Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8907, for Alva Oliver, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Oliver, Alva
S 8907
boarded
CONTENTS

Virginia 16583
Rev Oliver of Halifax in the State of Va who was a Pvt. — in the Compy commanded by Captain Hawes of the — commanded by — in the — Va line for 7 mo: 23 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 25. Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Sept. 23. and Sur. S. G. C. Plymouth, White House — Va
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1883 — 64.70 Pemi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar. 34. 12.94
$77.64
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nat. Rice Clerk Book E Vol. 6 Page 20

Know all men by these presents that I Alva Oliver of the County of Halifax and State of Virginia do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph G. Baynham of said County my true and lawful attorney with a power of substitution for me & in my name to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me under the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 entitled an act sup- plementary to an act for the relief of the surviving officers & soldiers of the revolution as a soldier in the army of the revolution. As witness my hand & seal this 27 th day of May 1833
sealed & delivered in presence of
Alva Oliver mark
William Stanfield Robert Stanfield
Before me J. H. Wimblish a justice of the peace in the county of Halifax & State of Virginia personally appeared this day Alva Oliver whose name is sub- scribed to the foregoing power of attorney & acknowledged the same to be his act and deed. Given under my hand this 27 th day of May 1833.
J. H. Wimblish
Before me J. H. Wimblish a justice of the peace in the county of Halifax & State of Virginia personally appeared this day Joseph G. Baynham the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney and made oath that the same was not given to him by rea- son of any transfer, or of any attachments, levy, or seizure by any legal process whatever of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to the per- sonal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed. Witness my hand this 27 th day of May 1833
J. H. Wimblish

Virginia to wit
I Samuel Williams clerk of the County Court of Halifax in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that J. D. Baynham John H. Mimblish before whom the within power of attorney was acknowledged and the affidavit of J. D. Baynham was sworn to is an acting Justice of the peace for said County and that the within signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8 th day of June 1833
Samuel Williams

Alva Oliver.
ccc 26.203
Saml uppoth
Jms 93d $28.88
Cash
192

Virginia, to wit:
On this 21 th day of May 1833, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Halifax County now sitting, Alva Oliver, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged 69 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 the 7 th June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following (named) officers and served as herein stated. That in the year 1779 or 1780, he volunteered in the Militia at the Bolingreen in the County of Caroline & State of Virginia under the command of Capt Josiah Richardson, marching from said Village crossing James river to Cabin point from thence to Mackey's mills from thence to Petersburg and was discharged there and served in that tour seven weeks. That a second time he substituted for Wm Sensley in the Militia at the White Chimneys under Capt George Syler, and marched to Williamsburg and was sent as a picket to Bruns ferry on James River a few days before the British landed at that place and from thence to Richmond and was discharged at that place and served seven weeks in that tour, that a third time he volunteered in the Militia under Capt Thomas Haws and was sent to guard ammunition at Brick Church and served five weeks there - That a fourth time at a drafting of the Militia at the Bolingreen he volunteered and marched under Capt Wm Marshall and Lieutenant Benjamin Munn to the Morven Hills, and from thence to West Point and from thence to White's old field and was discharged and served in that tour,

ten weeks. That a fifth time he served under Capt John Miles collecting bees and carrying them to York town for the support of the army and served five weeks that tour, that he has no docu- mentary evidence of his services that if he had any discharges he does not know where they are, that he knows of no living person by whom he can prove his services, that he knows of no clergyman in the neighbourhood convenient, that he was born in Caroline County Virginia in the year 1764, that he has no record of his age, his father's register was burnt in his brother in law's house, that he was living in Caroline County when called in the service, have lived in Halifax County since the Revolutionary War, and do now live in the same. That he knew no regular officers or Conti- nental and Virginia Regts, except Genl Morden that Francis Brandon, Thomas Brandon, Jacob Wanhook and Thos Vaughan by whom he is known in his present neighbourhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier in the Revolution. That 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
Alva Oliver
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
We Robert Stanfield and Francis Brandon residing in the County of Halifax and State of Virginia hereby certify that we are well acquaint- ed with Alva Oliver who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe

him to be 69 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
Robert Stanfield Francis Brandon
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
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 Revolution ary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Robert Stanfield and Francis Brandon who have signed the proceeding Certificate are residents of Halifax County & State of Virginia and both credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Samuel Williams clerk of the County Court of Halifax in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Alva Oliver for a Pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 31 st day of May 1833
Samuel Williams

Revtran
8904
INVALID.
aw
File No. 8917
Shaw Oliver
Priv Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1839
Index:—Vol. 1st , Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]