Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 39240, William Bradford, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Bradford, William
$ 39240
CONTENTS

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19.884
"West Tennessee
"William Bradford
of Sumner Co in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Chilton of the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall in the Virginia line, for the term of three years, from 27 August 1777 to 1800
Inscribed on the Roll of W. Tennessee at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 day of February 1828.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of March 1828 and sent to Hon. R. Desha. U. Reps.
Arrears to 4th of March 1828 - $ 5 03 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1828 48. -
$ 53, 03
{ Revolutionary Claims Acts March, 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820. }
abt D. Mr. Bradford May 31.
Date of death not on file

Original Claim
Declaration, in order to be placed on the pension list, under the act of the 18 th March 1818.
County of Sumner Ss.
on this 14 th day of February 1828 personally appeared in open Court in the County Court of Sumner Attest a Court of Record William Bradford Resident in said County, aged sixty eight years, Who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March, 1818, and the first of May, 1820; that he the said William Bradford enlisted for the term of three years on the 27 th day of August in the year 1777, in the state of Virginia in the company commanded by Capt John Chilton in the Regiment commanded by Col Thomas Marshall in the line of the state of Virginia on the third Regiment Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Caps until the expiration of said term when he was discharged from the service in Fauquier County in the state of Virginia; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, except the present; that his name is not on the roll of any State, except the state of Tennessee; and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension, that he is a Tailor by trade and by his labour has made out to support his family until about Ten years ago from that time up to the present he has made out to live by his own exertions in part and the assistance of his sons, in part

and in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof without thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled: An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; Nor have I any income, other than is produced by my personal labour, that, since the 18 th of March 1818, no changes have been made in my property.
William Bradford
Sworn to, and declared on the 11 th day of February 1828 before me Alfred H Douglass, Clerk of summer County court,
I Alfred H Douglass, Clerk of summer county court do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said William Bradford did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of three years, under one engagement, on the con- tinental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing affidavit is truly copied from the records of the said court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 16 th day of Feb y 1828.

Before me Will. R. Burdick a justice of the peace in the County of Sumner in the State of Tennessee personally appeared this day William Bradford whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of Attorney and acknow- ledged the same to be his act and deed and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer or of any attachment levy or seizure, by any legal process in nature of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to inure wholly to his personal benefit & behoof. My hand this 29 th day of August in the year 1828. Wm. Bradford Not in presence of Geo. Sumner. County
State of Tennessee Sumner County I Alfred H. Douglass Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for said County of Sumner do hereby certify that before me known the foregoing power of attorney as acknowledged is a just of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified that full faith & credit is due his Official acts as such In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Office this day of A.D. 1828 1 st year of American Independence A. H. Douglass Clerk
Before me David McHulay a justice of the peace in the County of Sumner in the State of Tennessee personally appeared this day Robert D. D. the attorney named in the foregoing power of Attorney & made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal

for exp. & ration, of the pay therein authorized to be raised but that the said pay is intended to inure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the power was executed Witness My hand this 2nd, day of September in the Year 1828. Sworn
Test D. M. McAuley  JB  JB
Robert W. Ash
State of Tennessee
Sumner County ss Alfred H. Douglass Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County of Sumner do hereby Certify that before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to as at the time an acting justice of the peace for said County and duly empowered to administer oaths In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Office this 7 day of A.D. 1828 the 3rd year of American Independence
A. H. Douglass Clerk
1828 papers to be filed with Ad O. H. Davis
Files # 39246

For the purpose of Obtaining the benefits of an act entitled an act for the relief of Certain surviving Officers & Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution Approved on the 15 th of May 1828. -
I William Bradford of the County of Sumner in the State of Tennessee do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for & during the term of three years on August One thousand seven hundred & seventy seven & Continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a private Soldier in Captain John Chittons Company in the Third Regiment of the Virginia line Commanded by Col. Thomas Marshall. - And I further declare that I was on the pension list on the 15 th May 1828. of the United States but have not received as yet one Cent thereof witness my hand this 28 th day of August A.D. 1828. William Bradford
Before me William R. Davenport an acting justice of the peace in the County of Sumner in the State of Tennessee personally appeared this day Trusty Bradford and John P. Allen of the said County who did solemnly make Oath that William Bradford by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed & believed to have been a Soldier of the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated witness my hand and seal this 29 th day of August in the year 1828. W. R. Davenport Justice of the Peace. Priestly Bradford For sumner County { Signed John P. Allen

State of Tennessee Sumner County ss Alfred H. Douglass Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for said County of Sumner do hereby Certify that before me known the foregoing office acts were sworn to as at the time an acting justice of the peace for said County duly Commissioned & qualified that full faith & credit is due his Official acts as such and duly empowered to administer oaths for testimony In witness whereof I have unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Offutt This day of AD 1828. 183 rd year of American Independence. A. H. Douglass Clerk
Know all men by these presents that I William Bradford of the County of Sumner in the State of Tennessee do hereby constitute & appoint Robert Duke my true lawful attorney with a power of substitution for me and in my name to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due me, under the act, entitled an act for the relief of Certain surviving Officers, for Holders of the resolution approved 15 th May 1828. as a private soldier in the third regiment of the Virginia line of the Army of the revolution with my hand & seal this 29 th day of August in the year 1828. signed sealed & delivered in the presence of Robert Duke my Atty. William Bradford Presley Bradford

September 2, 1933
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William Bradford-S.39240 BA-J/AWF
Mr. Chester C. Burdick Jefferson City, P.O.Box 29 Missouri
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Bradford of Fauquier County, Virginia.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.39240, based upon the Revolutionary War service of William Bradford.
The date and place of his birth are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.
William Bradford enlisted in the state of Virginia, August 27, 1777 and served as a private in Captain Chilton's company, Colonel Thomas Marshall's Third Virginia regiment, and was discharged in Fauquier County, Virginia, after a service of three years.
William Bradford was allowed pension on his application executed February 11, 1828, then aged sixty-eight years and a resident of Sumner County, Tennessee. He stated that he was a tailor by trade.
On May 20, 1845, the soldier's son, D. W. or M. Bradford, gave his address as Huntsville, North Alabama, and then stated that his father had been dead about thirteen years, and that his (William Bradford) widow was living in Tennessee. Name of widow not stated
In 1828, one Priestly Bradford was a resident of

Sumner County, Tennessee, no relationship to the family shown. There are no further data in this claim relative to the family of the soldier, William Bradford.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

This paper copied for Hon. R. Desha H.R. Dec. 10. 1828.
20562
William Bradford Sumner County Tennessee act 18 March 1828
admitted
Hon. W m Desha H.R. March 5. 1828

May 31 '45
Free
J. L. Edman Esq. Comm. of Pensions. Washington City.
Wm Bradford Ind Oct 28

Huntsville, North Alabama May 20th 1845.
J. C. Edwards Esq. Comm: - of Pensions. Sir.
I am the son of William Bradford, a Soldier of the Revolution in the 3rd Regiment, Virginia Line, commanded by Col Thomas Marshall, and in Capt John Chilton's Company.
My Father as appears from your statement of 10th Dec. 1828 became a Pensioner about that time, and so continued until his death, about thirteen years ago - I am informed that by a late act of Congress, a further pension is allowed for a certain time to the surviving widows of certain Revolutionary Soldiers. And my object in writing you, is to request of you the favor to examine & see if my Father's Widow is embraced in that Act, of Pension by the late act of Congress. For any other act passed since his death. My Father enlisted for 3 years in the Virginia Line & served his time out - and was honorably discharged - his Widow living in Tennessee, is old and in reduced circumstances, & if entitled to a pension, it would give her great relief -
You will confer an especial favor by ascertaining, & if entitled - the amount, and the mode to be pursued in obtaining it: Very Respectfully D. M. Bradford

39 240
Rev INVALID.
File No. 39 240
William Bradford Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 8 , Page 60
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1910 Mch. 9 Hist. to Emma B. Grant V.P.M. 1919 Feb 19 Hist. to Mrs. C.C. Clark
1933-Sept 2- list to Dexter C. Burdick Esq. 1935- June 21 - Mr. Edison dist submitted inf. in re. to form used in def's claim MDT

FEB 24 1910
To The Commissioner of Pension Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
William Bradford born in Fauquier Co Va 1760 died in Summer Co Tenn 1831 is said to have been placed on the Pensions Roll in 1825 for services as a private in the Virginia Continental Line Is this correct? he is said to have been married three time 1 st to Mary Steele 2 nd to Mary or Catherine Morgan 3 rd to Nancy Bayles, and to have had many children, please give me the names of all his children, if that is not possible the names of all mentioned on his pension papers and oblige
Your very truly
Emma Bradford Grant 1420 Broad St Columbus Ga

Box 402
Rec Sec m
Brownwood Texas
Feb 10, 1919.
Bureau of Pension Dept
Washington D.C.
I am a lineal descendant of the following men, John Card and Henry Taulpin of Georgia also of William Bradford of Va. and later of Tenn.
I wish to join the D.A.R. and desire to know if you have a record of their Revolutionary Service.
With all due Thanks
Very Sincerely,
Mrs C.C. Clark
Box 402
Brownwood, Texas.

P.O. Box 29. Jefferson City, Mo., August 24, 1933,
Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Sir:-
In tracing a branch of my family to establish descent from Revolutionary War stock I have found the following reference to William Bradford of Fauquier County, Virginia:-
"William Bradford applied for revolutionary pension while living in Sumner County, Tennessee in August, 1828. He was born in Virginia. He enlisted in Capt. John Chilton's Co., of Col. Thomas Marshall's Regiment. He was discharged in Fauquier County, Va., after the Revolution he moved to Tennessee."
I wrote to the Adjutant General's Office, War Department, Washington D.C. and was advised that the above record appeared correct but that their records of the Revolutionary War were very incomplete.
The Adjutant General suggested that I write to your Office for further information.

It is requested that you supply me with copies of such records as you may have relative to the service, pensioning, relatives, etc that your files may contain
Very truly yours,
Chester C. Burdick.
Note:- This William Bradford was my great- great-great grandfather.

EDISON DICK 720 WEST JACKSON BOULEVARD CHICAGO
May 20, 1935
U. S. Veterans Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Enclosed you will find a rather rare form ✓ used by the U. S. Government around the year 1830 for filling out of applications for Revolutionary pension claims.
I would like to know approximately the date that this form was used. I have been informed that it was probably in use shortly after the enact- ment of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution" approved May 15, 1828, but there is nothing on the form to indicate when this particular form was printed. I presume it was shortly after the day of the enactment.
Would any of your files show this form and give information as to the date of printing?
It is my belief that this is lithographed and if so it is a rather early example of lithography in this country so I am particularly anxious to accurately identify the date that this print was taken.
Yours very truly,
Edison Dick
ED-EH

Mrs. Finner
Pl. contact
Mr. Linsenmeyer Geological Survey Interior Dept. no to means used to reproduce form in question.
W. Black 6/9/35
I did, & Mr. L. - said he did not believe that it was lithographed or that on that paper as early as 1828 - 1830.

I contacted Mr. Marks, Hydrographic Div., Navy Dept., & he said: "I am sure it was lithographed". I contacted Dr. Martin, Chief of MSS Div. Library of Congress & he discussed it with some one else in the Library who found out about the watermark & who stated also, that he did not think it was lithographed, but that it was possibly made by some method of Cello- typy which included helio- type & other methods. No one knew when lithography was first used in America! but Mr. Marks said he didn't in Phila. prior to 1828. Mr. Linsenmeyer said not used before 1860. MHS

June 21, 1935
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Mr. Edison Dick 720 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago, Illinois
WILLIAM BRADFORD S. 30240 BA-J/MSF:MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter with which you enclosed an old form which was used in the execution of Revolutionary War claims for pension under the Act of May 15, 1828, and in which letter you request to know the approximate date of printing of the form and whether or not it was lithographed.
There is on file a Revolutionary War claim for pension made by one William Bradford (note on reverse side of your form "Pension-Bradford - Paper"), File No. S. 30240, which claim was executed in August, 1828, in Sumner County, Tennessee, under the provisions of the Act of May 15, 1828. The exact language shown on your old form was used by the justice of the peace, the clerk of the county court, in the affidavits taken by the attorney and in the power of attorney in the execution of this claim for pension.
No record has been found by which to fix the exact date when this form was prepared to be used in the various counties where applications for pension were being made by the Revolutionary War soldiers under the provisions of above noted act.
According to the claim cited above, however, that form was used in 1828 and was prepared, evidently, at the time the Act of May 15, 1828 was approved, in order to insure uniformity in the execution of claims and thus avoid delay in the return of them for adjustment or amendment.
This office has been informed reliably that the watermark "J. Butler" in the paper, upon which the old form is produced, was used as early as 1828 and possibly as late as 1840. Further contact with persons familiar with various methods of printing results in

no definite opinion: only that it may have been lithographed or reproduced by callotyp.
It is regretted that something more definite could not have been ascertained for you.
Your form is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. William Bradford Sur. File 39240.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 27. 1777 3 years Pvt. John Shelton Thomas Marshall 3 rd Ga   discharged in Fauquier Co. Va        
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Va
Date of application for pension, July 11. 1828. His el. was al.
Residence at date of application, Sumner Co. Tenn
Age at date of application, 68 years - Sailor by trade
Remarks: Soldier's widow was living in Tenn. in 1845. Her name is Sarah. His son D. M. Bradford was a resident of Huntsville Ala at that time. No further data as to family.