Person:John Richardson (145)

Records

From the Revolutionary Pension file of Revolutionary War Soldier John Quarles, apparently the grandfather of this John Quarles Richardson:

[The following are from rejected claims in the Library of Virginia.]

1776 Feb’y 8 [two or three undeciphered words] John Quarles an }

Orderly Sergeant on Min’t service at Hampton } £7.2.10½

The foregoing is extracted from an “Account of General expenses for the minute service” found in a book filed in this department, which is endorsed Accounts of the Comm’e of Safety

Jos. Jackson Clk of [undeciphered]

Aud’rs Office 14 Dec’r 1831

J W Murdaugh on behalf of John Quarles Richardson grandson & only heir at law of John Quarles dec’d;

Respectfully represents that said John Quarles was an orderly Sergeant in the State line at Hampton as early as February 1776 (as appears by the accompanying certificate, from the proceedings of the Committee of Safety) – and that he was afterwards promoted to a Lieutenancy in the State artillery, and was in Commission as a Captain Lieutenant at the end of the war, having been reported by the board of officers (in 1782) as entitled to Half Pay He having served seven years and three months became entitled to a Bounty in land of 4833a acres of which quantity [he received] 4000 acres in Warrant NO 2666 —

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[The following is from the federal pension file]

Know all Men by these presents, that I, Anna Richardson administratrix de bonis non on the estate of John Quarles deceased who was a Captain Lieutenant in the State Artillery of Virginia during the War of the Revolution, do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint James Murdaugh of the County of Norfolk and State of Virginia my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name and stead as administratrix as aforesaid, to ask, demand and receive from the United States Government, or any officer appointed by the said Government, all commutation pay and interest which may be due thereon, due me as administratrix as aforesaid for the services rendered by the said John Quarles as Captain Lieutenant as aforesaid. :[The rest unrelated to military service]

Witness my hand and seal this 17th day of January A.D. 1854.

NOTE: On 18 Jan 1854 Murdaugh wrote to the Commissioner of Pensions that about 1829 John Q. Richardson, husband of Anna Richardson, had been made administrator of Quarles’s estate. On 28 Feb 1854 Murdaugh wrote to the Commissioner that Quarles had received half pay of $200 per year as a Captain Lieutenant under the act of 5 July 1832, and he inquired whether Quarles’s estate might be allowed half pay of $240 per year as a Captain. The request was evidently denied. A Captain-Lieutenant held the rank of Lieutenant but did the service of a Captain in a company nominally commanded by the Colonel of the regiment.