Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20,370, William Fortune, Md.
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Service Number
Md. Fortune, William
R.20.370
Contents
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his discharge [illegible] and has continued a Citizen
thereof uninterrupted until this date and that
he has not since the 18th day of March 1818 or
since the 15th May 1828 or any time before or since
by Gift sale or in any manner whatever
disposed of his property or any part thereof with
the intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring
himself within the provisions of an act of
Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain 
persons engaged in the land & naval service of
the United States in the Revolutionary War."
passed 18th day of March 1818 nor has he done it
to bring himself within the provisions of any
act of Congress passed before or since the [illegible]
18th March 1818. That he has not nor has any
person for him in [illegible] any property securities
contracts or debts due to him nor has he
any income of any [rest of this line is illegible] that
he is now old weak & [illegible] and that 
the reason why he has not heretofore applied
^for a pension^ from the United States is that he has heretofore
been able to procure a support by
his labour under which circumstances 
he did not wish to become a burden to
his Country - but those reasons no
longer count and he is now from age
pains & poverty can [illegible] to be a burden
to his neighbours [neighbors] or his Country and
he therefore has [illegible] to the means
provided by said Law of 15th May
approved 15th May 1828 - He would state
in addition that his wife died
two or three years since & that he is alone in
this world   
William X ^his mark^ Fortune
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Kentucky Simpson County Sct
I John Boisseau presiding Justice of
the Simpson County Court aforesd. [aforesaid] do certify that the [illegible]
and Value of Wm Fortunes property as se forth
in the foregoing declaration was proven before sd [said] Court by
the oath of two credible witnesses that I am satisfied
sd [said] Fortune has made a correct statement of his property
and income and that the value thereof is [illegible]
Given under my hand this 13th June 1831

Kentucky, Simpson County Court John Boisseau JP
[this line is illegible]
I John L Moore, Clerk of the Simpson County
Court aforesaid do certify that the within and foregoing oath
and schedule contained therein is truly copied from the records
of 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
of the said Wm Fortune is nothing -
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my
hand, and affix the seal of said court, in
the Clerks office aforesd. [aforesaid] this 13th day of 
June 1831  John L Moore, clk

[the following is vertically on the page]
William Fortune
owrej
#20.370

Hon. C. Tompkins #
Jan 9 1832

[the following is horizontally on the page]

Kentucky Simpson County Court
John Boisseau as presiding Justice of the County
Court of Simpson aforesaid do certify that the
foregoing atestation of John L Moore Clerk of the
Simpson County Court is in true form of law
Witness my hand this 17 day of June 1831
John Boisseau J.P.S.C.
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Please make a return to the Scotsville post office
as it is nearer than the post office at Hamim
that is Scotsville in Allen County Ky.
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Recd 31st March
1834

appln act 1828
5804
Respectfully [illegible]
to the Treasy. Dept
Pension office
31 March 1834

[written vertically on the page and across the above wording]
Mst & Forward Old Muice Mo
March 6th} 50
Mr J. L. Edwards Comr of
Pensions
Washington City
Scottsville Ky
Feby 10
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[duplicate of scan 5 of this set]
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State of Kentucky Simpson County Set  2110
On the 13th day of June 1831 personally appeared
in open Court being a court of record for the
County afsd [aforesaid] William Fortune a resident citizen
of that State and County afsd [aforesaid] aged 86 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth
on his Oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the provision made by the
act of Congress approved 15th May 1828 he the
said William Fortune did in December 1779 
or January 1780 at Bonbrook County &
the name not recollected in the State of
New Jersy enlist for during the War of the
revolution under [illegible] Donily or Dannily 
in the 7th Regiment of the Maryland
line in the Company Commanded by Cap
[this line is illegible - lined through all the words]
ment was commanded by Colo Gunhay
he thinks his name was John That directly
after enlistment assd. he was permitted to
go home on furlough for three months and
that he returned to the Army at the end of 
the three months and joined his Company
and Regiment at Bonbrook. The Army
he thinks was then commanded by
[this line is illegible - lined through all the words]
in the North his regiment was ordered
to the South with the Maryland Line
and was placed under the Command of
Gates and that some time thereafter Colo
Gunhay resigned & went home Colo
John Stewart took the command of the
Regiment and that he served under
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Stewart until Cornwallis was taken at Little
York when & where this affiant was discharged
which discharge he has Tort. This affiant
would state that he was taken prisoner by the
British at Gates defeat and that he runaway
from them and joined the American Army
again at Guilford Court House in 
North Carolina under Washington & Green
to the best of his recollection This applicant
would state that he served in the Militia
four months & the nine months service previous 
to his enlistment [illegible] said nine
months was in the Maryland line That
before his Term of service expired in the
nine months service[illegible] he entered [illegible]
for during the war [illegible] his enlistment in 
the nine months was under the Capt
Morris & joined the Army at Valley Forge -
This applicant would state that while in 
the Militia he was wounded at Germantown 
And that after he enlisted for during
the war he was in six Battles & Skirmishes
he was at Gates defeat Kings mountain
Rudessons ^or Regleys^ Mill Pine Tree and the other, not
recollected untill [until] he was marched down
to Little York where he received his discharge
[illegible] This affiant would state that
he never has applied for or obtained any pension
from the United States and he hereby relinquishes
all claims to any pension from the
United States except the one now applied
for. That he said William Fortune ^doth solmny [solemnly] swear^ that he was a ^resident^ Citizen of the United
States of America at the time of his receiving
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Rejected
Ex'r. OLD WAR.
File No. 20,370
[crossed out: Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.]
William Fortune
Pri.
Capt Morris
Md Line
Reby War
Died at REJECTED
other claim.
,187 ,
Clerk.
Application filed: , 18 .
Attorney: 
P O.

[vertically on the page] Not allowed. Act 1828
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Wm Fortune
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State of Kentucky
Calloway County

Personally appeared before the undersigned subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid William Derrington aged sixty-seven years and now a resident of the county and state aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following deposition to wit; That he the said Derrington was born in Charles County Maryland and enlisted and served during eh war in the Third and First Regiments of the Maryland continental line that he was well acquainted with William Fortune the foregoing declarant whilst he served in the revolutionary war and knows that said Fortune was an enlisted soldier in Colonel Greenberg regiment of the Maryland line. The deponent also states that he and said Fortune were both transferred with the army to the south in 1780. That he knows said Fortune well whilst he served in the south under Colonel John Steward. He also states that he and said Fortune were both in the battles of Camden and Guilford and that said Fortune as he well knows partially served as an enlisted soldier through the whole southern war in 1780 and 1781. He also states that he has examined the foregoing declaration of said Fortune and that he knows most of the statements there in contained to be true and that he verily believes them all to be true having no doubt whatever of the truth of his statements.

Sworn to and subscribed by said Derrington before me this 26th day of May 1833.

G W Frazer - JP CC

William Derrington - His X Mark
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State of Kentucky
Calloway County

I William Curd clerk of the Calloway County Court do certify that G W Frazer whose official signature is attached to the foregoing certificate dated the 26th day of May 1833 there was and now is and acting justice of the peace in and for the county of Calloway aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court in the clerks office this 26th day of May 1833 in the 41st year of the commonwealth.

Wm Curd - Clerk CCC
by E H Curt DC
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Kentucky Simpson County

Thursday George Pearce a resident citizen of the county of Simpson now on the pension list of the United States, made oath before me that he has examined the declaration made by Mr. Fortune before the Simpson County Court on this day - That applicant believes the in order to obtain the provision made by acts of congress of 15 May 1828, that applicant believes the statements in said declaration made to be ture - that he affiant well [illegible] seeing Mr. Fortune in the 7th regiment of the Maryland Line - that affiant well remembers seeing Fortune at different periods of the revolution in the army for about three years particularly after Gates defeat at Camden and other places - sworn to before me a Justice of the Peace for said county of Simpson 14th June 1831.

George Pearce
[illegible]

State of Kentucky
Simpson County

{illegible] clerk of Simpson County Court do certify that Thomas L Gaines is whose official signature is attached to the foregoing certificate dated the 13th of June 1831 there was and now is an acting justice of the peace in and for the county of Simpson aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court in the Clerk's office in aforesaid this 16th day of June 1831

John L Moore - Clerk
By Saml D White - Deputy Clerk