Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17010, for Martin Petry, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Petry, Martin or Petrey
S 17010
CONTENTS
carded

Virginia
30141
Martin Petrey
Fayette Co in the State of Virginia who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Head of the reg t commanded by Col Taylor in the Virginia line for 8 months private
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of Sept r 1835 and sent to Hiram Hite Paymaster
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 $106 64 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept r 13.33 $119.97
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Gaul Boys Clerk Book B Vol. 6 1/2 Page 28

Virginia
Hayesville
Infantry
1834
Fayette County Court
On the 10th day of September 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Fayette County New Sibley Martin father and mother of said County And State of Virginia (A. J. ... years old who being first duly sworn according to Law doth affirm that he made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of 1831-32. Dated June the 7th 1833
That he entered the service of the United States Under the following terms offering service as a horseman State that he was drafted & called out under the command of Captain Lewis Head in Orange County & State of Virginia in which County he then resided for the term of two months here as marched to Fayette County & remained in guarding Burgeon & the prisoners taken with him to Ulverston Barracks & guarding them after they were delivered over to Colonel ... [illegible] after the expiration of said two months here he was discharged & returned home to his father's house in Orange County & State of Virginia which he thinks was in the year of 1777. He remained there till some time in the year 1778 for on that year he went to Backingham County State of Virginia & saw there in that year he entered the service under the command of Captain William Shalle for the term of three months & was marched to a place called Anderson's Warwick Fort which was in daily expectation of an attack by the Indians he was stationed at the Fort during this term of service guarding it against the depredations of the Indians he was then marched back to Augusta County And discharged at Col Smith's during this term of service he fought no battle he then returned back to Backingham County where he resided & remained

There about time during which time he was as an drafter under the command of Captain Robert Gravens for the term of three months which term was in the year of 1878 and marched to Appomattox Fighting against the rebels & to General John Warwick got on arriving at the fort the command of the fort was assigned to Captain Gravens that he was stationed there during this three months service which is proven by the Affidavit of John Brant Christian Brant & heart to annexed he was discharged At the expiration of said three months but was then and there re-enlisted and returned for the term of one month more and put under the command of Lieutenant Joseph Smith as duty to traverse the country from Appomattox to the Appomattox River A country entirely uninhabited by the rebels after the expiration of this month service he was marched back to Augusta County and discharged at Col- umbia then returned to Rockingham County where he has formerly resided and remained there The same time in the year 1881 as then drafted under the command of Captain Smith for the term of two months which term of service he was principally engaged in assisting in selecting beef cattle for the support of the army which term of service is proven by the affidavit of John Brant & heart to annexed after serving out the two months he was dismissed from there he went to Albemarle County where he was again drafted under the command of Captain John Miller for the term of one month & marched to Richmond Virginia there attached to General Green's Army but was in no memorable battle during his monthly service

At the expiration of his month's service he was discharged & returned home to his father's house in Orange County & State of Virginia where he had left his wife & in the same year was drafted under the command of Captain George W New for two months he was marched to Williamsburg and there joined General Matthews Regiment from there he was marched to a place called the Middle Hill from there to a place called the Williamsburg  the  Williamsburg part of this two months he was attached to a separate party under the command of Colonel Brubaker to reconnoitre the country between their party & the British he again joined his own company and was marched to York Town and was stationed on the opposite side of the River when Cornwallis was taken after which time he was discharged & returned home to Orange County Virginia where he was in the service of the United States one year & two months he did not discharge but I am a man of fortune and am not obliged to attend them which I further understanding  understanding in order to prove his services by and he does not believe  believe  know  know of any person knowing that he has been from further service by he was born on the 19th day of January 1757 in Orange County & State of Virginia according to the Register kept by his father in his family Bible But he does not know where that register is now He knows of no other in the year 1785 he came from Orange County to Rockingham  the  the County Virginia and there he  he  lived  lived  for  for  some  some time to Meigsburg County Virginia & served there eight or ten years from there he came to Giles County Virginia then Fayette County where he has been since about twenty years he barely remembers having been where ever so opinion or argument except the present one declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency

Of any that he used no suspicion in the Army
As is known to Gibson Jarrell Joseph Harper Esq. & William Blake Esq. Persons residing in his neighborhood who testified to his character for veracity & of the General belief of his having been a student of the Revolution which he had sworn to the day of year aforesaid Gibson Jarrell Martin Petig mark
We Gibson Jarrell Joseph Harper and Tom Blake Residing in the County of Fayette aforesaid hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Martin Petig who has sworn & subscribed to the above Declaration that we believe him to be during Seven Years (each that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been As a student of the Revolution that we believe in That opinion & that he is a man of veracity and can be believed sworn to & subscribed
The day of year aforesaid Gibson Jarrell Joseph Harper William Blake
And the said Gibson Jarrell hereby declares our opinion After the investigation of the matter & the printing of the letter of attorney for us by the war department That the above named affidavit was read over in the Resolution and I can say as to that and we further Certify that it appears to us that there is no body man Residing in the neighborhood of said affidavit And that Gibson Jarrell, Joseph Harper and Tom Blake Who have signed the above certificate are residing in the County of Fayette and are to be trusted Persons & that their statements are entitled to credit
James H. [unclear]

17.010 INVALID.
File No. 17.010
Martin Petrey
Br Rev Mr
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 294
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Peter Davis
July 30. 1844 Ga.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Pension office Washington.
Hon. G. W. Summers M.P.

No. of Reps July 29. 1841.
L. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
I beg leave to trouble you with the enquiries contained in the enclosed letter. If you can furnish me with a form suited to the application of Mrs Petry, the widow of Martin Petry, a revolutionary soldier, please do so, that I may forward it to Mr. Waite.
Very Respectfully Yours
Geo W Summers

giles County to Wit this day Jacob McAdams Ser of the aforesd County personally appeared before me Wm Smith a justice of the peace for Sd County and made oath that he has been acquainted with Martin Petrey Ser of said County County from his early days and he all ways under stood that the Sd Petrey served in the Revolutionnary War but how long he never under stood given under my hand This 14th of April 1835 Wm Smith
I William Smith a justice of the peace for the County of Giles have been acquainted with the above named Petrey for fifty years and has all ways under stood that he served in the Revolutionnary War but how long I never under stood Wm Smith

I Rufus A French Clerk of the County Court of Giles County do certify that William Smith whose signature appears to the within is an acting justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned as such: and that due faith & credit should be given to all his official acts: and that the within signature purporting to be
are such genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Giles Court house this 18 th day of April and in the 49 th year of the Common-wealth.
Rufus A French Clerk

I John Rains of the County of Fayette & State of Virginia Do hereby certify that I was once acquainted with Martin Pettig of the County & State aforesaid in the year 1781 I believe him to be 75 years old or probably more and that he was drafted in that year and served under Captain Jeremiah Brantley from Rockingham County for the term of two months which term I served with him & I have every reason to believe that the said Pettig served a different other times in the army of the revolution afterwards as I afterwards heard that he served at other times & at other places I being attached to the regular army after served the two months under Capt Brantley with him I do further certify I have been in acquaintance with the said Martin Pettig since the close of the revolution And that I do believe that his statements on oath are entitled to credit in every respect given under my hand this 23 d day of August 1834
John Rains
Fayette County ss
This day John Rains personally appeared before us Joseph Harper & Oliver S. Prater Justices of the peace In and for the County of Fayette and made oath In due form of law that the statements in the fore- going certificate are true and also certify that the said John Rains is a respectable man & that his statements on oath are entitled to credit Given under our hands & seals this 23 d day of August 1834

I Hiram Hill Clerk of the County Court of Fayette County do hereby certify that Joseph Harper and Oliver L. Keate Esqrs who have signed their names to the foregoing Certificate are Justices of the peace in said County and that all their acts and Deeds as such are entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 21 st day of September 1834 and of our Independence the 59 th Hiram Hill C.S.C.

Va "
Giles County to wit
This day James Petry of the a fore said County personally appeared before me W m Reaton a justice of the peace and made oath that he has heard Martin Betry senior of the county of Fayette often speaking of his being in the Revolutionary war and that long before the petition law was a law given under my hand this 11 th day of April 1835
William Reaton J.P.
Giles City to wit
This is to certify that I have been acquainted with James Betry and his general character when on oath for some years past and it is such that can be depended on on oath given under my hand this 17 th day of April 1835
William Reaton J.P.

I Rufus A. French Clerk of the County Court of Giles County do certify that William Hester is a Justice of the peace for said County as within stated and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine. duly commissioned and that due faith and Credit should be given to all his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Giles (out house) this 18 th day of April 1833 and in the 39 th year of the Commonwealth
Rufus A. French Clerk
Witnesses of James P. [?] April 17 th 1833

Hayattsville Aug 22 nd Aug 1835 New
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
Adm't Secy p. 216

Grayville Courthouse 21st August 1835-
Dear Sir
I enclose Yours which is now before the equity 1. That the former declaration of Martin Peter might be returned " To the department Enclosed You will find a copy of the Declaration mentioned which I returned when that was " forwarded in order that there should be no difficulty arise By misplacement of the one sent as he states in his last Declaration that the one returned was lost or misplaced as well as the affidavit of Christian Peter proving a three months Term of Service in Tigarts Valley at John Warwicks fort He cannot conveniently obtain another at this time but if It is necessary We will get another & forward it I will Recall that there was such an affidavit from Monroe County with the proper certificates & County Seal attached thereto On making out his last declaration he has made some alterations Upon Mature Reflection He thinks that the first was not Given precisely in the manner that he served He is quite Old & never expects to be remunerated for his services From his advanced age & being an illiterate man entirely He may not recall properly how & in what manner he Served tho' he has many acquaintances in this country & many of them all & all unanimously concur in the opinion that he Is justly entitled to a pension & all wish that he should Obtain one
Yours Very Respectfully
Hiram Sice

Martin Pitney Jr. p 32, 110
Supplemental declaration
See Hill Conn May Albany

State of Virginia § 55
Fayette County I on this 21 st day of July A D 1835 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Fayette County now sitting Martin Petry a resident of Fayette County and State of Virginia aged seventyseven years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain in the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as followeth He was drafted or called out under the command of Capt James Head in Orange County Virginia where he then resided for the term of two months he was marched to Fauquier County and aided in guarding Burgoins army to Albemarle barracks and guarding them after they were delivered to Col Taylor; after the expiration of said two months service he was discharged and returned to his father in Orange County Virginia which he thinks was in the year 1777 he remained there until sometime in the next year he then went to Rockingham County Virginia and some time in that year he entered the service under Capt William Halle for the term of three months and was marched to a place called Jacob Wawricks Fort which was in daily expectation of an attack by the Indians he was stationed at said Fort during this term of service guarding it against the depredations of the Indians he was then marched back to Augusta County and discharged at a certain Col Smiths and then returned to Rockingham County where he had formerly resided he was in no engagements during this term of service he remained in Rockingham but a short time until he again entered the service under the command of Capt Robert Bravens for the term of three months this he thinks was in the year 1779 and marched to a place called Tazarts Valley against the Indians & to guard John Warwicks Fort

on arriving at the Fort the command of the Fort was assigned to Capt Cravens there he was stationed during the remainder of this service term of service which term of service was proven by the affidavit of Christian Peters and attached to the declaration that he made on the 15 th September 1834 which declaration was returned being defective and has been lost or mislaid together with the certifi- cate of C Peters & he cannot at present obtain another he was discharged at the expiration of this term of three months and was preparing to return home but was then and there pressed and detained for the term of one month more and put under the command of Lieutenant Jos Henkel as a spy to traverse the Wilderness from Siger- to Valley to the Monongahela River a country that was entirely uninhabited by the whites after the expiration of this months service he was marched back to Aug- ustia County Virginia and discharged as at a former time at Col Smiths he then returned to Rocking- ham was married and moved to Albermarle County where he remained but a little time before he was drafted and called out under the command of Capt John Miller for the term of one month and was marched through Richmond to Matthews branch and joined General Greens first Virginia Regiment but was in no battle during this months service at the expi- ration of this one months service he returned to his fathers in Orange County where his wife had died during his absence He then returned with his wife to her fathers in Rocking County Virginia this he thinks was in the year 1851 he was in Rockingham County but a few weeks when he was drafted and put under the command of Capt Jeremiah Peasley for the term of two months during this term of service he was engaged with his horse which was pressed at the same time in pressing Beef cattle through the county of Augusta principality for the support of the

american armies and driving the same to the care of Capt Price in Rockingham County virginia which term of service is proven by the affidavit of John Raines and hereto attached after serving the two months he was discharged and returned to his father's in Orange County virginia after remaining there some time he was drafted and put under the command of Capt George Waugh for two months this he thinks was about the last of August 1781 he was marched to Williamsburg there attached to Gen Mathews 3rd virginia Regiment from thence he was marched to a place called the Hobbs hills from thence to a place called the Hickory neck church here he was attached to a scouting party under the command of Col Baul to reconnoitre the country between our out posts and the british he again joined the Regiment on the chickahominy swamp and was marched to Yorktown and was at the taking of Cornwallis after which time he was dis- charged and returned home to Orange County virginia He was in the service of the United States one year and two months he received different discharges but time & misfortune has entirely obliterated them he has no further documentary evidence to prove his services by that he does not certainly know of any person living that he could pro- ve further his services by he is now old and living an illiterate man he cannot state the particulars as they occurred but he knows that he served the different tours herein stated He states that the reason why he did not make application for a pension sooner are these 1 st that he is an illiterate man residing in an obscure part of the world and not having any oppor- tunity of hearing the news read it was a considerable time after Congress had enacted the Law of 9 th June 1832 before he knew of it being extended any farther than to the regular soldiers and that it was then a long time after hearing learned that there was a probabit.

ity of his living included amongst the pensioners before he could get any person to make of his declaration without he would give them the half that he might draw the first time of drawing & 3 rd the reason why he has not made application since the return of his former declaration is that he has been daily expecting that Mr Singleton the agent for examining the claimants for pensions would be in our county and that he would have an opportunity of giving him a statement of his services
He He was born on the 19 th day of January 1767 in Orange County Virginia according to the register kept by his father in his family Bible but he knows not where that register now is & knows not of any other In the year 1785 moved from Orange County to Rockingham County Virginia and resided there 7 or 8 years he then moved to Montgomery County Virginia and resided there 6 or 10 years from thence he moved to Giles County now  now Virginia now Fayette County where he now lives 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 he received no commission in the army He is known to Gibson Jarrell Joseph Harper Esq rs L Stover Esq rs & John T. Clay Esq rs persons residing in his neighbourhood who can testify to his character for veracity & of the general belief that he did serve as a soldier in the Revolutionary War Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid Martin his Petry We Gibson Jarrell Joseph Harper Lewis Stover & John T. Clay residing in the County of Fayette do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Martin Petry who has sworn & subscribed to the above Declaration

that we believe him to be Seventyseven years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary War that we concur in that opinion and that he is a man of veracity and can be believed Sworn & Subscribed to the day and year first above written
Gibson Jarrell Joseph Harper Lewis Stover John T. Clay
And the Court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & the putting of the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier in the Revolution & served as he states and we further certify that it appears to us that there is no clergymen residing in the neighborhood of said applicant and that Gibson Jarrell Joseph Harper Lewis Stover & John T. Clay who have signed the above certificate are Residents of the County of Fayette and are creditable persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
I Hiram Hill clerk of the county court of Fayette County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the Application of Charles Peter for a pension —
In Testimony Whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Fayette courthouse this 21st day of July 1835 and in the 59th Year of the commonwealth
Hiram Hill clerk

War Department
Pension Office
October 15 th 1834
Sir,
The papers in the case of Martin Petry have been examined, and they are herewith returned, His statement does not in every respect agree with the facts as they occurred during the Revolutionary war, There were no drafts for two months since, The time occupied in collecting bills cannot therefore be allowed, Genl. Greene did not march with his Army to Richmond as stated, It should be shown to the satisfaction of the Department why he did not make an earlier application for a pension, The Enclosed papers should be returned to this office,
I am, Respectfully, Your Col. Friend J. L. Edwards
Hiram Hill Esqr Att. Fayette Co. Sawley's Bridge P. O. Pa