CAROLINE COUNTY, VA - MILITARY - Virgil Poe, Revolutionary War Pension Application ----¤¤¤---- Pension for Virgil Poe of Caroline County Va & Franklin County, KY Pension Application Service        Number Va.   Poe, Virgil    S.35.565 United States of America 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 Virginia 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 &c. 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 Paris Kentucky this 8th day of January 1820 Robt. Trimble District Judge P.S. Please to direct the answer to Jeptha Dudley, Frankfort, Kentucky. 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. Trimble Virgil Poe affidavit State of Kentucky 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 certain 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 Battle of Germantown, and that he has no family but a Wife.  A schedule of the property of Virgil Poe and its value towit: 1 Blind mare & saddle            Value $22.00 1 Penny hare 20.00 1 Cow & two Yearlings 18.00 1 Kettle, 2 pots, 1 _____ dutchoven & 1 frying pan 10.00 1 Plough & Apparatus 7.00 3 chairs 75 cents each 2.25 1 Axe 1 _____ 1 hand saw 1 chissell 1 pair of ______ 2 flat Irons 8.00 1 Tea Kettle 1 set of cups & saucers 4 pair of pot hooks & one ____ 4.00 Two Tables 2.00 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  112.75  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 Sawyier at this place. Virgil Poe Notice sent to the Pensioner Frankfort Kentucky 21 _____ 1821 Kentucky 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 Frankfort, Kentucky. Diff: between Invalid & Revy. Arrears to 4th of March, 1820 -   87.4 [page torn] Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept, 1820 -  48 21 mos. 27/31    $135.4 [page torn] {Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} Invalid pensioner, a $: 4 /month. diff: to 4. 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