Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 5833, Allen Blair, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Var
Blair, Allen Mary Ann
W 5833
CONTENTS

12.266-
Virginia
Allen Blair of Amherst in the State of Va — who was a Pr — in the ————— commanded by Captain ————— of the ————— commanded by Loving — in the Va — time for 9 months —
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 30 — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of April 1833 and with Robert Finley (clerk) Amherst Co. Va
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 60 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept — 25 87 50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book 60 Vol. 6 Page 2

due to the Agt 29. Jan'y 1839. Paid at the Treasury under the Act of May 16 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1838 to 1 March 1839. Agt notified 2 Dec 1839.
Paid as above from 4 March to 4 th Sep 1839. agt notified 4 June 1840
June 28 July 1853 Let to Wm P. Powell 31 Jan 1855 Same 28 Feb 1855
Region - - 2,400
Mary Ann Blair - Widow of Allen Blair, dec. died on the 23 d April 1835 - Aulats in the State of Virginia was a P ri in the County commanded Captain  of the Reg t commanded Colonel  in the V.A. for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1834. 24 th Feb. 1835
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Octo '38, and sent to and J. S. Blair, Lyonsburgh, Va
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. - $99.00 Semi-annual allowance ending
$114.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 156.

Virginia
On this 15th day of October 1832 personally appeared before the Justices of Amherst County Court now sitting Allen Blair a resident of the said County and State of Virginia aged 78 years on the 3th day of July last who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions, made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he was born in the neighbourhood of Rockfish River, then the County of Amherst (but now Nelson) on the 4th July 1754, a knowledge of which fact he derived from a Register kept by his father, in his life time, which Register was given to some of his family but where it now is he does not know. That sometime before the defeat of Genl Gates (the month or year he does not recollect) he was drafted from the Militia of the County of Amherst where he then and has ever since resided, to serve three months in that campaign and the company to which he was attached was commanded by Capt Younger Sandrum and was ordered to March and to join the said Gates in the South. That he did not serve out this tour, but shortly after he was drafted, employed a certain William Bowman as his substitute who died. That in the year 1781 he was again drafted for a tour of three months as a private Soldier to go on the Guilford expedition, and marched from the County of Amherst and served the said tour under the command of Capt Younger Sandrum. That he was not engaged in the Battle of Guilford, but was so close to the scene of action, that he saw the dead and wounded removed from the field of Battle. That he remembers seeing Genl Edward Stevens removed from the battle ground, badly wounded in the thigh. That in that expedition he saw the following Officers of the Regular Army viz Genl Nathaniel Green, Col William Washington, Henry Lee and General Butler. That he did not obtain any discharge from this service, that he recollects if he did it has been lost, and he does not know that there is any living witness by whom he can prove this tour of duty except Capt William Turner a resident of this County, who was the orderly sergeant of the company to which he was attached, and whose examination is hereto annexed. That shortly after his discharge from the Guilford service he was again drafted into the service for a three months tour, and marched from the County of Amherst early in the month of July 1781 under the Command of Capt John Saring, and was marched to the town of Williamsburg, that shortly after reaching that

place, he was taken sick of fever, and was sent to what was called the long hospital, near to Williamsburg, where he was confined for a considerable time; a short time before the close investment of York Town he was discharged from the hospital and sent to what was called the new Barracks. Not long after which orders came to the commandant at the Barracks, to march the forces stationed there to join in the siege of York Town. But before the troops marched thence he was discharged the service, his time having nearly expired and his health in the opinion of the Sergeant being too feeble to undergo the fatigues of active service. That he returned for his home in the County of Amherst, and reached it on the 17th day of October 1781. That from this service he did receive a discharge in writing which is herewith forwarded. That he served three months the second tour and three months the third making six months besides the tour for which he employed a substitute that he has no other documentary evidence nor knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his said services but that before referred to. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Allen Blair
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Interrogatories propounded by the Court.
1 st Where and in what year were you born - ?
Answer I was born in 1754 on the 8th day of July in the County of Amherst, that part of which is now Nelson County -
2 d Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it ?
Answer I have no record of my age, but I have seen the family register, but do not know what member of the family now has it -
3 d Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live ?
Answer I was living when called into service on Dutch Creek in the County of Amherst now Nelson - Since the Revolutionary War I have lived in the same County where I now live viz the County of Amherst -
4 th How were you called into the service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom ?
Answer, I was drafted from my division every tour of service -
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service ?

Answer. In answer to this interrogatory the applicant repeated the substance of his declaration and referred to that as his answer. 10th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
Answer. I have no recollection of having recd a discharge from any tour except the last. I did receive a discharge from that tour which is signed by the Capt who commanded me viz John Young which discharge is herewith forwarded.
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Answer. I am known to the Revd William Wright and to Capt William Turner and expect that they will testify to my good character and as to my services.
Amherst County to wit.
This day personally appeared before the Court of said County William Turner and made oath, that he is a Soldier of the War of the Revolution, that during that war he served as a Sergeant of a Militia company called out from the County of Amherst commanded by a Capt Younger Sandrum, that they marched on what was called the Guilford expedition, that during that tour of service which was of three months duration, he well recollects that a certain Allen Blair then and now of the County of Amherst served as a private Soldier in the same company and also performed the same tour of three months service. Given under my hand this 15th October 1832.
Wm Turner
Sworn to in Court.
De William Wright a clergyman residing in Amherst County and William Turner residing in the same County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Allen Blair who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 78 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
William Wright William Turner
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 it appears to them that William Wright who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Amherst and William Turner who has also signed the preceding certificate resides in the County of Amherst, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
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Virginia Amherst County to wit
I Robert Tinsley Clerk of the court of Amherst County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Alcen Blair for a pension
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty fourth day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty five and in the fifty seventh year of the Commonwealth.
Robert Tinsley
Alcen Blair Application for pension 164.91

State of Virginia
Amherst County, To wit:
On this 21 st day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the undersigned, a justice of the peace for said county, Mary Ann Blair , a resident of said county, and state of Virginia, aged seventy six years , (and by reason of her age and bodily infirmities, unable to attend the county court at Amherst County) who being first duly sworn, 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 4 th 1836.
That she is the widow of Allen Blair , who was a private in the war of the revolution - and who in that capacity served two or more tours in the militia service, the one in the state of North Carolina, and the other in the lower part of the state of Virginia - of what particular duration these tours were at what particular time they were performed, the affiant will not undertake to speak positively - As to this she refers to the declaration made by her husband in the year 1833 and the evidence therewith filed, by which he was admitted to enjoy the benefits of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832, and drew a pension to the period of his death - all of which, she supposes, to be of record in the pension office of the U. S. at Washington city - The service of the said Allen Blair, as therein proved, amounted, as the affiant believes to at least six months.
She further declares that she is the widow of the said Allen Blair, that she was married to him on the Twenty second day

of December in the year Seventeen Hundred Seventy-eight - That her husband, the said Allen Blair died on the 23 rd day of April in the year 1835, and that she hath remained his widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Mary Ann Blair
The foregoing Declaration was subscribed and sworn to by Mrs Mary Ann Blair (who is a resident of the county aforesaid and a lady of high standing) on the day and year first before written, before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for said county of Amherst - Mrs Blair is personally known to me to be the widow of Allen Blair deceased, who was always reported to have been a soldier of the Revolution. Given under my Hand the day & date above.
Ed. A. Cabell J.P.
State of Virginia
Amherst County to wit:
I, Samuel M. Ganeau Clerk of the County Court of Amherst in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Ed. A. Cabell before whom the foregoing declaration was made, was bound to an acting Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, duly qualified to administer oaths, - that full faith & credit are due to his official acts, & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand at side of office, this 21 st day of August 1838 and in the 63 rd year of the Commonwealth. - Saml M. Ganeau Clk

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Mary Ann Blair of Allegheny Virginia
act 4 July 1836
adm'd 9 mo pri
decedent died 23 ap l 1835
Pen. Com. 24 ap l 1835
M c C. Blair Lynchburg Va

Know all men by these presents that we Allen Blair & John Staples are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Virginia in the sum of Fifty pounds Virginia currency to which payment well and truly to be made to the said Commonwealth we bind ourselves and each of us our and each of our heirs Executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals and dated this fourteenth day of December seventeen hundred and seventy eight. In the third year of the Commonwealth.
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly to be had and solemnized between the above bound Allen Blair Batchelor and Mary Ann Staples spinster both of the County of Amherst. Now If there is no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void and of no effect or else to remain in full force and virtue. Signed and sealed in the presence of
Allen Blair John Staples
State of Virginia } Amherst County } to wit.
I Samuel M. Garland Clerk of the County Court of Amherst, in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a marriage bond now on file in my Office. - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand & seal of Office this 21 st day of August 1838 in the 63 rd year of the Commonwealth. =atth. Samuel M. Garland Clk.

15427.
Allen Blair, of Amherst County, Virginia.
from - private 9 months; $30.
Mr. Lyle
Robert Fansley, Clk. Am- herst County, Va. Amherst Co.

BRIEF in the case of Allen Blair  County of Amherst, in the State of Virginia.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A judge.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? No.  3. How old is he? 78 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. As a Gen.     Drafted In 17 not stated. 3. pr. Cap. Younger Landrum,   Drafted 1781. 3. pr Cap. John Loving   " " 3. "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Amherst County, Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & traditionary.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. R. Turner, Examining Clerk.

FREE
In at 10 1/2
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Synchburg Octo 20. 1838
Dr Sir
I received Your Communication of the 15th inst in relation to the claim of Mrs. Mary Ann Blair (my Mother). The papers in support of which you say have been examined and filed with suspended Cases: again you say "before a decision can be had, you should make your declaration before a Judge of a Court of Record, Certified to be such by the proper Officer, under his seal of Office" but you are not sufficiently explicit in saying whether the decision or suspension of the case and consequently the issuing of the Certificate of Pension depends alone on this unimportant conformity to the law or not, and therefore we are left to conjecture whether the suspension of this case, like others which you speak of may not depend on and be involved in the decision of a more important point of law either directly concerning the pension itself or the services of the soldier. my My Mother is quite feeble and infirm and the season of the year beginning to be cold and inclement - and would rather defer incommoding or exposing her so much by taking her to Court or before a Judge of the Superior Court until I understand from you that this is the only requisite to be performed to obtain the Certificate of Pension. I should like a decision of the case as speedily as possible and write one the result, and should the granting the pension, and issuing the Certificate depend on the widows' making the declaration as aforesaid. It will be promptly attended to and sent on without delay. Yrs Respectfully John S. Blair for M.A.B.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
awf May 21, 1935
Allen Blair W-5833
Mrs. Sterling C. Robertson 901 E. Brill St. Phoenix, Ariz.
Madam:
I have to advise you, from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 5833, it appears that Allen Blair was born July 8, 1754 in the neighborhood of Rockfish River, Amherst County, Virginia.
While residing in said county, he enlisted early in 1781 and served three months as a private in Captain Younger Landrum's Virginia Company.
He enlisted in July 1781 and served three months in Captain John Loving's Virginia Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832, while a resident of Amherst County, Virginia. He died April 23, 1835.
Soldier married December 22, 1778 in Amherst

County, Virginia, Mary Ann Staples. She was allowed pension on her application executed August 21, 1838, while a resident of Amherst County, Virginia, aged seventy-six years.
A son, John S. or L. Blair, was alive in 1838. There is no further data on file relative to children.
Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF Commissioner.

May 18th Virginia for Petersburg Sept 1861 to June 1862.
Set of p. 1862

April 6-
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir-
I have written twice to the pension bureau in an effort to get some data. I was told that my letters probably did not reach

you so am writing again I am trying to get my papers for the D. A. R. and would like all data possible from the pension papers of Allen Blair - especially his service and marriage date. My notes read - Allen Blair, son of William, enlisted in a Virginia regiment in the Revolutionary War from Fauquier Co.

Virginia. He was pensioned for service and his application states he was born in 1754 at Rockfish Gap Amherst County Va.
I will certainly appreciate any information you may be able to give me as I am anxious to get my papers fixed.
Sincerely
Earl Blair Robertson
Mrs. Sterling C. Robertson 901 E. Brill St. Phoenix Arizona

April 29- Phoenix Ariz.
H. S. Bureau of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs -
I wrote your office several weeks ago asking for some information as I have not heard from you, thought maybe my letter not not reached you -
I would like to have

data from the pension paper of Allen Blair - especially date of and to whom married. I am trying to fill in my papers for the D. A. R. and am therefore anxious to complete them as soon as possible. My note read as follows - Allen Blair enlisted in a Virginia regiment in the Abolitionary War from Greenbrier Co. Va. He was pensioned for service

and his application states he was born in 1754 at Rockfish Gap Amherst County Va.
I will appreciate very much any information you can give me on this subject.
Thanking you in advance
I remain
Dixie Blair Robertson
Mrs. Sterling C. Robertson
901 E. Brill St.
Phoenix Arizona

Answered May 21, 1925
March 22-1925
United States Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I am trying to get my papers for the Daughters of the American Revolution and would appreciate very much a copy of the pension papers

of Allen Blair. He enlisted in a Virginia regiment from Henrico County, Va. He was born at Rockfish Gap, Amherst County Va - in 1754.
I am especially desirous of having his marriage date - which I understand shows in the previous paper. Thanking you in advance for your trouble I remain
Mrs. Sterling C. Robertson 901 East Brill Street Phoenix Arizona

Moore

1708 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
April 2, 1917.
Rev Sec
J. M. Saltzgaber, Esq.,
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Commissioner,
Dept of the Interior; Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I should like, if possible, to obtain the military record and any other data at hand of John Neal Blair. On June 23, 1818, in Augusta Co. Va. he declared he was 76 years of age and had enlisted in the 12 th Va. Regt. in Augusta Co., Capt. Michael Bowyer's Rifle Co. under Col. Wood.
I should be greatly obliged also for data relating to Robert Blair who

testified (Feb. 1780) that he was in the Old Va. Regt as a Private Soldier. I judge this was Colonial.
I should also like information about Allen Blair of Virginia who was on the Guilford Expedi- tion to N.C.
Yours sincerely, (Dr.) Eleanor M. Hestland-Moore.

Allen Blair Va. Act 7 June 1882 to what time paid?
Pen. Offic
Died 23 April 1885 p 2 to that period
Oct 13. 1888
1/4

1917, Apr. 12. History to Dr. Eleanor M. Heistand Moore 1925- May 21. Hist to Mrs. Sterling C. Robertson. awg.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5833
Mary Ann Blair Wid.
Allen Blair Pat. Wa. line
Act: July 27/36
Index:—Vol. a , Page 66
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Lynchburg P.O.
Left by R.R. Express to Mr. Edwards
James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions - Washington City
Ms. A. 9.2.23 Sept 5 4 July 1836
Mr. Rev. H. Gray

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Allen Blair , which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No. V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

State of Virginia
Corporation of Lynchburg To wit:
James Warwick a resident citizen of the Town of Lynchburg, aged seventy five years. This day came before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace for the said Town, and solemnly made oath, that he is well acquainted with Mrs Mary Ann Blair of the County of Amherst, and has been so acquainted with her, for at least sixty years - That he was at school with her, and has ever since known her - That he knows certainly that the said Mary Ann Blair (who was formerly Mary Ann Staples) was married to Allen Blair of the said county of Amherst, before the year seventeen hundred and eighty one (1781) and as the affiant thinks, the marriage was in the year 1778 or 1779 - The said Allen Blair and his said wife ever after resided in the county of Amherst Virginia, until his death, which took place a few years ago and the affiant knows, that his widow, the said Mary Ann is now residing in the said county, and is still his widow & never has been again married, and that she is a lady of high respectability.
James Warwick
Subscribed and sworn to before me, the undersigned a justice of the peace for the corporation of Lynchburg by James Warwick, who is personally known to me to be a person of the highest standing and credit. This 18 th of August 1838.
J. M. Hall

State of Virginia
Corporation of Lynchburg to wit
I James Benagh Clerk of the Hustings Court of the Corporation of Lynchburg in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel J. Miett who has signed the foregoing certificate as a Justice of the peace is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace of the Corporation duly elected and qualified to serve as such from the first Tuesday in April last until April Court in the year 1839 that his signature aforesaid is genuine and that all due faith and credit is and of right ought to be given to all his official acts as such In testimony whereof I hereto sign my name as clerk of the Hustings Court aforesaid and aming the of the said Hustings Court of Lynchburg this 22 nd day of August 1838 and in the 63 rd year of the Commonwealth
James Benagh clk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 27 th 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Mary Ann Blair, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 4 th March 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 27, 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Mary Ann Blair, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1839,
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Harrison Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Bank of Virginia January 25. 1839.
Sir
In your letter of the 26. October last you direct the name of Mary Ann Blair, widow of Allen Blair dec d to be inscribed on the Roll at $30. per annum. commencing on the 4. March 1831, under the 3 d Section of the Act of July 4. 1836. In the copy of the Pension Certificate in her vouchers presented for payment her pension is stated to commence on the 24. day of April 1835. Be pleased to inform me if the last mentioned day is the right one.
I am very respectfully,
Your obed t Serv t
Subj Robinson for J. Brockenbrough.
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington