Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6684, Samuel Bootwright, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Bootwright, Samuel
S 6684
CONTENTS
bearded

1935-Aug. 26 - Hist. to Mrs. L. E. Payne - JLL
Reuben
6684
INVALID.
File No. 6684
Samuel Boortwright M rs . Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12.167-
N. Carolina
Samuel Bootwright of Meck. Co. in the State of N. Car. who was a pr. — in the — commanded by Captain — of the Reg't commanded by Col. Gardner in the Va. line for 8 months —
Died May 4, 1834. A.B.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 20. Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of April 1833 — and left to Wade Alexander, Charlotte —
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 533 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Sept — 133. 666 66
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book 66 Vol. 6 Page 34

10919.
Samuel Branton
Chp 2 1/2

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions Mecklenburg County } August Term 1832
On this 31 st day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions opened and held for the County of Mecklenburg and State aforesaid on the 4 th Monday of August aforesaid and now sitting. Samuel Boatwright, a resident of said County and State aged sixty eight years of who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed the seventh of June 1832. That he is sixty eight years of years of age and that he was born in in the year A.D. 1764 - That he had a record of his age in his possession - and that he was born in the County of Hanover State of Virginia about ten miles of Richmond - That he lived there until the Revolutionary war and that he first entered the service of the United States in the States Troop of Virginia under Captain Elisha Meredy - That this was in the year 177 8 - That he marched to Little York and was under the command of General Nelson - That he volunteered for nine weeks - which tour he served and was verbally discharged at Williamsburg - That he again volunteered under Captain for the Robert Carter - for two months as well as he can remember - That That his lieutenant was William Dery - That this was in year 1781 - That his commanding officer was colonel Campbell - That he was stationed at Williamsburg - where colonel Campbell was killed - he was verbally discharged from this service - He again volunteered as he believes in the year 1781 under Captain Thomas Richardson for two months - That John Starke was colonel

and that his company was stationed at Mobbins Hill on James River that he served out his time and was verbally discharged by his commanding officer - That he again volunteered under Captain Thomas White - That Manyweather was Major and Hardiman Col was Colonel - That during this tour he was engaged at the siege of Yorktown with General Washington with the Continental army and was present at the capture of Lord Cornwallis - That after the capitulation of Little Yorktown - he was marched to Fredericksburg from which place he returned home - being then left with eleven others without officers That this was in the year 1781
That the whole time he was engaged in the United States service was during the last tour was about two months - tho' he can not speak positively to the fact - That he was then at Little Yorktown when the first cannon was fired on the town by the Continental Army - That he assisted in raising the works for the protection of the cannon and those who had the command of them - remained there until the town was taken and was marched thence from there to the town of Fredericks- burg - which must That the whole time he was engaged in the service during that war was about nine months - That he has understands that the muster Rolls of the States Troop of Virginia are in the War Department at Washington That other- than that he has no documentary evidence

of his services as above stated - and that he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove it that he remained in the State of Virginia dur- ing the Revolutionary war and removed to the State of North Carolina in the year 1787 into the County of Mecklenburg where he has resided ever since -
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any State -
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
Samuel Boatwright
We Charles Alexander and Robin Cook residing in the County of Mecklenburg State of North Carolina and living in the neighbourhood of said Boat- wright - do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Boatwright who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- bourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we con- cur in that opinion and that he is a man of truth Sworn to and subscribed to Charles Alexander the day and year aforesaid Robin Cook
And the said board do hereby declare their opinion that the above named ap- -licant was a revolutionary and served as he states

I Isaac Alexander Clerk of the Superior Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Mecklenburg and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of the said in the matter of application of Samuel Boatwright for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 31 st day of August 1832 at office in Charlotte
Isaac Alexander Clerk

Samuel Booright
N Carolina
Almond private
8 months 24. 66
June 1779
Col. Hardiman
p 67
10. 9. 19

60 BRIEF in the case of Samuel Boortright  of Muhlenburg in the State of Ky. 86.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before the court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     State troops of Virginia In 1799 entered 2 2 private Col. Meredy. Col. Nelson   1799 returned 2 " Col. Carter Col. Campbell   " 2 " Col. Richardson Col. Stash   " 6 2 " Col. White Col. Hardiman   8 2  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? at the siege of York  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Amherst Co. Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? incidental evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

August 26, 1935.
Mrs. L. E. Payne Hawkinsville Georgia.
BA-3/ILL Samuel Bootwright S. 6684 Am
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Bootwright, who was pensioned in North Carolina.
The record of Samuel Bootwright, as he signed his name, is furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 6684, based upon his service in that war.
Samuel Bootwright was born in the year 1764, about ten miles from Richmond, in Hanover County, Virginia, and resided there until after the Revolutionary War. The names of his parents are not shown.
He volunteered sometime in 1779, and served about nine weeks as private in Captain Elisha Meredy's Virginia company; he enlisted in 1781, and served two months as private in Captain Robert Carter's company, Colonel Campbell's Virginia regiment, stationed at Williamsburg, Virginia; afterwards, served two months as private in Captain Thomas Richardson's company, Colonel Starke's Virginia regiment, stationed on the James River; he volunteered and served a tour in Captain Thomas White's company, Colonel Hardiman's Virginia regiment, was in the Siege of Yorktown and present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, after which he marched to Fredericksburg, where he was discharged. His entire service amounted to about nine months.
The soldier moved from Virginia in the year 1787, to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 31, 1832, at which time he resided in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; he had continued to reside in that county ever since he moved from Virginia. No reference was made to wife or children of the soldier.
Samuel Bootwright died May 4, 1834.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Hawkinsville Ga.
Aug 13, 1935
Veterans Administration
Rev. Pension Dept,
Will you be as kind as to send me a copy of pension claim of Samuel Boatright , ok pensioner from North Carolina in Revolutionary War?
Thanking you for this favor as I wish to make out my DAK paper,
I am, Respectfully Mrs. S. E. Payne