Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,427, Clement Carrington, Continental (Va.)

SERVICE
Continental (Va.) Barrington Clement
NUMBER
S 46.427
{ B.L.W. 475-150 Ensign Issued Apr. 18, 1796. No papers.
CONTENTS

1907 Sept. 10. Hist. to Robt. H. Tucker - C.
[3-230.] Cert.
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Name: Clement Carrington. Rank: Ensign Comp'y: _____ Reg't: Lees Legion Va. Line.
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 _____
Act 17th July, 1862. Bk. G., Vol. _____, Page _____
Registering Clerk: _____
Disability. { _____
Allowed. Oct 1828

455.
Owed
$46.42 7
Clement Carrington

For the purpose of obtaining 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 15 th of May 1828. I Clement Carrington of the State of Virginia and County of Charlotte. Do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such till the end of the war. At which period I was an Ensign in the Infantry of the Legion commanded by Lieutenant Col. Henry Lee on the Continental Establishment. I also de- clare that I afterwards received a certificate, commonly called a commutation certificate, for a sum equal, to the amount of five years full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22 d of March 1783. instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21 st of October, 1780.
Clement Carrington

Before me James P. Marshall justice of the peace in the county of Charlotte in the state of Virginia personally appeared this day Henry Patterson & Creek  a  Close of the said county who did solemnly make oath that Clement Harrington by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed, and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the revolution in manner as therein stated. Witness my hand this 5 th day of July in the year 1828
James P. Marshall
I Mumbrow Robinson clerk of the Court of the County of Charlotte in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that James P. Marshall before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time an acting justice of the peace in and for the said County and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 5 th day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and twenty Eight and in the fifty third year of the Commonwealth
Mumbrow Robinson

No of orig Pay 393-
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
Allowed } act 1828 }
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 29. 1828.
Clement Barrington, of _____ in the County of Charlotte, in the State of Virginia. — 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 an Ensign in Lee's Legion regiment of the Virginia line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the re- solve 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. D.kins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
2 nd August 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 Clement Barrington . Ensign in Lee's Legion of the Virginia line, amounting to Sixteen Hundred dollars.
It further appears that Clement Barrington 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 Hagner Aud
to Record AW
Nov 12/28
awarded

Danville, Va Aug 11, 1907.
Dear Sirs:-
I write to ask if you will give me at your earliest convenience any information which the Department may have concerning the rank, command, and services of the following Revolutionary officers:
General William Nelson, of Yorktown, Va.
Lieutenant (Lieut.-Colonel, Major Armstrong's troop?) George Corriington - Lee's Battalion of Light Dragoons
Lieut. Clement Corriington - Lee's Battalion of Light Dragoons - wounded at Battle of Eutaw Springs.
Paul Corriington - participated in Battle of Guilford Court House.
Major Edmund Read, of Charlotte Co., Va.
Col. Isaac Read - 4 th Virginia Regiment - died in Philadelphia
Thomas Read, of Charlotte Co., Virginia
Captain Thomas Watkins, of Prince Edward Dragoons,

which company participated in the Battle of Guilford Court House.
Lieut. Woodson Venable - ensign in Hampden- - Sidney Academy Company, in 1776, after wards an officer in Captain Thomas Watkins's company of Prince Edward Dragoons.
The information set opposite each officer's name is given for purposes of identification; I don't know whether it is absolutely correct.
Thanking you in advance for the courtesy of a prompt reply, Sir,
Very truly, yours,
Robt. H. Tucker,
886 Grove St.,
Danville, Virginia.

Cur
In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Clement Carrington a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Sur. file 46427
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ surv'd to end of war Ensign ✓ Lt Col. Henry Lee's Legion Inf. Cont                                                   
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Date of application for pension, July 5, 1828 Residence at date of application, Charlotte Co., Va Age at date of application, ✓
Remarks: Allora  No George Carrington, Paul Carrington, Isaac Read, Thomas Read  Thomas Watkins Samuel W. Venable as decribers.