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Sgt. Peter Dagger
b.Est 1750
Facts and Events
Military Service
- American Revolutionary War Veteran
Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
Dagger, Peter - entered service 1777 in Virginia; granted Pension 1818 in Botetourt County, Virginia, age not given; query letter in file in 1925 from descendant Mrs. B.E. Kety, Lakeview, Michigan; query letter in file in 1919 from descendant Mary Austin, Santa Fe, New Mexico, states soldier's name was originally Pierre Daguerre, & he & brother Leonard came with Lafayette to America, further soldier later changed name & married Miss Tucker of Virginia. F-S39412, R728.
References
- Graves, William T. Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.
Pension Application of Peter Dagger S39412 VA
Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris.
At a Court held for the County of Botetourt in the state of Virginia the 12th day of May 1818 Peter Dagger an inhabitant of this County and Citizen of this state, appeared before this Court, being a Court of Record, and made Oath, that he served as a soldier in the army of the United States, in the War of the revolution, that he inlisted in said service as an Orderly Sergeant in the year 1777 under Capt’n Jonathan Langdon [company raised in what became Shenandoah County], that he was attach’d to the 12th Virg’a Regiment on Continental establishment commanded by Colo. James Wood, & obtained a discharge as an Orderly Sergeant in the year 1780 from Colo. Richard Campbell of the Virg’a Line, which discharge has long since been lost, and that he (said Dagger) is now in such low circumstances as to need the assistance of his country for support, being disabled by a Log falling on him Henry Bowyer [pension application W5859] made oath that he was a Lieut’t. & Adjutant in the 12th Virg’a. Regiment in the Army of the Revolution – that he knew s’d. Peter Dagger to be an Orderly Sergeant in Capt’n. Langdons Company of s’d. Regem’t. that he has reason to believe said Dagger served the term for which he was inlisted, to wit, three years.
John Allen made Oath that he is well acquainted with said Peter Dagger, that he is a poor man & in his opinion, needs the assistance of his Country for support.
[The following is among the bounty-warrant papers in the Library of Virginia:]
I do hereby Certify that Peter Dager enlisted as a Sergeant in the 12th Virginia Regiment early in the year 1777, for three years, or during the war. I recollect him perfectly, and know that he continued in the Regiment until December 1779 or January 1780, when I was Detached from the Regiment. I am fully persuaded that he served at least three years, at the end of that term it was optional in him, (from the tenor of his enlistment) to serve longer, or to take his Discharge. He was esteemed a brave and meritorious soldier.
Given under my hand at Richmond this 23d December 1808.
[signed] James Wood. formerly Brig’r. Genrl, Continental army.
http://revwarapps.org/s39412.pdf
- The Pension Roll of 1835: Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, in Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. (Washington, District of Columbia: Duff Green, 1835).
Name: Peter Dagger
Rank: Private
Pension Enrollment Date: 12 May 1818
Residence Place: Botetourt, Virginia, USA
Service Description: Virginia line
- United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).
Name: Peter Dagger
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Botetourt, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1765 or before]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [b. 1766-1784]
Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 9
- United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33).
Name: Peter Daiger
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Botetourt, Virginia
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1775 or before]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1 [b. 1775 or before]
Free Colored Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total Free Colored Persons: 1
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 10
- National Genealogical Society quarterly. (Washington, District of Columbia: National Genealogical Society)
Vol. 4, Number 2.
Since Crawford, a Presbyterian minister, served the Locust Bottom congregation, it is evident that the people were of the "Dutch Calvinist" group, a pietistic segment of the Calvinistic interpretation of theology, and were, for this reason, favorbgle to Presbyterian leadership. Since William Zollman died prior to March 22, 1794, when his widow became the wife of Peter Dagger, and was buried in the Locust Bottom Church graveyard, he was undoubtedly a "Dutch Calvinist" and the Rev. Mr. Crawford was his pastor.
- National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.
U.S. SAR Membership Application of Clinton LaRoy Helbig, National Number 92087
- United States. U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872. (Ancestry.com [database online]).
Name: Peter Dagger
Year Range: 1818-1832
Pension Office Place: Virginia, USA
- United States. National Archives and Records Service, and United States. War Department. Revolutionary War rolls, 1775-1783: National Archives microfilm publications, pamphlet describing M246. (Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Service, 1980).
Name: Peter Dagger
Gender: Male
Military Date: 24 Dec 1775
Military Place: Virginia, USA
State or Army Served: Virginia
Regiment: 12th Regiment
Rank: Private
- Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
The will of Peter Dagger, Recorded in Will Book "D" page 596, Botetourt Co. Virginia Circuit Court Clerk's Office.
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/14332081/person/92333962/facts
- Bockstruck, Lloyd de Witt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., c1988)
pg. 138.
Peter Dagger listed in Capt. Joseph Bowman's roll.
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