Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 525-500, for Richard Parker, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Parker, Richard
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CONTENTS

No 525
Rich d Parker Col o in late Virg a Line
W t issued 8 th Sept r 1810 in fav r of Abf r Parker heir at Law - transmitted to Col o Tho s Parker - agent of A.P.
1929 - Mar. 11, sent to Mrs. E. J. Lee, M.E.C.

Certificate from Major Genl. Ch: Colsworth Pinckney, relative to the Death of Colonel Richard Parker, during the Siege of Charleston, S. C. —

This is to certify that Colonel Richard Parker was Colonel of the first Continental Regiment of the Virginia Line when Charles- ton was besieged, and was killed a night or two previous to its capitulation, which was on the 12 th of May 1780. I was visiting the Batteries on the front attacked, & when I arrived at Colonel Barker's Battery, I saw the Soldiers carrying off his Corpse.
Given under my hand this 10 th day of March in the Year 1810.
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney - Late Major General in the Armies of the United States.

Certificate of Joseph Fox, Clerk of Westmoreland County, Virginia, attesting from the Records that Col o Alexander Parker is the legitimate Heir at Law of the late Col o Richard Parker, killed during at the siege of Charleston, 12 th of May 1780.

State of Virginia, Westmoreland county writ,
At a court held for Westmoreland county the twenty fifth day of June 1810,
On the motion of col: Alexander Parker, ordered that it be certified that he is the heir at law of col: Richard Parker,
A true copy from the Record, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Public Seal of my office this twenty eighth day of August one thousand eight hundred and ten and in the thirty fifth year of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Joseph Fox clerk.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MIS/cel
B R 2/14 525-500
March 11, 1929
Mrs. E.J.Lee Mansfield Louisiana
Madam:
I advise you from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that Richard Parker, Colonel of the First Virginia Regiment, fell at the Siege of Charleston, a night or two previous to the capitulation on May 12, 1780. There are no further data relative to his services and his age is not stated.
Warrant No. 525 for five hundred acres of bounty land was issued September 8, 1810, by the United States, on account of the services of Colonel Richard Parker.
Said warrant was issued in behalf of Colonel Alexander Parker, of Westmoreland Court House, Virginia, heir at law (degree of relationship not stated), and sent to his agent, Colonel Thomas Parker, of Battle Town, Frederick County, Virginia, no relationship between Colonel Richard Parker and Colonel Thomas Parker stated.
John A. Parker, nephew of Colonel Richard Parker,

was living in Tappahannock, Virginia, in 1833.
For information relative to the six thousand six hundred and sixty-six acres of land which you state was granted in 1780 on account of the services of Colonel Richard Parker, you should consult the archives at Richmond, Virginia, as the reference is to land granted by that state.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Dear Sir
West End Ct, house Aug. 27. 10
I find that I am entitled as Heir at Law to Col. Brice Parker, who was killed at the siege of Charles town to an additional allowance of 700 acre of Land - The ne- cessary Certificates I have enclosed, and will be very much obliged to you to inclue the Warrant to my Agent, Col. Thos. Parker Battle town Frederick County Va,
With great respect I am Sir, your obedt Servt
Parker

Free
The Honble M m E
Westmoreland Court House, Virginia. N o 525. August 27. 1810.
Col. Alexander Parker, at Law at Law of the late Col. Richd. Parker, Claiming a certain portion of Military Bounty Land: - enclosing a Certificate from Maj. Genl. C. B. Beckley relative to the Death of Col. R. Parker while in actual service during the siege of Charleston: and likewise a Certificate of Joseph Ess. Clerk of Westmoreland Co. stating from the Records that Col. A. Parker is the legitimate Heir at Law; &c. - Col. A. Parker requests that the Warrant may be sent to his Agent, Col. J. Parker. &c. &c. &c.
Recd. Sept. 6 th 1810.

John A. Parker July 20 th 1833. Col. Richard Payton Revolution No 525, Oldbury
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Wm Lloyd Esdaile Esq. Member of the Inner Temple Esdaile
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Recd July 20. 1833

Sappahannit 17 th July 1833
W m Gordon Esqr Washington (Sir)
(You will please inform me if Col d Richard Parker, (who fell at the siege of (Charleston), ever received by United States Land Bounty promised the officers of the V a Line, by the Conti- =nental Congress -
Your early attention to the above enquiry, is requested by
(R of Scot)
Mr. A. Parker Nephew heir of Col d R. Parker
No 525. for 500. acres issued 8 th Sept r 1810. to Alex r Parker heir in law of Col d Rich d Parker, who was slain at the siege of Charleston in 1780 -
Wants sent to
Col d Thos Parker, Battle Town. Frederick County Virg a

OFFICE OF CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT
DE SOTO PARISH
TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
ROBT. C. GAMBLE CLERK
MANSFIELD, LOUISIANA
WM W. FINCHER CHIEF DEPUTY
January 31, 1929.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am writing this letter on behalf of Mrs. E. J. Lee, of Mansfield, Louisiana.
She is interested in find out something with reference to a grant of land of some 6,666 acres made during the year 1780 to one Colonel Richard Parker who was a resident of Spottsvalyna County, Va. and who was an officer during the Revolutionary War.
Please look up the records of your office and see if you have any record of this party and if your office is not the proper place to secure this information, will ask that you please refer this letter to the proper office.
Please address all communications to Mrs. E. J. Lee, Mansfield, Louisiana.
Yours truly,