Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38251, for Charles Murphey, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Murphy Charles
S. 38251
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 drawn 11 Sept 1838 2 Feb 1838. Age notified 5 July 1839.
Sent to Virginia Pension Office
Virginia Pension Office
6808
Virginia.
Charles Murphy
of Orange Co. in the state of Virginia who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel 10 th Regt  of the Virginia line, for the term of five years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of Febry 1819 and sent to Hon. P. P. Barbour Member of Representation.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 $ 26.35 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 16 March 1819 $ 8.
$ 34.35
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Charles Murphy
1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
Admired
Despatched for the Virgin Islands
for Ind: on the P. M. Montague's ship

State of Virginia, to wit:
At a quarterly court continued and held for Orange County at the Courthouse, on wednesday the twenty seventh of May One thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Charles Murphey, aged seventy six years and a resident of this County, appeared in court this twenty seventh day of May 1878, and being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the pension allowed by the late 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." That the said Charles Murphey enlisted in January 1777 as a soldier, in the tenth Virginia regiment on continental establishment, in the company commanded by Captain John Gillason of the State of Virginia, that he served in the said regiment three years, and afterwards in the sixth regiment until 1782, when

the Company commanded by Captain John Gillason of the State of Virginia, that he served in the said regiment three years, and afterwards in the sixth regiment until 1782, when he was honorably discharged at Cumberland Old Courthouse in this State; that he has lost his discharge; that he was in the battles of Brandy Wine, Germantown and Monmouth, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence of his services. Whereupon it is ordered to be certified that the Court is satisfied that the said Charles Murphy did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, - and that a copy of the said declaration be transmitted to the Secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In Testimony that the foregoing is truly copied from the record, J Reynolds Chapman,

Clerk of the County Court of said County, have hereto put my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Commonwealth the forty second.
Reynolds Chapman, Clerk

1901
Charles Mayskeye Declaration v. b.
6,808.
8. Feb. 1819.
Reynolds Chapman, Grange C. b. Virg a .

State of Virginia, ss.
A quarterly court continued and held for the county of Orange, on the tenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
On this 29 th day of August 1820, personally appeared in open court, being first duly sworn for the said county, (being required by the constitution and laws of the state) Charles Murphy, aged 77 years, resident in the county aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, took on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows - That he enlisted in January 1777 as a soldier in the tenth Virginia regiment on continental establishment in the column commanded by Captain John Harrison of the state of Virginia; that he served in the said regiment three years, and afterwards in the said regiment, after 1782, that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Red Bank and Red Bank, as appears by the declaration of the said Charles Murphy made in the county court of Orange on the 29 th day of May 1818. That he received a pension certificate, the number of which is 6808. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States 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 to diminish it or 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 had any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or rents due to me, nor have any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
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A schedule of the property of Charles Moorhouse Three head of cattle. Given under my hand this twenty ninth day of August 1820.
Signed Charles X Moorhouse
I am by trade a cooper, but by reason of age and and bodily infirmity am able to do but little at it. I have a family consisting of a wife named Mary, about 75 years old and much affected with rheumatism, and consequently unable to do much labour; Three daughters named Lucy about 50 years old, who is unable to labour much, Rachel about 30 years old and Polly about 28 years old, who live with me and are healthy, and a grand daughter named Eveline about 21 years old who is also healthy.
Given unto and attested on the twenty ninth day of August 1820 before the county court of Orange, being seized of freehold.
I, Nicholas Chapman, clerk of the court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing cash and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the value amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifteen dollars. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court on this tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nicholas Chapman
Clerk of the Court for the County of Orange

38 251
Ref  INVALID.  Q
File No. 38 251
Charles Murphy Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 291
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 24, 1839.
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," The children of Charles Murphy, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of eight — Dollars and _____ Cents per month  annum , under the law of the 18 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1837, to the 2 d February, 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Murphy, Daniel GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11497 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED March 24, 1797 to James De Baufre, assignee
*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.