Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38,288, for Alexander Parker, Virginia

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Parker, Alexander
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NUMBER D 38 288
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Virginia
Alexander Parker Col. Buckner Quarter Master Virginia Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia, at the rate of — 20 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 24- of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the — 16 th of May 1818 and sent to Mrs. A. G. Dade (Hedge) the Spotsylvania Co. Virginia
Arrearages to 1 st Sept. 1818
4 mos: 10/30 — $ 87.33 1/3
{Revolutionary claims, {Act 18th March, 1818,}
3 years
Spotsylvania Co. Va.
Mr Alexander Parker's Commission Copied & sent to him at Fred- ericksburg 3 Jan 1828.
Copy of papers sent to Hon.
J. M. Patten 14. Jan. 1831 see letter to F. A. Dickinson
Treas. Dept. Jan. 19. 1831. commission & etc. copied Sept. 12. 1834 and sent to F. T. Gray Fredericksburg, Va.
Do. to Hon. J. P. Taliaferro Dec. 29. 1835 — Do. to same Jan. 7. 1836
Seth W. Easton 11 Oct 1849
Let R H Gray, July 25/51
Joseph Stewart May 31, 14, 116 Wight, Dec 21/54, 1853
In claim Alexander Parker, P. —
Continued on 23 Feb 1826 & Pension to commence from that date

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Alexander Parker, aged 68 years, & residing in Spotsylvania various counties, state of Virginia, being duly sworn states, that in 1776 he enlisted as a Sergeant in Capt Oliver Fowle's company on Continental establishment in the regiment commanded by M aj General Brant as Colonel. On the 28 of June 1776 he received a commission as Quarter Master to the 6th Battalion of the Virginia forces, signed by John Hancock Presi of Congress. & hereto annexed. That in the same year he marched to the North, with the Brigade commanded by George Weedon. Being Tullinge's brigade in October 1776, he was furloughed, & joined the army in March 1777, with which he continued till Brandywine in the same year. He was afterwards attached to the commissary department of the Continental Line, & remained in such service till after the surrender in Charleston in 1779.

He left the Army about the 1779.
He states from his age & decay of circumstances that he stands in need of the public aid.
Yours sincerely
A. Parker 11 20

Virginian Court
I William A. G. Dade a Judge of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Virginia do certify that Alexander Parker whose name is subscribed to the declaration contained on the opposite half sheet made oath to the truth of the allegations therein set forth before me on this 24 th April 1818 - Same under my hand & seal this day & year above written.
W. A. G. Dade

State of Virginia
At a Superior Court of Law held for the County of Augusta the 11 th day of September 1826.
On this 11 th day of September 1826 personally appeared in open court the Superior Court of Law of Augusta County, being a court of record, having power to fine and imprison, and having unlimited jurisdiction in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, Alexander Parker appeared in said court aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818. and the 1 st of May 1820. That he the said Parker enlisted in the army in January 1776 for two years in the state of Virginia in the Company commanded by Capt. Oliver Stowe in the 6 th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col o Horatio Buckner on the Continental establish- ment. In the spring of same year he was appointed Quarter Master to said regiment in which office he continued till the latter part of the summer 1777 when he was appointed commissary to Lord Beresford's division, Genl. Howe's Park of Artillery and General Washington's family where he continued till November or December following. Then at the request of the Company General he was sent to Charleston in Carolina to take charge of the Company's stores at that place, but before he got there he was informed that the place was invested by the British, after which he acted in different capacities till the close of the war such as commissary, Quartermaster &c. He hereby relinquishes all claim as a pensioner except the present, that his name has been placed on the pension list in the year and he received his pension for two or three quarters he believes but two - He does not know what the number of his pension certificate was having lost it - His commission was sent to the war office when he first made application with other papers as proof of the above, and obtained there a reference to which will more fully sustain this declaration. He never exhibited a Schedule

Schedule of his property before because he saw in the papers and was otherwise informed that a number were rejected whose property was much less than his, and he thought it needless to furnish his - And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820 he doth solemnly swear that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th March 1818 and that he hath not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent to diminish it thereby so as to bring himself within the provisions of the 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" And that he hath not in his own person nor trust for him any property or securities contracts or debts due to him, nor hath he any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by him subscribed Viz: the interest of $134 annuity which is secured to his satisfaction some sixty or seventy dollars at further due to him. - He further deposes that he is entitled, double the amount of the money so due to him. That he has raised fourteen children, thirteen of whom he supposes to be living most of them have large families, and are in indigent circumstances - He has a wife upwards of 70 years of age and a single daughter a weak and delicate woman None of his children are living with him, indeed since November last he has lived with a friend Mr William Robertson of this county, and within the future he must continue to do so or beg, as he has lost the sight of one eye and sees imperfectly with the other, and his hearing is very bad - He has no occupation or profession yielding him a revenue of any sort or amount. Since the 18 th March 1818 all the property he possessed was conveyed by deed of trust to

To secure a debt due to John (these) and have been sold for the purpose of discharging it. The debt was due for rent for which a distress had been levied and a replevin was executed
A. Parker
Schedule of property of a Honorable Parker exhibited at the same time and in the same Court with the foregoing declaration viz: The income of eight dollars & four cents that being the annual interest on $134 of principal during life which is secured to his satisfaction - Some sixty or seventy dollars at furthest due to him and that he has no other property than that contained in this schedule
A. Parker
Sworn to and declared, on the 11 th day of September 1826. before the Superior Court of law for Accomac County
J. W. Lightfoot
I Thomas Walker Lightfoot Clerk of the Superior Court of Law of Accomac County in the state of Virginia do hereby Certify that the foregoing oath 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 annual value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is sixty or seventy dollars together with $8. 04 cents the annual interest on $134 of principal
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 12 th day of September 1826.
J. W. Lightfoot Clerk of the Superior Court of Law of Accomac County

I have examined the will of Charles Smith of the Parish of St. Martin, county of Louisa, Virginia, - in reference to the effect of the devise of the residue of his estate, real & personal, to John Hawkins, in trust for his son William, & his daughters Anna & Sarah, - the last of whom intermarried with the within named Alexander Parker, - and as it is said, because entitled, in virtue of the said devise, to certain slaves, constituting a part of the said residue. - 'Tis clear, beyond any doubt or question, that this devise vested in Mrs Parker, only a use for life in these slaves, - remainder, at her death, to her children: and that neither she nor her husband can dispose of the same, - or claim any interest in the same, but such use for her life.
St. Martin Parish Louisiana
M. P. Jones
Sept. 24. 1826

Fredericksburg Va. 16 th Decm /54
Honored Sir
My Aunt Maria Parker has been advised by her friends to make application to the Pension Department and ascertain if there is any probability of recovering any thing in the way of claims due her father Alexander Parker Quartermaster in the Revolutionary war from Spottsylvania County Va. From what I can learn from my Aunt her father did receive his quarterly dues for some time from Pension Office, but was stopped for some cause before his death with the understanding (as her father told her) that it would be good some day but it has always been neglected.
You will doubtless see by consulting the Roll my Grandfathers name Alexander Parker Quarter Master. &c. My Aunt has a certificate of that fact from Mr Calhoun then Commissioner of Pensions.
please write me on the receipt of this, if there is any probability of success. There have been several who volunteered their services to attend to the business for my Aunt charging one third of the amt. for collecting so I thought I would learn from you all that was necessary to act myself.
Yours very Respectfully Henry M. Webb
There are other papers in the possession of my Aunt which may prove something.

I did not mention any other heirs with my Aunt, she has I think two brothers & two sisters living yet.

Certificate of Hastings Count of Fredericksburg giving the heirs of — Capt.
Albert Barker.
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Virginia.
At a Court held for the Corporation of Fredericksburg on the 13 th day of February 1851.
Satisfactory evidence was presented in Court, to shew that Captain Alexander Parker, deceased, of the County of Spotsylvania, was by reputation an Officer in the Continental line of Service, in the Revolutionary War, as Captain and Quarter Master, and received a pension under the Act of Congress of March 18 th 1818, at the rate of Two hundred and fifty dollars per Annum, which he continued to receive until the time of his death, the 10 th day of May 1831, except from a period during which it was suspended, and afterwards renewed, leaving no Widow, but eleven Children, to wit; Alexander, Lucy, Fanny, Sally, Nancy, Mary, Huldah, George S., Winston, Elizabeth and Maria, of whom Alexander, Sally, Nancy and Huldah, have since died, the first named leaving one child, but one Grand Child, and the others, all leaving Children, but their names not known. The evidence before the Court, upon which it feels authorized to give the above Certificate, is the Certificate of Colonel William Davis, of the Revolutionary War, and the Certificates of Robert Johnson, Auditor of Virginia, and William H. Richardson, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and oral evidence produced in Court.
I John James Chew, Clerk of the Corporation Court of Fredericksburg, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true transcript from the Records of the said Court.
In Testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand, and annex the Seal of the said Court, this 14 th day of February 1851.
J. J. Chew Clerk

August 18, 1937
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BA-J/EEL Alexander Parker-S.38288
Miss A. Grace Jenkins 211 South 8" Street Ironton, Ohio
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.38288, based upon the military service in that war of Alexander Parker.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Alexander Parker are not shown.
Alexander Parker enlisted in the state of Virginia, in January, 1776, and served as 1" sergeant in Captain Oliver Towle's Company, Colonel Mordecai Buckner's Virginia Regiment; June 26, 1776, was commissioned quartermaster to the 6" Battalion, Virginia troops, served in this capacity until late in the summer of 1777, when he was appointed commissary to General Greene's Division, General Knox's Artillery and to General Washington's family as bodyguard and served until November or December, 1777; he was later attached to the Commissary Department and served until the close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-eight years and resided in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. At one time he lived in Louisa County, Virginia; in 1826, he resided in Gulpeper County and in 1828:in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
The soldier married, date not given, Sarah, daughter of Charles Smith, of Saint Martin's Parish, Louisa County, Virginia. The date and place of birth of Sarah and the name of her mother are not given. She had a brother, William, and a sister, Ann Smith. There are no further data in regard to them. In 1826, Alexander Parker stated that his wife was then "upwards" of seventy years of age. The date of her death is not given.
Alexander Parker died May 10, 1831. He left no widow, but was survived by eleven of his fourteen children.

Surviving children of Alexander Parker:
Alexander Parker Lucy Parker Jenny Parker Sally Parker Nanny Parker Mary Parker Hulda Parker George S. Parker Winslow Parker Elisabeth Parker Maria Parker.
In 1851, four of the above named children were dead, namely Alexander, who left one grandchild; Sally, Nanny and Hulda, each of whom left children. The dates of birth of the above named children of Alexander Parker, the names of those whom they married, the names of their children and the name of the grandson of Alexander Parker, Junior, are not stated. Maria Parker was living in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, in 1851 and was the administrator of the estate of her father. In 1853, Jane H. Jenkins, made affidavit in Fayette County, Kentucky, that she was the daughter of Alexander Parker. The name of her husband was not shown. In 1854, Henry M. Wyatt, a grandson of Alexander Parker, was a resident of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The names of his parents are not stated.
Very truly yours
George H. Sweet Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Wm. A. Thomas.
38 288
INVALID.
Rev
Feb. 24, '08. Hist. to Mrs. 1931 Oct 22 - 7 dist To Mrs Carl Morton Ech 1937-Aug 18 - 7 dist To Miss Grace Jenkins Ech
File No. 38 288
Alexander Parker United States Rev. Dist
Act 18 th March 18 th
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 108
[Arrangement of 1870.]

IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED COLONIES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia to
Alexander Parker Gentlemen
W E reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Quartermaster to the South Battalion of Virginia Forces
in the Army of the United Colonies raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of
Quartermaster by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Quartermaster . And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress. Williamsburg June 28th 1776
By Order of the Congress
John Hancock
PRESIDENT.
Attest. Chas. Thomson Secy
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Jane H. Jenkins
Abroad

State of Kentucky } County of Fayette } S.S.
On this the 29 th day January 1853- personally appeared before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid - Jane H Jenkins - who upon oath states that her maiden name was Jane H Barker - a daughter of Alexander Barker of Louisa County Virginia, who was an officer in the Virginia Continental line in the Army of the Revolution - She states that she verily believes her said Father was at the time of his death entitled to Lord-Pension money - and Compensation pay for his services in said war - She has authorized Joseph B. Stewart to act as her attorney and lawful atty - and empowered him to demand from the Department at Richmond Va - any and all papers that may be of service to her in establishing her rights - He being authorized to do all things in her behalf -
Then Jane H. Jenkins mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29 th day of January 1853. John Henry S.P.H.B.

Wash n City Feb y 22 d 1857.
Sir -
Enclosed is the certificate of the Hurlings Comm ee of Food d as to the heirs of Alex r . Parker, q r Mast r , and dep y Com d Gen d , under Gen d Washington, from June 7 th , to Dec r 1777- and as Commissary and P ro p re -Master to the close of the war, and upon a liberal view of his services, he will be found to have served over 2 years as dep y Com d Gen d - and immediately attached to Gen d Wash- ington's Body Guard. At no time I believe were dep y Com d Gen d allowed less than $60. per Mo. and q r Mast r $40. per Mo. which would amount the pension at $600. per An m . and making the of pension Increase at the rate of $360. per An m . from the 4 th of March 1826, to the 10 th day of May 1831 - which will be payable to Maria Parker, Executrix of Alex r . Parker dec d . her Father - and addressed to me in Lynchburg Va a where I will be after the 4 th day of March next.
Respectfully -
Robt. H. Gray
Note - This class of officers had to remain in service after the close of the war in order to settle their accounts with J. Pierce. hence the settlement with him the 1784.
A. H. G.
Com d Smith of Va a gives q r M r Alex r . Parker the rank of Capt n and there was both a Capt n and St. Parker in service in S.C. in 1780. as

appear from the private Journals of Cap. Bayle Hill which I have in my possession, but these given names are not mentioned. There is no doubt but that he was in service to the close of the war; in different capacities. R.H.G.
Cap. Parker is returned for (See Mt. Gordon), and knowing that the act of 1818, only required a proof of 9 mo. service, I have thought it best to file ad d . evidence of service, so as to make the thing sure. You will send the certificate to me in Lynchburg for the increase.
No. H Gray. cr
Note - See also the certificate of Col Wm Davis and No. Johnson. Supt. of P d files with papers. R.H.G. cr
Feb 28. 57.
Mrs. Parker heirs. cr
Reserve of Pension Oct. 1828-
No. H Gray Agent cr
Capt. Kirklett

[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page, covering most of the document.]
Resolve of Congress

In Congress July 2nd 1877.
Resolved
That the Q ty Commissaries Genl. of Issues purchases respectively be authorized to make reasonable allowances to such of the assistant commissaries as are employed in buying & collecting live stock, for all extraordinary travelling expenses which they may necessarily be put to not exceeding one dollar & one third per day for such additional allowance. That there be paid to the assistant commissaries of Issues each the sum of sixty dollars per month.
August 7.
Resolved
That the pay of the Deputy Commissaries Genl. of Issues be increased to one hundred dollars per month, & the pay of the Col rs of the Commissaries Genl. to fifty dollars.

Since the 1 st Septem r . 1835, Congress, has made no appropriation of lands for satisfying the Military bounty land Warrants issued by the State of Virginia. and as all of the lands appropriated prior to that date, were exhausted, the Gen l Government is without any authority of law to issue Script , or Patents , in satisfaction of bounty land Warrants issued by the State of Virginia, since the 1 st Septem r . 1835 — The holders of such Warrants must, therefore, await the further legislation of Congress, upon the subject —

10. Mar.
Dec 21 st 1864

Pension Office December 21, 1834
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 16 th inst. I have to inform you that no Pension or Bounty Land, is due the heirs of Alexander Parker, decd for his late of Virginia for his revolutionary services
Henry Mc Wyatt Esq Fredericksburg, Va
Rev

Anthoni by to No. H. Callahan to Prosecute claim of Alex Parker's heirs - For arrears of Pension. -
Under act - of 1818. -

Mr R H Gallagher
Spotsylvania Co Va April 20-1885
Dear Sir
I am the Administratrix of my father Alexander Parker Est, He was Master Master was of Russ line, I wish you to examine all Papers or documents in relation to his drawing his Pension and see if there is not something due, You will find my authority as Administratrix on file in Russian Papers, I will (if necessary upon an examination) forward you Power of Atty.
Yrs
E. Wyatt, M c M c Stephen
W O H Haste Maria Parker Administratrix

This refers to Alexander Parker - who served as Capt in Res. & Cal in U S Army.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That it appears from a list in this office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line as settled their accounts and received certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an act of assembly, passed the November session 1781, directing the Auditors of Public Accounts to settle and adjust the pay and accounts of the said Officers and Soldiers from the 1st January 1777, to the 31st December 1781, (see Hening's, Statutes at Large, vol. 10, p. 462,) that a settlement was made on the 28 th day of June 1783 in the name of Alexander Parker as Capt of Infantry and evidence of the indebtedness of the State to him for £ 249. 4. 2 and was delivered to Thomas Parker and was given, as appears by a copy of the settlement on file in this office, for services from the 1 st January 1776 to the 1 st June following as a Lieut , and as captain from 1 st June 1777 to 31 st December 1781.
Given under my hand at the First Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 11 th day of January 18 57.
[No Seal of Office.]
Rob Johnston First Auditor

I also further certify that it appears from a List of Officers names who have received certificates for one and two years advanced pay agreeable to Act of Assembly passed November Session 1781 - That a certificate issued on the 30th January 1782. for £360. . . in the name of Alexander Parker a Captain of Infantry in the Continental Line, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to Thomas Parker -
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office Richmond this 11th day of January 1851
R. Johnston First Auditor

Letter

Louisville Ky 31 st Jany 1853
Dear Sir
I send you the affidavit of Mrs Jane H. Patten - who claims to be a daughter of one Alexander Patten - whom she represents to have been an officer in the army of the Revolution, and as such was entitled to Land and Com mutation pay, which he, while living, nor his heirs, since his death, have ever received.
She says he served during the whole war - and one year over - that is eight years in all - She forgets what his rank was, but thinks he was some sort of, vice secretary to Genl Washington - or perhaps quartermaster Master -
The old lady is perfectly blind - having lost her sight in the last few years; and is quite destitute; any aid rendered her in obtaining what may be due her - would be charitably bestowed -
Please send me all information on file in your department relative to the services of said Alexander Patten -
And oblige
Yours Respectfully J. H. Stewart

Col Alex d Packer gift and dep y Commissary Genl in afe with
Buy Harrison deputy pay. M c Genl and
Jno Pierce Pay M c Genl Cont d Army, c

D. Capt. Alexander Parker, 2 d Virg a Regt, C.
To Benj. Harrison 50,000 - By Off. & Virg a  50,000
In the Day Book is the following entry:
Aug r '81 - Capt. Alex. Parker, 2 d Regt rec d . of B. Harrison on account 50,000
In John Pierce's Final Settlement Certificates, is the following entry:
July 1, 1784
Certificate No. 73.307 = $800
73.308 = 800
73.309 = 460 $2160.
The above are true extracts from the Revolutionary Books in this Office.
Jn s B. Gallaher 3 d Aud t -
Treasury Department, Third Auditor's Office, Jan. 27, 1851

This refers to Alexander Parker who serv. as Capt. in Rev & Col in U S Army
I certify, that captain Alexander Parker has been an officer in the Virginia Continental line from August 1775 to this day, and is entitled to a captain's allowance of land.
William Davis Col.
Oct 7. 1783.
Executive Department
Richmond Va January 11. 1857.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a paper filed in this department.
W. H. Richmond Sec.

Certificate of - Col Wm Davis as to services of - Capt - Albert Warburton.

To what time was Alexander Parker of Va. act 1818, last paid?
He was paid to the 11 th March 1831
JH
J L Edward Dec. 29. 1835-

A Quarter Master Applied 9 June 1828 & was not Admitted

State of Virginia
Spotsylvania County to wit
The day Personally appeared Richard Johnston Williamson Smock of the Town of Spotsylvania before me a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid and made Oath that Alexander Parker of the said County has always been reputed to have been Officer in the Army of the Revolution on Continental Establishment Given under my hand this 27 Nov 1828
Hugh M. Patton P.

In Spotsylvania County Court June (Term) 1831.
The last Will and Testament of Alexander Parker deceased was proved by the oaths of Benjamin Page, George Lehanceller, and Sanford Chancellor three of the witnesses thereto and is ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Maria Parker the executrix therein named, who made oath thereto and together with Francis J. Scott her security, entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $100. Conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted her for obtaining a probate of said Will is due forth.
Fide R. S. Stevenson Clerk.
State of Virginia
Spotsylvania County } To wit:
I Robert C. Dabney Clerk of the County Court in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing writing is a true copy of the certificate of the qualifications of Maria Parker as Executrix of Alexander Parker deceased, that the said Maria is the only legally qualified representative of the said Alexander, and that is still acting in that capacity.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court. Done at office this 14 th day February 1831.
Rob. C. Dabney. Clerk.

District of Columbia } ss Washington County }
On this 23 d day of September 1826. personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said County, Alexander Parker, and being duly sworn did depose and say that he has frequently applied to John Chew and Sanford Chancellor, for their certificate deposition showing the property of him the deponent was sold under a Deed of Trust to the said Chancellor, for rent due the said Chew, and that they severally refused to give such certificate deposition; the deponent further says that it is entirely out of his power to induce them to give such certificate deposition.
And the deponent further says that his wife has ten or eleven negroes, most of which are old, and children of no value for the present, and that he the deponent has no control over them, and further saith not.
A. Parker
Sworn & subscribed the day and year above written before me. the words "certificate or" - being three times erased before signing
Enoch Reynolds, J.P.

I Maj t Benjamin Alsop of Spotsylvania county, formerly a Sergeant in the 6 th Virginia Regiment, com- manded by Col: Mordecai Buckner, DO hereby certify that Alexander Parker enlisted under Capt. Oliver Towles in the fall, or winter 1775-6. as first Sergeant in said company, belonging to the Regiment aforesaid, That some time in the Spring following, the said Parker was appointed Quarter Master to the said Regiment, and marched with the Regiment to head Quarters in 1776., that some time in the summer of 1777. he was appointed Commissary to General Washington's family, Genl. Greene's Division & Genl. Hnox's Park of Artillery, where he continued til the winter following.
Given under my hand this 28 th day of Nov. Eighteen hundred and twenty eight —
Benj t Alsop.
Spotsylvania County To wit
Maj Alsop this day personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for the county aforesaid & made oath to the truth of the facts, set forth in the above certificate
Given under my hand this 28 th day of No- vember 1828.
Thomas M. Potter H.

5105 Edgewood Road, Little Rock, Ark. Sept. 28, 1931.
Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Dept. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
W7a off There were a number of Parkers in the Revolution, 27a from Virginia, among them were two named Alexander, 3 2a a Josiah, Nicholas Jr., Richard, Thomas, and a 9 2a Samuel from Franklin Co. Will you please see if any of these drew a pension for service in the Revolution, and if there was a son mentioned by the name of Samuel.
more Samuel Parker was from the original state of Virginia, afterwards became Kentucky, and I think he was in the war of 1812 and the Mexican War . Would like to have his record for that service.
Thanking you for your prompt attention, I am,
Sincerely,
Nell Morton.
(Mrs. Carl Morton)

234 W. Ave. Statesville N.C. Feb 11- 1908.
My Dear Sir.
Will you
please give me any information to one John Alexander Parker who served as an Officer in 2nd Va Regiment in War of Rev. and have you any record of

the Date of his Birth and any record at the Pension of Dates etc. His name Always except on record at County of marriage bond he was he and his wife Mary Nash Garrett both family and War Record is simply Record he was called Alexander. his father was John Alexander Parker

Who belonged to the Colonial Militia in 1858 prior to Revolution of Colonies and his son Alexander so called instead of John A. Parker Sr. name. I would like to know what was date and where you have on file if date of death is given. Very Respectfully St. Louis Mo. Mrs. Wm. A. Thomas no 234. W.C. an

A.B.
I wish these records to file in U.S. D. & P. and they require proofs of death and service of the Ancestor you wish to
join on. and please oblige by giving me any help along this line
Yours Respectfully (Mrs) William A. Thomas No 234. N.E. Ave St. Albans Vt. U.C.

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Veteran's Association Washington D.C.

#211 So. 8 th St. Ironton Ohio
Aug. 7, 1937
Gratuitous Will you inform me if the records of that dept show Capt. Alexander Parker the Rev-war, as a pensioner If so to whom paid, or any other information in that connection. Thanking you & hop- ing for an early reply. Also the record of same rank of 6 th Va (8 th quarter) add. above 3 master Resigned 1777 Sincerely truly (Miss)
Yours sincerely,

August 18, 1937.
BA-J/MHF/ILL
Miss A. Grace Jenkins 211 South 8th Street Ironton, Ohio.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Benjamin Porter, John McWatt, Captain Alexander Parker and Quartermaster Alexander Parker.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request for information in regard to soldiers of that war.
The record of Alexander Parker, Quartermaster, of Virginia, is furnished you herewith as found in pension claim, S. 38288, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours,
GEORGE H. SWENT, Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

October 22, 1931
BA-J/REL
Mrs. Carl Morton 5106 Edgewood Road Little Rock, Arkansas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers surnamed Parker who served in the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.33288, based upon the military service of Alexander Parker in that war, (the only soldier - do not use again. A letter from this claim rec - Alexander Parker - P. which is no doubt another of many there) of that name who served from Virginia, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.)
Alexander Parker enlisted in the state of Virginia, in January, 1776, and served as first sergeant in Captain Oliver Towle's Company, Colonel Mordecai Buckner's Virginia Regiment; June 28, 1776, he was commissioned quartermaster to the Sixth Battalion, Virginia Troops, and served until late in the summer of 1777, when he was appointed commissary to General Green's Division, General Knox's Artillery and to General Washington's family or bodyguard and served until November or December, 1777; he was afterward attached to the commissary department and served until the end of the war.
do not use again. A letter from this claim rec - Alexander Parker - P. which is no doubt another of many there
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-eight years and resided in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. In 1826, he was residing in Culpeper County, Virginia, and in 1828 in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
The soldier married, date not given, Sarah, the daughter of John Hawkins. In 1826, he stated that his wife was then "upwards" of seventy years of age, and that he had reared fourteen children, one being dead at that time.
He died May 10, 1831, leaving no widow. Eleven children survived him as follows:
Chas Smith - Upon a 2nd examination of this I find that Sarah was the daughter of Chas Smith - I know John Hawkins that said John Hawkins was named by her father to take charge of a trust for her brother & sister
Chas Smith - Upon a 2nd examination of this I find that Sarah was the daughter of Chas Smith - I know John Hawkins that said John Hawkins was named by her father to take charge of a trust for her brother & sister

Alexander Lucy Jemney Sally Nanny Mary Hulda George S. Winslow Elizabeth Maria
In 1851, four of the above named children were deceased, namely Alexander, who left one grandchild; and Sally, Nanny and Hulda, each of whom left children surviving. The dates of birth of the above children, the names of those whom they married and the names of their children and of the grandson of Alexander Parker are not stated. Maria was living in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, in 1851. In 1854, Jane H. Jenkins, a resident of Louisville, Kentucky, stated that she was a daughter of Alexander Parker. In 1854, a grandson, Henry M. Wyatt, was a resident of Fredericksburg, Virginia, names of his parents not stated.
The Revolutionary War records do not show a claim for pension on file of account of the services of Josiah or Samuel Parker, as described by you, or of any Nicholas Parker.
In order to identify the particular records of soldiers named Richard and Thomas Parker, of the Revolutionary War, and Samuel Parker, of the War of 1812, in whom you may be interested, should they be on file, in addition to the full name of the soldier, it is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the following data pertaining to each: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. Upon receipt of this information, another search will be made in your behalf.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Josiah of 72 Samuel of N. J.
Mrs F. Took out of this claim, a letter from Mrs E Maria Jones, and the reply of the Pension Office make another case as it does not belong to this Alexander Parker but evidently to Capt Alexander Parker .
And there are 2 bounty land cases here, also.

statement of the military history of Alexander Parker of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Sim. 7. 38,288.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan 1776 to June 28, 1776, Sergt. Oliver Towles Mordecai Buckner 6 th regt. Va.   June 28, 76 to June 27, 77. Pr. Mr. Oliver Towles Mordecai Buckner 4 th " "   Summer 1777 to Nov. or Dec 77 Commissary to Gen. Greene's Division, Gen. Knox's Parke's Artillery and General Washington's "family."   then attached to Commissary Dept. of the Continental Line and served until close of War -  
The above noted is the only Alexander Parker of Va. found on the Rev. War pension records & said records fail to afford any information in regard
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. in Va.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 24, 1818. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Spotsylvania Co. Va.
Age at date of application, 68 yrs.  Died May 10, 1831.
Remarks: Soldier mar. Sarah, dau. of John Hawkins. In 1826 she was  70 yrs. old & she died before soldier. At his death, 11 of his 14 children sur-  vived him, viz: Alexander, Lucy, Jerney, Sally, Nancy, Mary, Huldah,  George S., Winslow, Elizabeth and Maria. no other names stated.
Very respectfully,
record to John Alexander Parker of Va.