Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8637, for Charles Rector, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Rector, Charles. Catharine.
W. 8637
CONTENTS
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State of Indiana } Miami County ss }
On this 14 th day of May A.D. 1850 personally appeared in open Court in the Probate Court of Miami County in said State now sitting Charles Rector a resident of said County of Miami and State of Indiana aged Eighty 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 an act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following names Officers, and served as herein stated.
That he was was draughted into the Service of the United States by Capt. Sapply whose Christian name he does not now recollect but who resided at the junction between the North and South branches of the Potomac river in Hampshire County in the State of Virginia in which County and near which place he was draughted in the Spring of the year 1781 as near as he can recollect, and thereupon entered into the Service of the United States as a private, and was within the space of twenty days thereafter delivered up to Capt. Robb Everbaugh whose Christian name he does not recollect, and placed in the ranks, and mustered into Service by him at Fort Pleasant on the South branch of the Potomac, where he remained for the space of eight or ten days. And was then taken out of the ranks by Col. Joseph Arvel, and sent to Col. Michael Cresap who resided in the said County of Hampshire in the State of Virginia near Old town on the opposite side, and near the mouth of the South branch of the Potomac, at which place he remained from that time acted as orderly sergeant under the said Col. Cresap until the final close of the war, but he does not know whether or not he was really an officer or merely a private acting in the capacity of orderly sergeant for said Col. Cresap.
That he was in no battle, and marched through no Counties except those above referred to, but is confident that he served in the capacity above mentioned until the final close of the war a period of more than two years, and that during

That time he was not employed in any civil pursuit And for such service he claims a pension.
He further declares that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person by he can procure who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on any pension roll of the agency of any State.
Charles Bates
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
We Brenton Webster a Clergyman residing in said County of Miami and State of Indiana and
Daniel Patten residing in the same hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Charles Bates who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be eighty nine years of age; that he is up and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution; And that we concur in that opinion
Brenton Webster Daniel Patten
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
In the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Brenton Webster is a Clergyman residing in said County of Miami and that Daniel Patten is a Credible

Questions and Answers propounded to Charles Beeler in reference to his application for a pension
1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born in Fauquier County Virginia on the 26th day of March 1761
2 o Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Ans. I have. It is recorded in a bible which I have at my house in this County.
3 o Where were you living when called into service. Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live.
Ans. I lived when called into service in Hampshire County Virginia near Old town on the Virginia side. I live a was after the revolution in the State of Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh and from there I removed to Mason County in the State of Kentucky and from there I removed to Champaign County Ohio and from the latter place I removed to my present place of residence in Miami County Indiana
4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a substitute; and if a substitute for whom?
Ans. I was drafted.
5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental troops and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans. Col. Trivell, Col. Oresap, Capt. Tapley and

Capt. Severbaugh an all the officers names that I now recollect who were with the troops when I served. I acted as orduly sergeant to carry orders by night and day to twenty two or twenty three Captains from Col. Michael Cresap.
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given; and what has become of it
Ans. I don't recollect whether I ever received a discharge or not - the war was ended when I was discharged -
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. Rev. Brinton Webster Daniel Potter and many others.
State of Indiana Miami County 88
I certify that the above interrogatories were propounded to the said Samuel Rector by the Court and the answers above made by him in open Court.
Witness James J. Fulwiler Clerk

State of Indiana Miami County 3.
On this 17 th day of November A.D. 1858. personally came before me John H. Griggs a justice of the peace within and for said County. Catharine Rector who being duly sworn according to law, upon her oath states, that she is a resident of Miami County Indiana, that she is aged sixtythree years, that she is the widow of Charles Rector deceased who was a Revolutionary soldier in the Company, if her recollection serves her right, of Captain Forsyth and in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Cripps or Crenup. That according to his statement he was in the service for the term of about three years. She can state no further particulars about his service, That she was married to the said Charles Rector in Champaign County in the state of Ohio, on the 20 th day of May A.D. 1824 by one William Sutton a Minister of the Gospel, a family Record of which she sends annexed a Certified Copy. She cannot state whether there was any public Record

of their marriage. She further states that she and her said husband continued to live together from the date of their marriage until about the year 1848 or 1849. That during one of those years she thinks in 1848 her said husband through the agency of A. A. Cole Esq. of Port Indiana, applied to the Pension Office at Washington City for a pension as such Revolutionary soldier. That the application was suspended or not acted on, for some cause to her unknown. That afterwards, no final action having yet been had on the application, on the first day of January 1852 her said husband departed this life leaving her his widow. That since that time until the present she, nor any other person on her behalf to her knowledge has taken any step to obtain what may be due her under the pension laws of the United States. That she still remains a widow. She therefore asks that said application may be revived, and that she may receive whatever she may be entitled to by virtue of his said services, under

said application and by virtue of the laws of the United States, upon the subject of Revolutionary Pensions, she further knows that she is the bona fide owner of whatever she may be entitled as such widow and that she has not mortgaged pledged or transferred any part of it to any person. And she hereby constitutes and appoints Edward L. Dickey her true and lawful attorney in fact to prosecute said claim for her and such, and for her to do all such things as she may legally authorize him to do.
attest John Marshall
Catharine her Rector mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17 day of November A.D. 1858-
John H. Goings
Notary Public
practice of the law
Copy of Record referred to in foregoing
affidavit Catherine
Charles Rector and Catherine Catherine Marshall, was married by the Rev. William Sutton on May 20 th 1824, Charles Rector, Son of Daniel Rector departed this Life January 1 st in the Year of our Lord 1852 aged 91 Years 9 Months 27 Days,

State of Indiana Miami County ss.
I Alexander Blake Clerk of the Miami Circuit Court do hereby certify that John H. Griggs before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken and subscribed was at the time the same was done an acting justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly elected Commissioned and quali- fied and that his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit and that his signature thereto is genuine.
And I further certify that the family Record of the family of the said Charles Rector was presented to me and that from it I copied the above Record of the marriage of the said Charles Rector and Catharine Rector his now widow as shown by above Copy - As also the Record of his Death.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at Peru this 18 th day of November 1858.
Alexander Blake, Clerk By Henry Kraushoff Deputy

May 2, 1939
BA-J/AWF Charles Rector R. 8637
Mrs. John F. McKinney N.W. Corner Boonville & Olive Springfield, Missouri
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Charles Richter or Rector of Virginia.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, R. 8637, based upon the military service of Charles Rector, in the War of the Revolution. This is the record of the only Charles Rector (Richter) found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Charles Rector was born March 26, 1761, in Fauquier County, Virginia. He was the son of Daniel Rector, the name of his mother not given.
Charles Rector stated that while residing in Hampshire County, Virginia, near Oldtown, "on the Virginia side", he was drafted in the spring of 1781 by Captain Tapley, and in about twenty days was mustered in by Captain Teverbaugh at Fort Pleasant on the South Branch of the Potomac River, where he remained eight or ten days, when taken out of the ranks by Colonel Joseph Nevel, and sent to Colonel Michael Cressap, who resided in Hampshire County, "near Oldtown on the opposite side and near the mouth of the South Branch of the Potomac", where he acted as orderly sergeant until the close of the war.
Charles Rector moved after the close of the

Revolution, to near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from there moved to Mason County, Kentucky, from there to Champaign County, Ohio, thence to Miami County, Indiana.
Charles Rector applied for pension May 14, 1850, at which time he was a resident of Miami County, Indiana. The claim for pension was not allowed, as proof of service as required by the pension law was not furnished.
Charles Rector married May 20, 1824, in Champaign County, Ohio, Catharine Marshall. He died January 1, 1852. His widow, Catharine Rector, was sixty-three years of age in 1858, then a resident of Miami County, Indiana.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
It may be proper to add that the "Oldtown" referred to herein, may be the "Oldtown" of Allegany County, Maryland, which is now on the opposite side of the Potomac River, from Hampshire County, West Virginia.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

No 7133:
Catharine Rector - widow of Charles, Miami Co - Indiana.
Dr. E. L. Dickey Nov. 26/58
Dr. E. L. Dickey July 29/61
Oct Feb'y 3, 1853

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.

(See Reg. 8637) To Sec. at the Pension Bureau Office, Washington, D.C.
787 E. Salem Ave., Indianola, Iowa, Jan. 19, 1938
Dear Sir: I am very anxious to obtain the exact wording of the military record of Charles Rector who was a sergeant in the Revolutionary War and stationed in Hampshire County, Va. (now West Virginia, as I suppose). Is there a town in that County called Oldtown? I do not find it on my map. I think he was stationed there. Since I cannot come to Washington very soon on account of an invalid mother to care for, I would be much pleased to get this information as authentic direct from the office. Charles Rector was drafted 1781 and served until the close of the War. I am anxious to get this information in order to have the qualifications to make me eligible to join the D.A.R. May I hear from you soon and oblige? Yours truly, Ada M. Bardrick

No 37.981.
May 23/50
Charles Rector
Ind a .
at New York with Aug. 29/50
E. J. Lickley, at Nov 16/58
8637
June 7, 1832

HOMER W. CHARLES 765 EAST 26TH STREET, NORTH PORTLAND, OREGON
July 29, 1925.
United States Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
If consistent with the practice of your department, will you kindly inform me if there are in your office any records of a revolutionary soldier by the name of Christopener Weaver, who died in Ohio in 1835, born in Virginia, or possibly in Burke County, Penn.
Also advise me if there are any records of Charles Hector also a revolutionary soldier, who died in Peru, Indiana, in 1852. He probably was born in Virginia.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. H. Charles. (Mrs. Homer W. Charles.)

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...ned in his (or his widow's) application for pen- Bureau. Charles Rector R. 8637
   DATE OF ENLISTMENT PLACE OF ENLISTMENT RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.      Soldier stated that in the Spring of 1861 he was drafted by Capt. Tipton, mustered in by Capt. Tuckahoe, then taken out of the ranks by Col. Joseph Sherid. and sent to Hampshire Co. Va. where he acted as Provost Sgt. until the close of the war. *   
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hampshire Co. Va. near Oldtown Date of application for pension, May 14, 1882 Residence at date of application, Miami Co. Ind. Age at date of application, in August 1861 to Feb. 26, 1865
Remarks: Jan 1, 1882
Soldier was the son of Daniel Rector. He married in Champagne Co. Ohio May 20, 1824, Catherine Marshall, she was 63 yrs old and a resident of Miami Co. Ind. in 1858. The claim was rejected as service was not proved - as req. by Act June 7, 1832 under which he applied for pension.
Very respectfully,
aw
* As Col. Michael Cresap died in Oct. 1775, his name was substituted for soldier alleged that he served under him in 1781.
Commissioner.
aw

1910 Feb 8. Hist. to Mrs Chas. P. Boston 1915 Jan 8. Hist to N.2. etc. Mary W. Bennett. 1925-Sept 30-Hist to Mrs. Homer W. Charles aug. 1933-Apr 19. Hist to Mary E. Boston aug. 1938-Jan 29. Hist to Adam Pardrick aug. 1939-May 2... to Mrs John F. McKinney aug. 
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
8637
Catherine Wheeler
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
The printed list of 1852, shows reasons for suspension Alleges: "not on the Virginia Rolls - no proof of service"
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

PENSION A JAN 6 1915 U. S. OFFICE.

302 E. Poplar St Normal Ill Jan 3, 1914 one 2 c stamp rec'd Pension Office Washington D.C.
Gentlemen, — I wish to find records of Charles Rector son of Daniel Rector, who enlisted near Aldstown Hampshire County, Virginia in 1781 and was an

Orderly sergeant which will afford official proof of his services! - so that I may be able to prove thru. him my eligibility to membership in the National Society of D.A.R.
Yours truly Mary Worley Bunnell
P.S. Also are there records of a Worley who fought in the Revolution?

Glenwood, Iowa
April 5/ '33
Bureau of Pensions Washington , D. C.
Dear Sir,--
I have a copy of a letter sent from the office of the Bureau of Pensions , Febr. 8--1812. R. 8637 . to Mrs. C. J. Norton, Kearney, Neb.
A copy of the letter,--- R. 8637
Bureau of Pensions Washington , D. C.
Mrs. C. O. Norton. Kearney, Neb. Madam,---
In reply to your request of Jan. 27, received of Jan. 30, for statement of the Military History of Charles Rector a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( Or his widows) application for pension on file in this bureau.
   Date of enlistment or appointment Length of Service Rank Officers under whom service was rendered State     Soldier states that in the spring of 1781 he was drafted by Captain Tapley, mustered in by Captain Feverbaugh, then taken out of ranks by Col. Joseph "evil and sent to Hampshire County Virginia where he acted as Orderly Sgt. until the close of the War.  
Battles engaged in---I Residence of soldier at enlistment--Hampshire Co., near Oldtown Date of application for pension---- May 14--1850 Residence at date of application ---- Miami Co., Indiana. Age at date of application ----Born March26--1761 Bauquier County., Virginia. Died January 1--1852.
Soldier was the son of Daniel Rector. He was married at Champaign County, Ohio, May 20th---1824 to Catherine Marshall.
She was 63 years old and a resident of Miami, County, Indiana in 1858. The claim was rejected , the service was not proven as required by the act June 7, 1832 under which he applied for pension.
Very respectfully J.F. Davenport
----- Commissioner.
----- Please will you write for me a new copy of the above Charles Rector's Military History as you have it from your records and include all the above statements and such more as you may have . I wish it to be authentic from your department as I wish to use the record for S.A.R. purposes
Yours truly
Mary Edith Gaston
Mary Edith Gaston.

O. T. Dickey July 29

Pension Office July 29 th 1861.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 16 th inst. respecting the case of Catharine Rector, widow of Charles of Indiana, under act of 3 rd Feb. 1853. I have to inform you that no additional evidence has been introduced, since the letter from this Office dated Nov. 26 th 1858 was addressed to you.
You were then informed of the condition of the case, and of the requisition made Aug. 22 nd 1850. upon Charles Rector himself of for a more specific detail of his service and of the record evidence to support it. A copy of the letter calling for this proof was sent to you.
There is no proof of Rector's service on file, nor such sufficient proof of marriage as the regulations demand. and until it is supplied the condition of the claim cannot be changed.
E. T. Dickey Esq.
Peru.
Indiana.

Sir,
Washington Aug. 26. 1855
On the 23 rd May ult. I furnished you some papers for Perry, Indiana, in the case of the application of Charles Rector for Pension. Has any decision been had in the case?
Respectfully Yours
Hon. G. L. Edmuns Committee on Pensions

E. L. Dickey, Nov. 26.

Pension Office, Nov. 26, 1858
Sir,
I have received the informal application of Catharine Rector, for pension under act as the widow of Charles Rector, an alleged revolutionary soldier, and filed her papers under act of February 3, 1853.
Charles Rector's claim for pension under act of June 7, 1832, was disallowed for the reasons assigned in a letter to Hon. J. M. Vitch, dated August 29, 1857, a copy of which is herewith enclosed.
If this claim should be further prosecuted, the papers must be prepared agreeably to the enclosed printed instructions.
E. J. Dickey Esq. Peru, Indiana.

Peru Ind a Aug 7 1858 Hon Court of Pensions Washington City
Dr Sir
Enclosed please find Declaration of Catharine Reclor widow of Charles Reclor for pension keeping the matter receiving early attention
I remain de E. T. Dickey
I enclose with it

McKINNEY & COMPANY INC.
N.W. COR. BOONVILLE & OLIVE
SPRINGFIELD, MO.
31 REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE LOANS INVESTMENTS INSURANCE
March 7, 1939
IN REPLY PLEASE REFER TO
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
only one
Will you please advise me if you have a pension record of Charles Richter (or Rector) in your file of Virginia soldiers in the Revolutionary War.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. John F. McKinney
Mrs. John F. McKinney, N.W. Cor. Boonville & Olive, Springfield, Missouri.

Pension Office August 29 th 1850
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26 th inst in relation to the Case of Charles Rector and to inform you that the papers in support of his application for a pension under the act of 7 June 1832, has been examined and his papers placed on the files of this office.
In his declaration Claimant states that he was drafted in the service of the United States in 1781, that he was placed first under the Command of Capt Tapply afterwards under Capt Scrubamh in in Hampshire Co Va and served to the end of the war. The drafted Militia of Virginia served in tours of three months duration, and before we could make a general decision in the this case, each tour of service with the date of its commencement and duration and the number of the must be specifically set forth, and established by the testimony of friends who were in service with him. His name is not found upon the records of the Virginia Continental or State Lines in

This Office now evidence whatever in support of the telegraphic allegation of Reed in relation to his Senate has been introduced
Hon. G. C. Smith 29 Aug. 1857
Hon. Graham N. Fitch House of Reps

January 29, 1938
Charles Rector R. 8637 BA-J/AWF
Ada M. Bardrick 707 E. Salem Avenue Indianola, Iowa
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Charles Rector of Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia).
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, R. 8637, based upon the military service of Charles Rector in the War of the Revolution. This is the record of the only Charles Rector found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Charles Rector was born March 26, 1761 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He was the son of Daniel Rector, the name of his mother was not stated.
Charles Rector stated that while residing in Hampshire County, Virginia, near Oldtown, "on the Virginia side", he was drafted in the spring of 1781 by Captain Tapley, and in about twenty days was mustered in by Captain Teverbaugh at Fort Pleasant on the South Branch of the Potomac River, where he remained eight or ten days, when taken out of the ranks by Colonel Joseph Nevel, and sent to Colonel Michael Cresap, who resided in Hampshire County, "near Oldtown on the opposite side and near the mouth of the South Branch of the Potomac" where he acted as orderly sergeant until the close of the war.
After the close of the Revolution, he lived near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from there moved to Mason

County, Kentucky, from there to Champaign County, Ohio, and thence to Miami County, Indiana.
Charles Rector applied for pension, May 14, 1850, then a resident of Miami County, Indiana. The claim was not allowed, as proof of service was not furnished, as required by the pension law.
He married May 20, 1824 in Champaign County, Ohio, Catherine (Catharine) Marshall.
Charles Rector died January 1, 1852, and his widow, Catherine Rector, was sixty-three years of age in 1858, and living in Miami County, Indiana.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further data relative to family.
It may be proper to add that the "Oldtown" referred to herein, may be the "Oldtown" of Allegany County, Maryland, which is now on the opposite side of the Potomac River from Hampshire County, West Virginia.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

April 19, 1933
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Charles Rector-R.8637 BA-J/AWF
Mary Edith Gaston Glenwood Iowa
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Charles Rector.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 8637, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Charles Rector.
He was born March 26, 1761 in Fauquier County, Virginia, and was the son of Daniel Rector, the name of his mother is not given.
Charles Rector alleged that while residing near Oldtown, Hampshire County, Virginia, he was drafted in the spring of 1781 by Captain Tapley, mustered in by Captain Teverbaugh, then taken out of the ranks by Colonel Joseph Neville and sent to Hampshire County, Virginia, where he acted as orderly sergeant, until the close of the war.
After the Revolution he lived near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from there moved to Mason County, Kentucky, from there to Champaign County, Ohio, and from there to Miami County, Indiana.
Charles Rector applied for pension, May 14, 1850, then a resident of Miami County, Indiana; but the claim was not allowed, as there was no proof of the service.
Charles Rector married May 20, 1824 in Champaign

County, Ohio, Catherine (Catharine) Marshall.
Charles Rector died January 1, 1852, and his widow Catharine (Catharine) Rector, was sixty-three years old in 1858 and living in Miami County, Indiana. 1859
There are no further data in this claim relative to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Revolutionary War Pension Section.
Ans
September 30, 1925.
Mrs. Homer W. Charles 765 E. 26th St., North Portland, Ore.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 8637, it appears that Charles Rector (son of Daniel) was born March 26, 1761 in Fauquier County, Virginia.
While residing near Oldtown, Hampshire County, Virginia, he alleged that in the spring of 1781, he was drafted by Captain Tapley, mustered in by Captain Teverbaugh, then taken out of the ranks by Colonel Joseph Neville and sent to Hampshire County, Virginia, where he acted as Orderly Sergeant, until the close of the War.
He applied for pension, May 14, 1850, while a resident of Miami County, Indiana, but the claim was
Colo Michael Cezap died in Oct 1775. I did not use his name as col. alleged service under him in 1781.

not allowed, as there was no proof of his service.
Ad. Jan 1-1852
It also appears in said claim, that Charles Rector married, May 30, 1834 in Champaign County, Ohio, Catherine Marshall. She was sixty-three years old in 1858 and a resident of Miami County, Indiana.
There is no further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
E. W. WMORGAN Acting Commissioner.

1912 FEB 1 - 1912
Reptable State Pension - U.S.D.V.P.
-----
Double Aged Pensioner
Application of Mrs. Mary Jane ...
First, I am sure that I am not receiving any other pension... Second, I am sure that I am not receiving any other pension... Third, I am sure that I am not receiving any other pension... Fourth, I am sure that I am not receiving any other pension... Fifth, I am sure that I am not receiving any other pension...
Yours truly,
John D. ...
Commissioner of Pensions
to the
Dear Sir:- Enclosed

MRS. CHAS. O. NORTON
KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
Kearney, Nebraska.
Jan 27th 1912.
To the,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington. D. C.
Dear Sir:-
18637
Charles Rector , born in Isle of Nantucket, may have served either from Virginia, or with Mass troops. Did either Charles Rector, or his wife Catherine Marshall (Haynes) Rector, apply for Pension? Charles Rector, born 1761, died Jan 1, 1851.
Your early reply, will be appreciated.
Yours very sincerely.
Wm. B. O. Norton
Nebraska State Regent. N.S.D.A.R.

No 3798 Charles Rector Ind
act 7 June 1852

person; And this Statement is entitled to Credit.
Reuben C. Harrison Probate Judge
I James B. Fulwiler Clerk of the Probate Court of Miami County in the State of Indiana do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court before the Hon. Reuben C. Harrison the sole Judge thereof in the matter of the application of Charles P. Taylor for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Peru in said County of Miami this fourteenth day of May A.D. 1850
James B. Fulwiler Clerk

Declaration of Catharine Rector for Pension under act Feb. 28 3 d 1858.

State of Indiana Miami County } ss.
On this fifth day of January 1859 personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County State of Indiana Catharine Rector a resident of Miami County in the State of Indiana aged Sixty Three years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d day of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Charles Rector who was a private, as he informed her and has stated in his declaration on file in the pension office to which she begs leave to refer the Commissioner of Pensions, in the Company commanded by Captain Tapply first and afterwards in the Company commanded by Captain Lortbaryh. That as he informed her he was drafted in Hampshire County Virginia to serve in

in said Company. She cannot state more definitely about his service. She further declares that she was married to the said Charles Reuter on the 20 th day of May Eighteen Hundred and twentyfour that her said husband died on the first day of January 1852 that she was not married to him prior to the second of January Eighteen Hundred but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow.
Allest E. Dickie Plaintiff (Proche)
Catharine her Reuter mark
Sworn to a subscription on the day and year above written before in Open Court before Samuel L. McFadden Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County In witness whereof the said Samuel L. McFadden has hereunto affixed his signature this 15 th day of January 1858.
Samuel L. McFadden Judge, Court of Common Pleas Miami County, Indiana.