= That affiant's mother died about the year 1804 — and that his father the said Capt Peter Moore then married Margret Love on the day of  in the year 1805= He can not state the day and month of the marriage= That he was present at said marriage and an eye witness to the marriage ceremony= That the said Margret Love and his said father the said Capt Peter Moore were married legally by the Revd John Dodd — a minister of the Gospel duly authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage= That they were married in Fayette County State of Kentucky= That after their said marriage they became the parents of six children the issue of said marriage and lived together as husband & wife until the death of the said Capt Peter Moore= That the said Margret Moore was present at the death of her said husband, and was endowed of her legal portion of his estate as his widow= That their children also took their several portions of his estate as heirs at law of their said father and that the said Margret Moore has never since the death of her said husband again married and is still a widow= That the said Capt Peter Moore was the identical person who served in the war of the Revolution and

in the and for the commission of Capt. [?] in said service. That his heirs have received the half pay allow by act of Congress in such cases. And that the said Margaret Moon who now claims a pension, under the existing laws of the United States as the widow of the said Capt. Peter Moon is the identical widow of the said Capt. Moon deceased. Her petition for that purpose is now on file at the Department of the Interior at Washington in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions. He states that he has no interest whatever in said claim for a pension; being the step- son of the said Margaret, and in no manner related to her by blood.
That the certificate of marriage between his said father and the said Margaret Moon was recorded in the clerk's office of the Fayette County court, and that in the year [?] as he is informed, the said clerk's office of the said county court of Fayette was destroyed by fire and all the records therein belonging. Said marriage certificate being amongst the records so destroyed by fire. And further this deponent saith not.
Geo. Moore

State of Kentucky Bourbon County ss
I William M Samuel presiding Judge of The Bourbon county court, and also an acting Justice of the Peace within & for said county do hereby certify that, on the 17 day of March 1855 personally appeared before me — the foregoing affiant George Moon, personally known to me, and made oath, and signed in my presence the foregoing affidavit herewith enclosed and annexed That the said George Moon is a gentleman of high standing and character and has long been a resident of this county personally known to me — That he is a credible witness.
Given under my hand this the 17 day of March 1855.
W m M. Samuel, P. J. B. Clerk
State of Kentucky Bourbon County ss
I Richard L Brown clerk of the county court for the county and state above written do hereby certify that William M Samuels Esq, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Sally Webb, Ann Markham and George Moon were severally made and signed is

The Presiding Judge of the county court was also an acting justice of the Peace within and for the county and state above written duly commissioned and sworn that all of his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the said county court is a court of record having general jurisdiction. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Paris this the 17 day of March 1855- H. J. Brownell

Rev. War Section.
April 13, 1916.
Mrs. W. H. Davis, 1410 Colby Avenue, Everett, Washington.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated the twenty-fifth ultimo, you are advised that in the papers in claim W. File No. 25,716 Rev. War , it is stated that Peter Moore resided in Westmoreland County, Virginia long before the Revolution- ary War, but enlisted in Fauquier County, Virginia, in the summer of 1775, as a Private in Captain John Shelton's company, Colonel Thomas Marshall's Third Virginia regiment; that he was in the battle of Brandywine where he was wounded by a musket ball which entered his left breast and passed through his body. In 1778 he was a Sergeant in the Artillery--no officers stated. Appointed November 8, 1779, Ensign, in Colonel Crockett's Virginia regiment for the Western Frontiers; promoted July 1, 1780, Lieutenant; September 3, 1781, Captain, and continued with said regiment until September 3, 1783.
The date and place of his birth, and his age, are not shown.
Peter Moore married in Fayette County, Kentucky in October 1805, Margaret Love. He died July 1, 1818,

estate, in Fayette County, Kentucky, and she was allowed pension on her application executed May 3, 1853, while a resident of said county and seventy-one years of age. She died September 29, 1856.
Their children were: Mary, Thomas L., Robert H., William S., Nancy, and Blackwell, of whom three were alive in 1853: Mary Barton, Thomas L. and Robert H. Moore.
In 1855, George Moore stated that he was son of soldier by his first wife who died about 1804, name not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

United States Kentucky District ss.
Personally appeared before me the Judge of the said District Peter Moore late a soldier in the third Virginia Regiment upon Continental establishment & made oath that in June 1793 he applied to the Judge of the said District to be placed on the Pension list agreeably to the Act of Congress, that the Judge observed to him, the law had been amended & that the amendatory law had not come to hand, he therefore could not proceed in the business till he should get a copy of the law. That he did not see a notification published by the Judge of the amendment & never knew that a provision had been since made by Congress till he saw a copy of the present Act published in the Kentucky Gazette sometime in the summer, 1805 part 1805. Given under my hand this 18 th day of September 1805
Harry Innes
Part of the Act of 1792 for regulating Claims to invalid Pensions was repealed by that on the same subject which passed on the 28 th of February 1793 - Before I was furnished with a copy of the last law applications were made by invalids who were postponed because I had notice of the amendment, yet could not act not knowing what it was. Notice of the Amendment was afterwards published in the Kentucky Gazette, which had a very partial circulation, depending on private conveyances, there being no Post Roads or Post Offices established in this State at that time.
Harry Innes

Moore nests exhibited by Peter Moore for a pension.
1706
1706

U. States to Russell v. } Com n
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Nov 7.

Ap. 10 th 1793
I do hereby certify that the bearer hereof Major Peter Moore was a Soldier in the 3 d Virginia Regiment under my command, & that he was wounded by a Musket ball, being shot through his body at the battle of Brandywine in September 1777. by which wound in my opinion he is rendered incapable of hard labor & that he served in the said Regiment until duly discharged. Given under my hand the day & year above written.
T. Marshall then Col. a 3 d Virginia Regiment

The United States of America to William Russell & John C. Richardson of Fayette county greeting. We reposing special confidence in your integrity do by these presents authorise you to examine William Moore of the said county late an Ensign in the 3 d Virginia Regiment upon Continental establishment commanded by Col o Thomas Marshall during the revolutionary war, of & touching the paper hereto annexed, whether the writing thereon dated "Apr d 10 th 1793 & signed Thomas Marshall Col o 3 d Virginia Regiment" is the hand writing of the said Thomas Marshall & annex hereto the testimony of the said William Moore taken upon this occasion & return the same to our Judge for the District of Kentucky. In witness whereof Harry Innes our said Judge hath hereunto set his hand in conformity to the Act of Congress "to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of the United States during the revolutionary war" this 19 th day of September 1805
Harry Innes

In obedience to a commission; The United States of America, Directed to us William Rufel & Jos. C. Richardson commissioners, to take The Disposition of Wm. Moore late Ensign in the 3 rd Virginia Regiment upon Continental establishment, Respecting the Certificate of Col. Thomas M ch 23 rd 1805 is annexed. We the above mentioned commissioners met at the house of Jos. C. Richardson in the County of Fayette & Commonwealth of Kentucky on the 25 th of September 1805 — The above mentioned Wm. Moore late Ensign & being duly sworn Deponth & saith, That he has been well acquainted with Col. Thomas Marshall's hand write, for upwards of thirty years, & would as have known to Col. Marshall's hand as his own and believe the Above Certificate to be the writing of Col. Thomas Marshall — This Depont further saith not
W m Moore
Commonwealth of Kentucky Fayette City ss.
Sworn & subscribed before us Commissioners this 25 th of September 1805 —
W. Rufell
Col. Thomas Marshall being dead it was supposed necessary to prove his handwriting relative to the Certificate of discharge of Peter Moore
J. C. Richardson
Harry Innes I. K. D.

Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office April 24. 1850
Sir
I have received your letter of this date requesting me to lend you the papers in the case of Peter Moore.
In reply I have to state that those papers are not now found on the files of this Office; that they were sent to you on the 22 d February last; that on the 16 th Instant you enclosed in a letter of that date, "papers in the case of Peter Moore which were borrowed from the files of this Office", but which were returned to you with my letter of 17 Inst n . stating that the papers you had sent did not belong to the files of this Office. Since then, the papers borrowed on 22 d Feby, above referred to, have not been received at this office.
Very Respectfully Your Obed t Serv t
James L. Edwards, Esq r Commissioner of Pensions
J. B. Callahan, Auditor

Mr Geddes

Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office June 25. 1857.
Sir:
I return the letter of Mr Ray received from your office yesterday, & in reply to your request, to be furnished with the papers in the case of Lt. Peter Moore, deceased, under the act of July 5. 1832, have to state that after a careful examination of the records of this office the papers in question cannot be found. I find, however, a letter from your office, dated April 24 th 1850, requesting the use of those papers.
Very Respectfully Your obedt Servt.
W. H. Harrison
Auditor
Geo: C. Whiting Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

St Peter Moore
May 2. 1850
May 2. 1850
2d Offic 61. 832 —
p 5.572. 18
Transferred to Rosales
Offic av.
1 Mar 1855.
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

Memor -
Case of Lieutenant Peter Moore Va. State Line
Widow died recently - fully pensioned under Act Feb'y 3rd 1853 - This Agency
It is admitted that he was also an Adjutant but the length of service of service in that rank or capacity is not ascertained - so that they refuse to increase the pension Can you furnish any evidence in this case from your rolls?
Va. records have been searched without success
Your Resp'y C. H. Buckley Louisville Ky May 18 th 1877
Alex Ray Washington D. C.
vol 1 22 ag books ag 21 25 76. 9
vol 2 17

Ho. Rep. Washington city
March 2 nd 1855
Sir
I filed last year the papers of Mrs. Margaret Moore wid- ow of Capt. Peter Moore of Va. for pension - and have heard nothing of it since - It is due to the office however to say that I made no written communication, and suppose therefore that the communication if any was addressed to the claimant - But I learn from the agent that no - communication has been received - will you do me - the favor to examine the claim and let me know - its condition - If not allowed the reasons &c - please answer by tomorrow as I wish to know before I have -
Respectfully yours obl
Hon. S. P. Waldo
Rev. L. M. Cox
Com. Pen.

Pension Office
October 9 / 1836
Sir
The certificate of Pension of Margaret Moore of Kentucky is herewith returned.
It appears that her husband did render some service as Captain, but how much I have no means of ascertaining. It is clear that the duration of his service in that capacity was short. I would remark that a close investigation of the papers shows that she has already been pensioned for more service as Lieutenant than can be established by the Records.
Very Respectfully For orders! Minot Comm. of Pensions
C. H. Barclay Esq
Louisville Ky

Louisville Ky, Oct 17th 1856
Sir
I have just received the enclosed which I herewith return to you; and call your attention to my letter and the accompanying proof which I sent to you a few days ago, and which of course you had not received when you wrote this letter — You state that you have no means of ascertaining how much service her husband rendered as Captain and that the records show less than two years service as Lieutenant —
— It shews by the records that he served three years as Lieutenant , or at least our evidence is presumptive if not conclusive and if I understand the rules of your office, unless you can find evidence to contradict you admit the truth of Public Records of a State — The evidence that I sent a few days ago shews prima facie that Peter Moore served three years,

and during the War as It and Capt and must have served three years at least as Capt because those whose duty it was to be informed in regard to his service admitted it by granting land to his heirs and then the General Government more than Twenty years ago admitted it by receiving the land Warrants — If the evidence were defective it seems to me that the Government should then have objected to it, and given them a chance then to remedy the defect while witnesses were alive and not having then done so it seems to me that you are estopped from raising it now — Asking a review of the case in the light of the evidence above alluded to I remain
Yours Respy
Hon J. Minto Commissioner Washington D. C.
C H Barkley
(over)

I just remember that under the Act July 5 th 1832 the heirs of Peter Moore recovered the Commutation or Half pay by Judgement against the State of Virginia — within 6p than Ten years part — 1847 — 1849 —
Please examine into that too and you will find evidence in the proper Archives at Washington
Respy
D r H. Barkley

Pension Office June 30 th 1843.
Sir,
I have examined the claim in the case of Peter Moore dec d for half-pay from 1781 to 1783 and have admitted the same. whenever you may file evidence that you are the Attorney of his representatives, or proof that you are the administrator on the estate of the deceased, the amount will be paid to you.
I am very respectfully, Your obed t Servant, J. L. Edwards
Mr W. S. Moore, Present,

Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office July 23, 1887.
Sir
In compliance with your request of the 16 th inst. I herewith enclose the papers upon which a settlement was made in the case of Peter Moore, died, on the 2 d of May 1880, under the Act of July 6 th 1838.
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t N. G. Simmons Auditor
Geo. C. Whiting Esq. Comm r of Pensions }

Ensign 8 Nov. 1919 Entered & promotion to Lieut from 1 st Aug 1980.

Washington Aug 28/57
Mr. C. Whiting Esq. Com d of Pensions Sir,
I duly received your letter of the 13 th in the case of the widow of Peter Mono dec d . late a pensioner on the R y roll under act '53.
The claim of Peter Mono was first admitted under act July 5. 1832 for services as an officer of the line. Upon an exhibit of certain additional proof being filed as a staff officer a further allowance was made on account of staff service. as A q at the rate of 73¢ pr. annum.
The widow was pensioned under act 1850 for two years Sen o of her husband as Line d . at $320 per annum.
On the recent application I made for an increase of her pension, reference was made to the proof upon which the claim was augmented under act July 32. being under the impression that the same evidence which was deemed to be sufficient for an increased allowance under act 32: should be made to apply to act 53. at the rate of 73¢ pr. annum for Staff Service.
With this explanation I hope the claim will be reviewed under act 1853. and that you may find it proper to make the allowance claimed.
I remain Ever your Ob dt Serv t Alex. Ray

Paris Kentucky June 28 1835.
Dear Sir;
I have the honor to enclose you herewith the certificate of the Clerk of the Fayette county court stating that there is no record in his office of the marriage of capt Peter Moon and Margrit Love. I also enclose you an extract or copy of the order of said county court, assigning her (Mrs Margrit Moon) dower in the estate of her husband capt Peter Moon dec d . With the proof now on file of the marriage of capt Peter Moon and Margrit Love, now Margrit Moon, widow of the said Peter Moon, made by parties present at the time, and with this additional record evidence of the fact as shown by her receiving dower in his her said husband's estate the department surely will not longer keep this

aged and infirm old woman out of her just rights as given by act of congress - In a few years more at best she will have ceased to claim even this gratuity at the hands of the Government.
I hope the Department will consider her case at the earliest moment, and if the same should be allowed advise me of the fact immediately with directions how I shall proceed to receive the money allowed her.
With high consideration I have the honor to be Your obed Servt M c E. Simmons
Hon L. P. Waldo.

Louisville Ky Sept 22 1856
Sir
Enclosed herein I return to your office the Pension Certificate of Mrs Margaret Moore widow of Lt Peter Moore under Act 1833
I also send Power Attorney which authorizes me to prosecute herein to increase of her pension Her husband was a Captain in the Virginia State Line in War of Revolution — In 1832 a Warrant was issued by Commonwealth of Va- for 1333 1/3 Acres as a Supplement to the Lt Warrant of 2666 2/3 Acres, thereby admitting that he was a Captain This last named warrant was issued in name of the heirs, and was then received by United States and Scrip issued therefor — nearly 20 years ago — So one of the heirs told me Please investigate the case and report on it to me as

Soon as convenient
Your Resp'y
A. H. Barkley
Hon. J. M. Morton Commissioner Washington D. C.

Washington
June 12. 1857
George B. Whiting Gov Comr of Pensions. Sir
In the case of ———— M rs . widow of Lieut & A q Peter Moore. act Feb 3. 1853. & I am authorized by the agent in the case. to make application for an increase of the widow pension on account of the deceased husband's servi- ces as Adjutant in Col. Brackett Virginia Regiment.
In the month of June 1850 evidence was filed in the case of the office, by Mr F. Dickins for an allowance as A q under act 5 July 1832. an allowance having been made prior to that time as Lieut
The evidence then filed (in 1850) was an extract from my records. From it by Mr Dickins and myself. and in that shape accepted by Com re missioner Edwards. On which an allowance was made June 2. 1850. of $78 for service as Adjutant. amounting to $2,846. 84 and paid at the Treasury May 3. /50 The paper on which the allowance was made. will be found in Report No 9228. May 3 /50 at the office of the 3 rd . Auditor, to which I respectfully refer you for proof in support of the claim now made for an increase of the widow pension under act Feb 3. /53.
I remain your Respectfully Com re O ff ice Alex. N ay
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In Council December 12 th 1783.
The Governor having laid before the Board a letter from Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Crockett requesting that his excellency would call a Board of Officers to consider his claim and the claim of the officers of his regiment to half pay - it is advised General Clarke, Col o Muter, Col o Dabney & Col o Meriwether Capt s Cypess or any four of them be requested to sit as a Board (and) make a report to the Executive of the State of the said regiment when disbanded and the right of the several officers in the same to half pay and other emoluments
Extract from minutes
A Blair C lerk
Proceedings of a Board of Officers at Richmond on Tuesday the 16 th of December 1783. in consequence of the annexed requisition of the Executive
Present. General Clarke                      Col o Dabney Col o Muter                      Major Meriwether
The Board proceeded to examine the List of the Officers and return of the Regiment laid before them by Col o Crockett and find them to be right and just in every respect, and that the officers of the said regiment have behaved themselves in such a manner that none can be discriminated as unworthy of receiving the emoluments given them by law; but they think themselves not qualified to determine what emoluments the said officers are by law entitled to.
The Board beg leave to inform His Excellency the Governor (and) the Hon ble Council that Maj r Alex r ander Dick was omitted in the lists of Officers transmitted to the Executive by the Board of Field Officers that sat in February 1782; That Maj r Dick served from the earliest period of the war until he had leave to retire as a supernumerary Major on the 1 st of January 1783.
G. R. Clark Pres t
The foregoing are true copies of papers now on file

in this office
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office Richmond this 25 th day of March 1843. J. H. Heath and
Copies of papers in the Auditor's Office at Richmond, re dated Oct. 12. 1783. to be used in the case of Peter Moore, etc.
W. J. Moore agent
Mar 30 1843

State of Kentucky Fayette County 3
I James A. Goinstead clerk of the county court for the county and state above written, having been duly elected and sworn, do hereby certify that by virtue of my office as clerk aforesaid I have charge of the public records of said county and that by law all marriages celebrated in said county are directed to be recorded in my office. That I have diligently examined said records of marriages in said clerk's office aforesaid and do hereby certify that the marriage of Peter Moon and Margret Love, does not appear amongst said records. I further state that the records of said office in reference to marriage records is very imperfect. I further state that Mrs Margret Moon widow of Peter Peter Moon and is a resident of this county and is a lady of high character and respectability. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Lexington this 28 day June 1855.
James A. Goinstead clerk
I tell
Subscribed and sworn to by James A. Goinstead clerk of the above named county court before me.
Given under my hand this the 28 th day June 1855
Bery X Goinstead P J X 66

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Fayette County Ser
I James A Grinstead clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Benjamin H Grades Esqr whose genuine signature appears at foot of preceding page is the Presiding Judge of our said Court duly elected Commissioned and qualified as such
Given under my hand this 27 th day of June 1855
At James A Grinstead Clerk

(Copy.)
Independent of the two concurrent decisions of the Head of the War Department on this case which except in a case of clear mistake or the discovery of new and convincing proof shewing them to be clearly wrong, ought to be conclusive. I think there is no evidence to shew that Mr. Moore ever was a Captain in the proper military sense of the term. The decision of the Commissioner is therefore confirmed.
War Department (Signed) J. M. Porter
April 1. 1843

Pension Office, April 11. 1843.
Sir,
Since your decision in the case of Peter Moore, deceased, a copy of which is enclosed, Mr. W. S. Moore has presented a new claim, but without any proof to sustain it. He claims pay from the 31 st December 1781 to September 1783, from which last date half-pay has been allowed. In order to sustain this claim, it must be shewn that Peter Moore did not perform duty in any capacity whatever after December 1781. The law gives the Officer half pay from the time he left the service; and the regiment to which he belonged was disbanded in December 1781; but the Officers were liable to duty afterwards whenever called upon. The Treasury Department adopted the rule to commence half-pay at the end of the war, viz. in September 1783, unless it was shewn that the Officer never was in service after a given period prior thereto. Such proof is wanted in this case.
I have

I have the honor to be, Very respectfully Your O bt Serv t . J. L. Edwards
Hon. J. M. Porter, Secretary of War.

Hon Thos Ewing
/ Peter Moore dec'd /
(Mar 27/50)

Pension Office
March 27. 1850
Sir,
In the case of Peter Moore, dec d whose administrator claims commutation under the acts of July 5. 1832 and March 3. 1835, I make the following report:
In this case half-pay has already been allowed, amounting to $8828:31. The administrator now claims commutation on the ground that the deceased served to the end of the war. But of the proof on this point does not satisfy me that he so served. I enclose the papers in number, and a brief.
I have the honor
Enter the case on the commutation book
Hon. Thomas Ewing Secretary of the Interior

House of Rep 26 th Feby 1844
Colo. J. L. Edwards will please favor me with a copy of his opinion rendered to Mr Secretary Bell on the application of Peter Monroe heirs of Ky for half pay in his right as a captain state line in the Revolutionary war of the Virginian. Will he also furnish me with a copy of Colo. Brocketts rank roll as certified by himself
Respectfully
Garrett Davis

"There does not appear to be sufficient evidence on the record that Lt. Peter Moore ever was promoted to the rank of Captain - The decision of the Commissioner is therefore confirmed." "J. R. P."
True copy of the endorsement made by the Secre- tary of War, on the papers of Peter Moore, Feb- ruary 19. 1840.
John D. Wilson, Clk. Pension Office

Washington June 13. 1843
Sir
I enclose you all the evidence that can be found in Richmond connected with the service of the regiment commanded by Col Brockett. It appears that it was disbanded on the 22 d day of Dec 1781 and if you will examine the acts passed between that time and the 3 rd day of Sept 1783 you will find that there was no law passed to authorize the Executive to reorganize that regiment. It has been established that Peter Moore was entitled to half pay for services rendered in Brockett's regiment. He could not therefore have been in the service after the regiment was discharged.
Yours W S Moore
Col P L Cawards

Sir,
The enclosed was picked up in the street. If it does not belong to your office you will know where to send it
Yours truly Christopher Saml P Potts 1 July 1842
J L Lockwood Esq Crown Prince

Hall of Reps Feby 23 rd 1847
J L Edwards Esqr Comm r of pensions
Please cause to be made for me a copy of the letters of administration granted to Wm. Moore on the estate of his father Peter Moore, they are with the papers in your office touching the services of Peter Moore - attach certificate & seal to the copy & oblige your Most Servt Will d Thompson

Sir
N. D. Nov 1st 1844
Since my decision in the case of Peter & Morris dict you have again called it up on what you consider new evidence on the decision in the case of Applethwaite and face. These decisions were of record in the Department and your reference to them is not therefore new evidence in the case of Morris
I do not consider that this Department is bound to be governed by the decisions of the Courts of Virginia on  upon claims for half pay subsequent to the act of July 5 th 1832), upon claims for half pay under that act, tho', of course, it will pay all due and proper respect to them. The Act referred to imposed upon the Dept the duty of investigating the claims which had not been prosecuted to judgment, and a decision of a court to means, as conclusive evidence of the justice of a claim, without reference to other proof, would be entirely to neglect that duty. The Dept must adjudicate the claims for itself upon proofs, of which the decision of court may properly form a part. But even were the decisions of a judicial tribunal of itself deemed separate sufficient, the Dept could would not be satisfied with (none) but those of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, as it was the proceedings of that tribunal which, bound the State and led to the act of July 5 th 1832). The judicial decision in the case of Morris was not by that Court but by the

the circuit Court of Hanes County. That decision was before me when I decided the case, and with all the other evidence in way the case maturely considered. I was not and am not satisfied that Moore was a Captain and could not therefore grant the additional increased allowance asked for.
In the case of Saml B Green and the certificate of the Auditor of Virginia striking him last is not sufficient evidence that he held a commission of that grade, especially as in the return of Col Crockett dated in June 1782 his name appears as Colonel.
You ask that, if my opinion in regard to the foregoing cases should continue unfavorable, they be referred to the Atty Genl. for his opinion. The points at issue are questions of fact; viz whether the evidence shows that Moore was a Captain and Green a Lieut, and it is not the province of the Atty Genl to give his opinions upon questions of fact. Your request cannot be complied with.
In regard to the case of Isaac Brown in the Court of Pensions reports to me that it cannot be properly investigated until the papers are published when which the first payment was under the act of July 3rd 1782, was made at the Treasury Dept. Henry Matthews Esq Washington D.C. W.H.
Ms B 25/408
Nov 11 1832

Washington Feb 22 d 1844
Col S L Edwards
Sir Will you do me the favour to send me copies of your report to the Hon John Bell in July 1841 and of the rank roll of Col Crockett's regiment which last paper I filed in the files in the case of Peter Morris's representatives in June last
I wish the copies forwarded to the City Post office as soon as convenient
Respectfully Yours
Col S L Edwards
W S Moore

Home Rep. 7 th March 1844
Colo. J. L. Edwards
Sir,
I enclose you another argument in the case of the application of the heirs of Peter Moore and for the difference between the pay of Lieutenant & Captain in the Revolutionary army. I am aware that this case has been repeatedly before you , & how reluctant it is to have it again brought to your consideration. I ask you to review your decision upon law & testimony that were never before you on any previous examination of the case & which I think beyond doubt entitles the heirs of Moore to their claim. Upon the law of Virginia, of which I enclose an extract in my argument & the evidence furnished by the payment of bread account I have the most unswerving confidence that I could get the judgment of any court of intelligence in favor of the claim. I ask it as a personal favor to myself, that you will lay aside my argument until you have a leisure moment & then give the case a deliberate examination. If should not have troubled you again if I was not satisfied that the new matter now presented must change your opinion.
Respectfully Gerrit Smith

Peter Moore dec d
Libb C. J. Franklin July 5. 1843.
Form of Order  Order
Col. J. J. Lawrence

Washington July 3-43
Sir
After I left your room on Saturday I discovered that I had dropped the power of attorney given me by C. I. Faulkner if it has been found you will oblige by forwarding it to Mr. Faulkner at Martinsburg Berkeley County Virginia
Yours
W. S. Moore
Col J. L. Canaway

3049
Commonwealth v Morris ad
Mr Brooke

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA,
RICHMOND.
COMMONWEALTH v. MOORE'S adm'r.
TO THE HONOURABLE THE COURT OF APPEALS.
The petition of the attorney general on behalf of the commonwealth, represents:
That the adm'r of Peter Moore, on an appeal from the decision of the auditor of public accounts, recovered against the commonwealth a judgment for a warrant for half-pay alleged to be due to the said Moore as a captain, from the 22d day of April 1783 to his death, subject to a credit for the sum received by said Moore as a lieutenant, from the government of the United States. This judgment was recovered on the 7th June 1834. No application was made for its payment until recently. Your petitioner is advised that this judgment is erroneous. The said Peter Moore never was a captain in Crockett's regiment, as will appear from the annexed documents, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and the papers contained in the record.
Your petitioner prays an appeal from this judgment, and that it be reversed and annulled.
He assigns the following error:
1st. Peter Moore never was a captain in Crockett's regiment, and was not entitled to half-pay as such.
S. S. BAXTER, Att'y Gen'l.
I am of opinion that there is error in this judgment sufficient to reverse it.
S. S. BAXTER, Counsel Practising in the Court of Appeals.
Peter Moore Va - W. 25-716

(No. 1.)
STATE REGIMENT RAISED FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE WESTERN FRONTIERS.
The regiment was raised in 1779, in consequence of an act of assembly passed at the May session of that year. The field officers were appointed by the governor in council, and commissioned the 8th November the same year. The company officers were appointed by the field officers of the several counties that were to raise the men, and entitled to rank from the time of their half quotas being complete, their commissions bearing the same date of the field officers.
1779. Strength of the regiment not known, as the officers of the regiment had not met at the place appointed for rendezvous, which was Albemarle barracks.
1780, May the 1st. Strength of the regiment, agreeable to the general return of that date.
  Field officers, 2 Serg't major, 1 Rank and file in all, 160   Captains, 6 Q. M. serg't, 1   Lieutenants, 5 Sergeants, 14 Non-commiss'd officers, 19   Ensigns, 6 Drum major, 1   Surgeon, 1 Fifers, 1 From the other column, 179   Surgeon's mates, 2 Drummer, 1   19 
Commonwealth v. Moore's adm'r.
List of Officers of said Regiment as they now stand, 22nd December 1781.
   Names. Rank first in Service. Year. Different Promotions, &c. Present Rank. Present Date of Commissions. Present State.     Joseph Crockett, A private volunteer with col. Lewis on the Shawnee expedition, 1774, Lieut. under captain Russell 5 Sept. 1775; a capt. in the 7th Va. regiment 3rd April 1776; major 28th June 1778; became supernumerary at the arrangement of the army at the White plains Sept. the same year; lt. colo. commandant of a reg't raised for the defence of the western frontiers Nov. 8th, 1779; recruited 24 men for capt. Russell's company, 33 for the 7th reg't, re-enlisted 35 for 3 years or the war, Lieut. colo. command't, 8 Nov. 1779, Supernumerary.   George Walls, 1st lieut. in 4th Va. reg't, 1776, A capt. the same year; commissioned a major out of the Va. line to a state regiment August 1779, Major, 8 Nov. 1779, In actual service at the falls of Ohio.  
Commonwealth v. Moore's adm'r.

   Names. Rank first in Service. Year. Different Promotions, &c. Present Rank. Present Date of Commissions. Present State.     William Cherry, 2nd lieut. in 4th Va. reg't, 1776, A first lt. the same year; a capt. 1777; became supernumerary at the arrangem't at White plains 1778; was appointed a capt. in a state reg't August 1779, Captain, 8 Nov. 1779, Supernumerary.   Benjamin Kinley, A subaltern officer in Va. line, 1776, Became supernumerary at the White plains; appointed a capt. in a state reg't August 1779; died Sept. 1780, Do. - Dead.   John Millen, Captain, 1779, - - - Resigned 1 Aug. '80.   Thomas Young, Captain, 1779, - - - Supernumerary.   John Chapman, Serg't in the Va. line, 1776, Captain in a state regiment 1779, Captain, 8 Nov. 1779, Killed at the falls of Ohio 2d Sep. 1781.   Abraham Tipton, Captain, 1779, - - - Killed at same time.   John Kerney, A private and taken prisoner Fort Washington, 1776, Lieut. in a state regiment 8 Nov. 1779; a captain August 1780, Captain, 1 Aug. 1779, Supernumerary.   Barnard Glenn, Lieut. 1779, - Lieut. 8 Nov. 1779, Do.   James M'Gill, Lieut. 1779, - - - Resigned Aug. 1780.   Daniel Anderson, Lieut. 1779, - - - Dismissed the service Feb'y 1781.  
Commonwealth v. Moore's adm'r.
   Isaac Browning, Lieut. 1779, - Lieut. 8 Nov. 1779, Supernumerary.   Peter Moore, Private soldier in 3d Va. reg't, 1776, A sergeant in the artillery 1778; ensign 8 Nov. 1779, Ensign, Do. Do.   Hugh M'Gavock, Ensign, 1779, - Ensign, Do. Do.   Thomas Walls, Ensign, 1779, - Ensign, Do. Do.   Henry Dearing, Ensign, 1779, - Ensign, Do. Do.   Rice Bullock, Ensign, 1779, - Ensign, Do. Do.   Samuel B. Green, Ensign, 1779, - Ensign, Do. Do.   Charles Greer, Surgeon, 1780, - Ensign, Do. Do.   James Hamilton, Surg's mate, - - - - Surg's mate Cont'l Armand's reg't. Deserted April 1780.  
Commonwealth v. Moore's adm'r.
Strength of the regiment when discharged: Non-commissioned officers 13—Rank and file 148.
The above mentioned subaltern officers were all entitled to promotion, agreeable to an arrangement lodged in the war office at Richmond. As to the several officers' service in the recruiting business, I am not able to certify, as none of them are present at the making out of this return.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, June 17th, 1782.
I certify the above is a true return of the Western battalion, to the best of my knowledge.
JOSEPH CROCKETT, Lieut. Colo. Comdt. Western Battalion.
A true copy,
JAS. E. HEATH, Aud.

( No. 2. )
Rank of the Officers of Lt. Colo. Joseph Crockett's Reg't, with the Date of their Appointments and Commissions, what number of Men when joined, and the number when reduced.
   NAMES. Rank. When Appointed. Date of Comm'n. REMARKS.     Joseph Crockett, a supernum'y maj'r in the Va. line, Lt. colo. 23 July '79, 8 Nov. '79, Entitled to half pay.   George Walls, called from the line, - - Maj'r, " " 6 " " Do. do.   Wm. Cherry, a supernumerary capt. from the Va. line, Capt. " " 8 " " Do. do.   Thomas Young, - - - - - Capt. " " 8 " " Do. do.   John Karney, - - - - - Capt. " " 1 July 1780, Entitled to half pay for former services.   Peter Moore, - - - - - Lt. " " 8 Nov. '79, Do. do.   Thomas Walls, - - - - - Lt. " " 6 " " Do. do.   Hugh M'Gavock, - - - - - Ens. - 8 " " Entitled to half pay.   Rice Bullock, - - - - - Lt. - 14 Aug. 1780, Entitled to half pay for former services.   Charles Greer, - - - - - Surg'n, 1 Feb'y '80, - Do. do.   Bernard Glenn, - - - - - Lt. - 8 Nov. '79, Do. do.   Isaac Browning, - - - - - Lt. - " " Do. do.   Samuel Ball Green, - - - - - Ens. - " " Do. do.   Henry Daring, - - - - - Ens. - " " Do. do.  
Commonwealth v. Moore's adm'r.
It appears by returns of Colo. Crockett's regiment that there were raised 225 men; and the number when reduced 137 men.
GEORGE WALLS, Major W. B.
A true copy,
JAS. E. HEATH.

(No. 3.)
SIR,
The regiment I have the honour to command was discharged at the falls of Ohio in December 1781, at which time I directed the regimental qr. master to apply to Gen'l Clark for sixteen of the public horses, then at that place, for the purpose of conveying provisions and baggage through the wilderness. Your excellency will see among the enclosed papers, No. 1, Gen'l Clark's order relative to the horses. When we got to Powell's valley several of the horses were tired, and there being no qr. master to receive them, I thought it better to dispose of them among the officers and soldiers, than to leave them where they must have been lost to the public. A memorandum of which sales, your excellency will find in No. 2. When we got to Montgomery county the horses then left were in a very declining state, and several quite tired, and no quarter master in that part of the country to receive them, my orders to the regimental quarter master was, to make sale of them at public auction for ready money. Advertisements and all other notice was dispersed through the country seven or eight days before the sale, and notwithstanding a great number of the inhabitants attended the sale, not one would make a bid. I then directed the regimental quarter master to dispose of them to the officers and soldiers (a considerable number of whom being present), they having made a halt to rest and refresh themselves from the fatigues of the journey, and for the said quarter master to take an order on the pay master, as I expected our pay would be drawn by general abstract as usual; but that not being the case, and my not knowing of any other mode, but by the executive, of securing to the public (from the purchasers) the amount of sales, have taken the liberty of enclosing to your excellency the above state of facts, with the papers in my possession. The papers now enclosed your excellency were sent me by the qr. master but a little time ago, or I would have sent them to your excellency sooner.
I am, your excellency's
Most obed't and
Very h'ble servant,
JOSEPH CROCKETT.
30th June 1784.
Addressed to
His Excellency BENJAMIN HARRISON, Governor and Chief Magistrate, Virginia.
A true copy,
JA'S E. HEATH, Aud.

(No. 4.)
RICHMOND, Dec'r 10th, 1783.
HON'BLE SIR,
I had the honour of being appointed a captain in the continental army the 4th of February 1776, I raised a company, marched to Williamsburg in the first place, and afterwards to the northward, and served the campaign of 1777, and till the 15th Sept. 1778, when I was left out as a supernumerary major. In May 1779, I was appointed a lieutenant colonel commandant of a western battalion and served at the barracks in Albemarle, and in the Kentucky country until 22nd Dec'r 1781. These services I suppose will undoubtedly entitle myself to half pay, and I hope the officers who served with me in the western country will also be entitled. However, the request I have now to make of your excellency and the hon'ble council is that you will be pleased to direct a board of officers to consider my case and that of my officers, there now being a number of state officers in the city, I suppose it to be a good opportunity, and so good a one may not happen again. My return of the services of the officers are , I expect, in the hands of the clerk of the council. This business brought me down, and therefore I beg your excellency will take some steps therein as soon as you may think it fit. I fear the officers will be scattering.
I have the honour to be,
Your excellency's most ob't
And very h'ble serv't,
JOSEPH CROCKETT.
Addressed,
His Excellency BENJAMIN HARRISON, Governor of Virginia.
A true copy,
JA'S E. HEATH, Aud.
(No. 5.)
AUDITOR'S OFFICE, March 29, 1844.
It appears by my certificate filed in the suit of Peter Moore against the commonwealth, that I was under the impression at the time, that Moore held the rank of captain at the close of the war. I have no doubt I was principally misled by the proceedings of the board of officers convened by general Clarke's order "to examine into the claims of the officers of Col. Crockett's regiment respecting their ranks," wherein Mr. Moore was recommended as captain to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Capt. Tipton. These proceed-

ings were referred by the council of state in April 1782, to the commissioner of war, for what purpose I cannot readily perceive, as Crockett's regiment was unquestionably disbanded before that time, to wit, in December 1781. It moreover appears, that Peter Moore settled his pay account in 1783, as a lieutenant, and that he drew from the land office in person his bounty as a lieutenant. I am now fully satisfied that although he was recommended to a captaincy he never was commissioned as such.
JA'S E. HEATH, Aud.
( No. 6. )
This is to certify, that it appears from a list in this office of such officers and soldiers of the Virginia state line, during the revolutionary war, as settled their accounts, and received certificates for the balance of their full pay, according to an act of assembly, passed the November session 1781, that a certificate issued on the 8th day of July 1783, in the name of Peter Moore, as lieutenant of infantry, for £ 194. 12. 2., which certificate appears to have been delivered to John Marshall, and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.
{ No Seal of } Given under my hand at the auditor's office, { Office. } Richmond, this 2nd day of April 1844.
JA'S E. HEATH, Auditor.
( No. 7. )
COUNCIL CHAMBER, 13th February 1784.
I do certify that Peter Moore is entitled to the proportion of land allowed a lieut. of the Crockett's regiment line who has served the term prescribed by the act for raising the said regiment.
THOMAS MERIWETHER.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
A warrant for 2666 \frac{2}{3} acres issued to Peter Moore, 13th February 1784. No. 2485.
A copy from the records of the Virginia land office.
Teste,
S. H. PARKER, Reg. L. Office.
IN COUNCIL, 6th October 1830.
It is advised that the heirs of Capt. Peter Moore be allowed land bounty as a Capt. in the Virginia state line, for services during the war, the amount of bounty heretofore allowed him as a Lieut. to be deducted.
JOHN FLOYD.
Attest,
J. W. PLEASANTS.

   No. 7122  853½    7123  480         1333½   
The above warrants issued to the heirs of Peter Moore Jan'y 7th, 1832, and delivered to J. B. Abbott.
A copy from the records of the Virginia land office.
Teste,
S. H. PARKER, Reg. L. Office.
Pleas before the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for Henrico County, held for the trial of civil causes, on Saturday the 7th day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.
Be it remembered, that at this same term, on Friday the 6th day of the same month of June, and in the year above mentioned, came Charles James Faulkner administrator de bonis non of Peter Moore deceased, in his proper person, and presented to the said court a petition, praying an appeal from a decision of the auditor of public accounts rejecting a certain claim of the petitioner for services rendered by the decedent in his lifetime as an officer in the revolutionary war; which petition, with the account of the said Peter Moore and the answer of the auditor of public accounts thereto subjoined, are in the words and figures following:
To the honourable John B. Clopton esq., Judge of the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for the County of Henrico.
The petition of Chas. Jas. Faulkner administrator de bonis non of Peter Moore dec'd, respectfully representing, sheweth:
That your petitioner is the adm'r of the late captain Moore, as will appear by reference to the records of your honourable court, he having duly qualified as such in the circuit court of Henrico county. Your petitioner deems it unnecessary to refer to the earlier services of Peter Moore from 1775 up to 1779. It is sufficient to state, that in November 1779, Peter Moore was commissioned an ensign in the Virginia state regiment, commanded by Col. Joseph Crockett; that on the 1st of July 1780 he was promoted to a lieutenancy in the place of lieutenant Kerney, then raised to a captaincy; and that on the 2d of September 1781, lieutenant Moore was promoted to a captaincy, to supply the place of captain Tipton who was killed. The fact that Peter Moore was an officer, and a meritorious officer of the Virginia state line, is not questioned it is believed by any one.
Some time after the act of the 5th of July 1832 was passed by congress, assuming the debts contracted by Virginia with her officers, your petitioner presented the claim of Peter Moore to the secretary of

the treasury as a captain in the Virginia state line and entitled to his half pay as such. The right of Moore to the pay of a captain, was at first recognized, subsequently however, and upon the evidence solely of an informal document without authentication, in which he is referred to as a lieut., but which is without date, the secretary thought proper, for the present, to admit his claim as a lieut. only, expressly however giving to your petitioner the right and privilege of establishing his claim to a captaincy when the balance would be paid. This error of the secretary, it is believed, resulted from the mistaken impression that the paper to which he referred was a list made out by the present auditor of Virginia, or having his sanction as exhibiting the true grades of service of the several officers; this your petitioner is assured was altogether a mistake.
Your petitioner knows no tribunal so competent and proper to decide the question as your hon. court, and indeed the secretary expressed his readiness that it should be thus passed upon.
Your petitioner will therefore state, 1st, That the claim of Peter Moore to rank as a captain has been recognized by the government of Virginia in the allowance to his heirs of the land bounty as a captain.
2dly. It is proven by the report of a board of officers, made in April 1782, convened to ascertain the rank of the officers.
3dly. It is proven by the testimony of Capt. Young, the only surviving officer of that regiment.
4th. By the testimony of Thomas Maclanahan.
5th. By a list of officers made out under authority of the general assembly.
Your petitioner therefore respectfully prays that your honourable court will enter a judgment in his favour for the half-pay due to his intestate as a captain in the Virginia state line from the 22d of April 1783, to the 1st July 1818, to be credited, if the court deem it necessary so to credit the judgment, with the half-pay already received as lieutenant, but received, as your petitioner solemnly avers, with a protest at the time, that it was taken only as part of what was due to his intestate.
To this end, therefore, and that James E. Heath, auditor of public accounts, and John Robertson, attorney general of Virginia, may be made defendants to this petition, &c. &c., may it please the court to award its usual process in cases of like appeals from the refusal of the auditor to audit and pay the sum due.
CH. JAS. FAULKNER, Adm'r of Peter Moore dec'd."
"The Commonwealth,
Dr.
Peter Moore.
For his half-pay as a captain in the Virginia state line from the 22d of April 1783 to the 1st July 1818."
"Having no authority to adjust this claim, it is of course disallowed. A document in this office, a copy of which is exhibited by the

petitioner, establishes the fact, independent of other testimony, that Peter Moore was a captain.
JAS. E. HEATH."
Whereupon an appeal was allowed the said Chas. Jas. Faulkner, adm'r as aforesaid, from the said decision, and ordered to be placed on the docket of this court.
And now at this day, to wit, the aforesaid seventh day of June 1834, came as well the appellant in his proper person as the attorney general for the commonwealth, and it appearing by the evidence on the part of the appellant, filed in this cause, that the aforesaid Peter Moore was a captain in Colonel Joseph Crockett's regiment in the revolutionary war, and continued to serve as such until the end of the war, the court is of opinion that the said Peter Moore was entitled to half-pay during his life, and that the auditor of public accounts erred in rejecting the claim thereto presented by the appellant: It is therefore ordered that the said auditor do issue and deliver to the appellant a warrant on the treasury of this commonwealth for the said half-pay, from the 22d day of April 1783, till the death of the said Peter Moore, which occurred in the month of July 1818; deducting from the amount the sum heretofore allowed to and received by the appellant, for the half-pay of his said intestate as a lieutenant in the war aforesaid.
The following are copies of papers filed in the foregoing cause:
"Ap'l 10, 1793. I do hereby certify that the bearer hereof, major Peter Moore, was a soldier in the 3d Virginia regiment under my command, and that he was wounded by a musket ball, being shot through his body in the battle of Brandywine in Sept. 1777, by which wound in my opinion he is rendered incapable of hard labour, and that he served in the s'd regiment until duly discharged. Given under my hand the day and year above written.
T. MARSHALL, then Col. 3rd Virginia Regiment."
"A board of officers ordered to sit, by Gen'l George Rogers Clark, to examine into the claims of the officers of Col. Crockett's regiment, respecting their ranks:
  Col. John Montgomery,  President.     Major Thomas Quirk, }  Members.  { Capt. Brashears,    Capt. Rt. George, }  { Capt. J. Girault.  
After examining the claims of all the officers of said regiment, and their certificates from Col. Crockett, and being informed that the regiment never consisted of more than six captains, mustered, and doing duty, the board are of opinion that the said regiment should be continued full to that number by promotion of the officers, now commissioned, and upon examination find that the officers are intitled to the following promotions, viz:
Ensign Moore to a lieutenancy the 1st July 1780, by the promotion of Lt. Kerney to capt'n.

Ensign M'Gavock to a lieutenancy, the 15th August 1780, by the resignation of Lieut. Magill.
Lieut. Glenn to captain, the 13th Oct'r 1780, by the death of captain Henley.
Ensign Walls to a lieutenant, the 13th Oct'r 1780, by the protion of lieutenant Glenn.
Ensign Bullock to a lieutenant, the 11th January 1781, by lieut. Dan'l Anderson's dismission.
Lieut. Browning to a captain, the 2d Sept. 1781, by the death of capt'n Chapman.
✓ Lieut. Moore to a captain, 2d September 1781, by the death of ✓ capt'n Tipton.
Ensign Daring to a lieutenant, the 2d Sept'r 1781, by the promotion of Lieut. Browning.
Ensign Green to a lieutenant, the 2d September 1781, by the promotion of Lieut. Moore.
JNO. MONTGOMERY, Pr.
G. W. CLARK, B. G.
IN COUNCIL, April 4th, 1782.
Referred to the commissioner of war.
BENJ. HARRISON, Jr.
AUDITOR'S OFFICE OF VIRGINIA,
Feb. 25, 1833.
I do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a paper filed in this office.
JAS. E. HEATH, Aud.
"The deposition of Thomas Young, taken at the tavern of John T. Langhorne in Maysville, Mason county, Kentucky, to be read as evidence in a suit to be instituted in the courts of Virginia, to recover for the officers attached to the regiment of Col. Crockett, their compensation of half-pay.
Thomas Young being first sworn.
Question. State if you ever were an officer in the regiment of Col. Joseph Crockett, and how long you continued in the same?
Answer. I was an officer in that regiment; I was commissioned a captain in the year 1779, and continued in the service in that grade until it was disbanded at the end of the war.
Question 2. State who were the officers of that regiment when it was disbanded?
Answer. There was Col. Joseph Crockett, Major George Walls, captains William Cherry, John Kerney, Barnet Glenn, Peter Moore, Purvis and myself, lieutenants Henry Daring, Rice Bullock, Samuel B. Green, Hugh M'Gavock, Browning and Thomas Walls, and surgeon Charles Green.
THOS. YOUNG.

Mason County, set:
This day personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace for the county aforesaid, the above mentioned Capt. Thomas Young, now in his eightieth year, who made oath that the above statement of the officers of Col. Crockett's regiment is true. As witness my hand and seal this 28th of April 1830.
D. S. PAYNE, [ Seal. ]
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, 6th June 1834.
The above is a copy of a paper filed in this department, with the papers in the case of Capt. P. Moore.
WM. H. RICHARDSON, Sec'y Com'th."
"The deposition of Thomas M'Clanahan, aged eighty years, taken this 23d day of April in the year 1833.
This deponent states that he knew Peter Moore when he was a boy, long before the commencement of the revolutionary war, in Westmoreland county, state of Virginia; that said Peter Moore enlisted as a private soldier in captain Shelton's company in Col. Marshall's regiment of the continental line, in the year this deponent thinks, but is not absolutely certain as to the year, 1776, early in the spring of the year; his term of service was for two years, as this deponent believes; he enlisted in Fauquier county, Virginia. This deponent saw said Peter Moore at Middlebrooke in the Jerseys in the spring and summer of the year 1777, this deponent being in the service in the 2d regiment of the continental line, and said Moore being in the 3d regiment, which last was commanded as afores'd by the Col. Marshall; the two regiments lay next each other at Middlebrook; when the troops denominated the Virginia state line troops were raised, this deponent states that said Peter Moore entered that service, bearing a commission of ensign or lieutenant, he does not know which; that said Moore continued in service in Col. Crockett's regiment, till the year 1783. This deponent saw said Peter Moore in month of May 1783, in Powell's Valley, on his way from Louisville to Virginia, to which place said Moore had been in the United States service with the troops of the Virginia State line, and he supposes had been discharged previous to his leaving Louisville. When this deponent saw said Moore in Powell's Valley, he was called captain Moore. And further this deponent saith not.
THOS. M'CLANAHAN.
STATE OF KENTUCKY, Bourbon County, set:
This day, Thomas M'Clanahan personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, and after being duly sworn, gave and subscribed the

preceding deposition. And I do further certify that said M'Clanahan is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to the fullest credit. Given under my hand this 23d day of Ap'l 1833.
ROBERT SCROGIN, J. P. B. C.
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, And County of Bourbon, ss:
I, Thomas P. Smith, clerk of the county court of said county, do certify that the above named Robert Scrogin, before whom the foregoing deposition was taken and sworn to, was then and still is an acting justice of said court, duly qualified; that his signature is genuine, and his acts entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, this twenty-third day of April 1833, and in the 41st year of the commonwealth.
[L. S.]
THO. P. SMITH."
"AUDITOR'S OFFICE, June 6, 1834.
"It appears from two original and authentic documents filed or bound up in the 1st vol. of the Illinois papers, viz: Rank roll of Crockett's regiment, signed by major Geo. Walls, and a list of the officers of said regiment, made out in Dec. 1781, and signed by Col. Crockett, that there was but one officer in the said regiment named Moore, and that his christian name was Peter .
JA'S E. HEATH, Aud'r P. Acc'ts."
A true transcript.
Teste,
J. ROBINSON, Cl. Cir. Ct. for Heno. &c.

Cour of Revisions Dear Sir
Please return to me the enclosed with the information desired
Very truly yr. ob. Servt. Benjamin F. Shaw Ho. of Reps 23rd Feb 65

W.E. Simmes, Brantley Co. Va. Agent
Margaret Moore,
widow of Peter,
Act 53 2 sec -
Moore died in the July, 1818. was Captain Inf) in Revolution, full pay $320 per annum - served more than 2 years - This was ascertained in the half-pay case -
Margaret Moore, married 1805 -
Moore's Reps. recd. half pay, under the act of July 5. 1832 -
Moore did not apply for a pension, under act of 1818 -

Mrs Margaret Moore Kentucky Widow of Lieutenant Peter Moore Pensioner Kentucky Agcy. $320 a year Claim for Increase to Rank of Captain Proof of service Original Certificate of Pension Sent to Pension Office with Power of Atty Sept 19 1856 By
Attorney 64 Barkley Louisville Kentucky

In Council 6 th October 1830.
It is advised that the Heirs of Cap t Peter Moore be allowed Land bounty as a Cap t on the Virginia State line for services during the war-
m: 7122 in 853 3/4 7123 - 480 1333 3/4
The amount of bounty heretofore allowed him as a Lieut to be deducted
Attest
John Floyd
J. W. PLEASANTS
The above warrants issued to the Heirs of Peter Moore Jany 7. 1832 & delivered to J. B. Abbott
Ya S. Office, Richmond, Sep. 24 th 1856.
I certify that the foregoing is a copy from the Records of the Virginia Land Office
Teste,
S. H. Parker, Reg. S. Office

Louisville Ky, Oct. 13 th 1856
Sir
About three weeks ago I sent you a power of Attorney (with original certificate) of Mrs Margaret Moore widow of Peter Moore, to prosecute her claim for increase of her present rate of pension — She is a pensioner on Kentucky Agency under 2nd Sect Act Febry 3 rd 1853 as the widow of Lieutenant Peter Moore — Enclosed herein I send you proof to show that he was a Captain — Please examine and report on the case as soon as convenient
Yours Resp y
Hon. J. Hunt Commissioner Washington D. C.
C. H. Barkley

Brief in the case of Margaret Moore widow of Peter County and State of Kentucky act 3 d Feby 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. (was allowed her husband's administration. Her C J Faulkner) Her husband was a Half-pay pensioner under the Act of July 5 1832. He served over 2 years as a Lieutenant. He also served appears to have served as an Adjutant and Captain but I am not able to ascertain how long he served in either of the last mentioned grades. The parties interested may be able to supply the proof hereafter. The length of his service in these several grades was not a question in the decision of the case under the Act above referred to, but is a question under the Acts granting pensions for service to widows for service. Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? I can only therefore allow for the actual ascertained service , which is 2 years Lieutenant,
of marriage Marriage proved by eye-witnesses, (There is no Record in the Clerk's office of the County in which she was married having been destroyed by fire) —
Identity, Her husband's death & her present residence proved by properly certified witnesses
Name and residence of Agent W. E. Simmons Esq Paris Ky
Thomson T. Smith Examining Clerk.

I know all over by this presents that I Margaret Moore widow of the late captain Peter Moore deceased who was a captain in the Virginia state line, in the army of the Revolution, being a resident of the county of Fayette state of Kentucky do hereby constitute and appoint W. Simmons of the county of Bourbon state of Kentucky my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as widow of the said captain Peter Moore and to make application for, prosecute demand and receive from the Government of the United States at the proper department or departments therefor the claim, or pension or arrearages of pension, or back pay or any other claim, or allowance, or pension of whatever kind or value in any manner held to me, or to which I am entitled as the widow of the said captain Peter Moore and for and on account of his military services in the Army of the Revolution as aforesaid, under the late act of the Congress of the United States approved February the 3 d 1853= entitled An

act for the relief of certain surviving widows of officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, or any other act, upon that time passed and approved, and in force by the said congress of the United States or which may hereafter be passed and approved by the same, and when any amount is ascertained to be due, and an allowance for the same is made, either as a pension, or arrearage of pensions, or back pay, of whatever description, under any law or laws aforesaid, by the said Government of the United States, by and through any of the officers agents, or departments thereof at Washington city, to me as the widow of the said Captain Peter Moore - said for and on account of his military services in the army of the Revolution as aforesaid Then my said Attorney is hereby authorized to demand and receive the same from the proper officer or officers of the said Government authorized to pay the same so ascertained to be due, and allowed And my said Attorney is now over authorized to examine all papers or documents in

Relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington or else where, and to file additional, papers or documents or evidence, or arguments, in support of said claim, before the proper department of said Government aforesaid, and is more over authorized to receive for my exclusive benefit the certificate or certificates which may be issued in the premises which certificates or certificates I desire made payable at the Washington D C Agency, and when said certificate or certificates, or warrants, are due and payable, then my said attorney for me and in my name as widow aforesaid is hereby authorized to demand the same and receive the amount or amounts thereof, from the officer or agent authorized to pay the same. He is more over authorized in all cases, relating to any power or powers herein conferred, to sign and execute in my name, any and all papers, receipts, or other legal instruments in writing, necessary and proper in the premises. He is more over authorized to appoint one or more sub attorneys under

him, for the purposes herein expressed, and to confer upon him in them any or all the powers herein conferred upon himself - and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present - hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney and agent shall lawfully do in the premises - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal This the 3 rd day of May  April 1853
Attest Wm. H. Samuel State of Kentucky Bourbon county
Margaret Moore Seal Mark
Personally appeared before me Presiding Judge of the county court for the county and state above written Mrs. Margaret Moore as above the late capt Peter Moore and acknowledged her acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney and deed in my presence all of which is hereby certified to be where it may concern Given under my hand this the 3 rd day of May 1853
Wm. H. Samuel P. Noble
Mrs capt Peter Moore Power Attorney Do W. H. Samuel
State of Kentucky Bourbon county I Richard L Brown clerk of the county court for the county & state aforesaid do hereby certify that Wm H Samuel before whom the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledgement were acknowledged was at the time, and now is properly qualified as the county court aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn that his signature above is genuine and all of his official acts as such an entitled to full faith and credit and that said county court is a court of record having general jurisdiction In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal at my office at Paris this the 3 rd day of May 1853 Richard L Brown Ph. C.

Virginia
At a Circuit Superior Court of Law & Chancery held for Henrico County at the Capitol in the City of Richmond, the 7 th day of June 1834.
Charles James Frankner, administrator de bonis non of Peter Moore, dec d , appt.
against The Commonwealth,
} upon an appeal from a decision.
of the Auditor of Public accounts, rejecting a certain claim of the appellant against the Commonwealth for services rendered by his intestate in his life time, as an officer in the revolutionary war.
This day came as well the appellant in his proper person, as the Attorney General for the Commonwealth, and it appearing by the evidence on the part of the appellant filed in this cause, that the aforesaid Peter Moore was a Captain in Colonel Joseph Crockett's regiment in the revolutionary war, and continued to serve as such until the end of the war, the Court is of opinion that the said Peter Moore was entitled to half pay during his life, and that the Auditor of Public Accounts erred in rejecting the claim thereto presented by the appellant. It is therefore ordered that the said Auditor do issue and deliver to the appellant a warrant on the Treasurer of this Commonwealth for the said half pay from the 22 nd day of April 1783, till the death of the said Peter Moore, which occurred in the month of July 1818, deducting from the amount, the sum heretofore allowed to, and received by the appellant for the half pay of his said intestate as a Lieutenant in the war aforesaid.
State of Virginia - Henrico County City of Richmond, to wit: I, John Robinson, Clerk of the Circuit Superior Court

Court of Law and Chancery for the said County and City on the common law side, in Virginia aforesaid, having in my possession, and under my care, the records and papers of the former Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for Henrico County, do hereby certify, that the preceding is a true copy from the records of the last mentioned Court.
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand, and annex the seal of the aforesaid Circuit Superior Court, first in this certificate mentioned, at Richmond, this 12 th day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
J. Robinson,
Treasury Department, Third Auditor's Office, Aug. 17, 1852
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the Records on file in this Office.
J. S. Gallaher, 3 d Auditor

On the 9 th of March 1783 a Military land bounty warrant N o 168 for 6666 2 / 3 acres of land was issued to Joseph Crockett for his services as a Colonel in the Virginia State Line; that on the 31 st January 1831 another such Warrant N o 6810 for 2666 2 / 3 acres was issued to Polly H. Harris, Heir of Jacob Walls, who was Heir at law of Thomas Walls, for the services of the said Thomas Walls as a Lieutenant for the War in Col o Crockett's Virginia State Regiment; that on the 27 th of Novr. 1790 another such Warrant N o 4507 for 2666 2 / 3 acres was issued, to Henry Daring for his services during the War, as an Ensign in Col o Crockett's Virginia State Regiment; that on the 10 th of February 1784 another such Warrant No 2485 for 2666 2 / 3 acres was issued to Peter Moore for his services during the War, as a Lieutenant in Col o Crockett's Virginia State Regiment; and that on the 7 th January 1832 two other such Warrants N o 7122 for 853 1 / 3 acres & N o 7123 for 280 acres were issued to the Heirs of the said Moore as a captain in the said Regiment: - these last two warrants, making the difference between the pay of a Lieutenant and that of a Captain, in which latter Capacity the Governor and Council of Virginia, have decided that the said Peter Moore served
In witness of all which I hereto affixed my hand and Seal of Office this 23 rd August 1832.
W m Selden. R.S. Off Va
A true copy of the original on file in this office Report No 61. 832
Wm Selden Masonry Department Register Office Jan'y 31. 1840 Attorney Reg

17 CH Barkley Octo 9, 1856 - sent to CH Barkley March 31, 1857
2.377 Kentucky Margaret Moore, widow of Peter.
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Lieut.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 320 dollars cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 25 th day of July 1855. and sent to
M. C. Simmons Paris Ky
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 175. Vol. W

Pension office April 24. 1883
Sir
It appears from the settlement of the claim in favour of the representatives of Peter Moore that the Secretary of the Treasury passed it and ordered it paid from the 3 rd day of Sept 1783 at the rate of $160.00 per annum which appears to be the half pay of Lieutenant in which grade it was decided he served it has since been ascertained the regiment to which he belonged was discharged on the 22 nd day of Dec 1781 the representatives therefore claim the half pay at the rate of $160.00 per annum from the 22 nd day of Dec 1781 to the 3 rd day of Sept 1783
Respectfully yours W S Moore
Col J L Edwards

Geo. Moore Dept

Commonwealth of Kentucky B Bourbon County
Be it known that on the 2 d day of June 1853 Captain George Moon personally appeared before the undersigned Presiding Judge of the Bourbon County Court and upon his oath made the following affidavit. He states that he is a son of Captain Peter Moon late of the County of Fayette Ky deceased, by his first marriage that his said father was the same Peter Moon who was an officer in the army of the Revolution and a Captain at the close of the war in the Virginia State Line, as fully appears by the proof now on file in the proper Department at the City of Washington. He states further that the said Peter Moon died in said County of Fayette on the day of July 1818 leaving Margaret Moon, who is now an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress approved February 3 d 1853, his widow.
He states that his said father was married to the said Margaret Moon, whose maiden name was Love, in the County of Fayette aforesaid in the latter part of September or first of October in the year 1805 - That he, this affiant was then in his fifteenth year and present at the marriage ceremony which was performed by the Revd [blank] who has been long dead.
Affiant states further that the Clerk's office of Fayette County, where proof of said marriage ought to have been recorded, was destroyed by fire many years ago and he is informed and believes that the record of the marriage of the said Peter Moon and Margaret Love was then destroyed, and he knows of no other record of said marriage now in existence. Affiant states further that the said Margaret Moon has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband
Geo. Moon
Sworn to and subscribed before me William M. Samuels Presiding Judge of the Bourbon County Court, by George Moon and I hereby certify that the said George Moon is

personally well known to me, and that he is a gentleman of high character and entitled to the fullest credit.
Given under my hand the 2 d day of June A.D. 1853.
W m M. Samuel P. H. Blake
State of Kentucky Bourbon county
I Richard G Brown clerk of the county court for the county and state above written do hereby certify that William M Samuel before whom the foregoing affidavit of George Moon was made, and whose genuine signature appears above, was at the time of certifying the same and now is Presiding Judge of the county court for the county and state above written duly commissioned and sworn, that all of his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that said county court is a court of record having general jurisdiction.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Paris this the 2 d day of June 1853.
R. G. Brown C. D. B. C. By W. W. Mitchell B. C.

Commonwealth
vs ? Co: judgment
Moneo ad

Virginia At a Court of Appeals, held at the capitol in the City of Richmond on Saturday, December 7 th 1844 The Commonwealth against Charles James Dauckner administrators de bonis non of Peter Moore deceased. defendants  } upon a writ of supersedeas to a judgment rendered by the circuit superior court of law and chancery held for Henrico county on the seventh day of June 1834, on an appeal from the decision of the auditor of Public accounts rejecting a certain claim of the defendant for services rendered by his intestate in his lifetime as an officer in the revolutionary war
This day came as well the Attorney General on behalf of the Commonwealth as the defendant by his counsel; Whereupon the court having maturely considered the transcript of the record of the judgment and decision aforesaid and the arguments of counsel, is of opinion, that the general rule of law which exempts the Commonwealth from the operation of the Statutes of limitation, is applicable to original controversies, and not to cases in which the rights of the parties have been adjudicated by the judgment, decree or sentence of a court of competent jurisdiction. In such cases, the questions whether the merits of the judicial decision can be reviewed by another tribunal must be governed by the laws prescribing and regulating the jurisdiction of the appellate forum. By the act of the General Assembly of the twentieth of April 1831, estab- lishing the circuit superior courts of law and chancery, arbitrary appeals from the decisions of those courts to the court of Appeals are prohibited, and the application for an appeal, writ of error or supersedeas directed to be made, in all cases by petition to the court of Appeals or a judge thereof in vacation. and the act expressly provides "that

no petition preferred to the court of Appeals, or any judge thereof in vacation, for an appeal from a writ of error or supersedeas to any final decree in chancery, judgment proceeding, sentence or order of any circuit superior court of law and chancery, shall be received or allowed, unless the same shall be preferred within five years next after the date of such final decree in chancery, or judgment, proceeding, sentence or order complained of. It is clear from the provisions of this statute, that the judges of this court, whether in term time or vacation, have no lawful authority to grant a supersedeas to a judgment of a circuit superior court, after the lapse of five years from the time of its rendition and that it is their duty to withhold a consideration of the merits of the cause, though the objection be not taken by plea or otherwise, and even though it should be expressly waived by consent of the parties. Inasmuch therefore, as the commonwealth's application for the supersedeas in this case was not made till after the expiration of five years from the date of the judgment, it is consensum by the court that the said supersedeas be dismissed as having been improvidently awarded.
Which is ordered to be certified to the circuit superior court of law and chancery of Henrico county, and the City of Richmond, on the common law side.
A Copy Teste, J. Allen C.C.

To the Hon. Secretary of War
On an appeal by the heirs of Peter Moore Peter Moore died many years ago & sometime after his death his heirs made application to the treasury of the U.S. for pay in his right as a Lieut. in Colo. Corbett's Regiment of the Virginia line, which was allowed. They subsequently ascertained as they believed that he had in law & in fact held the rank of a capt. & they then made application for his pay as of that rank, & renewed the application two or three times, but it was successively rejected by the proper officers. But on the last application only did they rely upon the law of Virginia, & the certificate & evidence of the settlement of the accounts of Lieut. Green his immediate junior officer in the same company.
The law of Virginia of Dec 1775, Hennings Stat. 1775 Vol 1 p 80, provides: That in case of any vacancies should happen, by deaths or otherwise, among the commissioned officers, the same shall be supplied, from time to time, by regular succession, in course of seniority &c.
Peter Moore was first an Ensign in the service & afterwards promoted to a Lieutenancy. The only evidence of this promotion is contained in the report of a

board of officers of which was president (see it). This same report shows two pro- motions of Peter Moore, first from Ensign to Lieut, & from Lieut to Capt. It carries the same verity & is en- titled to the same credit that Moore was pro- moted to a Captaincy, that it does of his promotion to a Lieutenantcy. If during his service as Lieut. the of- fice of Capt. became vacant, by the law of Virginia aforesaid he was entitled to succeed to the higher vacant office. This same report of the board of officers, shows that in Sept. 1781, Capt. Tipton died, & that from that time Lieut. Moore was entitled to be promoted by his death to the vacant Captaincy. Ensign Green, as appears by the same report, previous to the death of Capt. Tipton had been an Ensign & the junior officer of Moore, & also that by the promotion of Moore to the office of Capt. vacated by the death, Green was promoted to the office of Lieut. thus made vacant by the death promotion of Moore to the Captaincy. Moore's right is under the law of Virginia. The United States Government has assumed precisely the same obligation as the officers of the Revolution, that the laws of Virginia prevail on that State. The supreme court has adopted the principle of adopting the construction of all State laws which the courts of such courts give them. It would be an analogous & not unreasonable for the Executive branch of the General Government to adopt the same

construction of state laws which the Executive branch of such State Government has given. In 1781 the Government of Virginia settled Morris accounts as a Lieut. He held that grade only by the promotion of Moore, & could not have been a Lieut unless Moore had become a Capt. The law of Virginia gave Moore the right by succession to the office of Capt upon the death of Capt. Tipton just as he would be entitled to succeed to his father's property upon his death. Moore continued in service from Sept 1781 to Dec following, as the office of Capt Tipton became vacant by his death at the first date & was not filled by any person but Moore had must have been Capt. de facto until he was discharged, the service by his regiment being disbanded, & that rank is given him by the report of the board of officers.
The Governor & the Council of Virginia have recognized Morris rank as Capt by issuing to him the full amount of emoluments of that grade.
Morris must have also obtained a judgement against the state of Virginia in its own general courts for the difference between the pay of a Capt & Lieut.
The fact that Morris accounts at the close of the Revolutionary war were settled by recognizing him as a Lieut. is relied upon as proof that he was not a Capt. His application was by Col. D. Marshall & not in person. He was a plain man & probably had never read the law of Virginia which entitled him by succession to Capt. Tipton's office upon his death. It is probable he had not seen the report of the board of officers

by which his promotion & rank as Capt was established. But the conclusion that he did serve as Capt after Tipton's death is inevitable, as because he continued in service three months longer & there was no person to perform its duties but him, as he was the senior officer. This of itself would entitle him to the pay & emoluments of a Capt: but in addition there is the positive law of Virginia giving him the promotion by succession, & then the de- cision of the board of officers establishing his right to the promotion from Tipton's death. Mr. Lawrence proves too, not that he was in service, but that he was in Powell's valley in 1779 & that he was then called Capt. Capt Young proves positively that there was a Capt. It is believed that the reason this claim has been rejected is its presentation on defective presentation preparation; & that if it had been considered on the existing proofs in its support, it would have been, as it ought to have allowed
House 29 th March 1844
Respectfully
Garrett Davis

In Peter Moore's Case
The regulations have not been complied with in the following particulars
Regulation 4 th
Evidence of the assent of the heirs, to the payment of this claim by the U. S. to Mr. Faulkner, has not been produced and no reason assigned for the non-production of such assent
Under Regulation 5 th
No evidence who were the heirs on the 5 th July 1832 nor where they resided.
Under 6 th Regulation
No cause assigned for not producing the evidence required.
Peter Moore died in Kentucky. intestate leaving several heirs, payment is claimed by Mr. Faulkner as administrator, appointed in May 1832. on his own application, by the Superior Court of Henrico County Va. he having a power of Attorney to prosecute the claim, against the State of Virginia. It appears by a statement prefixed to the original half pay list of the Officers of the Virginia State line, a copy of which was received from the Auditor of Virginia and is also contained in the Report of the Committee of Congress. that but two Lieutenants and six Ensigns of Crockett's Regiment were entitled, though by the return of Crockett's Regiment, also received from the Auditor of Virginia it appears there were five Lieutenants and three Ensigns entitled. Among the names of the Lieutenants that of Peter Moore appears as having been commissioned on the 8 th Nov. 1780. there are however two others whose commissions are of an older date.
It appears that in the year 1884 a land warrant was issued to Peter Moore for his services as a Lieutenant during the war. and though his heirs received in

January 1832 additional land for his services as a Captain, it is not probable that he would in 1784 have accepted the smaller bounty if he was entitled to the larger: especially as his service was then recent, and proof could so easily be obtained as to his rank.
This case is suspended for the present on the ground of a noncompliance with the 4. 5. & 6 regulations, and to produce further proofs of the Rank of Peter Moore.
The Comptroller and Auditor should be required to report, why this Claim has been passed without a compliance with the positive regulations.
L. W m Lane
September 7 th 1832
3
Enclosed this 3
Approved as a Lieutenant
War Department Registry Office Jan y 31. 1840 True copy of the original on file in this office Report No 51. 832
Smith Registrar

U. States to Russell div. } Com n
204

The United States of America to William Russell & John C. Richardson (of Fayette county) Esqrs greeting. We reposing special confidence in you do by these presents authorize you to examine upon oath William Moore of said county & John Hopper of Mason county of & concerning a wound which Peter Moore of said county of Fayette received by a Musquet ball thro' his body at the battle of Brandywine during the revolutionary war whilst a soldier in Capt. John Shelton's company of the third Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Marshalls upon Continental establishment agreeably to the Act of Congress "to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of the United States during the revolutionary war." You are further required & directed to annex hereto the testimony by you taken & return the same to our Judge in & for the Kentucky District. In witness whereof Harry Innes our Judge for the said District hath hereunto set his hand this 19 th day of September 1805 Harry Innes
In Pleading to a Commission; the United States of America directed to Wm Russell & Jos. C. Richardson Commissioners, to take the Deposition of William Moore & John Hopper, Respecting a wound which Peter Moore of Fayette City. Received by a Musquet ball through his Body at the battle of Brandywine, The Deposition of Wm Moore of Fayette City. Late Ensign in the 3 rd Virginia Regiment upon Continental establishment, Deponeth and saith, That on the 11 th day of September 1777 he commanded a platoon in the action at Brandywine, & Peter Moore was in the Platoon to his left, and at that time the said Peter Moore was shot through his Body with a Musquet Ball. This Deponent further saith not — W m Moore
The Deposition of John Hopper of Mason County Taken at the house of Jos. C. Richardson Fayette City. & Commonwealth of Kentucky. Deponeth

The commissioner of pensions has decided against the claim of the representatives of Peter Moore dec d , for the difference between the pay of a Lieutenant & a captain in the army of the Revolution: and in his letter announcing the fact he says, "the evidence he served in the last mentioned grade is not satisfactory. The board of officers by which he was returned as entitled to half pay, recognized him as a Lieutenant only. As their return constitutes the best evidence in the case, no proof whatever to contradict it can be admitted".
This decision certainly wants the usual attention and intelligence of the commissioner. Where does he find the principle established, that no proof can be admitted to contradict the "best evidence" in a case. A judicial Record, unimpeached by fraud, only, is entitled to that high degree of consideration: and there is in this identical case, that grade of testimony in favor of the claim. But suppose the position of the commissioner to be correct, the return of the board of officers to which he refers, (of which a copy is hereto appended,) is dated April 4 th 1782, and contains these entries of promotions "Ensign Moore to a Lieutenancy, the 1 st of July 1780, by the promotion of Lt Kearney to Captain." "Lieut. Moore to a captain 2 d Sept r 1781, by the death of Capt Tipton". Both entries are evidence in deciding the

rank of least in the Virginia line: and both are entitled to full and equal respect — for there is nothing contradictory between them. The paper shows two usual & ordinary promotions of Moore, & that he finally attained to the grade of Captain. This paper which is relied upon, to authorize the rejection of the claim, shows satisfactorily that it ought to be allowed. There is no circumstance in the case invalidating that conclusion, but the fact that Moore himself in his lifetime viz on the 13 th of Febry 1784 had a land warrant issued to him for his services as Lieut. The presumption arising from these facts is impaired in some degree by the difficulties, which the officers of the Revolution have in settling their grades, & liquidating their compensation in pay & bounties of land with the proper authorities. Of these embarrassments, no body who did not live at the time, is better acquainted than the present head of the department. It appears that Moore was promoted to a captaincy between but a few weeks before the surrender of Cornwallis, & was not in actual service after that event, though he was enrolled, liable to be & always ready to be mustered into active service, until peace was proclaimed. The short period in which he was actively performing the duties of Captain, or other considerations might have induced him, when viewed in connection with the difficulties of getting settlements with his government to waive his rank as Captain. No doubt at the same time he rec d his pay in money up to the time of the treaty.

From the great distance & wilderness condition of the country in which the Virginia land warrants for military services were located, & from the immediate & pressing wants of all the officers of the Revolution upon being disbanded, he looked to his money pay as his chief compensation; and from the poverty of the Virginia exchequer, chose to present his claim in a form, that could not be even questioned or delayed, which is too apt to be done under such circumstances. Be this however as it may: if the proof is satisfactory, that Capt Moore held that grade in the army of the Revolution, the claim ought to be allowed.
In addition to the evidence of the proceedings of the board of officers, before referred to, Mrs Elizabeth Moore swears she knew him in the Revolutionary war & understood he was a captain. Thos. Young who was a captain in the same (Brookshill) Regiment, swears that Moore was a captain of that Regiment. The force of all this evidence is most satisfactory in overruling all presumptions arising out of the grant of land to Moore as Lieut. & in establishing his rank as Capt. The undersigned knew Capt Young well & a man of more character or integrity was not in the country -
But it has been intimated, that there was conclusive & uncontroverted testimony in favor of this claim. In 1779 the Virginia Legislature passed an act promising half pay to all officers in her line for life who would continue in the service during the war. This law was in substance a contract with such officers; and it has received that construction by all intelligent officers, & by the courts of that State. This contract though

made by Virginia was for the benefit of all the colonies. She was in truth the agent: they principals. On her devolved the legal: on them the equitable obligation to pay the debt thus created. Both parties have recognized this relation by congress having made provisions to pay the debt. Well, one of the creditors the personal representative of Capt Moore institutes his suit against the agent who had made the contract & rendered herself legally liable, for his pay as a captain. He by proof establishes the fact that he was a captain in her line, & served until the close of the war; & thus establishes his right & obtains in the courts of Virginia herself a judgment for the pay of a captain. His claim for its satisfaction is both equitable & legal, legal upon Virginia & equitable upon the Government of the United States. And the former has upon the latter a claim both equitable & legal, to release her from liability from this judgment, by its full satisfaction. So satisfactorily were the rights of the representatives of Capt Moore to the pay & emoluments of a captain made out, that the authorities of Virginia did not hesitate to issue land scrip to them for that grand -
The undersigned for said representatives respectfully appeals from the decision of the Commissioner of the pensions to the head of the war department & asks his indulgence for this tedious statement in behalf of friends & constituents
Garrett Davis
14 th July 1840

To The Hon ble James M. Porter Secretary of War.
Upon an examination of the laws relating to the Continental and State lines of Virginia, I am of opinion that Lieutenant Peter Moore was promoted to be a captain on the 2 nd day of September 1781 by the death of Captain Tipton, which took place upon that day. The promotion took effect by the operation of the laws to which I have alluded, which provided for filling vacancies occasioned by death, promotion or otherwise and upon officer becoming vacant by either of those causes, the next senior officer is immediately entitled to and clothed with the power and authority of the officer who last filled the office and that he was upon that day, to all intents and purposes invested with all the powers, privileges and immunities to which Captain Tipton was entitled. And to all which which any officer of the same grade in the Continental line could lay claim and that he had an absolute, vested, legal right to the rank of Captain, by his having complied with the terms and performed the duties required by Virginia, in the compact entered into with her officers which stipulation may be found in Hening's Statutes at large. But taking the view urged by the Commissioner of Pensions, that the concurrence of the Executive, in the decision of the board of officers who reported Lieutenant Moore entitled to promotion to a captaincy, on the 2 nd of Sept. 1781, to be necessary to confirm the rank, that concurrence was signified in the reference of the report to the Commissioner of War, that reference was a virtual confirmation of the rank for the commissioner of war could have nothing to do with the report unless to prepare commissions for the signature of the Executive. Who had the commissioning, but not the promotion of officers. And the Executive and Council in their official capacity, have since decided that he was promoted to the rank of Capt and awarded the difference of Lieutenant and Captain allowance in hand which decision is filed in the case. That

decision should have been all the evidence required in the case, for the Executive had at any time power to issue commissions for any officer who he was convinced upon an examination of the evidence, was entitled to it, and justice not being done in the first instance, did not viciate the right of the officer, nor did it revoke the authority of the Executive to do all that the law required of him and it was his duty to commission such officers as were reported to him entitled to promotion.
And it is also my opinion that this case was provided for by the act of Congress, approved the fifth of July 1832, which assumed the debt due from Virginia to her officers. The third section of that act provided for the liquidating all claims upon the half pay principle, then established by the Court of appeals and although the judgement in this case has been obtained since the passage of the act of the fifth of July, yet it was obtained upon the half pay principle as established by the Court of appeals.
In the first statement made by the Commissioner of Pensions in the case, he says the report of the board of officers is the best evidence in the case, and that recognized Peter Moore as Lieutenant only. It is evident that the Commissioner was mistaken in the construction he placed upon the report to which he referred, that report shows that Lt Moore was entitled to the rank of Captain. And to an enquiry of the Secretary of War, as to what evidence existed to rebut the presumption that Peter Moore was promoted to the rank of Captain, the Commissioner of Pensions reply is filed in the case. He says a return made by the board which was ordered to examine the claims of certain officers to promotion, Lt Moore is recommended for promotion, but he never was promoted because the regiment was reduced in June following and he was not among the number retained in the service as the

rolls show. The recommendation of the board of officers has nothing to do with the promotion, as I have already shown, the investigation of the board only ascertained the rank to which the officers belonging to the regiment were entitled, which was instantly, confirmed by the actions of the law. The Commissioner concludes by saying, that if he was a captain as is alleged it is very strange that he did not assert his rights in 1783 when he settled his claims for pay and land. To this I need only reply that the officers who fought in the revolution had no time to investigate the laws providing for their pay and land. And the Commissioner is aware, that other officers have settled their claims for a grade below the one to which they were entitled and their right to which they have since established. And in the regiment commanded by Col Brockett a case occurred that is similar in every respect to the one under consideration. Samuel B Green who was promoted to a Lieutenancy, by the promotion of Peter Moore to the rank of Captain received his depreciation pay as Lieutenant, the warrant for his land was issued in the absence of Peter Moore and his depreciation pay was settled by John Marshal late Chief Justice of the United States who probably knew nothing of the vacancy caused by the death of Captain Tipton. And it is worthy of remark that Gen. G. B. Clark received his pay as Col, when he was entitled to General, and has since received the difference between the grades, this is shown by the auditor's books in the first auditor's office at Richmond, and it is to be presumed that the Commanding officer was as well informed upon the laws relating to military matters as any officer under his command. The above facts and views of the case are most respectfully submitted for the consideration of the Hon. Secretary of War.
Wm S Moore

Peter Moore was an officer in Colo. Brooks Regiment of the Virginia line. In his lifetime he claimed Bounty land as a Lieutenant in the service. Some years after his death his heirs claimed half pay in right of his services in the same rank; but afterwards discerning by a report of a board of officers ordered to sit by Genl. George Rogers Clarke to examine into the claims of the officers of Colo. Brooks Regiment respecting their ranks; and by the rank roll of Colo. Brooks as certified by himself, that their father was entitled to & had been promoted to the Rank of a Capt, they preferred their claim both for land bounty & pay due them in his right as Captain. They have received the only land scrip for that grade in the service & recovered a judgement against the State of Virginia for the difference between a Lieutenants & Captains half pay, which not being satisfied they have asked payment of the U. S. Government in virtue of its assenting to Virginia to pay such debts. This application has been distinctly rejected by the proper officers, & the heirs of said Moore now ask of them a reconsideration of their decision, upon a presentation of new facts & a law, which clearly establishes their right to demand the half pay for the services of their ancestor as a Captain.

In July 1775, the Legislature of Virginia passed a law with this provision: "And be it further ordained, That in case any vacancies shall happen by death or otherwise amongst the commissioned officers, the same shall be supplied from time to time by regular succession in course of seniority in the respective regiments and companies; and in case of default of officer to supply such succession, the commanding officer of the Regiment shall appoint the most proper person in his opinion to supply such vacancy to be approved by the committee of safety." Hening's Statutes, page 11.
In Dec 1775, the same principle was re-enacted by the Legislature of Virginia, Hening's Statutes, page 80.
This law is clear & explicit. Whenever a vacancy occurred, the next in rank by the effect & operation of this law alone succeeded to the vacant place; and no commission, or act of any kind, by any person or power, was necessary to give him a perfect title to it. This law conferred it upon him as fully & effectively. The case is analogous to acts of Congress giving a specific tract of land. In all such cases , it is usual to issue a patent to the grantee, but the supreme court have repeatedly decided that this is not necessary; that the law operates to invest the grantee with the legal title, & gives him as full & perfect title same estate and interest in the land as though a patent for it had issued to him. So in the case of vacancies in the Virginia army, these laws give

to the next in rank the vacant office, not by some opinion, not by the recommendation of any officer or board of officers, but by succession. The operation of this law is precisely the same, as the laws of descent & inheritance, by which children succeed to the property of their parents upon their death. The right of the children is completed upon the death of their parents; and in this case the right of Lieut. Moore to the captaincy became vacant by the death of Capt. Tipton was completed upon his death.
The right and rank of Moore as captain was recognized by the report of the board of officers aforesaid, which board consisted of Col. Montgomery & others. Capt. Tipton died on the 2 d of Sept 1781, & that board reports that Lieut. Moore was entitled to the rank of Capt. from that time. This was in strict compliance of the law. The law gave him his promotion, it gave it immediately upon the death of his senior, & from that time & that event, this board recognizes his rank as Captain. But his full right to this grade by the operation of the law would have been just as perfect without this report. The department of the Government of Virginia has also recognized the principle & effect of this law in ipso facto making promotions. Before the death of Capt. Tipton Moore was Lieut. & Saml. B. Green Ensign; but upon the death of the Captain, the law promoted Moore to that captaincy, & also promoted Green to the Lieutenancy then vacant, & the State of Virginia settled with him as Lieut. (See certificate of character.) After Moore &

Green had been thus promoted, they continued in the service until Jan 1-1781. Thos. M c Clanahan proves that Moore was called captain in 1782. (see his deposition.) But it is objected to allowing this claim, that Moore himself applied for pay as Lieut. & had bestow Moore his own rank. To this it may be remarked, that the probability is his application was not in person, but by Col. Marshall as his certificate appears to have been delivered to Marshall. It may also be replied that his rank was given to him by the law, & if he mistook his rank & rights in his application for pay still it deprives him of neither. Moore like most of the men in that service, was a man but of common intelligence. It is probable that the opinion was then prevalent, that a commission or the report of a board of officers was necessary to promote & to give higher rank: & where this effected by the operation of the law, it is not strange that such a man as Moore should have been ignorant of it. But be this as it may, if the law conferred upon him as it did the rank & rights of a Captain he & his heirs are entitled to them.
This law of Virginia, & the certificate of the account of Green having been settled by Virginia as Lieut. & the deposition of M c Clanahan, was not before the Commr. of pensions account before the when he decided this case before: if they had been it is not doubted, that he would have allowed the claim
6 th March 1844 S g
Garrett Davis

Virginia : - At a Circuit Superior Court of law and Chancery held for Henrico County, at the Capitol in the City of Richmond, the 7 th day of June 1834 -
Charles James Faulkner Administrator de bonis non of Peter Moore dec d . appell t Against The Commonwealth
Upon an appeal from a decision of the Auditor
of public Accounts, rejecting a certain claim of the appellant against the Commonwealth for services rendered by his intestate in his lifetime, as an officer in the Revolutionary War.
This day came as well the appellant in his proper person as the Attorney General for the Commonwealth, and it appearing by the evidence on the part of the appellant filed in this cause, that the aforesaid Peter Moore, was a Captain in Colonel Joseph Crocketts regiment in the Revolutionary War, and continued to serve as such, until the end of the war, the Court is of opinion that the said Peter Moore was entitled to half pay during his life; and that the Auditor of public Accounts, erred in rejecting the claim, therefore - sented by the appellant. It is therefore ordered that the said Auditor do issue and deliver to the appellant a Warrant on the Treasury of this Commonwealth for the said half pay from the 22 nd day of April 1783, till the death of the said Peter Moore, which occurred in the month of July 1818; deducting from the amount, the sum heretofore allowed to and received by the appellant for the half pay of his said intestate as a Lieutenant in the war aforesaid
State of Virginia - Henrico County to wit
I John Robinson, Clerk of the Circuit Superior Court of law and Chancery, for the said County of Henrico, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true transcript from the Records of the said Court.
In Testimony

Whereof I hereto set my hand and annex the seal of the said Court, at Richmond, this 7 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Robinson
Military Department Register's Office June 31 1840
Show copy of the original on file in this office (Report No 61.832) which appears to have been filed among the papers subsequent to the date of the Report A. Murch Reg.
Decision of Superior Court of Henrico County Virginia that Peter Moore was a captain, and entitled to half pay according

No. 93099-
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 23 d 1875-
Peter Moore sec - Dist Col. Jos. Brackett Va. State Line Rev. War
11159-160-55-
Benj. S. Graves Lexington Ky.

4099 Margaret Moore widow of Peter Ry
W E Simms Ap r 24 1852
Bellgray Feb y 28 1853-
Imberly Mch 3 rd 1853-
S. Simms Mch 15-1853-
same June 19 1853-
AW Feb y 3 1853

Th. Oct 15 th . 1841.
R. D. D.

act 3 Feby 1853
Rev Purvis admitted from Kentucky
✓ Margaret Moore widow of Peter Moore
53 1/2 - 63

Peter Moore dec. Adjutant Crocketts V. State Reg t
Last Claim allowed under act 5 July 1832 on the 1 st May 1850

Papers in Peter Moore's Case

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No 4,599
Margaret M.
of
Peter
Lt to Wm E Simms
Apr 24/54 Gray Station B. Gray Feb 28/55. " " " S. M. Cox. Mch 3. " " " " Wm E. Simms. Mch 15/55.
Act of Feb 3/55

Washington June 15: 1883
Sir
I have not yet received your report upon the evidence submitted for your decision in the claim of the representative Peter Moore the last of which I transmitted to you on the 13 th Inst. If the case has been decided I request that the decision may be forwarded to the City Post Office addressed to me With the Due Respect Yours
Col J L Edwards
W S Moore

Fayette City Ky August 30 th 1840 Mr Edwards
Sir I saw Mr Davis last week and he informed me that he was not able to do any thing with the business I left in his hands he also informed me that the papers were left in the hands of the Clerk of the house of representatives having a use for a part of the papers I wish you to have a copy of them made out and transmitted to me by mail the copy I wish are the report of the Board of officers the decision of the courts of Virginia your report and the reports of the secretary of war I also wish you to forward to me a copy of the law acts of Congress assuming the debts owed by the state of Va to her officers the copy you gave me is lopsed and I wish you to inform me whether the whole amount that was appropriated by the said acts of Congress has been exhausted answer me as soon as convenient direct your letter to Centerville Bourbon County Ky Yours Wm S Moore To J. S. Edwards Esq

Fayette County Set October Court 1818
" On Motion of George and Peter Moore it is ordered that Robert S Russell, John Moore, John Shock, James Linnis, and Henry Bright be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to allot to the widow and relic of Peter Moore deceased her dower in said decedents estate and report thereon to court as directed by Law. "
And afterwards to wit at a County Court held for the County aforesaid on the 17 th day of February 1819. - A Division of the real estate of Peter Moore Deceased returned to Court and ordered to be recorded. "
I James Armstrong Clerk of the Fayette County Court Kentucky do certify that the above two Orders of Court are truly and accurately transcribed from the record thereof.
I further certify that by said division of the real of estate of said Peter Moore decd. his widow was assigned 228 acres 3 Roods & 31 Poles of land.
Given under my hand seal of office this 27 th day of June 1855. Atto James A Armstrong Clerk

The United States of America to Samuel Brown or Elisha Warfield Esqrs of the town of Leavington, greeting. We reposing special confidence in your integrity & skill do by these presents authorise you to examine upon Oath Peter Moore of Fayette county late a soldier in Capt. John Shelton's company of the third Virginia Re- giment upon Continental establishment, commanded by Col. Thomas Marshall of concerning a wound received by the said Peter thro' his body with a musquet ball at the battle of Brandywine, & after due examination made respecting the wound, You are re- quired upon Oath to report your opinion of the nature of the disability arising in consequence of the said wound & in what degree it prevents the said Peter from ob- taining his livelihood by labor, which report you are requested to annex hereto & return to our Lodge for the District of Kentucky. In witness whereof Harry Innes our said Lodge hath hereunto set his hand in confor- mity to an Act of Congress "to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of the United States during the revolu- tionary war" this 19 th day of September 1805
Harry Innes

I do hereby certify that I have examined Major Peter Moore & find that a musket Ball has entered his left Breast immediately above the cartilages of his Ribs one or more of which have been broken by it & that it passed out of his body about two inches on the left side of the spine. By the injury done to the muscles of Respiration & the ribs to which the abdominal muscles are attached he is rendered incapable of hard labor & in my opinion is intitled to the Pension granted by Congress to such Officers & Soldiers as have been disabled in the second degree. Given under my hand at Lexington Sept. 24 th 1805
Sam Brown
Fayette County Set
Sworn & subscribed before me a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid this 24 th day of Sept r , 1805
Alex r Parker

The United States, D r
To Peter Moore, a Lieutenant In the Regiment, in the Virginia Line (comm- manded by Colonel Joseph Crockett) in the Revolutionary War.
For his half pay from 3 d September 1783 - date of Treaty of Peace, to 1 st of July 1818 (presumed day of his death), in pursuance of the third section of an act of Congress "to provide for liquidating and paying certain claims of the State of Virginia," approved 5 th July, 1832, being 34 years 302 days at £48 - Virginia Currency, equal to $160 per Annum, amounting to Dollars, 5572.38
The above State in Line of, N o 61602 in favour of Peter Moore as a Captain, which has been cancelled - conformably to the decision of the Secretary of the Treasury -
- Auditor's Office
October 23 d 1832
W m Parker
Comp ts Office
Oct r 23 d 1832
R. S. Briscoe
Treasury Department
Register's Office Jan y 31. 1840
I have copy of the original on file in this Office Report No 61832
J. Smith
Register

The Deposition of Thomas M c Clanahan aged eighty years taken this 23 rd day of April in the year 1833. — This Deponent states that he knew Peter Moore when he was a boy long before the commencement of the Revolutionary War, in Westmoreland County State of Virginia; that said Peter Moore enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Shelton's Company in Col. Marshall's Regiment of the Continental line, in the year this Deponent thinks, but is not absolutely certain as to the year, 1776, early in the Spring of the year his term of service was for two years as this Deponent believes, he enlisted in Fauquier County Virginia; This Deponent saw said Peter Moore at Middlebrook in the Jerseys in the Spring & Summer of the year 1777, this Deponent being in the service in the 2 nd Regiment of the Continental line & said Moore being in the 3 rd Regiment which last was commanded as aforesaid by the Col Marshall; the two regiments lay near each other at Middlebrook; when the troops denominated the Virginia State line troops were raised, this deponent states that said Peter Moore entered that service bearing a commission of Ensign or Lieutenant, he does not know which, that said Moore continued in service in Col. Crockett's Regiment till the year 1783, this deponent saw said Peter Moore in month of May 1783, in Powell's Valley in his way from Louisville to Virginia to which place said Moore had been in the United States service with the troops of Virginia State line, & he supposes had been discharged previous to his leaving Louisville. When this deponent saw said Moore in Powell's Valley he was called Captain Moore, and further this deponent saith not.
Thos. M c Clanahan.
State of Kentucky Bourbon County Set. This day Thomas M c Clanahan personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for the County & state aforesaid & after being duly sworn gave and subscribed the preceding Deposition. And I do further certify that said M c Clanahan is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to the fullest credit. Given under my hand this 23 rd day of Ap l 1833.
Robert Scruggin E. P. B. C. Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Kentucky & County of Bourbon ss. I, Thomas P. Smith Clerk of the County Court of said County, do certify that the above named Robert Scruggin before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken and sworn to, was then and still is an acting Justice of said Court duly qualified that his signature is genuine & his acts entitled to credit.
{ L.S. }
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this twenty third day of April 1833. And in the 21. year of the Commonwealth
Thos. P. Smith
The foregoing is a true copy from the original filed among the papers of Peter Moores adminor against the Commonwealth lately pending in the Circuit Superior Court for Henrico County
Teste
J. Robinson C.C. Dist. At for Hen. Co. law side

Kentucky Fayette County Set
Elizabeth Moore seventy one years of age made Oath before me a Justice of the Peace for said county that she was personally acquainted with Peter Moore in the year 1775 in Fauquier County Virginia, and she knows that he entered the Service of the United States in the begining of the Summer in the year 1775 - and living in the same neigh- bourhood with him. She saw him frequently during the Rev- olutionary War when he would come home on Furlough and he wore Regimental Clothes, such as were worn by officers and she understood he was a Captain and he continued to serve until the Battle of Lord Cornwallis's defeat and then returned home where he remained until the final termination of the War. as he was not called into Service again, she heard and understood that he did not resign his Commission but was ready to go into Service whenever called for.
Elizabeth her Moore Oath
Sworn to and subscribed before me and I certify that the deponent is a Credible Witness on Oath.
given under my hand this 5 th day of July 1832
O. Keen. J.P.
Commonwealth of Kentucky Fayette County to wit
I James C. Rodes Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify, that Oliver Keen, whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate of the qualification of Elizabeth Moore, is and was at the time of subscribing his name thereto, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn according to law and as such full faith and credit should be given to all his official acts.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 5 th day of July 1832 and of the Commonwealth the 41 st Year -
Attest. (I. C. Rodes. C. F. C. C.)

Treasury Department
Registry Office 31 Decr 1840
A true copy of the original on file in this Office Report No 61.832
D. Stuart Reg d

Half pay allowed
Peter Moore dec'd
adj.
Crockett V a State Reg t .
May 1. 1850
[Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]

Pension Office
May 1. 1850
I certify that I have examined the claim of the administrators of Peter Moore, who claim under the act of July, 5. 1832 for his service as Adjutant in Crockett's Virginia State regiment, and I find that he served in that capacity until his service ended on the 31 st of December seventeen hundred and eighty one; and that they are therefore entitled to half-pay at the rate of six dollars and fifty  cents seventy eight dollars per annum from the end of his service as aforesaid to the first of July, eighteen hundred and eighteen, in which month Peter Moore's death, which took place on the 1 st day of  December  1848  in the year  one thousand eight hundred and  48 The amount is payable to Stephen F. J. Trabue, attorney of George and Peter Moore, administrators of Peter Moore, deceased.
Approved
Commissioner of Pensions
Secretary of the Interior

Louisville Ky March 11 1857
Dear Sir
Please return to me the Pension Certificate of Mrs Margaret Moore widow of Lt Peter Moore
She is dead and her executor has to have it in order to draw the pence
Yours Truly
C. H. Barkley
Hooe Washington P. C.
Died Sept. 29, 1856 Agency book

Case of Peter Moore, du o 5 July 1832. add. all manner
Sept 19. 1843.
to be returned to the Va. Natl. Hosp. for the
1818 1181 37 13 111 37 2811. 2
32 155 187
A 13
Recorded.
Vol 43 page 145.

Pension Office
Sept. 19. 1843
It is hereby certified that the claim of the Administrator of Peter Moore, dec d has been examined; and it appears that the said Peter Moore served as a Lieutenant of Infantry in the Virginia Troops until the 31 st of December 1781, and that the case was  is embraced by the provisions of the provisions of the act of July 5, 1832, entitled "An act to provide for liquidating and paying certain claims of the State of Virginia," and the administrator was therefore entitled to half-pay from the termination of Moore's service to the day of his death; but not having been paid from an earlier date than  than the 3 rd Sept. 1783, there is now due to said Administrator the half-pay claimed by him from 31 December 1781, to 3 rd Sept. 1783, at the rate of One Hundred and Sixty Dollars per annum. The amount is payable to William T. Compton of George Town, D. C. attorney of Charles J. Faulkner, of

Virginia, administrator of said Peter Moore, deceased.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Approved
Secretary of War

Peter Moore's heirs. — Under act of July 5. 1832, how were they paid? i.e. at what rate per annum & for what grade of service, Lieutenant or Captain? J. L. E.
03 Will M c R. be so good as to answer on this Mem o ?
According to the list of payments furnished by the 1 st Auditor, Peter Moore's Half pay was allowed as Lieutenant from the 3 rd Sept. 1783 to 1 st July 1818 @ $160.

A Board of Officers ordered to sit by Genl. George Rogers Clarke to examine into the claims of the officers of Col. Crockett's Regiment, respecting their Ranks.
Col. John Montgomery — President Major Thos. Quirk Capt. R. George. } Capt. Brashears } Members Capt. J. Girault, }
After examining the claims of all the Officers of said Regiment, and their certificates from Col. Crockett, and being informed that the Regiment never consisted of more than six Captains, mustered and doing Duty — The Board are of opinion that the said Regiment should be continued full to that number by promotion of the Officers, now commissioned and upon examination find that the Officers are entitled to the following promotions vizt.
Ensign Moore to a Lieutenancy the 1 st July 1780 by the promotion of Lt. Herney to Captain.
Ensign M c Garock to a Lieutenancy the 15 th Aug t 1780 by the resignation of Lieut. Magill. —
Lieut. Glenn to Captain the 13 th October 1780 by the Death of Captain Kenley;
Ensign Walls to a Lieutenant the 13 th Oct. 1780 by the promotion of Lieutenant Glenn
Ensign Bullock to a Lieutenant the 11 th January 1781 by Lieut. Dan l Anderson's Dismission. —
Lieut. Browning to a Captain the 2 nd Sept r 1781, by the Death of Capt. Chapman
Lieut. Moore to a Captain 2 nd Sept r . 1781 by the Death of Captain Tipton
over

Ensign Daring to a Lieutenant the 2 nd Sept. 1781 by the promotion of Lieutenant Browning; Ensign Green to a Lieutenant the 2 nd Sept. 1781 by the promotion of Lieut. Moore
(signed) Geo. Montgomery Pr.
(Signed) G. B. Clark B.G.
In Council April 4, 1782 Referred to the Commissioner of War
(Signed) Benj. Harrison Jr
Auditor's Office of Virginia July 23. 1832 I do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an original paper or document filed in this office by Judge Wm H. Cabell rec d of Col Read
J. E. Heath aud t of Va.

The deposition of Thomas Young taken at the Farm of John Y. Langhorn in Maysville, Mason County Kentucky, to be read as evidence, in a suit to be instituted in the Courts of Virginia to recover for the Officers attached to the Regiment of Col n Crockett their compensation of half pay.
Thomas Young being first sworn:
Question: State if you were an officer in the Regiment of Col n Joseph Crockett, and how long you continued in the same.
Answer: I was an Officer in that Regiment; I was Commissioned a Captain in the year 1799 and continued in the service in that grade, until it was disbanded at the end of the war.
Question 2 a : State who were the Officers of that Regiment when it was disbanded?
Answer: There was Col n Joseph Crockett, Major George Walls, Captain W m Cheny, John Herney, Barnett Glenn. Peter Moore, Purser and myself; Lieutenants Henry Daring, Rice Bullock, Samuel B. Green, Hugh M c Garock. Browning and Thomas Walls; and Surgeon Charles Green.
Thomas Young
Mason County Set
This day personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, the above mentioned Capt. Thomas Young, now in his Eightieth year, who made oath that the above statement, of the Officers of Col n Crockett's Regiment is true, as witness my hand Seal this 28 th of April 1830
(Signed)
D. S. Payne Seal
In Council 6 th October 1830 -
The Governor submitted a claim of the Heirs of Peter Moore for Land Bounty. Whereupon it is advised, that they be allowed land Land Bounty, for his services as a Captain in the State line to the end of the war. the amount of Land

Bounty he has therefore received as a Lieutenant, to be deducted from this allowance. —
Executive Department
Richmond V o 23 rd July 1832
I W m H. Richardson, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a deposition of Thomas Young, filed with the vouchers in this department - upon which Land Bounty, was allowed to Peter Moore (or his Heirs) for his services as a Captain in the Virginia State Line. I do also certify that the copy last above, is a true copy of an advice of the Council of State upon the said Claim.
Given under my hand the date above
W m H. Richardson. Sec y Comm th .
Navy Department
Register Office Jan 31. 1840
A true copy of the original on file in this office Report No 61.832
A. Smith Register

1 Note - I have not yet been furnished with any official list of the Officers of Brockett's Regiment; But the name appears as a Lieutenant on a Memorandum taken from a list that accompanied Report No 61409 A. on the account of Colonel Brockett, purporting to be a list of the Officers of said Regiment -
By a document herewith certified and signed by Mr Heath it appears that Lieut. Moore was promoted to a Captain on the 2 nd September 1781 -
The documents herewith are
Peter Moore's Commission as an Ensign dated 8 th Nov. 1779 Report of the Board of Officers relative to promotions in Col o Brockett's Regiment - certified and signed by the Auditor of Virginia
A certificate under seal showing that Land has been granted to the Heirs of Peter Moore as a Captain - the signature or office of the Individual signing this paper I cannot decipher (W m Pelden)
Certificate that administration was granted to Charles James Faulkner -
Auditors Office 5 th Sept r 1832
Comptrollers Office 5 th September 1832 Lund Washington
W m Parker -
Treasury Department
Regular Office 31 Jany 1840
A true copy from the original in file in this office Report No 61,882
Attuck Rec d

Mrs Margaret Moore Widow of Captain Peter Moore Power of Attorney
Increase of Pension Act February 3 rd 1855 Second Section
Attorney C. H. Barkley Louisville Kentucky

I know all men by these presents that I, Margaret Moore of Fayette County Kentucky widow of Peter Moore deceased, and as such a pensioner of the United States under Second Section of the Act of Congress of February 3rd 1853 at the rate of $520 a year of the rank of Lieutenant , do hereby, with full power of substitution appoint L. H. Buckley of Louisville Kentucky my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim for increase of my pension; and to receive my pension certificate therefor — And I hereby ratify all his lawful acts and deeds in this behalf — Witness my name and seal in Fayette County Kentucky on this — 6 th day of September 1856
Attest 2 Witnesses Jacob Silener Jr } D. H. Moore } }
Margaret Moore L. S.
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Fayette County Kentucky Set
Acknowledged and Subscribed before me a justice of the peace in and for said County on the day and year therein set forth
And I certify that I am disinterested
Jacob Sidener Jr. J.P. #6.
State of Kentucky } Fayette County } ss
I James A. Grinstead Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do certify that Jacob Sidener Jr. whose genuine Signature appears to the above certificate was, at the date thereof an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly com- =missioned and qualified
Witness my name and official Seal at my office in Lexington on this 20 th day of September 1856
The above Signature is genuine as I verily believe and am fully satisfied
At James A Grinstead Clerk

Recp
WIDOW, &c.
No. 25 716
Margaret Moore
Wid of
Peter Moore.
Lient Steu was
Act Feb 3 d 58.
Index: Vol M , Page 66
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sept. 21/57 Breckenridge
Wm C.P. Lexington Ky
1916 Feb. 12. History to Mrs. W. H. Davis & 1916 Feb. 21. Mrs. Davis advised that the notes are not furnished. & 1916 Feb. 21. Hist. to Mrs. H. E. Engle

1883 Oct Ex but no history for L C Draper Wm
NO
ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1871.
WAR OF 1812
3237
Peter Moore
badine
Revolution
discharged _____, 18
5-031
REJECTED
NJ Pay _____ act-32
Received _____, 187

ACT OF JULY 14, 1862.
Rev 16562
Peter Moore Private Shelton Co 3. Va
Discharged _____, 186
REJECTED
Received _____, 187
Attorney.

W. C. B. BRACKENRIDGE
John T. Smith
BRACKENRIDGE & SMITH
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
LEONARD
DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR

BRECKINRIDGE & SHELBY,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW NORTHERN BANK BUILDING, LEXINGTON, KY.
Sept. 6th, 1897.
To the Commissioner Of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:--
Will you do me the favor to let me know whether the name of Peter Moore appears on the pension roll of Revolutionary soldiers, and if so, to what company and regiment did he belong?
Very respectfully,
(Dictated)

Everett, Wash. March. 8th. 19.
Rev War mch
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington D. C. - Will you please send any information you may have on my Revolutionary Ancestor, Peter Moore. His widow was granted a pension she was Margaret Love before her marriage to my ancestor. If your information does not include the line following items Place + date of birth of Rev. ancestor. Can you tell me where I would be most likely to find it? My own grand father died when my father was such a small child that so many things can't be easily traced.
Sincerely -
(Mrs) Alta Love Davis 1410 Colby - am. Everett, Wash.

Rev Sec 5
Everett, Wash.
Aug 25/1919
Pension Office, Rev. War Dept. Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen, - My ancestor Peter Moore enlisted in the Rev. War from Fauquier Co., Va. His wife was Margaret Love. If he received a pension would you please send me a copy of the record.
Yours very truly Mrs. H. E. Engel 3721 Hayhurst Everett, Wash.

one 2¢ stamped envelope recd. Wash. Rev Sec at 11 AM  at 11 AM PWS Mar. 25-1916. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
I am a descendant of Peter Moore who served in the Revolutionary war. He died from wounds received on the battle field.
His wife Margaret Lorr received a pension as long as she lived.
My ancestor served under Colonel Blackwell, it was he who carried my great-grandfather.

from the field when he was wounded.
My grandfather's name was Thomas Love Moore, my own father's name George Peter Moore, my name Alta Love Moore Davis.
Will you please send me his regimental history or what data you may have?
Very respectfully,
Alta Moore Davis (Mrs) W. H. Davis
1410 Colby Ave Everett, Wash.

Peter Moore, Jr.
W.S. Moore, Pg. 6 June 1. 43

I hereby certify that it does not appear that any payment was made to Peter Moore an Officer in the Illinois Regiment during the War of the Revolution, for services rendered after the 1st day of January 1782, so far as we have been able to ascertain from the Books in this Office
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office Richmond this 26th day of May 1843.
Jas E Heath Aud r Pub. accts

This is to certify. That it appears from a list in this office of such officers and soldiers of the Virginia State Line during the Revolutionary War as settled their accounts and received Certificates for the balance of their full pay according to an act of assembly passed at the November Session 1781 that a certificate issued on the 8 th day of July 1783 in the name of Peter Moore as Lieutenant of Infantry for $194.12.2 which certificate appears to have been delivered to John Marshall and was given for services prior to the 10 th of January 1782.
Given under my hand at the auditor's office Richmond this 22 d day of April 1843
Signed Jas. C. Heath Auditor