Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-11
A Southern War Claim.

| A Southern War Claim
The following report has becn printed:
| The Senate Conmiii"e on Cioin,S, to n,hom ary,s
| referred thr bW IS. 1907 for hr ,eiief of
| John Jcft, hare coasid"rrd Mr same. uad re-
port thereon as t0ii0wS
Mr. Jett sets forth in his petition filed
| with your committee that at the commence
ment of the late civil war, and during its
continuance, he resided on his farm in the
town ofWashington, Rappahannock county,
! Virginia; that on Sundry days in the months
of July, August. and September 1862, at
said town of Washington: he furnished GER
tain stores and supplies, consisting of flour,
corn, and hay, Of the aggregate value of
Sl,9G2, for the use of the armies of the
United States.
Mr., Jett furnished to your committee
| vouchers for the supplies furnished by him.
These vouchers differ somewhat in form, but
all are substantially like the following, dated
July II, 1862, viz:
DEPARTMENT OF TIE SIlENANDuAH,
NEAR WASHINGTON VA. July IT, 1862
This ccrtifcS that there have bccn received
from the farm of John Jctt, near Washington, Va,
the following military supplies Forty thousand
pounds Tor twenty tons) of hay.
Said supplies will bc accounted for ON the prop
Tcllrn b lIt. N.t Rutherford, Act. Assistant
QuartermaStcr, United States Army for the Third
Quarter of 1862.
The owner OF said property will he entitled to
be paid for the same after the suppression of the
rebellion, upon prouf that hc has from this date
conducted himself as loyal citizen of the United
States, and has not given aid comfort to the
rebels.
Done by authority of Major-Gcncral Banks
Special General Order of April ,, 1862.
n. q. RuTnERFuRp,
a. A. a. NJ, Sd hrgal, Gen. Williams division
and lat. 9TH Reg. y. 5. NJ.
Mr.. Jett AYERS in his petition that before
the wal he was an ardent supporter of the
Union; that In politics he was 'Henry
Clay Whig;" and that he was loyal to the
United States during the war.
If Mr.. Jett were one of those citizens of
| Virginia who remained Il loyal adherent to
the cause and Government of the United
States during the war;" he could have
brought his action before the Southern
Claims Commission and recovered.
The supplies were taken by the military
authorities Of the United States, under and
by virtue of the war power of the govern
ment, but with the agreement that Mr..
Jctt would be entitled to be paid for the
same after the suppression of the rebellion
upon proof that from the date of the taking
of said supplies he had conducted himself as
II loyal citizen of the United States, and had
not given aid or comfort to the rebels.
Your committee referred the bill to the
War Department for information, and in
answer to such reference received the fol-
lowing communication from the Secretary
of War:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Washington City, June 13 1882
SIR: have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter Of the 26th ultmo, in
closing bill S. 1907, to pay John Jett, of Rap
pahannock county, Virginia, 81 ,962 for corn.
flour, &c, furnished the United States Army
in 1862, and in reply to your request for in
formation in regard to the claim to state
that it does not appear that any claim in
favor of this person was ever tilcdin this de-
partment
From the printed list of cases filed before
the Commissioners of Claims it appears that
this claimant presented a case to that tribu-
nal. No 9lS3. for $, ,935. Thc Commission
ers made their final report to Congress,
March 8, 1850, transmitting Herewith all
cases remaining with them not included in
previous reports.
An examination having been made of the
Confederate archives in this department it is
ascertaincd that John Jctt. owner Of Il mer-
chant and grist mill within half mile of
Washington, Rappahannock county, Nir-
ginia, signed, with others, a petition to the
Confederate Secretary of War for the detail
Of William II. Crompton to superiEtcnd the
MILL and make flour and meal for the cit-
zens and for the Confederate Army; also
another petition to the same officer for the
detail of William p. Hamlink to superintend
a factory in the county of Rappahannock,
Virginia, for the manufacture of woolen
goods for the Confederate Army and for
citizens of the county. The petitions were
not dated, but were received at the Con-
federate War Department, November 20,
1862
There have been found among the Con-
tederate records the receipts of John Jett for
money received in payment for provisions
furnished the Confederate Army as follows:
July 26, 1868, at Bush River Mills, barrel
and pounds of flour, S25.
August IA, 1864, location not given,
grazing 300 horsesS115.
March 80, 1863, mo location given, &c
bushels corn, 500.
January 16, 1864, at camp near Timber.
well, so bushels rye, S160.
Richmond, August 20, 1863, 40 bushels
corn and cords of wood, $50.
| April 81, 1863, at Washington Va, 8 bar
rels of -four, $40.
November %, 1861, at Warrenton, Va.
Is beef cattle, $4S7 Sc.
April 26, 1868, at Culpeper Courthouse
r 20 barrels of -four, $3.50.
e Very respectfully, your obedent servant
ROBERT r. LINCOLN.
Secretary of War.
Hon. Angus Cameron, Chairman Committee
on Claims, House of Representatives.
1t appears from the letter of the Secretary
of War that Mr. Jett did file claim before
the Southern Claims Commission to recove
2 for supplies furnished by him for the United
States Army. 1t does not appear whethe
g or not the supplies for which Mr.. Jett nov
: claims were included in his claim made be
fore the Southern Claims Commission