Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,619, for Samuel Parret, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Parret, Samuel or Parrot
S 17619
carded
CONTENTS

19. 633.
No
Ohio Pittsburgh
Samuel Parrot.
of Perry Co in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Coger of the Regt commanded by Col Harray in the Virginia M line for 6 Months from 1781.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio - Pittsburgh at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of August 1833 and sent to P. Polin Somerset Perry County O
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833. $ 40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sep " 10.00
$ 50.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H. J. Evans Clerk Book E Vol. 8. Page 123

18648
Jam. Parrot Ohio
Return 16.
Asm 6 months
J. Odlin Somerset Parry Co. Ohio

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Parrot  County of Perry in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Courts  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.   Years, Months, Days.     dropped In 1781 3 Private Capt Riddle Col Naul   " 3 " Capt Croger, Col Boyer  
5. In what battles was he engaged? None, Kermish
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rockingham Co Va
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional says his two Brothers know he was a Soldier in the revolution but he is too infirm to go to see them to get their testimony. 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
not properly attached
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
C. H. Forrest Examining Clerk.

18048
Samuel Parrot
Application for -
Pension: _____
_____

State of Ohio } Court of Common Pleas November Term Perry County } eighteen hundred and thirty two.
On this ninth day of November eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Perry aforesaid (being a Court of Record), Samuel Parrot, a resident of Perry County aforesaid aged seventy five years in April last (1832) who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he was drafted in the Virginia militia and went into service about the first or second of January seventeen hundred and eighty one, under Capt George Riddell, Lieut James Allen, Major Hamilton, and Col. Naul: At the time of being drafted he lived in Rockingham County Virginia from Companies of militia were raised from that County at that time, we were marched to Richmond, from thence to Petersburg, from thence to Suffolk (which had been burnt by the British) and from thence to Edmunds Hills, where the British had a Fort: We had considerable skirmishing and upon learning of the approach of Lord Cornwallis we retreated back to Suffolk &c. and were discharged, our three months draft having expired, the time of discharge I cannot state, except from its term of commencement as aforesaid which I do recollect it must have been in April seventeen hundred and eighty one having served three months; On the 12 th of September seventeen hundred and eighty one, he again started from Rockingham County Virginia, being drafted in the Virginia militia, and served in the Rifle Regiment Capt Cooger, we joined the Troops

at Williamsburg. Col Boyer took command our Brigade Major was named McCandless, we joined Head Quarters - between Williamsburg and York, and marched to the siege of York. —. After the surrender of Lord- Cornwallis we marched the Prisoners to the Barracks five miles West of Winchester Virginia and were detained there to Guard the Prisoners until new drafts came in; and were discharged some one or two weeks - before Christmas Seventeen hundred and eighty one.
On his first term of service he believes it the - middle of April before he was home from the distance of the Place he was discharged.
He further states that the actual term of the two - drafts amounted to six months. service; and if he is to be allowed for the time necessarily occupied - in getting home six and a half months.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to - a pension except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension role of any — agency in any State. V c .
Ques t by the Court. Where? and What year were you Born? I was born in April Seventeen hundred and fifty six; day not recollected, in Shenandoah County in Virginia.
Ques t . Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it? I have not, it was never set down. I have my age from the information others. —

Ques t ly Count. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live.
Ans r . In Rockingham County Virginia, in Virginia, moved to this County in eighteen hundred & eighteen or nineteen? where I now live. —
Ques t . How were you called into service?
Ans. I was drafted both Terms.
5 th Ques t . State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental troops, and militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans r . I have stated as fully as I am able to state at this time.
Ques t . State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighbourhood, who can testify to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services. — Philip Spoke Esq., Henry Filler, Peter Overmier,
I have two Brothers living on Paint & Buckskin Water in Ross County Ohio but, have been too infirm to go to see them to get their testimony, they know I was a Soldier in the Revolution.

Sworn and subscribed in open court this Ninth day of November eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Samuel Parrot
We Charles Kinkle a clergyman of Somerset Perry County Ohio Henry Filler, Peter Overmier Junr. & Philip Spohn. —————
residing in said Perry County Ohio. do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Parrot who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. and we do further state that he is a man of excellent character, and unimpeachable standing for truth and veracity.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Charles Henkel H. Filler Peter Overmier Philip Spohn Wm McClure J. age
State of Ohio, Perry County Stc
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of this case; 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 certify that it appears to them That Rev Charles Kinkle is a clergyman of the Lutheran Church, residing in Somerset, and that Henry Filler, Peter Overmier Junr and Philip Spohn. —————
and residents of said County, and that they =

are all creditable persons and that they are - entitled to full credit.
My Mr McElene } Judges James Wilson } C. Com Thomas King } Pleas -
State of Ohio } Court of Common Pleas November - - Perry County } Term eighteen hundred and thirty two -
I John Beckwith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Perry do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the - matter of the application of Samuel Parrot for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Ninth day of November 1832.
John Beckwith Clerk

The State of Ohio } Court of Common Pleas April Term - Perry County } eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Personally appeared in Open Court Samuel Parrot (an applicant for a pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832 at the last - November Term of this Court) and being duly sworn declares - in answer to the 5 th and 6 th interrogatories of the War Department upon which his application is deemed deficient by the Department as follows.
5 th Interrogatory State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served? Such continental troops, and militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer! Belonging to the Rifle Regiment on both tours of duty we were from the nature of those troops not much in camp with any regular continental Regiment. at Edmunds Mills there was Colonel Minnyweather was in command. at one time about a week near Suffolk we were with General Muehlenburg in the continental army; and at another we were with General Lawson continental line, under Richmond Virg a this Declarant states he cannot recollect further than he has stated in this & the previous applications.
6 th Interrogatory did you ever receive a discharge from the Department Service and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Ans r I never rec d any discharge, pay or any thing else!
Sworn & signed in Open Court April 22 nd 1833 } Samuel Parrot
John Beckwith Clk
And the Court in addition to their former certificate certify that the said Samuel Parrot again appeared in Open Court and moved to the foregoing declaration and signed the same. -

State of Ohio Terry County ss. I John Beckwith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Tery County Ohio do certify that the foregoing is the original explanatory declaration of Samuel Farrot done in Open Court at April Term 1833.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my name and Seal of Office at — Connersville this 24 th day of April 1833.
John Beckwith Clerk

W.S.
August 1, 1927
Stella Miller Mt. Sterling Ohio
Madam:
I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17619, that SAMUEL PARRET (pensioned as Parrot) was born in April, 1756, in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
While a resident of Rockingham County, Virginia, he enlisted January 1 or 2, 1781, and served three months as a private in Captain George Riddle's Company in Colonel Nau's Virginia Regiment. He enlisted September 12, 1781, and served until sometime in December, 1781, in Captain Coger's Company in Colonel Bowyer's Virginia Regiment; he was at the siege of York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 9, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Perry County, Ohio.
There are no data on file relative to wife and children.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

Saml Parratt Ohio Allowed in 1832 Claim for increase.
V Ellis Atty.
Mr. Anderson will please get out the papers P.E.

Know all men by these presents, That I, Joseph Linville a party interested in the claim herein mentioned, do hereby constitute and appoint VESPASIAN ELLIS of Washington City, my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the claim of Samuel Parrot for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of pension , that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said agent and attorney to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, 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.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 18 th day of May A. D., 185 3
Joseph Linville { SEAL. }
Signed and Sealed in the presence of Jacob Costigan Mr. Meloy
STATE OF Ohio COUNTY OF Perry } ss.
On this Eighteenth day of May A. D. 185 3 before me, the subscriber, personally appeared Joseph Linville and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned, and also made oath that he is a party directly interested in the claim above mentioned, as a claimant.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, { the day and year aforesaid.
Jacob Costigan J. P.
I, John Beckwith Clerk of the Common Pleas Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jacob Costigan Esq. before whom the foregoing paper was executed, was at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and that the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this 18 th day of May A. D. 185 3 .
John Beckwith Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Parrot which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 5, 6.
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years 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 shewn 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

17619 INVALID.
File No. 17619
Samuel Parrot
Pr. Civ. War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 426
[Arrangement of 1870.]
June-8-1900 - New Wallis - Albany N.Y.
1917 Aug. 27 Hist. to Mrs. W. Emerson Letter in W. 4108 Joseph Parrot 1919 July 10 Hist. to Alma C. Henderson 1919 Nov. 26. Miss A. B. Henderson ad. no family data
1927 Aug. 1 Hist. to Stella Miller. M.C.A.
1927 Sept. 12 Hist. to Mrs. Ella Housebeale M.C.A.

CITY OF ALBANY DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION.
ASSESSORS.
CHARLES H. GAUS, CHAIRMAN. WILLIAM G. SHEEHAN. FRANCIS FRECKELTON. ELMER H. HAVENS.
Albany, N.Y. May 28 1900
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. Dear Sir
Will you kindly give me the record of one Samuel Parrott sometimes spelled Paret, Parrott "Parot" from Virginia and who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
Yours truly Wm Wallis 9-Dept Assessment & Taxation City of Albany N.Y.

ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $165,000.00
ATLANTIC, - IOWA
Rev Ser an 1
107 - West 9 th St, Atlantic, Iowa,
June 24-1919,
Dept. of Pensions (Revolutionary Service),
Please give me dates of birth death, also any Rev. service of Samuel Parrett, (son of Ferdinand Parrett of Shenandoah Co Va) Samuel Parrett enlisted in the Virginia militia from Rockingham Co, Va he - Samuel Parrett, was born in Va 1736, & in 1775 married an English woman Elizabeth ----, - (would also like her surname), names of any children beside David Parrett, a son born I 1812, After the war - after 1790 - he moved to Perry Co, Ohio, where he died
Yours very truly,
Anna C. Henderson

Rev. Sec. 5
107 West 9th St, Atlantic, Iowa, Nov. 12-1919,
Pension Bureau,
Can you give me the names of any children of Samuel Parrett, (Son of Frederick Parrett of Va) Rev. Soldiers who enlisted at Rockingham Co. Va.?
We have the name of one of them David Parrett, but need others, & it would greatly oblige if you could give us an early reply,
Thanking you for past favors, & hoping to hear. I am yours
Miss Anna C. Henderson (N.A.R.)

Stamp
Circleville Ohio May 5 1927
Sir will you please give me the original application for pension of Samuel Parrott or (Parret) born 1756. Rockingham Co. Va. Enlisted in Rockingham Co. June 1 1781 was pensioned in 1840
Perry Co Ohio
Thanking you and if any charges please state them so I can send it -
Mrs Ella Hornbeck 141 Brinkney St - Circleville Ohio

Circleville, Ohio 141 Pinckney St June 22-27
Pension Dept:-
Sir - Will you please send me a copy of the original application of Samuel Parrett to April 1756 Shenandoah Co. Va. enlisted from Rockingham Co Va. Jan., 1 1781 Capt George Riddle, Col. Boyer, Came to Ohio 1811, was pensioner in Perry Co. Ohio 1833-1848
Thanking You
Mrs Ella H. Hornbeck
Ans

- Revolutionary War -
Mt. Sterling. Ohio.
July 23, 1927
These questions were asked. Slips were sent Questions returned long ago. Have not heard. It's a long list - but would like them as they have been sent in long ago, at different times.
I William Monroe. Frederick Co. Virginia Line - Pensioner of 1835.
II Samuel Parrott. Rockingham Co. Virginia b. April 1756 Shenandoah Co. Virginia Enlisted Capt George Riddle's Co. Col. Boyer. Pensioner Perry Co. Ohio. 1838 Was his wife Ellen a pensioner in Perry Co. O.?
III Elisha Parker. private North Carolina. Colonial and State Records Vol 22 - Page 80 gives him pensioner 1818 and 1832
IV John Wade Loveberry (Loofbrough) Cumberland Co. Pa. Capt James Young. Col. Abraham Smith. 1779
Died in Fayette Co. Ohio Was his wife Mary Haff pensioner in Ohio? Fayette Co.?
V Arthur Grayham (Graham) Rockbridge or Rockingham Co. Va. wife Mary - member of Committee of Safety.
I. V. S. R. W. D. 26 - 3.
Please send now as possible. Stella Miller Have been sent in several times. Mt. Sterling. Ohio.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Parret a soldier 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan'y 1 st 1781 3 mos. Pvt. George Riddle Paul Va.   Sept. 12. 1781 Dec. 1781 Cooper Bowyer        
Battles engaged in, siege of York Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rockingham Co. Va. Date of application for pension, Nov. 9. 1832 His ch. was al. Residence at date of application, Perry Co. Ohio Age at date of application, born Apr. 1756 in Shenandoah Co. Va.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
2-2856  2 brothers living in Ross Co. Ohio in 1832 names are not given.

WCS on
September 12, 1927
Mrs. Ella Hornbeck 141 Pinkney St. Circleville, Ohio
Madam:
I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17619 , that SAMUEL PARRET (pensioned as Parrot) was born in April, 1756, in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
While a resident of Rockingham County, Virginia, he enlisted January 1 or 2, 1781, and served three months as a private in Captain George Riddle's Company in Colonel Naul's Virginia Regiment. He enlisted September 12, 1781, and served until sometime in December, 1781, in Captain Coger's Company in Colonel Bowyer's Virginia Regiment; he was at the siege of York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 9, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Perry County, Ohio.
There are no data on file relative to wife and children.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORCAN Acting Commissioner

IN REPLY REFER TO Rev. War Section.
3-1864
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Nov. 26, 1919.
WASHINGTON
Miss Anna C. Henderson, 107 W. 9 St. Atlantic, Iowa.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 12" instant, you are advised that on July 10, 1919, you were furnished the history of the Revolutionary War pensioner Samuel Parret, S. File 17,619, and then informed that there was no data on file as to his family. This Bureau is therefore unable to aid you further in this matter.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Sieman
Acting Commissioner.
As it was children she wanted to know about - no need to ask anything about - 2 brothers no names

Samuel Parrot
Amended.
Application for Pension