Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-11-04
vrRGfvIa MILITARY L,Nns.

the United States, she resers Ell ali the
country between the ScI0to aud Li,lis.
Mama rivers, to satisfy the claims Of
her officers and soldiers to mlitarv
bounty land Various causes have, Ess'
thirty years. kept many of those claims
from being d termmed: among the
rest. the one of wi ich Mr.. Howe com
plains. Congress getting impatient a
tins delay, have fixed the first of Janu
AIRY next as the limit, after which no
more Virgins claims shall be loo aie,l
in OHIO; and if the Executive Council
of Virginia cannot be induced before
that time TO pass such claims as may
be before them, the poor fellows who
given their blood & patient suffering as
an equivalent for it, must lose theirlasd.
1.-THE enclosed letter will not occups (
more room in your paper than you cas,'
afford TO the canse of Revolutionary
patriotism, you will, no doubt, render
"A signal service to many poor soldier.
Itspeaks the language of truth; no man
can doubt it; and its sin Pile logic is
more iorcible than any thing which
friend could say in behalf of the writer.
The idea is well suggested, that. If
the Executive Of Virginia, by their
tardiness, cause those soldiers 10 lose
their claims, the state will be 10 justice
bound to make pecuniary compe nsation
to them. SEVENTY SIX.
DEAR SIR: You tell me that, from
The quantity of business before the Vir-
sinia Executive, there is hut little
chance of my claim being taken up be-
fore the time allowed BY Congress for
locating lands will expire. and you
return my certificate to me. This is
hard. | think there ought TO he some
way of getting this business done. The
land was promised to US by Virginia,
and / hoped, in my old age. that it
would save me from want You say
you are informed that the Executive
look upon the investigation of these
claims as so hateful task that ii is not
once 10 month that they can be indu-
ced TO take them up. and then they fire.
quen,ly reject some OF the best authen-
tIcsted claims presented 10 them, from
an lmpaiIence to get through the busi-
ness. lam sorry to hear this. know
| have earned the bounty, and, whe
:hcr it is allowed or not, wish it ap
piled for. Ii the Executive reject my
claim, and it is sufficiently proved, |
reckon there must be some other way
to get it, or its value. l. their decision
final? Will not the Legislature of Viz
gnid grant it, iflt is proved to be good.
even if the Execu i've do reject II: II
sufficient proof is shown, they surely
will; and if it is then too late to have
the lard located, and the delay vas
not my fault, but the Executives: wont
the state of Virginia be hound to pay.
me the value of the land: This,
think would be justice l think 1t ls
hard indeed to lose my land. en-
tered the army al Fort Lee, in &c. in
the Virginia line. under Col. Stephen
son, who died, though, before he 'ook
command. and 1t. Col. ,,olIinge sue
ceeded him, and with all the regiment,
was afterw dis taken at Fort Wash
ington; in one of those two companlesv
commanded by Captain Smith, Twas.
Then we retreated 10 the cold camps
OF Delaware, where we were under
Gen Mercer. Under him was at
The taking of the Hcssians at Trenton
On The Sd January, II, Gen. Mer..
Ger, at Princeton, received his mortar
wound. Then we were put under
General Adam Stephens, nicknamed>
Whis,llng Jack" Then We were
added to the llth Virginia regiment,
at Middlebrook. Then l fought TT
Bondbrook; then under Morgan, III
Captain Gabriel Longs company -
On the 22d June, N, we fought at
Piscataway; then we fought the Brl-
fish eight battles in eleven days, near
to Somerset, on the Raritan. Then
we went against Bur goyne, and there
fought two general engagements, and
six skirmishes, until he surrendered as
Saratoga. Then we joined General
Washington, in Pennsylvania, and on:
hundred and seventy Of Us we've sent
over the Delaware. opposite TO Phlla
delphia, to join General Greene; and
then we, and 300 Jersey militia, were
sent 10 take British picket, eco strong,
and we routed them, killing 20, taklrs
90. and woundng about 40; then IN