Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,276, John Christian, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Christian, John
NUMBER
S. 15276
CONTENTS
carded:

died July 6, 1838
see Agency Book
73.32 18.53 91.65
Virginia 23.364
John Christian Mathews in the State of Virginia who was a pr. — in the — commanded by Captain — of the Regt — commanded by Col: Payton in the Va line for 11 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Jan 1834 and sent J.P. Steakes Mathews — O.A. — Va
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 91.65 Semi-ant. allowance ending June 34 18.33 $109.95
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath: Lees Clerk Book E Vol. 64 Page 6

State of Virginia } to wit: County of Mathews }
On this 15 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the court of Mathews County now sitting John Christian a resident of Mathews County and State of Virginia aged seventy one years, who being first duly according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He was under Capt Peter Barratt, Richard Davis Esq. Geo: Thomas Ensign, Col d Sir John Peyton, Major Throgmorton, Major Boswell, were the field officers, he entered the service as soon as he was sixteen, about 1777, he left the service about 1781 - he was in some little skirmishes about Point Comfort, he resided in Kingston Parish Gloucester County when he entered the service and has resided there ever since his discharge - he entered as a militia man, he was never drafted, he stood a draft but got clear - he never marched out of the County, he was kept on guard on the coast of what is now Mathews, he was not acquainted with any regular Officers he did not serve with any of the revolutionary continental troops he has no documentary evidence to shew when he entered or left or how long he served, the year before Cornwallis came to York he was kept on guard nearly all

the summer at Point Comfort, the same year he did come he was stationed first at Hubbards Old field where there was a standing encampment from there they marched down to New Church and thence to Scarsells Old field field - he was taken sick at Scarsells Old field and had to return home, he was not born in Langton Parish Gloucester County in 1761 October 16 th - he has a record of his age at home -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pen- sion or an annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on a Pension Roll of any Agency of any State.
John Christen

We John Borneum a clergyman residing in the county of Matthews and state of Virginia and Hugh Hudgins residing in same county & State, do hereby certi- fy that we are well acquainted with John Christian who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be of the age of seventy one that he is reported and believed in the neighbourhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid. John Borneum Hugh Hudgins
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 Sol- dier and served as he states. And the Court further cer- tifies, that it appears to them that John Borneum who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman residing in the county of Matthews and State of Virginia and that Hugh Hudgins who has also signed the same is a resident of the same county & State, and is a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit.
I Thomas R. Grabman Clerk of the Court of Matthews county, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Christian for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my Office

Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Mathews in the State of Virginia John Christian who being duly sworn deposes and swith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot now swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection it was not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following order to wit: For three months I served on guard at N. Point Comfort under Capt Peter Barnett in the year 1780 he was ordered out by the Col of the County — For three months I served on guard at N. P. Comfort under the same officer called out by like order in 1781 — For three months and — days I was stationed at Hubbard's Old field when the whole Gloucester militia was called for — days at Gloucester Old House For two months and days at Seawell's Old field and Gloucester Town — I was on actual duty during the whole of the different periods herein mentioned and was not engaged in any civil employment during the time — I do not recollect the number of our regiment, it was commanded by Col Sir John Peyton — I was a private all the time — For such periods of service dur- ing the Revolutionary War amounting to seven months and — days as a private militia man I claim a Pension. There is no clergyman in my neighborhood whose certificate I could obtain —
John Christian

Sworn to and Subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Given my hand and seal this the 10 th day of October 1863
John N. Sale
The Affidavits of Isaac Smith and Josiah Pugh both of lawful age, made in Matthews coun- ty to accompany the declaration of John Christian made on 13 th day of August 1832 in open Court before the court of said county, in order to obtain the be- nefits of an Act of Congress passed 7 th of June 1832 to which he has this day added an amend- ed declaration.
These Affiants being first duly sworn, depose and say that they were acquainted with John Christian during the period he was in service during the Revolutionary War; he entered the service in 1777 and in the fall of 1781 he left the service in consequence of being sick and did not return to us - he belonged to the platoon Peter Burnett's company of the Gloucester Militia which regiment was commanded by Col. Sir John Payton they think that John Christian is as old as he says he is in his declaration that he is, he was with them on duty at Hubbard's Old field, at Ware Church and Seawell's Old field, These affiants have heard the declaration made by John Christian this day - and believe that he served fully as long as the periods mentioned in said declaration, and that during those periods he was not engaged in any civil employment - that he was on duty by order of the Col. of the regiment and further these affiants say not -
John Borum
Isaac Smith
Josiah Pugh

John Christian Virginia
No 3649-
Annual report 11 mo Page 67 36.00
4.5.11.12.13
Int: 7.-
See let Nov 14 2 Sept 1853
J. P. Stokes
Mathews Va

BRIEF in the case of  John Christian of Mathews County  in the State of  Virginia (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? Aged 71 Years 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.     Entered about In 1777 and up about 1781 Not stated Private Gen. Col John Peyton Major Throgmorton Major Dandridge Capt Richard Burnett  
5. In what battles was he engaged? — 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Gloucester County Virginia 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective in regard to period of service
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chitt
Examining Clerk.

May 11, 1933
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John Christian, S. 15276 Thomas Davis, W. 539 BA-J/MCS aw
Winifred Bradford White Mobjack Mathews County, Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War records of John Christian and Thomas Davis.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 15276, based upon the military service of John Christian.
He was born October 16, 1761, in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia.
He served at different intervals from sometime in 1777 until the fall of 1781, amounting to at least eleven months in all, as private in the Gloucester County Militia under Captain Peter Barnett and Colonel John Peyton; three months of this time was as guard at North Point Comfort in 1780, three months in 1781 as guard at North Point Comfort, a little over three months at Hubbard's old field and a little over two months at Seawelle's old field and Gloucester and he was in skirmishes around Point Comfort.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was living in Mathews County, Virginia.
He died July 6, 1838.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
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The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 539, based upon the military service of Thomas Davis.
He was born in 1762 in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia.
While a resident of Kingston Parish in that part of Gloucester County which later became Mathews County, he served at various intervals from sometime in 1777 until after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, amounting in all to a little over twelve months, as private in the Gloucester County, Militia under Captain John Billups and Colonels John Peyton and Ennis.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was living in Mathews County, Virginia.
He died July 19, 1845, in Mathews County, Virginia.
Thomas Davis married December 4, 1824, in Mathews County, Virginia, Frances Simmons.
As the widow of Thomas Davis, said Frances was allowed pension on her application executed June 13, 1853, at which time she was seventy years of age and a resident of Mathews County, Virginia. She was living there in 1855.
The soldier's son, Thomas B. Davis, was living in Hill Grove, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in 1860.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 15276.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
December 9th, 1899.
Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that one John Christian made an application for pension on August 15th, 1832, at which time he was 71 years of age and residing in Mathews County, Virginia, and his pension was allowed for eleven months' actual service as a private in the Virginia troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted in Gloucester County, Virginia, and served under Capt. Barnett and Col. Peyton.
The above is the only John Christian found upon the Revolutionary war pension or bounty land records on file in this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. George W. P. Hunt,
Globe, Arizona.

MOBJACK, VA. APRIL 20, 1933.
Dear Sir:-
I received a letter from you saying I would hear from you in a short time in regard to the Rev. War record of John Christian and Thomas Davis . They were living in Gloucester Co. after the R. v. war and received pensions in this county. I will be very glad to pay you for this information as, I am unable to come to Washington to look it up.
Yours very truly,
WINIFRED BRADFORD WHITE.
MOBJACK P.O
MATHEWS CO. VA.

Old Dominion Commercial Co.
O. W. & N. DIVISION OCT 10 1899 RECEIVED
CORRESPONDENTS { WELLS, FARGO & CO., SAN FRANCISCO { LAIDLAW & CO., NEW YORK
Globe, Arizona, Oct. 1st 1899.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:-
Kindly furnish me with an abstract of the personal history of John Christian of Hanover County Virginia, who served in the Revolution in the Virginia militia, and who died on the 20th of January 1792 at Lexington Fayette County Ky.
Yours Very Truly, Geo. W. P. Hunt

Mathews County to wit:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, Isaac Smith and Josiah Pugh, who made oath that the foregoing affidavits contain the truth to the best of their recollection and belief; and I do hereby certify that they are men who have sustain- ed a character for veracity and that their state- ments are entitled to credit. Given under my hand and seal this the 2 nd day of September October 1833
John N. Sale JP
State of Virginia Mathews County, to wit I Shepard G. Miller Clerk of the County Court of Mathews do hereby certify that John N. Sale whose hand and seal are affixed to the foregoing affidavits is an acting magistrate in the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that due faith and credit ought to be paid to all his acts and deeds as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & caused the seal of my office to be hereunto annexed this 2 nd day of October 1833.
Shepard G. Miller

15276 INVALID.
Dec 9 99 Dea. P. Hunt Globe Arizona 1933 May 11 Inst. Tolbini Fred Bradford White N.C.S.
File No. 15. 276
John Christian Post Civil War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 67
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Christian, Michael GRADE Private LINE Samb's Artillery (New York)
WARRANT NUMBER 6992 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED March 27, 1792 to — not shown —
*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 Christian, Peter GRADE Private LINE Armand's Legion
WARRANT NUMBER 12868 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 6, 1799 to Abraham Bell, 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.