Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,943, Joseph Clarke, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Clarke, Joseph
NUMBER
8,30943
CONTENTS

25333
Kentucky
Joseph Clark
of Whitley Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com d commanded by Captain Hubbard of the reg t commanded by Col Payton in the Virginia line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 30 Dollars 25 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of March 1834 and H. M. Davis
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 $90.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept r 15.00 $105.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Bays Clerk, Book C Vol. 7 Page 30
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J. Clarke
Declaration
Dr
11510
[A large, decorative flourish or signature, consisting of a horizontal line with a large loop and a wavy line extending downwards.]

State of Kentucky Morgan County 388
On this 8 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before Elias W. Robin the sole and presiding Judge for the county and circuit of Morgan now sitting Joseph Clark a resident of Morgan County State aforesaid aged 75 years in bedridden 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 the 3 rd of June 1832 that he entered the service of the United States, and served as herein stated
He states that he was born in Gloucester County Virginia in Dec r 10 th 1757 and went from thence to Fairfax in this county he states he was raised until a certain age having went into the service of the U.S. in Gloucester County in the year 1776 under Capt John Hubbard & Col Payton He recollects distinctly that the first expedi- tion he went on was the year Quenard 1777  to  to  the  the  Bay  Bay  with his  with his  part  part Guynns Island or near that place, and when camped on the River or  margin of the Bay there we encamped and fortified and fought the British from the fort and after a severe conflict we succeeded in driving away the British fleet and from the mouth of March  March before we had  time he went into the service of the U.S. and was at the battle continued at the Island ranging through the country guarding the River. In the fall we marched to Little York & there we continued until the spring of 1777 he thinks when the spring of that year having rendered service for the

term of 18 months from my first entering the service which I did as a volunteer, & received a discharge discharge by Lucas Baker who I think was a Lieutenant. He states that when he returned to Fairfax and in the same county he states that he was drafted for three months in the Militia of Virginia under Capt. France that county in the year 1777 - Many raised at Alexandria and Manassas An unit we had passed the Aquia Creek here we were discharged from this Expedition. According to the British having taken up as he thinks  position  position at Philadelphia & Washington at the Battle of Brandywine intending to suspend hostilities until the following season states that this Expedition was performed in the same summer after the Battle of Brandywine and was discharged for the term of three months he then returned home and hired a substitute during the war for which he states he paid a good deal of money. He also says he endured a great deal of service during that momentous struggle which he has taken no account of in this Declaration. He states that he removed to Kentucky in the year 1792 into the county of Fayette removed from that to Montgomery county and here has resided ever since. He states he has lost all his discharge. He states he has no record of his age but recollects it well ever since he was a schoolboy. No documentary evid- ence and knows of no living witness by whom he can prove it.

he states that he lived now lives in Montgomery county State of Ky. - He hereby certifies all and every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of
Sworn to and - Joseph Clark and state. year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 82 subscribed - the day and year above
James H. Payne a teacher of the Christian religion of the Baptist Church resident in Montgomery county State of Ky. I Roger Clements hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Clark and that we believe him to be of the age he states and that he is a man of truth and veracity and worthy of belief on oath. & is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion. (Sworn to and - B.H. Payne)
subscribed - the day and year above Roger Clements and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the act of the 18th March 1818 that the above applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states and the said court further certifies that it appears to them that Buckner McPayne is a teacher of the Christian religion of the Baptist Church residing in residing in Montgomery county Roger Clements residing in same both of whom have subscribed the preceding certificate and that their statements are entitled to credit given under my hand & seal as circuit judge this 6th day of September 1832. Silas M. Robbins (Seal)

I James Howards clerk of the court of Montgomery circuit, Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Joseph Clarke for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 21 st day of September 1832.
James Howards clerk

11570
Joseph Clark Kentucky
for 1776 p 9 ~ 1730.
See note within!
Mr Harrison
D. Longacre Mt Sterling Ky

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Clark  County of Montgomery in the State of Kentucky  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  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. As a Gen.     Vol In 1776 not stated private Capt Hubbard, Col Payton   1777 3  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Gloucester Va  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? interlined, and erased, from beginning to end 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
O. W. Bress Examining Clerk.

January 6, 1933
Joseph Clarke-S.30493 xxxxxxxxxxxxx BA-J/AWF
Miss Ethel C. Clarke 2031 Maplewood Avenue Richmond, Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Clark a pensioner of Montgomery County, Kentucky.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.30493, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Joseph Clarke, as he signed.
Joseph Clarke was born December 15, 1757 in Gloucester County, Virginia, the names of his parents are not stated.
While residing in said Gloucester County, he enlisted in March, 1776 and served eighteen months as a private in Captain John Hubbard's company in Colonel Peyton's Virginia regiment, and was in the battle of Gwyn's Island.
While in the above noted service, his parents moved to Fairfax County, Virginia, and he at the expiration of this service, went to Fairfax County, where he enlisted in 1777 and served three months as private in Captain John Hubbard's company. He stated that he had other short tours, no details given.
The soldier, Joseph Clarke, moved in 1792 to Fayette County, Kentucky and from there to Montgomery County, Kentucky, where he was living when allowed

pension on his application executed September 8, 1832.
There are no data in this claim relative to his family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

November 22, 1928
Margaret McCormack 725 Wash. Street Columbus, Indiana
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30943, it appears that Joseph Clark was born, December 15, 1757, in Gloucester County, Virginia.
While residing in said Gloucester County, he enlisted in March, 1776, and served eighteen months as a private in Captain John Hubbard's Company, Colonel Peyton's Virginia Regiment, and was in the battle of Gwyn's Island.
While in this service his parents, names not stated, moved to Fairfax County, Virginia, and he, at the expiration of this service, went to said Fairfax County, Virginia, and enlisted in 1777, and served three months in Captain John Hubbard's Company. He also stated that he had other short tours, no details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

September 8, 1832, at which time he was living in Mont- gomery County, Kentucky.
There are no data as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Clark , 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. 30 943,
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mch. 1776 18 mos. Pvt John Hubbard. Payton. Va   1777 3 mos " John Hubbard   other enlist Louis  
Battles engaged in, Guynnes Island Residence of soldier at enlistment, Gloucester Co. Va. never res farther S. Va. Date of application for pension, Sept. 8, 1832. His claim was allowed Residence at date of application, Montgomery Co. Ky. Age at date of application, b. Dec 15 1757. in Gloucester Co. Va. Remarks: There is no family data on file
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Va State Archives Richmond Va
S of W. Vol. 2 Pensions
P 125 Statement of Charlotte Co Va
  Elizah Clark  Rank Allonance  Summed  Desc of Ser     Pr & Ser. 24 36  69 95  Va Cont    When placed on pension  Comm of Pension  Age     Sept 26-1833  Mar 4-1831  74   
S of W Vol 3 Pensions P. 1238 Statement
Joseph Clark Montgomery Co Ky.
  allonance  Summed  Desc of Ser    30 00  90 00  Va Militia    Placed on Pension  Comm of Pension  age    Dec 28 1833  Mar 4-1831  74  

The Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Desiring to join the D.A.R. I need the pension records of Jos Clark wife (not known) Elijah Clark wife Elizabeth White
I am sending you what records I have from Va.
These two are nar of Rev.
Kindly send them to me and oblige.
Margaret McCormack
725 Wash St.
Columbus
Indiana
11-15-28.

30943 Rey INVALID.
File No. 30943
Joseph Clarke P. Rev. Jas
Act: June 1 st 32
Index: —Vol. 9, Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1914. May 13. Hist. to Mr. Jos. A. Pendotti. Letter in S.F. 13. 886 John M c Culchan M.B.H.
1927 Jan. 19. see cov. in Wm Clarke, Va. wid. Hannah W. 6687. with Clifton P. Clarke. aw.
1928 Nov. 22. Hist. to Marga- ret McCormack aw. 1933 Jan. 6. Hist. to Miss Ethel C. Clarke aw.

Marked done

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Joseph Clark 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? yes 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? no 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? yes
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? yes
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? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2, 7
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 shown 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.
In cases where the declarations are so much interlined & erasures made they will not be taken as evidence. A new declaration should be made in this case.
The applicants first engagement was as a minute man for one year and not for 18 months. Of this time there was only six months actual service performed. He can only therefore be allowed for 9 months.

25353
Kentucky
Joseph Clark
of Montgomery in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Hubbard of the regt commanded by Col Papin in the Virgin line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Decr 1833 and Rev J. A. Marshall
Arrears to the 4th of Sept  58.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March  11 67 $70 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan W. Day Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 31
given to Mr Harrison Present
See letter to H. A. Davis 8 Mar 1839
Death not in B
+

Payments to be made at Lexington by the Pres t of U.S.B. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Kentucky
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 7 Page 32 by Dan Boyd Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Joseph Clark of the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty-three dollars and Thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 28 th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Lee Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.

2031 Maplewood Ave., Richmond, Va., Dec. 21, 1932.
U. S. Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Kindly forward me record of pension granted to Joseph Clark in 1831, aged 76 years, then residing in Montgomery County, Kentucky, a revolutionary soldier from Virginia.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Eibel Courtney Clarke
DEC 23 1932

State of Kentucky
Montgomery county ss.
on this 6 day of May June 1833. personally appeared in open court before the District of the County Court in and for the county aforesaid. Now sitting. Joseph Clarke a resident of said county. Attest aged 75 years in Rev. Test who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath (Make the following declarant in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832-
That he entered the services of the U. S. under the following named officers and served as herein stated
He states that he was born in Gloucester County Virginia about 1758 at the age he states he moved from said County to the County of Fairfax. He states he however before he left Gloucester he entered the services of the U. S. in the Month of March in the year 1778 under capt John Hubbard and col. Payton as a volunteer for 18 Months. In this year he states all or more lay at Grays Island in Brimfield Bay with his feet and was encamped on the Margin of the Bay. He was continued here for some considerable time and fortified here as we were near enough to command we fought the British from the fort and after a considerable conflict we succeeded in driving away the British fleet. And from the time we reached the Island above named we ranged through the country guarding the rivers. In the fall we marched to Little York and here we continued until the fall of 1777 having rendered active service as a private for 18 Months from the time he first entered the services and received a discharge for that time from Lewis Booker. who he thinks was a Lieutenant. He states that he then returned home to the County of Fairfax his Parents having moved to that County and immediately after his return home which was in the fall of 1777 as above stated. He states he was drafted as a Militiaman for three Months. Under Saml. Capt. Pendleton at Alexandria and commenced our march immediately. And so continued till we passed the Susquehanna. In the environs of this place we remained for some time and owing to the British having taken winter quarters at Philadelphia and Washington at Valley Forge for the space of three Months he also rec d a discharge but by whom he has forgotten having lost it. He states also that he rendered services in the Revolutionary army on short terms under different capt s to the amount of several Months for which

He claims nothing as he cannot recollect the precise time But for the two several terms named in his decla- -ration (total) 18 Months & 3 Months which he states he cannot be Mustered about. he claims pay therefore only for the time he can swear to certainly and that is 21 Months. He states that after leaving performed all the services above named. He had then to hire a substitute during the war. which he did at considerable expense. He states he has no records of
his age. He has stated where he was living when called into service. He says he moved to Kentucky in the year 1792 to the county of Fayette. And from thence to Montgomery County Ky and has here resided since
He states as before that he first went in as a volunteer for 18 Mos? A Month for 3 Mos? as a drafted soldier. In both cases he served as a private during the time
He states from his age and infirmity and consequent loss of memory he is unable to name any of the regular officers. his own capt. & col. he remembers he also would say that owing to the reason above & the great length of time since he served he is unable to state the number of the regiment to which he belonged.
He says he rec d a discharge from Lieutenant Booker he thinks for the first 18 Mos? & of whom he rec d the discharge for the three Months term he has forgotten
He says he had no commission but served as a private.
He states he has no records of his age He states he has no documentary evidence nor does he know of any living witness by whom he can prove his service and having lost his discharge he of course has no writings to show it. He hereby relinquishes all and every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present one declared in name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state beyond the and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Attest W. Harrison Clk. D. G. C. Joseph Clarke
Red
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and that the same is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office.

And in Henry Le arnell a clergyman residing in Moultonborough county Ky. and Wm Hammond residing in same county certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Clarke who has sworn to the substance the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be as old as he has stated and that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution. And that he is a very honest & truthful man and our cause in
That opinion given to and subscribed this 6th April 1833. Wm. Harrison Clerk Ky. Co.
Henry D. Devine J. Crampton
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after their investigation of the matter and after taking the depositions of the witnesses that the above named Joseph Clarke was a revolutionary soldier and served as such. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the Henry Le arnell who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in Moultonborough county Ky. and Wm Hammond who has signed the same is a resident of same and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. H. Wells C. D. Gay L. M. Mumpertz
Rec vs. list

State of Kentucky Montgomery County 30th
I Melcajah Harrison Clerk of the county court of the county aforesaid. Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Clark for a pension. —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office, this 23 rd day of August 1833. M. Harrison clk.
The allowance will be taken. A. G. Harris Deputy agent
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