Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9,180, Stephen Clarke, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Clarke, Stephen or Clark
NUMBER
S. 9180
CONTENTS
carded

Virginia 16.359
Stephen Clarke
of Grayson in the State of Va. who was a Pvt. in the — commanded by Captain — of the Reg t commanded by Col. Dabney in the Va. line for 2 years
Stephen Clarke. Nov. 28/44. Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 80. Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of Aug t 33 and sent to Samuel McCamant. Grayson. C.H. Va
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160 Pension allowance ending Sept — 40
$200.-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Rice Clerk Book E Vol. 6 Page 5.
Deed Jan 12-1837

Stephen Clark
10878 V
of the result inform
Yours M c Lean Gryphon Rich C.H.

1 State of Virginia
Goochland County
Y. J.
On this 24 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the justice of the court of Goochland County now sitting Stephen Clarke a resident of Goochland County, in the 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 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
When the the prisoners taken from Genl. Burgoyne, were  were detained in Albemarle County, Virginia, Col. Taylor and Major Robbards, or Roberts, were there guarding the said prisoners with regular troops, but it was said there were not enough of regular troops to guard them, and orders were given to take the nearest militia as assistant guards. The declarant then residing in the County of Goochland, Virginia, was called upon to assist guard the said prisoners, and accordingly marched to Albemarle barracks under the command of Capt. Edmund Gourd of the aforesaid County of Goochland, and remained there 21 days, when he was discharged. He does not recollect the month or year of this first tour. He knew Capt. Burley & Capt. Rice of the regular Army who were at the Albemarle barracks at the above mentioned period. Shortly after this tour the declarant marched again to the same place

2 under the Command of Capt. Gideon Hatcher and continued there guarding prisoners another term of 21 days, the declarant belonged to the 10th division of the Goochland Militia, and drafted as such, in his turn, both of the times aforesaid. After this he served under Capt. Samuel Poind, in a Regiment Commanded by Col. Lewis, a term of 3 months, as a substitute for a man by the name of Wall; during this term he was sometimes at Charles City Court-house, & at Harts Forge, and was defeated at the Darbaw, or Darbaw hills. A few days before he marched by Charles City Court-house some of the American Militia- men were surprised & cut to pieces, by the British horse. Not long after the declarant was dismissed as above mentioned, he understood that Charleston was besieged and that a call was made for men from Virginia to march to the south, he immediately entered the service again, and marched into South Carolina by way of Hillsborough, North Carolina, under the Command of Capt. Edmund Gant, Francis Pledge, lieutenant, and as well as he now recollects, Robt. Bradshaw ensign, before he had got out of Virginia it was understood Charleston was in the possession of the enemy, and the Company in which the declarant was went on and joined Genl. Gates at Rugeleys, or Rudgeleys, in South Carolina, Genl. Gates so soon as he was reinforced intended to fortify himself at a point on Brandy Creek and immediately proceeded to carry his intention into

execution, but before Genl. Gates & the army had gone a distance of more than about 6 or 7 miles, the infan- -try under Genl. Potterfield were met and attacked by the enemy under Cornwallis, the fight was kept up at intervals through the night, and became general  about Sunrise or a little after that time, and resulted in the defeat of the Americans. The declarant recollects that after firing several rounds the militia were breaking on his right & left, and in the retreat he heard Majr. Patrick M c Corris, who was from Goochland Co., say, "give them another fire" which was done & then there was there was  Col. Potterfield he believed he believed he was killed in the engagement. a general retreat. This was the battle at Camden, or Gates's defeat. He then returned to Hillsborough in the State of North Carolina, and from there marched to a place called New Garden. Remained there for some time, afterwards was marched to Guilford Court-house, and there discharged by Majr. Morris. This declarant got home in the month of October, as well as he now recollects, of the year of Gates's defeat, having served a term of 5 months, or upwards. Shortly after he returned from the South he again entered the service, under the command of Capt. Elisha Clegg, as a substitute for Richard Pleasants and served 3 months chiefly in the County of Henrico  in Henrico County, Virginia, Virginia. After this he again served a term of 3 months as a substitute for Benjamin Watkins, under Capt. Gideon Hutchinson of Goochland Co., John Pleasants of Henrico County N o was his seal. After this term he again

* The age cannot at this day recollect the years in which he served but recollects that he served the different times above stated.
Marched, as a substitute for Benjamin Woodson, under the command of Capt. Richardson, who was commanded by Col. Charles Fleming, and served about 3 months more, mostly in Henrico County Va. He again marched under the command of Elisha Leake Capt, William McCall and Andrew Pears, Lieutenant and Ensign, to the town of Winchester in Virginia, with prisoners, and was in the service this time 3 months, as a substitute for Thomas Underwood. He again went as a substitute for George Slaughter, and served 6 months, was at York town when Cornwallis surrendered, was then under Col. Charles Dubrey & Capt. Fredk. Woodson. He saw Genl. Washington, Muhlenburgh, La. Fayette, & Henry at Yorktown, from Yorktown he went to Hampton, from thence to Portsmouth where he was taken sick & put in the Hospital under the care of Dcto Brodly, and upon his recovery was discharged  discharged & went back into Goochland County. having served altogether 20 months & 42 days. The declarant was born in the said County of Goochland in the year 1762 where he resided until the year 1805 when he removed to the County of Grayson where he now lives. He has no record of his age. He had two written discharges, one of which he received after he left Genl. Gates army, and the other after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, both of which is now lost or mislaid so that they cannot be found. The declarant is known in his present neighborhood.

to John Fielder a Contemporary Survivor and to Lewis Hail, William Hail, Francis Hail, and Stephen Hail. who will testify as to his character for veracity and as to their belief of his services in the war of the Revolution. This declaration hereby Relinquishes any claims 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. — Stephen Clarke
We Stephen Hail, a Claytonian , residing in the County of Grayson, and John Fielder residing in the same County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Stephen Clarke who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is reputed and believed 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.
Stephen Hail Jr John Fielder

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 Stephen Blank P. who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman Resident in the County of Grayson, and that John Header, who has also signed the same, is a Resident in the County of Grayson, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Martin Dickenson, Clerk of the Court of Grayson County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Clarke for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at Office, this 13 th day of October 1832.
(M. Dickenson)

On this 24 th day of June 1833 personally appeared in Open Court, before the Justices of the Court of Grayson County now sitting, Stephen Clark, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, and, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following amendment to his original declaration made in this Court on the 24 th day of September 1832, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - that he entered the service of the United States under the Command of Capt. Beard, as a drafted Militiaman in the year 1777 and served 21 days, guarding British prisoners at Albemarle barracks in the County of Albemarle Virginia. This declaration was again drafted in the same year & marched to the same barracks under Capt. Gideon Hatcher & served another term of 21 days guarding prisoners. In the year 1778 this declaration went into the service of the United States as a substitute for a man whose name was Ball and was in actual service 3 months under the officers & at the places set forth in his original declaration. In the year 1780 this declaration was again drafted as a Militiaman and was in actual service a term of 5 months, in the United States service, in North & South Carolina, & served under the officers named in his original declaration and at the places therein named. This declaration served as a substitute for Richard Pleasants a term of 3 months chiefly in the County of Henrico, Virginia, in the summer  fall of 1780. In the year 1781 this declaration served a term of 3 months as a substitute for Benjamin Watkins, as set forth in his original declaration. In the same year (1781) he served another term of 3 months as

a substitute for Benjamin Woodson. In the same year (1781) he served a term of 3 months as a substitute for Thomas Underwood. In the same year (1781) he served marched as a substitute for George Slaughter and was finally discharged & returned home in February 1782 having served been in actual service for the said Slaughter as a substitute, 6 months. For the particulars of these different terms of service this applicant refers to his original declaration. This applicant has no documentary evidence of his services, nor does he now know of any person living by whom he can prove the facts. This applicant was born in Goochland County, Virginia, in the year 1762. He has now no record of his age - it was recorded in a large family Bible which was carried by his brother to the State of Kentucky many years ago. He lived in the County of Goochland, Virginia, when he was called into service and continued to reside there until  when he removed in the year 1805, to Grayson County, Virginia, where he now lives. He was called into service as a drafted militiaman 3 times, and went into the service 6 times as a substitute, first for — Ball, 2 nd for Richard Pleasants, 3 rd for Benjamin Watkins, 4 th for Benjamin Woodson, 5 th for Thomas Underwood & 6 th for George Slaughter. He had two written discharges both of which are now lost. For the answer to the 5 th & 7 th interrogatories he refers to his original declaration. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. —
Stephen Clarke

And the said Court doth hereby Certify that Stephen Clark, who has Subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Amended declaration, is the same Stephen Clark, that made his declaration in this Court on the 24 th day of September 1832, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
I Martin Dickenson, Clerk of the Court of Grayson County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the amended proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Clark for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of said Court at Office this 27 th day of June 1833 and of the Commonwealth of Virginia the 57 th
Martin Dickenson

16. 878 Stephen Clark va
Adams as per note 2 of 8.80
Sand Mr. Barnant M. Dickerson Col. Grayson C.H. Sp. Grayson C.H. Sp. Grayson va 11 May '33 - 30 March
Yours Mr. Barnant Nicholas

16,878
BRIEF in the case of of Mayson
Stephen Clark in the State of va (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? about  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  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.     When prisoner, taken with the Burgoyne were stationed In 17 in Albemarle Co. Va. +21 As a private Gen. Capt. Lord — guarding prisoner Capt. Hatcher — do   Shortly after 1 st term afterwards +3 +21 Substitute Capt. Price — Col Lewis —   Not long after — to the mouth of Deb. after Gates' defeat at Camden +5 or upwards private Capt. Lord — Gen Gates ,   Shortly after his return +3 Substitute Capt. Leak   after this +3 do Capt. Hatcher   do +3 do Capt. Richardson Col Fleming   do +3 do Capt. Leak   do +3 do Capt. Woodson Col. Dabney  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Cornwall, Surrender of Yorktown  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Gooshland Co. Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Papers not properly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. C. Easton Examining Clerk. 21 Feb 1833

May 19, 1931
Mabel Mabel Green C/o Lewis-Noel & Jones, Inc., Harlan, Kentucky
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 9180, that Stephen Clarke (pensioned Clark) was born in 1762, in Goochland County, Virginia.
While residing in Goochland County, he  He enlisted and served with the Virginia troops, as follows: in 1777, twenty-one days in Captain Edmund Curd's company, and again in 1777, twenty-one days in Captain Gideon Hatcher's company; in 1778, three months in Captain Samuel Price's company, Colonel Lewis' regiment; in 1780, five months in Captain Edmund Curd's company, and was in the battle of Camden; in the fall of 1780, three months in Captain Elisha Leak's company; in 1781, three months in Captain Gideon Hatcher's company, Colonel John Pleasant's regiment, and three months in Captain Richardson's company, Colonel Charles Fleming's regiment, also three months in Captain Elisha Leak's company; from the fall of 1781, in Captain Frederick Woodson's company, Colonel Charles Dabney's regiment, was at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered and served until in February, 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1832, at which time he was living in Grayson County, Virginia, having moved there in 1805 from Goochland County.
He died January 12, 1837. A. B.
There are no data as to his family.
Due to the very large number of requests similar to yours, and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, this bureau

is unable to furnish more than two histories to each inquirer. Letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in the order of their receipt.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Harlan, Kentucky. %Lewis -Noel - and Jones, April 25-1931.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:            Revolutionary War Records Department.
As my ancestors resided in Montgomery County Virginia, I would like to have a report as to whether either of the following Revolutionary soldiers received a pension:
✓ Samuel Clark , of Montgomery County, Va only Va. res. ✓ Stephen Clark of Montgomery County, Va " " " ✓ George Clark was in the Virginia Militia and was a Southwest Va. resident. All three of these soldiers are listed in Wythe County, Court, statistics found in "Summers" Southwest Virginia History, and Montgomery was later divided and Wythe County was formed, which place my great grandfather made his will 1860, by the name of John Clark. I desire to obtain a copy of the pension records, so that I can know my Revolutionary ancestor's record, for the purpose of joining the D.A.R.
Yours very truly,
MABEL GREEN.

W. W. LEWIS, PRESIDENT
W. H. NOEL, SECY & TREAS.
A. C. JONES, VICE PRESIDENT
LEWIS, NOEL AND JONES
INCORPORATED
GENERAL INSURANCE
HARLAN, KY.
April 15, 1931
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me a report on the following references which were sent me by the research worker at the Capital of Kentucky which I enclose.
Thanking you, I am,
Mabel Green

Hartford Fire Insurance Company Western Department A.G. Dugan, General Agent
LEWIS-NOEL & JONES, INC., AGENTS PHONE 106 FIRST STATE BANK BLDG. HARLAN, KY.
May 11, 1931
Comm's of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please give me a report on the names found in the enclosed letter from the War Department.
Thanking you, I am,
Mabel Green
Mabel Green Harlan, Ky

Revtran
9180 INVALID.
File No. 9180
Stephen ★ Clark Tri Rev War
Act: June 7 th '32
Index: — Vol. Set , Page 69
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Stephen ★ Clarke Nov 28/04 Records corrected.
1931 - may 19 - Host to mabel Brown 1933

16, 878
Stephen Clark
Genl M c Caigant Ketchikan

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Stephen Clark 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? No 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 ?
Y
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ?
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 ?
No
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? ✓
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 ?
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. 11. 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 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.

J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Sir Grayson House N o June 28 th 1833
I have with me enclosed the amended declarations of Benjamin Phipps, Isaiah Austin, Wm. Vaughan, Stephen Clark, John Comer & John Fiedler, and also the original declaration of Charles Cole made at the present term of our Court.
I have read the Pension Certificates for James Mortimer, Dennis Fiedler and John Frost, and hope that those now returned may have been so amended as to make them sufficiently definite & certain to be received and admitted.
The declarations of James Cox and Jonathan Thomas will be amended & returned to my office in a few days. You will please inform me of the result as early as it may be convenient for you to do so.
+ taken out.
Respectfully, Sir, Your obedt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissary of Pensions
Sam. M c Camant
P.S. If there should be a particular form of a power of attorney to draw the pension I will thank you to forward me a copy. S.M.C.