Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 36172, for Alexander Montgomery, Virginia

SERVICE
Va.
Montgomery Alexander
NUMBER
S 36172
CONTENTS

Date of death not known
19.905 Kentucky
Alexander Montgomery
of Morgan in the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Read of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Buford in the Virginia line, for the term of four years from August 1777 to the year 1781.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 9. day of February 1828
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of April 1828 and sent to H. or H. Daniel H. R.
Arrears to 4th of March 1828. 3. 88 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 th } 48. 00 September 1828. } 51. 88
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }

20.593
Alex s Montgomery Soldier papers.
To be Examined and enclosed to Robert Walker or his coadj Mayo of Pustensburg Kylova County Kentucky
adm d
Hen: to com: 97c
1828
Hon. H. Daniel H. H.

State of Kentucky Morgan County ss. 1.
On this 3 rd day of September 1827 personally appeared in Open Court it being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid it being made so by the Laws and Statutes of this State and assigned to be such by the other tribunals of this state with power to fine and imprison always keeping a record of its proceedings, Alexander Montgomery who being first duly sworn according to Law in order to obtain the provisions made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the first May 1820 that he the said Alexander Montgomery enlisted for the term of five years on the 1 st day of August in the year 1797 in the State of Virginia into the Company commanded by Capt Read in the Regiment commanded by Col. Abraham Buford in the line of the State of Virginia on the Continental Establishment that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the close of the war in 1781 when he was honorably discharged from the Service at Monmouth in — County in the State of — that he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension whatsoever except that present that his name is not on the roll of any state except Kentucky and in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 1 st of May 1820 I do hereby swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war.

Just On the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not now has any person is bound for any property or Securities Contracts or debts due to me other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed
5 Plows worth One Dollar each $5.00 One handsaw worth 15 cts .15 One square worth 3.75 $8.90
Alexander Montgomery
That I have no property of any kind except my self that my occupation has been that of a Black Smith I am smalee any longer to pursue it that my reason for not making an earlier application for a pension is that I had no person to support but myself and being a man of good health untill within a few years past I was able by my labour at my trade to earn my victuals and clothes I was unwilling to become a charge to that County for which I had spent the Bloom of my life to achieve its liberties and now reluctantly in the decline of my age by primary law I must am Compelled to acknow- ledge that which I never intended to do that is to say that I am dependent on the charity of my Country for support.
That since the 18 th day of March 1818 there has been no change made in my property more than I have merely supported myself by my labour at the Black Smith Business I have made no tracey
Sworn to and declared on in Open Court On this 3 rd day of September 1827 before the Subscribers Justices of the peace comprising said County Court and we do further Certify that it is the Opinion of this Court from the evidence before us that the said Alexander Montgomery has rendered the services to his Country in his Declaration set forth and we do further Certify that it is the Opinion of this Court that from the In

Indigent Circumstances he does stand in need of the assistance of his Country for Support.
Isaac Lypins (Seal) John Rose (Seal)
William Lewis (Seal) John P. Oakley (Seal)
State of Kentucky Morgan County ss.
I James G. Hazelrigg Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto are true and truly copied from the Record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said Schedule is Two Dollars and fifty Cents and I do further certify that Isaac Lypins John Rose William Lewis and John P. Oakley whose names are above signed are duly Commissioned qualified acting Justices of the peace in & for the County aforesaid and that full faith and credit is & ought to be given to all such their acts.
In testimony whereof I have at my hand and affixed my private Seal (there being no Seal of the said Court yet provided) this 18 th day of October 1827.
James G. Hazelrigg (Seal)
Clerk of the Morgan County Court.

January 16, 1940
Thelma M. Murphy R.R.#17, Box 102 Indianapolis, Indiana
BA-J/MCS Alexander Montgomery S.36172
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, S.36172, based on the military service of Alexander Montgomery.
The date and place of birth of Alexander Montgomery and the names of his parents are not shown.
He enlisted in Washington County, Virginia, in August, 1777, as private in Captain Read's company in Colonel Abraham Buford's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and served until sometime in 1781 or in 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1827, at which time he was seventy-seven years of age and was living in Morgan County, Kentucky.
In 1827, Alexander Montgomery stated that he was a blacksmith by trade and that he had no family except himself to support. It is not shown whether he was ever married.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Alexander Montgomery, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., giving the following data:
Alexander Montgomery, Certificate 19905, issued April 5, 1828, rate $8 per month, commenced February 9, 1828, Acts of March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820, Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

State of Kentucky Floyd County ss the following is the deposition of Benjamin Mages and Peter Salvan taken to prove the Indictment and services of Alexander Montgomery an old Revolutionary soldier said Benjamin Mages after being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement respecting his know- ledge of the Indictment and services of the said Alexander Montgomery while in the actual service of the United States in the Revolutionary war
I Benjamin Mages do swear that I was well acquainted with Alexander Montgomery in the service of the United States in the army of the revolutionary war in Capt. Read's company in Col. Abraham Buford's Regiment of Infantry in the line of the State of Virginia that I do know that the said Alexander Montgomery did enlist in Washington County in the State of Virginia in the year 1777. and for the term for five years that I do know that the said Alexander Montgomery did serve in said Regiment for upwards of one year under me and the same Indictment that I do know that the said Alexander Montgomery was in the Battle of the Cloud Springs and I being wounded there Mr. Montgomery was marched from there while I was in the hospital before I got able for duty and I

frequently heard from him during the war But never seen him any more until the close of the war
Yrs Benjamin K Wages mark
here also follows the deposition of Peter Sullivan taken at the same time and place I Peter Sullivan do swear that I was well acquainted with Alexander Montgomery in the services of the United States in the army of the Revolutionary war that I did see him first in Washington County State of Virginia in Capt Read's Company that I do know that he served in Col Abraham Penford's Regiment in the Virginia line and did service in said Regiment upon one or the same instant for upwards of one year during which time I was well acquainted with him I served in McKee's Regiment and having been ac- quainted with Montgomery we frequently seen one another during the war while we were both in the service of the United States
Yrs Peter Sullivan mark
State of Kentucky ) I William M Smith a Justice of the peace for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing depositions of Benjamin Wages and Peter Sullivan was this day taken and sworn to before me I also certify that the said Benjamin Wages and Peter Sullivan are both credible witnesses given under my hand this 1 st day of Sept 1874 William M Smith Justice of the peace for Floyd County

State of Kentucky Floyd County, ss, Jacob Mays Clerk of the court for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that William M c Smith whose signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of subscribing the same acting as a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid. duly commissioned and qualified according to Law. To all whose official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given as well in courts of Justice as thereout
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this ninth day of February one thousand Eight hundred and twenty Eight At Jacob Mays Clerk of Floyd county court.

36 172
Rev INVALID.
File No. 36 172
Alexander Montgomery Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1919 Mch. 18 Hist. to Mrs. Royd McKinney 1938 Feb 2 " to Mrs. Carl R. Norton 1938 Dec. 8. Fred Manning ref. Ed. SA. O. Jr. ref. re. last payments (to in dun of Benjamin Cole, M 3000) MBB 1940 Jan. 14, Hist. to Thelma M. Murphy. Rec letter in Rev. chm Daniel Barnett. D. 32 777. MSS

MRS. ROY W. MCKINNEY REGENT FORT JEFFERSON CHAPTER D. A. R. PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
NATIONAL NUMBER 57080
March, 7th, 1919.
Pension Department, Revolutionary War Files, Washington D.C.
Kindly send me a copy of any record you may have of the follow- ing Revolutionary Soldiers Capt Silas Watkins, of Buckingham Co. Va. Alexander Montgomery Washington Co., Va. James W. Colley, of Cumberland Co., Va. I trace ap-

preciate an immediate answer.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Roy W. McKinley, Paducah, Ky.
Rankin Apts.

1113 N. Jackson St. Little Rock, Ark. Jan. 18th, 1937.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:-
Revolution.
Will you please see if you have a pension records for one Alexander Montgomery, who served in the Kings Mt. Battle from Washington County, Va.? If so are his wife and children mentioned? I think he had a daughter Jane who married Edward Maxwell. Do you have a pension record for Edward Maxwell, of Va., Ky. or North Carolina, in the Revolution?
Sincerely yours,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "Nell Morton".
(Mrs. Carl R. Morton)

January 16, 1940
Thelma M. Murphy R.R.#17, Box 102 Indianapolis, Indiana
BA-J/MCS Daniel Barnet, S.35777 Alexander Montgomery, S.36172
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War soldiers, Daniel Barnet and Alexander Montgomery.
You are furnished herewith, the records of these soldiers as shown by papers on file in their claims for pension.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

February 2, 1938
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BA-J/HEL
Alexander Montgomery-S.36172
Mrs. Carl R. Morton 1113 N. Jackson Street Little Rock, Arkansas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Alexander Montgomery, who served from Washington County, Virginia, and was in the battle of King's Mountain, and of Edward Maxwell.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of an Edward Maxwell. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.
It is suggested that as a possible means of obtaining information in regard to the military service of that soldier, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is custodian of military records.
The record of Alexander Montgomery is furnished herein.
Alexander Montgomery S.36172
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.36172, based upon the military service in that war of Alexander Montgomery.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Alexander Montgomery are not shown.
While residing in Washington County, Virginia, Alexander Montgomery enlisted in August, 1777, served as a private in Captain Read's Company, Colonel Abraham Buford's Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and served until the close of the war. It is not shown that he was in the battle of King's Mountain.
Could not identify personnel of in that war appear to have served in regt Com- manded by Col. Buford.

Alexander Montgomery was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1827, at which time he was aged seventy-seven years and resided in Morgan County, Kentucky.
Soldier stated that he was a blacksmith by trade and that he had no family residing with him.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Alexander Montgomery (S.36172), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Alexander Montgomery Certificate No.19905 Issued April 5, 1828 Rate, $8.00 per month Commenced February 9, 1828 Acts of March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Alexander Montgomery a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 1777 1781 Read Abraham Buford Va.       
Battles engaged in, Catow Springs . Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Washington County, Va. Date of application for pension, Sept. 3, 1827 His d. was al. Residence at date of application, Morgan County, Ky. Age at date of application, 77 years old. Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.