REVOLUTIONARY WAR DISABILITY AFFIDAVIT - BENJAMIN BARBEE

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


Barbee, Benjamin  Pen. 16     1782-1789
Soldier--17th Virginia Regt.  Culpeper County

  I do hereby certify that Benjamin Barbee was a soldier in the 16th? Virginia 
Regiment and find in ______ _____ he was frost bitten by ____ he lost his toes 
on each? foot.

                               Earnes Williams
                               (unreadable words here)

  I do hereby certify that Benjamin Barbee, late a private in the 
(unreadable)Virginia Regiment of where pay was at the rate of 12 pounds per 
annum, was frostbitten and thereby lost the toes of both of his feet, while in 
the service of the United States; and that he is allowed the sum of Twelve 
Pounds yearly to commence from the first day of January One thousand Seven 
hundred and Eighty six-
  Given under my hand as Governor of the Commonwea
lth of Virginia, at Richmond, this 25th day of Aug:1788
 T. Meriwether-                     Edm: Randolph 

  Culpeper County Court       April Court 1789

  Benjamin Barbee produced to the Court a warrant allowing him a pension of 
Twelve Pounds p annum to commence from the first day of January 1786 and made 
oath that he is an inhabitant of this county, and that the whole thereof is 
justly due which warrant is ordered to be recorded and they do order that the 
sheriff pay _____ according to law.
            Copy teste  John Jameson (unreadable title)

(Numbers on bottom) 17-85
  with Pound sign   17-87
                    17-88
                    35
                    18