Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,283, for Samuel Mitchell, Virginia

SERVICE
Mitchell, Samuel
NUMBER
R. 7283
CONTENTS

Urbana, O. Augt. 22. 1854
Sir
Some years since my father, Samuel Mitchell, forwarded his application to the Office in Washington for a pension, for services in the war of the Revolution. The papers were filed, but no pension was allowed, as he had served but three months. Subsequently an act was passed granting pensions to those who had served three months. About a year & a half ago a Mr. S. M. Knight, a Pension Agt. in Washington wrote to my father & offered to prosecute his claim. A power of attorney was forwarded to Mr. Knight authorizing him to act in the premises to obtain a pension - but giving no authority to draw the money, if one was obtained.
Nothing farther was heard from him for near a twelvemonth, when the attention of Hon. M. B. Corwin was called to the matter.

Mr. C. called on Mr. Knight, & was informed by him that the Claim was suspended for proof of six months service, which he expected to obtain.
Now my father never claimed to have served more than three months - except a few weeks against the Tories in Virginia. Upon being advised of these facts Mr. C. sought out Mr. Knight, but could not find him.
Under these circumstances I take the liberty Sir, to address you; I hope you will give such attention to the matter as the case may require. I would not wrong Mr. Knight, but must suspect that all is not right in his mode of attending to this business. In a word, I suspect that the pension for three months service has been allowed, & that without any authority he has drawn the money.
My father is still living at Eln Wood Saline County, Missouri, in the 91 st year of his age. He was but 16 when he served as a volunteer, I think in Genl.

Campbell's Brigade of Virginia Militia.
For information respecting myself I beg to refer you to Rev. H. Slicer or Hon. J. McLean.
Your early attention to this matter will be an act of justice to an aged man who passed his youth in the service of his Country.
Please inform me by letter of the result of your inquiries, and you will greatly oblige
Your ob. Servt.
Bro. J. Mitchell
Hon S. P. Waldo Com. of Pensions Washington City
P.S. When the papers were prepared and forwarded my father resided at Belleville, Ill. When the papers of Atty., H. were sent forward he was on a visit to me at this place.

30. 796.
Samuel Mitchell Illinois
7283
Return - e i f. -
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Edw d P. Mitchell Belleville Illinois Hon. B. Slade House of Rep s

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Mitchell
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1780 Sergt. Capt. Willers Capt. Robertson Capt. Campbell 70 years. Bottetourt County Va. Traditionary and a living Witness.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
The claimant has not stated his time of service — see note a. — The affidavit of E. Mitchell is not properly attached — (see note i) — Nor is he certified to be a credible witness (see note f).

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ☞ This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Illinois } St Clair County } ss.
on this 23 day of June 1834 personally
appeared before the Honorable the County Commissioners Court of St Clair County & state foreseen at the June Term of said Court Samuel Adkins a resident of St Clair County State of Illinois aged Seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, he was born in the County of Louisa State of Virginia in the year of our Lord 1764 March 23 rd as appeared on record in my Father's Family Bible, in the year 1775 my Father removed into Botetourt County state aforesaid where he resided during the remaining part of the revolutionary war in the year Summer of 1780 he was called into service by a draft, against the Tories on New River near Montgomery County under Capt. John Mills where I served as a Sargeant, the time of service to the best of my recollection was not less than six weeks, shortly after my return home there was a call for Volunteers to go to the South, there was two Companies of Rifle men raised in the County. one Commanded by Capt. Handly the other by Capt. Roberson he volunteered and served under Capt. Roberson as a private soldier and was mustered into service and marched to the South the last of Nov. or first of Dec. and shortly after we were joined by Maj. David Campbell who took the Command of the two Companies, when we got to Salisbury in North Caro- lina an express was sent to Genl. Green to know what Corps we were to join, when we were ordered to join Genl. Morgan. which we did while Genl. Morgan was on his march from the Battle of the Cowpens to Catawba River, after crossing the River the prisoners taken at the Cowpens came to us and were marched off immediately into Virginia. the Enemy forcing their passage across the Catawba when Genl. Davison was stationed who Commanded the N. Carolina Militia. our army & baggage then retreated to the Yadkin River and while the Regular troops were crossing the River Capt. Campbell's Riflemen were ordered to guard the ford of a Creek abt. half a mile from the landing and before the baggage had all crossed abt. 8 o'clock at night the Enemy approached we were ordered to fire and retreat.

in the skirmish we lost one killed & 2 wounded & 2 taken prisoners we then retired before the Enemy across the River into Virginia when Genl. Green with the main halted at Staunton old Courthouse, when Genl. Green was about to march back into Caroline he was discharged by Maj. Campbell which discharge he has lost he remembers seeing Genl. Green Genl. Morris Col. Lee & Col. Wash- ington, the time of service in this War, from the length of time and loss of memory he does not now exactly recollect but believes it was not less than three months. He continued to reside in Virginia until the year 1817 when he removed to St. Clair County State of Illinois where he now resides it being between 8 & 900 Miles from his present residence where the services were performed it is not in his power to prove all the facts above stated. But the Rev. Edward Mitchell Can — Certify that I was in the Army during the Revolutionary war. He hereby acknowledges every claim to pen- sion or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State Sworn to and subscribed to the day & year aforesaid in open court John Hay, Clk
Sam Mitchell
(Engraving) We Thomas Harrison & Minian W. Edwards — both residing in St. Clair County State of Illinois do certify that the above applicant the Rev. Samuel Mitchell has been an ordained minister of the Gospel for more than forty years as appears from his letters of ordination that his moral character so far as we know and believe after a long and intimate acquaint- ance with him is unblemished, and also believe that he is seventy years of age, and it is distinctly understood by those who have the best right of knowing that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and we do most heartily concur in the belief and opinion sworn to and Subscribed above & sworn to in open court 23 June 1834 John Hay, Clk
T Harrison M. J. Minian W. Edwards

And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the Rev. Thomas Harrison who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of St Clair State of Illinois and that William W Edwards — who is also a resident in the same County & State are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit —
Being Called on by the Rev. Samuel Mitchell of St Clair County State of Illinois to state what I know & remember of his services in the Revolutionary war. I do hereby certify I recollect his going a tour against the Tories in the western part of Virginia, and I recollect his going a tour into Carolina under Maj. David Campbell, but the exact time of service I do not recollect having gone into service myself before his return home, at the time of his services in the above tours he resided in Botetourt County State of Virginia Sworn to & subscribed? in Open Court this 23 rd June 1834 John Hay clk Edw. Mitchell
I John Hay Atty of the County Commissioners Court for the County of St Clair State of Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of the Rev. Samuel Mitchell for a pension, and that the Rev. Edw. Mitchell who has signed the above Certificate is a worthy Citizen of the County & State above, and is entitled to the utmost Credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Said Court at Belleville this twenty third day of June A. D. Eighteen hundred and thirty four.
John Hay Clerk

January 27, 1940
Mr. A. H. Wilkinson 110 E. Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin
BA-J/AWF aw Samuel Mitchell R. 7283
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Samuel Mitchell, sergeant with the Virginia troops, War of the Revolution.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, R. 7283, based upon service of Samuel Mitchell, in the Revolutionary War.
Samuel Mitchell was born March 23, 1764, in Louisa County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not given. He moved with his father, in 1784 to Botetourt County, Virginia.
While residing in Botetourt County, Virginia, Samuel Mitchell served in the summer of 1780, six weeks as sergeant in Captain John Mills' Virginia company, in an expedition against the Tories, on New River. He served again three months as private in Captain Roberson's company, under Major David Campbell with the Virginia troops, and was in a skirmish near the Yadkin River.
Samuel Mitchell moved from Virginia sometime in 1817, to St. Clair County, Illinois.
He applied for pension June 23, 1834, then a

resident of St. Clair County, Illinois.
The claim for pension was not allowed as he did not serve six months, which was the required length of service to obtain a pension under the Act of 1832.
It was stated in 1834, that Samuel Mitchell had been an ordained minister of the Gospel for forty years. In 1853, he was on a visit to his son, John T. Mitchell, in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, and in 1854, he was living in "Elm Wood", Saline County, Missouri.
Edward P. Mitchell in 1834 referred to the soldier, Samuel Mitchell, as a relative, but did not state the relationship; Edward P. Mitchell then gave his address Belleville, Illinois.
Reverend Edward Mitchell was living in 1834 in St. Clair County, Illinois, and stated that he was well acquainted with the soldier, in the Revolutionary War, no relationship given.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Samuel Mitchell
Illinois
Oct. 1832.
Ohio
Rejected

State of Ohio County of Champaign
Be it Known , that on this fourteenth day of February A. D. 185 5 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Samuel Mitchell resident of Urbana in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the identical man who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 1831 That he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Samuel Mitchell for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Pension Agency of this State, to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Samuel Mitchell
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Samuel Mitchell to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
William C. Keller J.P.
State of Ohio County of Champaign
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas that Samuel Mitchell the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the identical reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that William C. Keller Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office,
this 14th day of February A.D. 185 5 ,
W. M. Mosgrove Clerk
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," or, "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B. It is not necessary that all the heirs execute this instrument, any one of them may give the requisite authority.

Free
July 5.
Edw.
James L. Edwards Esq. Pension Commissioners Washington City D. C.
Bellerive Sta June 25th 3

Peterboro N.H. June 24th 1834
James V. Canvans Esq.
Dear Sir
In closed you will find the pension papers of my relation Samuel Mitchell, which have been revised and corrected agreeable to your instructions, which he hopes will show sufficiently clear, his title to a pension.
Edward Mitchell's claim will be forwarded, after he has obtained from Virginia some important information in regard to it, an early answer will be truly acceptable,
With Sentiments of Respectfully &c. at 1 S.D. Jno S. Mitchell O. M., " Mitchell

J. J. Mitchell
Aug. 8/52.

Pension Office Aug 31 1852,
Sir
You are mistaken in supposing that any law has been passed which grants a pension for a shorter period of service than six months, in the war of the Revolution, Your father Samuel Mitchell not having served so long can not receive a pension,
John T Mitchell Esq
Urbana Ohio

Edward B. Mitchell 11 th July 11 th 34 D.C.
Record. Vol. 26. p. 48

War Dept. Pen. Office July 17, 1834
Sir,
The declaration of Samuel Mitchell has been examined. He claims for two  turns  of  service amounting to four months & twelve days. The act of June 7, 1832, provides for none who did not serve at least six months. His claim is therefore rejected. The papers will be placed on file in this office.
Edward P. Mitchell Esq. Belleville Illinois.

Rejected, served only 4 mo. 12 days per letter to S. P. Mitchell Bell ville 17 July '34 Mrs. T. Mitchell Aug 31 1859
— 1832 —

June 27 '96 Sold married to J. Smithhill San Francisco, Cal. M.B. See wid 23991
1931-Sept. 10 - Tombstone date Re-enlisted Br. Army. 1940-Jan. 27 - list to Mr. A.H. Walker
REJECTED
1283
P. O. Samuel Mitchell
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for rejection
Alleges: _____
"not six months service"
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

WASHINGTON
September 10, 1931
Memorial Branch Office of the Q.M. General War Department Washington, D.C.
BA-J/AWF
Gentlemen:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 7283, that Samuel Mitchell was born, March 23, 1764 in Louisa County, Virginia. His father, whose name is not given, in 1778 moved to Botetourt County, Virginia.
Samuel Mitchell, while residing in Botetourt County, Virginia, served in the summer of 1780, six weeks as sergeant in Captain John Mills' Virginia company, in an expedition against the Tories, and from November or December 1780 served three months as private in Captain Roberson's company under Major David Campbell in the Virginia Troops, and was in a skirmish near the Yadkin River.
He applied for pension, June 23, 1834, then a resident of Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, having moved there from Virginia in 1817.
His claim was not allowed as he did not serve six months, which was the required length of service, to obtain a pension under the Act of 1832.
In 1834, it was stated that Samuel Mitchell had been an ordained minister of the Gospel for forty years.
In 1853, he was in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, on a visit to his son, John F. Mitchell. In 1854, he was living in Saline County, Missouri.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
Edward P. Mitchell referred to soldier as a relative - but did not state the relationship

WISCONSIN SOCIETY, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
G. N. TREMPER, PRESIDENT HARRY C. McDERMOTT, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT PAUL D. SIMPSON, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT A. H. WILKINSON, SECRETARY ROBERT B. HARTMAN, TREASURER EUGENE S. COOPER, REGISTRAR RUSSELL L. PARKS, HISTORIAN
ADD'L MEMBERS OF BOARD OF MANAGERS DR. M. KELLOGG MOOKERJEE RALPH SARASY CAPTAIN HARRY M. CREAGER EDMOND C. BREESE J. R. SMITH, JR. DR. FRANK W. MACKOY REV. WARREN F. GOFF, CHAPLAIN COLONEL R. P. DAVIDSON, DELEGATE AT LARGE FRANK E. NOYES, DELEGATE COLONEL HORACE M. SEAMAN, DELEGATE
A. H. WILKINSON SECRETARY LIBRARY AND OFFICE 110 E. WISCONSIN AVENUE PHONE DALY 4420 MILWAUKEE, WIS.
November 21, 1939
Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Can you furnish me with any information regarding Samuel Mitchell's service record in the Revolutionary War, The only information we have is that secured from a marker on the grave, as follows:
"Sgt. Samuel Mitchell, Smiths Va. Troops, Rev. War"
We wish to establish the official service record of this soldier in order that the grave may be given care and a Sons of the American Revolution marker placed thereon.
Thanking you for the prompt assistance you have recently given us, I remain
Yours very truly,
A. H. Wilkinson
Secretary