Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19255, Robert Coleman, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Coleman, Robert
S. 19255
CONTENTS
carded

Letter to 3 d Auditor 26 June 1841.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16 th April 1838 from 4 March 1839 to 4 Sep 1840. Age notified 10 th July 1841.
Paid as above from March 4 th to Sept 4 th 1841. Age notified July 9 th 1841.
Paid as above from 4 Sep 1842 to 4 March 1843. Age notified 26 Oct 1844.
Date of death not on A.B
Virginia
23.922
Robert Coleman
of Buckingham in the State of Va who was a p er in the _____ commander by Captain _____ of the _____ commander by Buford in the Va. line for _____
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Ap r 34.
and Sub-Signed P. Christian Oakville - Va.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1834 60- Semi-ant. allowance ending Ap r 1- 10- $70-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath. Price Clerk, Book E Vol. 04 Page 7

Robt. Coleman
Va
20.599
N.
Adm rs or private Memo $20.
Sam l P. Christian Esq. Oakville Buckingham Co Va

Virginia:
At a court held for Buckingham county the ninth day of Decemr. 1833.
On this day personally appeared in open court before the justices of the county of Buckingham, Robert Coleman a resident of the said county of Buckingham aged sixty seven 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 the 7 th day of June 1833. That he entered the service of the United States as a private soldier in the month of June or July in the year 1780 as a substitute for his father Samuel Coleman That he marched from the county of Buckingham to the town of Petersburg under what officer he does not now recollect, That at Petersburg he was put under the command of Genl. Buford his captain was Graves of Culpepper, That he marched from Petersburg to Hillsborough in North Carolina, from thence he was marched into South Carolina under the command of Genl. Stevens That before he left the army he was under the command of Genl. Green, That he returned to North Carolina and was discharged just before the battle of Guilford, he had a regular discharge, he does not recollect who signed it, but he has lost it, he served his full six months, was in no battles, he has no register of his age, and knows of no person living who served with him by whom he can prove his services, that he has no documentary evidence, & only has the evidence herewith sent with his declaration - 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 - He further states, that he has resided in the county of Buckingham ever since the close of the Revolutionary war. Robert Coleman
The affidavit of Elizabeth Coleman of lawful age taken at the house of Mary Doff in the county of Buckingham and State of Virginia the 6 th day of December 1833, saith that Robert Coleman was a soldier in the revolutionary war, she well recollects he left home in the month of June or July (date not recollected) & returned home the latter part of February or the first of March following. Sworn to before me Richard Clarke a justice of the peace for the county of Buckingham the 6 th day of December 1833. Richard Clarke J.P.

And the said court doth hereby declare it as 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 their satisfaction by the testimony of two credible witnesses, that Elizabeth Coleman (who is step mother of the applicant) whose affidavit is produced in support of the declarant's claim is a credible person, and that her statement is entitled to credit —
I Rolfe Eldridge clerk of the court of the County of Buckingham aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Robert Coleman for a pension, & I further certify that Richard Clarke before whom the affidavit of Elizabeth Coleman was made was, then, & yet is, an acting justice of the peace in & for the sd County & that his signature to the original affidavit now filed in my office is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand my hand and affixed the seal of the said County Court This 17 th day of December 1833 —
Rolfe Eldridge (C.B.C.)

July 16, 1935
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Mr. William A. Coleman 11 South 18th Street Richmond, Virginia
ROBERT COLEMAN S. 19255 RA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
The record of Robert Coleman follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 19255, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Robert Coleman was the son of Samuel Coleman. The name of his mother is not given, nor date and place of his birth shown. He had a stepmother named Elizabeth.
The soldier enlisted in June or July, 1780, place not given, as a substitute for his father, marched from Buckingham County, Virginia, to Petersburg, thence into North Carolina and South Carolina, and served six months as private in Captain Graves' Virginia company.
The soldier continued to reside in Buckingham County, Virginia, after the Revolution.
Robert Coleman was allowed pension on his application executed December 9, 1833, at which time he was aged sixty-seven years and residing in Buckingham County, Virginia.
No reference was made to wife or children of the soldier.
In 1833, Robert Coleman's stepmother, Elizabeth Coleman, made affidavit in his behalf at the house of one Mary Doss in Buckingham County, Virginia, but no relationship was shown between Mary Doss and soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid, and possibly the date of soldier's death, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records

Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data:
Robert Coleman Certificate #23922 Issued April 21, 1834 Rate $20 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

19255
INVALID.
File No. 11.255 _____ _____
Act: _____
Index :—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1914 May 14 First to Mary C Barnett. Letter in W F 8620 Robt Coleman 1924 Jan. 3. First to Lewis A. Coleman see letter in W. 8620, Robert Coleman ad 1935 July 6 First to Fred Coleman to See W F 8620 of Samuel Coleman, (D.R.W. 469-2100)

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 21 st , 1842.
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,"
Robert Coleman
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty — 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. 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Gass
Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 29 th 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," Robert Coleman - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1839, to the 1 st Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Lewis
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 15 th , 1844.
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," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Robert Coleman, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of — Twenty Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1842, to the 4 th March 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
James M. Pickens
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

July 16, 1935
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Mr. William A. Coleman Emergency Relief Administration 11 South 12th Street Richmond, Virginia
Robert Coleman S. 19255
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Samuel Coleman B.L. Wt. 469-200
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BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Robert Coleman, of Buckingham County, Virginia, who served under General Greene in North Carolina, and Samuel Coleman who served as ensign in the Virginia militia, and later, 1 st lieutenant in the Continental Army and was killed in the battle of Camden.
Their records are furnished herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. &amp; 1812 War
Section. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
January 3, 1927.
Lewis A. Coleman, 118 N. Pennsylvania St. Indianapolis, Ind.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 13255, it appears that Robert Coleman served as a substitute for his father Samuel Coleman, from June, or July 1780, for six months as a private, in Captain Graves' Company of Virginia Troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 9, 1833, while living in Buckingham County, Va., aged sixty-seven years. In 1833, his step-mother, Elizabeth Coleman was living in Buckingham County, Virginia. There is no further data on file as to family and the date and place of his birth and residence at enlistment and date and place of his death are not on record.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Robert Coleman 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.     * June 2nd 1777 6 mos. Wt. Pa.            
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, _____
Residence at date of application, _____
Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: In 1822 [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] mother was a resident of Buckingham Co. Va. [illegible] family [illegible]
Respectfully,
Commissioner.