Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10,458, Richard Briggs, Privateer (Mass.) S.C. Sea Service

SERVICE
NUMBER
Privateer (Mass.) Briggs, Richard S. C. Sea Service Hulda
W 10,458
CONTENTS

Dead. See letters to his widow & Pen. Agt. Oct. 7. 1835
15016 X
Massachusetts.
Richard Briggs of Worthington in the State of Mass who was a Englishman the Company commanded by Captain Myner of the Ship commanded by Wm. Gillon in the Mass line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of $80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of May 1835 and last William Ward Worthington Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $960.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept. 1, 240.00 $1200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. H. Anderson Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 a Page 6

Illinois 3448
Huldah Briggs
widow of Richard Briggs, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, — and who died on the 10 or 11 Augt 1835. of Bond Co in the State of Illinois who was a Surgeon in the company commanded by Captain Joyner of the regt commanded by Col Gilliam in the war. Due for 2 years.
Enscribed on the Roll of Illinois the rate of 4 50 Dollars — Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Decr 1839, sent to M.G. Sale Greenville, Bond Co Illinois
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839 $1680.00 Pemi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40 240.00
$1920.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by L.M. Canby Clerk Book 4. Vol. 2. Page 223.
See let. to Hon Jno Reynolds May 15. 1840 —
let to Hon P. Shultz
Heb 1841
let. do do June 19. 1841
let to W Ward Nov 19. 1844

Richard Briggs
Surgeon Mate
2 years
$480 per m
Mr Ward Esq. Washington Mass

BRIEF in the case of Richard Brigg  of Washington  in the State of  Miss  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 years  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.      22 Aug 1780 In 1778 Participating  2 6 Sergeant 1 mile  Gen. L  Col. G. G. G. G.  Ship South Carolina   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? No. 1 Prince Street  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By documentary proof  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Brigg  Examining Clerk.

Richard Briggs 18932. Declaration
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss.
On this 10 th day of September 1832. personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Samuel Hemenway Judge of Probate for the County Hampshire now sitting. Richard Briggs a resident of Worthington in said County aged seventy five 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 act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States and served as herein stated.
In the month of October 1778. I sailed in a small private from Boston in Massachusetts to cruise off Rhode Island and was captured by the British 74 Gun Ship Bulwer capt. Belfast and carried in Robins. Tex. or Drumbe to Milford Haven in England where I remained a prisoner on board till the following Spring when we moved round to Portsmouth where we were placed in Fortune prison where I remained about seven months. I then made my escape and went to London from which I got a passage to Ostend. from which place I went to Paris and got some small relief from Doctor Franklin and proceeded from thence to L Orient.
At L Orient in the month of April or May 1780. I engaged as Surgeons first Mate on board the Frigate South Carolina. belonging to the State of South Carolina. capt. Joyner under Commodore Giffen then lying at Amsterdam. and travelled overland to that place and joined the ship the 28 th day of August. We lay in Amsterdam till the summer

of the following Year when we proceeded to Corrunna in Spain and from thence to Teneriffe and from thence homeward bound to Charleston, which finding in the hands of the enemy we stood for Havanna when we spent the Winter. In the Spring we joined the expedition from Havanna against New Providence and took it, from thence we conveyed some two or three vessels to Philadelphia where we arrived early in June 1782 when I was discharged after nearly twenty six months service.
When I left the service I had a certificate of my service which is lost. I have made diligent search for living Witnesses of my service but can find none. Nicholas Bartlett of Marblehead was first Lieutenant of the ship. John Bartlett of Marblehead was Lieutenant of Marine. Richard Pierce of Marblehead was Sail Master and Joseph Bradley of Boston was Purser and left the ship at Havanna. They are all dead. If any one but myself exists I know not where. I am compelled therefore to rely for proof to a copy of a certificate from the Auditor of the State of South Carolina, and the certificate of the Comptroller General stating the payment made to me as one of the crew of the Frigate South Carolina which are forwarded with this declaration.
I was born in Norton in the County of Bristol in Massachusetts in 1753 as I believe but no official record of my age. I lived and studied my profession in Braintree at the commencement of the war and pursued it in Abington till the year 1807 when I removed to Worthington where I have lived since.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state whatever. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Richard Briggs. Before me Samuel Nickelsy Judge of Probate for the County

We William Ward and William Wetmore of Worthington do hereby certify that we have been many years acquainted with Doct Richard Briggs who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration. that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. We further certify that years before the passage of the late law we have heard him frequently describe the service as set forth in the declaration and we have not a doubt of its truth.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
William Ward
W m Wetmore
Samuel Brinsley Judge of Probate No. 2. County
And the said Court does hereby declare its 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 William Ward & William Wetmore who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Worthington and credible men and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Brinsley Judge of Probate No. 2. County
I, Samuel F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Briggs for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eleventh day of September A.D. 1832 - Sam F. Lyman Register

State of Illinois Bond County ss
On this second day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the County Commissioners Court of Bond County (a Court of Record of said County) now holding the September Term of said Court, Robert M. Berry being Presiding Judge of said Court, Huldah Briggs, a Resident of Bond County aforesaid, aged seventy one years & upwards, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An Act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows:"
That she is the widow of Richard Briggs late of Worthington Hampshire County State of Massachusetts, deceased, who was a Surgeon on board the frigate "South Carolina" during the Revolutionary war, and who, for services rendered during the said war, was placed on the Pension Roll of the United States, at the rate of forty dollars per month; that she, this deponent, in

The month of September 1835 surrendered the certificate of Pension granted to her husband by the War Department, in order to draw the arrears of pension due up to the day of the death of her husband the said Richard Briggs, which arrears of pension were paid to her; to which said Certificate and to such other documentary evidence as may have been furnished by her husband in his life time and which now remain of record in the War Department, she respectfully refers.
She further declares that she was married to the said Richard Briggs on the twelfth day of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four, that her husband, the aforesaid Richard Briggs died on the tenth or eleventh day of April eighteen hundred and thirty five; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated.
Huldah Briggs
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court this second day of September A D 1839. or eleventh interlined before signing. James Bradford Clerk

At the same time and place personally appeared in open court before the judges of the County Commissioners court of Bond County Huldah B. Draper of Bond County Illinois who being duly sworn saith - I was present in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts when Richard Briggs of that place died, He died on the morning of the eleventh day of April eighteen hundred and thirty five - I knew that he drew a Pension of forty dollars per month for services rendered during the Revolu- tionary war, under the law, I think, of Congress of 7 th June 1832 - I lived in the same house with him until the day of his death - Huldah Briggs the foregoing Petitioner was his wife, and at his death removed to Bond County Illinois where I accompanied her - We have lived together in the same house since and I know that she has not married but still continues the widow of the said Rich- ard Briggs -
Huldah B Draper
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court this second day of September A.D. 1839. - James Bradford Clerk

At the same time and place personally appeared in open Court before the Commissioners Court of Bond County Abigail Cushing, aged thirty eight years who being sworn according to Law deposes and says, I lived in Worthington, Hampshire County, State of Massachusetts until within a year past, I was present frequently during the sickness of Richard Briggs and was with him when he died. He died on the morning of eleventh April eighteen hundred and thirty five. I knew that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States for some few years previous to his death - Huldah Briggs now in Court was his reputed wife living with him (she who has signed the foregoing application for the pension granted to certain widows by act of July 7-1838) - After his death she removed to Illinois - From my earliest recollection the said Richard Briggs and Huldah Briggs lived together as man and wife -
Abigail Cushing
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court this 2 d day of September A D 1839 - James Bradford Clerk
I, James Bradford Clerk of the County Commissioners Court of Bond County, do certify - That the foregoing proceedings were had in open Court before the County Commissioners Court of said County, & that the depositions were severally sworn to & subscribed as therein stated.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Greenville in said County this 3 d September A D. 1839 -
James Bradford Clerk
I, Robert W. Denny Presiding Judge of the Commissioners Court of Bond County do certify, That James Bradford is & was at the time of signing, & at the date of, the above certificate the clerk of said Court duly elected & qualified, and that the above purporting to be his signature is his genuine signature - Given under my hand at Greenville in said County this 3 d September A D 1839 -
R W Denny, P.J.

6134
Huedah Briggs- Illinois
act 7 July 38
adm 2 yrs suryon 480
no deduction
Thos Stearns of Hampton Niece M. G. Dale Greenville Bond Co. Ill.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I John Nash Town Clerk of Abington in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that by the Records of said Town now in my custody I can it appears that Dots. Richard Briggs and Huldah Reed both of Abington were married the Twelfth day of August in the year One Thousand Seven hundred & eighty four. I also certify that the above is a true copy of the Records of said Town with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows "Augt 12 th 1784" —
I John Nash above named John Nash Town Clerk depose & say that I hold the office of Clerk in the Town County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Abington August 23 1839. John Nash Town Clerk of Abington
My own attests, August 23. 1839.
Sworn before me — Isaac Whitman, Just Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office
Aug. 24. 1839.
I hereby certify that the above Isaac Whitman was a justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth at the date of his attestation. Evidence the Seal of the State.
John P. Bigelow Sec'y of the Council

6134 Illinois
July 7. 1838.
Healdah Briggs wife of Richard
That Heran, First Comptroller's Office
Sept 24 '39.
of the state.
John P. Bigelow Sec'y of the Com. Cts

W. File 10,458. Richard Briggs was allowed pens. on his appln executed Sept. 11, 1832 while a res. of Worthington, Hampshire Co., Mass.
He stated that he was born in 1753 at Norton, Bristol Co., Mass. and resided at Braintree at the commencement of the Rev. in which he served as follows -
Shipped at Boston in Oct. 1778, in a small Privateer (name not stated) to cruise off Rhode Island, and was captured by the British Gun ship "Culloden" & in Nov. or Dec. carried to
Milford Haven, Eng. where he remained a prisoner on board until the following Spring when he was confined in "Fortune Prison" at Portsmouth for seven months. He then made his escape and went to London, Ostend, Paris and L'Orient where he engaged in Apr. or May 1780 as Surgeon's First Mate on board the Frigate "South Carolina", commanded by Capt. Joyner under Commodore Gillen; joined the ship Aug. 28 at Amsterdam, where they lay until the following summer, then proceeded to Spain, then to Havana where they wintered, and in the Spring took New Providence & convoyed two or three vessels to Phila. where he was disch in June 1782 having served nearly twenty-six months.
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A copy of the record of the town of Abington Mass. shows that Doctor Richard Briggs and Huldah Reed both of Abington were married Aug. 12, 1784; he died Apr. 11, 1835 at Worthington Mass., and she was allowed pens. on

Her application executed Sept. 2, 1839 at which time she was 71 years of age & resided in Bond Co., Ill. with Huldah B. Draper (no relationship stated).
Huldah Briggs died Dec. 17, 1842 and her son in law Jarvis Bradford of Greenville Bond Co., Ill. was apptd. administrator.
There is no other facility data.
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1913 June 4. Hist. to E. E. Adams
Map
Rev WIDOW; &c.
File No. 16438
Hulda Briggs
Wid of
Richard Briggs
Sur d Rev War
Act: July 7 th  1838.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 85
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rich d Briggs. Mass. Act y June 1832 to what time paid a Pen-Officer.
Died 11 th April 1835 to that Dec 3 rd 1839 Preceded 1835 JH

Huldah Briggs deed Letters of Adm n to James Bradford
Recorded in Book B. page 364 &c M. G. Dale P. G. R.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, } Bond COUNTY, } sec.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, Greeting:
KNOW YE, That whereas Huldah Briggs of the county of Bond and State of Illinois died intestate as it is said, on or about the 17 th day of December A. D. 1842, having at the time of her decease personal property in this State, which may be lost, destroyed, or diminished in value, if speedy care be not taken of the same; to the end, therefore, that said property may be collected and preserved for those who shall appear to have a legal right or interest therein, we do hereby appoint James Bradford of the county of Bond and State of Illinois, administrator of all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said Huldah Briggs at the time of her decease; with full power and authority to secure and collect the said property and debts, wheresoever the same may be found in this State, and in general to do and perform all other acts which now are or hereafter may be required of him by law.
Witness, Michael G. Dale probate justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Bond at his office in Greenville this eighteenth day of January A. D. 1844. M. G. Dale Probate Justice.

House of Representatives Washington May 8 th 1844
Sir
In compliance with your letter of the 26 Feb last, I have procured and now enclose you a Certificate from the Comptroller Genl. of South Carolina, in the case of Richard Briggs - And hope it is all that you now require for the issuing of a Certificate to an increase, as claimed.
I would respectfully request your early attention to this case, as much delay has already necessarily occurred
I have the honor to be very respectfully Your obed t serv t
Robert Smith
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions

Dr. R. P. Briggs Mapson
Oct 7.
J. Edwards Aguirre
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
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Boston Oct 2 1835
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir I presented to day at the Commonwealth Bank, a pension power from the widow of the late Doct Richard Briggs (who died on the 8th day of April last) for the amount of pension due him at his decease. The power was dated on the fifteenth day of May last, and was not presented because it was supposed that no pension roll would be furnished the agent here till near the time of the semi-annual payment in September. and it was not known to me that any rule existed that a power could not be paid of longer than three months standing —
Now see this case stands thus. Mrs Briggs removed about four weeks since to the State of Illinois with a daughter and a friend of hers advanced her the amount of the pension due. It will be next to impossible to get a new power authenticated power from her. and it was represented to me

by the pension agent here. that. upon a representation of the facts to you, you would probably relax the rule in this case and direct the pension paid.
The object of this communication, is to ask of you to do so if you can do it consistently with your sense of duty.
It would much oblige me if I could receive your determination before I leave Boston which will be in 10 or 12 days. as I am not frequently here and delay may occasion further difficulty in obtaining the small amount.
Very Respectfully
Your ob t Servant,
William Allard

Nov 12. 44
Washington D.C. Nov 1
Dear
Mr. W. Brant Esq. Half hour of business Washington City
Dr Rich d Briggs maybe his word or account of his work here

Washington Ms Nov 7. 1844
J. W. Crump Esq. Sir
I was the agent of all Sarah H Brewster of this place for obtaining her pension under the Law of 1834 on Account of the services of her husband Asahel Brewster who was a sergeant of Dragoons during the Revolutionary War
When the Certificates was granted for $120 p r Annum. I respectfully enquired of the pension Com ee J L Edwards Esq if she was not intitled to the same Amount as her Husband had been pensioned viz $180 p r An m .. but was replied to that she was not intitled to any pay but for a sergeant in the line viz $10 p r M th Monthly. I find that her heirs have been pensioned for the difference between the sum granted & what I had in the form respectfully claimed. I have stated the history of this transaction as a prelude to another enquiry which I respectfully make of you Sir whether there is not now due to the Heirs of the late Doct Richard Briggs. who was pensioned as a Surgeons Mate under the Law of 1832 - for his Wife who has recently died in Illinois I was the agent of D r Briggs and one of the Heirs Request Me to make the enquiry
Most Respectfully
William Black

June 20 44
Huldah Buggs Ill. 38
James Ref. to a Ray J.
Edmund S. Com. night P.M. one 10 Wm R Smith

House of Representatives Washington June 15 - 1844
Sir,
In my absence from Washington You will be pleased, to communicate with Mr. the  Adm  Ray respecting the claim of the heir of Hulda Brigg de? late of Ill. under act 1838. presented by
Yours sincerely
On leave.
Robert Smith
J. L. G. D. the  the  the  the  the  the  the  the Copy of Pensions

House of Rep Feb 1 st 1844
Sir
I enclose an application made by James Bradford Esq the Administrators upon the estate of the late Huldah Briggs dec d of Illinois, for an increase of the pension the rec d under act July 7 th 1838 from 480 to $ 600 per annum. on account of the revolutionary services of her Husband as a Surgeon in the War of the revolution and ask your early attention to the same
I have the honor to be your Obedt Servt
Robert Smith
Hon ble G e Edwards Com te of Pensions

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Mr. William Ward. Worthington Massachusetts.

South Carolina
Office of the Comptroller General Charleston S.C. Carolina
August 23 d 1832
To/
Mr William Ward
Sir
A few moments since, your letter of the 19 th Instant was handed me by the Treasurer, in which you request a certificate to the fact, that Richard Priggs! served as Surgeon's Mate on board the Frigate South Carolina, in the Revolutionary War.
It seems to me that the former certificate given from this Office is sufficient proof; as, however, you desire additional testimony, I send you the enclosed.
I have the honor to be.
Your Obedt. Servt:
Jas. M c Ravenel Q tr M r for Compt. Genl:
I hereby certify that this letter and the annexed certificate were received by me from the Comptroller General of South Carolina in answer to a letter addressed by me to the Treasurer of that State requesting information as to the service of Dick Priggs as stated in his declaration.
William Ward
Hampshire Sept 11. 1832
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid Samuel Hinckley Justice of Probate
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South Carolina
Comptroller General's Office Charleston. August 23 d 1832
I do hereby certify that the following is a true copy from the "Register of Payments made to the crew of the Frigate South Carolina" by the State of South Carolina, as appears from the above-mentioned "Register" of this Office.
"The State of South Carolina to Rich d Briggs £124. 1. 8 (one hundred & twenty four pounds, six shillings & eight pence sterling)"
Also for Prize Money £18. 1. 10 (eighteen pounds one shilling & ten pence)"
It appears that Richard Briggs served in the capacity of Surgeon's Mate to the above-mentioned Frigate
Rich d Daniell Compt r General
Jas. M c Daniell Clerk

Charleston. April 30 th 1844
Sir
On examination I find nothing in relation to the services of Richard Briggs, excepting a marginal notice on the Book of Indents filed in this office. of which the following is a copy ~
Indent N o 533)
Book C } I issued to Mr Richard Briggs, late of the Frigate South Carolina . Surgeons Mate the 7 th October 1784. for one hundred and twenty, four (Pounds, 6/8 balance) of wages, and one years full pay; In having been in France with Commodore Gillon, and served on board and returned in said Ship as per Certificate from the Auditor General; dated the 6 th Oct r 1784 ~ Principal £124. 6. 8 Amt Interest . . 008. 14. 0
Comptroller's Office Charleston,
April 30 th 1844
} I Certify the foregoing notice of Indent to Rich d Briggs, to be a true copy from the Original Records in this Office. Given under my hand the day & date first above mentioned _____
M c Neal
Comptroller General for Co

South Carolina —
Pursuant to a Resolve of the Honourable the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 17. th of March 1783 —
These are to certify that this State is indebted to Mr. Rich d Briggs late of the Frigate South Carolina as Surgeon Mate being for Balance of Wags due him and for one Year's full pay he having been in France with Comm d Giltner and served on Board and Return in the S t . Ship The sum of One hundred and Twenty four Pounds Six Shillings and 8 3 / 4 Shilling with Interest of Seven per cent per Annum from the 1. st of April 1783 —
£ 124. 6. 8 3 / 4 Stg
Given Under my hand at the Auditor's Office Charleston this Sixth day of October 1784 —
J. M c Call aud r Genl

Recd. October 7 th 1784 from the Commis. s of the Treasury of South Carolina the full amount of the within Certificate In an Indent N o . 533 Book. C —
Robert Coram att y — for Richard Briggs
Copy of Coram's Certificate

State of Illinois ss.
Bond County ss.
On this 18 th day of January A.D. 1844
Personally appeared before me Michael G. Dale, Probate Justice of the Peace in & for said county, James Bradford a resident of Greenville in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath state, that he is the duly constituted and appointed administrator upon the estate of Huldah Briggs deceased, (and the son in law of said deceased) late a resident of said county and who died on the 17 th day of December A.D. 1822., And further states, that the said Huldah, received a Pension from the United States under the act of the 7 th July A.D. 1835. from the 4 th March A.D. 1836. to the 4 th March A.D. 1841. at the rate of $480. per annum as the widow of Richard Briggs —
Now the object of this declaration being made as the administrator, is in order to assert a claim in right of the late Huldah Briggs to an increase rate of the Pension granted under the act of A.D. 1835. from $480 to $600. per annum on account of the Revolutionary services of her deceased husband as Surgeon, and the payment of the arrearage thereon from the 4 th March 1836 to the 4 th March 1841. —
James Bradford
Subscribed & sworn to on the day & year above written before me
M. G. Dale
Probate J. P.
State of Illinois ss.
Bond County ss.
James Bradford Clerk of the county
Commissioner Court in & for said county and ex officio Recorder, of said Commission do hereby certify that Michael G. Dale Esqr. whose name appears to the above certificate was on the day

of the date thereof the acting Probate Justice of the peace in & for said county regularly commissioned and qualified and as such full faith and credit is and of right ought to be given to all his official acts as such, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Greenville this 18 th day of January
A.D. 1844 —
J. Bradford Clerk

CHRISTIAN COUNTY
Republican Central Committee
P. S. HANER, Chairman TAYLORVILLE
E. E. DOWELL, Vice-Chairman PANA
E. E. ADAMS, Secretary TAYLORVILLE
B. A. TURNER, Treasurer EDINBURG
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Taylorville, Illinois, May 22, 1913.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir:-
Kindly furnish me with such information as may be afforded by the United States pension records of one Richard Briggs, whose widow Huldah is listed in a publication of the government in the year 1840 as a pensioner of the Revolutionary war, residing in Bond county, Illinois.
Very respectfully,
E. E. Adams.
77-1832 5/22

Rev. War Section.
June 4, 1913.
Mr. Edward E. Adams, Taylorville, Ills.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 22 d and received the 24 th ultimo, you are furnished the military history of Richard Briggs, Hezekiah Row, and Peter Hubbard who served in the Revolution, and are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Isham, Jesse, Joseph, Samuel or William Reavis or Revis.
Doctor Richard Briggs, W. File No. 10,458, was born in 1753, at Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Shipped at Boston, October 1778, name of vessel not stated and carried to England.
Engaged in April or May 1780, as Surgeon's Mate on the Frigate "South Carolina" commanded by Captain Joyner and Commander Gillen; discharged in June 1782, at Philadelphia.
He married at Abington, Massachusetts, August 12, 1784, Huldah Reed; he died at Worthington, Massachusetts, April 11, 1835, and she died September 2, 1839, in Bond County, Illinois.