Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6736, James Bradley, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Bradley, James or Bradly
S. 6736
Carded
CONTENTS

Let. to PH Pendleton, April 23. 1821. Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 1 st April 1838 from 4 th Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838 age notified 30 Jan'y 1839 Let. Hon. R. M. Hunter - June 9. 1840. same July 7. 1840. Duplicate Certificate issued 9. July '40 sent to Hon. Rich. T. Hunter Speaker of the House of Representatives; Let to same. Paid as above from 4 March to 4 Sep 1839 - Age notified 20. Aug 1840 Paid as above from 4 March to 4 Sep 1840. Age notified 26. May 1841.
Date of death not ascertained
12. 143
Virginia
James Bradley* of Caroline in the State of Va who was a _____ in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Temple in the Na l line for 9 months -
James Bradley June 25, 1904 Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 30 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of April 1833 and sent to Robert Hood. Port Royal. Va
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1833 60 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept - 15. $ 75. -
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 6 Page 2

9149
Bracey, James Mohn

State of Virginia
Caroline County Do Wit
On this a day of August September 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the justices of the court of Caroline County now sitting personally a resident of the United States, in the County of Caroline and State of Virginia aged 70 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 act of Congress passed June 9th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he was drafted in 1780, at that time residing in Caroline County, Virginia, and served under Capt Tyler, Col. Temple and Col. Armistead, who was Brigade Inspector, in the Brigade of Genl Geo. Weedon. He was marched to Williamsburg, & after staying there some time, was marched to Glouster Hill near Richmond, & thence towards Hanover Court House, near which place he was taken sick, & left. He states that he was in service three months on this tour. He states that he afterwards marched as a volunteer under Capt Peyton Sherne to Williamsburg and remained in service on that tour three months also. He farther states, that he went into service a third time under Capt Christopher Blackburne, and marched as near Williamsburg and the vicinity, as they dare go, where the British forces lie, too strong for the American

army to oppose them. He served on this tour three months and was discharged at Fort Lee making in all nine months that he was in actual service in the revolutionary war. The sd James Bradley further states that he has no documentary evidence of his service. In answer to interrogatories, that sd James Bradley answered as follows, that he was born in the year 1761 in Caroline County & State of Virginia; that he has a record of his age
that he lived in the County & State aforesaid, when he went into service, & since the revolutionary war, to the present time,
that he, on the first & third tours, he served; he was drafted as a militiaman; & on the second he volunteered. He states that he has several very near neighbors who were revolutionaries, two of whom Benjamin Long & John Carter served at times with him
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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 & year aforesaid.
We Benjamin Long & John Carter James Bradley residents of the County of Caroline & neighbors of the aforesaid James Bradley hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the sd James Bradley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 70 years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood, when here-

sides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. (B. Long recollect that I served with him, & J. Carter believes from my knowledge of D. Bradley and his minute detail of some trifling occurrence that we also served together tho' I do not recollect it.)
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Benjamin Long & John Carter
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 Benjamin Long & John Carter
who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the County of Caroline, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John L. Pendleton clerk of the Court of Caroline do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Bradley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 10 th day of August  September 1832
John L. Pendleton C. G.

James Bradley Y a
Almost 40 private Yrs from 1780 $ 3000 Col d Sample Y a
Book Board -
Port Royal
Va

BRIEF in the case of James Braddy  County of Caroline in the State of Va  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 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.     In 1780 3 Private Col. Tyler Col. Temple   3 " Col. Sterne   3 " Col. Blackburne  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Caroline Co. Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  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.
Richard South Examining Clerk.

March 4, 1936
James Bradley-S.6736 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Thomas D. Miller, Jr. 522 N. Pearl Joplin, Missouri
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to James Bradley, Captain of the 2nd Virginia Regiment, War of the Revolution.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States, based upon service of soldiers in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of the Revolution of a Captain James Bradley (Bradly).
You are furnished herein the record of James Bradley, soldier of the War of the Revolution, from Virginia. This is the record of the only James Bradley (Bradly), who served with the Virginia troops, found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 6736, based upon the service of James Bradley in the Revolutionary War.
James Bradley was born in the year 1761 in Caroline County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not stated.
While residing in Carolina County, Virginia,

James Bradley served with the Virginia troops as follows-
In 1780, three months in Captain Tyler's Company, Colonel Temple's regiment; three months in Captain Peyton Sterne's company; and three months in Captain Christopher Blackburn's company. No dates given for the last two tours of service.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832, while a resident of Caroline County, Virginia, in which county he had always lived.
The papers in this claim contain no reference to the family of James Bradley.
If you desire information in regard to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should write The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and give the following:
James Bradley Certificate # 12143 Issued April 1, 1833 Rate $30.00 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev War
6736
1936-Mch 4 - Irish to Mrs. Thomas D. Miller Jr. 2-23
✓ INVALID.
File No. 6736
James Bradley* Pri Rev War
Act: June 1 st 82
Index:—Vol. 84, Page 44
[Arrangement of 1870.]
James Bradley* June 25/14 Records corrected. H

July 9. 1840
Mr. Bradley      Mr. Hunter
To the Gen. Col. Comm. of Pensions
Pension Office Washington D.C.

I, R. M. T. Hunter, Speaker of the House of Representatives, do certify that on or about the month of April 1840 I had in my possession the Pension Certificate of James Bradley, of Virginia, who was a revolutionary soldier; that I have lost or mislaid the same, and request that a duplicate may be issued for him.
Washington City, July 8 th 1840.
AM Hunter

June 8. 1840
To the
Comm ee of Papers
from Mrs. Stanton
H. R. M. Hunt H. R. M. Percy H. R. M.

to the Assist. of Pensions
Sir
I fear that I have lost the pension certificate of an old man (Brookly I think) in Centre County Pa - Will you do me the favor to inform me how I am to reestablish his claim
Very respectfully Yours &c
WM Hunter

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office, January 26 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," James Bradley, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, W a , Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parrag Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

James Bradley

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Brady Caroline B c V a which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? see yn
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
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? yes
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? yes
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.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 18 th 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," James Bradley, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832. has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 1 st Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 21 st 1841.
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," James Bradley — 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 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Passmore Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Apr. 23
Ja s Bradley va-nor
12 143
J. A. Edwards
Confessor of the name Washington City
Paris 12 1/2

Port Royal Apr 20 1885
J. S. Howard Esq r Dr Sir
I write to request that you will send to this place a copy of the original declaration of James Bradley, a revolutionary pensioner of this County, who has drawn several pensions, but has grown so old that he cannot recollect the Captain that he served under, nor the Regiment to which he was attached - You will confer a favor by forwarding the copy as early as possible
Yrs Respectfully J. H. Pendleton
clerk to Port Royal Caroline County - Va.

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Veterans Administration - Washington, D.C.

Veterans Administration -
Washington, D.C.
Joplin, Mo. 522 N. Pearl Feb. 11-36.
Dear Sir: Please send me the military record of Capt. James Bradley a Soldier of the Revolutionary war. He was supposed to have been Capt. of 2 nd Virginia Regiment in 1778-89. If you have a record of his wife and children I should be very glad to receive the information -
Yours truly
Mrs. Thos. W. Miller Jr. 522 N. Pearl - Joplin, Mo.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Bradley, Jehiel GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5487 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 7, 1789 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.