Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2474-100, Joseph Clayton, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Clayton, Joseph
B.L. Wt. 2474-100
CONTENTS

Joseph Clayton
N o 2474
Hon d . Benj w E. Gray Hopkinsville Kentucky

Mr Heath Court of Revenue Sir
I invite for attention to the statements of the enclosed letter of Mr Wickliffe and hope you will have the serif issued as he desires in the enclosed, which enclosed letter please return to me with for response
With Great Respect Yours at Pts
Bencoolen 27 th July 1852

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an Act of Congress of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities :
State of Kentucky } County of Nelson }
I, William Clayton and his heir at law of Joseph Clayton do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that Joseph Clayton did enter the service in 17 76 , for the term of during the war and served as a Private in the Regiment No. 1 under the command of Colonel Charles Raper , of the Virginia Continental line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to Joseph Clayton on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that I, William Clayton aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint the Honble Sam Boyd 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 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 purposes above expressed.
Attest, Joseph Clark Robert Bryan
Wm Clayton mark
Personally appeared the above named William Clayton subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest, Robert Bryan  Charles Raper Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the above written Charles Raper was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements, &c., in the State of Kentucky at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Barons Town Nelson County Ky this twenty second day of April 1848
Sam McElroy C. Clerk, &c. of Nelson County Court

Nathaniel Wickliff
Joseph Clayton Va line
FREE
Honble James E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Mail Washington City
Recd Apr 3 rd /51

State of Kentucky Nelson County ss
Be it known that on this 22 nd day of March 1857. personally appeared before me Charles Rapier a Justice of the Peace in for said County in the State against Peter Blair aged 84 years a resident of Washington County, in the War aforesaid, who being duly sworn, states that he knew Joseph Clayton deceased who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution that he had a Brother by the name of John Blair Blair, who entered the service at the same time and after the war was over, they both returned at the same time, that B. Clayton was wounded in one of his hands, does not recollect which, he knows him & Joseph Clayton to be the same who was in the War of the Revolution, and as he was informed he lives in the Virginia line, he removed to Kentucky and settled in Nelson County, and died on the day of 1857 as he is informed he lives and that the following are his Heirs viz. William Clayton, John Clay Clayton, Joseph Clayton, James Clayton, Charles Clayton, and Polly Ford who was Polly Clayton, who died leaving the following children viz. Robert, Sheldon, Betsy Ford, Catharine Hayden formerly Clayton who died leaving the following children viz. Robert Hayden, Ellen Hayden, Elizabeth Hayden, John Hayden, James Hayden, Sarah Hayden, and that Sally Clayton & Thomas Clayton, also children of S r . Joseph Clayton deceased died intestate and without issue.
Sworn to & subscribed before me the date above
Charles Rapier J.P. N.C.
his Peter Blair Blair mark

State of Kentucky
Nelson County ss
I Nathaniel Michelf, Clerk of the County Court for said County, in the State aforesaid, certify that Charles Rapin By whom name is subscribed to the within affidavit of Peter Blair, was at the date of his certificate an acting Justice of the Peace in said for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that his signature thereto is Genuine
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 26 th day of March 1831.
Nathaniel Michelf

Beards Town Mar 26 th 1857
Dear Sir,
I enclose the Affidavit herewith annexed Joseph Claytons death, and that He was the same person who served in the War of the Revolution, and also his Heirs, which by reference the proof of his kinship - and the Gen of the then Pension agent that S r Joseph Clayton was entitled to County Land, which from the enclosed letter - copied by J. G. Bernal to the Honble Linn Boyd, dated Nov. 16 1848 - you will be enabled to find the papers relative to this claim - If scrips should be issued for the Land, enclose it to Mr Clayton, one of the Heirs on to me, directed to this Post Office.
I am very respy
Yrs ob st ob st Serv t
Nathl Michelf
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Jos. Clayton Hino prop. B

State of Kentucky Nelson Circuit Court Septm Term 1846 "This day came William Clayton and proved in court by the Oath of Mary Clark and Susan Clark that Joseph Clayton is dead and left the following heirs to wit, William Clayton John 2 Clayton, Joseph 3 Clayton, James 4 Clayton, Charles 5 Clayton and Polly Ford who was Polly Clayton who died leaving the following Children to wit Robert 6 Ford, Shelton 7 Ford, Teresa Ford, & Polly 8 Ford, Catharine Hayden formerly Clayton who died leaving the following Children to wit, Elbert 10 Hayden Ellen 11 Hayden, Elizabeth 12 Hayden, Jane 13 Hayden, James Hayden and Arthur 15 Hayden And that Sally Clayton and Thomas Clayton also Children of the said Joseph Clayton also died unmarried and without issue."
I James Slaughter Clerk of the Nelson Circuit Court in the State of Kentucky do Certify that the above evidence is taken from the Records in my Office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Bardstown this 9 th day February in the Year 1848 and in the 56 th year of the Commonwealth
James Slaughter Clk Nelson Circuit Court

Pension Office
Novem r . 16 th 1848
Sir,
Under your envelope post marked the 4 th inst o . I have received a letter addressed to you by N. Wickliffe. Esq r , dated the 22 d . April last, containing a Declaration and Power of Attorney by Mrs. Clayton, and a Certificate of Court shewing the names of the heirs of Joseph Clayton, dec d . all relating to a claim for bounty land in right of Joseph Clayton, aforesaid, who, it is alleged upon the testimony of Mrs. Clayton, alone , was a soldier of the Virginia line. In reference thereto, I have to state that, there is no disinterested testimony adduced in the papers above referred to, to prove that the Joseph Clayton, in whose right the claim is made, was a Revolutionary soldier of the Virginia line. The Certificate of heirship only shows that, a Joseph Clayton, has died, and that William Clayton, and others are his heirs; nothing being said in relation to his service in the War of the Revolution, or in regard to his age, when and where he died, or whether he was an inhabitant of the State of Virginia when he entered the service. There was a Joseph Clayton, of the Virginia line to whom bounty land is still due, but it is incumbent upon the present applicants, that they should identify their ancestor as the same Joseph Clayton who served in the Line aforesaid. The same individuals who proved the heirship in this case, and, it is presumed, sufficiently acquainted with the early history of Jos t Clayton, dec d , to enable them to state, by Affidavit, such knowledge as they possess, or such information as they have received and credited, in relation to his Revolutionary services, &c. &c.
I have the honor to be
Very Resp y Y r Ob t Serv t J. G. Beret
for Comm r . of Pensions
Hon ble Simon Boyd Cadiz Kentucky

Pension Office - Nov. 16 th 48
Sir
Under your envelope post marked the 4 th inst. I have received a letter addressed to you by N. Wickliffe, Esq. dated the 22 d April last, containing a Declaration and Power of Attorney by Mrs. Clayton and a Certificate of Court showing the names of the heirs of Joseph Clayton, dec d , all relating to a claim for bounty land in right of the aforesaid Joseph Clayton, who, it is alleged, upon the testimony of Mrs. Clayton, alone , was a soldier of the Virginia line - In referred thereto, I have to state that, there is no disinterested testimony adduced in the papers above referred to, to prove that, the Jos Clayton in whose right the claim is made, was a Revolutionary soldier of the Virginia line - The Certificate of heirship only shows that, a Joseph Clayton, has died, and that, Mrs. Clayton, and others are his heirs; nothing being said in relation to his services in the War of the Revolution, or in regard to his age, or when and where he died, or whether he was an inhabitant of the State of Virginia when he entered the service - There was a Joseph Clayton of the Virg a line to whom bounty land is still due, but it is incumbent upon the present applicants, that they should identify their ancestor as the same Joseph Clayton, who served in the line aforesaid - The same individuals who proved the heirship in this case, are, it is presumed, sufficiently acquainted with the early history of Jo s Clayton, dec d to enable them to state by Affidavit such knowledge as they possess, or such information as they have received and credited, in relation to his Revolutionary services, &c. &c.
Hon ble Linn Boyd Cadiz Kentucky

Wm Clayton Jas Clayton Jos Clayton Jas Clayton Chas Clayton Polly Ford
Robt Ford Shelton Ford Teresa Ford Nelly Ford } Children of Polly Ford dec d
Elbert Hayden Ellen Hayden Eliz h Hayden James Hayden James Hayden Urban Hayden } Children of Catherine Hay- den, dec d .
Sally Hayden

Hon. Linn Boyd
and Novem 16 th 48
Joseph Clayton Prov - V. Linn
Mr. Linn Boyd The power of City to draw the bounty land due J. Clayton. B573. Nov 19/48. Amn. Offic.

Baraboo Town Wis April 22 d 1848
Honble Simon Boyer Esq r
Inclosed upon a Power of attorney signed by one of the Heirs of Joseph Clayton, dec d also proof of the fact that person on form, and have never had this matter attended to since the date of the letter of Mrs Gordon here: With enclosed, if you can have the benefit obtained you will confer on me by doing so the affidavit is perhaps not full enough. The person making it and presume none of the Heirs can state the time the deed soldier entered the service nor the Regiment & perhaps this can be sufficiently explained in the Department.
I am very respectfully
Yr obed t Serv t
Nath l Michelf