Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2286, William Herod, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Yes
Herod, William
S. 2286
carded
CONTENTS

Letter to A Ferguson 83a dated 16 Oct 1838.
again repd 14 Oct 33
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 From 4 March 1835 to 4 March 1836 the day of his death. After notified 11 Dec 1838
19196 W.H. Simmons
William H. Wood
Smith in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Cook of the Virginia in the Virginia time for nine months
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Aug 1833 and sent to Nicholas Earhart
Arrears to the 4th of March 60.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 2 15.00
Mar. 4, 1836
$75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Danl B. Davis Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 82

7478
William Herod
Smith County
return from private 9 months $30.
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4.5. — Cash book Sub 2.5.6.7. 1/2
P. 288
11 March
S. Pickett
Carthage
Tex
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7478
BRIEF in the case of  William Harrod County of Smith  in the State of Tennessee (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Justice  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 83  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.      Drafted  Drafted  In 17 } commencement } of the } war  not stated As a private Gen. Capt. S. Cook -  Capt. John James   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Stafford City. Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh
Examining Clerk.

State of Virginia Smith County
on the 18th day of August 1883
Personally appeared before me George Sutton an acting Justice of the Peace for the a fore mentioned County William Herod a resident of Payton Creek in the County a fore said and State aged eighty three years the twenty fifth day of December last past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declar- ation, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
I was drafted in the Militia at the commencement of the revolutionary war and stood my draft to the end of the same, but frequently discharged before the end of three months, as I was a boy at that time in the State of Virginia Stafford County and near the Potomack river where the British was frequently a landing I was detained as a guard to that section of country I have no documentary evidence nor do I know of any person whose testimony I can procure, who can testify of my services only by my own oath, therefore to be certain of the facts will only claim two bounties in the Militia one under Capt John Cook of I received right in an small engagement with the British when they landed and burned Capt Breant's dwelling house the other then drafted and served under the same Capt or Capt John James or Capt George Burris as they were the Principal Captains that I served under the last bounty that I served I and the whole company was put on fatigue in repairing of the road from the Chapman's Creek through the county of Stafford to the falls of the Rappahannock river and there filling up the holes so as to make it passable

for the main army to crop in their route to the Bridges of Little York; was the last tower that I heard of therefore I only claim the two towers in full. As do you know your age Aug. year I was eighty then the twenty fifth day of December last and born and raised in Bedford County in the state of Virginia on the Potomac river, and lived there until after the Revolutionary war As do you believe your self able to attend Courts to make your declaration in open Courts I hope not inconvenient for I have not been on horse back a going on four years and feel my self very much afflicted with bodily infirmities
I here by relinquish every Claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that the name if not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state — I swear and subscribed the day and year afore said
George Sutton J.P.
William Herod mark
We Daniel Smith a Clergyman residing in the County of Smith and State of Tennessee and Benjamin Piper residing (in the same) here by certify that we are well acquainted with William Herod who has subscribed and sworn to the a bane declaration that we believe him to be eighty three 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 assertion — Sworn and subscribed the day and year afore said Daniel Smith Benjamin Piper J.P.
and of the said Justice have been acquainted with the within named applicant William Herod who has made his declaration before me for upwards of fourteen years and here by declare my opinion that he is reputed by all that knows him and it is generally believed that he was a Revolutionary Soldier and that he is of the age that he says and he is not able to attend Court on account of his bodily infirmities and that Daniel Smith who has signed the above Certificate is a Clergyman and and that Benjamin Piper is a Justice of the Peace and that both who has signed the within Certificate is reputed and entitled to Credit George Sutton J.P.

State of Tennessee ... I, Clerk of the Court of the United States for the District of Middle Tennessee do hereby certify that the within copy of the foregoing order is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 20th day of August 1832.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Nashville this 20th day of August 1832 and 57th year of our Independence.
J. Suckett Clerk
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State of Tennessee Smith County
on this 18th day of May 1833
Personally appeared before me George Sutton an acting Justice of the Peace for the above mentioned County William Hurst a Resident of Puyana Creek in the State and County aforesaid aged Eighty four years the twenty fifth day of December last past 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 7th 1832
Q Where and in what year were you born?
A I was born in the year 1748 on the 25 day of December agreeable to my register - and in the State of Virginia
Q Stafford County near the shore of the Potomack river Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
A I was living in the State of Virginia Stafford County on the Potomack river when called into service and lived there until after the war, then emigrated to the County of Spotsylvania the same State and from thence to the State of Tennessee Smith County on the waters of Puyana Creek being the place where I now live;
Q How were you called into service?
A I was called in to service by Draft, under Capt. Jones a Point Soldier for three months later in the year 1777 and in the month of July as near as I can
Q recollect; were you in any engagements? you are with the British in their landing on the Potomack did you receive a discharge for that time of duty
A Yes though I do not recollect what has become of it
Q did you serve any more time during the revolutionary war
A Yes two other times How was you called into them? I was called by draft and went under Capt. John Cook at a place in the year of 1776, in the month of May as near as I can recollect
Q did you receive a discharge for that time?
A only a verbal one, was you in any battles in that time? not any only had in readings for to prevent the British from landing and doing of mischief as to burning of houses on the shore of the Potomack
Q How and what time was you called in to service the third time - turnover

Ques. I was called by draft under Capt John James for the service of York town as near as I can recollect In the month of August 1781 the Company being detached and put on furlough we were employed in working on the road from the Chapmansville to the Hopkinton then there filling up the holes at the little falls to make it passable for the main army to pass on their way to York town In a few years I received a discharge. Ques. Did you did you see any man there what you have stated Ques. Did you think he was resident of being continued more than a few days at a time and do you know as the British moved from New York up in passing the Potomack In do you believe yourself able to attend Court to make your declaration in open Court? Ques. Not commonly for I have not been on horse back in four years and feel myself very much oppressed with bodily infirmity. I then by relinquish any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the army of any State sworn and subscribed the day and year a fore said Attest George Sutton Jr. William Hood
We Daniel Smith a Clergyman residing in the County of Smith and state of Tennessee and Benjamin Piper and acting Justice of the Peace, in the same State by Certify that we are well acquainted with William Hood who has subscribed and sworn to the a fore declaration that we believe him to be eighty four 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 day and year a fore said Attest George Sutton Jr. Daniel Smith Benjamin Piper
And I the said Justice have been acquainted with the within named applicant William Hood who has made his declaration before me for upwards of fourteen years and I then by declare my opinion that he is reputed by all that know him and it is generally believed that he was a Soldier of the Revolution and that he is of the age he says he is by his request and personally appearance and he is not able to attend Court on account of his bodily infirmity and that Daniel Smith who has signed the a fore Certificate is a Clergyman and that Benjamin Piper is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and they are reputed and entitled to credit given under my hand the day and date a fore written George Sutton Jr.

State of Tennessee Smith County } } }
Personally appeared William Herod before me George Sutton and acting Justice of the Peace and after being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his services as a Soldier of the Revolution only by his own oath therefore, by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned before and in the following grade    First term three months a Privet Soldier  Total 9 Months    Second term three months a Privet Soldier    Third term three months a Privet Soldier    and for such services I claim a Pension Attest William Herod George Sutton JP
State of Tennessee } S. P. Pickett Smith County } Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that George Sutton before whom the foregoing proceedings was had in the matter of the amended declara- tion of William Herod was at that time and was at the time said proceedings was had, and of the acting Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County duly commission- ed and qualified according to law.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at office in Carth- age this 8th day of June 1833 57th year of our Independence
S. Pickett Clerk

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 4 th , 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," the children of William Pherod, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten: Agency, at the rate of thirty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1835 to the 4 th March 1836, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Abdow K. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

October 1, 1935
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Wm. Harrod, S. 16398
Wm. Herod, S. 2286
Mrs. A. B. Darling Crete Nebraska
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the date and place of last payment of pension of William Harrod, S. 16398, and you wish to know if the Revolutionary War records of this office show any soldier named William Harrod, Herod or Herrod who died in Bartholomew County, Indiana, in 1836.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of William Harrod, S. 16398, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of the soldier's death, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:
William Harrod, Certificate 13858, issued June 29, 1833, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Indiana Agency.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 2286, based upon the military service of William Herod, the only William Herod, Herrod or Harrod other than William Harrod, S. 16398, that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
William Herod was born December 25, 1748, in Stafford County, Virginia, near the Potomac River. The names of his parents were not given.
While living in Stafford County, Virginia, he enlisted and served as private with the Virginia troops as follows: from May, 1776, three

months in Captain John Cook's company; from July, 1777, three months in Captain John James' company and was in a skirmish with the British on the Potomac River; from August, 1781, three months in Captain John James' company.
After the Revolution he moved to Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and from there he moved to Smith County, Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 18, 1832, while living in Smith County, Tennessee, on Peyton's Creek.
William Herod died March 4, 1836, leaving children. The names of his children and the place of his death were not given.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of William Herod and the name and address of the person to whom it was paid, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:
William Herod, Certificate 19196, issued August 13, 1833, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, West Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1928 - Oct. 30, Hist to Mrs. Edw. R. Garrett, M.E.E.
1935 Oct. 1 Hist to Mrs. A. B. Darling. See corres. in Wm. Harrod. S. 16 398. M.E.E.
Rev War
2286 INVALID.
File No. 2286
William Harrod
First Rev War
Act: June 7, 1852
Index: — Vol. A , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Administration Washington D.C.

Will you please send me the date and place of last payment of pension to William Harrod, # S. 16398.
Indiana Agency -
were there more than one William Harrod (Herod, Herrod) in Ind. at this time. one who died in Bartholomew Co. Ind. in 1836.
Yrs oblig
Mrs A. B. Darling Crete nebr.

State of Tennessee Smith County
We the subscribers certify that we are well acquainted with the character of Francis Coley, William Herrod and Edward Suttle, applications for whose pensions are now about to be forwarded, and state without hesitation that their character, (nor either of them,) as  not  doubted for veracity are not, not ever have been doubted, and that we would award full credit to their testimony. Given under our hands this 8. June 1833.
Don C. Dixon Isaac Dyer Andrew Payn John Morris Isaac Baker James Walton Elijah Haynie Martin W. Sloan

Dixon Springs Tenn Oct 24, 1928,
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir, —
About two months ago I wrote you and don't understand why I have not received a reply, I wish to know what your records show about William Herod ( Herrod or Herrod ) who was in the Revolutionary war, and from Stafford Co Va, Also Cpt Edward Settle of Fauquier Co Va, He came to Tenn soon after Revolutionary war, I shall be very thankful for any information you can give me,
I am very Respectfully Mrs Edward P. Gorrill,

Dixon Spring Tenn Aug 1, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;
I wish to know what your records show about H enry Herod who was in Revolutionary war under Col. Washington and from Stafford Co. Va., Also any thing about Capt. Edward Settle , who it is believed came from Fauquier Co., Va., was a Revolutionary soldier and came to Tenn soon after the war, I shall thank you for a reply at your earliest convenience.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. E. P. Bassell.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MER/eel
October 30, 1928
Mrs. Edward P. Garrett Dixon Springs, Tennessee
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2286, it appears that William Herod was born December 25, 1748, in Stafford County, Virginia, near the Potomac River.
While a resident of Stafford County, Virginia, he enlisted in May 1776, and served three months as a private in Captain John Cook's Virginia Company.
He enlisted in July 1777, served three months as a private in Captain John James' Virginia Company, and was in a skirmish with the British on the Potomac River.
He enlisted in August 1781, and served three months as a private in Captain John James' Virginia Company.
After the war he moved to Spotsylvania County, Virginia, thence to Smith County, Tennessee, and while residing at Peyton's Creek, Smith County, Tennessee, he was allowed pension on his application executed August 18, 1832.
He died March 4, 1836 place not given leaving children, their names

are not on record in this bureau.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pen- sion and names of + altho 9 persons persons paid, it is suggested that you apply to the General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data:
"William Herod, Certificate Number 19196, issued August 13, 1833, rate $30.00 per annum, to commence March 4, 1831, act of June 7, 1832, West Tennessee Agency!!"
The revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Edward Settle.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.