Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45874, for John Morrison, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Morrison John
S. 45874
CONTENTS

Dead Letter to Hon. A. Johnson 3 rd Auditor. 18 April 1845.
Paid at Treasury, under act 6 April, 1838, from 4 Sept. 1842 to 12 Dec. 1842. Agent notified 26 March, 1846.
5566
Jonesborough Agency - John Morrison
of Green - in the State of Tennessee who was a Mr. in the Comfy commanded by Captain Berry - of the Regt commanded by Lee - in the War: time for 1 year from 1776-
Inscribed on the Roll of Jonesborough Agency at the rate of $10 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Feby: 1833 and sent Hon. John Blair, Secy of War.
Arrears to 14th of Sept. 1832 100 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 20- $80-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book (2) Vol. 9 Page 207

State of Tennessee Greene County 3 September Tenn. 1882
On this 7th day of September 1882 personally appeared in open Court at being the Circuit Court for the County of Greene in said State before me the Honorable Samuel Powell one of the Judges of said State John Morrison aged seventy five years a resident citizen of said County who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832. That in the year 1876 in the last of March he enlisted under John Soliff Lieutenant in the Company of Capt. Thomas Berry for the term of one year in Frederick County Virginia near Winchester in the 7th or 8th Regiment of Virginia Troops commanded by Colo. Muehlenburgh in General Lees division. He remained same time at Winchester recruiting then they marched to Appomattox Court House Virginia and remained there some time and then marched to James Town and James River whilst there two English vessels came up the river in the night owing to the darkness of the night the vessels were not discovered til break of day the Vessels passed up the River and took a vessel loaded with flour from the Americans. Next night the vessels attempted to come down the river when a cannonade commenced between the troops on shore and the vessels but none of the men on shore were hurt. The troops then crossed the river to a town called Cobham and remained

there several weeks. He then Marched to Halifax North Carolina and thence to Cross Creek thence to Cam- den South Carolina thence to Charles- ton South Carolina where they arrived the day after the battle of Sullivan's Island. He then crossed the bay and went on the Island where they remained several weeks, and then returned to Char- leston and remained there until the last of August thence he Marched to Georgia and went to Savannah and thence to Brunswick where nearly all the troops sickened and many died. He was taken sick and removed three miles out of Town and lay sick a long time when the weather came cool he recruited and he returned to his Colonel in Savannah being still weak and feeble only being able to travel three miles the first day the Colonel furloughed the Soldiers and he then had neither money or clothes he then sold his Gun for money and went home he left Savannah after frost and when he got home his year was up and term of service ended.
He never got his discharge and he has not any documentary evidence to prove his service and he does not know of any person who can prove his service. There is not any Minister in his vicinity who can certify for

him
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension whatever except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state or the agency of any state
Sworn to in open court the date above
C. Service At John Morrison
We Thomas Dodd and Wesley Morrison residing in the county of Greene and state of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Morrison who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be in his seventy fifth years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we can concur in that opinion
C. Service At
Thomas Dodd Wesley Morrison
And the court do hereby declare their opinion of the matter after the investigation and putting the question prescribed by the department of war that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as stated and the court further certifies that it appears that Thomas Dodd and Wesley Morrison who have signed the foregoing affidavit are credible persons and entitled to credit it is further made to appear there is not any resident minister in the vicinity of the applicant
V. PERRY Judge of the court
Clerk of the court

I Valentine Lewis Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Greene do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings in the matter of the ap- plication of John Morrison for a divorce
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 7th day of September 1852.
W. Lewis By M. Payne
John Morrison Declarant
8289

8289
6 John Morrison
from 1776 points 17 = $40.
admit if on bar Roll
on Roll
Hon. J. Blair
P. Parsons

8289  BRIEF in the case of  John Morrison  County of Greene  in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Court  3. How old is he? 75  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     enlisted In 1776 March 1 " " private Gen. Capt. F. Berry, 7 th or 8 th reg mt Va. Troops, Col. Muhlenburgh. Gen. Lee  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Frederick City Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh
Examining Clerk.

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 John Morrison a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 45.874.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     March 1776 1 year Pt. Thomas Berry. Muhlenberg Va.                                                   
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Frederick Co., Va. Date of application for pension, Sept. 7. 1832 His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Greene Co. Tenn. Age at date of application, 75 years. Remarks: He died Dec. 12. 1842  There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1915. Oct. 28: History to Mr M c M. Sweeney. M c B. H.
45874
INVALID.
Rev WIDOW, CO.
File No.
45874
John Morrison
Va Mil
Rev War
Act _____
Index: Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

126 Franklin Street, Astoria, L. I., N.Y. Rev Dec 18 Oct. 23, 1915.
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:-
I respectfully request a transcript of the record of service in the War of The Revolution of the following names prisoners whose names appear in the list of prisoners publish- ed by Congress in the year

1834-35, viz:-
Lincoln County, Kentucky.
Ezra Morrison , pri. Ga. Line age 78
Gren County, Kentucky
John Morrison , pri. Va. Line 77
Thomas Ragains " N.C. Mil. 83
Respectfully yours,
William M. Sweeney,

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Morrison 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?
two Citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes
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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? _____ Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? _____
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? 1. 2. 7. _____
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 the 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.
‡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 authenticated 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 end 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.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
April 21 st , 1845.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The Executor of John Morrison, Ac d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Jonesborough, Tenn. Agency, at the rate of — Forty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1842, to the 12 th Dec. 1842.
Respectfully, yours,
W. D. [Signature]
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.