Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8121, James Bullock, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Bullock, James
NUMBER
S. 8121
Carded
CONTENTS

Virginia 12.772 James Bullock
Spottsylvania in the State of Virginia who was a pri. Sergt in the _____ commanded Captain _____ of the Regt commanded Col. Spencer in the Virginia for 9 months
scribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of May '33 and sent L. Christy Jr. Fredericksburg Va
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 66.66 Rem-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 16.66 $83.32 1/2
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Com Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6 - Page 3
d. Mar. 10, 1836
Dear
Let to O. Crutchfield, Ap. 6, 1837. Pen Sgt. Ap. 6 1837
Died Mch 10, 1836 11 (vouchers)
Let to Wm J Garland Feb 27 1840

James Bullock
24964

Virginia - Spotsylvania County ss.
On this 30 th day of March 1833 personally appeared before me Hugh M. Patten a Justice of the peace for said County James Bullock, a resident of the said County aged seventy two years - who being first duly sworn according to law, doth in his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832 - That he was born in the year 1760 in the said County - and has resided therein from his birth to the present time. That he entered the service of the state of Virginia, in the Militia of Virginia, as a drafted Militia Man in the spring of 1780 - under the Command of John Holliday as his Captain - of Lewis Holliday as his first Lieutenant - and of John Shaw as his second Lieutenant - that with the Company, he marched from Davenport Tavern in the said County, to Richmond - and from thence to Hillsborough in North Carolina - where they joined the Second Regiment of Virginia Militia Commanded by General Richard Stevens - Colonel Shuttsford L Spencer being in Command under him - from there they marched to near Camden in South Carolina, where they joined a large body of troops, under the Command of General Gates. On the 16 th day of August - the Battle of Camden took place, in which this affiant was engaged - there had been skirmishing through the night - and just before sunrise - the general engagement began - it lasted but a short time - and this affiant had only fired one shot - and had loaded for another fire - when the North Carolina Militia gave way - and the whole Army retreated in great confusion - Captain Holliday was killed in this engagement - and the second Lieutenant John Shaw, had his left hand shot off - The Company to which this affiant belonged, got entirely dispersed - and this affiant being unable to mount, from having very sore feet - he made but slow progress in the retreat - and the rest of the Company - he and another Militia Man, however named John Keaton made the best of their way to Hillsborough - and finding but few of the men and none of his officers there, they returned on to Virginia - where they

the latter part of September - From our age & consequent want of knowledge of memory he does not precisely recollect whether it was the first of April or May when he entered into this town - but he is certain that he was in service at least five months. In the fall of that year - Colonel Winston who was Colonel of Spotsylvania County - Considered it necessary to place a guard over the Magazine in the town of Fredericksburg to guard the public stores & ammunition - this affiant's father was drafted for this service & he being very sick - this affiant entered this service and remained as a guard for two months - he was under the Command of a Sergeant named Hilbush and there were twelve men in this duty he recollects John Vell, Jacob Young - Rose - he does not recollect the precise date & month of his entering on this service - but he feels confident he served as one of this Magazine guard for at least two months - In July 1781 - he was again drafted under the Command of Captain John Chew & Lieutenant Nozekiah Ellis - he was marched to Williamsburg - where his Company was attached to the Regiment Commanded by General Edward Stevens - & Colonel Mewmether & Major Hardin - they were marched from Williamsburg to a place below called as well as this affiant recollects called Green Spring - his regiment was kept constantly engaged in motion - and he recollects (having) been within hearing of the enemys guns, when they retired into Yorktown - Before the siege commenced this affiant's Company was relieved, and he was exchanged verbally by Captain John Chew & this was the last of September - and this affiant had returned home but fifteen or sixteen days when he heard of the surrender of Cornwallis & his Army - he was in this last town fully two months and had been appointed a Sergeant, before he entered into it - He has not procured the evidence of a clergyman, because there is infirm and feeble that he cannot attend personally in a before the Court of his County - He proceeds to answer the seven interrogatories presented by the War Department - as follows 1 st That he was born in Spotsylvania County in 1760 the 18 th day of December 2 nd That in his family Bible there is a record of his age

3 rd That he was living in Spotsylvania when called into service, and has lived there all his life until the present time -
4 th That he was drafted into the first term - That he was the substitute of his father in the second term - as a Maryland Guard - & that he was drafted into the third term -
5 th  He said that Genl. Gates & Genl. Sumpter at Genl. Greene's at Camden - were with the troops - with whom he served - Genl. Stevens had the immediate Command of his regiment - And in his last term - Genl. Washington Genl. Lafayette, & many others whose names he cannot from the indistinctness of his memory now recollect -
6 th That he never received any written discharge -
7 th That he is known to Col. Thomas Mason in his neighborhood to William Jackson & Joseph Christy Esq. of the town of Falmouth and Sarah White whose deposition is below who can testify to his character for truth & their knowledge & belief of his services. We hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
James Bullock
Also Personally appeared before the said Hugh M. Patten at instance of the peace as aforesaid - on the day & year aforesaid - Sarah White of Stafford County aged fifty seven years who being first duly sworn deposes & sayeth - That she is the sister of the aforesaid James Bullock - That she recollects his entering the Army during the revolution - she being then about fourteen

years of age - that he left their father's house in the spring of the year - the precise month she does not recollect - that he was gone through the fall of the year - that the precise time of his absence she cannot say - having never taken much note of it - it being a long time since - and not expecting through a long life, until this time, to be called on to testify to it - that she also recollects his having been absent in the army afterwards just before the close of the war - that she being then young cannot say how long he was in the service at that time - she however will recollect his being in the army as she states - his leaving home & his return to it - as she believes were both members of their father's family at those times - Sarah her mark
Also personally appeared before the said Hugh McPatter a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid on the 1 st day of April 1833. Thomas Minor a resident of the said County who being duly sworn according to law deposes & saith that James Bullock who made the foregoing declaration has been known to him from his boyhood having lived in his neighborhood all his life - that the age of the said James Bullock is as he states - that he knows that he went to South Carolina as a drafted militia man and that he was in Gates' defeat at Camden - that he knows that the said James Bullock served a term of duty in the summer of 1781 - just before the close of the war as a militia man in the militia of Spartanburg County - that were in service in the neighborhood of York town - just before the surrender of Cornwallis' Army - that this affiant is eighty years of age and was at

the first  States of an age last to know of the said services of the said James Bullock as a soldier of the revolution - That the said James Bullock is a man of highly respectable character and his statements are receiving of credit - signed Thos. Morris
We personally appeared before the said Hugh M Patten, a Justice of the peace for the County of Green the day of Year after and William Jackson Jr. aged nearly seven years and Joseph Christy Jr. aged seventy six years residents of the said County who being duly sworn according to law depose & say that they are well acquainted with James Bullock who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing rela- tion, that they believe him to be seventy two years of age - that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution - and they concur in that opinion - signed - Wm Jackson Jr. Joseph Christy
And I Hugh M Patten Justice of the peace for the County of Green do hereby certify & declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department - that the deponent James Bullock who has subscribed & sworn to the Declaration of Independence was a soldier of the revolution & served as he states - and I also certify that it appears to me that by reason of old age & bodily infirmity the said James Bullock cannot attend personally the Court of his County -

And I also hereby certify that the said James Bullock is a man of highly respectable character & his statements worthy of belief - And I also hereby certify that Sarah White and Thomas, Maria & William Jackson & Joseph Hurst Esq. who have subscribed & sworn to the foregoing certificates in support of the foregoing Declaration and residents of the Counties stated in their respective Certificates aforesaid - That they are highly respectable & credible persons - and that their statements are entitled to Credit - Given under my hand & Seal at the County of Fries and this 10 th day of April - 1833
Hugh M. Patton
State of Virginia Spotsylvania County
I Richard S. Stevenson Clerk of the County Court of Spotsylvania in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that Hugh M. Patton whose name is above subscribed to the foregoing Certificate in support of the foregoing Declaration of James Bullock & the depositions of Sarah White Thomas Maria & W m Jackson Esq. & Joseph Hurst Esq. aforesaid was at the time of signing the same & now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Spotsylvania duly Commissioned & qualified to act as such and that full faith & Credit is due to all his acts as such - And I also certify that the signature of the said Hugh M. Patton aforesaid - is his true and genuine signature - subscribed & signed in the proper hand writing of him the said Hugh M. Patton - In testimony whereof

I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 17 th day of April One thousand eight hundred & thirty three R. L. Stevenson

No. 24964
James Bulloch Spotsylvania County Virginia
Amount as per 7 mo 2333 — Sept 2. — 10. $ 33,33
Col. Christy J. Andersonsburg Virginia

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of James Bulloch Spotsylvania County Virginia
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Draft Spring 1780 - 5 - private J. Gates - Genl Stevens, Colonel Stubblefield, Spencer 72 years County of Spotsylvania Virginia Traditionary evidence certified credible 2 Mts. papers certified credible - papers properly attached -   Served Fall 1780 - 2 - " -   Draft July 1781 - 2 - Sergt. Genl Stevens Battle of Bunker  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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 in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And 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 it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place-where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

September 22, 1938
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BA-J/MCS - cur James Bullock, S.8121
Mrs. John North c/o St. Thomas Hospital Nashville, Tennessee
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to a Revolutionary War soldier, James Bullock, who died in Granville County, North Carolina, but whose father lived in Virginia.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.8121, based on the military service of the only James Bullock that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
James Bullock was born December 18, 1760, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Spotsylvania County, James Bullock enlisted and served with the Virginia troops as follows: from the spring of 1780, five months as private in Captain John Holliday's company in Colonels Stubblefield's and Spencer's regiments and was in the battle of Camden; in the fall of 1780, two months as private under Sergeant Sam Hildrup and was engaged in guarding the magazine in Fredericksburg, this service was as substitute for James Bullock's father; from July, 1781, two months as sergeant in Captain John Chew's company in Colonel Meriwether's regiment.
James Bullock was allowed pension on his application executed March 22, 1833, at which time he was living in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
He died March 10, 1836.

In 1833, Sarah White, the soldier's sister, was living in Stafford County, Virginia, aged sixty-seven years. In 1837 reference was made to the soldier's widow but her name was not given. There are no further data relative to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of James Bullock and the name and address of the person to whom it was paid, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., giving the following data:
James Bullock, Certificate 12772, issued May 22, 1833, rate $33.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev War
8721
INVALID.
File No. 8121
James Bullock Sergt. Rev War
Act: Gene 1st 32
Index: — Vol. 1st , Page 50
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 15, 1904 Dr. Bullock's paper
14 Jan 26 Hist. to Miss Fannie May Hampton, V.L.M.
14 Oct 7 Hist. to Mrs. Maria May Puckett, V.L.M.
938. Sept. 27 Hist. to Mrs. John North MS.A

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Richmond, Va. Mar. 18 th 1837.
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you the Pension certificates of James Bullock & Richard Johnston with the necessary papers for drawing the arrears of pensions due their widows - These claims are rejected by the agent (Mr Robinson,) because they are of more than six months standing & I now transmit them to you, with the request that you will forward instructions to the Agent for their payment - You will perceive that I have been constituted Attorney for drawing the Pensions due, & as my stay in Richmond will end with the adjournment of the Legislature, which event is probable to take place the last of the ensuing week, allow me to ask your immediate attention to the matter -
And much oblige
Most respectfully
Yr. Abt. Servt.
A. M. Gutchfield

Feb 27. 1840
Wm. Bullock varm
J. L. Johnson Commission of P. Hon. J. Garland H.R.
Washington

Ho. Reps. Feby. 26 th 1840
To. Maj. J. L. Edwards
Commissioners of Pensions
Dr. Sir:
Will you do me the favour to furnish me with the information and forms requested in the enclosed letter. A speedy answer and return of the letter is respectfully solicited.
Very resp y
Yr obt s a
G. Garland

Department of Interior. Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me the military record of James Bullock Jr. of Spotsylvania Co. Va. His first wife was Miss Winifield of Va and his second wife Miss Annie Waller of Va. James Bullock afterward moved to central Kentucky where he died. I would also like the military record of James Bullock Sr. the father of James Bullock Jr. who also lived in Spotsylvania Co. Va. upon file.
Also the military record of John Waller, the father of Annie Waller, whose wife was Agnes Cox. He lived on Rappahannock River, Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania Co. Va. and died there in 1977. I know the first record is on file with you but am not sure of the other two. Am searching for family records and shall be under many obligations for any records you can send me. I also want the military records of Thomas Minor Jr. + Thomas

Major Sr. father and son, They were from Virginia. The son mar- ried Elizabeth Taylor but I am not sure who was the wife of the father. but I guess it was Mary Dabney. I am sorry to ask so much of you but I trust you will do your best to help in establishing these records. I haveing your an address and hoping to hear from you at an early date, I am
Sincerely,
Mrs. Maria Gray Smellie 421 East Miss. Street,
Oct. 2nd, '14,
Lebanon, Mo.

Fayette, Missouri. 17 January, 1914.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
Kindly give me the military services of Sergt. James Bullock , of Spotsylvania Co., Va., said to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and to have received a pension for his services.
Also, the military service of Capt. James Bullock , of Bedford County, Va., said to have received a pension for services in Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours, (Miss) Harriet Gray Stapleton.

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Veterans Administration Washington D. C.

Nashville, Tenn.
Aug - 17 - 38
Veterans Administration James Bullock who died in Granville Co No Carolina (but whose father lived in Va during the Re war was given 640 acres of land for Rev Service Will you please give me some information about him.
Very truly,
Mrs Jno North St Thomas Hospital

J. R. W. No.8121 Inv., Revolutionary War.
July 15, 1904.
Sir:
Sir: In reply to your inquiry you are advised that James Bullock, aged seventy-two years, residing in Spottsylvania Co., Va., applied for pension March 30, 1833.
He stated that he was born December 18, 1760, in Spottsylvania Co., Va., and there enlisted in the spring of 1780, and served as a private five months under Capt. John Holliday and Col. Stubblefield, that in the fall of 1780, he served two months as a private under a sergeant guarding the magazine at Fredericksburg, and in July 1781, enlisted and served two months as a sergeant under Capt. John Chew and Col. Merriweather. He participated in the battle of Camden.
His claim was allowed.
No.31,849 Wid. War of 1812.
You are further advised that John Lewis, aged eighty years, residing in Cobb Co., Ga., applied for a pension March 31, 1871. He served as a private one hundred and twenty-nine days, from Oct. 12, 1814 in the Georgia Militia under Capt. John G. Colbert. He was engaged in no battle. His claim was allowed. He married Rebecca Draper, his second wife, March 20, 1859, in Henry Co., Ga., and died July 28, 1880, and she was pensioned as his widow.
Dr. Bulloch,
Chief of O.W.& N. Div.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of James Bullock a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring of 1780 5 mos. Pvt John Holliday Wattley Spencer Pa   * Fall 1780 2 mos. " Magazine Guard under Sam Hildrup   July 1781 2 mos. Sgt. John Cohen Mirimether   * Sub. for his father (no name)  
Battles engaged in, Leamden
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Spotsylvania Co. Va
Date of application for pension, Feb. 30. 1833
Residence at date of application, Spotsylvania Co. Va
Age at date of application, St in Spotsylvania Co. Va Dec. 12. 1760.
Remarks: d. Mch. 10. 1836
Widow referred to in 1837 no name stated
The only soldier of this name &c
Respectfully,
{ Sister Sarah White } 67 yrs. 1833.
Commissioner.