Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5782, for William Morgan, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Morgan, William
S 5782
buried
CONTENTS

Virginia 12 496
William Morgan
Prince Ed. in the State of Virginia
He was a pri. Inf. in the company commanded by Captain Littlebury of the Regt. commanded by Col. Mason in the Virginia line for 8 months
Entered on the Roll of Virginia the rate of 31 - Dollars 66. Cents commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of May 1831 - sent B. L. Woodman Prince Edw. co. Va. (clerk)
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 - 63.33 Pension allowance ending 4 th Sept. 15.25 $ 79.10
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by William Miller Clerk Book E. Vol. 17.
Paid at the Treasury Dept. three dollars the 14 th April 1833 granted to the widow for the life 1839. Age 60

William Morgan
12,402 →

State of Virginia. Prince Edward County Ser.
On this 17th day of September 1862 personally appeared in open court, before the justices of the peace of said County, now sitting, William Mason a resident of Saint Patrick's parish in the County of Prince Edward, and State of Virginia, aged seventy five 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1862. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. viz, in the summer of 1776 he enlisted and entered as a soldier in the Militia of said State with Capt Robert Haynes and Lieut Edward Munderford, and marched from the County of Cumberland by Richmond to Williamsburg, and on to Little York, that the Company was attached to a Regiment of Regulars commanded by Col. Mason and Darrington, who were stationed at Williamsburg and at York, that after serving for two months he was discharged at York. That in April 1780 he joined a troop of Cavalry from the County of Powhatan commanded by Capt. William Mosby, and Lieutenants Horatio Tinsley and Walter Mosby, they marched to Richmond, Williamsburg, Wotton's bridge, on Chickahominy and then to Petersburg having been joined by a troop of Cavalry from the County of Dinwiddie, that at Petersburg an engagement took place between the Americans under Baron Stuben and the British, in which latter Army were successful, and the British went to Richmond and on down the river, that he was in the Battle of Petersburg and went from there to the neighbourhood of Richmond, where he was discharged having served a term of two months.
That in 1777 or 8 he was drafted as a soldier in the Militia of Powhatan County and ordered into service by Col. Mosby and served two months at Cumberland old Court House in the capacity of Sergeant of a guard Placed over about 200.

2 British prisoners soldiers who had been taken prisoners and were stationed there, that at the expiration of said two months he was discharged by Colo. Mosby.
In Feby: 1781 he joined a rifle company in the County of Prince Edward, where he then resided and has continued to reside to the present time, commanded by Capt. Andrew Barker, Lieutenant Parks and Ensign Read, he with the Company marched Southward and joined the Corps under Gen. Greene Command, and near Dan river in said State of Virginia, he was attached to a Regiment Commanded by the Hon. Col. Hall, of the regulars, and after being in service about one month he returned to the County of Prince Edward, and was furnished by the County with provisions for the army, and returned to it, marching as far South as Ramsour's mill on Deep river in North Carolina, that having rejoined the Army he was marched by Gen. Robert Lawson of the Regulars to Augusta County, where he was discharged, having served upon this tour an entire period of two months. He has no written evidence of service or discharge nor can he at this time procure positive proof by witnesses of his service. -
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State. -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
W m Morgan
We John Simmons and Robert Morgan hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Morgan who has subscribed:

and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 75 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Robert Morgan.
John Simmons.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that John Simmons and Robert Morgan who have signed said certificate are residents of the county of Prince Edward and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Branch J. Worsham clerk of the court of Prince Edward county, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of William Morgan for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 22 nd day of September 1832.
B. Worsham Clk.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Shelby state of Ky 88.
On this seventeenth day of May 1837, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Shelby personally appeared William Morgan who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Holman Minnis in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Russell or Bell in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Indiana from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Kentucky where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Indiana to Kentucky viz I first resided in Kentucky when I obtained a Pension Certificate which I here with enclose then on the account of my children I induced to remove to the state of Indiana thence back to Kentucky where expect to and intend to remain
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } the day and year aforesaid. } William Morgan mark
Wm Wade J.P.S.C
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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 be sent with the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.

State of Kentucky
Shelby County } ss
I William Kimbark one of the commonwealth's Justices in and for the county and state aforesaid do certify that I am well acquainted with William Morgan who this day came before me and was duly sworn and subscribed the foregoing statements that he is the same William Morgan that the Certificate here enclosed was obtained for & that I have for several years filled up his blanks until he left Kentucky and removed to the state of Indiana and that he has now removed again to Kentucky
Given under my hand this 17 th day of May 1857
W Kimbark J.P. S.C.
State of Kentucky Shelby County Set
I Dennis L. Whitaker Clerk of the County Court for said County do certify that William Kimbark is a Magistrate as above and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 17 th day of May 1857
D. L. Whitaker Clerk Shelby County Clerk

M m Morgan, Va, Act 1832 $31.66 per annum.
Skiffell

Perman
5782
INVALID.
File No. 5782  ms
William Morgan Priv Reer War
Act: June 2 nd / 32
Index: — Vol. M , Page 263
[Arrangement of 50.]

Alms as printed
4 mo — 10 00 3 33
2 mo. pr bad 8 33
2 Serf — 10 00
$ 31 66
B. J. Woodham @ @

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Morgan, Bruce Edward co. V. 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? Two creditable citizens testify - no clergyman named
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No (See amended decl n )
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? yes
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? 12 67 (see amended decl a )
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.

Wm Morgan
Amended Dec. 2

State of Virginia. County of Prince Edward (S.C.) On this 15 th day of April in the year 1833 William Morgan resident of said County, personally appeared before before the justices of the peace of said County, now sitting, And by way of amendment to his declaration for a pension, made before the court of said County on the 27 th day of Sep- tember 1832, being duly sworn according to law, saith, 1 st He was born in the County of Cumberland in said State on the 10 th day of May 1757.
2 nd He has no record of age, but has always been informed and believes his age as above stated.
3 rd He has no written discharge from the service, his discharges in letters were verbal, by the officers to whom he was recommended to was, and whom he supposed had the right to discharge him.
4 th He is known in his present neighborhood by Robert Morgan, James Simmons, Rev. William Johnson and John M. Cunningham, whom he certifies can testify as to his character for veracity, and his services as a soldier of the Revolution. Given and subscribed the day and year first mentioned.
(W m Morgan.)
I William Johnson a clergyman residing in the County of Prince Edward, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Morgan who has subscribed and sworn to the above amended declaration, that I believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, that I have seen the original & the amended declaration, and am now in opinion that the said William Morgan served as he states.
Given and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
W m Johnson.

And the said court certifies that it appears to them that William Johnson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said county, and is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit.
I Branch J. Worsham clerk of the court of Prince Edward County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of William Morgan in his amended declaration for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand as clerk and affixed the seal of the court of said county this 18th day of April 1833.
B. J. Worsham Clk