Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,986, Henry Harris, Continental (Va)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Va)
Harris, Henry
S. 37,986
CONTENTS
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88894
From Virginia. To Alabama
Henry Harris,
Frederick Co 4 in the state of Virginia, who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baylor , of the Virginia line, for the term of five years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22, of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17. of March, 1819 and sent to Hugh Holmes, judge Winchester Virginia
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. $: 75. 61 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 48 " 9 mo. 14 } 1819. } 48 " 31. } $: 123. 61
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Copies of papers furnished George M. Harris 30 April 1832 at the request of the Hon C. C. Clay H R
Information sent October 24 1820 to General Shelby Winchester Virginia Date of death unknown

Hugh Holmes, Esq.; Judge, Winchester, Virginia.
Henry Harris, Baylor's dragoons, Revolutionary claim.
Admitted There are no rolls of this regiment in the pension office. The testimony on oath, of Capt. Ball, relative to his services, is deemed satisfactory. The judge is desired to certify, under the seal of the court, that he is satisfied the claimant is in indigent circum- -stances, and needs the support of his country.

DISTRICT OF Virginia , ss.
On this 22 nd day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the General Court for the said district, personally appeared Henry Harris aged fifty eight years, resident in Frederick County in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he, the said Henry Harris enlisted in April 1776 in the state of Virginia in the company commanded by Captain Robert Smith of the State of Maryland 3 rd Regiment of Dragoons commanded at first by Col o Geo Bayton and finally by Col o W m Washington ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the fall of 1781 , when he was discharged from service in Frederick state of Virginia aforesaid , that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth & Cowpens, Guilford Courthouse, Red Bank, Red Bank, Red Bank and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. except the Aff n now enclosed Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid:
A. Holmes
I, A. Holmes Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Henry Harris did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Given under my hand and the seal of the 1 st County Court of Frederick this 22 nd of May 1818.
A. Holmes

Henry Harris' Declaration,
S. 189
Sept. 10/19
C. M.

Virginia
A court continued and held for Frederick County the 1st day of Aug 1820 personally appeared in open court, being a court of Records for the said County Henry Harry aged sixty one years last April resident in the said County, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, to wit: five years and upwards in the Regiment of Cavalry commanded by Capt George Baylor, and afterwards in Col Washington of the Virginia Line that his original declaration was made before the Hon. Hugh Holmes a Judge of the General Court in Virginia on the 22nd day of May 1818 and that he hath received a pension for which he received a certificate which is not numbered, but which is signed by J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War and dated the 17th day of May 1819. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner, dispose of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed viz:
One table, four chairs, one pot, one dutch oven, one skillet, 6 plates, one coffee cup, six cups & saucers, six knives & forks, three dishes, one chest, one spinning wheel, two trowels, two white wash brushes and one stone hammer
Henry Harry

My occupation is that of doing little jobs of laying hearths plastering and whitewashing, and I am in pretty good health but not able to do much at hard labour. I have a wife of the same age of myself who is very decrepid, and is unable to do any thing of consequence and I have one daughter living with me who is about twenty four years old who assists us in the family and works for herself at spinning but can contribute nothing for our support of any consequence
Henry Harris
Sworn to and declared on the 1st day of August 1820 in open court.
I, James Keith Clerk of the court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is ten dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said court on this 12th day of August 1820 and the 45th year of the commonwealth
J Keith

November 13, 1936
Henry Harris-S.37986 BA-8/AWF
Ann Waller Reddy 1005 E. Marshall Street Richmond, Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Henry Harris of Frederick County, Virginia, soldier of the Revolution, who died in Alabama.
The data furnished herein were obtained from pension claim, S. 37986, based upon the service of Henry Harris in the Revolutionary War.
Henry Harris was born in the month of April, 1759, place not shown, nor are the names of his parents not shown given.
Henry Harris enlisted in the state of Virginia, sometime in April, 1776, served as a private in Captain Robert Smith's company, Colonels George Baylor's and William Washington's 3rd Regiment of Dragoons; he was in the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth, Cowpens, and several skirmishes, was discharged in the fall of 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 22, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Frederick County, Virginia. In 1820, he referred to his wife as about his own age, and to a daughter aged twenty-four years, but he did not give their names.
He was living in 1824 in Madison County, Ala-

bama.
The papers in this claim contain no further reference to the family of the soldier, Henry Harris.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following data:
Henry Harris Certificate # 8888 Issued March 17, 1819 Rate $8.00 per month Commenced May 22, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 Alabama Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

June 14, 1934
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Henry Harris-S.37986 Henry Harris-S.16399 BA-J/AWT
Mr. Alan T. Bowler Richmond, P.O.Box 96 Virginia
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you furnish further information in regard to the Henry Harris, in whom you are interested.
No record of a Henry Harris has been found, who applied for pension or bounty land while a resident of Georgia. Land located in that state would not have been granted by the United States. The Revolutionary War records of two soldiers, only, with the name Henry Harris (Harriss) of any Southern state, have been found. Those records are given herein as found in their respective claims for pension.
Henry Harris-S.37986
Henry Harris was born in April, 1759, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents given.
He enlisted in the state of Virginia, April 76 served as a private in Captain Robert Smith's company in Colonels George Baylor's and William Washington's Regiment of Dragoons; he was in the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth, Cowpens and several skirmishes, was discharged in the fall of 1781, having served about five years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 22, 1818, then a resident of Frederick County, Virginia. In 1820 he referred to his wife as about his own age, and to a daughter aged twenty-four years, but did not give their names. In 1824, the soldier had moved

to Madison County, Alabama.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing the following data-
Henry Harris Certificate # 8889 Issued March 17, 1819 Rate $8.00 per month To commence May 22, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 Alabama Agency.
Henry Harris-S.16399
Henry Harris was born June 16, 1742 in Orange County, Virginia; names of his parents are not given.
While residing in said Orange County, he volunteered in 1776 in the Virginia militia, served six months in a campaign against the Cherokee Indians; names of officers not given.
Henry Harris moved to Henry County, Virginia, volunteered and served three months in a tour against the Tories; dates and officers names not shown. He volunteered early in 1781, served three months in the Virginia militia, and again in 1781 served three months in Captain Ballinger's Virginia company in the campaign around Jamestown and Yorktown and returned home a few days before the surrender of Cornwallis.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 21, 1832, then residing in Madison County, Kentucky, where he had lived about thirty-six years.
Nancy Estiss (Estes), wife of Elisha Estiss (Estes),

and daughter of this soldier, Henry Harris, in 1832 was sixty-two years of age and living in Madison County, Kentucky, where she had lived about thirty-six years; her husband, Eliseh Estiss (Estes), was sixty-two or sixty-three years of age in 1832, stated that he was reared in Henry County, Virginia and that his father (name not given) served in the War of the Revolution.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing the following data-
Henry Harris Certificate # 6548 Issued March 1, 1833 Rate $50.00 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWP/cel
June 14, 1929 7
Mrs. Harris Spotswood Eustis Street Huntsville, Alabama
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 37986, it appears that Henry Harris was born in April, 1759, place not stated.
He enlisted and served in Captain Robert Smith's Company, Colonels George Baylor's and William Washington's Regiment of Dragoons, was in the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth, Cowpens, and many skirmishes, and served to the fall of 1781, having served about five years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 22, 1818, at which time he was living in Frederick County, Virginia.
In 1820, the soldier referred to his wife as aged about sixty-one years and to one daughter, aged twenty-four years, but did not give their names. In 1824, he was living in Madison County, Alabama.
There are no further data as to family.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

CHARLES H. CONSOLVO, PRESIDENT
The Monticello
TIDEWATER'S LEADING HOTEL
Norfolk, Va.
PUBLIC WRITING ROOM
Revolutionary Pension Department
AWR
Will you please tell me if you have the names of the children of Henry Harris of Frederick co Va. He died in Alabama. I want to know if he had son ROBERT HARRIS. The above information is requested for Miss Mary Harri
Miss Mary Harris--Randolph Terrace Wash D.C. Kindly send the answer to me here as I am doing the Va research for her.
Ann Waller Reddy Ann Waller Reddy
1005 E. Marshall St Richmond Va.
1820 1861 1759
FIRE PROOF
AFFILIATED WITH THE BELVEDERE, BALTIMORE, MD. THE JEFFERSON, RICHMOND, VA.
EUROPEAN PLAN

January 29, 1929
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
537986 I should like very much to have the pension record of Henry Harris, Revolutionary soldier, who died here in 1833. If you can send this to me I shall be very grateful.
Yours very truly,
Mattie C. Spotswood
Mrs. Harris Spotswood, Eustis Street, Huntsville, Alabama.

37986 Ray INVALID.
File No. 37986
Henry Harris His Her and
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 210
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929. June 14 - H. & Mrs. Harris Spotswood 1934. June 14 - " " Alvin J. Bowler Curf. See his letters in Henry Harris S. 16399 avf. 1936 - Nov. 13 - His to Ann Waller Reddy avf.

Farm County Set This day personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the county of Forest Charles Swan & made oath that Henry Harris served in the 3rd Regt of dragoons. commanded by Colonel George Bayler in the Revolutionary war Given under my hand this 31st day of January 1818
Y. Farrow

Virginia ss
Captain William Ball personally ap- peared before me H th Holmes, a Judge of the General Court of the State aforesaid and made Oath that he belonged to the Third Regiment of Dragoons commanded at first by Col o George Baylor and finally by Col o William Washington that the Affiant went into that Regiment in 1776 and found Henry Davis now an Applicant for a pension under a late Act of Congress in that Regiment a regular soldier and knows that he served as such at least five years. Given under my hand this 22 nd of May 1818
H th Holmes

For Henry Davis.
Hon. Gabriel Moore H. R.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Alabama
County of Madison ss.
On this 10 th day of January 1824, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Madison personally appeared Henry Harris who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Robert Smith in the regiment commanded by Colonel George Baker in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Virginia from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of Alabama Madison County where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. That he at present receives Eight dollars per month.
Henry Harris
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
J. G. Carroll a justice of the peace for Madison County
NOTE. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

State of Alabama Madison County } Thomas Brandon clerk of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that James Garrold before whom the within and foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn to is and was at the time of his signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn as the law directs and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given his official acts as such as well without said State & County as within In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County at office in said County this 10th day of January 1824 and of American Independence the 48th year Test Thos Brandon (seal)
State of Alabama Madison County } Samuel Chapman Judge of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that Thomas Brandon who attests the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of his making the same clerk of the County Court of said County duly elected and sworn as the law directs and that due faith and credit is and ought of right to be given his of- ficial acts as such and that the same is in due form of law. Given under my hand and seal this 10 day of January 1824 Sam Chapman (seal)

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Harris, Henry GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11364 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 12, 1797 To General DeBaufre, 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.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Harris, Henry GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7218 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 27, 1790 To Jacob Templer, 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.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Harris, Henry GRADE Private LINE Lamb's Artillery (New York)
WARRANT NUMBER 7303 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 19, 1790 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.