Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5,996, for Philemon Richards, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Richards, Philamon.
S. 5,996
CONTENTS
carded

Revised
5996
INVALID.
am
File No. 5996
Philemon Boichard
Priv. Recv. War
Act: June 7 th / 32
Index:—Vol. M , Page 316
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 4 th April 1838 from 4 th March 1839 to 4 th March 1840. Age notified 5 May June 1841.
4681-
Virginia
Philemon Richards
of Orange in the State of Va: who was a Pvt: in the Comp y commanded by Captain Prince - of the Reg t commanded by Col: Temple in the Va: line for 7 mo: from -
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia - at the rate of 23 - Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Jan: 33 and Supt Hon: J. M. Patton. Ho: of Reps -
Arrears to 4 th of Sept 1832 - 34.99 - Pension allowance ending 4 th Mar: 33 11.67
$46.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book C Vol. 7 Page 113

12.438 Philemon Richards
$23:33 per ann.
Hon. J. M. Patton HR

State of Virginia,
Orange County, ss
On this 29 th day of August 1832, personally appeared in Open Court, before the justices of the peace of the County Court of Orange, now sitting, Philimon Richards, a resident of the said County and State, aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in Order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. - "That he entered the Militia Service as a volunteer during the war of the Revolution under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated - General M c Donough, Colonel Temple, Major Cary, in the Company commanded by Capt Charles Bruce - that he cannot now recollect with certainty the day that he entered the service or that on which he was discharged, but he served more than three months; that he resided in the County of Orange and State of Virginia aforesaid when he entered the service.
And the said Philimon Richards further makes Oath - that he was afterwards drafted and served in the Company of Militia commanded by Capt. George M c Guire, in the Brigade commanded by General M c Donough, in the Regiment under the Command of Col. Jones; that he served nearly or quite four months (making in the two tours about seven months) that he resided in the County and the State aforesaid, when he was drafted - that he does not recollect the day he was drafted nor that on which he was discharged; that he has not his discharge & no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except Ambrose Richards and James Jones. He hereby affirm-

quishes 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 the agency of any other state. Sworn to and subscribed the day aforesaid signed "Philemon Richards"
"We Ambrose Richards, residing in the County of Madison, and James Jones of the County of Orange, and both of the State of Virginia, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Philemon Richards, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him as a soldier in the Revolution for the period as given in the manner he has stated in his declaration to be 78 years of age and that we know he served in the same Companies and for the same time.
signed "Ambrose Richards"
"James Jones"
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
"We James Jones and Elijah Jones residing in the County of Orange and State of Virginia hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Philemon Richards who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 78 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
signed "James Jones" Elijah his Jones mark
The said Philemon Richards being interrogated by the Court as follows gave the answers respectively following to wit. 1 st . Where and in what year were you born Answer. In the County of Orange in the year 1755

I had a record of my age but it was carried by my brother to Kentucky. It was in a book kept by my father.
2. Where were you living when you went into the service. 3. Where have you lived since the war and where do you now live.
Answer. I lived & have lived ever since in the lower part of Orange County.
Question. How were you called into the service.
Answer. In the first instance I enlisted as a minute man with Captain Spence after that Company was discharged I volunteered in a Company under Charles Bruce and served under General Nelson. After that service he was employed about the time of the siege of York in collecting beavers for the Army.
2. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given & what was the terms of it.
Answer. I never received any discharge.
Question. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services in the Revolution.
Answer Col. Thomas Row Edmund & James Jones. I am well known to - and I doubt not my neighbors generally could testify as to both.
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 James Jones and Elijah Jones are residents of the County of Orange and credible persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit
I, Aynor Chapman, clerk of the court of Orange county, do hereby certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of W m Richards for a pension
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office
this 21 st day of September one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
Richard Chapman ce
$23:33 per ann.
Hon. J. M. Patton H.R.
12.438 William Smith

Ha. J. M. Patton
$23.33 per ann
John
Col. L. Edwards - Clerk of the Pension Office War Department

Washington - 18 th June 1832.
Sir
Understanding that the Office over which you preside - has depar- ted from the rule of taking up appli- cations for pensions in the order in which they are presented - at the recent and accommodation of members of Congress - I now request that - you will accept the appli- cation of Philemon Richards of Orange County Virginia he acted upon - give me information of the decision
Yours
Thos. Patten

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 29 th , 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Philemon Richards, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1839, to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Wilson B. Purdie Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.