Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6595, Edward Bass, Va.

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Virginia 3672
Edward Bass, Sen. Res- idented in the State of Va. who was a Sgt. in the Comp y commanded by Captain Goode of the Reg t commanded by Col. Henry in the Va. line for 9 months from 1775
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of $2 - Dollars 50 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Dec r 32 and Smith R. 15 Flannery, Chesterfield. Va.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 63.75 Semi-ann l . allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 21.25
$85.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk, Book D. Vol. 7 Page 124

Edward Bays
No 6218.
Declaration,
1832 August 14 presented, sworn to allowed & ordered to be certified.
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State of Virginia Chesterfield County ss.
On this fourteenth day of August, Anno Domini 1832, personally appeared in open Court before County Court of Chesterfield County, now sitting, Edward Bais, a resident of the said County of Chesterfield and State of Virginia, aged seventy-eight years, who being first duly sworn, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, entitled "An Act supplementary to the Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution."
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated, viz:
In the year 1775, in the County of Chesterfield, he enlisted in Captain Francis Good's Company of minute men for the term of one year, and in October of that year ended the service in the said Company, George Martham being Lieutenant, and James Moody Ensign; marched down to Williamsburg and was put under the command of Colonel Patrick Henry, remained there about seven weeks, returned and was discharged in the County of Chesterfield about the middle of December, having served about seven weeks.
In the summer of 1776 he was again called out into the minute service, in the same County, under the command of same Captain, James Moody being then Lieut., and Aaron Haskins (who is still living in this County) ensign; marched down by land to Hampton, crossed over the Roads to Portsmouth, and was put under command of Col. Samuel Meredith and Col. Richard James, remained there until about the commencement of the winter, and was brought back and discharged in Chesterfield some time in December. During this time this declarant acted as a sergeant in the said Company; he came home once on a furlough for twenty days on account of his health, but returned and his company was discharged from the Regiment just as he got back to Portsmouth, having served at least three months.
In the summer of 1777 as well as he can recollect, he was drafted and entered the service in the same County and State, as a sergeant of militia in Capt. Henry Cheatham's Company, John Farmer and Richard Elam being the Lieuts., and Branch Elam Ensign, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Robert Goode, marched down to Williamsburg and was attached to the Brigade commanded by General Charles Scott, remained there some weeks, but how long he cannot remember, nor whether he was discharged there or in Chesterfield.
In the winter of 1780-81, he was again called out and entered the service in the same County, as a sergeant in the same Company commanded by the same officers, in Col. Goode's Regiment, was stationed at Manchester at the time of Arnold's invasion in January 1781, when the British Army burnt some houses in Richmond and destroyed the stores at Westham; he was shortly afterwards discharged, but was soon ordered out again and went down in the same Company and Regiment below Petersburg to Cabin Point, and was put under the command of Baron Steuben, and was discharged at that place. Was soon called out again in the same Company & Regiment, and marched about through Chesterfield, during Phillips's invasion and was discharged.

at Warrenton in Chesterfield a few days after the battle of Petersburg.
From this time until the capture of Lord Cornwallis's Army at York he was in the service almost continually with the exception of a few short intervals. This part of the Country being all that time in a state of invasion, and overrun by the British forces under various commanders, and especially Arnold, Phillips, Tarleton and Cornwallis, the militia was repeatedly called out, kept in service short periods, sometimes only a few days, discharged, and almost as soon as soon as they could get home, were ordered out again. It is impossible for him to remember after such a lapse of time the dates & duration of his various tours, and the names of the numerous field officers he was under; he belonged during the whole time to the same Company and Regiment last mentioned, in which he acted as a sergeant, and was commanded by the same Company officers, except that Bartlett Elam had been substituted in the place of Branch Elam, and was employed chiefly in the County of Chesterfield.
In the fall he was sent under Lieut. John Robertson with about twenty men, who were stationed as a guard at Henderson's store in the County of Amelia, and after remaining on that service five or six weeks, he was discharged shortly before  after the surrender of the British Army at York in October.
That he does not remember serving under or with any officers except those he has mentioned, and that he does not well know who were Regular Officers and who not.
The applicant cannot state with accuracy the exact time he was in military service, during the revolution; but he well believes he served at least nine months.
That he was born in the County of Chesterfield and State of Virginia the 15 th of August 1754, as he was always informed by his parents, which corresponds with the register of his age made by his father in the family Bible, now in his depositor's possession. And has always resided in the same County. That he never received any written discharge from the service and has no documentary evidence thereof, but that there are several witnesses now living and among the rest Major Aaron Watkins, who can testify as to some of his tours.
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 the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above mentioned.
Edward Bass Sen r

I Aaron Hawkins, a resident of the County of Chesterfield and State of Virginia, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Edward Baps, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, and know that he served two tours in the militia service in Capt. Job Dyer's company, as he states, and that his name now appears on the muster roll of the said company made out by me as the orderly sergeant of the said company, and I remember perfectly well he was also in the second tour, at the time I was assigned to the said company, and that he acted as sergeant in said company; we lived in the same neighborhood and went down on both tours in company together, that I have also always understood and have no doubt of the fact that Mr. Baps also served several tours in the militia during the Revolution, and that I believe him to be about seventy eight years of age.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. Hawkins
I Charles Forster, a clergyman residing in the County of Chesterfield and State of Virginia, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Edward Baps, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, and believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that I remember very well that Mr. Baps & myself were together in a tour at Williamsburg, but belonged to different companies. I also remember very well that the said Baps served several tours in the County of Chesterfield in the year 1781, during the invasions of Arnold, Phillips, Cornwallis, Tarleton & and that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution.
Charles Forster
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Wm Goode S r
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War department that the above named applicant Edward Baps was was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them, that Charles Forster who has signed one of the preceding certificates is a clergyman resident in the county of Chesterfield and state of Virginia, and that William Goode s r who has also signed the same, & Aaron Hawkins who has signed the other preceding certificate are resident in the county and state aforesaid, are credible persons, and that their

statements are entitled to credit. I Parke Ponderator clerk of the county court of Chesterfield county, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the applica- =tion of Edward Bass senior for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 15 th day of August anno Domini 1832, and in the 57 th year of our foundation.
Parke Ponderator. Clerk.

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Edwardo Basso Sen r Virg a
from 1775 private 2 largest 9 months, $42 \frac{50}{100} .
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Ink 7.
R. W. Flannery Chesterfield Va. (Page 76)
Seal Nov 21. - P. Poindexter Chesterfield Va

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BRIEF in the case of Edward Bass County of Chesterfield in the State of Virginia (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78  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.     Entered In 1775 Oct. about 1 - 21 Private Gen. Col. Francis Goode   Summer 1776 called out at least 3 - — Serg t Col. Patrick Henry, Gen. Col. Goode Col. Meredith etc.   " 1777 draft? not stated — — Serg t Capt. Henry Cheatham   Winter 1780-81 called out not stated — — Serg t Same officers   again ——— do do do   again ——— do do do  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chesterfield Co. Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
verily believe he served { 9 months — { T. Waugh
Examining Clerk.

State of Virginia, Chesterfield County, sc.
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in the County & State aforesaid, Edward Bapp Sent, who being duly sworn, deposes to the following statement, viz: "That from old age & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service for the United States in the Revolutionary War, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades, viz: For One Month & twenty one days he served as a private in the minute service, V.V. for Seven Months & a half he served, as orderly Sergeant in the Virginia militia, in the United States service in the Revolution, & for such service he claims a pension. That he could mention many persons, some hundred he thinks, who know him & could testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his service in the Revolution, but supposes it will be sufficient to refer to Major Wm Goode & Captain Edward Lockhart, late high sheriffs of this County & James & Richard Elan esquires."
Edward Bapp Sent
Subscribed & sworn to before me the 4th day of December 1832.
William Goode J.P.
We, James, Elan & Richard Elan, residing in the County of Chesterfield & State of Virginia, hereby certify that as an, I have been for many years well acquainted with the abovenamed Edward Bapp Sent. I believe him to be seventy eight years old. he is reputed & believed in his neighbourhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution, in which we concur & have never heard it doubted. & that he is all highly respectable & credible man, & his statement is entitled to the fullest credit.
J. ELAN Richard Elan
Subscribed & sworn to before me the 4th of December 1832.
William Goode J.P.

I, William Goode Jr, a Justice of the Peace in the County of Chesterfield & State of Virginia do hereby certify that the before mentioned Edward Baps Senr, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing statement, & the said James Elam & Richard Elam who have subscribed the foregoing certificate, this day appeared before me in the County aforesaid & made oath to the truth of the same, and that they are highly respectable & credible persons & their statements are entitled to belief. Given under my hand this 4th. day of December 1832.
William Goode Jr Esq.
Virginia, Chesterfield county seat Clerk's Office
I, Parke Ponderer Clerk of the county seat of Chesterfield, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that William Goode Jr. Esquire whose name is affixed to the foregoing affidavits and certificate (in relation to the application of Edward Baps for a pension) is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that his signatures thereto subscribed are his true signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fifth day of December, anno Domini 1832 and in the 57th. year of our Independence.
Parke Ponderer Clerk

Rev.&1812 Wars Section. all one
May 4, 1928.
Mrs. Virgil Goode, 811 West 28 th Street, Richmond, Virginia.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 6595, it appears that Edward Bass , Senior was born August 15, 1754 in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
While a resident of said county, he enlisted and served with the Virginia troops as follows:
From October, 1775, seven weeks as private in Captain Francis Goode's Company, Colonel Patrick Henry's Regiment; in the summer of 1776, three months as sergeant in Captain Francis Goode's Company, under Colonels Samuel Meredith and Richard James; summer of 1777, several weeks as sergeant in Captain Henry Cheatham's Company, Colonel Robert Goode's Regiment; from the winter of 1780 to fall of 1781 as sergeant in same company and regiment; also in fall of 1781, five or six weeks as sergeant under Lieutenant John Robertson.
He was allowed pension on his application executed Au-
BASS, EDWARD (VA.)

gust 14, 1832, while living in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
There are no data as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.
BASS, EDWARD (VA)

Rev War
6595
INVALID.
File No. 6595-
Edward Bass
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 1 st '52
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 20.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1917 Apr. 4. First to Mrs. J. W. Harris and 1924-Mch. 8. " " Helen Henderson awt. See letter in John Bass-8.6592- 1925 May 4. Hirt to Mrs. Virgil Boede a. g.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yc II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? ss 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? ss 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? NO VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? ss VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? ss VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? ss IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? ss 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? ss

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? ys
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?
There are witnesses
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? —
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? ys
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? ys
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 period 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 the 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.
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 authenticated 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 end 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.

LAW OFFICES OF VIRGIL R. GOODE TRAVELERS BUILDING RICHMOND, VA.
April 10 th , 1928 811 West 28 th Street Richmond, Virginia
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Several months ago I wrote requesting a copy of the below named pension, having heard nothing, I am giving added information which I trust will expedite matters.
I should like to have a copy of the Pension granted the widow of Edward Bass, private, enlisted in Revolutionary War, in Chesterfield Co. Virginia, Oct. 1775, under Capt. Francis Goode and Col. Patrick Henry. Promoted to Serjt under Capt. Goode and Col. Samuel Meredith in 1777, Serjt. under Capt. Henry Chesher and Col. Robt. Goode, Serjt under same in 1780-1781. Record in Bureau of Pensions, Wash. D. C. 76595 .
Thanking you for any assistance you may render me in receiving this, I am
Yours very truly Mrs. Virgil Goode

PCY
March 21. 1917
Rev Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Please be kind enough to send me a copy of Edward Bass Jr Judith his wife's daughter Martha married Jordan Mar- tin Chesterfield Co Va - Pen- sion papers - 1835 - age 73 80
Yours Truly
Mrs. J. W. Harris
12 Cedar St. Rowmrs.
Alexandria Va
This is the only one of his S6595

LAW OFFICES OF VIRGIL R. GOODE TRAVELERS BUILDING RICHMOND, VA.
811 West 28 th Street January 4 th , 1928
U.S. War Department Pension Office Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
At your earliest convenience will you send me a copy of the pension granted the wife of Edward Bass , for services in the Revolutionary War. I think his residence was Chesterfield County, Virginia.
Thanking you, I am
Yours very truly Mrs. Virgil Goode

26595
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 Edward Bass 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Oct. 1775 1 year Pvt. James Wolfe Patrick Henry Va.   Summer 1776 3 mos. Sgt. " " Samuel Maw   Summer 1777 1 year Sgt. Henry Shastler Robert E. Lee   Winter 1780 1 year Sgt. " " " "   Fall 1781 5 mos. Sgt. St. John Robertson  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Christfield Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 14, 1892, Miss. C. Bass
Residence at date of application, Christfield Co. Va.
Age at date of application, 83
Remarks: No family data. The only evidence of service found in the Rev. War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
BASS, EDWARD (VA.)

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
EWJ
March 8, 1924.
Helen Henderson, 4054 Richmond St., Chicago, Ill.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 6595, it appears that Edward Bass was born August 15, 1754 in Chesterfield County, Virginia and was residing there, when he enlisted in the War of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension, for nine months service as private and sergeant in the Virginia troops, on his application executed August 14, 1832, while a resident of Chesterfield County, Virginia.
There is no data on file as to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Edward Bass, S. 6595, you should
BASS, EDWARD (VA)

apply to the Pension Section, Interior department Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E St. N. W. Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data-
Edward Bass, Certificate No. 3672, issued December 29, 1832, rate $42.50 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Virginia Agency.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
BASS, EDWARD (VA)