Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 39282, Dudley Callaway, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Ballaway Dudley
NUMBER
S 39282
CONTENTS
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10 6.12
Virginia
Dudley Callaway
of Lynchburg in the state of Virginia who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Morgan of the Virginia line, for the term of 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of Feby. 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of May 1819 and sent to W m Daniel, Esq r Lynchburg, Virg a .
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - \frac{10}{28} \frac{4}{31} 6.17
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 - 40.00
$54.17
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
continued
Campbell County

Notification sent 2 July 1821 to Mr W. Nowell, Lynchburg, Va.

3339 ✓
Case of Dudley Callaway Minato. Parton's Warrenton
76  Wm. Daniel are 11 th day 1819 Judge
C. Moyers Rife A.B. Lynch B. V. C. Rec. Feb. 20. 1819.
Roll   Wofington
for the department of War of the United States
To the secretary of War
Admitted.

William Daniel one of the Judges of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Virginia do certify that Dudley Callaway of the town of Lynchburg came this day personally before me in the town of Lynchburg and Commonwealth aforesaid and being by me first duly sworn made the following declaration, that is to say, that he the said Dudley Callaway enlisted with Captain Gross Scruggs of the 5 th Virginia Regiment on continental establishment on the 10 th day of February 1776 for the term of two years; that he served the time for which he enlisted, and was regularly discharged in 1778 at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania - that during the service he was detached under the command of Captain W m Henderson who commanded a company in Col o Morgan's rifle Regiment and was in the battle which preceded and attended the capture of Burgoyne at Saratoga; that he is now in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his County for support, having heretofore depended for that upon his own personal labour, from which he has not been able to accumulate but a very small portion of personal property including now one negro Woman who from her advanced age is of very little value, & will probably in a short time be an expence, than rather a source of profit - that he is now in the sixty sixth year of his age, and having no home except such as he can rent, and his

ability for bodily labour being now much diminished diminished, and with it his means of subsistence he considers himself in need of assistance as he hath above declared.
And on this same day came also before me Edmund Casey who being first duly sworn deponeth and saith, that he knew the above named Dudley Callaway in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War in the same Company in which he served to wit Captain Wm Henderson's of Col. Morgan's Rifled Regiment - that he has known him ever since, & is now well acquainted with his circumstances - that he is poor - having no home except such as he rents - is dependant on his own labours for his support, except the aid of an old negro woman, who is now of little value, and will as he thinks not long be of any value, so that he thinks the said Dudley Callaway from his advanced age & diminished ability for labour, needs assistance for his support.
And on this same day came also before me, Exh Thomas Wyatt of Synnolburg, and being duly sworn by affirmation deponeth and saith that he is well acquainted with the above named Dudley Callaway, that he is a poor man, having no home except what he rents & is entirely dependant as he thinks upon his own personal labour for subsistence, & that being now old his ability to labour much diminished & he still declining in strength & bodily powers from increasing age, he considers him the said Dudley Callaway in need of assistance for support -

And I being thus satisfied that the said Dudley Callaway was engaged in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy for the space of nine months, or more, and that he is now in reduced circumstances & needs assistance of his Country for support do hereby certify the same, and send the proceedings before me had, to the Secretary for the Department of War of the United States to avail as they ought to enable the said Dudley Callaway to obtain the provision lately made by an act of Congress for certain persons who were engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War under my hand and seal (there being no official seal) this 11 th day of Feb y 1819.
Wm Daniel

Follows, and will be sent to you as soon as it is printed. (Signed) Isaac Newton
Yours to all intents and purposes, the friend of the human race, Isaac Newton
Pa 430
Recd 20 June 1821
CON
J. L. O.
Lynchburg, Va
76

Virginia - At a court of Sessions held for the corporation of Lynchburg at the Court House on Tuesday the 5 th June 1821.
On this fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, Dudley Bellaway - aged about Seventy years and a resident of the corporation of Lynchburg in the State of Virginia, personally appeared in open court, expressly constituted by law, a court of record, and being first solemnly sworn doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows - he said Bellaway enlisted for the term of two years in Bedford county, Virginia, about the 10 th day of February one thousand seven hundred and seventy six under Capt: Grop Scraggs of the Fifth Virginia Regiment on continental establishment, and continued to serve until the expiration of two years from the time of enlistment when he was honorably discharged at Valley Forge in the State of Pennsylvania, and was in the following actions & skirmishes, to wit; at the several battles with, & capture of Burgoyne, he was about eight months with Colonel, afterwards Genl: Morgan, and in several sharp skirmishes under him to wit, at Brunswick, at Hubboy, at Somerset Court House and many others, said Bellaway hath heretofore made a declaration of his services &c. before the Honble W m Daniel one of the Judges of the Genl. Court in Virginia, about the 11 th February 1819, and obtained a certificate of a pension of eight dollars per month from the 11 th Feb'y 1819, which certificate bears date the 15 th day of May 1819, and is numbered 10612. - And said Dudley Bellaway doth solemnly swear that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March  May 1818, and hath not since that time by gift, sale, or in any other way disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring

himself 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 he hath not, nor hath any person in trust for him, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, nor any income, other than what is contained and named in the schedule hereto annexed and by him subscribed — that his family consists of three persons, himself, his wife aged about sixty five years, and a grand son, William Callaway aged about eight years, that his own constitution is very much impaired by age, by rheumatic pains, and former hardships, so as to place it out of his power to procure a comfortable support by his vocation, which is that of a House Carpenter, or otherwise, — and that the services of his wife and grand son are not materially beneficial in procuring a maintenance — that he hath nothing of property or interest except the following, — One hand saw, foot adz, drawing knife, hammer, foreplane, two jacks, one smooth plane, two pole axes, rule and compass, two chisels, gauge & square, two augers, one whet stone, one old desk, pine table, one oven, two pots, one skillet, two water vessels, two dishes, five plates, a case of knives and forks, ten cups, one funnel, one pewter pot, one cotton wheel, three split bottom chairs, one looking glass, three spoons, two flat irons, one grid iron, one candle mould, two old chairs, one coulter, one broad hoe, one grind stone, one bible purchased near valley forge of the property of a mercenary killed in action, two hymn books, and the following claims, one chancery suit which has been depending about twenty one years the fate of which is very uncertain which was instituted to recover the proportion of his wife's interest in her deceased father's estate, which was inconsiderable, and there were six distributees — one suit to recover Thirteen dollars, one judgment for Ten dollars and the officer has returned no effects on the execution, an open account for Eight dollars, a claim of six dollars for attending court as a witness, an open account for Five dollars, another of two

dollars, and said Dudley also owes several small debts himself. (Signed) Dudley Callaway,
Sworn to and declared before the Justices of the Hustings Court for the corporation of Lynchburg on the 5 th day of June 1821.
Teste. W m W m Norwell Clerk
I William W m Norwell Clerk of the Hustings Court for the corporation of Lynchburg in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court — and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the Schedule aforesaid, is forty one dollars & 81 3/4 cents — and further that the attorney who prosecutes the suit above alluded to, says (in open Court) he thinks it not worth the costs of prosecution — In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court on this 13 th day of June in the year of our Lord 1821. of our Independence 45.
W m W m Norwell Clerk
1/3 a Chancery suit in Virginia depending about 21 years! — This cannot be worth much,
N o 5.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section EEL Ans
December 10, 1929
Mrs. Frank F. Jones Lowther Hall Clinton, Georgia
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.39282 , it appears that Dudley Callaway enlisted in Bedford County, Virginia, February 10, 1776, served in Captain Gross Scruggs Virginia Company, and in Captain William Henderson's Company, Colonel Morgan's Virginia Regiment, was in the battles of Brunswick, Somerset Court House, Amboy and "in the battles which preceded and attended the capture of Burgoyne at Saratoga" and served two years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 11, 1819, at which time he was sixty-six years of age and a resident of Lynchburg, Virginia.
In 1821, he referred to his wife, aged sixty-five years and to a grandson aged about eight years, but did not give their names and there are no further family data.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
Date of death not on ATB

39 282
Rev INVALID.
Jan. 13/94 Nut Hill No. 4 Jos. J. Casey, 26 E. 129 th St. New York, N.Y. C
1929 Dec 10. Hist. to Mrs Frank F. Jones. 88t
File No. 39 282
Dudley Callaway Rev Geo W
Act: 18 th March 18
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 82
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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26. East 129 th St. N.Y.
28 th November, '93
Hon. Com'r Pensions Washington - D. C.
Dear Sir -
In the volume of "Revolutionary and Military Pensions," published in 1841, I find entered under Virginia, Smyth Co.
Dudley Callaway - age 90; Will you kindly give me a brief sketch of his Revolutionary Pensions - the names of his parents, place of birth etc.
If these data, all , are not on his Pension Papers, would they be found on the en- listment rolls? If so, please tell me where those rolls

are kept, remaining they have been insured.
Respectfully Yrs Joseph J. Baring
I 39282

Our reply was returned marked "No such P.O. in state," and Mrs. Jones enclosed her self-addressed envelope with exactly this address on it when she wrote this letter. LOWTHER HALL CLINTON, JONES COUNTY GEORGIA
Oct. 25- th 1929
I called P.O. Dept & was informed this "Clinton" P.O. was discon- tinued in 1924 & is now
"Gray"
DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR. BUREAU of PENSIONS. WASHINGTON, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me the Revolutionary services as shown in your Pension records of DUDLEY CALLAWAY, Amherst Co., Va.,
C and of FRANCIS BARRETT, d. 1833, Greensburg, Ky. but a native of Virginia?
Thanking you in advance for any courtesy you may extend, I am Yours very truly,
Mrs. Frank F. Jones

Supplemental
Under Daniel Callaway, house Carpenter, was required, to obtain a pension under the act of March 18.18, to have served nine months in one enlistment on the Continental establishment & those soldiers did not usually stated in their applications only the enlistment that would cover the nine months, with but little, if any, of those details which were required by a later & more general act. This office is therefore unable to furnish the name of his parents, (which are rarely mentioned) or of the date or place of his birth. So far as known, the descriptive list, or enlistment rolls, have not been preserved if any were made for that military organization.
The date of his decease & probably his residence after 1821, may be obtained from the Vouchers on which his pension has been paid that are on file in the office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury.

Mr 3
and N. Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Jan'y _____, 189 11
Sir,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Dudley Callaway , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feby 1776 2 years Pri Col. Scragg 5 th regiment Va.   Detached & served 8 months under Capt Wm. Henderson in Col. Daniel Morgan's Rifle Corps - Discharged Feby 1778 at Valley Forge Penn  
Battles engaged in, both battles at Stillwater NY, Brunswick & Amboy NJ.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bedford County Va
Date of application for pension, February 1819
Residence at date of application, Lynchburg, Campbell County Va.
Age at date of application, in the 66 th year of his age -
Remarks: In June 1821 his family consisted of his wife ( no name ) not given aged about 65 years & a grandson Wm. Callaway aged about 8 years -
Very respectfully,
Mr Joseph J. Gasey 26 East 129 th St New York City
Commissioner.