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Virgil Poe Revolutionary War Pension File
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The following transcribed by David Misen
Pension
Application
Service Number
Va.Poe, Virgil A0S.35.565
Kentucky District } Sct.
This day Virgil
Poe aged about Sixty two years, a Citizen of the United States and a
resident of Franklin County in the State of Kentucky, this day came before me
Robert Trimble District Judge of the U. States in the District aforesaid, and
for the purpose of obtaining a pension from the United States under the provisions
of the act of congress passed the 18th day of March 1818 did upon oath, declare
that about February 1776 he enlisted as regular Soldier of the United States in
the Revolutionary War, in the company of Captain Haws, of the 2d Virginia
Regiment on Continental establishment commanded by Col. Alexander Spottswood for three years;that
he faithfully Served out the said term of three years, & same thing upwards
as a Soldier in the Army of the United States, in the ? 2d Virgiia
Regiment; - that during his Service Co. Spotswood was promoted, & the
Regiment was afterwards commanded by Col. Christian Febuger
(?), from whom this affiant obtained an honorable discharge at Springfield, in
New Jersey on the 9th day of May in the [year] 1779; but which discharge he has
lost many years ago: That he was in the battles of German town &
Brandywine, in the former of which he was wounded by a Shot in the left hip,
from which wound he had not entirely recovered when he left the Army: That he
does not recollect any one now living in Kentucky by whom he could prove his
service, except Majr.William Taylor of Louisville,
who belonged to the same company & Regiment, the said Taylor being Captain
of the company after the promotion of Captain Haws: - the said Poe further
declared that he obtained a pension from the United States in the year 1811 or
thereabouts, of $2.50 per month on account of the wound before mentioned; upon
the affidavit of said William Taylor, as the papers in the war office will
show: That he is in such reduced circumstances in life as to need
assistance of his Country for support: That on the 9th day of May 1818,
he made a Similar declaration upon oath before the District Judge of the
Kentucky District, for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of the 18th
of March 1818; which was transmitted, to the war department, & returned for
further proof as to his circumstances; which proof being made it was again, as
he is informed by the Judge transmitted, to the war department but has probably
mis_________.
He waives the former pension allowed him on account of wounds & if one
shall be allowed him, upon this application, which he prays & and he hopes
that it will be allowed to take date from the date of his former declaration
& application, to wit, the 9th of May 1818
Sworn to before me this Sixth day of January 1820.
Robt Trimble
Virgil Poe
United States
Kentucky District Sct
I Robt Trimble District Judge of the District
aforesaid do certify that the above named Virgil Poe, on the 9th day of May 1818, did
make before me a former & similar declaration upon oath to the preceding,
for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress of the 18th of
March 1818; that I transmitted forth with the said former declaration to the
war department, & that the same was returned to me for further proof,some time prior to May 1819; That about the 20th of
May 1819 I called before me Jeptha Dudley &
others, as witnesses who proved to my ___________
____ that the said Virgil Poe was in Such reduced circumstances
in life as to need the assistance of the Government for Support; which proof I
attached to said former declaration & immediately put it into the post
office directed to the Honble John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War; but that, from a letter from J. L. Edwards to Col. Rice
Johnson dated Novr. 11th 1819 it would seem, that it
had mis________; and I have therefore again taken the
preceding declaration of the party upon oath.
I do further certify that I was, when I transmitted
his former declaration & application of the 9th of May 1818, that I am yet
satisfied that he performed the Services by him Stated, & that he then was
& yet is in Such reduced circumstances in life as to need the assistance of
his Country for support.
Given under my hand at
Robt. Trimble
District Judge
P.S. Please to direct the answer to Jeptha Dudley,
R. Trimble
I Robert Trimble District Judge of the Kentucky District, do certify that Virgil Poe
within named came before me on this day and being by me first duly Sworn,
declared, that to the best of his Knowledge & belief, he never received the
original certificate granting him a pension as an Invalid pensioner; - that the
said Certificate is not in his possession, nor does he Known where it is if it
ever issued.
Given under my hand this 24th day of June 1820.
Robt. Trimble
The District Judge respectfully certified to the department of War, that he declines permitting his Clerk to certify
"his official Character" by the seal of the Court or otherwise, to
any of the departments of the General Government, being of opinion that they
have the means of Knowing & due Ground (?) to recognize his official
character __________ ___________ certificate.
Robt.
Virgil Poe
affidavit
State of
Franklin Circuit Sct
October Term 1820.
On this Seventeenth day of October 1820 personally appeared in open court,
being a Court of Record for the said Circuit and held in the county of Franklin, Virgil Poe aged Sixty two years resident in the
said County of Franklin, within the said Circuit, who being first duly Sworn
according to law doth on his oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary
war an follam (??) towit
That he in Caroline County Virginia, on the first day of February 1776 enlisted
as a private soldier to serve three years into Captain Samuel Haws company,
belonging to the Second Virginia Regiment on continental establishment, then
commanded by Col. Spotswood, That he was marched to Williamsburg Virginia
thence to Wilmington in the State of Delaware, thence to Philadelphia, where he
joined the main Army and continued to serve in the main Army until some time in
May 1779 when he was discharged at bond-brook in the State of New Jersey. That
he was in the following Battles towit Brandywine
& Germantown and was Wounded in the latter battle by a musket Ball in the
hip which has disabled him ever since. That he has received a pension
certificate under the act of congress of the 18th day of march
1818.
And I do solemnly sweat 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 other manner disposed 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 certian
persons engaged in the land and moral 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. That he is by occupation a farmer
and is unable to labor much on account of his Wound aforesaid, received at the
schedule of the property of Virgil Poe and its value towit:
1 Blind mare & saddle$22.00
1 Penny hare 20.00
1 Cow & two Yearlings18.00
1 Kettle, 2 popts, 1 _____ dutchoven
& 1 frying pan10.00
1 Plough & Apparatus7.00
3 chairs 75 cents each2.25
1 Axe 1 _____ 1 hand saw 1 chissell 1 pair of ______
2 flat Irons8.00
1 Tea Kettle 1 set of cups & saucers 4 pair of pot hooks & one ____4.00
Two Tables2.00
1 cupboard 7.00
1 Bible 1 Bunyan Hachle 2.00
Pilgrims Progress 1 spelling book 6.00
1 pewter _____ & 1 Bowl 2.00
2 _____ 75 cents each 1.50 & 2.75
Virgil Poe
State of Kentucky
Franklin Circuit Sct.
I Francis P Blair clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the
foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed an 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 the property exhibited in the
aforesaid schedule is $112.75 cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal
(no seal for my office having been provided) on the 7th day of November 1820
and in the 29th year of the Commonwealth.
F.P. Blair C.F.C.C.
Letter to John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, Washington City, from Virgil Poe
Frankfort Kentucky Nov 7, 1820
Honble. John C. Calhoun, Secy. Of War
Sir Be so good as to write to Nathl
Sawyer at this place.
Virgil Poe
Notice sent to the Pensioner Frankfort Kentucky 21 _____ 1821
17.596
Virgil Poe,
Of Franklin coy. In the state of Kentucky
Who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Spotswood, of the
Virginia
Line, for the term of 3 years.inscribed on the Roll
of Kentucky, At the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence The 9. of May, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10. of July 1820
And sent to Jeptha Dudley, of
Diff: between Invalid & Revy.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1820 - .4 [page torn]
Semi-anl. all'ce
ending 4. Sept, 1820 -
21 mos. 27/31$135.4 [page torn]
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Invalid pensioner,
a $: 4 /month.
diff: to 4. March, 1820.. 87
[page torn]
Will - Franklin County, Ky
Will Book 2 1824 - 1854
Page 117
I, Virgil
Poe of the County of Franklin and State of Kentucky do make this my
last will and testament revoking all others theretofore made by me.
1st. It is my will that my granddaughter,
Rebecca Balding have three head of my cattle, one sorrell
mare, one saddle, one bed of furniture, one breakfast table, one spinning
wheel, one set of chairs together all my clothing and books to have and enjoy
forever the above mentioned property for her faithful waiting on me during my
sickness for a term of years past
Also, she is to have all money left by me except
what this will provides for.
2nd It is my will that my great
granddaughter, Sarah Balding have one of my cows and calves and enjoy it
forever for her kind attention to me.
3rd. It is my will that my granddaughter,
Nancy Balding have my_____ and enjoy it forever,
which is now in her possession.
4th. It is my will that my daughters, Mary Sacry and Elizabeth Pauley
have ten dollars each and enjoy it forever.
I do appoint Anderson Balding my
executor to this my last will and testament as witness my hand and seal this
11th of March eighteen hundred forty.
Virgil Poe
Attest:
John Madison
Piersaul Do
Franklin County Court, November Term 1840
A writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Virgil Poe, deceased was
produced in Court being proven by the oaths of John Madison and Piersaul Douthitt the subscribing
witnesses thereto is ordered to be recorded which is done accordingly.
A. H. Rennick, CFCC
Virgil died December 10, 1840 and his
wife Nancy died December 6, 1805 - both deaths are recorded in the Sacry family Bible (her maiden name not known )
Jesse Poe,
Private
Jesse Poe of Franklin Co., Ken. heir at law of Jesse
Poe, appointed Thomas Miller of
Council Chamber,
June 12, 1821. Advised that the heirs of
Jesse Poe be allowed Land Bounty for his
services for three years as a Private in the Contl. line. Thos. M. Randolph, Gov.
25 June,
1821. Rec'd. of Register warrant 6460 for 100 acres
issued in the name of Jesse Poe, dec'd.
Thos. Miller, Atty. Forwarded to Nath'l. Sawyer,
Frankfort, Ken. Captain William Taylor, of Louisville, Ken. a
Captain in his company, that he enlisted to serve three years, but that he died
in the service before the three years had expired. Signed William Taylor, Sr.
formerly Captain Second
Virgil Poe,
a soldier of Franklin Co., Tenn*. declared
that he was a soldier in the company of said Capt. William Taylor, and that he knew said Jesse Poe. That Poe
marched to the North and died at
The claim
for L. B. warrant was at first rejected, because not sufficiently
authenticated, but was allowed upon this additional evidence, 12 June, 1821.
Recorded, Book 3, page 90, Va. L. Off.
Isaac Sacrey*,
esf c1777 Caroline Co., VA in 2nd VA Regiment;
injured in svc & came home unable to walk, accompanied by bro James; sol dd 1807 Franklin Co, KY; md
12/24/1780 Elizabeth George, Caroline County**, VA who b 3/1/1761; wid PN ae 77 Hendricks Co. IN
1838; sol bro James AFF then Shelby Co, KY, he & sol esf
together c1777 & he attended sol wedding; sol s Abner
res 1839 Christiansburg, Shelby Co, KY; Virgil
Poe AFF 1838 Franklin Co, KY, he esf 1776 Caroline Co, VA with sol in 2nd VA Regiment; wid res 1844 Marion Township, Hendricks Co, IN; s &
heir Abner gave power of attorney to agent 1853 to
claim decd m's PN arrears. F-W10247 R2108
*
Robert Sacrey married Polly Poe bond dated 24 June
1802
**
George, Elliot, Poe and Herndon families from Caroline Co intermarry in
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