Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13314, William Harris, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Harris, William
S 13314
CONTENTS
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4240- Kentucky.
William Harris of Estelle - in the State of Ky: who was a Pr. in the Compy commanded by Captain Sanders of the Regt commanded by Col: Fountain - in the Va: line for 7 months from 1780
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 16 th day of Jan 33. and sent to Hon: R P. Letcher House of Reps. -
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 34.99 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Mar: 33 11.67
$46.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book D Vol. 9 Page 43. -

State of Kentucky Estill County } S.S.
On this 17 th day of September — 1832 personally appeared in open court before Patterson B. Clark Sampson Walter Hand. Kelly — Justices of the County Court in for the County of Estill aforesaid, now sitting William Harris, a resident of Estill County, aged 68 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath recite the following De- claration 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, & served as hereinafter stated, That in 1780 he was drafted in the Midway from Estill County for Virginia for the that he went out in the thickets in the mouth of Office Creek for four months — He was in a company commanded by Capt. Sam. D. H. Crook was Lieut. Col. Fountain & General Nelson were the Command- ing officers — That the Troops were under command at our Powder Works in Estill County — There was proceeded to Harrods Creek at Har- rods Creek House between our two mountains — Thence to Richmond — was there when British burnt the Warehouses at Manchester —

From Richmond we marched to New Kent - then to Bowling Green, thence to Williamsburg - then to Richmond, was discharged at Richmond - Immediately upon reaching Louisa County before he reached his home. Volunteers were called for - that he volunteered & served a term of three months - He was in a company commanded commanded by Capt. White - went again to Williams- burg & Richmond - was marched from one point to another - and served three months, was discharged within about 10 miles of Richmond. That he has no documentary evidence in his possession to prove his service, - but can prove service by David Harris He was born in the County of Goochland now in Henrico County Va. has resided in Henrico 45 years - in Louisa County upwards 30 - years - He has hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Subscribed & sworn to William Harris to this day & year aforesaid

We Thomas White a clergyman residing in the County of Estill and Daniel Harris Isaac Ellis & Andrew Alexander residing in same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Harris who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 68 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, and the said Daniel Harris states that he knows of his own knowledge that the above applicant left home for the army and was gone some considerable time and when he returned it was said in the family he had been out to fight the British — the above applicant is his brother —
Thomas White.
Isaac Ellis
Daniel Harris Andrew Alexander
And the said Committee do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the before named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as the States — The Committee further certifies that Thomas White is a clergyman residing in Estill County & that Daniel Harris Isaac Ellis & Andrew Alexander who have subscribed & sworn to the foregoing certificate, are residents of Estill

Convey & all credible persons of good character & their estate - That it is entitled to credit
Samuel Shelby Patterson B. Conner Sampson Walters
Mr. Harris Patterson
State of Kentucky Festell County ss.
I Robert Clark clerk of the County Court in & for the County aforesaid. Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Harris for a Pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 19 th day of November 1832.
Robert Clark

William Harris Kentucky from 1780. private 7 mths. $23. 33 / 100
Hon: R. P. Letcher,
to enter on reg. index

BRIEF in the case of  William Harris  of Estill County  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? 68 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.     In 1780 enlisted 4 As a Gen. Nelson Col Fountain Capt Samuel Peep white   " 3  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? — —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Louisa County Virginia  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? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

January 26, 1935.
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Miss Florence H. Patrick R. R. 1, Lexington Road Winchester, Kentucky
BA--J/ady William Harris S.13314
Dear Madam:
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.13314, based upon the military service of William Harris in that war.
William Harris was born in Goochland County, Virginia, date and the names of his parents are not shown.
He enlisted in Louisa County, Virginia, in April 1780, and served four months as private in Captain Sanders' Company, Colonel Fontaine's Virginia Regiment. He immediately reenlisted and served three months as private in Captain White's Virginia Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832 at which time he was sixty-eight years old and a resident of Estill County, Kentucky, where he had lived thirty years.
In 1832 Daniel Harris, a brother of soldier, was a resident of Estill County, Kentucky, his age not stated. There are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, you should apply to Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C. and cite the following data:
"William Harris, Certificate No.4240, issued January 16, 1833, rate $23.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

January 26, 1935.
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Miss Florence H. Patrick R. R. 1, Lexington Road Winchester, Kentucky
BA-J/edy William Harris S.13314
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters relative to William Harris, Richard Oldham, Christopher Harris and soldiers with surname Howard, all of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Christopher Harris, all spellings of the surname searched.
As a means of identifying the particular record of a soldier with surname Howard, should it be on file, the full name of the soldier is essential with as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth, and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
The records of William Harris and Richard Oldham are furnished you herewith, on separate pages, as found in the claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1935 Jan. 26. Hist. to Florence H. Patrick. See her letters in Richard Oldham, S. 14053 Rev War. d. 1809.
Per Shaw
13.314 INVALID.
File No. 13 314
William Harris Phil. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 435
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Harris 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?
Yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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? See
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? See
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 the 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.
† 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 authenticated 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 end 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.

St. John
Feb 1881
James L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office War Department

H. Re.
17 th Dec 1882
Dr Lin.
The enclosed application for Pensions, I hope will be examined as soon as your numerous engagements will admit allow you.
N. P. Delehane