Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7464, for John Middleton, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Va.
Middleton, John or Midleton
W 7464
B.L. No. 28,594-160-55
Eleanor
CONTENTS

Cip F. A. Werninger Mar 1 8/56 Set " " " " Apr 27/ " "
Vol M 2. page 41.
144. 3000 Mar 25 th act Mar 2/55
Eleanor Middleton wid. John Middleton prin
Ms 28.5.4.88 Mrs. B. B. B. B.
Ms 28.5.4.88 Ad: 160000, mg. 26/82 B. B. B. B.
Ms 28.5.4.88 F. A. Werninger Hartburg. pa

Same
Date of death not in a B.
2839834 Wm. Whiting
Eleanor Middleton widow of John Middleton Va who served in the Revolutionary war, as a plumber
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of August 1837 and sent to
J. A. English Fairmount Virginia
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 128 Vol. 1

5-35 Virginia
Dear Gen. Read, A. P. Goff, Pension Agent, May 1. 1837
John Middleton
Warren Co in the State of Virginia — who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Figg of the — commanded by — in the Virginia — line for 6 months
Died Jan. 31, 1837. (vouches)
Cont. Pay. B. Goff. ad 10 march 1835 Pen: Agt.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of March 1833 — and sent to B. Goff
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 30 Semimont. allowance ending 4 th '33 10 $ 40
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sec. 6  Stiles Clerk, Book 1 Vol. 7 Page 126

State of Virginia
Harrison County 3 S. ✓
On this 17 th day of May A.D. 1855 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace legitimate and for the County & State aforesaid Mrs. Eleanor Middleton aged 83 . Being a resident of Harrison County V a , who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of John Middleton deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, that her said husband was a pensioner of the U.S. at the rate of twenty dollars per annum and was paid at the City of Wheeling V a (pensioned under Act of
That she is now a pensioner of the U.S. under Act of 29 th July 1848. - No 889 & dated 20 th August 1851 at the rate of $20- per annum and payable at the agency at Wheeling V a ; where her said husband lived when he entered and left the service of the U.S. or the names and ranks of the officers under whom he performed his said Military Service, she is unable to state, but which will appear by reference to the papers filed with the application of her said husband for pension under Act of & application of herself under act of
29 th July 1848. She further states that she was married to her said husband in Frederick County V a on the day of April 1797 by Rev. Mr. Belmain a minister of the church and that her name before her said marriage was Eleanor Hardy . That her said husband died at his residence in Harrison County V a on the 31 st day of January 1854. and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3 rd 1855. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made application therefor.
Eleanor X Middleton Mark

we James E. Conley and Jacob Wolf residents of Harrison County vs upon our oaths, declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Eleanor Middleton in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents her self to be.
James E. Conley Jacob Wolf
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
David B. Buel. R
Know all men by these presents; That, Eleanor Middleton of Harrison County, vs do hereby constitute and appoint F. H. Spengemann of Bloomsburg, vs to be my Attorney (with power of substitution) to prosecute to a conclusion my claim to bounty land against the United States & to receive the warrants that may be issued to me therefor, and ratifying all that they may lawfully do in the premises.
Test
Eleanor her X Middleton mark
David B. Buel James E. Conley
The said party Eleanor Middleton this day acknowledged before me the above power of Attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
Given under my hand this 17 day of May 1855 David B. Buel J.P.

Virginia, Harrison County } To wit
On the 17 th day of May in 1855 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Jacob Wolf - also of said County, to me known to be a man of creditability, who being duly sworn according to law, made Oath , that he well knew Eleanor Middleton, (whose application for bounty land this accompanies) that she is the identical Eleanor Middleton who is the widow of John Middleton dec d - and that she is now a pensioner of the U.S., that her husband, the aforesaid John Middleton di d at his residence in Harrison County, on the 31 st day of January 1857 and left the said Eleanor Middleton his widow, and that she has remained his widow ever since the death of her said husband.
Jacob Wolf
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written.
David B. Russell J.P.
State of Virginia } Harrison County } to wit.
I, Phileas Chapin Clerk of the County Court of Harrison County in the State aforesaid hereby certify that David B. Russell who has subscribed his name to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of doing so a justice of the peace for said County, duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature aforesaid is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 18 th day of May 1855.
P. Chapin CLK

Certificate of marriage of John Middleton & Eleanor Hardy

Virginia
I Thomas Allen Fitzbale, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Frederick, do hereby certify that it appears from the returns of marriages recorded in my Office that John Middleton and Eleanor Hardy were married by the Revd Alexander Balmain on the twenty eighth day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven, the date of which marriage in the original return is in plain and legible figures "28" of March 1797".
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court the 21 st day of June 1851 and in the 75 th year of the Commonwealth
T. A. Fitzbale

No 974
Eleanor Middleton widow of John, Va.
Act 29 July 1848
Married 1797 Husband died 1837
Adm d 6 mos. Fair p d 20 per annum, com d 4 March 1848
Wheeling
J. A. English Fairmount Va.

State of Virginia, } County of Harrison } ss.
On this 15 th day of July 1837, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, Eleanor Middleton, a resident of the county of Harrison in the State of Virginia, aged 78 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 29 th 1848: That she is the widow of John Middleton of the county of Harrison and State aforesaid, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, up to the time of his death, which occurred on the 31 st day of January 1837, ; and who served as set forth in his declaration on file in the pension office.
She further says and declares that her maiden name was Eleanor Hardy, and that she was married to the said John Middleton on the 28 th day of March 1797 (twenty eighth day of March seventeen hundred & ninety seven); that her husband, the aforesaid John Middleton died at the time aforesaid; that she was not married to him at the time of his leaving the service, or previous thereto, but that the marriage took place previous to the second January, eighteen hundred,

viz: at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension.
Eleanor Mad Middleton
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that I believe the said Eleanor Middleton cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court of her county. Andrew Radcliff C. S.
State of Virginia, County of Harrison Court:
On this 15 th day of July 1837, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in & for the county aforesaid, Abraham Hatten aged forty one years, who, after being sworn according to law, deponeth & saith that he has known the above named Eleanor Middleton well, for thirty five years, that he knew her husband John Middleton before his death, and that he knows they lived as man and wife, and as such raised a family that he understood, in his life time. that said John Middleton was a Pensioner of the United States, and he has no doubt of its truth. He further says that he always understood from said Middleton & wife that they were married in Winchester, Virginia

and immediately moved out to this part of the state. That they have children living who, he is satisfied, are fifty years old or more; and that he knows the said Eleanor Middleton to be the wid- ow of the said John Middleton, and that she has never intermarried since his death. Sworn to & subscribed } Abraham Batten before me, on the day } & year first aforesaid } Andrew Radcliff J. P.
I further certify that I know the above named Abraham Batten, that he is of good character, and entitled to credit when under oath.
1837
Andrew Radcliff J. P. State of Virginia Harrison County to wit
I Eli Marsh Clerk of Harrison County Court hereby certify that Andrew Radcliff who has signed his name to the above certificate is now and was at the time of doing so a justice of the peace in and for the County of Harrison duly commissioned and sworn that the above is his signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court this 22 nd day of July 1851
Eli Marsh CLK

State of Virginia Nelson County } Collier
On this 25 th day of August 1832 personally appeared John Middleton now a resident of the same County Aged nearly 70 years in Open Court before the County Court of said County now sitting who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declar n in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
That he was born in Loudoun County in the State of Virginia has no record of his age but understood from his parents he was born on the 20 th of November 1761 and resided in that County until in the year 1796 as well as he now remembers when he removed to the County of Nelson in the same State where he has ever since resided
That while a resident of the said County of Loudoun in the State of Virginia he was substituted for John Ruple in the service of the United States as well as he now recollects in the month of September 1780 under Capt. Daniel Higgins Lieut. Matthias Rust. 2 d Lieut. John Ruple & Ensign Samuel Cliphant. The Company to which he belonged as aforesaid marched immediately after being raised in the said month of September to Fredericksburg, Richmond, Peter's burg thence to back point on the Rappahannock River and there remained until their time of service expired and was honorably discharged by Baron Steuben from thence he returned to his home in Loudoun County. He cannot at this time remember the name name of the Col o of the Regiment nor can he recollect the period of his said term of service said applicant further states that he received no written discharge from his Captain or any other officer for his said service but his Company was addressed by Gen. Steuben at the time of their discharge in the following manner - "Boys your term of service has expired go home and when I call for you come again like good boys for you are the best set of troops I ever commanded"
That in the April of 1781 he was again called into the

of the United States by the  late  General  Washington  and  the  President  of  the  United  States  for  the  service  of  the  United  States  as  a  deputy  for  a  man  named  William  where  Christian name he cannot recollect and served under Capt. Francis Barry a Militia Captain of Frederick County Va. This applicant at that time was a resident of Loudoun County Va. derived from the line of Frederick County cannot remember the the lieutenants name the Subsign was named George Barnett Col. Elias Edmonds Commanded the Regiment under whom he served This Applicant cannot recollect either the name of his Lieutenant or Subsign but well recollects that this Regiment he was attached to was commanded by Col. Elias Edmonds That after being enrolled in the month of April aforesaid his Company marched to Fredericksburg Richmond, Petersburg thence intending to go to Backpoint on the James River were compelled to retreat towards the upper country passing through Fauquier County in the direction to Fredericks- burg until they reached Corbin's bridge in Spotsylvania from thence to Culpeper County near the Rappahannock on the Rapid Ann River where they were joined by Gen. Wayne with his brigade thence towards Albemarle Old Court house where Lord Cornwallis again moved towards the lower country and was followed by the American Army until they reached Yorktown This Applicant was taken sick and there was discharged by the Company Philips who receipted for his arms with his Comrade (who recd. said receipt) Samuel Davis which he has since understood from said Davis has been lost or mislaid
Gen. Lafayette commanded the Army - This Applicant's Memory having become by the time very much impaired he cannot state the precise period of either of his said terms of service as aforesaid and never having calculated on receiving any compensation for his said services he did not impress it upon his memory as it is likely he otherwise would have done but from conversation he has since the passage of the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 with some of his former Comrades in his last term of service he is led also to believe that they were each terms of three months - That he has no documentary evidence of his said services but refers to Samuel Davis and John Romine both of whom reside in the said county of Fauquier and who then resided in the same neighborhood with this Applicant who can vouch for his being in the service at the time he states they being acquainted with at the time he was in the Army and the said Samuel Davis being in the service at the time of his last term and in the same company under the same Captain and was discharged for a substitute for

There as I understood from him the said Samuel Davis
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity whatever except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
John his Middleton mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
B. F. Price
We Samuel Davis and John Romine residents of Harrison County and State of Virginia hereby certify that they are contemporary acquaintances of said John Middleton (being raised in the same neighborhood boys together) who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and have long known him well and that we know of his having been drafted as a Militia Man in the Revolutionary war and that he served therein and we believe him to be in his 77 th year and that he has ever been believed in the neighborhood when he stated that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and from our knowledge of the fact warrants us in believing said applicants whom declaration and that he served as he states and that they are well satisfied in their own minds from their knowledge of the first draft of the Militia mentioned in his declaration that it was a three months tour as was his last tour in which they both served
Sam his Davis mark
John his Romine mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Militia Man or soldier during the Revolutionary war and served as he states, And the Court further certifies that the said Samuel Davis and John Romine who have signed the preceding Certificate are residents of the said County of Harrison and are credible persons; And that their statement is entitled to credit
B. F. Price
Presiding Magistrate of the County Court of Harrison

I David Davison Clerk of the County Court of Hanson County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Middleton for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this twenty seventh day of September 1832
D Davison
D. Davison of the John Middleton
cont lesno pri 208
Rev. C. C. C. Hon. J. Johnson H.R.

October 26, 1937
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Wilda B. Gatrell Box 86 Lost Creek, West Virginia
JOHN MIDDLETON W. 7464 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of October 13, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Middleton who served in that war from Virginia, drew a pension afterward, and had wife named Eleanor.
The record of John Middleton follows as found in pension claim, W. 7464, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Middleton was born November 20, 1761, in Loudoun County, Virginia, where he resided until 1796 when he moved to Harrison County, Virginia.
While a resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, he enlisted in September, 1780, and served three months as a private in Captains John Butcher's and Daniel Figgins' Virginia companies. He enlisted in April, 1781, and served three months as a private in Captain Francis Berry's company, Colonel Elias Edmunds' Virginia regiment.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed August 25, 1832, while a resident of Harrison County, Virginia. He died January 31, 1837, at his residence in Harrison County, Virginia.
John Middleton married March 28, 1797, in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, Eleanor Hardy.
Soldier's widow, Eleanor Middleton, was allowed pension on her application executed July 15, 1837, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years and a resident of Harrison County, Virginia, where she was still living in 1855.
In 1851, reference was made to children but no names were designated.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of soldier's widow, Eleanor Middleton, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Eleanor Middleton widow of John Middleton Certificate #839 Issued August 13, 1851 Rate $20 per annum Commenced March 4, 1848 Act July 29, 1848 Virginia (Wheeling) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

28594
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Who am I

Pension Agency Wheeling Nov 3, 1854
J. P. Waldo Esq. Commissioner of Pension
Dear Sir
Enclosed for examination
Elizabeth Maddleton Teacher 12 Mo. pension under Act 29 July 1848
Shall I pay said pension?
Very respectfully
Geo. Thompson
P. Agent

Pension Agency Wheeling Sept 28. 1852
J. Heath Esq Commissioner of Pension Dear Sir
I enclose Eleanor Middleton Pension Voucher for 12 mo under act 29 July 1848 shall I pay the pension?
Very respectfully Geo. Thompson Pen. Agt

Mr. Middlesex. Pen Harrison City.
Encl.

John Meddleton. years of 20.
on July the 9 th Mr. Meddleton gave the following narrative. was born Nov. 1761. Resided in Frederick county until after the R. W. War. about two years after the surrender of Cornwallis, in the fall of the year. (can't say what year) he hired as a Subaltern in the place of John Pulaski, in a company under Capt. John Pulaski. John Rupert Matthew First Lieutenant. Marched to Fredericksburg then to Richmond then to Petersburg. he was marched and countermarched from place to place, thinks Gen. Shelburne was in command. not certain. was relieved by Baron Steuben discharged returned home. having been in service three months.
in the year 1780. a letter a month later as Subaltern in the place of John Shelburne of this month. in this time he was under Capt. Francis Berry. Col. C. Edmund. Marched from Winchester to Richmond. then to the Rapahannock river. it was called the cunnington Marched day & night. saw the Marquis Lafayette, about the time the Marquis knew him. he did not get sick. he was exposed before he got sick and his company was discharged. whilst he was sick.
he returned to his home. Said Captain Welch has declared. His son James he saw him.
The above statement was read in the presence of Gustavus Harrison.
Very.
W. G. Goyelton Nov. 17. 1834

Pension Agency Wheeling Sept 20. 1853
G P Waldo Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed for examination
Pension Voucher of Eleanor Middleton 12 Mos under act 29 July 1848 Shall I pay said pension?
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant
Geo S Thompson
Pension Agent

FREE
Rev Josiah Minns Commissioner Pensions Washington City D.C.
Middletown Eleanor T. [Signature]
144300

FREE
L. P. Waldo Esq. Commissioner Pension Washington City D.C.

Clarkburg N o 19 th May 1855
Sir
Enclosed here with You will find the application of Eleanor Middleton widow of John Middleton dec d (who is now a pensioner of U.S. under act of July 29 th 1848, at the rate of $20 - per annum, & payable at U.S. agency for paying pensions at Berkeley N o ) for bounty land under the act of March 3 rd 1855. Certificate of pension N o 839 & dated 20 th August 1851.
I should be pleased to hear when of its receipt at pension office - when it comes to hand.
Yours Respectfully J. A. McGehee
L. P. Lee and Co Rec d Pension Washington City

John Middlebri Va 3n
James E Heath Esq Commr of Pensions Washington D. C.

Fairmount, Marion Co. Va July 22 1857.
Sir,
Enclosed I send you the declaration of Mrs Eleanor Middleton of Harrison Co. Va together with the deposition of Abraham Batten and the certificate of the clerk of the court of Frederick County of her marriage; all of which I hope you will find in due form, and amply sufficient to establish her right to a pension under the act of 1848, of the same amount her husband received.
As the old lady is quite infirm I hope this may receive prompt attention, and give her in her lifetime the benefit of the law.
When issued, you will please enclose the pension certificate to me, at this place, and oblige,
Respectfully Your Obedient Servant J A English
Jas H Heath Esq Council of Pensions Washington.

7098 Ruth Lewis James 144304
Mar
REC'D
Josiah Minor Esq. Commissioner Pensions Washington City D.C.

Clarkburg N o 16 th 1856
Dear Sir
I imagine the evidence filed with the application for pension (under act of 7 th June 1832) of Samuel Davis a soldier of the Revolutionary War, will now, under act of 7 th May 1856, be admitted as proof of service in the application N o 70.98 of Ruth Davis widow of said Samuel Davis as in for bounty land under act of 3 rd March 1855.
And will also be admitted as in the application N o 144.600 for bounty land, under act of 3 rd March 1855, of Eleanor Middleton , widow of John Middleton dec d who was also a pensioner of U.S. under act of 7 th June 1832 & if any additional matter is desired to be done please inform Me.
I hope early action will be had on them, they have both been filed more than one year.
Yours Respectfully J. H. McElminger

Clarksburg Pa 9 th April 1856
Sir
I am informed by your letter of 18 th March last, that the application N o 144,300, of Eleanor Middleton, for bounty land under act of 8 th March 1855, has been suspended; that the revolutionary service of John Middleton, the husband of the applicant does not appear of record in the pension office.
The said John Middleton was a pensioner of U.S. under act of 7 th June 1832, at his death, and the aforesaid Eleanor is his widow, is now a pensioner of the United States.
Will you be good enough to send me a copy of the affidavit or other evidence upon which the pension of said Jn o Middleton was allowed.
I Oblige Your Ex ll Serv t M c Clerninger
Dear Josiah Pines Comm r Pensions Washington D C

Brief in the case of Eleanor Middleton, widow of John Middleton, Harrison County and State of Virginia act 29 July 1848
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
994
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner at $20 per annum, Record proof of marriage. Claim admitted at $20 per annum, Commencing 4 March 1848.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
J. A. English Fairmount, Va
S. Cole, Examining Clerk.

April 19, 1933
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Mr. F. Dorsey Bartlett 221 McDowell Street Clarksburg, West Virginia
John Middleton, W. 7464 John Middleton, B.L. Wt. 2705 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Middleton whose wife was Eleanor Hardy, also, the record of his father, John Middleton, and a statement as to whether or not they were related to Arthur Middleton, the Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and the record of the first named John Middleton has been found. The record has been found also, of another John Middleton, a cornet, who had a son John, but whether or not Cornet John Middleton was the father of John whose wife was Eleanor, this office cannot determine, nor whether any of these were related to Arthur Middleton.
JOHN MIDDLETON, W. 7464
He was born November 20, 1761, in Loudoun County, Virginia, where he resided until 1796 when he moved to Harrison County, Virginia.
While a resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, he enlisted in September, 1780, and served three months as a private in Captains John Butcher's and Daniel Figgins' Virginia companies. He enlisted in April, 1781, and served three months as a private in Captain Francis Berry's company, Colonel Elias Edmunds' Virginia regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 25, 1832, while a resident of Harrison County, Virginia.
He died January 31, 1837, at his residence in Harrison County, Virginia.

John Middleton married March 28, 1797, in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, Eleanor Hardy.
Soldier's widow, Eleanor, was allowed pension on her application executed July 15, 1837, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years and a resident of Harrison County, Virginia, where she was still living in 1855.
In 1851 children were referred to but no names designated.
*****
JOHN MIDDLETON, B. L. Wt. 2705
The records show, also, that Warrant No. 2705, for 150 acres of bounty land, was issued March 2, 1799, on account of the service of John Middleton as cornet in Lee's Legion, War of the Revolution.
Said warrant was issued to John Middleton, son and heir of John Middleton, the cornet.
There are no papers on file which were submitted in the application for bounty land, because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in 1800, consequently, this office has no further data in regard to John Middleton, the cornet.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. John Middleton Mid. File 7464
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept 1780 3 mos Pvt John Butcher Daniel Tappan Va   Apr 1781 3 mos " Francis Berry Nicholas Edmonds        
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Loudoun Co. Va. Date of application for pension, Aug 25-1832. His cl. was ab. Residence at date of application, Harrison Co. Va. Age at date of application, Born in Loudoun Co. Va. Nov 20 1761
Remarks: (died Jan'y 31 1837)  Soldier married in Winchester Va Nov 28 1797 Eleanor Hardin. She was allowed pension on her application accepted July 15 1847 while a resident of Harrison Co. Va. aged 70 years. Children referred to in 1854 as names stated.
Very respectfully,
Singleton's Report gives John Butcher as Capt.
Commissioner.

Lost Creek, W. Va. July 27, 1909.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Your letter asking for additional data in order to be able to determine whether John Middleton was engaged in the War of the Revolution has been received. The information I have is as follows: John Middleton was born in Loudoun County Virginia about 1760 and resided there until after the Revolution. He died in Harrison County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in 1836. His wife Eleanor Middleton received a pension from 1850 until her death in 1864, application for same having been made some time before she received the first payment.
Trusting these facts may be enough for you to determine whether John Middleton was engaged in the Revolution & thanking you for this information & any other relative to the matter, I am,
Very truly yours
G.A. Batten

Lost Creek, West Virginia October 13, 1937.
Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
Gentlemen:
Please give me any information you may have on the following:
John Middleton (wife Eleanor)
We have information that he served in the Revolutionary War, and drew a pension afterward. He lived in Virginia.
I thank you for any further details you can give me.
Very truly yours,
Wilda B. Gatrell Wilda B. Gatrell
Box 86 Lost Creek West Virginia

1909 Aug. 7 Fish to C. R. Patton V. L. K. 1933, Apr. 19 - Hack to J. Dorney Corbett (see the in clur. of John Middleton B. M. 2705 M.L. 1937 Oct. 26 - Hack to Hilda B. Patrell
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7464  Eleanor Middleton  Wid.  John Middleton  Pvt. Rev. War   Act: July 29/48  Index: — Vol. 66 , Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Maddelton
Amended
Declaration
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State of Virginia } To wit Harrison County }
on the 12 th day of January 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of Harrison County and State of Virginia John Middleton 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 six months as a patriot soldier in the War of Revolution under the former officers mentioned in his former Declaration and for such services I claim a pension ————— John Middleton Sworn to the day & year aforesaid Jacob Coplein J.P.
We Robert parks a clergyman residing in the County of Harrison and State of Virginia Zechariah Hickman Jr residing in same County and State hereby certify that We are well acquainted with John Middleton Who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration also his Declaration made in open Court on the 26 th day August 1832 that we believe him to be nearly 71 years of age as stated by himself 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 Robert Parks
Sworn and subscribed the day and Zechariah Hickman Jr year aforesaid and Jacob Coplein said Justice of the peace in and for said County and State do hereby certify that Robert parks who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the County and State aforesaid and that Zechariah Hickman Jr who has also signed the same is a resident in said County and State aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I David Thompson Clerk of the County Court of Harrison do hereby certify that Jacob Coplein is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid and full faith and credence are and ought to be to all his acts for testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 29 th day of January 1833 David Thompson H.C.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Middleton, Joseph GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8559 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 14, 1791 To not shown
*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.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Middleton, Samuel GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4663 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 25, 1790 to — not shown —
*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.