Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,260, for Joseph Minor, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va. _____
Minor Joseph Mary
R. 7260
CONTENTS
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7537 Kentucky
Joseph Minor
of Owen Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Todd of the Regt commanded by Col Richardson in the V a line for 20 1/2 Mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 68 3 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of April 1833 and Santa Fe NM
Johnson Georgetown
Arrears to the 4th of March 136.66
Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 34.16
$170.82
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 18

23025.
Joseph Minor Owensboro Kentucky
From 1776 private 20 per mths, $68. 33 100
Wm R. M. Johnson
Thomas A Berryman Esq. Overton. Owensboro Kentucky.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph Minor Owen to Kennebec.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field-officer under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Oct. 1776 " 3 " Priv. Gen. Nelson 72 years Two Witnesses.   May 1777 " 3 " " Capt. Todd King & Queen   Gen. Nelson   Col. Richardson   Capt. P. Pendleton   Aug. 1778 " 3 " " Lt. Col. Samson   Col. Griffith   Capt. Lumpkin   Oct. 1779 " 3 " " Lieut. Richards   Col. Nelson   Jan. 1780 " 3 " " Capt. Lutherland   Lieut. Fogg   Gen. Nelson   Col. Lyne   July 1780 " 3 " " Capt. Campbell   Col. Ennis   Maj. Hinestead   July 1781 " 2 18 " Capt. Harrod   Col. Lyne   Capt. Bohanon  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. 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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. 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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that his signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the paper is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers 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.
. Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowen Esq etc.

V1654
Mary Minor
Pension case
died 19th Nov 1855
The department will please to give me informa- -tion of the fate of this case and enclose the certificate to me at Owenton now Owen County Ky
Sanford Johnson

State of Kentucky } Owen County } Jct
This day Mary Minor aged About 80 years a resident of Owen County Ky personally appeared before S. Calvert a justice of the peace for Owen County and one of the Justices of the Owen County court and being duly sworn according to law made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 1836
She states that she is about 80 years of age and is a resident of Owen County Ky. that her maiden name was Mary Mor- kins and that she was married to Joseph Minor deceased late of Owen County Ky. in the County of King & Queen in the house of State of Virginia at the house of her brother John Morkins on the day of —. She states that her father was dead at the time of her marriage which took place during the war of the revolution but the precise time of her marriage she does not remember that She has lost the family record many years ago and cannot now have the benefit of that evidence. She states that her husband Jo s Minor served in the war of the revolution before their marriage and also that

he served several times and tours of duty in the same war after their their marriage - Her said husband served several months in said war after their said marriage and in fact she is inclined to think very little if any short of two years - She further states that her said husband J o Minor was on the pension roll of the United States for his said services at the rate of $68. 33 1 / 3 per year and that he died on the 19 th day of Nov r 1855. She states that she is still unmarried and has not mar- ried since his death. She further states that she has the certificate given her said husband for his pension which she hereto attaches that she does not know of any evidence she has of the services of her said husband except what is afforded by his papers in relation to his pension - that her health is very precious and in such condition that she cannot attend court. She is quite infirm in body and finds her health continually declining -
Sworn & subscribed this 31 st Jan y 1857 -
her Mary - Minor mark

We John Gayle Jr.
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mary Minor who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration that she is the widow of J o Minor dec d who died in the fall of the year 1835 - that she has not married since his death - that she is about 80 years of age and that she is a credible & respectable person and her statements are entitled to credit - they further state that she lives in Owen County Ky. and has lived there for many years past -
Sworn & subscribed this 31 st Jany 1837.
John Gayle Jr. O William Hall
State of Kentucky } Owen County } set.
And I the said Smith Calvert a justice of the peace in & for Owen County and a member of the Owen County Court hereby declare my opinion that the said Mary Minor who has this day subscribed & sworn to the above declaration is the widow of J o Minor dec d and that she was married as she states and is of the age set forth by her and from infirmity of body she cannot attend court - I further certify that I am per- -sonally acquainted with her and have no doubt of the correctness of her statements - that I person- -ally know the fact of her husband's death and

that she has not married since his death but still remains unmarried. I further certify that John Gayle & Wm. Noel who have subscribed & sworn to the preceding certificate are residents of Owen County and are respectable & credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit. Given under my hand this 31 st Jany 1837.
Seawort H. D.
State of Kentucky } Owen County } ss:
I Nathaniel Bacon clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid hereby certify that Smith Calvert whose name appears to the fore- going certificate is now and was at the date of said certificate a Justice of the peace in and for Owen County and one of the members of the Court of which I am Clerk and that the fore- going signature purporting to be his is his genu- ine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of office this 20 th day of March 1837.
N M Bacon Clk

Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Joseph Minor — of the State of Kentucky — who was a private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive — Sixty-Eight — dollars and Thirty-three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
L. D. Bishop
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. §
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Payments to be made at Lexington Kent by the Pres t of N S B Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Kentucky
Minor
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 18 by Daniel Boyd Clerk.

The deposition of James Hoskins taken in Henry County Kentucky on the 17 th day of February March 1837. The deponent being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is a resident of  now in Henry County Ky and is now 78 years of age - that he is the brother of Mary Minor of Owen County Ky. who is the widow of Joseph Minor deceased late of Owen County Ky. who was a revolutionary pensioner - This deponent further states that his said sister and the said Joseph Minor were married at the house of his brother John Hoskins in the state of Virginia during the war of the revolution and that he was present at the marriage - He further states that he does not know the the precise date of their marriage but he knows that the said Jo s Minor performed ser- -vices in the revolutionary war after they were married - He further states that his sister Mary Minor has not married since her said husband's death which took place in the fall 1835 but is still his widow - He further states that their said marriage took place in King & Queen County and that his said sister is now about 80 years of age Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above written -
James his Hoskins

State of Kentucky } Henry County } I John Chilton a Justice of the peace in and for said County hereby cer- tify that the foregoing deposition of James Moskin was this day taken subscribed & sworn to before me And that said Moskin is a credible and respectable person. Given under my hand this 17 th day of February March 1837- John Chilton J.P.
State of Kentucky } Henry County } I Edmund P. Thomas, clerk of the Henry County Court certify that John Chilton whose name appears to the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof & still is a Justice of the peace in & for Henry County and the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 17 th day of March 1837-
Edm P. Thomas Clk By Rich Thomas Clk

23625
Col. Minor
Revolutionary Claim
The department will communicate to me the final action of the department on this case as soon as convenient directed to Burlington Seven County St. where I reside & oblige
Thos. A. Berryman

State of Kentucky County of Owen 3 rd
On this 7 th day of Jan'y 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Owen County Court now sitting, Joseph Miller a resident of the said County and State aged 72 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 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, that is to say he mustered into the service of the United States in the month of October 1776 as well as he now remembers as a drafted Militia Man and private soldier upon a tour of three months in the company of Capt. Voda that he rendezvoused with his said company at the Court house in King & Queen county Virginia of which county he was at the time a resident and was marched from thence to Williamsburg Va. where he remained stationed during the principal part of his said tour - that whilst he was in the service on this tour he was frequently cut with parties of the troops for some days at a time and once in a while for a week or two. He states that Genl. Nelson had the command of the troops there and that he continued in the service till the expiration of his said tour and was discharged and returned to his home in King & Queen County where he resided at the time he entered the service as aforesaid.
He further states and declares that in the month of May 1777 according to his present best recollection he again mustered into the service of the United States as a drafted Militia Man and private soldier in the company of Capt. Philip Smallwood upon a tour of three months - he thinks that the name of the lieutenant of his company upon this tour was David Garrison and that of the Ensign Barnett Voda that he rendezvoused with his company at the Court house in King and Queen County and was attached to a regiment of Militia under Col: Richardson - that he was marched from thence to Williamsburg and crossed York River at a place called West Point that from thence he was marched to Little York - that he was again under the command of Genl. Nelson and that whilst he was on this tour he was at Springfield and at several other places on the coast but that he was kept the principal part of the time at York - that he continued in the service till the expiration of his said tour of duty and after having fully served out the same was discharged and returned to his home in King and Queen County.
He further states and declares that in the month of August 1778 according to his present recollection he again mustered into the service of the United States as a drafted Militia Man and private soldier upon a tour of three months in the company of Capt. Smallwood  Smallwood - that the lieutenant's name was Geo: Richards as well as he remembers - that he rendezvoused with his said company at the Courthouse in King and Queen County and was attached to the

regiment under Col. Griffith - that he was marched from thence to Gloucester on York river - from thence to Urbanna on the Rappahannock and from thence to Williamsburg - he states that at Williamsburg there was some troops stationed under the command of Col. Nelson - that soon after he reached Williamsburg his term of service expired and he was discharged and returned home to King and Queen County Va.
He further states and declares that in the month of October 1779 as well as he remembers he again mustered into the service of the United States as a drafted Militia Man and private soldier upon a tour of three months in the company of Capt. James  Sutherland  Campbell that as well as he remembers James Fogg was the lieutenant that he was marched from the courthouse in King and Queen County, where he rendezvoused with his company, to Williamsburg where he came under the command of Col. Nelson and remained for the principal part of his tour and was then marched to York at which point he remained during the residue of his said tour and after having fully and faithfully served out the same he was discharged and returned home.
He further states and declares that in the month of January 1780 he again mustered into the service of the United States as a drafted Militia Man and private soldier upon a tour of three months in the company of Capt. Campbell - that he rendezvoused with his company at the courthouse in King & Queen County and was attached to the regiment of Col. Lyne - that he was marched from thence across York river and joined some other troops under the command of Genl. Nelson about 15 or 16 miles from Williamsburg at a place called Bacon, Honey - that after joining Genl. Nelson they were marched to Warwick - that from thence he was marched to Hampton and back to Warwick and from thence to Williamsburg where he remained till the expiration of his tour of duty when he was discharged and returned home.
He further states and declares that in the month of July 1780 as well as he remembers he again mustered into the service of the United States as a drafted Militia Man and private soldier upon a tour of three months in the company of Capt. Christopher Harrod - that William Harrod was the lieutenant of the company - that he rendezvoused with his said company at the courthouse in said county of King and Queen and was from thence marched to Williamsburg where he was kept for some time under the command of Col. Corbin and Major Armstead - that after he was kept stationed there for a while he was marched to York where he was stationed the balance of his said tour and having fully and faithfully served out the same he was discharged and returned home to King & Queen County -

He further states and declares that in the month of September  July 1781 he again mustered into the service of the United States as a drafted militia man and private soldier upon a term of three months in the company of Captain Bohanon & was marched to Gloucester county Virginia that said Washington Marched marched against the British at Little York that fall and this declarant was kept in that section of  that county by Col. Lyne who was the Col. of the county to aid in pressing horses and teams for the use of the Army. that he did so remain and was engaged in this service until the surrender of Cornwallis when he was discharged from further service and permitted to return to his family although his term of service had not fully expired.
He states that he is growing old and his memory has greatly failed him but that he is confident that he served in the manner and at the periods above stated, that he is positive from his best recollection that he did not serve less than twelve  twelve & a half months as a private militia soldier in the revolutionary war. And that he has no documentary evidence whatever of his said services or any part of them nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure by whom he can prove them or who can testify to his said service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph his L Minor Mark
Interrogatories put to the above applicant by the court 1 st Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in Sept er in the year 1760 in King & Queen County Virginia.
2 nd . Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer. I have no record of my age at present in my possession. the old family register in which my age is recorded is in the possession of one of my sisters.
3 rd . Where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Answer. I lived in King & Queen County Virginia when I entered the service upon each of my tours and continued to live there after the revolutionary war till the year 1802 when I moved to Fayette County Ky. and there lived about 7 years and then moved to Scott County Ky where I lived 4 years.

and then moved to where I now live in Owen County Ky. then Gallatin County where I have continued to live ever since - 4 th How were you called into the service; were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute; and if a substitute for whom?
Answer. I served upon each of my tours as a drafted militia man -
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. I recollect to have seen Col. Nelson, Col. Dennis, Col. Heth, Col. Pogue and Col. Matthews who I believe were regular officers and were sometimes with the troops and at the place where I served - also Col. Holman, Col. Syne, Col. Richardson, Col. Griffiths Major Armistead, Capt. Kidd, Capt. Paine, Capt. Dugay who were militia officers - My services were performed for the most part behind York and James rivers sometimes I was above York river and they were devoted entirely to the protecting the coast and the principal towns upon it -
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer. I never did receive a discharge in writing that I recollect -
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution -
Answer I will name Cornelius Duvall & Smith Calvert who are my neighbours and who are well acquainted with me -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
his Joseph L. Minor
Mark
The Cornelius Duvall clergyman residing in Owen County and State of Kentucky and Smith Calvert

residing in the same County and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Minor, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 72 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Edmund Duvall Calvert
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 survivor as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Edmund Duvall who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the County of Owen and State of Kentucky and that Smith Calvert who have also signed the same are residents of the same County and State and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
For W. Bales
Wilson Bales John Brien Justices of the Owen County Court
I John C. Bacon Clerk of the Court for the County of Owen in the State of Kentucky do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Minor for a pension as the same now remains of record in my office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 25 day of May 1833.
J. Bacon C. L.

The affidavit of James Stocking of Henry County is taken at the house of said Stocking on the 9 th day of January 1853 to be used before the Secretary of the War Department of the United States in behalf of Joseph Minor an applicant to be placed on the pension roll of the United States as a revolutionary soldier. This affiant states that he is 75 years of age and was born and raised in King & Queen county Virginia. that he has been acquainted with Joseph Minor of Gloucester County Va. who he is informed has made his declaration before the Gloucester County Court in order to be placed on the pension roll as a revolutionary soldier from his boyhood up to the present time. that their parents lived within six miles of each other in the said county of King & Queen. He states that he is satisfied that said Minor is not less than 72 years of age. He states that he recollects that the said Minor and himself served a tour of duty of three months in the company of Capt Lumphkin of King & Queen county Virginia about three years before the capture of Cornwallis. the tour they were militia men and private soldiers in said company. He states that upon this tour they were a part of their time at Williamsburg Va. - He also states that he and the said Minor served another three months tour together as militia men in the company of Capt Bohannon of Essex County in the year 1781. And that the they were marched to Gloucester County and there kept on duty till its termination which happened immediately after the surrender of Cornwallis. In this tour they were engaged principally in pressing horses and teams for the use of the Army. He further states and affirms that he recollects of having performed a third tour of duty in the same company with the said Minor but that he has forgotten when it was performed and has no distinct recollection of the names of the officers. He knows further that the said Minor did serve other tours of duty during the revolution besides those mentioned above but how many he cannot certainly say but from his best recollection.

he thinks that he did not serve less than five or six years in all -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
James his X Skelkins
Mark
Also the affidavit of Nancy Skelkins wife of the abovenamed James Skelkins taken at the same time and place and for the same purpose - This affiant says that she is now 72 years of age and was born and raised in King & Queen County Virginia within a mile & a half she thinks of the residence of the father of the abovenamed Joseph Minor. that she sometimes visited at the house of old Mr Minor and frequently was in company with his daughters the sisters of the said Joseph Minor. that she was as well acquainted with Joseph Minor as with any of the young men of the neighbourhood and that she during the time of the revolution - any war she has understood from his sisters and the family generally that at various times when she would be there on visits that and when she would meet with them from home that the said Joseph Minor was in the Army - she states that his serving in the war was at the time a thing well known and talked of amongst his acquaintances -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Nancy her X Skelkins
Mark
State of Kentucky Henry County Set
I hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits of James Skelkins and Nancy Skelkins his wife were this day taken

Subscribed and sworn to before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the said County of Henry - And I do further certify that the said affiants are respectable and cred- -ible persons. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9 th day of January 1833.
Thos D Coates J. P. H. C.
Commonwealth of Kentucky Henry County Set
I Edmund P Thomas Clerk of the Court of Henry County in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that Thomas D Coates who has signed the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof and still is a Justice of the peace in & for the said County of Henry duly commissioned as such and that he is a member of the Court of which I am Clerk and that the above signature is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this 10 th day of January 1833
Edm P Thomas

Mary Minor Hw Son Josephus Declant

State of Kentucky
Owen County } Set.,
On the 2 d day of June. 1857. Personally appeared before me, William M c Hutton an acting Justice of the Peace. in and for the County and State afd. Duly authorized by Law to ad- minister oaths. Joseph Minor. aged. fifty six years. who being duly sworn according to Law - doth. on his oath make the follow- ing Declaration - In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress - passed - the 7 th of July 1832. I, that he is the Son & heir at Law, of Joseph Minor Deed . who was as he verily believes - a Private in the War of the Revolution for several years - And. for his services at the rate of $68.33 per annum in the War of the Revolution - Did. draw a Pension. up to the day of his death - which occurred. on the 19 th day of November 1835. That his afd Father was married during the war. of the Revolution. to his Mother. whos death occurred on the 18 th day of October 1838. That his afd Father & Mother had four Children. namely; George Minor. aged about seventy (he being the oldest) Thomas Minor. Edward Minor. and, Joseph Minor. (The Declarant). That all of his Children were living at his death - And believing. that his afd Mother. was entitled to a Pension for the services of her husband. & (his Father.) in the War of the Revolution. up to the day of her death - which occurred - as afd - the Mother had under the above act of Congress - passed the 7 th of June. 1832. - He most respectfully asks. the Hon ble Commissioner of Pensions to cause it to be allowed to him, and that the Certif- icate evidencing the same may be inclosed to his Attorney -

Isaac, H  J. Nathan , of Frankfort Kentucky, and with him only, and such others as he may direct, Does he wish correspondence hidden in reference to his afd Claiim - He hereby revokes all other authority (if any) heretofore given to procure his afd Claiim or Claiims or any other interests that he may be entitled to for the services of his afd Father in the Army of the Revolution Or that his Mother was, (or he as an heir at Law) is entitled to from the time of his afd Fathers death up to the time of his Mothers which occurred as afd.
Sworn to and subscribed before } (Me the day and year afd. } Joseph his  mark Minor W m McHatton J.P. }
State of Kentucky Owen County set This day personally appeared before me W m McHatton a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Joseph Minor and made oath that the foregoing is just and true Given under my hand as a Justice of the Peace this 2 nd day of June 1857 W m McHatton J.P. Kentucky Owen County set.
J. Rankin R. Rivil's clerk of the County courts of said County certify that William McHatton Esq r . whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly elected and sworn. Witness my hand and seal of office this 2 nd day of June 1857
R. R. Rivil's clerk

Joseph & his power of atty
Mary Miner
mo of Joseph
14
act 4 July 1836
Joseph and Mary to be married

Know all men by these Presents - that I Joseph Minor one of the Children and heirs at Law of Joseph & Mary Minor Deed, &c. by virtue of these presents Nominate Constitute & appoint Isaac H. Trabue, My true and Lawful Attorney for me, and in My name, - to prosecute my afd Mother's Claim or Claims to a Pension or Pensions that may be due to my afd Mother under the act, of Congress passed 7th of June 1832, or any other acts of Congress heretofore passed.
I further authorize my said Attorney to administer on the estate of my afd Mother in any Court or Courts holden in and for the District of Columbia or any one of the United States or cause it to be done by any Person or Persons that he may think proper. I hereby granting the same. Further I hereby revoke all other Attorneys heretofore granted, to prosecute my afd Mother's Claim or Claims to a Pension or Pensions due under the act, of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832.
Given under my hand and Seal on this the 2 d day of June 1851.
In presence of William H Foster
Joseph his Minor mark

State of Kentucky Owen County } Set.
I William McHatton an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly authorized by Law to administer oaths. Do certify that on this day Personally appeared Joseph Mirror. and acknowledged the signing reading and delivering the above Power of Attorney to be his own voluntary act and deed.
I also certify that he is a man of truth and respectability in whose statements the fullest faith and credit should be placed.
Given under my hand on this the 2 nd day of, June 1857..
W m McHatton J. P.
Kentucky Owen County Set
I. Rankin R. Powell clerk of The County Court of said County do hereby certify that William McHatton Esq r before whom the foregoing Power of Attorney was acknowledged and whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly elected and sworn
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 2 nd day of June 1857.
R. R. Powell clerk

King 2nd Courthouse
June 10 1837
Free
26 June R Pollard Jr asks Mary Minot Sylv
A. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

King and Queen County Court Clerks Off June 17 th 1827
Sir
Your letter of the 9 th Inst is recd. In answer to which I can say that the records of my Office were destroyed by the burning of the Office in April 1828. And that there is no record in my Office affording any proof of the marriage of Herodias Minck
Respectfully
Robert D. D. D.

Pension Case
Owenton Ky Jan. 26th.
Free
6.
Feb. 27. The Kentucky Ky. P.O. Mail
230223
Secretary of the War Department Pension Office Washington City

Ky. 1654
Jan 19.
ADD: p/p
Mary Minor,
Mr. P. H. ...
3
Quorum of the Practicing attorneys

Owenton Owen County Ky.
Jany 31 st 1838
Sir
Enclosed is the off deposition of Mrs. Hoskins, which I hope will prove satisfactory - Her attentions was turned specially to the points made in the enclosed letter & her statements taken as she made them.
Yours &c
Landford Johnson

Frances Luttrell - widow of Rhodam Luttrell - Joseph Minor die - widow Mary Minor old case. Both supposed Va. -
Suspension rejected
Paper
SPMwalus
Luttrell case out of 1836 suspended
Minor " " 1838 00
Comm. Oct 1/53

This is all the additional testimony which can be procured of the marriage - S. Johnston

The Deposition of Nancy Hoskins
I do certify that I was present at the marriage of Joseph Minor and Mary his wife the rites of which took place in King and Queen County State of Virginia in the year Sixteen Hundred and Eighty given under my hand this 1 st day of September 1837
Nancy Miss Hoskins mark
Henry County State of Kentucky
I John Chilton a justice of the Peace in and for said County do certify that the foregoing Deposition was taken before me according to law and I further certify that the above named Nancy Hoskins is a creditable woman given under my hand this 1 st day of September 1837 John Chilton J.P.H.
State of Kentucky Henry County set.
I Edmund D. Thomas Clerk of the Court of Henry County certify that John Chilton is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and Subscribed my name this 4 th September in the year 1837.
And Thomas Clerk of the Court of Henry County By D. Thomas D.C.

FREE
J L Edwards Commis n of Pensions
Sandford Johnson Esq r . Owenton. Kentucky.
Mrs Minion

War Department, Pension Office, June 29 th 1837.
Sir,
The papers in the case of Mrs Mary Minor, widow of Joseph Minor, have been examined and filed with suspended case in this office. The proof of the period of marriage is not sufficient. The witness should swear positively as to the period of the marriage; and the testimony of other witnesses should be exhibited. The affidavit of Nancy Hoshins should be exhibited, if she be still living.
The records in the office of the Court of King and Queen County, Virginia, where the claimant was married, having been burnt in 1828, no proof of her marriage can be obtained from that office.
I am, respectfully, your colt servt J. L. Edwards
Samuel Johnson, Esqr Owenton Kentucky.

1652 Mary Minor Kentucky
Suspended
let: 9 June 1837 to Clerk Court Hilly & Lewis Co. Va.
letter 29 th June 1837 J. Johnson
do. to same 21 Oct 1837 do. 25 June 1838
let: 5 July 1838 No. W. D. Gowan
let G. B. Ames Sept 15/37
7260
act. 4 July 1838

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
7260
P. O.
Mary Minor
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

The affidavit of Nancy Hoskins taken on the 18 th day of November 1837 - She states that she is the identical person who gave a deposition heretofore in support of the Claim of Mary Minon to a pension on account of the services of her deceased husband Jo s Minon -
She further states that in addition to her former deposition in this case that she was often at the house of the father of Jo s Minon during the absence of said Joseph in the army of the Revolution and that Mary Minon the wife of said Joseph was then at the house of the father of the said Joseph her husband. This deponent says that she does not know what the age of the said Joseph then was; but she knows that he was quite young to be a married man and that his wife the said Mary was living at the house of the old man the father of the said Joseph Minon. This deponent says as she before said in the giving her former deposition that she was present at the marriage of the said Joseph and Mary & after their marriage the said Joseph performed his services in the Army - She states that she often visited the house of the father of the said Joseph in the years 1777, 1778, 1779 & 1780 & 1781 and she is not only satisfied but knows that she is not mistaken in regard to his marriage the said Joseph's marriage & services & residence of his wife at his father's. The said Joseph was married when he was a very young man & further this deponent saith not -
Nancy Hoskins mod.

State of Kentucky § Henry County §
I John Chilton a justice of the peace in and for said County certify that the foregoing affidavit of Nancy Hosking was this day taken, subscribed and sworn to before me in due form of law and that the said witness is a credible person - Given under my hand this 16 th day of Nov 1837 -
John Chilton J.P.
State of Kentucky § Henry County §
I Edmund D Thomas clerk of the County Court for Henry County in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that John Chilton is a magistrate in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my hand this 27 th November A.D. 1837 and 46 th year of the Commonwealth. Edm D Thomas Clerk of Henry County Court By Brat Thomas C.D.