Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 748, Henry Harrison, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Harrison, Henry Charlotte
NUMBER
No. 748
CONTENTS

Virginia 25.469.
Mary Mason of [blank] in the State of [blank] who was a [blank] in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the [blank] time for [blank]
1000 $ 10.00
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of [blank] Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the [blank] day of [blank] and [blank] By [blank] Clerk.
Arrears to the 4th of [blank] 120.00 Pension allowance ending [blank] 20.00 140.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [blank] Clerk. Book [blank] Vol. [blank] Page 18

Died 30 August 1853 Lot 10 P. 1st. road 34 W. H. Bullock " " "
Died Aug 30, 1853
1572 Virginia Richmond Martha Harrison widow of Henry Harrison who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1815. 30 February 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Aug 1853 and sent to John S. Gallagher Esq. Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 1815 Page 124 Vol. A 3/53

In Nansemond County Court 11 th March 1833. State of Virginia County of Nansemond Sc.
On this 11 th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open Court before Josiah Riddick, Burwell Riddick, Wm H. Eddowin and Isaac Lee the Court of Nansemond County, now sitting, Henry Harrison a resident of the County of Nansemond and State of Virginia aged Seventy five (thru 75) years, 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 June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated - that he entered the service of the United States in the year 1778 or 1779 as a militia-man under Captain William Moore, Major and Colonel Willis Riddick - that he served six weeks and was then discharged - that he was stationed during the time at and about Suffolk County of Nansemond, State of Virginia, during which time the Town of Suffolk was burnt, and that the militia company which he was then in, had to retreat being much inferior in number to that of the enemy's - that he entered the service for six weeks again under the same officers, and served during the whole time as a private (no engagements) - that he again entered as a private for another six weeks service, under Captain Jesse Battle, Major Josiah Riddick and Colonel Josiah Parker, and served during the six weeks, and was then discharged - that he served several six weeks tours under the same officers; and that there was no regular engagements during the aforesaid time of service, only now and then skirmishes; and that those six weeks in all make he now thinks more than twelve months; and that while not on duty as a drafted militia in the six weeks or minute service he was frequently called out upon alarms being given the whole country then being infested with the enemy, and Tories that he then entered the service

again, not as a private, but as a Lieutenant under Captain Henry Holland, Major and Colonel John S. Wills - that he does not now recol- -lect the exact time he served under Colonel Wills, but he thinks it was in all more than six months (no engagements but some little skirmishes) - that he was then ordered to Portsmouth, County of Norfolk, Virginia under General Charles Harrison - that he served in Portsmouth several tours of six weeks under Captain Henry Holland, (fied officers now recollected positively, but thinks it was Major (and Colonel Kinchen Codwin) he was then discharged, and came home (no regular engagement, but a good deal of skir- -mishing) - that he was then appointed Com- -missary or Provision-master, to execute the laws in relation thereto - that he was in the army of the Revolution as a Private, and Lieutenant from three to four years, the whole time not now exactly recollected - that while acting as commissary, he was taken as a prisoner by Major of the Dragoons under the command of Colonel Tarleton or Colonel that he was then carried as a prisoner, by them to Suffolk, then the Rendezvous of the enemy - that he was kept there by the enemy until they were about to march away - that he was then discharged, (and returned home and acted as commissary until the close of the war, and upon the surrender of Cornwallis at Little York he was in service as commissary under Colonel Wills, and stationed in the County of Surry - that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service, his discharge and commission, being lost or mislaid. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present

and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Q. Where, and in what year were you born.
A. In Fauquier County, Virginia, in 1756.
Q. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it.
A. I have, and it is at home.
Q. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live.
A. In Fauquier County, Virginia.
Q. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom.
A. As stated in the body of the declaration.
Q. State the names of some of the regular officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
A. They are answered in the body of the declaration.
Q. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it.
A. I did it is now lost some of the officers named in the foregoing paper gave them to me, I cannot now exactly recollect who they were.
Q. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it.
A. I did, it is lost, I do not recollect who signed it.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
(Signed)
Henry Harrison
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
Fauquier Office 14 th March 1833.
A copy Test John T. Kilby Clk.

State of Virginia County of Nansemond Sc.
I John T. Kilby Clerk of the County Court of Nansemond in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy, as taken from the records of my office.
In testimony and faith whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name, and cause the seal of my County to be affixed this 14 th day of March A.D. 1833, and in the 57 th year of the Commonwealth.
John T. Kilby Clk.
Mr. Webb Recd -
Henry Harrison 24093
I certify that the signature which appear upon this paper of John T. Kilby Clk. of Nansemond County Court was written by the Clerk's deputy who has been qualified by the Court to act as Clerk in the absence of Mr. Kilby.
Rich d D Webb of Nansemond Va.
March 20. 1834.

Application of Mrs. Charlotte Garrison, widow of Henry Garrison, pensioned under act of June 1832
Filed June 3 d 1853.
By
John C. Callaher junior Washington City D.C.

United States of America State of Virginia 3 cc Nansamond County
On this 7 th day of March 1853 personally appeared before me John R. Upshur, a Justice of the Peace within & for the County aforesaid (Charlotte Harrison, a resident of Nansamond County in the state of Virginia aged _____ years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made for certain widows by the act of Congress passed 3 rd February 1853 and other acts which may embrace her case from the 4 th July 1836 inclusive, on account of the Revolutionary services of her husband the late Henry Harrison, of said County, who was a _____ of the Militia, and a United States Pensioner at the rate of $80. per annum, under the act of Congress passed on the 7 th June 1832. That she has no knowledge of the said husband's service in said war; she therefore, respectfully solicits an examination of the declaration made in open Court of Nansamond, by him on the 11 th day of March 1833, which is now filed in the Pension office, upon which evidence she rests the substance of her claim. She further declares that she was married to the said Henry Harrison, in the County of Nansamond, Virginia, on the 3 rd day of October 1816 by one John Harrell, a Minister of the Baptist Church. And that her said husband, the said Henry Harrison, died in said County the 3 rd day of July 1837, that she has not intermarried but continues to be a widow. That she now resides in the County of Nansamond, Virginia, and has resided there for the space of six years past, and previous thereto she resided in the County of Nansamond. She further declares that she has not for many years left her room or even walked therein, she is therefore "unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity".
Charlotte Harrison (and mark)
Sworn to & subscribed before me, on the day & year above written. And I further certify, that I have for many years known the said Charlotte Harrison, and that she is the widow of the said Henry Harrison, who was a United States Pensioner to the time of his death, and that the information of the said Charlotte Harrison, has been & are now as represented by her in the foregoing declaration. Given under my hand & seal the day and year first above written.
John R. Upshur J.P. (and mark)
I further certify, that Charlotte Harrison, the widow of the said Henry Harrison, before her marriage was named Charlotte Jones.
John R. Upshur J.P.
At a Quarterly Court held for Nansamond County the 14 th day of March 1853. the declaration of Charlotte Harrison, was presented in Court claiming the benefit of the act of Congress passed 3 rd February 1853, granting pension to certain widows of officers & soldiers of the Revolutionary war. and the Court

Having examined the same do Certify to the Department of the Interior, that the said Charlotte Harrison, is the widow of Henry Harrison, late of said County, who was a United States Pensioner at the rate of $80 per Annum and died on the 3 rd day of July 1837, and that the said Charlotte Harrison, is still a widow, now living in said County, not having again married; and that John R. Capeland Esq. before whom she qualified to said declaration, is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly Commissioned & qualified as such, and that the signatures purporting to be his affixed to the papers in this case are genuine. The Court further certify that the said Charlotte Harrison is unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity.
State of Virginia. Nansemond County to wit:
I, Peter B. Prentiss, Clerk of the County Court of Nansemond County, in said State do hereby certify that the above is a true transcript from the records of the said Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and annexed the seal of the said Court. This 15 th day of March 1853.
Peter B. Prentiss. Clerk.
Know all men by these presents, that I Charlotte Harrison, of the County of Nansemond, and State of Virginia, widow of Henry Harrison dec d . a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint William Surran, of Suffolk, Virginia and John B. Hollahan, Washington City, D.C. My true and lawful attorneys for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying Pensions, in Richmond, Va. or at Washington City D.C. my Pension from 4 th June 1836 to the 3 rd March 1853 or under such acts of Congress as may embrace my case. Witness my hand and seal this 12 th day of March 1853.
Sealed & delivered
In presence of
John R. Capeland Henry H. Hodges.
Charlotte Harrison mark
State of Virginia Nansemond County
Be it known that on the 12 th day of March 1853 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Charlotte Harrison, above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
John R. Capeland J.P.

State of Virginia Nelson County ss
I, Peter B. Prentiss, Clerk, of the County Court of Nelson and County, in said State; do hereby certify that the records of my Court show that Henry Harrison & Charlotte Jones were married on the 3 rd day of October 1816, by me John Harell a duly licensed & authorized Minister of the Baptist denomination. The said Harell having been duly authorized to solemnize the rites of matrimony by the court aforesaid, on the 10 th day of October 1814.
In Testimony and Faith whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the said Court, this 13 th day of March 1853.
Peter B. Prentiss. Clerk.

N o 24 073
Henry Harrison Nansemond Co Virginia
for 1778 p-1 yr $40.
Suspended.
Richard D. Webb
Richard D. Webb Richd. D. Webb Suffolk Nansemond Co. Va. Mrs Thompson Raleigh Suffolk Nansemond Co Virginia

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Henry Harrison Monmond Col Virgin
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     entered 1778 0 1 12 Private Col Riddick 75 years   1 12 Captn Thorne Monmond   1 12 Captn Battle Co Virginia   The whole of the above service Majr Riddick   he states at more than twelve months, Col Parker   Lieut Col Willis   Majr Willis   Commissary Col Godwin   Majr Godwin  
he also states he served several terms of six weeks in Portsmouth & that he served as private & lieut from 3 to 4 years & whilst acting as commissary taken prisoner.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in and C. D. residing in (the same) , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
The applicant must furnish proof of his service, a by such testimony as

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Having held a commission by the protraction of John Norton

Henry Harrison
W. 748
BA-J/ENL
The data furnished below were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.748, based upon the military service of Henry Harrison, the only soldier of that name found on said records.
Henry Harrison was born in 1756, in Nansemond County, Virginia.
While living in Nansemond County, Virginia, he enlisted in the fall of 1778, and served at various times on tours of six weeks each until 1780, as a private under Captains William Moore, Jesse Battle, and William Baker, Colonels Willis Riddick, Josiah Parker, Kinchan Godwin and John S. Wills in the Virginia Troops: in 1780, he received a commission as lieutenant and served several tours as such officer in Captain Henry Holland's Company, Colonel John S. Wills' Virginia Regiment; was then appointed commissary and while acting as such commissary, he was taken prisoner by Colonel Tarleton and confined at Suffolk, length of time held not shown: after his release, he continued to serve as commissary until the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, at which time he was under Colonel Wills. He stated that the entire length of his service was between three and four years. He was at Suffolk, Virginia, when it was burned and in several skirmishes.
Henry Harrison was allowed pension on his application executed March 11, 1833, while residing in Nansemond County, Virginia, in which county he died on July 3, 1837.
The soldier married October 3, 1816, in Nansemond County, Virginia, Charlotte Jones. Their marriage was recorded on the records of the clerk of the court of said Nansemond County.
which application was
Pension was allowed on the application of soldier's widow, Charlotte, executed March 12, 1853, at which time she was a resident of Nansemond County, Virginia.
She died August 30, 1853, place not shown.
There is no reference to children in the papers in the pension claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Mem o : J. L. Edwards
Com te of Pensions

Suffolk, Nansemond County, Virginia May 28 th 1834.
Honb: J. L. Edwards,
Sir: — I have the honor to enclose you herewith the amended declaration of Henry Harrison for a pension, together with his original declaration. —
It will be seen from his amended declaration that he only claims a pension for his services as a private in the Revolutionary War; being unable to prove to the satisfaction of the Department, that he served as a Lieutenant in that War — having lost his commission, and there having been no regular record of Militia Officers kept at Richmond during the Revolution, as appears from Mr. Secretary Richardson's letter which you returned to the Honb: Geo: Loyall together with his original declaration.
In your letter to my friend the Honb: Geo: Loyall, upon the subject of this claim, dated January 23. 1834, you say, "The applicant has omitted entirely one very material point, that of specifying his service

"as is required by the rules of the Department, "and which was clearly pointed out in the "brief which accompanied his papers when "first returned" — In his amended declara- -tion, the applicant has removed this objection so far as his memory possibly serves him at this advanced period of his life — And as to the fact, that Henry Harrison was a Revolutionary soldier, and that he was in actual service at least as long as he states in his amended declaration, I declare, that there is no man in Hancock County who doubts it. — I hope that his amended declaration may be satisfactory to the Department, and that he may be placed on the pension roll as a private. —
I have the honor to be, Sir, Your Obt: Servant, Rich d D. Webb.

Dear Sir
Richmond V a March 16. 1854
I herewith enclose a voucher which I this morning presented to the agent at this defunct for payment, he declined to pay upon the ground that the power of attorney had been executed more than Ninety days before presented for payment you will please say whether the agent may pay the claim upon this voucher, or whether the parties must prepare a new one.
I hold the original Certificate of Mrs Charlotte Harrison which will be surrendered when payment is made to the subject
Your early attention is respectfully solicited my address is Richmond V a
respectfully your Ob t servant
J. P. Waldo Esq r Comm r . of pensions Washington
Richard H. Whillock

Washington June 3 d 1853.
Hon. Commr of Pensions.
Sir,
Enclosed please find the declaration of Mrs Charlotte Harrissun, widow of Henry Harrissun, deceased who was a No. 1. Pensioner under act 7 th June 1832. Also the declaration of Mrs Peggy Peale widow of Jeremiah Peale who was also a Pensioner, under act 7 th June 1832. I enclose herewith, likewise, a Letter of 3 d Auditor, to Mr Sumner relative to the Pension Claim papers of Mrs Milanda Story, referred to your office on or about April 12 th /53 and which papers should have been forwarded me, instead of to the 3 d Auditor! All the above cases I have the management of, and you will be good enough, in reporting them to address me.
Yours Very Respectfully John S. Gallagher Jr.

Brief in the case of Charlotte Harrison widow of Henry Nansemond County and State of Virginia act of Feb 3 - 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of 1832 at $40 per annum
Pr.
(If for increase.) Marriage proof - public record
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death and report
Identity cert. of Co.
Name and residence of Agent
J. S. Gallagher Present,
Examining Clerk.
J. S. Gray

August 4, 1933
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BA-J/EEI
Charles Harrison-B.L.Wt.#1063
500-1789
Henry Harrison-W.748
Herman M. Gunn Capt. M.C. Comdg. Hospital Company No.135 Ashland, Ohio
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to General Charles Harrison, also in regard to Henry, Nathaniel, Collier and Carter H. Harrison, soldiers 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 of that war.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record found of such claims having been made on account of the services of Nathaniel Harrison, of Virginia, or of Collier Harrison or Carter H. Harrison. The records of Charles Harrison and Henry Harrison are furnished herein as found in the respective claims based upon their military service in the War of the Revolution.
Charles Harrison Wt.No.1063-500-1789
AWF
It is shown by the records of this office that Warrant No. 1063 for five hundred acres of bounty land was issued August 10, 1789, to Richard Platt, assignee, on account of the services of Colonel Charles Harrison, First Regiment of Artillery, War of the Revolution.
There are no further data as to his services and no information in regard to his family, because the papers in such claims were destroyed when the War Office was burned. in 1800.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Henry Harrison a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
N. File 748
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall 1778 Early 1779 6 wks 6 wks Priv. William Moore Willis Riddick VA   Summer 1779 6 wks " Jesse Battle Isaac Patten   Late 1779 Spring 80 6 wks 6 wks " William Baker Kanchey Gideon John C. Wells   1780 12 " Priv. Henry Holland John S. Wells   after 1780 until surrender of Cornwallis Commissary "placed by Washington and continued at Appomattox for some time" Wills  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Nansemond Co. VA
Date of application for pension, March 11 1833 Allowed.
Residence at date of application, Nansemond Co. VA
Age at date of application, Born in 1756 in Nansemond Co. VA
Remarks: Sol. near Nansemond Co. VA Oct 3, 1816 Charlotte Jones died July 3 1837 Nansemond Co. VA had been an apt. executed March 17 1853 res Nansemond Co. VA as — No children mentioned.
(Only one V. transp.)

1901 May 14. Hist. to Mrs. A. E. Stylus letter in S.F. 5471 John Harrison & 1933 Aug 4 Hist. to Herman M. Gann. Letter in care Charles Harrison. B.L.H. 1063-500-864
Rey WIDOW, &c.
File No.
748
Charlotte Harrison.
Widow.
Henry Harrison.
Paris. Rev.-Weaver.
Act.
Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol.
4
Page
317
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Office August 16/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to or date of within named pensioner
Respectfully &c F Burt Esqr
3 Aud 10 Oct
Print. for Count 2
Henry Harrison, act 1832, $40.00 p. an. Died 3 rd July 1837, Paid to his death.
F Burt Auditor.

Unex.
N o 2068 App d of Charlotte
Harrison widow of Henry Harrison
P. 80
26459 Wa
26469
Act 3 d Feby 1853
Rev:
Allowed $40 per annum Comm. Feb 3, 1853
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
John S. Callahans
Present

Amended Declaration of Henry Harrison.
State of Virginia, } County of Hampshire, }
I, Henry Harrison of the aforesaid County and State, being duly sworn according to law, doth, on my oath, make the following Amended Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. — That by reason of old age, (born in 1756,) and the consequent loss of memory, I cannot swear positively as to the precise length of my service during the Revolutionary War, nor can I, at this day, recollect the name of every Officer under whom I served in that War, nor the particular periods of the War that I served under each Officer; for I was in the service under different Officers the greater part of the time from the fall of 1778 to the fall of 1781, when Cornwallis was taken at Little York — but according to the best of my recollection at this time, I certainly did serve, during the Revolutionary War, as a private in the Militia, a period not less than Nine Months and twenty-four days, and for which service I claim a pension. That I performed this service in the years 1778, '79, '80 and '81 and under the following named Officers;

That I first entered the service of the United States, in the fall of 1778, as a private in the Militia, under the command of Captain William Moor and Colonel Willis Reddick, and served a tour of six weeks; that in the early part of the year 1779, I again entered the service under the same officers, and served another tour of six weeks — that in the summer of the same year, (1779,) I again entered the service under Capt: Izape Battle and Col: Issiah Packer and served another tour of six weeks — that in the latter part of the same year, (1779,) I again entered the service under Capt: William Baker and served a tour of six weeks, and in the spring of 1780 I again entered the service under the same Captain and served another tour of six weeks — Colonels Kinchlin Godwin and John S. Wills were the field Officers, who commanded during these two terms of my engagement — and that during the same year, (1780,) I again entered the service under Capt: Henry Holland and served two tours of six weeks, each under that officer before I was discharged; Colonel John S. Wills was the field Officer who commanded during these two last terms of my service, except for a short time the company to which I belonged was placed under Genl. Charles Harrison. —
The remainder of my revolutionary services, up to the surrender of Cornwallis at Little York, were performed as stated in my original declaration, made in open Court, March 11 th 1833 and sent herewith, and for which service I claim nothing . —
That I was called into service by competent authority —

that my service was performed in the field, (except a short time at Portsmouth,) in the Counties of Norfolk, Nansemond, Southampton, Isle of Wight and Surry, Virginia, and that I was not engaged in any civil pursuit during the performance of this service. — I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. — Sworn to and subscribed this 12 th day of May 1834. —
Henry Harrison
We, Hugh H. Kelly and Richard D. Webb, residing in the County of Nansemond and State of Virginia, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Henry Harrison Esquire, who has in our presence subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be the age he represents; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. — Sworn to and subscribed this 12 th day of May, 1834.
Hugh H. Kelly
Rich d D. Webb.

State of Virginia, County of Nansemond ss:
This day, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Nansemond and State aforesaid, Henry Harrison, subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the truth and correctness of the same; and I hereby declare it as my opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. — And I further certify that Hugh H. Kelly & Richard D. Webb who have, before me, subscribed and sworn to the preceding certificate are residents of Nansemond County, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. — Given under my hand and seal as a Justice of the Peace This 12 th day of May 1834.
John Harrell
State of Virginia, County of Nansemond, ss:
I, John T. Kilby, Clerk of the County Court of Nansemond in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that John Harrell, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Nansemond, duly Commissioned, qualified and authorized to act as such, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. I also certify that Henry Harrison who has made the within declaration is the Presiding Justice of Nansemond County. — In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 12 th day of May 1834. John T. Kilby Clerk