Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,843, John Clarke, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Clarke, John or Clark
S 35,843
CONTENTS

19,013
Kentucky
John Clark
of Garrard Co in the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Woodson of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Matthews in the Virginia line, for the term of 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of March 1823
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 of July 1823 and sent to Henry Tarbump Esq. Lexington, Kentucky
Arrears to 4th of March 1823. 1, 3
Semi anl. all'ce ending Sept 1823 68 4
$49.3
{Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.}
March 1, 1823
B.R. ✓ 300.823 - 89.505
Oct 4. 1858 Let. Thomas G. Addison

Not on the conti- nental establishment Rejected. D
Clark
27 { Rev
W Stokes
Revised
John Clark

The Comm on wealth of Kentucky Garland County Circuit
June Term 1818 -
John Clarke, came into court a mace of office, before the Hon. Will and Kelly presiding judge - That he is now in the sixty second year of his age - That he served as a regular soldier in the continental army in the Revolutionary war, for the term of and 4 months 2 years - That he enlisted at Good- land court-house, in the state of for 2 years Virginia, in March 1775, for the term of under Capt Samuel Woodson of the 9 th Regiment commanded by Thomas Fleming Esq., and after his death by Col Geo. Matthews - That he served faithfully as a soldier during the period of and 4 months two years - That he was in the battle at Brandywine and Red Bank - That he was taken

prisons at the last marked place by the British, and detained for eight months and twelve days - That he rec d a discharge after wards from the hands of Genl. Mullen- burg, at the Valley Forge of Pennsylva- nia, having served 4 months, over the period of his enlistment - That his discharge was burnt up with his house, since he came to this country - That his circumstances are such that he at present stands in great need of assistance from his country -
John John Clarke
The S p . G. Fisher a Reputable witness came into Court and made Oath that he lived a near neighbour to the foregoing petitioner John Clarke that he enlisted in the Service of the United States as stated he has no doubt he S p . Clarke being absent in the Service he thinks the time above stated
Stephen G. Fisher

State of Kentucky
Garrard circuit
est a circuit Court held for the County aforesaid at the court house in the town of Lancaster on the day of June 1818. The foregoing Petition of John Clarke was sworn to in open court & ordered to be recorded and the same is truly recorded.
Roy A. Fletcher clerk
Kentucky
I William I Kelly one of the commonwealth circuit Judges for the state of Ky and sole judge of the Garrard & Pulaski do hereby certify that the foregoing John Clarke made oath before me in open court that the facts stated in the foregoing petition are true. I do further certify that I am satisfied with the truth of the statements therein contained and that said Clark is in no advanced circumstances.
this 25 day of November 1818
William I Kelly
State of Kentucky Garrard circuit
I Benjamin Fletcher clerk of the circuit court in and for the County of as do hereby certify that William I Kelly Esq. whose signature is annexed to the foregoing certificate is a duly commissioned sworn and also of the commonwealth circuit Judges for the state of Kentucky and said Judge.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said County to be hereunto affixed at my office in Lancaster this 25th day of December 1818 and in the 44th Year of the Commonwealth.
Ben Fletcher

18,133 John Clark
23 June 1821.
Col: Matthew's Lancaster 19/7/81 Virginia Reg t 1 July 1861 1776 - 18 M ch
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The applicant is requested to state, who received the balance of his pay in Virginia of his pay in Virginia, & paid by that state, for continental services. This is important to be ascertained, in this case, as the name of John Clark appears on the Virginia continental rolls in three different places & the balance was paid to different persons.
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This declaration & schedule was made before the General Circuit Court - saw the applicant in the country, or does he live in another which comprises part of the General circuit? - He must make out his papers with the court, sitting in the county, where he resides. But he may petition to remove it to his own.
26 th Oct r 1821.
Asberry - Lexington Ky

Schedule District of Columbia S.D.
Gannard Circuit. On this 23 rd day of June 1821 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the said district and circuit of Gannard County John Clark aged 65 years Resident in said District to the being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolution as regular as follows that in the year 1775 & in the month of March he enlisted in the State of Virginia for two years in Capt Samuel Woodsons Company of the Ninth Virginia Regiment and the State Line Commanded by Col. William Fleming & that he continued to serve in said Regiment until Col. Matthews commanded it and until the month of July in the year 1777 that in the year 1776 said Regiment was taken into continental service and establishment and that he served upwards of Eighteen months in the Continental Line - and that he has now an unexpired term from the United States - and I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of in my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed

And lastly subscribed
  Two Horses worth $ 58.00   Five head of cattle worth 22.00   12 Sheep worth 14.50   12 Hogs worth 10.00   $ 94.50 
John Clark
That he is a house carpenter by Trade but from old age and a complaint called the Gravel or an Obstruction in the Bladder he is unable to do little or no Annual work Below he has a Wife and has no Children living with him his Wife is sixty two years of age and is incapable of labor from a disease called the dropsy
Signed and sealed on the 26 th day of June before William D. Kelly Esq. Arrest & presiding Judge for the County and Circuit of Garrard — J. Benjamin Fletcher Clerk The foregoing Declaration and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is at ninety two Dollars & fifty cents And I further certify that I have hereunto set my hand
[Faint, illegible handwriting or bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

And affixed thereunto the seal of the said court on this 22 nd day of June 1821 and the 30 th year of the King our sovereign - Benjamin Fletcher clerk of the court for the County of Nassau

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Clarke a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 35.843
Battles engaged in, Brandywine & Germantown.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. at Goochland C. H., Va.
Date of application for pension, June - 1875.
Residence at date of application, Garrard Co., Kentucky.
Age at date of application, within sixty-second year.
Remarks:  his wife was sixty two in 1821 - name not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
See 3rd annual report at back

OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
April 10, 1916.
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 4th instant, you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at Lexington, Kentucky, the records of this office show last payment to have been made to John Clarke, Priv. Army Rev., certificate No. 19013, at $8.00 per month, to September 4, 1842, to Joseph Ficklin, Attorney.
Said pensioner resided in Butler County, Kentucky, for seven years and previous thereto he resided in Logan County, Kentucky, but the date of his death is not shown.
Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully,
Asa A Price
Auditor.
SLP R
By
Deputy Auditor.

Rev. Records Section Division. G. T. No. 35-843 John Clarke Rev. War
J. L. H., Ex'r.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., April 4 , 1906
SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of
John Clarke
pensioned under the Act March 18, 1818 by certificate
No. 19013 issued July 7, 1823, $8. per month from March 1, 1823, Kentucky Agency, showing date of death, date of last payment of pension and to whom it was paid.
Very respectfully,
J. M. [unclear]
Commissioner.
THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Department.

PETERBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, FEBRUARY 24, 1921. Revolutionary War Section of the P. W. Division Office Washington, D. C. Gentlemen: Will you please give me all you may have on record of JOHN GRANT, who was in the Continental Army, New- Hampshire, during the war, and who was in the very likely he was in the Continental Army, New- Hampshire, during the war, and who was in the "There was a Revolutionary War soldier named JOHN GRANT who lived in Manchester, New Hampshire, and during the war lived in Manchester, New Hampshire, and during the war 1775. In 1775 a new company was formed from some of the and, after the war, moved to Manchester, New Hampshire. He was a member of the Manchester Grange, and was one of the part of the Manchester Grange, and was one of the new company, JOHN GRANT, who was in the Continental Army, until he died. He was in the Continental Army, New- 1822 when he was 75 years old. He was born in Virginia about 1747. He was a member of the Virginia Line in the Revolution- ary War. (The War Department records show that he was old enough to have been in the Continental Army about 1775."
Very respectfully, John V. [unintelligible]

AMERICAN BUSINESS COLLEGE
W. & D. BLOCK-SIXTH AND MAIN
PUEBLO, COLO. February 24, 1921.
Revolutionary War Section Of The U. S. Pension Office, Washington, D. C. Gentlemen:
Will you please give us all you may have on record of JOHN CLARK, the JOHN CLARK who was in Madison County, Kentucky, as early as 1788, for which year he paid taxes, and very likely he was in Kentucky much earlier?
Here is some information we received some time ago: "There was a Revolutionary Soldier named JOHN CLARK who lived in Madison County before and during 1788 and until 1796. In 1796 a new County was formed from parts of Madison, Mercer and Lincoln Counties. The new county adjoins Madison. The farm of JOHN CLARK seems to have been in the part of Madison County which was carved off it to form the new county. JOHN CLARK lived in the new county, I presume, until he died. He was living in the new county as late as 1823 when his name was placed on the Pension Rolls. At this time he was 78 years old. He was born in Virginia about 1745. He served as a Private in the Virginia Line in the Revolutionary War." (The New County was named Garrard County.) From some old papers we have we think like by JOHN CLARK died about 1824.
Thanking you in advance we are,

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Re see
25 Highland St. South, Nashville, Tenn.,
Mar. 23 rd , 1916.
Mr. G. M. Salzgeber,
Dear Sir: —
✓ John Clark was a Rev. pensioner from Butler County, Kentucky. In 1840, he was ? 103 years old, and was residing with Mr. Braxton Clark.
Please give me a copy of his ap- plication for a pension, including all the family data that it may contain. Oblige by an early reply.
Respectfully,
July 3 John Clarke (no Clarke) on Ky Agency -
Va. W. 8607. he died 1839 (in file
S.)
Md. 835839 (on desk
* Va. 835843 " "
* This is the only one who apparently was alive in 1840.

Rev. Sec.
25 Highland St. South, Nashville, Tenn.
Mar. 23 rd , 1916.
Mr. G. M. Saltzgaber,
Dear Sir: —
As John Clark was a Rev. pensioner from Butler County, Kentucky. In 1840, he was ? 103 years old, and was residing with Mr. Braxton Clark.
Please give me a copy of his ap- plication for a pension, including all the family data that it may contain. Oblige by an early reply.
Respectfully, Miss Harriet Salbot .
S.)
* This is the only one who apparently was alive in 1840

Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
My dear Sir.
OW & R
I have been referred to your department - by the military secretary's office of the war department - for information concerning the following two men - who served in the revolution and were also at some time given or granted tracts of land.
Have you any thing on record - of the service in the revolution of one "John Clark" born in Orange Co. Va. served in the revolution at a very early age.

after the war, he moved in to what is now Christian County (near Hopkinsville,) in Kentucky.
The name of his Plantation was "Richgrove" and he was spoken of often as "Richgrove John Clark." Have you any records of the above - in the war - or as to land grants?
Also have you any records of one Joseph Berry - who married Rebecca - sister of Lord Fairfax - of Virginia - Joseph Berry surveyed lands in Virginia and for his service was granted

a tract of land nine miles square on the Shenandoah River - in Frederick Co., Va. including Berrys Ferry and Ashby's Gap L place now known as Berrysville Would the above records be under revolutionary grants or colonial grants - and if under colonial land grants - to which department should I write to seek this information?
Thanking you, I am truly Yours Helen Fairfax M. Sayer; Address Mrs H. F. M. Sayer Remedilla - Oregon.

35843
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35-843
John Clark Rev Rev Mar
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 75
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mch. 13, 1905 History to Mrs. H. F.M. Sayer, Unatilla, Ore.
1916 Apr. 4 Add. for Int. Dept. for date of death.
1916 Apr. 12. History to Miss Harriet Talbot. $
1921 Mar. 31. Hist. to Mr. & Mrs. J.H. Clark. uw

Mr. Edw. ...
To The Hon John
Q. Calhoun Sec. of War Washington City
Recd. 5 Feb 1828
18/33

Saxington Ky. 24 th June 1825
I here transmit to you the paper and proof of John Clark Who applies for a Revolutionary pension. please make a decision in his case and inform me of the result.
Respectfully your Oblt Servt Henry Esbury
Gen L. B. Cockburn Set. War

Kentucky Garrard County Set.
John Clark appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for said County and made Oath that he is the same person who exhibited his declaration and schedule before the Garrard Circuit circuit Court bearing date on the 23 d day of June 1821, and that he is a resident citizen in said Garrard County and Circuit (which was omitted in the above mentioned schedule and declaration) and that on reflection and to the best of his recollection, it was in the month of March 1776 that he enlisted (instead 1775 as stated in his schedule forementioned) and that he was discharged at the Valley Forge in Pennsylvania on the 16 th day of June 1778 from Capt. Woodruffs Company and Col. Mathews Regiment, being the 9 th Va Regt on Continental line.
And at the time of his discharge his monthly pay was paid to himself but he does not recollect the name of the paymaster - and afterwards the depreciation was paid to him by the State of Virginia for Continental Service, he thinks the money was sent to him, but by whom

or in what way or in whose name it stands on the Rolls of Virginia this deponent knows not, owing to the great lapse of time and the present decayed state of his memory, and that he hopes that as his name is found on Roll that the most favourable constr- -uction may be given as to his Identity
John Clarke
Sworn to and subscribed before me and I certify that the deponent resides in Garrard County Kentucky and is a Credible person On Oath, given under my hand this 11 th day June 1878
Thos Kennedy C.P.G. 6
State of Kentucky Garrard County, To wit
I Benjamin Fletcher Clerk of the County Court in and for the County, aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Kennedy Esq. whose signature is annexed to the foregoing Certificate is one of the common- -law judges of the peace in and for Garrard County Ky, Commissioned sworn and authorized by law to administer an Oath and answer and Credit is due and ought to be

Given to record his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said county to be hereunto affixed at my office in Lancaster this 16 th day of June 1826 and in the 52 nd year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.
Benjamin Setchell