Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,889, Benjamin Briggs, Va.

SERVICE
Var.
Briggs, Benjamin
NUMBER
S. 30,889
CONTENTS

13649
Kentucky
Benjamin Briggs
of Lincoln Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Logan of the regt. commanded by Col Logan in the War of 1812 for 2 years from 1778.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of May 1833 — and sent to J. L. Baffinger Stanford
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 160 — Pensional allowance ending 4 Sep 33, 40 — $ 200 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk, ok 8 Vol. 7 Page 3
Set. Af: Aug 19. 35 susp d
Set 5 May 1836 Han.
J. Noarlan do to H. 12.
L. Lea H. R. May 25 1836. do to same, Jan. 16. 1837.
H. 2 J. H. Bell 25 July 1846.
Set M m B. Vance 15 th June 1850
Set H. H. G. A. Caldwell, July 17/50
Death not on A. B.

Benjamin Bragg Pension Declaration
24991

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Kentucky Lincoln
County set
On this 22 nd day of April 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of Lincoln County, now sitting Benj Amis a sed sixty eight years who being first duly sworn accor- ding to law doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit - it of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
He states that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as hereinafter stated
That he enlisted as a volunteer in the Virginian Militia in the Month of January 1778 under the command of Capt Benjamin Logan, he does not recollect the name of the Lieutenant, Azariah Hoby was Orderly Ser- geant, he was in the Infantry, that he enlist- -ed for the term of Two years and per- -formed duty during that time in and about Logan's Fort, then situated upon the Southern frontier of Virginia, now a part of the State of Kentucky in Lincoln County, that he regularly drew his rations of powder & ammunition & provisions during that peri- -od as a soldier, that the Shawnee & other Indians were very troublesome, frequently breaking in upon the settlers settlers & massacring the

Battle. but that the fort was often beleaguered by the Indians, and Garrisons confined to the fort for weeks at a time. that he also performed the duty of a scout or spy ranging upon the Southern frontiers of the state of Virginia to give information of any sudden inroads of the Indians. there was no officer of a higher grade than Benjamin Logan, who was Captain Daniel Trabue was assistant Commissary. all the above named officers was Commissioned by the Governor of Virginia. he served his above term or term of two years & was verbally discharged by his capt Benjamin Logan at Logans fort
That in the year 1781 in the month of April he again entered as a volunteer entered the service as a draft and served a term of one month at Samuel Brigg Station in Lincoln County, under the Command of Capt Robert Barnett William Gasy was Lieu tenant, Benjamin Logan was Col & John Logan was Lieutenant Colonel, and after guarding the said station for one month was verbally discharged there by Capt Robert Barnett —
That in the year 1782 in the month of May he was ordered by Benjamin Logan the Col of Lincoln County to Estills fort to which place he was marched and placed under the Command of Capt John Woods he does not recollect the name of the other officers the Country had been thrown into great alarm by the defeat of Capt Estill, John Woods Command

That in the month of August 1782 he again enlisted as a Volunteer under Col Benjamin Logan to repel an invasion of the Shawnee Indians. That the Militia of the Country was called out, in Mass and there was no organization of the Militia into Companies as the Indians had defeated Col. Todd & Prigg before they arrived at the scene of action & left the Country they went on & buried the dead. He served a tour of one month & was verbally discharged by Col Benjamin Logan.
That in the month of September 1782 he again entered the service as a Draft under the Command of Capt Robert Barnett. William Casey was Lieutenant, John Logan was Col and Benjamin Logan was the General & marched from Lincoln County to the mouth of Licking River where they were joined by Genl George R. Clark with some regular troops & other Militia Genl Clarke assumed the Command and they marched up the Miami River as high as the Pickaway Town, which were taken after a Battle with the Indians. He served a tour of two months, and was verbally discharged at the mouth of Licking River by Capt Robert Barnett.
That in the month of November 1782 he again entered the service as a volunteer Militiaman under Capt John Woods. John Logan was the Col Benjamin Logan was Genl. He does not recollect the other officers for the purpose of guarding the Emigrants to the western Country through the Wilderness into the interior of Kentucky.

which was very much infested by the Indians he served a term of one month & was verbally discharged by Capt John Wood
That he was born on the 3 rd day of April 1765 in Augusta County State of Virginia. That on Christmas Eve 1777 he moved to Lincoln County in the then district of Kentucky, where he has resided ever since, his father had a record of his age in his family Bible. he does not know what has become of it. That in the time of his services he performed his duties in and about the Forts in the district of Kentucky & scouting & spying from one Fort to another & up the Kentucky River, at the Blue Licks & Louisville & as far as the Pickaway Town on the Miami River. That he has served in the whole the period of Twenty nine months He states that he has no written or docu- mentary evidence of his services but can prove the same by Daniel Trabul of Oldham County Kentucky & Abraham Estes & James P Barnett of Lincoln County Ky
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the agency roll of any State sworn & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid — B Briggs

20 The above Declaration that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age & that he served as he has stated above.
And the Deponent Daniel Frabue a few the states that he the said Frabue is Seventy Three years old, that he came to Logan Fort in the first part of the winter of 1778 and became acquainted with the Declarant Benjamin Briggs who was then enrolled in the Company of Capt Benjamin Logan which enrollment took place on the first day of January 1778 as appeared by the Books of the Commissary. This fact I know by being assistant Commissary & that said Benjamin Briggs did the duty of a private soldier until the end of 1779 making two years said Briggs did his duty as a soldier faithfully during that period, & I know the applicant to be the same Benjamin Briggs who served as above & who has lived within the seven miles of Logan Fort ever since in Lincoln County Kentucky.
A Braham Estes a resident of Lincoln County, Kentucky on his oath states that he is in his sixty ninth year and that he knows of the Declarant Benjamin Briggs above named to have served a term of one month at Samuel Briggs Station in 1781 as Briggs has stated in his declaration, that in the month of August 1782 he again served a term of duty with the Declarant Benjamin Briggs, of one month when they marched to the Blue Licks to bury the dead as

stated by Briggs in his above Declaration & under the Command of Benjamin Logan who was Col, also in the same year said Benjamin Briggs served a term of duty of two months on the Miami River under the Command Genl George R Clarke Genl Logan & as stated by Briggs in his Declaration which was called Clarke's Eighth Two Companies in Col Benjamin Logans Regiment of Virginia Militia He states that he has a personal knowledge of all the above named services as he served with Benjamin Briggs & has obtained a pension therefor so far as this Deponent served, he further states that he knows said Benjamin Briggs is the identical Benjamin Briggs who served as this Deponent has proved —
In a also the Deponent James P Barnett aged seventy one years states on his oath that he knows the Declarant Benjamin Briggs & that he served a term of one month in May 1782 at Estill's Fort as Briggs has above stated & that this Deponent & said Briggs spied & scouted for the Indians. John Woods was capt — that he served a term of one month with Briggs in August 1782 at the Blue Licks Defeat as the Declarant Briggs has above stated in his Declaration. That he ser- ved a term of two months in September and October he thinks in 1782 as a volunteer under General George R Clarke & Genl Logan as Briggs has stated above and in the same year as Briggs has stated they served a term of one month under

Capt John Woods to guard the En- trants to the interior of Kentucky
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Daniel Trabue Abraham Estes James P Barnett
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the whole matters & after putting the interrogatories pres- cribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as heretofore stated & that the Department further certifies that it appears to them that Daniel Trabue is a resident of Adair County that he is of seventy three years of age, that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to full credit & that James P Barnett & Abraham Estes are residents of Lincoln of the ages respectively stated by them that they are credible persons & their statements are entitled to full credit
Elizabeth Bailey
C. Englishman
John Wright
State of Kentucky - Lincoln County Court
I Thomas Helm Clerk of the Court of Lincoln County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the origi- nal proceedings of this said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Briggs for a pension that the above named persons are proper persons to give testimony in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 24th day of April 1833. Thomas Helm Clerk Interline. Lincoln County Court.

MS 24.991
Benjamin Briggs Lincoln Co. Kentucky
from 1778 private 2 years $80.
J. L. Ballenger Stanford Lincoln Co. Kentucky

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
Kentucky
A Statement, shewing the Service of Benjn Briggs Lincoln
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. Jan 1778 2 Private Capt Logan 88 years Lincoln Witness D. Trabul states for   2d April 1781 1 spy Col Logan 60 years Leofronty services as a private for 2 yrs.   May 1782 Capt Wood and other witnesses for the   1st Aug 1782 1 Col Todd & Frigo balance of service - no tra-   2d Sept 82 2 Capt Barnett ditional evidence given   1st Oct 82 1 Col Logan   Genl Logan  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. 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 services.
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service. [j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note (j) applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John H. Ashton

December 6, 1938
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BA-J/MCS
Benjamin Briggs, S. 30889 Jesse Peak, S. 35557
Mr. William R. Vanice 57 Haven Avenue Arcadia California
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, Benjamin Briggs and Jesse Peak.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 30889, based on the military service of Benjamin Briggs.
Benjamin Briggs was born April 3, 1765, in Augusta County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
On Christmas Eve in 1777, Benjamin Briggs moved to that part of Virginia which later became Lincoln County, Kentucky. He enlisted and served as private with the Virginia troops as follows: from January, 1778, two years under Captain Benjamin Logan and performed duty in and about Logan's Fort; from sometime in April, 1781, served one month under Captain Robert Barnett and Colonel Benjamin Logan at Samuel Brigg's (relationship to Benjamin Briggs not shown) Station in Lincoln County; from sometime in May, 1782, served under Captain John Woods and was stationed at Estill's Fort, length of this service not given; from sometime in August 1782, one month under Colonel Benjamin Logan and was engaged in protecting the inhabitants against the invasions of the Indians; from September, 1782, two months under Captain Robert Barnett and Colonel John Logan and went with General George R. Clark on his expedition to Pickaway Towns on the Miami River where they had a battle with the Indians; from November, 1782, one month under Captain John Woods and Colonel John Logan and was engaged in "guarding the emigrants to the western country through the wilderness into the interior of Kentucky."

Benjamin Briggs was allowed pension on his application executed April 22, 1833, at which time he was living in Lincoln County, Kentucky.
The only reference given in the papers of this claim to any probable member of the family of Benjamin Briggs is the statement that he served at Samuel Briggs' Station in 1781.
*****
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.35557, based on the military service of Jesse Peak.
The date and place of birth of Jesse Peak and the names of his parents are not shown.
He enlisted, place not given, six or eight months prior to the battle of Guilford, served as private in Colonel Abraham Buford's Virginia regiment, was in said battle, two days after which he reenlisted as a private in Captain Churchill Jones' company in Colonel William Washington's Corps of cavalry and served until the close of the Revolution.
Jesse Peak was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1819, at which time he stated he was about fifty-five years of age.
In 1822, Jesse Peak was living in Lincoln County, Kentucky, and then stated he had lived there for the last fifteen years. At this time he also stated that he had a wife (name not given) then living and that he was the father of five children (names not given) all of whom were married. Charlton Shockley, who stated he was a relative of Jesse Peak, was living in 1819. There are no further data relative to the family of Jesse Peak.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

30889 Rev INVALID.
1938 Dec. 6. hist. to Mr. Wm. R. Vanice. ms.
File No. 30889
Benjamin Briggs Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 88 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 57
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4 Jan 1857
Mr. Foulke ex by _____
Dear Briggs Mr.
ad 32

I want to see the papers in the case of David Tratton and Benjamin Briggs — moved act 7 June 1852

I want to see the papers in the case of David Tristram and Benjamin Briggs— moved act 7 June 1852

July 13/50
Benjamin Briggs Secy Ry 32
H. Brown
L. Edwards
Comr Pensions
Washington
D.C.
From G. P. (Palmer?)
Mr

Washington, April 26 th 1858.
Sir:
I have the honor to present you the enclosed paper, as evidence in the case of Benjamin Briggs, a rebel  disloyal  person  of the state of Kentucky, who has been suspended for several years - and to ask that his position be restored to him.
From my recollections of the papers in said case, which you permitted me to examine some days ago, I think you will find that the disloyalty of said Briggs, at some period in Kentucky, is clearly proved by the personal testimony of several witnesses. That in his declaration said Briggs states the fact that while in the service, the troops to which he belonged drew their rations from Daniel Brant, as commissary. That said Daniel Brant has given his testimony in

The case to the same effect, and fully establishing the fact of Briggs' service.
The Pension was suspended, not upon the ground that the proof of service was insufficient, but upon the ground that the corps to which he belonged was not in the public service but merely organized for neighbor- hood defence without authority of law. The evidence now pre- sented shows, conclusively, that said Daniel Freeman was, dur- ing the very time referred to, an officer in the Commissioned part of the Briggs' corps, stationed and his accounts as such are set forth by the State of Virginia. This evidence was not known to exist until recently. It not only dis- proves as to the character of the service, but is completely contro- verts the truth of Briggs' declaration. I have the honor to be Very resp'tly Yours in the duty Hon. D. L. Edwards Com'r of Pensions. J. J. Coombs

May 6 1835
Pension Office
May 14
Washington City
Secretary of War
Dear Sir,
24994
Dear Sir,
Stanford By Pension Office

Jan 13
Boy Bugg
Ken
James L. Edwards Esq.
Copy latest two years for deposit his name
Power of Attorney Washington City.
H. L. Lee HN

No. 11 Rep.
January 11 th 1839.
Sir,
A resolution has been adopted by the House, directing the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to inquire into the expediency of restoring the name of Benjamin Buggs, of Kentucky, on the pension roll. In order to give the subject a fair investigation it will be necessary to have a copy of his papers in your office, for which I respectfully ask you, and also for the reasons why he was stricken from the roll —
I am respectfully Your obt Servt Luka Lea
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Ray Bragg, Ken WA
Series of papers wanted.
13649
scollum
Wodnallwood
Mr. L. Lea H N
Forms of Papers Washington City

House of Reps. May 19 th 1836.
Colonel, Edwards,
Sir,
The House adopted a resolution a few days since directing the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions to enquire into the expediency of restoring the name of Benjamin Briggs of Kentucky on the pension roll - Will you be so good as to furnish me with the papers in his case, or with copies thereof; together with the reasons for his dismissal -
Very respectfully your H. H.
Luke Lea

October 22, 1938
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Administrator Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please furnish me with all the information contained in the pension papers of
Recd Oct 27 Peake , Jesse, private of Va. line, who received a Revolutionary War pension while residing in the county of Lincoln, state of Kentucky:
and of
Briggs , Benjamin, private of Va. militia, who received a Revolutionary War pension while residing in the county of Lincoln, state of Kentucky.
Thanking you in advance for your consideration of the above, I am
Most sincerely yours
William R. Vanice 57 Haven Avenue Arcadia, California

N.R., 12 Feby 1846
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Sir
Enclosed you will find enclosed a communica- -tion touching a pension of Benj Briggs of Lincoln County Kentucky. Upon examination please let me hear its result
I am very respy Joshua F Bell

Acco t of Monies paid for the County of Kentucky
   1780 Feb 16 James Trabue purchasing Commissary for Kentucky for provisions furnished the Militia of that County 1677 4 5   1781 March 1 To paid James Trabue as ifuing Commissary March 1779 & purchasing Commissary to December 3200 " "   " " To ditto Daniel Trabue as ifuing Commissary 500 " "   June 21 To ditto John Trabue for his services as Commissary to Mil n 960  
I certify that the foregoing extracts are truly copied from an account with the above caption amounting in the aggregate to £157.972 " 11 " 9 & endorsed "Gen l acct of expenditures in the County of Kentucky from 1778 to 1781" to be found in the 5 th volume of Illinois Papers now in this Office
Auditors Office Va a 24 April 1850
Rev Johnston And Pub Accts