Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6591, William Baxter, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Baxter, William
S 6591
carded
CONTENTS

12,099 Virginia
William Basset of Brooke - in the State of Va. who was a private in the ————— commanded by Captain ————— of the ————— Regt commanded by Col. Gibson in the Va line for 12 months —
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 61 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of March 1833 and sent to Adam Kuhn (clerk) Wellsville, Va.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 123.32 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. — 30.83 154.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice — Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 2
Ad Adam Kuhn July 25 '35 W. M c Clung Aug 17 — Suspended Same Sept 25 " G. A. F. Sept 25 '35 pay d us d

William Braxton.
8354
(For Pension Office)
Adolph Wellbrough Brooke County Virginia

State of Virginia } County of Brooke } p.
In this tenth twenty seventh day of August, 1832, Personally Appeared in Open Court, before the Justices of the County Court of Brooke, in the State of Virginia, Now Sitting, William Baxter, resident of the same County and State, aged seventy-four years past, 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 the 7 th June 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated: In the Summer of the year 1776 this declarant volunteered and served as a Sergeant three months in the Militia, under the command of Captain Isaac Cox, Lieutenant David Steel, and Ensign George Cox. This company was composed of drafted Militia and Volunteers, and were stationed at Holiday's Cove then on the frontiers of the Ohio river. Holiday's Cove is situated near the mouth of Harmon's creek, and now in Brooke county, Virginia. The Militia company were generally taken from that part of the then called Gouphogeneity V o now Washington County, Pennsylvania, to cover the frontier, and scouted and ranged along the Ohio river, during their term of service. In the month of October or November 1776 discharged at Holiday's Cove, and immediately enlisted as a Sergeant for the term of three years, or during the war, in the regular Army of the United States, with the above named Lieutenant David Steel, who, as Captain commanded the Company to which declarant afterwards belonged. Major Symmes and Colonel John Gibson commanded the Regiment (the thirteenth, Virginia line). From Holiday's Cove was marched to Fort Pitt, and joined our Regiment. Remained a few weeks at Fort Pitt, and was ordered to a place on the Ohio river about 35 miles below Pitt, called Bakers Station, under the command of Captain David Steel, whose whole company were stationed at that place for nearly three months; when we returned to Fort Pitt - remained at that place about two months; at which time orders were received to march the regular enlisted soldiers then there, to the main Army in the Eastern part of the States; at which order many of the soldiers were dissatisfied; complained that they had enlisted to serve in the Western Country and protect their own frontier, and a good many deserted; on which Col. Gibson sent scouting parties in pursuit of the Deserters - in one of which parties was Joseph Fowler (whose testimony is hereto appended) then belonging to the same company with Declarant, and now, and has been for many years past, a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and residing in the same County with declarant. Some deserters were captured, and Col. Gibson issued orders that all the deserters that would return to their duty would be received, and pardoned. This brought in a number more of the Deserters. From Fort Pitt, in the last of June 1777 we were marched under the command of Major Symmes with the greater part of Col. Gibbons (the 13 th ) Regiment, Eastward; when on the last day of June, or beginning of July, and at a place then called Bedford, now Somerset county, Pennsylvania, Declarant obtained permission to call at the house of his Uncle, Col. Richard Brown; and being desirous to return to the Western Country; a friend of his (Mr. James Cox) who had an indentured Irish servant, who had to serve about fourteen months - proposed that if Declarant would himself work out the time the said servant had to serve, that his indentured servant might be taken as a Substitute in the place of Declarant - with which terms Declarant complied. The Substitute's name is John Riley, and at the time Declarant procured the said Substitute, he presented him to his commander,

and Major Symmes, who accepted the said Substitute in the place of the said Declarant and gave to said Declarant a written Discharge and Acquittance from his enlistment, and which Discharge Declarant, after diligent search, Declarant knew as a forger during his enlistment with Capt. Stue is unable to find; And that declarant is perfectly satisfied that the said Substitute served as a regular soldier, in the Army of the revolution, until the conclusion of the war, agreeably to the original enlistment of declarant; for about the time the war had ceased, declarant personally saw and conversed with the said Substitute (John Riley) at the fort at the Mouth of Wheeling creek, on the Ohio, and then under the command of Capt. Benjamin Biggs.
After having served out the time for which his Substitute was indentured, Declarant returned to the Ohio river, in or about the month of December 1778, and afterwards frequently volunteered, for even days at a time, in Scouts after Indians.
In the fall of the year 1781 Declarant volunteered and served about one month, under the command of Col. David Williamson, on an expedition against the Indians, at their Delaware towns. We came on a number of Indians, by surprise, and captured ten or twelve of them, who were conducted to Wheeling Fort, and thence, as Declarant was afterwards informed, to Fort Pitt.
In the month of March, 1782, Declarant again volunteered on an expedition into the Indian country, against the Indians, under the command of Col. David Williamson. A Skirmish took place, and about thirty three Indians were killed. It was the practice on such expeditions, for the Militia, after they rendezvoused, to elect their officers, and Declarant served as a Volunteer Lieutenant, in the expedition last mentioned. On this expedition Declarant served one month - Making his whole time of service in the revolutionary war, Thirteen months, exclusion of many days employed with scouting parties. And for the last two months service, on expeditions, Declarant furnished his own Arms, Ammunition, Horse and provisions, and for which he has never received any compensation nor any written documentary evidence.
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 aforesaid
William Baxter
We George Cox Esquire and The Honorable Philip Dardridge residing in the county of Brooke and State of Virginia aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Baxter who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age past; that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
George Cox D Dardridge

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 George Cox Esquire and the Honorable Philip D. Dobbins who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the County of Pinckney aforesaid, and are credible persons; and that Joseph Fowler and Samuel Campbell who have sworn to the appended testimony  affidavits are also credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
In witness whereof Adam Kuhn Clerk of the said Court have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at the Courthouse this 3 rd day of September 1832 & in the 57 th year of The Comm.
Adam Kuhn
C 136

State of Virginia } County of Brooke } ss.
At a court held for the County of Brooke in the State of Virginia, on Monday the 31 st day of December 1832, personally appeared William Baxter, who on the 27 th August in the present year, made a Declaration on oath, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832, and which declaration has been returned to the Clerk of this court, to be amended. And the said William Baxter this day appearing in open court, and after being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say, that he served as a Sergeant in the war of the revolution, namely, three months, as a Volunteer Militia man, under Captain Isaac Cox; Eight months in the regular Army, as an enlisted Sergeant, under Captain David Steel (who was declarants Lieutenant, when under Capt. Cox) in Col. John Gibson's Regiment (the 13 th ) of the Virginia line, on the Continental establishment; one month as a Volunteer, private, under Col. Williamson's command in the Indian country; and one other month as a Lieutenant under the said Col. Williamson, also against the Indians, making his service for which he now claims pension, thirteen months; Eleven of which he was a Sergeant, one month a private Volunteer and one month a Lieutenant in a Volunteer Expedition.
(This Declarant avers, and the court certified to the fact, ) that all the interrogatories (seven in number) were put to him by this court and satisfactorily answered, at August term last; It is however objected that the 1. 2. 5 & 7 th are not answered in his Declaration, and he now distinctly answers each these:
To the first, He answers that he was born in Baltimore County in the then Colony of Maryland, on the 12 th day of April 1758, and is now seventy four years of age, past.
Second. He has no record of his age - the information he received, as to his age, was from his parents.
Fifth. The names of the regular officers that were with the troops when he was in service, are stated in his Annexed declaration. He knew of none others, for the Regiment to which he belonged had not joined the Army when he was discharged in Bedford County, Penn a . During the times declarant served in the Militia, there were no regular troops or Officers present.
To the Seventh. Declarant answers that he named two of the most respectable citizens of Brooke county, namely, Captain George Cox, who is now between eighty and ninety years of age, and who has known and resided in the neighbourhood of Declarant since the year 1776, and the late Honorable Philip Doodridge, whom declarant has known since Mr. Doodridge's infancy, and to whom declarant was a relative. These two persons most willingly signed and swore to the character of declarant. But Declarant afterwards understanding that a Clergyman was require

to certify on his behalf - at November term last of this court, The Rev d Edward Smith signed and swore to such certificate, and it was forwarded, as declarant is informed, to the War Department, immediately afterwards.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
William Borden
In witness whereof and that John McMillan esq r before whom the deposition of Joseph Fowler was taken was on the 20 th day of July 1832 a justice of the peace in the said County of Brooke and that John Hindman esquire before whom the deposition of James Campbell was taken was on the 4 th day of August 1832 a justice of the peace in the County aforesaid I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 31 st day of December 1832 & in the 57 th year of the Commonwealth
Allan Kuhn
C.B.C.

8354
Wm Baxter
Brook
_____ _____
_____
Adm 11 mo. Sngf. 55
2. paval 1.1
Capt. Steel 3 1.1
Col. Gibson 3 1/2 Milia
from 1776.
5, 11, 14, 16
1.2.5.7-
Adam Kuhn P/33 CLK of Brook Wellston

8354
BRIEF in the case of  William Baxter  County of Brooke  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?  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.     un? In 1776 2 3 x Sergt. Gen. Col. Isaac Barr   Feb. 1776 enlisted 2 8 x " Col. David Steel Col.   81 vol. about 1 x - private Col. Gibson / Brigadier   Mar 1782 1 x x Lt Col. Williamson   13  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? not mentioned  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? the affidavit not properly attested to the Seal & official character of the Magistrate is not as good 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Mays
Examining Clerk.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
aw
November 15, 1926
Mrs. E. B. Miller 55 E. Broad West Point, Miss
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 6591, it appears that William Baxter was born April 18, 1758 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
He enlisted in the summer of 1776 and served three months as sergeant under Captain  and Captain Isaac Cox in the Virginia Troops.
He enlisted in October or November 1776 and served eight months as sergeant in Captain David Steel's Company, Colonel John Gibson's Vir- ginia Regiment.
In the fall of 1781, he served one month as private in Colonel David Williamson's Vir- ginia Regiment; and in the spring of 1782, served one month as Lieutenant in Colonel David William-

son's Regiment, and was in several skirmishes with the Indians, and was also out in several scouting parties.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, while a resident of Brooke County, Virginia.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Wm Paxton, - Bayle
6/

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Baxter which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? ss 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? ss 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?
no. 2 Citizens
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?
yes
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? ss
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
No
not on Roll, #
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?
ss
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1 2 3, 4
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 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.

Rev 1921
INVALID.
6591
1921, Aug. 11 List to Allan S. Humphreys - Ev.
1926-Nov. 15 - List to Mrs E. B. Miller awf.
File No. 6591
William Basceter
Br Rev War
Act: June 7th '82
Index: Vol. 64 , Page 21
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joseph Fowler's Testimony

VA
Brooke County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said county Joseph Hawley and upon oath stated that 1776 he listed in the revolutionary war and some time afterwards the troops encamped at Fort Pitt near the mouth of the Ohio at which time I found Mr. William Ba a listed soldier. The said Baxter and myself were com by Capt David Steel and attached to the 13th Regt of the Virginia Regulars, and commanded by Lieut Col J Gibson and in the summer of 1777 I was ordered west and Mr. William Baxter eastward. Further the de saith not. Sworn and subscribed before me this 2nd July 1832. —
his Joseph mark
John H. [unclear]

additional Testimony
William Baxter.
Virginia

State of Virginia } County of Brooke } 16.
At a court held for the county aforesaid, on the 26 th day of November 1832, personally appeared in open court, The Rev d Edward Smith, a clergyman residing in the said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, says, that he is well acquainted with William Baxter a resident of said county, who this deponent is informed made a declaration at August term of this court, in the present year, in order to receive the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - And this deponent further states that he believes the said William Baxter to be seventy four years of age past; and that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that he concurs in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Edward Smith
And the court further certifies that it appears to them that The Rev d Edward Smith, who has signed the foregoing certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the county of Brooke aforesaid, and is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at the Courthouse this 26 day of November 1832 and in the 57 year of the Commw.
William Kuhn Clerk

Wellington, Brooke County, Va. Aug. 2 nd 1835.
Sir
Your letter of the 27 th ulto. to Mr. Kuhn Kuhn, Clerk of this county, was handed to me on the 31 st by Mr. Kuhn, that the person therein mentioned might be notified of the decision of the War department relative to their pensions; Mr. Kuhn Kuhn knowing that all the pensioners in this county employed me as their Agent. Your three letters of the 28 th were also given to me on the 2 nd Inst. To the one relative to Thomas Peterson, I have to inform that Mr. Peterson died on the 27 th ulto. and as no renewal of certificate will be necessary, the Original will be surrendered on Application at Richmond for such balance of pension as you may judge Mr. Peterson was entitled to from the time of the last payment was withheld, until the day of his decease.
Samuel Coney lives about thirty miles from here, in the extreme upper end of this little angular county - he shall be notified of your desire.
William Baxter: I was present when this man was re-examined, and his statement then was nearly the same as that given in his original declaration, by which he was placed on the pension roll; and permit me to say that I think his case is not fully understood at, or explained to, your department. Your object that his pay as an Indian fighter, cannot be allowed , it having been a mere domestic police to protect themselves from the Indians, whom they had driven from their hunting grounds, and made settlements thereon. No part of Mr. Baxter's statement will warrant this conclusion. He never obtained land by what is called "a settlement right" - he stated that his brother had obtained such, but that his improvement was six or seven miles from the fort at which William Baxter did duty. You observe that Mr. Baxter's services under Col. Gibson, in Capt. Steele's company, must be substantiated sustained by proof - and that no such Captain is found on the Virginia State rolls, as serving under Col. Gibson, neither is the name of Mr. Baxter's substitute found (Shin Riley) whom he says, served during the war. Baxter said that on the day of the termination of his services under Capt. Cox, at Holiday's Cove, he enlisted with David Steele, who had been Cox's Lieut. and who then was to receive a Captaincy on his enlisting a certain number of men - Steele acted as Captain whilst Baxter remained in service. The substitute Riley, Baxter affirmed to have seen at Wheeling fort, a short time before the termination of the war, in Capt. Benjamin Biggs company.
Further: "Joseph Forster, one of the witnesses, says, that he served in the same Reg t and company with Baxter, was ordered to the Westward, and Baxter

"Baxter, to the east. And yet it does not appear that Fowler has ever thought himself entitled to a pension - his name not being found upon the list of applicants, all the 'still residing in Pa.' Strange from the Pension Bureau! Baxter states that he enlisted for three years or during the war, as did Joseph Fowler - Baxter found a substitute - was discharged, and Fowler continued. The latter I know to be fact, for I obtained for him his continental bounty land; and as to pension - Fowler was one of the first to apply for, and receive the benefit of the pension law of 1818, and continues, half yearly, to receive at the rate of eight dollars per month. And this same William Baxter was the witness that proved the enlistment, and part of Fowler's service. Permit me to add that in the list I have of the officers of the Sixteen Virginia Regiments, who received land bounty in Ohio & Kentucky, I find the names of "Captain Davie Steele having received 4000 acres, and Col. John Gibson 7.666 acres." I presume these are the officers mentioned by Fowler & Baxter.
I am satisfied, Mr. Edwards, that there is some misunderstanding in cases of Militia services performed on the Ohio frontier, during the revolutionary war; and from my knowledge of facts that happened afterwards, I am convinced your department has not been furnished with all the local information necessary to distinguish between those that did Military duty under legal requisition, and those that remained to protect their settlement rights. A great part of this country was obtained from the Royal government, by Actual Settlers, and by grants for Military Service. The Actual Settlers had the priority of choice; for the then government was desirous to make strong permanent settlements on the line of the eastern border of the Ohio river; hence many persons from the strong inducements offered by government, became residents of this section of the country, previous to the war of the revolution, on the commencement of which, the Ohio river became the American frontier boundary against the British Indians. When war commenced, the American government found the eastern border of the Ohio inhabited by a hardy population, and it was the interest of government to protect that border - not that it had given, and therefore bound to protect - the grants of land to Actual Settlers, for these were obtained before the war took place - but that the settlers, if properly supported, would continue to be a line of defence and security to the internal eastern settlements. The present applicants for pension, from this county, could not therefore be said to have "driven the Indians from their hunting grounds and formed thereon Actual Settlements" - No Indians resided or hunted, at the commencement of the revolution, on the east side of the Ohio river, and no land could be

could be obtained on the west side of it, by actual settlement.
From the questions asked by Mr. Singleton, about Officers being commissioned &c. (and I with pleasure do that gentleman the justice to say, that he acted most candidly and honorably in his examination of the pensioners.) and from your observation that the service of Baxter (and I presume of Cox, Keagers, and Mr. Intire) was a domestic policy to protect themselves from the Indians, whom they had driven from their hunting grounds, and made settlements thereon" — I beg to say, that these men asserted that they were drawn into service at the request and command of the governm t ; that they received their provisions and ammunition from Gov t . and when their time of service to the governm t . expired, were discharged by what they considered Government Officers. They would not have done such duty, but from a belief that they were obeying Governm t . orders; they were not protecting their settlement rights — for they had none to protect. Many private forts were in the country (such as Wells', Marsh's, Dobbry's &c.) back of the public ones on the Ohio; these were governed by domestic policy — and were no ways supported by either arms, Ammunition, provisions, Officers or men by the public — they were places of safety for the settlers and their families when the Indians made incursions into the country.
I was about to state many facts within my own knowledge, of calling out and Officering the Militia, by County Lieutenants, until the year 1794. — but my letter is already too long — and these with other facts will be stated to Congress, should the pension Office continue to withhold the pension from those in this county to whom it has been granted, and who have committed no fraud or untrue statement, in the procurement of it. In this I do not include John Sherman and Thomas Hutson — they are men with whose character I am, personally, unacquainted.
I am, most respectfully,
Your most Obed t Serv t .
W. M. Gurney
James D. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions.

W. S. A., Commissioner of Pensions, War Department, Washington, D. C.
My Dear Sir -
(W.S.A.) In a Pension Act. June 7 - 1832 relating to countries in West Va. the name of William  Bayler was given a Pension, age 76 - has he is a direct ancestor of mine & served in Revolutionary War "Va. Cont. Line" from Va. , Will you please give me such record as you have of this man - if I have not met your requirements please let me know - that I may receive the record you have. I know you will help me for I am sincere Mrs. E. B. Miller 55 E. Broad West Point Miss. May 10 - 1927

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
William Baxter is a direct ancestor of mine; he was a Pensioner - Rank Private & Sgt. - served Va. Cont. Line, age 76 - Pension List Act. June 7-1832 - will you please refer to his Pension & give me any data you have as to his children & wife especially. He served in Va. during the Revolutionary War.
Thank you.
Sep. 13 th 1924
Mrs. E. B. Miller, 55 E. Broad, West Point, Miss

Springfield, Mo.
July 25, 1921
Rev. War Section of U.S. Pension Office.
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
In compiling family history I find these following notes which I should like information concerning, if such exists in your department.
The same 1. Pensioner Brooke Co. W. Va. William Baxter Pvt + Sgt. Placed on pension roll March-22-1833 Age 76 2. Rev. War Pensioner living in Brooke Co. W. Va. in 1840 William Baxter - age 91 - head of family.
Any information will be appreciated.
Very truly yours
Allan S. Humphreys
947 S. Jefferson, Springfield Missouri

S. 6591
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Aug 11, 1921
In reply to your request of _____ received _____ for a statement of the military history of Wm Payter 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.     Summer 1776 3 mos. Sgt. Isaac Cof ✓ Va.   Oct 27 Nov. 1776 June 8 th 1777 to July 1777 Daniel Steel Jno. Gibson 13 VA.   Fall 1781 1 mo. Pvt. David David Williamson   Mar. 1782 1 mo. St. ✓ "  
Battles engaged in, Skirmish with Indians & on Scouting parties
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated
Date of application for pension, Aug 27, 1832, et al.
Residence at date of application, Brooke Co. Va.
Age at date of application, 6, Apr. 18, 1758 in Baltimore Co., Md.
Remarks: No fam. data
The above is the only W B of Brooke Co. Va. etc.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.