Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,891, for Joseph Moseley, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Moseley, Joseph
S. 21891
CONTENTS

16.23 South Carolina
16237 Joseph Maseley S r Abbeville in the State of South Car. he was a Pri: in the company commanded Captain Gorde of the _____ company _____ in the Virginia line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of South Car: the rate of 20 Dollars ~ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of July '31 and sent J. C. Spier Abbeville C. H. S. C.
Arrears to the 4th of March 33- 4 0 Pens-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 1 0
5 50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk Book 5 Vol. 6. Page 74

17727
Joseph Moseby Abbeville D S. C.
Admit as private bmo — $20.00
11. 12. 13 — ent 1. 2. 5. 7.
apl. 19. 33 —
P. 348
M. C. Spier Abbeville S. C.

BRIEF in the case of  Joseph Moreby  of  Abbeville D  in the State of  South Carolina  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Draft In 17 81 3 As a Gen. Capt Francis Goode of the 23 rd Virg. Reg.   do do. 3 Lieut Thomas Polk Lieut Thomas Burfoot  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chesterfield co. Virg.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? no evidence — except the opinion of the court  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Court 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Bradford
Examining Clerk.

Declaration of Joseph Moseley Sen r an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress 7 th June 1832
3
6 months service
State of South Carolina Service in State Virginia
17727

The State of South Carolina Abbeville District. — 3/3
On this twentyfourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo personally appeared in Open court before the Honble Richard Gantt Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for said State & District now sitting Joseph Mooseby Sen r a resident of Abbeville District in the State of South Carolina aged sixtyeight years who being first duly sworn according 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 7 June 1832 in
That some time in the Winter of the year seventeen hundred and eightyone, he was called into the service of the United States as a drafted Militia man for three months under the command of one Capt t Francis Goode belonging to the twenty third Virginia Regiment, that he drafted in Chesterfield County State of Virginia, and marched from thence under Capt t F r Goode for Prince George County on James & Mattomatie Rivers from thence marched to Williamsburg where the company and applicant was stationed until his full term of three months expired, and then received a written discharge from Capt t Francis Goode by order either from Col Faulkner or Col Goode but which Discharge has long, for a long time past just lost to the Applicant. —
That the Applicant entered the service of the United States a second time in the summer of the year One thousand seven hundred & eightyone in Chesterfield County in the State of Virginia, under a Capt t Blackman Mooseby as a drafted militia man for the period or term of three months that Thomas Poling was Lieut of the Company, name of Ensign forgotten that he the Applicant was marched from Chesterfield County State of Virginia to Bermuda Hundred remained there some time from thence to Petersburg from thence to City Point remained there some from thence to Petersburg again from thence the Applicant was sent under a Lieut Thomas Burfoot a regular recruiting Officer on a Detachment to guard the Public Stores & property of the American Army at Chesterfield Courthouse where the Applicant got his hip dislocated, which was done in the service & which injury the Applicant seriously feels to this days putting him past bodily labour the Applicant here got a discharge from the service given by Capt t Mooseby by

order from Col Clark, the Applicant had fully served, within a very day of his full tour of three months service, he being near home when the injury happened, this time of service nearly expired he got a full discharge which has long ago been lost to the Applicant.
The applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed in Joseph Mosley Sen d Open Court the day & year aforesaid
Ja s Wardlaw Clerk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Richard Gantt (P. J.)
I James Wardlaw Clerk of the court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the aforesaid District and State do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Mosley Sen d for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, of the said court this twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, & in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
Ja s Wardlaw Clerk.

State of South Carolina Abbeville District. } Do wit-
Amended Declaration of Joseph Moseley an Applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832.
Abbeville District
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, Justice of the Peace for the District of Abbeville, in the State of South Carolina Joseph Moseley who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has no document- ary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services mentioned in his declaration for a pension under the act of Congress of 7 June 1832. The deponent hath also answered and sworn to his answers of the first second, fifth & seventh interrogatories as herein stated and set forth viz.
1 st Intg. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer - The applicant says he was born in the State of Virginia, in Chesterfield County on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventyfive
2 nd Intg. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it.
Answer - The applicant says, he has a record of his age which record he copied from his father's bible wherein his age is originally recorded, & which original bible is in Kentucky, the copy the applicant has in possession.
5 th State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer - The applicant says the general circumstances of his service he has mentioned in his declaration Genl. Mullenburgh, Baron Steuben, Col. Wm. Davis & Lieut. Buford there was a Militia Reg t Commanded by Col. Goode of Chesterfield County Virginia & another Militia Reg t Commanded by Col. Clark from Halifax County Virginia

Int. 7 th - State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer - Patrick Calhoun, William Calhoun, Dr. William Tennant, Williamson Norwood & Henry Chester are persons to whom I am known in my present neighborhood and who can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The foregoing entire amended declaration of Joseph Moseley including the answers to the first, second, fifth & seventh interrogatories sworn to before me this 18 th May 1833
W. C. Black J.P.
Joseph Moseley
Abbeville District - We James Moore a Clergyman residing in the District of Abbeville in the State of South Carolina and James Hinton of the same District and State do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Moseley who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing amended Declaration and also his original Declaration which is attached & accompanied this amended Declaration that we believe him to be sixty-eight or sixty-nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed this 18 th May 1833
Before me
W. C. Black J.P.
J. Moore James Hinton
Abbeville District - And I the said Justice of the Peace in and for the District of Abbeville in the State of South Carolina do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the first, second, fifth & seventh interrogatories prescribed in the Brief Objections by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I further certify that James Moore who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the District of Abbeville in the State of South Carolina of great piety and respectability and that James Hinton who has also signed the same is a resident of the same District and State and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. C. Black J.P.
State of South Carolina Abbeville District I James Wardlaw Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of before the said Justice of the Peace
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Abbeville Court House this twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
J. Wardlaw Clerk.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Washington
March 30, 1939.
Honorable M. C. Tarver House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
BA-J/ILL Joseph Moseley S. 21891 aw
My dear Mr. Tarver:
The data which follow are shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 21891, based upon service of Joseph Moseley in the Revolutionary War.
Joseph Moseley was born January 1, 1765, in Chesterfield County, Virginia; the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Chesterfield County, Virginia, Joseph Moseley enlisted in the winter of 1781 and served three months as private in Captain Francis Goode's Virginia company, stationed a part of the time at Williamsburg. He enlisted a second time in the summer of 1781 and served three months in Captain Blackman Moseley's Virginia company, a part of the time guarding supplies at Chesterfield Court House. No relationship between this Captain Moseley and Joseph Moseley was stated.
Joseph Moseley was allowed pension on his application executed October 24, 1832, at which time he resided in Abbeville District, South Carolina. He was designated then Joseph Moseley, Senior.
No reference was made to wife or children of this soldier.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data: Joseph Moseley, Sr., Certificate #16237, issued July 19, 1833,

rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, South Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Rejections 21 891 INVALID.
File No. 21,891
Joseph Wiscley Dis. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1912 Feb'y 15. Heir to Mrs. C. G. Bradley V.L.C. Letter in V.F. 36371 John Davis.
1927 May 27. Heir to Mrs. G. S. Miller (see cor. in Richard Ragum P 8557) am
1928-Nov. 15, Heir to Miss Kathryn Fuller M.E.E.
1930-May 15. Heir to Mrs. Chas H. Carr aunts.
1939-March 30. Heir to Hon. M.C. Tarrer. J.L.L.

I. do hereby certify that Thos. P. Skinner, is a credible witness, and is very worthy of full credence.
May 22. 1833.
W. Black K.P.
Amended Declaration of Joseph Moseley an ap- plicant for a pension under the act of Congress 7 June 1832.

State of South Carolina } Abbeville District. } So wit —
I Thomas P Spierin do solemnly swear that I drew Joseph Mooseley's declaration for a pension under the act of Congress of 7 th June 1832 that I informed him it was unnecessary to obtain the evidence of a Clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief of his age and Revolutionary services, from the fact that in the applicant's performance his Revolutionary services in the State of Virginia, and that from my understanding of the "Instructions of the War Department" Rolls of the Virginia troops were on file in the War Office, and that the applicant's name appearing on them, in conformity with his declaration, would be the best evidence of his Revolutionary services. Whether the term State troops of Virginia included also the Militia of Virginia, I was at a loss to determine, but finally concluded that all troops of Virginia were included under the term State Troops as the term would seem to imply. & I so instructed the applicant, and which I offer as a reason for him, why he did not obtain the evidence of a Clergyman & another respectable citizen, as to their belief of his age & service, which evidence he has now obtained under my instructions for the satisfaction of the Department.
Sworn to before me May 22. 1833. W. L. Black S.P.
Thos. P. Spierin

I. Rohmly. Certify That Thos. P. Spiers, is a credible witness, and is way worthy of full credence.
May 22. 1853.
Wm Black B.P.
On this declaration of Joseph Wheeler an ap- pointed for a pension under the act of Congress 7 June 1832.
The State of South Carolina & James Wardlaw Clerk of the Abbeville District Courts of Sessions and Common Pleas in and for the District of Abbeville do hereby certify that William C Black before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is an acting justice of the Peace in and for the District aforesaid and that all due faith and credit are and ought to be given to his attestations as such; and that the signatures to the foregoing proceedings and certificates purporting to be his are the hand writing of the said William C Black.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Abbeville Court House this twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Ja. Wardlaw Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Moseley of Abbeville D. S.C. which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1, 2, 5, 7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

2716 Pine Ave So., Birmingham, Ala - 2-10-28
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you give me some information regarding Joseph Morely pro. 14 th Virginia Regiment. Com- manded by Col. Chas Lewis either in the years 1776-77 or 78
Thanking you in advance for this infor- mation I am -
Very truly Kathryn Fuller
only of Va

CHARLES H. CARR ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 900-5 BANK OF COMMERCE BUILDING MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
Tunica Mch 5th 1930 Miss
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Can you give me any data of Robert Moseley who applied for land in Wade Co., Ga. in 1783, Revolutionary Service, etc., also Robert Moseley in Washington Co., Ga. 1784, also Robert Moseley - of Natchez District N. C., 1776 (I think later Johnston Co., N. C. & possibly the same Robert), Elisha Moseley - Millersville Ga (Bullock Co.), Jo Moseley - Edgefield Co., S. C., D. S., South Carolina, Shelby Tenn
Respectfully Yrs Chas H. Carr

SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS
M. C. TARVER 7TH DIST. GEORGIA
Many Bldg R-1541-57
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
EDWARD T. TAYLOR, COLO., CHAIRMAN CLARENCE CANNON, MO. CLIFTON A. WOODRUM, VA. LOUIS LUDLOW, IND. THOMAS S. MC MILLAN, S. C. MALCOLM C. TARVER, GA. JED JOHNSON, OKLA. J. BUELL SNYDER, PA. JAMES MCANDREWS, ILL. EMMET O'NEAL, KY. GEORGE W. JOHNSON, W. VA. JAMES G. SCRUGHAM, NEV. JAMES M. FITZPATRICK, N. Y. LOUIS C. RABAUT, MICH. JOACHIM O. FERNANDEZ, LA. MILLARD F. CALDWELL, FLA. DAVID D. TERRY, ARK. JOHN M. HOUSTON, KANS. J. BURRWOOD DALY, PA. JOE STARNES, ALA. ROSS A. COLLINS, MISS. CHARLES H. LEAVY, WASH. JOSEPH E. CASEY, MASS. JOHN H. KERR, N. C. GEORGE H. MAHON, TEX.
JOHN TABER, N. Y. RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, MASS. W. P. LAMBERTSON, KANS. D. LANE POWERS, N. J. J. WILLIAM DITTER, PA. ALBERT E. CARTER, CALIF. ROBERT F. RICH, PA. CHARLES A. PLUMLEY, VT. EVERETT M. DIRKSEN, ILL. ALBERT J. ENGEL, MICH. KARL STEFAN, NEBR. FRANCIS H. CASE, S. DAK. DUDLEY A. WHITE, OHIO CLARENCE J. MCLEOD, MICH. CHESTER C. BOLTON, OHIO
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U. S.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
March 28, 1939
Mr. Harold W. Breining, Assistant Administrator Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Breining:
I enclose a letter from Mr. John T. Dorsey, of Marietta, Ga., which is self-explanatory.
Will you please furnish me the pension records of Joseph Moseley, a Revolutionary soldier, and William Robertson, a soldier in the War of 1812?
Yours truly,
[Handwritten signature: M. C. Tarver]
done

COPY (Use in place of third carbon) March 30, 1939.
Honorable M. C. Tarver House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
BA-J/ILL Joseph Moseley - See letter S. 21891 William Robertson B.L.Wt.#70553-120-55
My dear Mr. Tarver:
Reference is made to your letter in behalf of Mr. John T. Dorsey, of Marietta, Georgia, whose letter you enclosed. Mr. Dorsey requests the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Moseley who was a pensioner of South Carolina, also, the War of 1812 record of William Robertson, who served as Captain in Colonel Austin's South Carolina Regiment.
The records of Joseph Moseley and William Robertson are furnished herewith, as requested.
Mr. Dorsey's letter is returned herewith.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
2 carbons - 1 to Congressman 1 in W m Robertson - 1812 claim

Rev. and 1812 War Section War Section
AWF/HEM
May 15, 1930.
Mrs. Charles H. Carr Tunica Mississippi.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Robert Moseley as described by you, or to any Elisha Moseley.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 21891, it appears that Joseph Moseley was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia, January 1, 1765, and was drafted in that county in the winter of 1781 and served three months as a private in Captain Francis Coode's Virginia Company; He also served from the summer of 1781 for three months in Captain Blackman Moseley's Virginia Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 24, 1832, while living in Abbeville County, South Carolina.
There is no information on file as to his family.
This is the history of the only soldier named Joseph Moseley found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, who served with the Virginia troops.
Very truly yours,
E. W. Morgan Acting Commissioner.

Copied from letter by A.W. dated May 27, 1927
November 15, 1928
Miss Kathryn Fuller 2716 Pine Avenue South Birmingham, Alabama
Madam:
Rev. War I advise you from the papers in the pension claim, S. 21891, it appears that Joseph Moseley was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia, January 1, 1765 and was drafted in that county in the winter of 1781 and served three months as a private in Captain Francis Goode's Virginia Company. He also served from the summer of 1781 for three months in Captain Blackman Moseley's Virginia Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 24, 1832, while living in Abbeville County, South Carolina.
There is no information on file as to his family.
This is the history of the only soldier named Joseph Moseley found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau who served with the Virginia Troops.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

aw May 27, 1927.
Mrs. G. N. Miller, 1646 Brownlee Ave. Youngstown, Ohio.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 21891, it appears that Joseph Moseley was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia, January 1, 1765 was drafted in that county in the winter of 1781 and served three months as a private in Captain Francis Goode's Virginia Company. He also served from the summer of 1781 for three months in Captain Blackman Moseley's Virginia Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 24, 1852, while living in Abbeville County, South Carolina.
There is no information on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- n on file in this Bureau. Joseph Moseley S.F. 21891
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Winter 1781 3 mos. Pvt. Francis Goode ✓ Va   Summer 1781 3 mos. Blackman Moseley ✓        
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Drafted in Chesterfield Co. Va Date of application for pension, Oct. 24, 1882 His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Abingdon Dist. S.C. Age at date of application, in Chesterfield Co. Va Jan'y 1, 1765- Remarks: No data as to family.