Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2721, Christopher Dawson, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Dawson, Christopher Lydia
N. 2721
B.L.Wt. 27632-160-55-
CONTENTS

Ref d .
Kentucky 32,092 Christopher Dawson
of Clarke Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Ball of the reg t commanded by _____ in the Va a militia line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Dec r , 1843 and sent to Hon. R. M. Johnson, Present
Arrears to the 4th of Sep r 1843 250 ~
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Nov r 44, 10 ~
$260 ~
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D Brown Clerk
Book L-2. Vol. 7 Page 12.

81766 Act Mar 3
26 Apr 26 } 55-
Lydia Dawson wid 6 his top for Dawson Pension
Ent. 7/6 32 Louis } {
Rev 7 war
Rev 7 pensions
By July 48-924
W. B. Adams 3/25/50
B. G. [unclear]
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James Flanagan
Winchester, Ky.
Civ: Flanagan, Nov: 9 th 1855 Rev: " " Feb: 23, 1856
Vol. D. 12. —

924 Kentucky Sydia Dawson widow of Christopher Dawson who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of March 1852 and sent to
A. H. Buckner Winchester Kentucky
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 173, Vol. A

(35,084.)
Christopher Dawson
June 7. 1832.
Rev.
adm'd
6 mo.
$20.
E
Am R M. Johnson
$25.00

State of Kentucky Clarke County, ss
On this 36 th day of June 1840 personally appeared in open court before the Circuit Court of said County now sitting Hon. James Simpson Judge, Christopher Dawson a resident of Clarke County and State aforesaid, aged sixty 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 - He served in the Militia service of Virginia in the County of Stafford, the names of all the officers he served under he cannot now recollect from infirmity & old age - He served under Captain James, and Capt Malls and Captain Toulson, and Capt Garrard or Col. Garrard as he was called both Col & Captain and under Captain Jo. M c Joy - The given names of the others he does not now recollect, & indeed he does not know that he ever knew them. He saw William Washington who was then called a Capt - he does not know that he was ever under his command - The other officers under whom he served he does not now recollect - He entered the service when young, but the time

(2) he entered the service either of the year or month he cannot state with accuracy, but thinks it was first in the fall of the year when he was called out - He continued in the service for more than three years - serving off & on when called out, he served on two or three occasions three months at a time, he was a volunteer , and as such compelled to hold himself in readiness at a minutes warning - He was called at that time a mome- nto man - The greater part of his service was in the county of Stafford and state of Virginia where he then resided & where he lived until he was thirty odd years old, He was in the engagement on the Potomac River at Burnside or Burnside House when the British came up the river and fired on us & burnt the house, - He is certain that he served for three years put it all together - He was never in the regular service or state line - One of his brother's thinks it was Spencer, was in the state lines or regular service he does not know which - He only served in the militia - His Father died when he was very young & left him an orphan, without control and without education and he has not now & don't think he ever had any documentary evidence of his service - That since moving to Kentucky he has never seen

or heard of his relations or kindred in Virginia, except seldom & that not for a great many years until within the last three or four weeks - his brother Niece Lydia Ann George came to see him very unexpectedly - He has endeavou- -red to find out some one to make proof of his services for several years back and could not get any unless he went to Virginia & he feared all his old associates were dead long ago & he was too poor to undergo the expense & too old & feeble to stand the journey - He has now to work with his hands for his  daily bread - Several of his terms of service were for the period of three months & a good many for a shorter time, but then he was liable to be called out at any minute - His memory is very distinct as it regards dates, for it is greatly enfeebled by age - He never was employed in any civil pursuit by the Government. He only served his Country in the militia and in the field & that he knows he did freely and as faithfully as he could - He never made application for a pension before & he now 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.

4 The within declaration was sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforsaid in open court his Christopher X Dawson mark
We Thomas Boon a clergyman residing in said county of Clarke and B D Abbott residing in the same county hereby certify that we are very well acquainted with the said Christopher Dawson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; and that we believe him to be at least eighty years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- -bourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Thos Boon B D Abbott
Attest
With their marks J. S. T. & C. C.
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 Revolution- -ary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Boon who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the said county of Clarke and that B D Abbott is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
James Simpson

(5) I James Simpson Judge of the Clarke circuit court have pronounced the following interrogatories in open Court to Christopher Lawson on the 26 th of June 1840 at the court house in Winchester
1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Ans. In Stafford County state of Virginia and in the year 1759 or 1760 - one of the two.
2 nd Have you any record of your age? and if so where is it?
Ans. Yes I have a record and it is in Palomack Church Stafford County Virginia & I have not seen it for more than forty or fifty years.
3 rd Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war; and where do you now live?
Ans.
I lived when called into service in Stafford County Virginia I have lived in said county and the county of Clarke in the state of Virginia ever since the Revolutionary war and I now live in said county of Clarke
4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted

(6) Did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer. I volunteered in the Militia service & was called a minute man.
4 th " State the names of some of the regular officers who were with you the troops where you served; such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect; and the general circumstances of your service -
Answer. I recollect the names of Capt. James, Capt. Taulson, Capt. Rawls, Capt. or Col. Gannard since Gen of Tennessee, they , Capt. George McTroy, but he does not now recollect the grade of said officers whether they were in the regular army or contin- -ental line; and the regiments he can't recollect - He served for three years off Andon - often three months at a time & sometimes less & sometimes, they would be discharged & before they could get home or as soon as they got home, they would be called out again - He served in Stafford county principally up and down the river & at the Court house - he was called a minute man & was in the engagement when present house was burnt and had to retreat property rapidly - He served both warm weather & cold & had a hard time of it - He remembers one point skirmishing & hiding in the swamps & marsh

(2) and laid out nearly all night & he was a great deal talked about. His memory is so enfeebled by age that he cannot give many particulars now —
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given; and what has become of it?
answer I never received any discharge and I don't know that any muster roll was kept.
7 th state the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neigh- -bourhood, and who can testify to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolu- -tion.
answer I can state the names of H. S. Abbott Benjamin Allen Jr. Allen Armstrong, & James Muir Jr. and many others if necessary.
State of Kentucky Clarke Circuit Court
I Samuel M. Taylor clerk of the Court held for the circuit aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing seven pages contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Christopher Dawson for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 8 th day of July 1840.
Sam. M. Taylor Clerk

State of Kentucky Clark County set
On this second day of November 1850 personally appeared before the undersigned. Wm C. Cooper one of the Justices of the County Court in and for said County Lydia Dawson, a resident of said County, aged about Eighty two years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 29th 1848, that she is the widow of Christopher Dawson, who was a private in the army of the Revolution, and received a pension as such at the rate of $20. per annum from the Kentucky Agency, that she was married to the said Christopher Dawson October the fifth in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty four; that her husband, the aforesaid Christopher Dawson, died on the third day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty six that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January Eighteen Hundred, 46 - at the time above stated; She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she had never before made any application for a pension. Sworn to and subscribed on Lydia Dawson the day and year first above written before me - William C. Cooper J. C. C.
State of Kentucky Clark County set
Be it known that I Wm C. Cooper one of the Justices of the County Court in and for said County do certify that Lydia Dawson who made the foregoing declaration, is and for some time past, been unable from old age and bodily infirmity to travel so as to be present in Court, when held for said County for some months past; give under my hand this second day of November 1850. William C. Cooper J. C. C.

The Deposition of Cuthbert Combs who being sworn Depareth & sayeth that he is now in his sixty eighth year of age and that he knew Christopher Dawson and Lydia Daw- =son in the state of Virginia. when he was a very small boy that they were then living together as man and wife that he also knew them when they removed to the state of Kentucky that they lived together as man and wife from his first recollection until the death of said Dawson which took place some four years ago - that he has lived within a few miles of them all his life save some ten years that he had removed with his father to Ky. before the said Dawson & wife & that they were very respectable people & lived together peaceably & that he has known them as man and wife over sixty years and thinks that his father Cuthbert Combs deceased said Christopher Dawson and Lydia Dawson a piece of land about the year 1804 - 5 or 1806 time not precisely recollects and further sayeth that given under his hand the 2 nd day of November 1850 P. Combs
The Commonwealth of Kentucky Clarke County to wit I do hereby certify that the foregoing Deposition of Cuthbert Combs was duly taken & subscribed & sworn to at the before me on the 2 nd day of Nov 1850 at the house of Lydia Dawson in Clarke County - Ky - given under my hand this date just above written Wm L Cooper J.P.

State of Kentucky. Clark County set
Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County on this 1 st day of January 1851, personally appeared John A Franklin who is known to me to be a person entitled to full credit, and made oath that he is well acquainted with the mother named Lydia Dawson, and knew the mother named Christopher Dawson (who was a revolutionary pensioner) for many years before his death, that he knew said Christopher Dawson & Lydia Dawson in the State of Virginia, and afterwards when they resided in Kentucky - that in Virginia and in Kentucky where they lived, the said Christopher & said Lydia were recognized as husband & wife, that they lived together as such, were recognized as such by each other, by their children & neighbors - He states that he has lived in the same county with said Dawson & wife for a good many years & has known them for at least fifty years and during the whole of that time they were always reputed to be husband & wife, He further states that said Christopher Dawson is dead, and that his said widow now resides in Clark County Kentucky.
J A Franklin.
Subscribed & sworn to by John A Franklin before me the date above written.
Nathan M. Donald J.P.C.
The Commission of Pension will place address on the subject of this claim.
A H Beckner
Winchester Ky.

Kentucky. Clark County set.
I hereby Certify that W m C Cropper Esqr before whom the foregoing Declaration of Lydia Rawson, and the affidavit of C Coombs were made, and who has thereto subscribed his name, and also that Nathan M c Donald Esqr before whom the foregoing Affidavit of J. A. Franklin was made and who has thereto subscribed his name are and were at the time they so subscribed the same Justices of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly Commissioned and Sworn, and that their said Signatures are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of Clark County Court. This 7 th day of January 1851 C Jones clk
Clark County November Court 1846. Novr 23 rd 1846. On the Motion of Thomas Allen who made oath thereto as the law directs, certificate is granted him for obtaining letters of administration on the estate of Christopher Rawson deceased, in due form, giving security, whereupon he together with Benj a Allen entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of $2000, conditioned as the law directs.
Kentucky. Clark County set.
I hereby Certify that the above order of the Clark County Court, purporting to be an order granting letters of administration to Thos Allen, on the estate of Christopher Rawson deceased, is a true copy from the records of my office.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of Clark County Court. This 7 th day of January 1851 C Jones clk

State of Kentucky , County of Clark } ss.
On this 10 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me W. L. Cooper a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Lydia Hanson aged 89 years; a resident of Clark County, in the State of Kentucky who, being duly sworn according to law, declares and says that she is the widow of Christopher Hanson deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain in the Regiment of commanded by in the war of the Revolution
That her said husband enlisted in said War on or about the _____ day of _____, A. D. _____, for the term of _____ and continued in actual service in said war for the term of _____ and was _____ at _____ on the _____ day of _____
A. D. _____ She refers, to her late husband, papers on file in the Pension office, upon which he received his certificate of Pensions, for Revolutionary services
She further states that she was married to the said Christopher Darnell in Stafford County Virginia on the _____ day of _____
and that her name before marriage was Lydia Birdwell and that her said husband died at Home in Clark County Kentucky, on the 3 rd day of November A. D., 1846 and that she is a widow at the date of
executing this, her declaration, and having obtained a Bounty Land Warrant, in act of Congress, She refers to the files in the Pension Office & War Office, for such details in this Affidavit, as she has been unable to file up which warrant she has legally transferred, and disposed of, and not within her power to return. She refers to said declaration for evidence of her husband's service, and her marriage, &c.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March the 3d, 1855. She further declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress, except as above stated.
Lydia her + Hansen mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written, and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim.
W th 6 beavers J. P. e. v.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, Jydin Dawson James Flanagan of Winchester aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint BENJAMIN F. GRAVES, of the City of Lexington, Kentucky, to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a Warrant for the said quantity of Land due to me, as aforesaid, and my said Attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purpose above expressed.
Witness _____
Wear to keep up
Wm. Snowden
Lydia her + Dawson most

Payment to be made at
Louisville by Wm R. Vance Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Kentucky
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act Feb 1848, Page 173 Vol. 2.
July 29 th
Clerk.
J. A. Weightman
(Heard)
(Dead)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29, 1848, Sydia Dawson widow of Christopher Dawson who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this twentieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two
Alex H. H. Stuart
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned
J. E. Call
Commissioner of Pensions.
pts March 10 1857

The Deposition of Lydia Ann George taken at the Office of Allan & Houston in the Town of Winchester State of Kentucky for the purpose of being read to substantiate the Claim of Christopher Dawson to a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier. The Deponent being very aged her exact age not recollected but some where about seventy odd years of age - Deposeth & says - That she has known Christopher Dawson of Clarke county Ky. since she was a child - She lived very near him in Stafford county Virginia for a number years about thirty six or seven years and knows him intimately - She knows that he served in the Revolutionary war for the time of three years off & on as he was called on - He had to start at a minutes warning - He was then called a minute man He frequently would not have time to eat his victuals, for or after to meet promptly the call made on him - He served with John Dawson & Spencer Dawson John Dawson has drawn a pension

for the same service that Christopher was engaged in - She did not see him in actual service but she saw him called out several times & saw him return home equipped as a soldier. and she very much believes and so several that he was in the actual service of his country in the war of the rebellion - John Dawson & Spencer are both dead - Christopher was young when he entered the service but quite able to bear arms - She remembers that the service was considered danger- ous and the friends were al- ways greatly distressed when they boys were called out - She recollects their feelings & their crying as well as if it were yesterday - She recollects that he served under Captain James- and Captain Pralls & Captain Louis- son and under Col or Capt. Gannard. and William Washington was his colonel a part of his service - She heard that the time & believes that said Christopher was in an engagement at Ments House

on the Patomack River in Stafford County. She heard the British Cannon and guns firing frightfully and further the deponent saw the not - June  here Lydia Ann George Mark
State of Kentucky } Clarke County } set.
This day personally appeared before the undersigned swearing Justice of the peace for said county and state the above named Lydia Ann George who appears to me to be a credible person, and subscribed and sworn to the above deposition which was given in her my presence and again read over to her. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20 th day of June 1860
Will Workman J.P.
H 256.
June 20 th 1860

State of Kentucky
Clarke county set
I James P Bullock clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Mr. Hickman whose name is subscribed to the within and foregoing Certificate is now for as at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace within & for said County - and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such
In Testimony whereof the clerk aforesaid have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my Office in Winchester this 8 th of July 1840
James P. Bullock
[Faint, illegible signature or mark]

DA 256.
July 15. 1840
Pension Office. ci sub
Christopher Dawson Kentucky Act June 7. 1832
Hon. N. Binckle Secretary of War Washington D.C.
FREE

Lydia Henson
Christopher
1848
1848
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
Cole
Lydia Henson's Elain Friendliest Proof Revolutionary Victim

Revy WIDOW, &c.  cont
File No. 2721
Lydia Dawson Widow
Christopher Dawson Br. Rev. Mass
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 166

✓ 27, 632
S Rev Aug

(35,084)
Christopher Dawson
see let to Jno. B. Houston, July 30. 1840.
Act y June 1832.

No 918
Lydia Dawson widow of Christopher
Key
Act of 29 th July 1848
Letter to A.H. Buckner April 30 th 57

St. Louis
Tally Reg Germania Mr. N. N. ... P. ... A. ... B. ... R. ... both ... Julius Caesar Bark at ... Commissioner of Customs Washington D.C.
enclosed I your you by the are which the hundred naval to I am Yours Yours L Edwards mission of the Washington D.C.
Rev. Alphonse Mackay St. Joseph's New Bedford Mass.

Georgetown Scott Co Va Feb 30 th 1880
Dear Sir
The enclosed Poken relating to business in your office is enclosed to you by the request of Col. M. Johnson which you will be pleased to have the kindness to hand him on his arrival to the city.
I am with most respect Your most obedient servant Lewis C. Scott
Col James L Edwards Commission of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Stafford Co. Va. Sept r 25 th 1857
Sir,
I have examined carefully & can neither find the register of the return of the marriage of Christopher Dawson to Lydia Bridwell nor can I find the marriage bond between the years 1784 & 1795. Our fee for such examination & certificate is $1 ————— Very Respectfully J. McConway

Brief in the case of Lydia Dawson, m d of Christopher Clark Co County and State of Kentucky act
July 28, 1848.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband's pension act June 1, 1832. Satisfactory proof of marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
A. H. Buckner,
Woodstock Ky
Examining Clerk.
Ogle Mills

Hon J. R. Pennett Secretary of War
Nashville Dec 8 th 1840
Dear Sir
Inclosed please find the original papers of Christopher Lawson in the matter of an application for a pension. The old man is poor and feeble but honest in every respect . I know him well. A favourable action upon his applica- -tion will almost create newness of life in him & make him independent.
Every body in his neighbourhood believes he was in the Revolutionary War and wishes him to get a pension. Yours &c
M o B. Houston

Pension Office, Nov 26, 1857.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 14 April last, which has been mislaid, you are informed that we can find no papers in this Office in support of the claim of Lydia Dawson to a pension. If you will describe the character of this claim more particularly, viz, the name of her husband, under what act and from what State, another search will be made.
Very Respectfully Yr. obed Servt J. Wilson for Commr
A. H. Buckner, Esq. Winchester Ky
✓

Commencement of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

Winchester Ky Dec 9 1887
Sir
In answer to the within Communication I enclose one from Mr Evans of 30 Apl 1887 upon the same subject. Christopher Dawson was the Revolutionary Pensioner, the husband of Lydia Dawson.
I also enclose a note from Mr Conway the Clerk of the Stafford County Court Va.
Mrs Dawson is very poor, not able even to pay the $1 00 required by the Clerk for his Official Certificate & I hope with the parcel proof already before the department, her certificate can issue -
She says that she does not know any thing about the marriage certificate - She only knows that the "Banns" were published & the marriage celebrated pursuant to that custom - If the Official certificate is required from the Clerk, advise me & I will advance the money for her, altho I do not hope for reimbursement - my present services being entirely gratuitous -
Reply
A. H. Beckman

Sydia Dawson
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Perrin Affair April 30. 1837-
Sir;
The declaration of Lydia Duncan, widow of Christopher, under the date of 29 July, 1848, has been received. The certificate of the Clerk of the County Court where her marriage occurred, must be produced stating whether he has any entry relating to it. If it be shown that there is none, the parol evidence will be deemed sufficient.
Very Respectfully Yours &c. J. S. ERAW for Com of Perrin.
A. H. Buchanan Esq Winchester Ky. ✓

No 948 Jan 22. 1857
Lydia Dawson.
Application for Pension -
Ky
Act 29 July 1848 - Ky ad 32
Pension
Cap Freflett
A H Buckner Atty. Winchester Ky

The applicant Mr Dawson is very old & needy and the Commission of Pensions is respectfully requested to give early attention to this case.
A. B. Pruckner Atty Winchester — Ky

ACKNOWLED and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Clark and State of Kentucky this 10 th day of April A. D., 185 5 .
Wm L Cooper J.P.
STATE OF Kentucky COUNTY OF Clark ss.
On this 10 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, James Emmon and B.W. Newkirk residents of the State of Kentucky and County of Clark who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs.
Lydia Hanson
who qualifies & subscribes to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow, and they swear they are disinterested witnesses.
Benjamin W. Newkirk James Emmon
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this day; and year above written.
Wm L Cooper J.P.
STATE OF Kentucky COUNTY OF Clark ss.
I, Willis Collins Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Wm L Cooper whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration Affidavit and Power of Attorney, is, and was at the time of signing the same in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Clark
County Court, this 18 th day of April A. D. 185 5 .
Willis Collins Clerk

Kentucky Agency, ✓ Clark Co
Sydra Dawson, mother of Christopher, who was a pupil of Virginia Institute
She died July 29, 1848,
6 mo private
$20 per annum
She died Mar 4, 1848,
924
A. H. Buckner,
Winchester,
Kentucky

State of Kentucky 3
County of Clark 3 rd Set
On this 24 th day of December in the year 1855 personally appeared before the undersigned Justice of the Peace for said State & County William M Snowden, who being duly sworn says that he was well acquainted with the late Christopher Dawson who was a private in the Revolution That he well knows Mrs Lydia Dawson his surviving Widow, and who is yet in his widow. That said Dawson drew a Pension amounting to $20.00 per annum in his lifetime, and that since his death his Widow Lydia Dawson draws upon her certificate $20.00 per annum, in right of her deceased husband. And further saith not
William M Snowden
Sworn and Subscribed to before me by William M Snowden this 24 th day of December 1855 Jas H Flanagan
State of Kentucky, Clark County Set On this 12 th day of February 1856 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, for said State & County James Flanagan, who being duly sworn, says that he was acquainted with Christopher Dawson deceased That he knew well of his having

a certificate of Pension, for his Revolutionary Services, That he died in Clark County Kentucky, several years since, leaving as his widow, Lydia Dawson, the within applicant for Pension Land under act of Congress passed 3 rd March 1855, or approved 3 rd March 1855, and that she is still his widow,
Jas Flanagan
Sworn to before me by Jas Flanagan this 12 th day of February 1856
Benjamin Herr J.P.
State of Kentucky Clark County 3 rd set
I Willis Collins Clerk of the County Court for said County, do Certify that Jas Flanagan and Benj Ken Esq were at the time the foregoing affidavits were made before them, Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly sworn and Commissioned, and that their fore- going signatures are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 12 th February 1856 Willis Collins Clerk

State of Kentucky County of Clark B Dct
On this 24 th day of December 1863 personally appeared before the undersigned Justice of the Peace in said State & County, Mrs Lydia Dawson who being duly sworn according to law states she is still the widow of Christopher Dawson deceased who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, That they were married about the year 1784 and lived together as man & wife to his death. That he drew a Pension from the United States Government for his Revolutionary Services, and that she refers to the proof on file in the Pension Office, in support of his application for a Pension wherein his services are set forth That she believes that it is now in her power to prove his services by any living witness - hence she refers to the Record Evidence on file, upon which Christopher Dawson's pension was issued and her own - And further saith not.
Lydia Mrs Dawson mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me, by Mrs Lydia Dawson, widow of Mr Christopher Dawson, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner And I certify I am not interested in this claim, Dec 24 th 1863 Jas H Lanagan JP

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Dawson, Daniel GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7056 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 2, 1791 to Samuel B. Webb, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Dawson, Ezra GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4059 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 28, 1790 to Eliphalet Downer
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Dawson, Francis GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12085 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED April 12, 1792 To Francis Graves, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.