Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20176, for Vincent Price, North Carolina

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NUMBER
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Price, Vincent
R 20176
CONTENTS

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
15 Jan 9 1829.
Vincent Price of _____ in the County of Amite in the State of Mississippi has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Ellis's company, in the _____ regiment of the N Carolina line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary J. H. Dickinson.
No Record
Oct-28/30
L. S.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
19 - January 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to _____ in the _____
It further appears that Vincent Price - not - is now on the pension list of the _____ agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of _____ dollars per month.
The name of Vincent Price can not be found among those of the North Carolina line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of eighty Dollars were issued -
Evidence insufficient Jan 1828
John H. Agn. Mr. And

War Department Bounty Land Office 5 May 1829.
The records of this Office, do not shew that Vincent Price of the North Carolina line ever received, or is entitled to bounty land of the U. States Robert Taylor

1828 papers to be filed with our Rej' files
# 20,176
Washington City.
The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
Revolutionary Claims.

Revolutionary Claims.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an "Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May 1828 I Vincent Price of Amite County in the State of Mississippi, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the North Carolina Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination: at which period I was a private in Captain James Ellis' company in the Fourth Regiment of the North Carolina Line commanded by Colonel Thomas Robinson. And I also declare that I never received a certificate for a reward of eighty dollars, to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed 15th May 1778.
And I further declare that I was not on the 15th day of March 1828 on the Pension List of the United States.
his Vincent Price mark
The State of Mississippi
Adams County
Before me Henry Tooley a justice of the Peace in and for said county, residing in the City of Natchez personally appeared Agnes Cotton, and John W. Hawthorn of said county, who did severally make oath that Vincent Price by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a private in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand and the seal of my office at Natchez this ninth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
H. TOOLEY J. P. A. C.
I Woodson Wren Clerk of the County Court of Adams County in the State of Mississippi, do certify that Henry Tooley before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time an acting justice of the peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
WOODSON WREN CLERK " " "

Vincent Price, the within declarant, wishes to receive any pension he may be entitled to at the Bank of the State of Mississippi Gabriel Tichenor the Cashier thereof being the paymaster of pensions for said State. - - - - -

4.7
FREE
Hon. Samuel D. Ingham Secretary U.S. Treasury Washington City
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Lyons Griffin for Vincent Price 1418 2298-2934 K. 20 July 1829.

Natchez (Miss) 22 nd June 1829
Hon. Samuel D. Ingham Sec. Treas. U. States
Sir - A petition was, some- time since, forwarded to the Treasury Depart- ment, praying that the name of Vincent Price might be placed upon the list of pen- sioners of the Army of the Revolution. An an- swer was returned to the attorney of the petitioner, stating the testimony, of his having been a soldier of the Revolution, to be insuf- ficient to entitle him to a pension, as such.
I find, Sir, upon examination, that, through an unaccountable inadvertency, the most im- portant of the testimony, of the strict justice of his claims, was not forwarded with the application for relief. You will therefore, Sir, al- low me to renew the prayer of the old soldier, and to state succinctly the grounds on which he rests his claims to the generosity - I should have said the common justice of his country.
Mr Price was attached to the fourth Regt, of the North Carolina line of militia, in which he served the three years immediately preceding the close of the war. His company was com- manded, first by James Ellis, next by Peter Robison. The commander of the Regiment was Col. Thomas Robison. The officers and privates were principally citizens of North Carolina, from which state Mr Price has been absent about twenty years. Being an illiterate man, Mr P. has had no correspondence with his old associates in arms, and, of course, is unadvised whether any of them still exist.
The testimony to which I have referred, -

and which I will forward (if its sufficiency be signified by the Department) is the deposition of a sister of Mr Price, now resident in this state. She saw her brother enlist - saw him repeatedly after he had joined his company - often heard from him while in the service - testifies to his absence for about three years - saw him return near the the survivors of his company. If, however, still further evidence should be required, will you forward to me, as suggested in your circular, the names of such persons (if such there be) as were attached to the regiment, to which Mr Price belonged. Mr P., however, is extremely doubtful whether any yet live. He is now just "thru stone and tin", and he was the youngest of his company. Little doubt remains, then, of their having joined their old commander, in the armies above. Under such circumstances, I do trust, Sir, that the testimony of the witnesses, to which I have referred, together with that already before you, will be deemed amply sufficient to ensure to the old patriot, the small pittance, to which the perils in the service of his country, so eminently entitle him.
If the Department, Sir, over which you preside, were invested with discretionary power in relation to the appeals of those who bled, and freely too, for the liberties that we, their children, now enjoy, I could not fail to awaken your sympathy for this old man. He shared, Sir, in the memorable engagement at White Marsh - in the dreadful carnage at Guilford and Eutaw, at the loss of which places, to use his own forcible expression "he could have walked a half mile upon dead bodies". And for his toils, his dangers and his blood, he received, in the well remembered currency of the day, thirty eight dollars! the value of which, with perhaps unintentional sarcasm described , he thus describes. "He marched home, at

the close of the war, in a body". The most of us were without blankets - without shoes, and almost without clothes. We begged - but still we were nearly famished for food. I gave as my last resource, and to save me from exhaustion  exhaustion , thirty dollars for a half pint of wine, and eight dollars for a dinner". What a theme will this be for the pen of the historian!
The old gentleman has now arrived at the age of seventy . He has thus far literally "earned his daily bread by the sweat of his brow"; he can do so no longer; the arm of the government must be extended to him, or he must sink beneath the accumulation of years, as of consequent infirmity, and the sorrows of penury.
With considerations of respect I have the honor to be the Your Obedient Servant Cyrus Riffin
M rs Fannie D. Dugham Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Washington City

Rejected
Ex'r. OLD WAR.
No. 20. 176
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Vincent Price Pri Capt Ellis Co. N.C. Line
Rev War
Died at _____
_____ other claim.
_____, 187 _____
Clerk.
Application filed: _____, 18 _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Evidence insufficient Act 1828
REJECTED
Ex'r.
Date.
SAS

(3-223.)
No. 20.176
, Ex'r.
OLD WAR INVALID
REJECTED
Vincent Price
P. O.
Service: 4 th Regt North Carolina Inf. Revolutionary War Col J. Robinson
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: 1-6 _____, 18 . 11-5
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
New Jacket
Attorney: Cyrus Griffin
P. O. Natchez Mississippi