Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8,138, Daniel Bedinger, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Bedinger, Daniel Sarah
NUMBER
W.8138
B.L.Wt. 2477-50 and
{ B.L.Wt. 285-150 - Ensign Issued Aug. 25, 1789. No papers
CONTENTS

Virginia. Richmond.
Sarah Bedinger
widow of Daniel Bedinger who was a Lieut & Ensign
in the Va line
for 10 mos & 26 dys 24.
12 " 4 " Ensign
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 276 Dollars & 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of July, 1843. and sent to
E. B. Lee, Jr. Shepherdstown,
Va
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 147.

State of Virginia
Jefferson County, set.
On this 21 st day of August 1838 personally appeared before the County Court for Jefferson County Virginia, Sarah Bedinger a resident of said County, aged sixty seven years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of Daniel Bedinger who was a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution, that he first entered the Army as a volunteer and belonged to Captain Shepherd company of rifle men in she thinks Col. Stevens Regiment was made a prisoner at Fort Washington, was afterward made an ensign and then a Lieutenant and in which latter capacity she believes he served to the close of the war of the Revolution.
She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Bedinger in April 1791: her said husband died on the

17 th day of March 1818; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794, viz. at the time above mentioned. Sworn to and subscribed on the 21 st day of August 1838. Sarah Bedinger
Which by the Court is ordered to be certified. And it is further ordered to be certified that Deborah Kite and Eleanor Brown respectable and credible witnesses known to the Court as such on the same day also appeared in Court and being sworn before and say that they were present when the said Daniel Bedinger was married to their sister the aforesaid Sarah Bedinger and that the marriage took place in April 1791 & that they believe the said Daniel Bedinger died in the year 1818 - and that his widow has never since married.
Subscribed. Sworn in open Court This 21 st Augt. 1838.
D. Kite
Eleanor Brown
In Testimony Whereof I Samuel J. Crossin Clerk of the said Court have by order of said

Court hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of said Court this 21 st day of August 1838. Sam l J. Cramer.
Virginia, Jefferson County, Set.
I John Moler, presiding Justice of the County Court of said County, which is a Court of Record & is now in session, hereby certify that the foregoing attestation is in due form and by the proper officer, and that Samuel J. Cramer is the Clerk of said Court duly elected and qualified.
Given under my hand this 21 st day of August, 1838.
John Moler
Virginia, Jefferson County, Set.
I Samuel J. Cramer, Clerk of the County Court of said County, hereby certify that John Moler, esq., who has given the preceding certificate, is the presiding Justice of the said Court, which is now in Session, and in which the foregoing declaration of Sarah Bedinger, widow of Daniel Bedinger dec d and proceedings thereon were had and made, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court this 21 st day of August, 1838, -
Sam l J. Cramer

E. J. Lee.
Recd for Rev. Land Warrant No 2477 for 80 acres. —

Shepherdstown Dec. 16 th 1852 To the Hon. B. C. Johnson Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir
Your favor of the 8 th Dec r '52 enclosing Warrant No. 2477- for 50 acres of land in the name of the surviving children & other heirs of Daniel Bedinger, is received. But on the face of the warrant it is printed "And this war- rant shall not be assignable to any person what- soever". But by the act of March 22 d 1852. it is provided - That all warrants for military bounty lands which have been, or may hereafter be made, are hereby declared to be assignable by order , by deed or instrument of writing made and executed after the taking effect of said act , according to such form and pursuant to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land office &c -
This warrant has then a condition annexed which is inconsistent with the act of 1852 and materially impairs its value - I have not the warrant returned and another issued omitting the words quoted above? I should be glad to have

your answer as soon as convenient.
Very respectfully &c
E. A. Lee
23 Feb. 1865
General Lee
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original letter.]

- Copy -
Virginia Jefferson County ss. fct.
In the County Court October term - 1852.
At a Court continued & held for said County On the 19 th of October 1852. It is ordered to be certified that satisfactory evidence has been produced to the Court, that the following persons are the heirs at law of Daniel Bedinger dec d who was an Officer in the Army of the Revolutionary War; viz: Susan B. Cornwall, the wife of A. E. Cornwall, Henrietta Lee, the wife of E. J. Lee, and Henry Bedinger, who are the surviving children of said Daniel Bedinger: also Betsy H. Washington; Daniel B. Washington; Lawrence B. Washington; Sally Washington; George Washington; John T. Washington; Mary E. Washington; Mildred B. Washington; Susan Washington, and Georgianna Smith, the wife of John W. Smith, the children of a deceased daughter, Elizabeth Washington: also Margaret Morrison, the wife of James H. Morrison & daughter of another child, Margaret Foster; also John L. Bryan Int. & Sarah B. Long, the wife of Wm S. Long, who are children of another daughter, Mary Bryan; and Wm Lucas Int. Sally E. Bedinger the wife of Emery W. Bedinger: Daniel B. Lucas & Virginia Lucas the children of another deceased child Virginia Lucas.
A Copy
Teste J. A. Moore C.C.
I, Thomas A. Moore Clerk of the County Court of said County, hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of said Court
Seal
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 25 th day of Oct. A.D. 1852.
J. A. Moore C.C.
The above is a true copy taken from the original Certificate
of the Court which was returned to E. J. Lee, Esq.
Wm Gordon - Clk.

March 21, 1936
Daniel Bedinger-W.8138 BA-J/AWF aw
Mrs. W. R. Swan 27 W. California Avenue Columbus, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Bedinger of Virginia.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 8138, based upon the service of Daniel Bedinger, during the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of Daniel Bedinger are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.
He volunteered sometime in August, 1776, served as private and non commissioned officer in Captain Shepherd's Company of Riflemen, Colonel Hugh Stephenson's regiment, was taken prisoner at Fort Washington; he was commissioned, February 14, 1781, ensign and commissioned, May 7, 1782, lieutenant, and served until April, 1783. His service was with the Virginia Line.
Daniel Bedinger married in April, 1791, Sarah Rutherford of Berkeley County, Virginia. He died March 17, 1817 or 1818 in Jefferson County, Virginia.
The widow, Sarah Bedinger, was allowed pension on her application executed August 21, 1838, then aged sixty-seven years and living in Jefferson County, Virginia. She was living there in 1843, and she died

July 14, 1844.
The following were the surviving children of Daniel Bedinger and his wife, Sarah, in 1852:
Susan B. Cornwall, wife of N. E. Cornwall. Henrietta Lee, wife of E. I. Lee. Henry Bedinger.
The following were their grandchildren in 1852:
Children of a deceased daughter, Elizabeth Washington, Benjamin F. Washington. Daniel B. Washington. Lawrence B. Washington. Sally Washington. George Washington. John T. Washington. Mary E. Washington. Mildred B. Washington. Susan Washington. Georgianna Smith, wife of John W. Smith.
Child of a deceased daughter, Margaret Foster, Margaret Morrison, wife of James H. Morrison.
Children of a deceased daughter, Mary Bryan, John L. Bryan, Jr. Sarah B. Long, wife of William S. or L. Long.
Children of a deceased daughter, Virginia Lucas, William Lucas, Jr. Sally E. Bedinger, wife of Everitt W. Bedinger. Daniel B. Lucas. Virginia Lucas.
Henry Bedinger in 1838 was eighty-five years of age and living in Berkeley County, Virginia; he was late Captain of the 5th Virginia regiment, War of the Revolution. It is not stated that he was related to the Daniel Bedinger, whose record is furnished herein.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Mt H.S. to N.E. Cornwall. Stanford 1936-mch 21 Com. litch to Mrs. W.R. Savan
Revolution. Virginia Land WIDOW, &c.
Oct. 7/93
File No. 8138 Sarah Bedinger Wid. Daniel Bedinger Lieut. War line Act: Mch. 30/43 Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 50
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1843
Shepherdstown April 25.
Sir
Will you be so good as examine the enclosed papers and inform me whether any thing further is necessary to enable Mrs. Bedinger to receive her pension under the act of the last Session of Con- gress. Must she obtain a certificate from your Department? or send these papers as they are to Richmond?
If a certificate from the Pension office is necessary Please forward it to certify her and
yours respectfully E. P. Lee Jr.
To
J. L. Edmund Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

I certify that Daniel Bodinger served as a soldier in the Virginia Line the full term of three years. Given under my hand this 3 d day of April 1783.
Dan. Morgan Brig r . Genl.
I do certify that Lieutenant Daniel Bodinger entered the Continental Service in the Line of this State in August 1776; and received a Commission in said Line the fourteenth of February 1781, and was in actual service successively, from the time of his first entering, until April 1783; without being broke d , or receiving any official, or other information of being superceded in that time. Shepherdstown Berkeley County State of Virginia September 29 th 1783. Sam: Finley Major
Executive Department January 12 th 1839
The foregoing are true Copies of original papers on file in this Department.
J. Richardson Asst. Secy Comth.

Shepherdstown Oct. 29 th 1838
Sir
I received yours of the 13 th October returning the papers in the cases of Mrs. Sarah Bedinger the widow of Daniel Bedinger and of Mrs. Kate the widow of George Bitt. The omission to send the family register to the Pension office in the last mentioned case shall be rectified as soon as convenient.
I have compared the papers in Mrs. Bedinger's case with the printed rules prescribed by the President &c. and must respectfully request a reexamination of them, as they seem to me fully to conform to the prescribed rules. You say, "he could not have served to the end of the war, because he is not returned among such officers". This seems to me a non-sequiter. - especially when the contrary is certified & sworn to by a credible witness who knew it of his own personal knowledge. and all accounts add it is the very general belief here where he was lived and died, that he did serve to the close of the war.
The rules, state that "proof as to service, must be had either from the records of the War Department, the muster rolls, the testimony of commissioned officers or the affidavits of persons of known respectability. The papers sent embrace not only the certificate of Capt. Bedinger but the County Court of Berkeley have certified under their seal that it had been satisfactorily proven before them that he had served to the close of the war. If required I can procure Capt. Bedinger's affidavit to be

certified under the seal of the Court.
You say, the proof of the Marriage is defective. If second proof can be had it must in all cases be produced - The Clerk of Berkeley has certified that the returns of Marriages are irregularly made & that there is no record of the Marriage of Daniel Bedinger -
It was not thought necessary to certify the memorandum of the Clerk on Capt. Bedinger's affidavit under the seal of the Clerk because on the other paper containing the certificate of the County Court in relation to the proof of service the same thing is stated under the seal of the Clerk. which I presume must have been overlooked -
Having thus accounted for the absence of second proof of the marriage I sent the affidavits of two highly respectable ladies who were present at the marriage, surely this must be deemed sufficient.
Having called your attention to the other certificate of the Clerk of Berkeley County Court which as under seal I herewith return Mrs. Bedinger's papers and ask for a reconsideration of them.
Respectfully
Your obt. Servt.
E. S. Lee Jr.
J. L. Edward Esq.

P.S. In behalf of the widow of a soldier of the Revolution in very reduced circumstances, I will thank you to inform me what are the regulations in relation to an application for a pension to a widow of a private who during his life received a pension under the act of 18 th March 1818. E.S.L.
Nov. 5 th : The foregoing letter was written several days ago since then I have rec d . the certificate of the blank, on another piece of paper. also a fair certificate in Capt. Bidings hand writing - all of which I herewith enclose.
respectfully &c
E. S. Lee Jr.

Henry Bedinger of the County of Berkeley and State of of Virginia, being sworn in Open Court States that he was a Captain of the 5 th Virginia Regiment of the Revolutionary Army, and is now near 85 years of Age. That Daniel Bedinger late of Je- fferson County Virginia deceased, having previously served three years as a private and then Commissioned Officer in Colonel Hugh Merrens's Reg t was appointed Ensign in the Virginia line of the Revolutionary Army, by the board of Officers convened at Chesterfield Court house, in the month of February 1781 for the purpose of re- modelling and arranging the Continental line of Virginia, that the said Daniel Bedinger immediately joined in the duties of that line and served thereon to the end of the War, that while in service he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, in which rank he stood at the disolution of said line of the Army. Affiant further states that in the Spring of 1791 as well as he can recollect, certainly before the first of January 1794, the said Daniel Bedinger was married to Sarah Rushford then of Berkeley now Jefferson County Virginia, that he died on the 17 th March 1818, and that his Widow Sarah Bedinger is still living in Jefferson County Virginia, and has never married since said Daniel Bedinger's death.
Henry Bedinger Capt n 5 th Virginia Reg t Revolutionary Army

DD
1.674
Richmond Virginia
Sarah Bedinger widow of Daniel Bedinger dec d
(1818)
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 17 th March 1817 of Jefferson Co in the State of Va who was a Q u arter Master in the Company commanded by Captain Stephen of the Reg t commanded by Col Stevenson in the Va line for 10 Mts & 26 days St. } 13 " 4 " Ensign }
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond Va at the rate of 276 Dollars 67 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Jan y 1839 and sent C. J. See fr. Richmond Va
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept 1838 $ 691.67 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 39, 138.33
$830.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 2 Page 196

(Copy)
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. February 21 st 1880
Hon John A Bentley Commissioner of Pensions
Sir-
In response to the request of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions of the House of Representatives, to be furnished with the record of service of Daniel Bedinger, deceased, a Lieutenant in the continental line of Virginia in the Revolutionary War, and to be informed whether, under the Act of July 5, 1832 his legal representatives are entitled to the relief asked in a Bill before the House (H R # 2201) I have the honor to report, for the Appeal Desk:—
1. That the records of this Office show that Daniel Bedinger served first as Ensign and then as Lieutenant in the 4 th and 2 nd Regiments of the

Virginia line on the continental establishment to the end of the Revolutionary War, and thus became entitled by the Resolution of March 22 d 1783, to five years full pay in commutation for half pay for life, and received the same by certificate # 79942 dated August 11 th 1784, for $1200. 00 which certificate was issued by John Pierce Esq Paymaster General of the United States. The above amount, it is ascertained from records in the office of the Register of the Treasury, was funded in conformity with the provisions of the above mentioned resolution, by the commissioners of Loans. It is also ascertained that said Daniel Bedinger received from the Paymaster General certificates # 79490 and # 79491 bearing date Aug 5 th 1784 for $100 and $26 66 respectively, arrears of pay.
2. After careful search of the records it does not appear that said Daniel Bedinger served as an officer in the 2 nd Virginia State Regiment, commanded

by Cols Brent and Dabney or in any other of the organizations named in the Act of July 5. 1832. The benefits of the Act are expressly limited to the regiments and corps mentioned therein. The legal representatives of said Daniel Bedinger are, therefore, not entitled to relief under any of its provisions.
In the claim of Sarah Bedinger widow of said Daniel Bedinger for pension, it is shown that he died on the 17 th of March 1818. Said widow was pensioned under the Acts of July 7. 1838 and March 3 d 1843, and appears to have been paid regularly from the date of commencement March 4. 1836 to July 14 th 1844, the day of her death.
Very respectfully
(signed) W m H. Webster
Chief S O H and B L Division

Adm't, Engrs & Supt p 276. 67.
Virginia Agency
Send to E. J. Lee Jr Shepherdstown Va.
678

United States of America
State of Virginia Jefferson County } set,
On this 17 th day of April 1843, personally appeared before M rs Pringle a justice of the peace for the county of Jefferson in the State of Virginia Sarah Bedinger a resident of said county of Jefferson aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d day of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Daniel Bedinger deceased, who was a Lieutenant and Ensign in the Revolution and died on the 17 th day of March 1817. That she heretofore received a pension under the act of Congress of July 7 th 1838, at the rate of Two hundred and seventy six dollars & sixty seven cents. She further declares that she is still a widow.
In presence of -
E. J. Lee Jr
J. E. Lee
Sarah Bedinger
Sworn to & subscribed
this 17 day of April 1843
before me -
M rs Pringle J. P.

Virginia Jefferson County } sct
I Geo. Ziegler a justice of the peace in the County above named do hereby certify that the above named Sarah Bedinger widow of Daniel Bedinger deceased, is personally known to me.
Geo Ziegler
Virginia Jefferson County } sct.
I Thomas H Moore Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson County Virginia, certify that John Ziegler Esqr is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 20 th day of April 1843. T. H. Moore
Know all men by these presents that I Sarah Bedinger widow of Daniel Bedinger deceased, in the County of Jefferson and State of Virginia, a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint James H. Morrison my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive, from the agent of the United States, for paying pensions in Richmond Virginia, the pension which I am entitled to

revised under the act of Congress of the 3 rd day of March 1843.
Witness my hand and seal this 17 th day of April 1843
Sarah Bedinger
sealed & delivered }
in presence of
E. S. Lee Jr
S. E. Lee
State of Virginia
Jefferson County } set
Be it known that on the 17 th day
of April 1843, before the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for the County of Jefferson, personally appeared Sarah Bedinger above named and acknowledged the above power of attorney to be her act & deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above mentioned.
pro. Trigler

Virginia, At a Court held for Rockbridge county at the Court House on Monday the 13th day of August 1838.
Witnesseth that it was certified that at the time of the death of the said John D. Darden, that the said John D. Darden was at the time of his death the owner of the following described real estate situated in the county of Rockbridge, Virginia, to wit: (Legal description of land omitted for brevity) Witnesseth that the said John D. Darden was at the time of his death the owner of the following described real estate situated in the county of Rockbridge, Virginia, to wit: (Legal description of land omitted for brevity) Witnesseth that the said John D. Darden was at the time of his death the owner of the following described real estate situated in the county of Rockbridge, Virginia, to wit: (Legal description of land omitted for brevity)
Given under my hand this 13th day of the month of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 13th day of August, A.D. 1838. (Signature) My testimony whereof

Have been well and happy my dear and affec d my official duties at the War Office in the mid summer, the 18 th day of August 1838 in the 68 th year of our gracious Queen
Wm. Lloyd

Daniel Bedinger, du.
N o 2477. for 50. Acres,
being in addition to 150. acres granted to him in 1789. as an Ensign, he having been then entitled to 200. acres as a Lieutenant
Edmund J. Lee
Shepherdstown
Virginia

Decatur Dep. Nov 9 1832
for You will find on the next page a copy of all the evidence in this office as to the claims of David Burrough & a state of the Register showing how the last account was to be renewed. Mr. Burrough appears to have been a debtor to you for some (unpaid) H. H. Richardson
Dec 9

I do certify that Lieutenant Daniel Bedinger entered the Continental Service in the State of Virginia on August 1776 and received a Commission in said line the fourteenth of February 1781. @ was in actual service successfully, from the time of his first entering, until April 1783, without being broke, or receiving any official or other information of being superceded in that time
Shepherdstown Berkeley County State of Virginia September 29 1783
signed James Tinsley Mayor
Executive Department
September 20th Nov 9 1852
The above is a true copy of paper filed in this department
Eff. J. Richardson Secy Comt
It appears from the "List of Virginia Claims" in this office on the rolls of the "Chesterfield Arraignment" page 335 that "Daniel Bedinger" was a Lieutenant in the 4th Regt Virginia Line - Commission dated 7th May 1782
Exhibit

Virginia,
at a Court held for Berkeley County at the Court House on Monday the 13 th day of August 1838,
The following affidavit was made by Henry Bedinger in Open Court, and is ordered to be certified to the War department,
"Henry Bedinger of the County of Berkeley and State of Virginia, being sworn in Open Court, states that he was a Captain of the 5 th Virginia Regiment of the Revolutionary Army and is now near 85 years of age, That Daniel Bedinger late of Jefferson County Virginia, decd, having previously served three years as a private and non commissioned Officer in Colonel Hugh Stevens Regiment was appointed Ensign in the Virginia line of the Revolutionary Army, by the board of Officers convened at Chesterfield Courthouse in the month of February 1781 for the purpose of remodelling and arranging the Continental line of Virginia, that the said Daniel Bedinger immediately joined in the duties of that line and served therein to the end of the War, that while in service he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, in which rank he stood at the dissolution of said line of the Army - Affiant further states that in the Spring of 1791 as well as he can recollect, certainly before the first of January 1794, the said Daniel Bedinger was married to Sarah Rumsford then of Berkeley now Jefferson County Virginia, that he died on the 17 th March, 1818, and that his Widow Sarah Bedinger is still living in Jefferson County Virginia, and has never married since said Daniel Bedinger's death.
Henry Bedinger Capt. 5 th Virginia Regt. Revolutionary Army."
In testimony whereof, and

that the above is a true copy of said Affidavit, I Harrison Waite, Clerk of said Court have hereunto subscribed my name and Affixed my Official Seal, at Martinsburg in said County, the 1 st day of November 1838, and 63 d year of our foundation. Harrison Waite.

Sarah Bedinger
Wid of Daniel du
75
Act July 7 1835
Mamma 1791
Died 1878
Allow
Lieut. 10 mo 26 ds 148 33
Ensign 13 " 4 " 131 33
Value at line $279.66
Ed J Lee Esq
of Shepherdstown
75

Virginia, Berkeley County Sct.
I Garrison Waito, Clerk of the County Court of Berkeley, do certify, that I have carefully examined the records of Marriages, of said Court, and that I can find no return of the Marriage of Daniel Bedinger to Sarah Rutherford. I further certify, that from 17, to 1801 the present County of Jefferson, formed a part of Berkeley County - and that during that period, the returns of Mar- riages were irregularly made, many of them being omitted to be returned at all.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Official Seal, at Martinsburg in said County the 14 th day of November 1838, and 63 rd year of our foundation.
Garrison Waito B.C.

Columbus, O.
Feb. 22 - 1936.
Mr. A. W. Hiller, Veterans Administration Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:
I am seeking the Revolutionary War record of my ancestor, Daniel P. Bedinger who is listed in history as Lieutenant Daniel Bedinger, Virginia Continental Line. He was given Virginia land grant, for Military services, of 1000 acres, surveyed Jan. 7 - 1785 and recorded in book 9, page 303, Kentucky Land Office, Frankfort, Ky.
I will appreciate any information you can give me.
Respectfully,
Elizabeth Swan
(Mrs. W. P. Swan)
27 W. California Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

J
Stamford, Conn., Aug 11 th 1893
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly in- form me whether any pension was ever granted to Daniel Bedinger of Virginia or to his widow or heirs for services in the Revolution.
Yours very truly A. Eldworth Cornwall