Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 36150, for Larkin Minor, Virginia

SERVICE
Minor, Larkin
NUMBER
S 36150
CONTENTS

10,610
Kentucky
Sarkin Minor
John Coy in the state of Kentucky who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Howe of the Virginia line, for the term of eighteen months
scribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of May 1819 and paid to Mr. Hopkins Current Judge Advocate.
  Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819  74.05    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 6 Sep. 1819  48.00     $122.05  
9/31
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued.
Note to be sent to Mr. Hopkins Esq. & Greenbush Co. Nov 20th May 1820.

Larkin Minor Aged 55 years
This 28 th May 1818 Personally appeared before me Christopher Tompkins Circuit Judge of Green County & designing to take the ben- =efit of the Law of Congress of the United States Makes Oath that some time in the year 1780 he believes in the fall of the year, he enlisted as a soldier in the American Continental service in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain in the company of Capt. S. Stirling & in the Reg t of Col Sam d Hawes, Continental Army & Virginia line for Eighteen Months. The said Minor Makes Oath that he served from the time of his enlistment for the said 18 Months until in January 1782 was discharged in Salisbury in North Carolina honorably & obtained a written discharge which is herewith filed marked S. M. he further states that from reduced circumstances and being Old & infirm in need of the assistance of his country for support. When he was discharged, the whole of the Regiment was discharged. Sworn to & subscribed before me this 28 th May 1818 } Larkin Minor.
Christopher Tompkins

State of Kentucky ss
I John Barret Clerk of Green Circuit Court certify that the Hon d Christopher Tompkins before whom the affidavits of Larkin Mener and John Eimerer were made was at the time of taking the same and now is sole Judge of the eighth Judicial district duly Commissioned and qualified and that full faith and Credit is to be given to all of his official acts In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand & the seal of my office this 28 th day of August 1818 and 37 th year of the Commonwealth
John Barret
Kentucky ss
I Christopher Tompkins, one of the Circuit Judges for the state aforesaid, Sole Judge of the Green Circuit Court, do certify, That John Barret, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate, is Clerk to the Court aforesaid, & that his attestation is in due form. Given under my hand this 28 th August 1818.
Christopher Tompkins

District of Kentucky County of Green Set
On this 16 th day of March 1829, personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the County of Green and state aforesaid at Greensburgh in the County aforesaid Sarkin Minor resident in said County aged 65 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of the Congress of the United States of America of the 18 th day of March 1818 the 1 st day of May 1820 and the 1 st day of March 1823. That he the said Sarkin Minor enlisted and served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war as follows, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Hawes of the Virginia state line on the continental establishment in Captain Samuel Stripling's company, which will more fully appear by his declaration affidavit & discharge now in the office of the secretary of war under date day of on which issued a pension certificate number and dated 14 th day of May 1819. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States of America on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the

United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed I am,
  200 acres poor land worth $2 per acre $400.00   1 Calf worth $15.00 7 head of cattle $20. 55.00   15 head sheep $7.50 18 head of hogs $9.00 16.50   3 feather beds 54.00   1 cupboard & bureau worth 20.00   Sundry farming utensils worth 5.00   2 tables worth $5.00 1 chest worth $3.00 8.00   6 Windsor chairs worth $1.50 1 study and worth $3. 9.00   1 Old Saddle worth 6.00   $553.50 
I owe twenty five dollars due next May & about twenty five dollars now due, I have, one dollar in money, and about $60. in continental money worth nothing, I have owing to me, in a note on a man who is hopelessly insolvent, sixty dollars & interest, I have three daughters living with me unmarried & 1 son who is nineteen years of age. I am very infirm & unable to work so as to do much at any thing: my children will probably leave me so, soon as they become of age or marry - my wife is 57 years of age in July next. I stand in need of my country's aid to support myself & family. - my family have been so expensive & chargeable to me for a few years past that my property has probably diminished in value, I lost one horse of considerable value that died,

have had to sell some property to buy provisions &c for my family, in all the diminution, would be equal to perhaps three or four hundred dollars, but the proceeds have been consumed mostly as above stated. I have disposed of none with any view or expectation of ever again getting a pension as a revolutionary soldier: As however I aided my country in her time of trial & difficulty to procure her independence, & as I have suffered much loss by the continental money I hope in my old age, infirmity & passage down the decline of life she will assist me to live at least tolerably comfortable my few remaining days
Sarkin Minor
At a county court held for Green county at the courthouse in Greensburgh on the 16 th day of March 1829 - Sarkin Minor came before the court and produced filed & swore to his affidavit & beaut and produced filed & swore to his affidavit & it was proven by credible testimony in court that the total amount of value of property of said Minor in the schedule subscribed and sworn to by him is reasonably worth the amount stated in said schedule, which is ordered to be certified to the secretary of war. In testimony of the foregoing being a true copy I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 20 th day of March 1829 and in the 37 th year of the commonwealth
John Barrel Clerk of Green county court

February 9 , 1932.
BA-J/ADY an
Larkin Minor
Mr. Ralph B. Teter, Greenvue, Illinois.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Larkin Minor, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.36150, based upon his military service in that war.
Larkin Minor enlisted, served as a private in Captain S. Stribling's Company and in Colonel Samuel Hawes' Virginia Regiment and was discharged January 18, 1782, having served eighteen months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 28, 1818, at which date he was aged fifty-five years.
In 1829 he was living in Green County, Kentucky, and referred to his wife aged fifty-seven years, three unmarried daughters and one son, aged seventeen years, their names not stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

February 9, 1932.
BA-J/ADY
Mr. Ralph B. Teter, Greenview, Illinois.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Larkin Minor, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
You state that you desire to have seven records of that soldier. Because of the very great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such data, only two records are furnished each inquirer. They are enclosed herewith.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.36150, based upon his military service in that war.
Larkin Minor enlisted, as a private in Captain S. Stribling's Company and in Colonel Samuel Hawes' Virginia Regiment and was discharged January 18, 1782, having served eighteen months. did not use Samuel as per list of war list mand.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 28, 1818, at which date he was aged fifty-five years.
In 1829 he was living in Green County, Kentucky, and referred to his wife aged fifty-seven years, three unmarried daughters and one son, aged seventeen years, their names not stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

mmh
April 26, 1924
Mrs. E. E. Dawson Petersburg, Ill.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 36150 it appears that Larkin Minor enlisted in the fall of 1780, the place not stated, and served as a private in Captain Samuel Stribling's Company, Colonel Samuel Hawes' Virginia Regiment and was discharged in January 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 28, 1818, at which date he was aged fifty-five years.
In 1829 he was living in Green County, Kentucky, and referred to his wife aged fifty-seven years, and to three unmarried daughters and one son aged seventeen years, no names stated.
The above noted is the only soldier named Larkin Minor found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, and said records fail to afford any informa-

tion in regard to Lewis Strader and John Yardley.
Owing to the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, only two histories are furnished each inquirer.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Tasker Nixon Sur. File 36,150
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall of 1780 Spring 1782 Pvt. Samuel Stirling Samuel Haves Va.                                     
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, May 28 1818. His ch. was ab.
Residence at date of application, not stated
Age at date of application, 55 years
Remarks: Soldier lived in Green Co. Ky. in 1829, his wife was then 57 years of age and there were three unmarried daughters and one son aged 17 years, no names stated.

36 150
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 36 150
Larkin Minor
His Rev Dad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 278
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1909 Apr. 15 - Hist to F. A. Seomp. V.L.M. 1924 Apr. 26 - Hist to Mr. C.C. Dawson Her letter in ch. H. 6203 to John Strader MMF. 1932 Feb. 9. Two copies of hist. mailed to Ralph B. Zetera W.Y.

ARKSVILLE APR 3 1909 P.M.
Rev
POSTAL CARD
THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.
Commissioner of Pension Pension Office Washington, D.C.
RECEIVED PENSION OFFICE APR 30 1909
THE SPACE BELOW MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Will you kindly furnish me with records as your of- fice may supply concerning them? Very truly Yrs. H. C. DeCamp Parkerille, Ky.

POSTAL CARD
THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.
Commissioner of Pension Pension Office Washington, D.C.
THE SPACE BELOW MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Will you kindly furnish me such records as your of- fice may supply concerning them?
Very truly Yrs.
H. C. Scomp
Parksville, Ky.

Parksville, Ky., Mar. 8, 1909 Commission of Pensions, War Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.
Sir: Two or three weeks ago. I addressed a letter to you making inquiry as to certain brothers by the name of Minor who served in the Revolutionary Army. At least two of these, Lar- kin & Jacob Minor, enlisted from Virginia - presumably from Mecklenburg - their na- tive county.
Another, Reuben Minor, enlisted from Charleston, S.C. He served as Orderly Sergeant in Marion's command, afterwards as a Commissioned Officer, and was killed in battle in N.C. in 1781.
We wish to get what data the Pension Office may have concerning these Minor bro- thers, who were relatives of ours.

RALPH B. TETER GREENVIEW, ILL
Jan. 25, 1932
Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C. Gentlemen: -
I would appreciate it very much if you would send me the Revolutionary War Record of my Great- great grandfather Larkin M. Minor . Concerning whom I received the following information from the War Department:
"The name Larkin Minor appears on record under the heading:
A list of Soldiers of the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment who received certificates for the balance of their fully pay Agreeable to an Act of Assembly passed November Session 1781. This record shows that a Certificate for £36 was received by William Elam."
I have received information from one who has written to you concerning this matter that the pension was drawn in Kentucky.
If possible please send me the name, number and page of the volume of records from which the record was taken. I will also be very grateful for seven copies of the same record.
Sincerely yours
Ralph B. Teter

most uncles.
L. S. W.
Very truly,
H. A.

Parksville, Ky., Commissioner of Pensions,
March. 22, 1909.
Washington, D. C.
Hon. Sir: - I have been referred by the Adjutant-General to you for further information concerning several Revolutionary soldiers - brothers by the name of Reuben Minor, originally from Hecklenburg Co., V a .
The eldest of these - Reuben Minor - served at first as sergeant in the 2 nd Co., 2 nd S. C. regiment under Col. Marion. "He enlisted," as per the War Dept. Records, "Jan. 4, 1777; was appointed sergeant March 19, 1778, and his name appears on an undated list headed, 'Pay Rolls of the Second Regiment to the 1 st Nov., 1779.' No later record of him has been found."
so far the War Dept. But Reuben Minor was later a commissioned officer, and was killed in battle in 1781. at, or near, Lindley's (?) Mills in N. C. His body was captured by the enemy who held the field
His brothers Larkin and Jacob Minor, enlisted, in a Va. regiment of regiments number, not stated. As to the former - Larkin - the War Dept. Records say that "a certificate for £ 36. was allowed agreeable to an act of the Assembly passed Nov., 1781, for balance of his full pay. Nothing has been found of record to show the date of his entry into the service or the date of his separation therefrom." etc.
Now, what can the Pension Office supply as to the records, or history, of the above-mentioned three brothers, or of their other brothers: George, John and Thomas Minor?
One of these was my great grandfather; the others were

My great great uncles.
Very truly,
H. A. Scomp.

Greensboro gh City March 21
Pension affidavit J. W. Pension Office 30 April, 1829.
Hon. John H. Eaton
Main Secretary of War Washington City D.C.

Greensburgh Ky March 20 th 1829.
Sir In classed you have the affidavit of Larkin Minion a soldier of the revolution for a pension from the U States government. So soon as a decision is had on his claim please have the goodness to address me a line, informing me of the result. I have undertaken as the friend of Mr Minion to manage this matter for him, & if any additional step is necessary to his success in this matter you will do me the favour to suggest it.
I remain Dear Sir yours with respect,
Hon. John H Calhoun
W. C. Willis
Secretary of War
Washington City D.C.

To the Honorable John C. Calhoun Secretary of the Department of War Christopher Tompkins Sole Judge of the eighth Judicial District & State of
Kentucky Do hereby certify that on this day John Emerson by his attorney advised me to wit 20 th of August W.D. that he is
well acquainted with Larkin Minor who is an applicant to be placed on the pension list and that he the said Minor is in said and reduced circumstances
and is a poor and distressed person and is a poor and distressed Minor is considerably advanced in years and is of a weakly habit of body Christopher Tompkins

Larkin Miner
affidavit
Private
6th Haves Regiment
Virginia Line
178a-18 months

on roll
Caroline Haines
assistant
Private
6th Horse Regiment
Virginia Line
1784-18 months
on Roll
Amount

Affidavit of Discharge of Sarkin Miron
The Bearer here of Sarkin Miron Detachment Capt Shribling Company Soldier in 2 d Virginia months Being the Term for which he was engaged is hereby Discharged from said detachment in which we Certify he hath Behaved as a brave and faithful Soldier Given at Salisbury This 18 th day of Jany 1782
E. Shribling Capt
J. M. M. M. M. M.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Minor, Nathan H. GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6155 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Feb. 7, 1799 to John Duncan
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.