Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46371, Robert Breckinridge, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Breckinridge, Robert. or Brackenridge
NUMBER
S. 46371
{ B.L.W. 273-200-Lieut. Issued Apr. 14, 1790. No papers.
CONTENTS

1912 Nov. 7. Hist. to Mrs. C.T. Lamb. P
[3-230.] Cert.
No. 300
Reissues. Plenty
16.697
Name: Robert Breckinridge. Rank: Lieut. Comp'y: _____ Reg't: 7th Line.
(bounty land allowed as Brackenridge ) } Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. { _____ Comm'g 2d Issue. { _____ Comm'g 3d Issue. { _____ Comm'g
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. { _____ Sent to 2d Issue. { _____ Sent to 3d Issue. { _____ Sent to
Allowed. Act 1828
Act 14th July, 1862. Blk. G., Vol., _____, Page _____ Registering Clerk: _____
Disability. { _____

No of orig Pay 300 - 382
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
Allowed, act 1828
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 26. 1828.
Robert Breckinridge, of Louisville. — in the County of Jefferson, — in the State of Kentucky. — has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war
at which period he was a lieutenant , in the  serving in Pope's Detachment  regiment of the Virginia line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing , dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
31 st July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Robert Brackenridge-Lieut. in the Virginia line, amounting to Sixteen Hundred dollars.
It further appears that Robert Brackenridge  not is now on the pension list of the  any — — — — — agency, and has been since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  per month.
John H. Payne
No Record not now on the pension list of any agency since the 3 d March 1826

Commission; Parole and Exchange not on file in this case. F.S.C. Nov. 7, 1912.
And as claims under this Act were adjudicated in the Treasury Dept. it is not possible now to trace them up. (Adv. Nov. 10, 1912)

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution", approved on the 15th day of May 1828; I Robert Breckinridge of the City of Louisville, in the County of Jefferson and State of Kentucky do hereby declare that I was an officer in the continental line of the Army of the Revolution - that my first service was in the 8th Virginia Regiment from which I was transferred, or arranged, to the 4th Regiment with the rank of Lieutenant, which was ordered, under the command of Col o Neville, to the defence of Charlestown in South Carolina, where, upon its fall in the month of May 1780, I was made prisoner - That I was exchanged in the month of June 1781, and ordered to join a Corps of Infantry then organising at Cumberland Court House in the State of Virginia - That the said Corps marched under the command of Col o Poyse, to the South and joined the Army under the command of General Greene - and that I remained in service as an officer till the end of the war. In support of the foregoing statement I send inclosed my commission as a Lieutenant, Parole, and certificate of Exchange.
I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay, which sum was offered by the Resolves of Congress of the 22 d of March 1783

1783 instead of half pay for life, to which I was intitled under the Resolve of the 21 st of October 1780. Witness my hand this 27 th day of June Eighteen hundred and twenty eight.
Rob Breckinridge
Jefferson County & ss State of Kentucky ss
Before me William
Tompskins Esq r a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, and duly empowered to administer oaths, personally appeared, this day Warden Pope and Abraham Hile of said County, who did severally make oath that Robert Breckinridge, by whom the foregoing declaration is subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the army of the Revolution in the manner therein stated.
Witness my hand this 27 th day of June in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty eight
Wm Tompskins Esq r
I Warden Pope clerk of the County Court of Jefferson County in the State of Kentucky and keeper of the seal of said County, do certify that William Tompkins Esq r who has signed the above certificate is a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, that he is vested with power by law to
And for further evidence that the above received was in the morning of the United States as a pensioner since the 3 rd March 1826

to administer oaths being one of the Judges of said Court and that his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal aforesaid of said County this 27 th day of June 1828 and in the 37 th Year of the Commonwealth
Worden Raper u u

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 Robert Breckinridge 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.
S. 46371
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ ✓ Lieut. ✓ ✓ 8 th Va.   Apr. 4, 1778 ✓ Neville 4 th Va.   he was captured in the fall of Charleston, S.C.   May 1780. exchanged in June 1781 & joined Col. Pury.   and continued in service until the end of the War.  
Battles engaged in, Siege of Charleston.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, June 27 1828  Allowed.
Residence at date of application, Louisville, Ky.
Age at date of application, ✓
Remarks: _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

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380 Commission N o 8 in favor of Rob t Breckenridge as Lieut. in the 4 th Virginia Regiment to rank from 4 th April 1778 and dated 20 th March 1779. —

New London. Mo.
Oct. 31. 1912
Commissioner of Pensions - Washington - D. C.
Dear Sir - Can you, from your records of Revolutionary soldiers, give me any information relating to Robert Brackenridge of Kentucky? Thanking you in advance for your reply - I am - very Truly -
Wm. C. T. Lamb.