Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8530, for Peter Priest, Virginia

SERVICE
Va.
Priest, Peter Sarah
NUMBER
N 8530
CONTENTS

See letter 27 Sep '34 to C. Tompkins jr.
25, 124 Kentucky
Peter Priest
of Barren Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the County commanded by Captain George of the regt commanded by Col. F.R. Clark in the U.S. State line for 2 yrs. from 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Nov 33 and sent to H. on C. Tompkins
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33 $ 200 — Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 34 40
$ 240. —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 23

Rev Priest
pension
The service stated in this declaration, was in the Virginia state line, & not on the Continental establish- ment.
Rejected
See letter to the Hon. J. Johnson, N. R. U. S. - 16 Jan 1821

State of Kentucky Barren County To wit, I Peter Priest of the County of Barren and State aforesaid, do hereby state that the following schedule contains a true account of all my property and effects of every kind whatsoever except wearing apparel and necessary bedding. Viz, one hundred Acres of third rate Land, on which I live worth two hundred dollars farming utensils two dollars. Neither horse, cow, sheep or cattle of any kind, description, nor household furniture nor debts due me. I do further state that I have not directly nor indirectly since the the 18 th day of March 1818 by gift sale or otherwise disposed of my property or any part thereof so as to bring me within the provision of the act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, nor hath any person in trust for me, any property contracts, or debts due me, nor have I any property or income other than what is stated in the foregoing schedule surrendered and subscribed by me. I further state that I enlisted as a private soldier on the 11 th day of February 1780 in Capt. Robert Georges Company of Artillery attached to Col. George Rogers Clarke's Virginia Regiment, in the Continental Establishment, in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War with the Kingdom of great Britain for and during the War, and that I served during the War and was Honorably discharged at Louisville (now in Kentucky) on the 13 th February 1784 which discharge was granted by the said Capt. George or the said George Rogers Clarke who was then a General, which I do not remember, which discharge is lost or mislaid. that I was in the last battle at Pigue Plains fought with the Indians by Col. George Rogers Clarke who then commanded the American forces there, I further state that I was born in the United States and have always been a Citizen of the same, and have always been on the side of my Country in every War that I have been

been in. I do further state that I was a resident Citizen of the said County of Barren on the 18 th March 1818. and yet resides in said County. and that from my reduced Circumstances that I stand in need of the assistance of my Country for Support, I further state I live with my family which consists of my wife who is in the 48 th or 49 th year of her age, three daughters one aged about 23 years, one about 20 years, the other about 13 years old, and that I have no other assistance or family with me, that I am now in the 63 rd year of my age that my Occupation has been farming that owing to my infirmity, of the Sciatic or rheumatic pains which was on me, before I left the service of the United States. and has continued ever since, in my hips, back, shoulders and neck, and for some years (back) settled chiefly in my neck, and shoulders, I have not been able to do much labour, nor am I now, nor for some years past. have been able to do any labour of consequence. I do hereby release unto the said United States all pensions and claims to pensions allowed me by any law of Congress of the said United States, or any provisions made whereby I could have claimed the same previous to the said Law of the 18 th of March 1818. Peter Priest.
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court in the Barren County Court, on the 16 th day of October 1820 being a Court of Record, and made so by Act of Assembly intitled an act to reduce into one the several acts establishing County courts and regulating proceedings therein and concerning the appointment of Justices of the peace and their Jurisdiction approved December the 17 th 1796 attest W h esaweth of the County Court of the County of Barren

I William Logard Clerk of the County Court for the aforesaid County of Barren do hereby certify that the foregoing affirmation and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is two hundred and two dollars.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and afixed the seal of the said Court this 16 th day of October 1820.
W. Logard Clerk of the County Court of the County of Barren
Rev Priest
pension
The service stated in this declaration, was in the Virginia state line, & not on the Continental establish- ment.
Rejected
See letter to the Hon. J. Johnson, N. R. U. S. 16 Jan. 1821

28.432 Peter Priest Kentucky
for 1780 prints 2 yr $80
State Rev
John Stuart
a Roll
Hon. C. Tompkins
Hon. C. Tompkins Present

State of Kentucky } ss. County of Barren }
On this 18 th day of February 1833 personally appeared be- fore the Justices of County Court of Barren County in open court Peter Priest a resident of the County and State a- foresaid, aged 75 years, who being first duly sworn accord- ing to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, at the falls of the Ohio, on the 11 th day of February 1780, under Captain Robert George in the Illinois Regiment of the Virginia State Line Commanded by Col George Rogers Clark. At the time he enlisted as aforesaid he lived in the County of Now Jefferson Ky in the State of Vir Then the falls of Ohio Virginia He was engaged in the battle of, he thinks, Piquay plain
and marched through & served during the whole of his service in the Western Country
He got a Discharge but cannot now tell where it is, never expecting to have use for it
He served in said Regiment of said Col. Clark four years & 4 days exactly.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Peter Priest

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named & foregoing applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
I William Logan clerk of the County Court of Barren County do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Pries for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 18 th day of February 1833
W m Logan Clerk of the Court of Barren County

July 7, 1939
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Mrs. Marshall F. Priest Huntingdon Tennessee
PETER PRIEST W. 8530 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
The data which follow relative to Peter Priest were obtained from the papers on file in the claims for pension under W. 8530, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Peter Priest was born in the United States; the date and exact location of his birth and names of his parents were not given.
While residing at the Falls of the Ohio River (in what was later Jefferson County, Kentucky), Peter Priest enlisted February 11, 1780, served as private in Captain Robert George's company, Colonel George Rogers Clark's Illinois Regiment of the Virginia troops, was in the battle with the Indians on Pickaway Plains and was discharged February 15, 1784, at Louisville, in that part of Virginia which later became Kentucky.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1820, at which time he was aged sixty-two years and a resident of Barren County, Kentucky. He died there January 6, 1835.
Peter Priest married in Shenandoah County, Virginia, January 6, 1791 (as shown by a copy of marriage records of the County Clerk's Office of Shenandoah County) Sarah McCoy or McKay, who died in Barren County, Kentucky, December 22, 1839, at the age of sixty-three years.
In 1820, the soldier was living with his wife who, he stated, was in the forty-eighth or forty-ninth year of her age, and three daughters aged about twenty-three, twenty and thirteen years, respectively, their names not designated.
Sarah Priest was survived by three heirs, namely: Lyda or Lydia Wright, Susan Gasaway and William Priest, who were still living in 1852, Lyda or Lydia being the only one designated as a child of Peter and Sarah Priest.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

11,349
Ex 10 Rev J S McVay 14 of R 15 Feb 37
Kentucky Sarah Priest, dec d
widow of Peter who died on the
of in the State of Ky
who was a priv in the command
by Captain Va of the command
by in the Rev d
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Ending December 22, 1839.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of July 1852 and sent to Thos. Humphkin
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Present
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by A. C. Robinson Clerk. Book & Vol. Page 375

State of Kentucky } Barren County } ss
Be it Remembered that at the February Term 1852 of the County Court began and held in and for the County Aforesaid personally Appeared in open Court Syda Wright who on her oath makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Acts of Congress passed July 7 1838 and Acts Subsequent thereto granting pensions to the widows of Certain Soldiers of the war of the Revolution - that Syda Wright Susan Gasaway and William Priest is the Surviveing heirs at law of Peter Priest and Sarah Priest his widow that her said father Peter Priest was a pensioner of the United States on the Kentucky Roll in Barren County Kentucky at the Rate of Eighty dollars A Year and she Refers to his papers on file for the particulars that the said Peter Priest died on the Sixth day of January in the Year Eighteen hundred and thirty five (1835) and that the said Sarah the widow of the said Peter and the mother of this Applicant died in the said County on the twenty Second day of December Eighteen hundred and thirty nine and that the said Peter Priest and the said Sarah whose name before marriage was Sarah McColl was married in the County of Shenandoah and State of Virginia in the Year Seventeen hundred and Ninety on the Sixth day of January - and that she knows of no family Record Shewing the marriage or birth of the said Peter and Sarah Priest Children - She further says that the said Sarah Remained the widow of the said Peter Priest at the time of her death that she was Sixty three Year of Age at the

time of her death - and makes this Application for the purpose of obtaining the pension due to her said mother from the Sixth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty five to the twenty Second day of December Eighteen hundred and thirty Nine Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16 th day of February 1852 in open Court W. M. Fenton Judge Barren County Court
State of Kentucky } Barren County } ss
I Travis Cockrell Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do hereby Certify that at the February Term of the County Court began and held in and for said County on the 16 th day of February Eighteen hundred and fifty two Satisfactory Evidence was Exhibited to said Court that Peter Priest was a pensioner of the United States at the Rate of Eighty dollars a year that he died in the County of Barren in said State on the Sixth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty five and that he left a widow whose Name was Sarah Priest and that said Sarah the widow of said Peter died in said County on the twenty Second day of December Eighteen hundred thirty Nine and that she was at the time of her death the widow of the said Peter Priest and that she left three heirs whose names are Syda Wright Susan

Gasaway and William Priest and it is further Certified that the foregoing are the original proceed- ings of the Said Court in the matter of the Applica- =tion of the Said Syda Wright for the pension due to her Said mother
In witness whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my Name and Affixed the official Seal of Said County, this the 16 th day of February 1832
Davis Rockhill Clerk

Barren County State of Kentucky ss
I visited Mrs Sarah Priest at James Cardins in Barren County Ky on the 20 th day of December 1839 - I found her in a dying condition from apoplexy -
I am enabled to fix the date, by reference to the charge on my book -
I am a practicing physician.
Mrs Lydia Wright is the daughter of Mrs Sarah Priest - and I know of no other living heir of Mrs Priest -
Given under my hand this 20 day of February 1852
Isaac Westerfield
Isaac Westerfield personally appeared before me B Lawless an acting Justice of the peace for Barren County Kentucky and made oath to the above statement subscribed by him given under my hand this 30 th day Feby 1852
B Lawless J.P. B.C.
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Isaac Westerfield the above affiant and that he is a gentleman of the first respectability and that his statements are entitled to full credit and that he is about forty seven years old given under my hand this 20 th day of February 1852
Barnwell Lawless Justice of the peace for Barren County Kentucky

State of Kentucky Barren County Feb 21 st
I Davis Cockrell Clerk of the County Court for said County Certify that the B Lawless whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, duly Commissioned and Qualifed according to Law That full faith and Credit are due and should be given to all his official acts as such, that his attestation is in due form of Law, and the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is Genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at my office in Glasgow this 21 st day of February A.D. 1852
Davis Cockrell C B C O

Sarah Priesthood Widow of Peter Hy
Act 7 July 1835

KNOW all men by these presents, that I do hereby constitute and appoint
W. C. Manly my true and lawful attorney, for and in my name, to prosecute and attend to the allowance of a certain claim which I have asserted against the United States for pension,
both before the Commissioners of pensions, the Secretary of the Interior, and any department of the Government, or the Congress of the United States, and my said Attorney is authorised and empowered one or more Attorneys under him to make and constitute, for the purposes aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming what my said Attorney and those by him constituted, may do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal, this
16 day of February , 185 2 .
Lyda Wright SEAL.
Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of {
State of Kentucky Barren county, { SS:
Before the subscriber, one of the justices of the peace for Barren county Kentucky in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Lyda Wright above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed. Witness my hand this 16 th day of February , 185 2 .
B Lawless J. P. 86
State of Kentucky Barren county, { SS:
I, Travis Cockrill , Clerk of the County court, in and for the county aforesaid, do hereby certify that B Lawless is one of the justices of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, and the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of office, this 18 th day of February , 185 2 .
Travis Cockrill Clerk.

Rev Sec 24 Sedalia, Missouri, March 22nd, 1919.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington.
Dear Sir,-
Will you please give me any available information in your records concerning Peter Priest, who served in the Army of the Revolution from Virginia.
Thanking you for the kindness, I am,
Yours very truly,
Nellie Ayres
Miss Nellie Ayres, #725 West 7th St., Sedalia, Mo.

1915 Jan 26 Hech. To Mrs. H. C. Boyd. 1919 Mar 28 Hech. To Willie Ayres. 1939 July 7 - Hech. to Mrs. Marahad S. Priest — 87 R. B.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8530
Sarah Priest  Wid. of  Peter Priest  Part. Rev. War
Act: July 7/38
Index: — Vol. 26 Page 140
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 14,615 Sarah Priest dec. widow of Peter 1829
Set to Thos Lumpkin June 21/82
3 and June 25/82 Act 7 July 1838

8484
RECEIVED
P. O.
John Prior
Service: Consolidated March 20 1883 with with Widow Sarah
Enlisted: Admitted 8530 _____, 18
Discharged: _____ D N Prior 18
Application filed: _____, 18

Pension Office June 25 1852
Kentucky Rolls Act of June 7 1832
Peter Priest Jnr. pen. $80 per annum. To what time was he paid?
J.S. Gallagher 3 rd and
Died 6 th January 1835 Paid to his death. B.L.B.

July 7, 1939
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BA-J/MHF:MLB
Mrs. Marshall F. Priest Huntingdon Tennessee
Peter Priest N. 8530
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of George Long (three), Michael Long, Thomas Priest, Peter Priest, of Virginia, Thomas Boling, Benjamin and John Rivers (Benjamin having received six hundred forty acres of land), Isaac Riddick, Reuben and John Small, both of North Carolina, and in regard to whom you cite certain data found in various printed lists.
Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States based upon service in that war.
There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Michael Long, Thomas Priest, Benjamin Rivers, John Rivers, Isaac Riddick or Reuben Small. No records could be identified of the George Long, Thomas Boling or John Small in whom you are interested. As much as possible of the following data are essential in order to identify their records, should they be on file, as your citations do not pertain to the records of this office: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of wife or widow.
The record of only one Peter Priest has been found. His record is furnished you herewith.
The land which you state Benjamin Rivers received may have been granted by the state from which he served.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
W.F. 85-30
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Peter Priest a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 11. 1780 July 15. 1784 Pvt. Robert George George Rogers Clark Pa.                                     
Battles engaged in, Pickaway Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Falls of the Ohio Virginia
Date of application for pension, Oct. 16. 1820. He was at
Residence at date of application, Barren Co. Ky.
Age at date of application, In his 65th yr.
Remarks:
He died Jan'y 6. 1835 in Barren Co. Ky. He was born Jan'y 6. 1791 in Shenandoah Co. Va. Sarah M c Kaly or Wilson. She died Dec 22. 1839 in Barren Co. Ky. aged 68 years. In 1820 soldier referred to his three daughters aged 23, 20 & 13 yrs. In 1852 a daughter Lydia or Lydia Wright stated that then, Susan Garway & William Priest were the only surviving heirs.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

VICE-REGENT MRS. CLARENCE KING 519 ALA. ST., BRISTOL
RECORDING SECRETARY MRS. LEE BOND TAYLOR BROWNSVILLE
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY MRS. MARSHALL PRIEST HUNTINGDON
HISTORIAN MRS. W. H. HOLLINSHEAD WINGROVE AVE., NASHVILLE
CHAPLAIN MRS. E. L. THOMAS ELKMONT
REGISTRAR MRS. J. SUTTON JONES MISSIONARY RIDGE CHATTANOOGA
TREASURER MRS. LAURENCE D. MANEY 1801 19TH AVE. S., NASHVILLE
LIBRARIAN MRS. J. L. RICHARDSON 402 E. SECOND ST., MORRISTOWN
PARLIAMENTARIAN MRS. JOSEPH BYRNS DEER PARK CIRCLE NASHVILLE,
TENNESSEE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
STATE REGENT MRS. WALTER M. BERRY BERRY PLACE, ROUTE 5, BOX 870 MEMPHIS
Jan. 9, 1939.
The Pension Office, Washington, D. C. Sirs;
Will you be so kind as to give me the following information:
Did the following men draw pensions and to whom were they paid, and from what counties did they enroll?
Long, George. (II V. R.) W.D. 231, I; (I5VR). W.D. 275, I; (II & I5 VR), W.D. 337, I.
Long, George. Va. Rev. soldier.
Long, George. War 4-256.
Long, Michael. From Va.
Priest Thomas. Fauquier County, Va.
Priest, Peter. Fauquier and Culpepper County, Va. Aud. Acct. XXX, 278 C. of NW(?). 2, 848, H.D. 1833-4. Doc. 32, 2). I.P., D22, D63, D116, D117; War 5, 155.
Boling (BOWling, Bolen), Thomas. no. 91275.
Rivers, Benj. No. 89587, 9189 90890, 91945, . Private in Raifo Company 1782, Granted 640 acres land.
Rivers, John. Cartrite County 1778.
Riddick, Isaac. Halifax Dist. No. 780
Small, Reuben. Newbern Dist. No. 12.
Small, John. Private, N. C. Militia, No. 1480.
Thanking you, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Marshall F. Priest Huntingdon, Tenn
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Brief in the case of Sarah Priest dec d . widow of Peter County and State of Kentucky act 7 July 1838
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Husband was a pensioner, Evidence of marriage Recd
Name and residence of Agent
Thos Lumpkin Present
Thornton Tipton
Examining Clerk.

Sarah Priest decd widow of Peter R,
Act 7 July, 1838 $80 per annum to 22 o Decr 1839, when she died Payable to Lydia Wright Susan Gasaway, & William Priest only surviving children
Sealed Thomas Lumpkin Present

Hon. J. S. Phelps
Feb 15/54

Pension Office February 15, 1854
Sir,
The vouchers in the case of the heirs of Sarah Priest, widow of Peter Priest, have been referred to the Third Auditor of the Treasury, that the amount due may be paid agreeably to the acts of 6 April 1838 and 23 August 1842.
Wm Lloyd Phelps, H of H
Rev

Among the records of the County Court of Shenandoah County is the following
"Mem do of those Persons who have been Joined together in the Estate of Matrimony by the Subscribed since the last return
Peter Priest & Sarah McKay 6 Jan y 1791
(By) John Woods"
Shenandoah County, N o 100/4
I Sam l H. Williams Clerk of the County Court of Shenandoah County State of W o do hereby certify that the above is a true extract from the records of marriages in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 22 nd day of March 1852 & in the 76 th year of the Commonwealth.
Sam l H. Williams Clerk
Certs for 37 Cents for Certificates

Pension Office June 21, 1852.
Sir,
The Declaration of Lydia Wright has been received and filed, - The certificate of the Clerk of the County in which Peter Priest and his wife were married, must be produced shewing when that event took place, or he must certify there is no such evidence in his Office, in which event said testimony must be produced, shewing the date of the Marriage, - It must be also shewn that she is the chieo of the Peter Priests who was a Pensioner of the United States.
Very Respect. Com Off. Secy.
J. Cole for Comt. of Pensions,
Tho. Lumphkin Esq Present
Certificate of Marriage filed 24th March

Washington D.C. March 24th '52
Sir, I have the honor to enclose herewith the certificate of the Clerk of Shenan- dough County Va establishing the mar- riage of Mrs Sarah Priest , of Kentucky, and widow of Peter Priest, which I used filed in her application for a pension act 7th July 1838.
I have the honor to be The Respondent.
Hon J. E. Heath
Commr. etc etc

Washington D.C. March 10th '52
Sir, I have the honor to enclose here with the declaration of the heirs of Mrs Sarah Priest, of Kentucky, widow of Peter Priest, under act of 7th July, 1838 for a pension. I have the honor to be Sir,
Hon. J. E. Heath, Commr of Pensions

Paul G. ...
720 University Ave., Tucson Ariz.
January 19, 1915.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: Can you give me any information of one Peter Priest or George Priest who served in the Revolution? They came to Virginia from England and would have enlisted from the State of Virginia, I think. Afterward the family moved to Kentucky and later to Ind. I am making this search that

I may go in as a charter member of that society which is just organizing here.
I should like for you to reply stating what work you do along this line and your charges for same. For such reply I shall enclose stamp.
Sometime ago I wrote to the War Department D.C. and the Adj. Gen. stated in reply that he found a record of one Peter Priest who served in a Vir. Infantry organization. But he could not find any record complete in any way. He suggested that I write to you. I dropped the matter because the organization of the D.A.R.'s here fell thru at that time. They are making another effort to organize so I hope to complete my record at this time. If you will please give this attention at your earliest convenience I shall be very grateful.
Very Respectfully,
Mrs. W.C. Boyd.