Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2111, Aaron Collier, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Collier, Aaron
R, 2111
CONTENTS

State of Tennessee } Hawkins County }
Magistrates office June 23 rd 1835
On the 23 rd day of June in year 1835 personally appeared before me William Babb an acting Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid, Aaron Colien , a resident of Lee County in the State of Virginia aged 83 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 June, 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. This applicant states that he was born in Bedford County in the State of Virginia on the 13 th day of January in the year 1750. That he lived in Montgomery County Virginia when he first entered the service of the United States as a volunteer under Captain George Parris. that the object of this call for volunteers was to attack the Indians on the frontiers. The call was made by Col W m Preston. That the company to which this applicant belonged, met at the house of William Babb, from thence to Col. Prestons, and from thence to the mouth of big Stoney creek. here was a fort called Heatfields Fort. at this Fort they were stationed as well as he now remembers, about two weeks guarding the frontiers from the Indians. from this Fort they had to retreat, having heard that a large body of Indians were in the neighborhood of the Fort, & intended to attack it. That they marched about ten miles up New river, & thence up Sinking creek to near its head, where they halted & were stationed about two months, at a Fort called Lucas Fort. at this fort his term of service expired & he was discharged by his Captain, & returned home. This term of service lasted three months. This Applicant states that owing to old age & the consequent loss of memory, he will not state positively the time he entered this term of service but to the best of his recollection, he entered the service in the month of June in the year 1780. This Applicant further states that he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer, under the same Captain, George Parris, he cannot state positively the time but to the best of his recollection it was in the Month of October in the year 1781 or 1782

for he has a very imperfect recollection of dates. That the call for volunteers was made by Major Claird to subdue the Tories. who had collected as it was understood, some place on the Yadkin river, that the company to which this Applicant belonged met at William Bobits . here Major Claird took the command from Bobits they were marched up New river to the Mouth of Little river, thence up Little river to near its head, thence across the Blue ridge down to the Mulberry fields, thence to the head of the Catawba river, here they received an express that the Tories were collected at the Shallow ford of the Yadkin which caused them to be marched back, passing in sight of the Mulberry fields, & thence on to the Shallow ford of the Yadkin , here within about a quarter of a mile of the ford they met the Tories, on a ridge at the fork of the road, & had a battle with them, in which the Tories were defeated, having about eight of their men killed & seventeen wounded, the loss on the whig side was one killed & about three wounded, among whom was Captain Parris , that the company remained on the battle ground all night, & from thence they were marched down the river a few miles & halted at a Wart house till the next day, from thence they returned to the Ford , & having placed the wounded Captain on a litter they brought him on to the Moranen town, where they left him under the care of a doctor being discharged at this place, they returned home, he thinks his discharge was signed by Claird his major, that he never took any care of his discharge thinking that it would now be of no use to him so that he cannot tell now what became of it. This Applicant further states, that the dates heretofore set down by him, may be incorrect; but they are to the best of his recollection, which is very incorrect. He states that his last term of service lasted three months . This Applicant further states that he has no record of his age, but there was one which he left with his son in the State of Virginia . He further states, that he has no documentary evidence that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. This applicant further states that he lives in Lee county, Virginia , which joins Hawkins county, & the

reason he applied in Hawkins, is that a part of of his testimony, that is those who has been acquainted with him for a number of years, lived in Hawkins & he could have his business attended to more conveniently. This applicant further states that there is no clergyman in his neighborhood, to Robin Childs Benjamin Davis , but that he is well known to Robin Childs & Benjamin Davis & Jonathan Pridmore William C. Thompson who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. This Applicant states that since the Revolution he has been living in Virginia, the most of the time in Lee County where he now lives. He states that he never received a commission. This Applicant states that he cannot state positively the length of time he served, for he may have served longer than the periods above set forth, but to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods above stated making six months in all, and for such service he claims a pension. This Applicant further states that the reason he has not applied for his pension before this, is that he has been unable to get about & is at this time scarcely able. This applicant states that he is very infirm & unable to attend court. 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, or (if any) or by any that of the Agency of the State of Virginia. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
William Ball (S.P.)
his Aaron Collier mark
We, Benjamin Davis, living neighbor to the applicant & Robin Childs & Jonathan Pridmore Wm C. Thompson , all of whom have been acquainted with, Aaron Collier, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration about twenty years, hereby certify that we believe

him to be 85 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Benjamin Davis Sworn and subscribed the day and Robin Chiles year aforesaid before me Jonathan Pridmore
William Ball WB
William C. Thompson
And the said Magistrate does hereby declare his 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 said Magistrate further certifies that it appears to him that Benjamin Davis, is a resident in the neighborhood, & that Robin Chiles & Jonathan Pridmore & William C. Thompson, are well acquainted with him and all of them are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. And the said Magistrate further certifies that the said Aaron Collier from bodily infirmities is unable to attend Court. And the said Magistrate further certifies that he is nowise interested in said claim —
William Ball WB
Aaron Collier State of Tenn July 1835
I Stockley H. Mitchell Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions for Hawkins County Tennessee. Certify that William Ball's signature appears to the foregoing Declaration of Aaron Collier for a pension, & certificates, is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid, duly commissioned & qualified to hold the Court of Pleas & and that said signature appears to be in his proper hand writing
Given under my hand and seal of Office at office in Rogersville this 8th day of July 1835 SH Mitchell Clerk By W B Mitchell Clerk

Aaron Collier, or heirs Rogersville Hawkins Co Tenn
Revolutionary
Suspended Claim Aaron Collier
Virginia
Tennessee Suspended act 1832

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
STATE OF Virginia COUNTY OF Carroll
} ss:
Be it known that before me
a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Shadrach Collier sr. aged 71 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son & heir of Aaron Collier deceased , who was a revolutionary Soldier in the State of Virginia and that he died on the day of June 1842 and that his mother, named Elizabeth Collier died on the day of July 1830 and that they were married on the day of in the year 1770 and that they were residents of Grayson in the State of Virginia and that they resided there forty years, and that he resides in Carroll County Va and that furthermore he  BY THESE PRESENTS , constitutes, appoints, and fully empowers and authorizes, irrevocably and with powers of substitution, F. E. HASSLER, of Washington city, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government and State officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land that may be due him as the son & heir of Aaron Collier who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law he may be entitled.
In witness whereof, he has on this 6 th day January 1853 . hereunto signed his name, and affixed his seal.
Shadrach Collier 
Witness: Fielden L. Hale Witness: J. M. Hume
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that said Shadrach Collier has always by the community been known as the Son of Aaron Collier ,
Dated on this 6 th day of January 1853 . James Worrell J. P.
State of Virginia COUNTY of Carroll } to wit:
I hereby certify, That James Worrell Esq.,
before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of Carroll County Court , this day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty three .
Esaw Worrell Clerk.
* a Widow applies, state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband." State under what act pensioned, or when pension commenced, if a pensioner—and amount of pension.

Rev. and 1813 War Section.
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October 29, 1926
Honorable Claude A. Swanson United States Senate
My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of the twenty-sixth instant, with enclosure from Mrs. Dora Cochran Smith, Humboldt, Kansas, I have the honor to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 2111, it appears that Aaron Collier was born January  February 15, 1750 in Bedford County, Virginia.
While residing in Lee County, Virginia, he applied for pension, June 23, 1835, and stated that while residing in Montgomery County, Virginia, he served from June 1780, three months under Captain George Parris and was out against the Indians; and that in October 1781 or 1782, he entered the service under Captain George Parris and marched against the Tories, and had a battle with them near the Shallow Ford on the Yadkin River.
The claim was not allowed, as there was no

proof of six months service, as required by the pension law.
He married in 1770, Elizabeth (her maiden name not given), she died July 1830, and he died June 1842.
Son, Shadrack, was seventy-one years old in 1853 and living in Carroll County, Virginia.
The next of kin letter in Ward 1812 of Shadrack Collins S.C. 5067-

Rejected
See letter 14 July 35- to W. C. Winston not found Oct 29. Rogersville 176. and did not save six months.
2111

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
2111
P. O. _____
Darm Collins
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for rejection -
Alleges: " not six months service "
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
1926 - Oct. 29 - His to Sen. Claude A. Swanson for Mrs. Dora C. Smith - 1931 - Aug. 18 - Mrs. Dora C. Smith - dr. nothing further done

M c Allison 15 th July 1835.
FREE
N. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. Columbia

Kagersville 4 th July 1835
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send to the Department for its decision, the pension papers of Aaron Colkein, which when you have examined I wish you to advise me of the result. The old man shews in his declaration the reason why he has never applied before this, which I think is important now, for a man who has been able to apply & knew of the provision, & has not applied before this. it is in my mind a circumstance against him. The applicant is very old & in indigent circumstances as I am informed, and although the amount of pension he claims is very little it will assist him very much. In some time ago sent to the Department, the Pension papers of Francis Andrakia and have not heard from them, since I was informed that they had been sent to North Carolina, to ascertain whether his name could be found on the rolls of the forces of that State. I wish to be informed what has become of said papers, & to what determination the Department has come about them. With sincere respect I am yours
M. O. Dirston

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August 18, 1931
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
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Mrs. Dora C. Smith Humboldt Kansas.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that Honorable Claude A. Swanson was furnished, October 29, 1926, the full record of Aaron Collier , War of the Revolution, as found in his claim for pension, R. 2111.
Senator Swanson requested this record in your behalf.
There are no further family data other than that furnished in letter of October 29, 1926.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
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FREDERICK FUNSTON CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION HUMBOLDT, KANSAS
Aug 2 - 19 31
To the Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
In the year 1926 through the courtesy of Hon. Claude A. Swanson I obtained data of my Revolutionary War ancestor Aaron Collier who served under Capt. Geo. Paris. The name of father of Aaron Collier was not given and I am very anxious to obtain his name. I would also be glad to obtain names any one else connected with Aaron Collier or any information available. If possible please give me what you can. Aaron Collier served during 1770 also 1781 & 1782 Very truly Mrs. Dora C. Smith

GARROLL S. PAGE, VT., CHAIRMAN. HENRY CABOT LODGE, MASS. CLAUDE A. SWANSON, VA. MILES POINDEXTER, WASH. KEY PITTMAN, NEV. FREDERICK HALE, ME. THOMAS J. WALSH, MONT. L. HEISLER BALL, DEL. PETER G. GERRY, R. I. TRUMAN H. NEWBERRY, MICH. PARK TRAMMELL, FLA. HENRY W. KEYES, N. H. WILLIAM H. KING, UTAH. JOSEPH I. FRANCE, MD. SAMUEL D. NICHOLSON, COLO.
ELWIN A. SILOSBY, CLERK.
United States Senate,
COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS.
October 26th, 1926.p
Honorable Winfield Scott, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington.
My dear Commissioner:
Enclosed herewith you will find a letter I have just received from Mrs. Dora Cochran Smith, Humboldt, Kansas, which explains itself.
I will appreciate it very much if you will have your records searched and advise me if you have any information as to pension paid Shadrack Collier, Mrs. Smith's great-grandfather. I will also ask that you return Mrs. Smith's letter with your reply.
With kind regards and best wishes, I am,
Yours very truly,
Claude A. Swanson
enclosure