Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38241, for William Daniel Moore, Virginia

SERVICE
Va.
NUMBER _____
Wore, William Daniel S. 38241
CONTENTS

20122
Virginia
William D. Moore
of Chesterfield Co. in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Harris - of the Regiment commanded by Colonel ~ ~ in the Virginia line, for the term of three years from ~ ~ 1777 to ~ ~ 1780
Inscribed on the roll of Virginia - at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 th day of March 1830.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of March 1830 - and sent to the Hon. W. S. Archer, House of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1830 $42-86 Semi-annual all'ce ending
$42-86
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Recorded Book 10. Vol. 7 Page 106 J. H. B. Miller

To the Honourable the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The petition of William L. Moore of the county of Chesterfield and State of Virginia, humbly represents, that in the year 1777 your petitioner was appointed to serve in the Continental army and was attached to the 15 th Regiment, as well as he now recol- lects. He does not remember the name of the Command- ant of that Regiment, but he was placed under the Command of Captain James Harris. The said Regiment was marched from Manchester, Va. to Alexandria, but after remaining a short time at the latter place, your petitioner was taken very ill, so that he was unable to perform any duty. He was put in the Hospital, and after lying there about four months, his health not being restored, he obtained a furlough to go home 'till he should be better. At this time his feet and legs were so swollen that he could not wear shoes, and he was so enfeebled and emaciated by disease, as to make travelling at that season of the year, it being the dead of winter, exceedingly painful and dangerous. After a tedious journey and the most intense suffering he at length reached home, but his health continuing very bad, he was not able to join the army again until his term of service had nearly expired. He however did rejoin the army some time before the expiration of his three years, and

served till the end of that term, when he was honorably discharged by Col. Davis. His discharge was entrusted by him to Wm Gordon as his agent, to draw his pay for him. The said Gordon never returned him his discharge, but did draw his pay, as appears by the Books of the Auditor of Publick Accounts of Virginia, and never accounted to him for one cent of it, and consequently your petitioner has never received one single cent of compensation for his services and sufferings in the Revolution. Your petitioner is now very poor - owning one hundred and thirty acres of very poor land, worth not more than a dollar and a quarter per acre. He has no horse, no servant, and no property of any value whatever. Until lately he has been able to support himself and his family by his own industry - But now in his advanced age and impaired strength, his health and Constitution having been as he believes permanently injured by his sufferings in the war, he is no longer able to support himself, and must depend during the little remainder of his life on the publick, justice or publick charity - Your petitioner has, he hopes and believes, always maintained the character of an honest, industrious, and sober man, and a peaceable and orderly citizen. In consideration of his services and sufferings, and his extreme poverty and necessity, your petitioner humbly prays that the Congress will settle a pension on him for his few remaining days, which will enable

him to live in Competence and comfort. And as in duty bound he will ever pray H.
January 18 th . 1830.
William Daniel Moore

William D Moore's
declaration (f)

County of Chesterfield Tavit
On this eighth day of March 1830 personally appears in open court being a court of Records for the county of Chesterfield William D. Moore resident in the said county, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, made the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress, of the 18 th March 1818 and the first of May, 1820, for the term of three years on the day of that he the said Wm. D. Moore enlisted, in the year 1777, in the state of Virginia in the company commanded captain James Harris in the regiment commanded by colonel in the line of the state of Virginia, on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until 1780 when he was discharged from the service in Chesterfield, in the state of Virginia that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, except the present that his name is not on the roll of any other state except the state of Virginia & and that the following is the reason for not making earlier application for a pension that he has been, until lately, able to support himself by his own labour but now from old age and infirmity he is unable to support himself any longer. And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the united states on the eighteenth day of March 1818. and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish, as to bring myself within the provisions of the an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities contracts or debts due to me: nor have I any income other than what is contained in a schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. That since the 18 th March 1818 the following change has been made in my property An

Interest that which I had in a horse has been given up by me as of no value. William D Moore
A schedule of the real and personal estate of William D Moore made the 8 th day of March 1830. To wit
  130 acres of poor land valued at $1.50 per acre 195:00   2 cows and 2 calves - - - - - do 20:00   3 sheep - - - - - 5:00   1 sow & shoats & six pigs - - - - - 14:00   1 small pine cupboard & 1 pine table 1:50   1 pine chest & old chairs 1:00   2 pots & 2 shillots 1 Pewter dish and one earthen do 2:00   6 old plates 1/2 doz old knives & forks & 7 small cider casks 2:00   240 50 
My occupation was that of a farmer but I am now unable to labor from disease and old age my family consists of myself my wife who is also very old and decrepid scarce able to walk and my Grand daughter Mary Moore about 12 years of age
William D Moore
I Parke Poindexter clerk of the county court of Chesterfield do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said William D Moore did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement, on the Continental establishments. I also certify that the foregoing oath or affirmation and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is $240:50 cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this tenth day of March 1830
Parke Poindexter, Clerk

The affidavit of Lucy Elam taken at the house of James Blairborne in the County of Chesterfield, on the eighteenth day of January 1829, at the request of W m D. Moore.
This affiant saith, that she has always lived in the neighbourhood of W m D. Moore and has known him from his birth. She will recollects that the said Moore was appointed to serve in the Continental Army, during the Revolution for three years. That he was marched away and was absent several months, when he returned home in desperately bad health. That he remained at home very sick for some time, and then rejoined the army and continued (as this affiant has always understood and believes) in it, until the end of his term.
This affiant further states that it was known and currently spoken of in the neighbourhood, that W m Gordon drew the said Moore's pay for his services in the war, and never accounted to him for one cent of it. That she herself heard the said Gordon charged with it to his face, and he did not deny it, and upon being threatened with a prosecution he went off. This affiant can safely say that she has never known a more honest, upright and sober man than W m D. Moore. That she has never known or heard of his being intoxicated in his life. He is now a very old man, and has always been of a weak and sickly constitution. He has been poor all his life and has had to work hard to support his family. And further this affiant saith not.
Lucy Elam

Chesterfield County to wit:
This day Lucy Elam personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace in the County aforesaid and made oath, that the facts stated in the foregoing Affidavit are true. Given under my hand this eighteenth day of January 1829.
W. W. Hancock J.P.
The affidavit of Richard Elam, taken at the house of John border in the County of Chesterfield on the 18th day of January 1829, by request of Wm D. Moore.
This affiant deposes and saith That he knows Wm D. Moore and has known him for several years past. That the said Moore is quite poor. That he is charged on the Revenue Book with a hundred and thirty acres of land. which is very poor and of very little value. That the said Moore is old and infirm. That this affiant has always considered him a very honest, industrious and peaceable man and that he sustains as good a character in his neighborhood neighbourhood as any man he knows. And further this affiant saith not.
Richd Elam
Chesterfield County ss.
This day Richard Elam personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and made oath that the above affidavit contains the truth. Given under my hand this 18th day of January 1829.
W. W. Hancock J.P.

The affidavit of Aaron Haskins, taken at the request of W m D. Moore, at W. W. Hancock's School House in the County of Chesterfield, on the 19 th day of January 1829.
This affiant says that he knew W m D. Moore during the Revolutionary War. That the said Moore, was in the Continental Army, chosen, as this affiant thinks, to serve three years, under the law of this State, providing the mode for furnishing its quota of the United States' Army. That the said Moore, whilst in the service was in very bad health - and indeed before he went into the service, so much so that this affiant never considered him able to perform the duty of a soldier, and thought at the time, that he ought not to have been required to go into the service. This affiant has known the said Moore ever since, and has lived very near him during the greatest part of his life, and takes a pleasure in testifying to his character, as an honest, industrious, sober and peaceable man. The said Moore has been for many years a member of the Baptist Church, and his conduct has always been pious and exemplary. The said Moore has been poor all his life, and has had to work hard to support his family. He owns a small tract of land, not worth, as this affiant thinks, more than one dollar per acre. He has always been a sickly man, and is now very old and infirm - and is, in the opinion of this affiant, as proper a subject for a pension as any man he knows. And further this affiant saith not.
A. Haskins
Chesterfield County Va.
This day Aaron Haskins personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace in the County aforesaid, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit. Given under my hand this 19 th day of January 1829.
W. W. Hancock J.P.

The affidavit of James Elam, taken at the request of W m D. Moore, at W. W. Hancock's School House in the County of Chesterfield, on the 19 th . day of January 1829.
This affiant says, that he has known W m Daniel Moore, ever since he can recollect, having been raised in his immediate neighbourhood, and can state with pleasure that, he has never known a more honest, industrious and sober man. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and a man of the most correct intentions and exemplary piety. Although always a weak and sickly man, he has, until within a few years past, by his own industry and frugality, lived free from want: but now from his old age, and the decay of his physical powers, he is unable to support himself any longer, and is left dependent upon the charity of his neighbours. He is very poor, possessing no property except a piece of very poor land, containing a hundred and twenty or thirty acres, and worth, this affiant thinks, not more than a dollar per acre. And if the said Moore's Revolutionary services or sufferings entitle him to it, this affiant thinks that a pension could not be bestowed on a worthier or more needy subject. And further this affiant saith not.
James Elam
Chesterfield County, to wit:
This day, James Elam personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, and made oath to the truth of the above statement. Given under my hand this 19 th . day of January 1829.
W. W. Hancock J.P.

March 25. 1820.
Sir
I send at last the decla- cation of the Moore. He has been prevented by sickness from getting to court to make it sooner.
I am Respectfully
h r .
Michael O

James L. Edwards Esq.
War Department

The affidavit of John Condrey, taken at his own house in the County of Chesterfield, on the 18 th day of January 1829, at the request of Wm D. Moore.
This affiant states that Wm D. Moore was appointed during the Revolutionary War to serve three years in the Continental Army - That the said Moore was carried away and stayed (some time) when he returned - but whether he ever rejoined the army or not, this affiant does not know, as he lived some distance from the said Moore and there was very little intercourse between their neighborhoods. He has known the said Moore ever since he was a boy, and can say that he has always been as moral, sober, honest, industrious a man as any he ever knew. He has always been a sickly man, and is now he thinks about seventy four years old. He is also very poor, owning a piece of very poor land, and is, as your affiant thinks, as worthy a subject for a pension as any on the list. And further this affiant saith not.
John Condrey
Chesterfield County Va.
This day John Condrey personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, and made oath, that the facts stated in the above affidavit are true. Given under my hand this eighteenth day of January 1829.
W. W. Hancock J.P.

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File No. 38, 241
William D Moore
Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 386
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Auditor Office January 22 1830
I certify that it appears from the Register of Certificates in this Office issued to of such soldiers of the Revolutionary war as were in the Virginia line on Continental establishment, that two Certificates issued on the 29 April 1785 to W m Daniel Moore a soldier of infantry - one for £23.13.7 and another for £37.17.2 - and that said Certificates were delivered to W m Gordon.
J. H. Heath Auditor

War Department Pension Office February 13 th 1830
Sir
I herewith return the papers which you left here in the case of William D. Moore as they are not sufficient to authorize this Department to grant a pension. He must make a declaration according to law before a Court of Record in the County where he resides and produce such other evidence as the enclosed printed sheet directs. Mr Auditor Heath's certificate is the best evidence of his service I request a return of that document. The name is written on our Books William Dane Moore.
I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully Your H on ble Serv t
J. L. Edwards
Hon. W. L. Archer House of Representatives