Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5136, Moses Holladay, Pa Va

SERVICE
NUMBER
Pa(?) Va(?)
Holladay, Moses Elizabeth
R. 5136
CONTENTS
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
5136
P.O.
Elizabeth Holladay
Service:
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
Holladay

6264. Eliz with Holliday KV
Suspended see letter to W. H. Ford, Oct. 25, 44
5136
Act 4 th July '36

To relieve the office in some measure from a great laborious accumulation of business, and I now send it to you, not only in reply to your inquiry, but with a view of giving you information which will, in all probability, save you the trouble of writing to the office. All claims are taken up in the order in which they are received. All claims to the persons who have been or are present in the country at the time of making the claim are not immediately attended to if very frequently they are not sent to the Department, but are sent to the Department, pending an investigation, which is necessary in all cases, and in many cases, especially in those of persons who are not present in the country, it is necessary to make application to know what has been done in order to give the reason why the application is not attended to.
William Lloyd of 1000 Main Street Boston
John H. Smith J. M. Smith Caleb Hall
Moses Haladany's Case wife: Elizabeth
to give the name of the post office or post town to which they wish answers to be returned. All correspondents are requested to be particular in writing the name of the post office or post town to which they wish answers to be returned. All such papers will hereafter be placed on our files and kept until the next time they are required. Persons frequently transfer papers to this office without any letter, and it is requested that they enclose a letter with their papers, stating the reason of the transfer. All such papers will hereafter be placed on our files and kept until the next time they are required. Persons frequently transfer papers to this office without any letter, and it is requested that they enclose a letter with their papers, stating the reason of the transfer.
Mr. William Lloyd of 1000 Main Street Boston

Pension Office,
apl 18.
1844.
Sir:
To relieve this office in some measure from a most laborious correspondence, this circular is published; and I now send it to you, not only in reply to your inquiry, but with a view of affording you information which will, in all probability, save you the trouble of addressing other inquiries to this office.
All claims are taken up in the order in which they are received here. Reports, in writing, are made to the persons who transmit or present the papers. But as claimants are often uneasy, if their claims are not immediately attended to, it very frequently happens that in a short time after papers are sent to the Department, letters are sent to urge immediate attention. This course, so far from expediting an investigation, retards it, because it increases the labor of those who are employed here, and, in numerous instances, occasions mistakes, and consequently dissatisfaction to the parties concerned. It is, therefore, respectfully requested that every applicant will wait a reasonable time before making application to know what has been done in relation to his or her claim. But should any reason exist for supposing that unnecessary delay has taken place, or that the papers have been lost or destroyed, and the claimant, or the attorney employed, should deem it proper to ask information, this letter will be sent with a brief answer written on the margin.
The rules of this Department forbid my giving such information respecting military service as is frequently sought. If, in any case, however, information is asked as to the service of a particular individual, for the purpose of substantiating a claim not to be presented to the executive offices at the seat of Government, and the regiment, company, and line to which the claimant belonged, be clearly set forth, as well as the rank which he held, the necessary proof will be furnished, if within the reach of the Department, and not incompatible with the regulations. In some cases, applicants for pensions, before transmitting their papers, ask for information in order to assist them in preparing their claims. In such cases information is generally withheld for very obvious reasons. But there may be a few cases in which information may be afforded to claimants before they make an effort to perfect their claims. Some persons may be so situated that they may find it impracticable to procure the testimony of any living witness, and may resort to the Department for information. If such persons should seek information, they must make a declaration under oath, and so describe the service performed, as to enable the Department to effect the necessary search of the rolls, books, or records of this office, when all proper aid will be afforded them in bringing their claims to a due investigation, and they will be informed whether or not the office contains such proof as will tend to establish their claims; but the answer conveying such information will not specify the service which the rolls may contain.
Supposititious cases are very often stated to this office, and information asked as to the construction of certain acts, when no benefit whatever can be derived to any one from answers to such inquiries. To put a stop to such unnecessary correspondence, it is sufficient to say, that it is out of our power to bestow time in answering inquiries of this nature. But where an individual has a claim of doubtful character, and first wishes information for his guidance, before subjecting himself to the expense of taking evidence, if the individual be named, and all the facts connected with the case be clearly set forth, the party will be informed as to the course most advisable to pursue.
Much solicitude is often manifested by pensioners when they remove from the limits of one agency to those of another, and apply to have a change in the place of payment. On their making proper application, according to the prescribed rules, steps are taken to make the necessary arrangements for a transfer. It cannot, however, be immediately effected, because we have to wait, in most cases, till we can hear from distant agents, from whom information is derived as to the time to which the pensioner was last paid.
The regulations of September 29, 1836, as to the vouchers required to be presented at the pension agencies, when the pensioners or their attorneys demand their stipends, must be strictly adhered to, because they are deemed essentially necessary in order to guard more effectually against a repetition of fraud, as heretofore practised by the production of forged papers.
Persons frequently transmit papers to this office without any letter showing by whom they are sent. All such papers will hereafter be placed on our files, and there remain until the necessary inquiries be made by the parties concerned. This rule is found necessary to prevent frauds as well as mistakes. All correspondents are requested to be particular in writing their names legibly, and to give the name of the post office or post town to which they wish answers to be addressed.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Mr. William Conover, of Poplar Grove New Liberty P Office Kentucky.
Commissioner of Pensions.
We have no evidence of the service of Moses Holliday. Unless he was enlisted and taken from the line of the army on a wagon, his widow cannot obtain a pension. Enclosed herewith are regulations for the guidance of widows entitled to pensions.

626 4 Elizabeth Holladay
Yk Y
Act July 4 th 36

The deposition of Richon Brown who on his oath states that he became acquainted with Moses Holladay in the year 1807 - at his residence in Gallatin Co. Ky that he departed this life in the year 1810 in Pendleton Gallatin County Ky, that he said Holladay left at his death a widow Elizabeth - Holladay now living as his widow in said County that said Moses Holladay, was allways reputed to have served as a soldier & the Wagon Master in the Revolutionary war that he lived in Pa before his death for many years & then moved to Ky where he died as before stated
Richon Brown
State of Kentucky Gallatin County ss I Jos. Skilland a magistrate in & for said County, duly Commissioned & qualified to act as such, hereby certify, that Richon Brown personally came before me & made oaths to the foregoing affidavit according to the best of his knowledge & belief I further certify that the said R. Brown is a man of fair & reputable character Given under my hand this 28 day of June 1844
Jos. Skilland J. D. G.

Commonwealth of Kentucky Gallatin County Set I John L. Robinson Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that except J. Billard whose name is subscri- bed to the foregoing official certificate was at the date thereof now still in a location of the Peace in said for said Coun- ty of Gallatin and Commissioned and acting as such. That the said signature is in the genuine handwriting of the said except J. Billard and is attested to full force and effect. In Witness whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this 29th day of June A D 1844 and in the 53rd year of the Commonwealth at Warsaw
John L. Robinson CLERK By A. Peake Jr.
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Pension Office,
October 25, 1844.
Sir,
The papers in the case of Elizabeth Holladay claiming a pension under the Act of July 4, 1836, have been examined and are herewith returned that the proceedings before the single Magistrate may be submitted to and approved by a Court of Records in accordance with the Regulations. There is no proof of the date of the marriage nor of the service, both of which should be established by public or private record or documentary evidence. The name of Moses Holladay is not to be found on the rolls of the Virginia Line, or State troops, or the Pennsylvania Line in this Office.
William H. Ford, Esq.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Copied Sept. 8, 1911