Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7480, for Jonas Morgan, Virginia

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Morgan, Jonas Susannah
W 7480
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Heads Letter to W. G. Settle, Nov 27 th 1846
799 Richmond Virginia Susannah Morgan widow of Jonas Morgan dec d
who died on the in 1815 of Warren Co in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Puckett of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Virginia line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of April 1837 and sent W. G. Settle Menassas Gap Va.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1837 $480.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept th 40.00
$520.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd . }
Recorded by M c Adison Clerk ok Vol. 1 Page 91

August the 26 1783 I believe my husband Jonas Morgan was in listed in 1782 under Mr Edwing Young & I am now his Morgan his wife & five children has had no releaf nithoir have I aplid to the Court till now therefore I aplie now to the worshipfull Court to Se what they will be please to allow me I humbly pray anne morgan
Further granted Jonas Morgan his days
Signed Jonathan D. May
3 rd May 1783

Minneapolis Gap March 14 th
Free
1524 Market Pa 4 July '36 3 cts.
S. L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions Washington City (D.C.)
Disbursed Morgan and J. Jones Morgan de. 1841

Memphis Gap, Warren County Va., Mch 9. 1837.
Sir
Enclosed I present the papers of Susannah Morgan, claiming a pension under the act of Congress, passed July 4. 1836. It appears that Susannah Morgan, among some of her neighbors, has commonly been called, Anne Morgan the Magistrate Abner Smith, whose name appears about the papers, understood Mrs Morgans name to be Anne Morgan, and so wrote it To her declaration as you will perceive, the mistake was discovered, and the proper name, subscribed, which circumstance I am in hopes will not be a material objection to the declaration,
Enclosed are some papers, which I found among Jonas Morgans papers, which are submitted, one of which appears to have been intended as a Memorial to the Court, Mrs Morgan says that she never made her situation known to the Court, this paper is not submitted as evidence, more than to shew the name of the person, who enlisted Jonas Morgan, Mrs Morgan does not know whether Edwin Young (the person referred to in the Meml. to the Court) was a commissioned officer or not — I thought it advisable to send you all the papers produced, which could in any way, give light upon the subject,
Respectfully
ye. obt Servt
Wilford G. Settle
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions W. City

State of Virginia
Warren County ss
on this 5 th day January 1897
personally appeared before me above Smith a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Warren in the State of Virginia, Susannah Morgan, a Resident of Warren County in the State of Virginia aged one hundred and two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following _____ declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 that she is the Widow of Jonas Morgan, who enlisted in the County of Shenandoah Virginia, as a private to serve for and during the Revolutionary War, in the _____ V a Regiment and served till the end of said War, she further declares that her maiden name was Susannah Harden, and that she was married to the said Jonas Morgan on the _____ day of _____ in the year _____ and that her said marriage was had and solemnized before her said husband Jonas Morgan enlisted as aforesaid in the War aforesaid, and before the expiration of the last period of service of the said Jonas Morgan in the War of the Revolution aforesaid that her husband the said Jonas Morgan died on the _____ day of _____ in the year _____ and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Susannah her Morgan her mark
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above written — I do certify that the above named Susannah Morgan, is a woman of truth and entitled to Confidence. Given under my hand and seal — The words of service
Interlined before signed
I certify that the said Susannah Morgan is unable to attend court — from age and infirmity
O'Neal Smith Justice of the Peace

Virginia ss.
I Robert Turner Clerk of the Court of Warren County Certify that Abner Smith before whom the foregoing Affidavits of Miss Henry and Robert Ralph and declaration of Susannah Morgan appear to have been taken as a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his I believe are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County Court and subscribed my name this 8 th day of March 1837.
ROBT. TURNER CLERK
1524 Susannah Morgan

The deposition of Moses Henry aged eighty years testifies that he was well acquainted with Jonas Morgan, of the county of Dunmore since called Shenandoah county in the State of Virginia that the said Jonas Morgan enlisted in one of the Virginia Regiments for the term of three years, or during the war of the revolution, Affiant declares that he has but little education, and that he never knew any thing about figures or dates, but that he well knows that it was between two and three years from the time that the said Jonas Morgan enlisted until he was discharged, and that he was not discharged until the close of the war, affiant further declares that Jonas Morgan was married to Susannah Harder before the commencement of the revolutionary war, and at the time the said Jonas Morgan enlisted he left his wife the said Susannah with three or four children, affiant lived immediately in the neighborhood at the time of the enlistment of the said Jonas Morgan, also at the time of his return from the army army till the death of the said Jonas Morgan, which happened about twenty years since, affiant declares that the said the said Jonas Morgan and Susannah Harder now Susannah Morgan, were married previous to the expiration of the last period of service of the said Jonas Morgan her husband in the war aforesaid, and that the said Susannah Morgan has never married since the death of her husband, the said Jonas Morgan as aforesaid, but now remains his widow, affiant believes that said Susannah Morgan is between ninety and one hundred years of age -
Moses Henry Mark
Warren County S c
This day Moses Henry subscriber to the above deposition, personally appeared before me Abner Smith a Justice of the peace in and for the said county of in the State of Virginia and made oath that the facts set forth in his deposition above and by him subscribed are true and satisfy that the said Moses Henry is a man of truth and entitled to confidence I further certify that the word death, in the above deposition was interlined before signed given under my hand this 8 th day of March 1837 Abner Smith

The deposition of Robert Purcell aged eighty years, Testifies that he was well acquainted with Jonas Morgan and Susannah Harden then of the county called Dinwiddie, since called Shenandoah doak, in Virginia, that the said Jonas Morgan and Susannah Harden, now Susannah Morgan were married before the commencement of the Revolutionary War, and that the said marriage took place in the year Seventeen hundred and twenty four as he Vairly believes, that during the Revolutionary War, the said Jonas Morgan enlisted in one of the Virginia Regiments, for the term of three years, or during the War of the Revolution not certain which term, and that the said Jonas Morgan served till the breaking up or close of said War, that the said Jonas Morgan enlisted previous to the first Saturday in May 1781. and this affiant Vairly believes, the said Morgan served upwards of two years in the War of the Revolution aforesaid and that said marriage took place previous to, and before the last period of service of the said Jonas Morgan, in the War aforesaid, expired that the said Jonas Morgan died in, or about the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, leaving the said Susannah Morgan his Widow, and that the said Susannah Morgan has never married since the death of her husband the said Jonas Morgan, but remains his Widow, this affiant believes the said Susannah Morgan to be upwards of eighty seven years of age, Susannah Morgan cannot be so old as stated in her declarative hereto annexed, Affiant knew her when a young woman, has conversed with her, finds that she has not a correct knowledge of her age.  Robert Purcell
This day Robert Purcell subscribed to the above deposition personally come before me able with a notice of the nature of the oath and for the county of Warren in the state of Virginia and made oath that the facts set forth in his deposition above and by him subscribed are true - I hereby certify that the said Robert Purcell appears to be the age he states, and that he is a man of good credit and respectable character given under my hand this 5th day of January 1837 - A. Bruce Smith

Menalpas Gap Va Nov 18 th
paid 5
Nov 27 '46 999 Mulean E6 J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Swamerton Pa

Memphis Gap - Warren County V o Nov 18. 1846
Sir
Some few years since, Susannah Morgan a United States Pensioner, died, and it appears that up to the time of her death there was about $30 due, a Mr. Smith who assisted her in drawing her Pension died about the same time and the Pension Certificate is either lost or misplaced so that it cannot be found. — I have been applied to for assistance how to proceed in drawing the balance, and in the absence of the certificate I am unable to advise — Will you be so good as to advise me,
Yr. obed. Servt.
W. G. Settle
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Important

Susan Magan Ardan of Jones Jn
Ad c a pm 247 $ 80 per ann. com d 4 March. 1837
W. G. Stites Esq. Manor of Goxva.

War Department, Pension Office, April 5. 1837.
Sir,
I return herewith the papers in the case of Susannah Morgan, in order that the paper purporting to be a memorial of the said Susan to the Court during the absence of her husband, for relief for herself and children, may be attached to an affidavit, stating the place and manner of its being found, and quoting the words of the memorial in the body of the affidavit.
I am, respectfully, Your Obedt Servt J. L. Edwards
Wilford G. Settle, Esq. Munafus Gap, Virginia.

Physician I have been Solomon has many of Absalom Tutor says By Lynn Laughed to the girl April 1883 M. W. ...

Rev  WIDOW, &c.  (over)
File No. 7480
Susannah Morgan
Wid.
Jonas Morgan
Br. W. line
Act: July 4 th 36, Sec. 3 d
Index:—Vol. 26 , Page 60
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The deposition of Wilford G. Settle, Testifies that he was informed by Thomas Moore, that Susannah Morgan probably was entitled to a pension, under the provisions of the act of Congress passed July the 4 th 1836, said Moore requested this affiant, to see the said Susannah Morgan, for the purpose of ascertaining what were her claims to a pension under the law aforesaid, affiant went to the house of said Susannah Morgan, for the purpose aforesaid, whilst there, requested to see the papers of Jonas Morgan the husband of said Susannah, the object of which, was to look for the discharge of the said Jonas, for services in the Revolutionary War, the said Susannah had a trunk or small chest produced, which contained a number of old papers, from their face and reading, purporting to be the papers of Jonas Morgan, among the papers thus produced by the said Susannah, in her own house, was one, in the Fegins and Words, following, First,
" August the 26 1783 I believe my husband Jonas Morgan " was enlisted in 1781 under M c Edwin Young & I am d " Morgan his Wife & five children has had no redraft . " neither have I applied to the Court till now, therefore I " applied now to the worshipfull Court to see what they " will be pleased to allow me I humbly pray am d " Morgan
Affiant saith that the paper of which the above is a copy, was found at the house of Susannah Morgan under the circumstances aforesaid —
Wilford G. Settle
§ a Warren County to wit. This day Wilford G. Settle personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for said county and made oath that the facts set forth in the deposition above and by him subscribed are true - And I certify that the a c Wilford G. Settle is a man of truth and entitled to confidence. Given under my hand this 18 th day of April 1837. Saml. Simpson

Virginia Warren County } to wit
I Robert Turner Clerk of the County Court of Warren aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Simpson Esquire before whom the within affidavit of Wolford G. Tille appears to have been made is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such and that his signature thereto is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County Court the 15 day of April 1837 and in the 61 year of the Commonwealth
Robt. Turner Clerk