Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,246, for William Morgan, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Morgan William
S. 7,246
CONTENTS
Carded

12654  Virginia  William Morgan
Mathews in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Billings of the Regt commanded by Col Peyton in the Va Militia for 2 yrs
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of May 1833 and sent J. P. Stokes Mathews Co. House Va
Arrears to the 24th of Mar 1833 $ 166 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep. 33 40 00  $ 200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo B Whiting Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 17
Set in P Stokes Sec A.C. Aug 12 1839 are Per Agt. do 67 1/2 Stokes Oct 4 1839 J. P. Stokes Total Pension & $820 40 Pen. Agents
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838. from 4 March to 4 Sep. 1839. Agt notified 4 June 1840 Set to J. P. Stokes July 7. 1840.
Died May 8, 1840 A.B.

Williams my years a prisoner of the united States do in compliance with the request of the war department give the following in the course of time. Service in the Revolutionary war according to the best of my recollection at present. In the early part of 1777 I entered the service of the united States as a libe- rate (further) Company under Capt John Billings and went to a place in the country called Cricket Hill where I served three tours of duty then and at Gwynn Island there was a boat one month each In the latter part of that year I became old enough to be in Ralston which was by the same officers during that year and 1778 I served four tours of duty at Cricket Hill and at Gwynn Island and there at a place called Pepperneck and some times they would a moment to one month each. There was not all one length some would be a month and some less and some more in 1779 Capt John Dixon raised  raised a Horses company which I joined and after he had got his quantity of men he went about to see if he could obtain horses for them and finding that he could not obtain horses for them all part of them were let of I was one of them I served one month in that company then returned to my own company again we was then called on to go to Williams Burg because of the British having gone up James River expecting that they was a going to make an attack on that place we crossed the ferry at the Brack House in King and Queen and went on to Williams Burg where we was stationed for some time and there making no attack on us we was order back on that tours of duty I served two and  two months -- we was a gain called out in the same year under the same officers and served a tours of duty at a place called Little Neck for one month . I then left the com- pany and went into a burgh commanded by Capt John Rodgers and served a tours of duty for one month

Then recd the Barge and return to capt John Bullis company again - in 1780 we was a gain call out and done a tour of duty at East River and at Point Comfort for six weeks. In the same year we was call out to go down on James River on account of the British be- ing there and cross the ferry at the Brick-House in King and Queen and march on to a town call Durd which we fell in with Col. Peaz - and he taking charge of us march us to Williams Barge when we was staid for some time and then march down on the River where we remain until the British came down the River and then we march to Little York and through Williams Barge when we got to Little York then we fell in with the rest of the Georgia militia down to Hampton we came on here and they went on down to Hampton on that tour of duty we served two and a half months after we had got here - there was a draft for some men to go in a barge for one month and my Brother James was one of the men drafted and he being on will get men to take his place I am so glad I served out the draft and then returned to my own company - in 1781 I had three little towns of duty at East River and at Point Comfort and a long the bay Shore which I think is accounted to a boat 24 months in the same year I had a north tour of duty with all the rest of the militia from this part of the country at the time Lord Cornwallis was at Little York at the time he surrendered in that town of duty I served three months we had many little tours of duty for about a week some time had ready the number of the I am not the object and therefore I have said nothing about them we had many little engagements during the four or five tours of duty with the British Barge the number of them it is impossible for me to tell for sometimes they would surrender so we would have some every day

and the a year they would not just us for some time the pension towns of duty is given according to the list of my Recollection at present No I am sure feel that I had a grate deal of more time than I have stated I am very well satisfied that I made more than two years time clear of being a substitute I think I must have lived as much as two and a half months in the day and weeks when I have mentioned above I now hope that the department will give orders to the pension agent in Richmond to pay me my pension as I have formerly done. I have nothing in writing by which I can disprove my memory of the time my services in the Revolutionary war
William Morgan
State of Virginia matthew county to wit Personally appeared before me the under signed a Justice of the peace in and for said county William Morgan a resident of said county and made oath that the matters and things ad set forth by him in the foregoing affidavit are the truth according to the best of his Recollection at present and I do hereby certify that his moral and character given under my hand and seal this 15 th day of Jany. 1840 1839 John N. Call J.P. (Seal)

I, Shepard G. Miller, Clerk of the County Court of Mathews, in the State of Virginia, certify that John W. Sale Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is a Justice of the peace in the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature heret is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court, this 15 th day of January 1840. Shepard G. Miller Clerk.

3643

State of Virginia County of Matthews } to wit:
On this 13 th day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the Court of Matthews County now sitting, William Morgan a resident of Matthews County and State of Virginia aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated. He entered under Col o Payton, Major Thos Morton, and Capt John Phillips he entered in the place of his father before he was sixteen about 1777, about 1778 he entered the service in his own stead and left the service just after the siege at York, he was in an engagement with some barges at Horn Harbor and with some other barges on Fugue's Island both places in Kingstone Parish Co. Berkeley his company would have taken the barges if the wind had not blown so fresh from S. W. he lived in Kingstone Parish Gloucester County when he entered the service and has lived there ever since the war until this period, he marched through part of King & Queen County crossed at West Point went to Williamsburg and from there to James River where Arnold coming down burnt down the town when Cornwallis came to York he was under Gen l Nelson, Major Nelson and Capt Arniestead of the continental line at Williamsburg - Col o Eury had command on their way down to E. Town until Gen l Menden came and took command he has no documentary evidence to prove his service

he can prove his service by Richard Hurst and by John Morgan after he and John came back from the S t he was born in Kingstons Parish G. County in the year 1762 his age was set down in the same book with John Morgan's which was burnt, he went as a militia-man called out by companies he does not recollect any of the continental or militia regiments he served with, he was out upwards of two years in all during the revolutionary war, he acted as a private
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency of any State. Sworn to and Subscribed W m Morgan the day and year aforesaid
And the said board do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War De- partment, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he stated. And the board further certifies, that it appears to them that Humphrey Billings who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, residing in Mathews County and State of Virginia, and that Geo r P. Owen who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same County and State and is a credible

person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Thomas R. Yeaman • Clerk of the Court of Matthews County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Morgan for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have here set my hand and affixed my seal this the 17 th day of August Th: R. Yeaman ©
Mr. Humphrey Billings a clergyman residing in the County of Matthews County and State of Virginia and Geo P Owen residing in the same County and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Morgan who subscribed and swore to the above declaration, that he is respected and beloved, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
I mean to and subscribe the day and year aforesaid
Humphrey Billings George P. Owen

May 20, 1933
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Mr. Bernard F. White Mobjack, Virginia
William Morgan, S.7246 Josiah Pugh, W.5586 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of William Morgan and Josiah Pugh, who served in the Revolutionary War from Gloucester County, Virginia, and received pensions in Mathews County, Virginia.
You are furnished herein both records, as found in the papers on file in claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
WILLIAM MORGAN, S. 7246
He was born in 1762 in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Kingston Parish, Virginia, he enlisted early in 1777 as a substitute for his father and served three tours of one month each as a private in Captain John Billups' company, Colonel John Peyton's Virginia regiment. He enlisted in the latter part of 1777 and served at various times, amounting to more than two years, as a private in the Virginia troops, under Captains John Billups, Armistead, John Dixon, John Rodgers and Colonels Ennis and Page. One month of this service was as a substitute for his brother, James Morgan, on a barge; he was in many engagements with British barges at Horn Harbour, Gwyn's Island and other places, was also in the siege of Yorktown and at the surrender of Cornwallis.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, while a resident of Mathews County, Virginia. He was still living in that county in 1840.

William Morgan died May 8, 1840.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.
In 1832 the soldier stated that his age and that of John Morgan were recorded in the same book which had been burned, but did not state his relationship to him.
In 1839, soldier's brother, James Morgan, was deceased and survived by a widow named Ann. *****
JOSIAH PUGH, W. 5586
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 5586, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Josiah Pugh or Pew (he signed both ways).
He was born in 1762 in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not stated.
While living in said Kingston Parish, Virginia, he enlisted in 1778 and served at various times, amounting in all to ten months ten days, as a private in the Virginia troops, under Captains Foster, Robert Gayle, Peter Barnett, Armistead Smith, P. Tabb, Holden Hudgins, John Billups and Colonel Peyton.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, at which time he was living about seven miles from the courthouse in Mathews County, Virginia.
He died March 15, 1848, in Mathews County, Virginia.
Soldier married in December, 1791, Avy Hudgins.
Pension was allowed on an application executed July 24, 1848, by the soldier's widow, Avy Pugh, while a resident of Mathews County, Virginia, and aged eighty-one years. She died April 20, 1851.
The following children of the soldier, Josiah Pugh or Pew, and his wife, Avy, are referred to in the claim: - Nancy, first child, born August 5, 1793. Three children survived their mother, and were residing in Mathews County, Virginia, in 1857, their names as follow: Ann Thomas, Sarah Pugh and William E. Pugh.

In 1848, Archibald Hodgins, brother of soldier's wife, Mary, was aged eighty-two years and living in Mathews County, Virginia.
In 1851, Mary Hodgins, soldier's niece aged sixty-three years, made affidavit in Mathews County, Virginia.
In 1851, one William P. Hodgins made affidavit in Mathews County, Virginia; his relationship to soldier's wife not shown.
In 1857, the name of one Archibald B. Hodgins appeared in the claim, relationship also not given.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

Matthews County to wit:
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, John Morgan and Gabriel Hughes, and made oath that they have heard the declaration of William Morgan read, that they have reason to believe the facts set forth therein are true, from their knowledge of his character for veracity, that they served with him in the revolutionary war, that he served in Captain John Billings' company of the Gloucester militia, that they believe he served two years and six months. Given under my hand and seal this the 13 th day of December 1832.
Th. Beedings J.P. Seal
This is to certify that the said John Morgan and Gabriel Hughes are men of good character for veracity, and that their statement is worthy of credit. Given under my

hand and seal as justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid this 13 th day of December 1832. Th. Hudgins J.P. Seal
State of Virginia
to wit: Matthews County
I Shepard G. Miller Clerk of the County Court of Matthews do hereby certify that Thomas Hudgins whose hand and seal are affixed to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Magistrate in County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified and that all faith and credit ought to be paid to all his acts & deeds as such. From my hand as Clerk of the County aforesaid with the seal of my said Office hereunto annexed this 14 th day of Decem. 1832.
Shepard G. Miller

1933 May 20 - Hired to Bernard F. Hite (Rec'd in chw. 2/5/36 of Mrs. Morgan) - m.L.B.
Rev. Hite
7246 INVALID.
File No. 7246
William Morgan now Rev. Hite
Act: June 7 th 1932
Index: - Vol. 185 , Page 263
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mathews Co. 86. Va Dec. 15.
Full
Dec. 20
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office War Department Washington
Recd. Cash

Matthews Ct House December 14 th 1832
Sir
Enclosed you will find the declaration of William Morgan, with an additional affidavit of his qualified to before a magistrate, the affidavits of two witnesses qualified to before a magistrate, with the magistrate's seal and certificate and the certificate and seal of the clerk of the county court. I have sent these on to get the favour of you to inform upon the receipt of this or as soon thereafter as your paying engagements will permit, whether this mode of meeting the objections to his declaration will suffice. And also if the like mode of meeting the objections to the other declarations may be adopted, mutatis mutandis. By complying with this as speedily as possible you will confer a great favour on these patriots who rallied around the standard of liberty during our revolutionary, but who now are old and infirm, and most of them poor and

helpless and must ultimately lose their their want of skill in this kind in of business or the want of experience in this business of their agents, unless they can meet with some aid in advice from yourself or some person situated as yourself, before whom the busi- ness is passing in review every day.
Most of the claimants in this county are ignorant men and poor men and it is exceedingly harassing to them to have to attend before the Ct again - if a compliance with the law could be had without it And I believe all of them are men of strict veracity, they maintain that reputation in their neighbors- hoods, and many honest scrupulous men had rather swear that his ser- vice was about such a period than to be more positive, while a knavish man whose recollection was not at all more distinct would be will- ing to swear positively.
I remain Mr. J. D. Edwards
Yrs very respectfully John P. Stocker

Mathews County to wit:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for the county, William Morgan, who made a declaration before the county court of Mathews on the 13 th day of August 1832, and being now 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 two years as a private in the company of Captain John Billings of the militia of Gloucester county and claims a pension for that period. Given under my hand and seal this 13 th day of December 1832.
Th. Budgins, H.P. J. P.
Mathews County to wit:
I Shepard G Miller Clerk of the County Court of Mathews do hereby certify that Thomas Budgins whose name is signed to the foregoing declaration of William Morgan is an acting magistrate in the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that due faith and credit ought to be paid to all his acts and deeds as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand , with the seal of the County aforesaid hereunto affixed this 14 th day of Decem. 1832. S. G. Miller C

M rs P. Stokes age 8 1840 ge
Record V ol 9 page 411

Penna Office April 8/1840
Sir.
The Penna Agent at Richmond has been was directed to resume the payment of the pension of William Morgan; as the the  last  act  of  which  after Mr Morgan was informed, by some mail of the order to resume the payment of his pension.
EC
Mr A. P. Stocks Mathews L. H. Va

Mr P. Sloaka July 7. 1840 96.
Record 150 page 135

Pension Office, July 7. 1840.
Sir,
In relation to the pension of William Morgan decd I have to inform you that the annuity due from the 4 th of March to the 4 th of September 1839, was remitted from the Treasury Dept. and the Pension Agent at Richmond was instructed to pay the remaining six months pension to the 4 th March 1840. I am unable to say where the last payment has yet been made by him. The annuity due to the day of the Pe- nioner's death can be obtained at the Agency on the production of the proper vouchers.
J. P. Stokes, Esq. Matthew C. H. Esq.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 23 d , 1840,
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," William Morgan, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond Agency, at the rate of Eighty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March, to the 1 st Sept. 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
W. L. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Mathews Co. Va. Sept. 28.
Full
Mr
Clark
Mrs Morgan
Orville
James Edm Dion Agn Washington 12/12/12

Washington D.C. September 27th 1829
Dear Sir,
Mr William Morgan of the county of ... pleas for his will give pension in testimony ... have been made since ... informed ... the ... that his ... notice for ... the ... he wishes to ... the department ...
I am the faithful your obedt. Servt Edward D. Davis
J. Edward D. Davis pension agent Washington City

The Rev d H. S. Evans, formerly of the M. E. C. will please look sharply into this, and he will see a Mare's nest . W.

You have filed the N o 10 th of payt from the Comptroller's office with W m Morgan at $ 31.66 per annum. Please make it right and after doing so endorse this letter* on the back of the paper, Milan.
* I mean a letter written yesterday to J n P. Stokes.

Depart of War Pension Office Aug 12. 1839
279
Sir
I have examined the claim of Mrs. Ann Morgan, widow of James Morgan and have placed her papers upon our files. Geo Bally and Mrs. Morgan are witnesses in the case, and are both in the receipt of pensions for a service similar to that set forth by Mrs. Morgan. Mr. Bally was allowed for 10 mos. and 20 days service; this was by her own showing as specified in her declaration. The claim of William Morgan in the form of a hanging of business was examined by one of the clerks, and was subsequently admitted for 2 years, without any specification of his service. They appear from a recurrence to his papers this day. Mrs. Morgan has specified with- out particularity the service of another, yet

J. C. Stockton Aug. 12. 1839
he omitted to do it in relation to his own services several years since. The Dept would like to be informed if Mr. Mayan possess any written data upon which his statement is based, or has he, that enabled him state with such apparent accuracy, his brother's services. The Dept. will also require that he now make out a specification of his own services, or on which require; that it may be filed with his paper. He makes the whole services of J. P. Mayan amount to 13 mo and 9 days. Mr. Ann Mayan may be allowed the same amount as was allowed Geo. Calley, 10 mo & 20 days, which, probably, is much as should have been allowed William Mayan.
Yours OC
July 7 1838 5827
Mr- J. P. Stockton Mathews G. H. V. S.

J. P. Stokes, Oct 4. 1839 96
Second (178) page 498

War Dept.
Pension Office,
Oct. 4. 1839.
Sir,
In reply to Your letter of the 27 th . Ult o respecting the case of William Morgan, of Mathews County, I have to inform you that in the examination of the claim of Mrs. Ann Morgan, widow of James Morgan dec d , it appears that he testified to her dec d husband's service with great particularity, which he omitted to do in relation to his own service when he made a declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of June 7. 1832. Before his case can be re-examined with a view to a restoration of the pension, he will be required to say whether he possesses any written data upon which his statement relative to his dec d brother's service was based, or how he was enabled to state it with such apparent accuracy; and he must also make a specification of his own service.
Similar information was communicated to you in my letter of the 12 th . of August last, respecting Mrs. Ann Morgan's claim. J. P. Stokes, Esq. Mathews Court House, Virginia

William Morgan

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Morgan which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? < II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? < 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? No 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? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? < VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? < VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? < IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? < 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? <

 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?  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  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? Has witnesses.  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? no And is the official character and signature of the magistrate 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?  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 
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.

William Morgan - Virginia Vol - act 1832 - at $80 per annum.
Be pleased to say, to what time he was last paid.
Pension Office } July 7. 1840 }
to at the Treasury l. 4 Sep 1839 & the Agent at Richmond directed to pay l. 4 March 1840
1A

Matthews 6 Ht 100 Cym 31 15 3
Free
July 7. 1834
Mr. Massie Dear Sir
Edward Esdaile Commission of pension Washington City
D.B.

mathews court house
may 30th 1860
Sir
I received a letter from Mr John B. Brien of Richmond City last night who was well known Mr Brien one of the years men of the United States and who resided in this country and who executed a power of Atty to Mr Belorn last week for the sum of his account & his pension for him when ever orders was received from Washington for the same in Richmond to pay it and after I received your letter of the 8 of April last in forming me of that fact and also on the morning of the same day one of the same persons saying that you had directed a gent in Richmond to release his pay I wrote to Mr Belorn informing him of the same and requested that he would draw the money and remit it by mail Mr Belorn accordingly wrote on Mr Roberson the agent with the power of Atty for the purpose of getting the money and Mr Roberson refused to pay it upon the grounds that the power of Atty had expired after the orders not issued if he would send it to Washington the Department and if they saw them that they would release it of him he would pay it Mr Belorn with out any further consideration sent it to the Department and it seems that they issued two treasury drafts for our half of the amount one of which is for $303.10 and the other is for 1962 1/2 no 3485
3486

The power of attorney was for one year from which came $800. I would be glad if you would make some enquiries for me about the matter and let me know how the mistake occurred. I do not know whether or not Mr. Belson has got the money on the drafts or not as he did not say in his letter Mr. Morgan is dead he died on the 8 th of May last and his widow is very much in want of what is due. I would be very glad if you would let me know from Mr. Lawrence Rosen Clerk at the same time as I suppose you have Mr. Murphy's deposition in the case which will I am in hopes give instant satisfaction.
Sir I am very Respect fully yours John P. Stokes
J. B. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City