Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,360, John Darnaby, Va.

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Darimaby, John
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6226 Kentucky.
John Darnaby.
of Fayette in the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the Compy. commanded by Captain Dudley, of the Regt. commanded by Col. Munden in the V. Militia time for one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. day of Febry. 1833 and sent to Hon Secy of War. for Hon. Chilton Allero Arrears to the 4th of Sept 32, 60. - Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833. 20. - $ 80. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Palmer. Clerk Book D. Vol. 9. - Page 36
Date of death not on AB

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.
State of Kentucky
Fayette County Set
On this 19 th day of September 1832 personally appeared before the Hon Thomas M c Cluskey, sole Judge of the Fayette Circuit Court, John Darnaby, a resident of Fayette County and State of Kentucky aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath speak the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1776 in the Spring of that year, with Capt Ambrose Dudley, and served in the second Regiment of the State on Virginia line, under the following named officers: Capt Ambrose Dudley, Lieut Nat Welsh, Ensign Black - and he thinks Muhlenburgh was the Col, but does not certainly recollect. He left the service in the Spring of 1777, after serving twelve or fourteen months. When he entered the service he lived in Spottsylvania County Vir- ginia, he marched to Williamsburg, through the counties of Caroline, Hanover, King William and King and Queen. He was stationed at Williamsburg about ten months, when he was taken ill of a fever and placed in the Hospital, where he continued until his neighbour Jas True, came to Williamsburg to see his brother, who was a soldier and sick. Deponent was insensible, and was carried home, by the authority of his Officers, as True afterwards informed him. He was in such a situa- tion as to know nothing of the journey home. He remained sick until his furlough expired, and James Smith his friend went to Fielding Lewis the Col of Spottsylvania County and got it extended. He entered the service without any bounty and was to continue two years, if Dudley continued to command the company, but before his recovery Dudley had resigned. As soon as he got well in the Fall of the year 1777, he thinks, Genl Burgoyne's troops were taken to Albemarle and kept as Prisoners in Barracks. He entered the service as a waggoner under

Wm Brittain a Wagon Master - drove a wagon from Spotsylvania to Albemarle, loaded with whiskey for the Army. Continued at Albemarle barracks about two years, waggoning flour, whiskey, brandy, forage, corn, oats & found the country around. He was commanded by Thomas Stanley, Quartermaster Genl, and Wm Brittain, Wagon Master. Then went to Fredericksburg to get a wagon repaired, and Richard Young, a Quartermaster Genl, directed him and three other wagons, to take some public papers and carry them beyond the reach of Cornwallis, who was approaching Albemarle. They carried the papers to Hagerstown Md, kept them in the wagon two days to await the movements of the British, then took them into the country and put them into a house by the direction of Col Parker, who had charge of the public papers. He returned to Fredericksburg and continued under Youngs command, until he conveyed baggage to the Troops at Winchester, who were taken at Yorktown. He left the service in October or November 1781. He was engaged in no battles. He, during his first term of service, served, with Capt Smiths, & Capt Thos Mims companies.
He knew whilst in the service Capts Tolle, & Stubblefield, Major Willis, Lieut Col Dudley, Genl Weadon - he has no documentary evidence of his service.
He was born in Spotsylvania county Va. on the 27th June 1760 - His mother many years ago, whilst in Va. told him his age, he then set it down on a piece of paper, and has entered it in a book in which he records births and deaths in his family. He lived in Spotsylvania county Va. when he entered the service. He lived in Spotsylvania county about a year after when he removed to Kentucky, and lived in Lincoln county about a year and then removed to Fayette, where he has lived ever since. He entered the service voluntarily as a regular soldier. He never received a discharge from the service. He refers to the following persons, who are his neighbors and can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution - viz. Rev. Thos Dudley, Genl James Dudley, Wm E Dudley, Dr Ben W Dudley, sons of his Capt Ambrose Dudley, Jno Bryant, Capt J C Richardson, Capt Wm Ellis, Genl Wm C Pruitt, Isaac Webb, Rhenus Taylor, Hubbard Taylor - he refers to them Wm T Bony and Jos Fricklin.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity

except the present, and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
John Damaly
Jesse Bryant states that he lived in Spottsylvania county, during the Revolutionary war. He recollects that John Damaly, who has subscribed the foregoing declaration, entered the company of Capt Ambrose Dudley, as did likewise a brother of this Affiant. The company was stationed in Capt Dudleys band about two weeks before they marched, into service and said Damaly marched with them. Dudleys band was within a mile of Affiants father. Bartlett Collins was Sergeant of the company. Affiant was at that time about ten years of age. Affiants brother was taken sick and brought home by Job True, at the same time he brought Damaly home.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Jesse Bryant
Edward Damaly states that he recollects the circumstance of his brother John Damaly, having enlisted in the Regular Army under Capt Ambrose Dudley. He was not present at the enlistment, but was twenty miles distant. He heard at the time of his enlistment of his having done so. He recollects of his brother John being brought from the Army sick, and he continued very ill at their father for several months. Affiant was about ten years old at the time of the enlistment. During several years, afterwards Affiant understood that his brother was engaged in the Draggled service.
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
E. Damaly
James Smith states that he is the stepfather of the above John Damaly. He knows that he entered the service in Capt Ambrose Dudleys company. Said John was brought to Affiant very ill from the Army, where he continued ill for some months, and Affiant went to Fieldings Lewis and got his furlough extended.
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
James Smith (mark)

12.649. We George Boon Thomas Dudley a clergyman, residing in the county of Fayette, now Capt. Ambrose Dudley deed and John C. Richardson Sr. residing in the same county, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Darnaby, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 72 years of age; that he is respected & beloved, in the neighbourhood, 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. Geo. G. Boon J. C. Richardson
And the said board do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the board further certifies, that it appears to them that George Boon  Thos Dudley , who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Fayette, and that John C. Richardson Sr., who has also signed the same, as well as Jesse Bryant, Edward Darnaby Sr and James Smith, who have subscribed the above affidavits, are residents in the county of Fayette and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
T. M. Hickey
I Thomas Bodley clerk of the Fayette circuit board, do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said board in the matter of the application of John Darnaby for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19 th day of September 1832.
Thos Bodley C.H.C.

Mr. Darnaby, Ref
Adm. priv. - 12mo - 40/6 p.m.
$40
Ans. letter

BRIEF in the case of John Darnaby County of Fayette in the State of Kentucky  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 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.     Spring In 1776 (12 or 14 Mo) 1 — — Private Gen. Capt Dudley Col. Muhlenberg   Fall of 1777 (Wagon Master) — winter — — —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pennsylvania 6 th Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cutter Examining Clerk.

January 13, 1939
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Miss Etta B. Coons 173 Woodland Avenue Lexington, Kentucky
JOHN DARNABY S. 16360 BA-J/MLB aw
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you requested the Revolutionary War record of John Darnaby who received a pension.
You are furnished below the record of the only soldier named John Darnaby found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16360, based upon his service in the Revolution.
John Darnaby was born June 27, 1760, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The names of his father and mother were not given, but his stepfather, James Smith, who was living in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1832, was referred to, but no details given in regard to his marriage to soldier's mother, nor to the death of his father.
While residing in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, John Darnaby volunteered in the spring of 1776, served as private in Captain Ambrose Dudley's company, Colonel Muhlenberg's Virginia regiment, and was discharged in the spring of 1777. He again volunteered in the fall of 1777, served as wagoner under Wagonmaster William Crittenden, and Quartermaster Generals Thomas Stanley and Richard Young, engaged in carrying whiskey, flour and other provisions for the army from Spotsylvania to Albemarle, and was discharged in October or November, 1781.
The soldier continued to reside in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, for about a year after leaving the service, then moved to Kentucky where he lived for a year in Lincoln County, then moved to Fayette County, that state.
John Darnaby was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, while a resident of Fayette County, Kentucky.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children of the soldier.

In 1832, John Darnaby's brother, Edward Darnaby, Senior, was living in Fayette County, Kentucky, his age not stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of John Darnaby, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
John Darnaby Certificate #6226 Issued February 26, 1833 Rate, $40 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

16.360 INVALID.
File No. 16.360
John Darnaby Pri Rev War
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Index:—Vol. CA , Page 428
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1912 Feb. 28. Hist. in brief to Miss Rose Dudley. letter in S. File 31,377 James Smith c 1915 Jan. 29. Hist to Mrs. J. E. March. p 1915 Mch. 27. Mrs. Nannie W. Mass. d 1922 Apr. 26 Mrs. Nannie W. Mass The only one statement is furnished 1926 Apr. 2. Hist. to Mrs. E. C. Wood 1937 Dec. VV. Hist. to John M. B 1939 Jan. 13. Hist to Miss Ella B. Brooks MB

John Darnaby
Chalmers

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Darnaby Fayette Co Kentucky which require 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? yes 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? 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? yes 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? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes 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? yes 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?
 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 shewn 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.

Rev Col V High Point, N. Car.
Jan 25, 1915-
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you look over your records of Revolutionary Pensions and give me all the information you can regarding one John Lamahy, born in Frederick burg, Va. June 27 th 1760. died in Fayette Co. Ky. in 1833. Son of Edward Lamahy

and Julia Gayle Dancoley, Fredericksburg Va. He was a Captain and drew a pension for having fought in the Revolutionary War.
I think he was among the Kentucky troops, his parents having left Virginia while he was yet a boy.
I want this statement from you to aid me

in an application for member- ship in the National Daughters of the American Revolution.
A prompt reply will be greatly appreciated.
Yours
Mrs. J. E. Marsh

me 29 Hump road Post Office 19
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506 North Broadway Lexington Ky. March 17 th 1915.
United States Pension Bureau, Washington D. C.
Gentlemen, I am informed that a pension was granted to me John Darnaby in 1832 - then living in Ky. but formerly a resident of Spotsylvania Co. Va - for his services in Revolutionary War - Will you kindly give me what information you can about him - It is a tradition in our family that said John Darnaby's father named Edward Darnaby & who married Judith Gayle in the Fredericksburg about 1759 - was a Captain in the War - Can you give me any

information about him -
Judith Gayle had a sister who married a Dudley - Can you tell me who was the father of those girls and if he was in the war? -
Very truly Yours,
(Mrs) Nanine Wood Marr
506 North Broadway
Lexington, Ky

Stamp returned Apr. 26. 1922
One 28 stamp
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506 North Broadway Lexington Ky March 25th 1922
Rev W The Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C -
Dear Sir
I am about to make application to join D.A.R. - I am writing you for Revolutionary record of an ancestor John Darnaby born at Fredricksburg Va. Jan or June 27th 1760, died Sept 24/1833 He was private in Capt. Ambrose Dudley Co. Col. Muhlenberg's State of Va. from Spring 1776 to Spring 1777 - Also born

fall of 1777 to Oct or Nov 1781 as waggoner under Wm Crittenden. Wagon Master, Quartermaster General Then as Stanley & Richard Young - At the end of the 1st service John Dorsey was brought home sick from the army with typhoid fever & remained ill for several months. He was granted a pension in 1832.
Thanking you in advance for your courtesy -
Yours truly
Nannie Wood Marr
Mrs John F. 506 North Broadway Lexington Ky.

R. F. D. No. 1 Lexington Ky Feb 17th 1926
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Will you kindly send me a statement of the Military Record of no clerk William Clark. He was in the War 1812 & a pension was granted his widow just a few months before her death in 1879—
Also please send me The record of John Dombay Dornaby

who enlisted in Spotsylvania Co Va in Spring 1861 - He applied for pension Sept 19, 1882 & it was granted
Yours truly
William C. Wood Lexington Ky.
Buyers Station P.O. Rural route No. 4.

Lexington, Ky.
Nov. 29, 1937
Veteran Administration Washington, D.C. Mr. A.D. Hiller
Dear Sir.- I have a daughter whom I am very anxious to get data that would make her eligible to join The Daughters of the Revolution, and from what information I have been able to collect from the old 1810 census of Fayette Co. and Clark County at the Lexington, Ky. Library she has an ancestor in each County with a few more statistics and dates in each case.
John Darnaby of Fayette Co. Ky. formerly of Culpepper Co. Va. has a prefix to his name indicating service in the Revolution. His wife was Betsey (Alson) Darnaby, he was an early member of Bryan Station Church, and his son Rev. Edward Darnaby was my Great Grand Father on paternal side.
only one + B Pa - 1810 - 1820 Ky Alexander Ramsey of Clark County also has a prefix before his name indicating service in the Revolution, his son Alexander Ramsey was my Grand father on my Mothers side, he also came from Virginia, and as these names are not as widely used as Johnson I have hopes that the connection can be traced, and her eligibility can be traced secured.
Thanking you for anything that you might be able to do in this and hoping to hear from you at an early date I remain.
Yours truly,
no signature J.R.Johnson Lexington, Ky.
R.R.# 2
P.S. Marshall Yates is another one of my ancestors who might have a Revolutionary War record. He came to Kentucky from Virginia and departed this life May, 17, 1796 so you see he too could have served in the Revolution as it was over 15 years before his death.
J.R.J.

Lexington, Ky. Nov. 28, 1938 173 Woodland Ave.
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Revolutionary War Record.
Dear Sir: — only 1
From family records I find that my great grandfather John Darnaby was a soldier in the revolution. Furthermore, I have been told that he received a pension.
I would greatly appreciate any any information that your department might give me.
Thanking you in advance,

I am,
Yours very truly (Miss) Etta B. Loomis E.B.C./E.B.D.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Darnaby , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( on his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 16,360
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1776 to Apr. 1777 Private Ambrose Dudley Muhlenberg Va.   Fall 1777 to Oct. or Nov. 1781 Wagoner William Crittenden wagon master. Thomas Stanley Richard Young Quarters muster killed  
Battles engaged in, none .
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Spottsylvania Co. Va. ✓
Date of application for pension, Sept. 19. 1832 . ✓ His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Fayette Co., Ky.
Age at date of application, born June 27. 1760 in Spottsylvania Co. Va.
Remarks: His brother Edward Darnaby Sr. was alive in 1832. age  not stated: the name of their own father is not stated  James Smith was their step-father.  At the end of his first service John Darnaby was brought from the  Army sick, & continued ill at his step-father's for several mos.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

December 22, 1937
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Mr. J. R. Johnson R. R. # 2 Lexington, Kentucky
JOHN DARNABY S. 16360 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Darnaby, of Virginia, then Fayette County, Kentucky, whose wife, you state, was Betsey (Alson) Darnaby, and they had a son, Reverend Edward Darnaby, and that this soldier was an early member of Bryan Station Church, also, the records of Alexander Ramsey of Clark County, who had a son Alexander, and Marshall Yates who came to Kentucky from Virginia and died May 17, 1796, all soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of an Alexander Ramsey described by you, or of any Marshall Yates, under any spelling of their surnames. Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. The record has been found of John Darnaby and follows as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16360, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Darnaby was born June 27, 1760, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The names of his father and mother were not given, but his stepfather, James Smith, who was living in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1832, was referred to, but no details given in regard to his marriage to soldier's mother, nor to the death of his father.
While residing in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, he volunteered in the spring of 1776, served as private in Captain Ambrose Dudley's company, Colonel Muhlenberg's Virginia regiment, and was discharged in the spring of 1777. He again volunteered in the fall of 1777, served as wagoner under Wagonmaster William Crittenden, and Quartermaster Generals Thomas Stanley and Richard Young, engaged in carrying whiskey, flour and other provisions for the army from Spotsylvania to Albemarle, and was discharged in October or November, 1781. John Darnaby - Height time

The soldier continued to reside in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, for about a year after leaving the service, then moved to Kentucky where he lived for a year in Lincoln County, then moved to Fayette County, that state.
John Darnaby was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, while a resident of Fayette County, Kentucky.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children of the soldier.
In 1832, soldier's brother, Edward Darnaby, Senior, was living in Fayette County, Virginia, his age not stated.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of John Darnaby, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
John Darnaby Certificate #6226 Issued February 26, 1833 Rate $40 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
April 2, 1926..
William C. H. Wood, R. R. 4, Bryan Station Pike, Lexington, Ky.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16360, it appears that John Darnaby was born June 27, 1760, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia and while living there he enlisted in the Spring of 1776 and served to the spring of 1777, as a private, in Captain Ambrose Dudley's Co., Colonel Muhlenburg's Virginia Regiment.
He re-enlisted in the fall of 1777 and served to October or November 1781, as a wagoner under Wagon Master William Crittenden and Quartermaster-Generals Thomas Stanley and Richard Young.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, while living in Fayette County, Ky.
It is not stated whether he was married.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

April 26, 1922.
Mrs. Nannie W. Marr, 506 North Broadway, Lexington, Ky.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 25 th ultimo, you are advised that the record of the Revolutionary War pensioner John Darnaby S. File No. 16,360 was forwarded to you March 27, 1915. Owing to the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose this Bureau is unable to furnish the same statement more than once to any person.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. War.
February 28, 1912
Miss Rose Dudley, 408 Jackson Street, Georgetown, Ky.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 17" and received the 19" instant, you are advised that the records of this Bureau fail to show that a pension claim was ever filed on account of the services of any Edward Darnaby in the War of the Revolution, but the papers in claim Sur. File No. 16,360 Rev. War, show that John Darnaby who was born June 27, 1760, in Spottsylvania County, Virginia, enlisted in 1776 and served as a Private of Virginia troops, for which he was pensioned in 1833, while a resident of Fayette County, Kentucky.
In 1832, Edward Darnaby, Senior, testified that he was about ten years of age when his brother John Darnaby enlisted, that John was brought from the Army sick, and continued very ill at their step-father's for several months, and his statement is corroborated by James Smith who claimed to be their step-father, and stated that he went to (Colonel) Fielding Lewis and had John Darnaby's sick furlough extended.
The papers in this claim fail to show the name or any

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information whatever, in regard to the father of John and Edward Darnaby.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.