Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,860, for Simon Perry, Maryland
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SERVICE
Md

Perry, Simon
Elizabeth

NUMBER
W. 3860

CONTENTS
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[illegible]
Simon Perry,
of Caroline Co. in the state of Virginia,
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Stone, of the Maryland
line, for the term of two years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia,
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 12th of April, 1819.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of May, 1819,
and sent to Wilson Allen, Agent,
Bowling Green, Caroline Co., Va.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819.		38.13
Semi-annual allowance
4 mos. 23/30 }				$38.13

{ Revolutionary claim, }
{ Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Page too dark to transcribe
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Adm
To Wilson Allen Esq.
Bowling Green, Va.
Wilson Allen Esq.
Bowling Green, Va.

[note: handwritten notes written vertically are faded and illegible]
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DISTRICT OF Virginia SS.
	On this twelfth day of April 1819, before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the court of Caroline county,_________   _________ for the said district, personally appeared Simon Perry, ________ aged about sixty three years, resident now in said county, in the said district, who, being sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:”
That he, the said Simon Perry, enlisted for during the war on the ______ day of ________
in the year 1778 in the state of Maryland, in the company commanded by Captain N. Ewing
of the Regiment commanded by Colonel John H. Stone in the line of the State of Maryland
on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the year 1780 or 1781, when he was discharged from service in South Carolina, state at Eutaw Springs that he was in the battles of Gates' Defeat & Guilford Courthouse, _________ _________ _________ __________ and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and
that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before the court, the day and year aforesaid.      Simon (his X mark) Perry

Caroline, April Court 1819
________________________________________
Auditor’s Office, Annapolis, May 5th, 1819

	I hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls remaining in the Auditor’s Office, that Simon Perry enlisted as a Private in the First Maryland Regiment, on the twelfth day of May 1778, and was discharged on the 14th Nov. 1780.
								Thos. Karney
									Aud. S. M.
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DISTRICT OF Virginia, SS.
	On this twelfth day of April 1819, before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the court of Caroline county, _________ __________ for the said district, personally appeared Simon Perry, _______ ________ aged about sixty three years, resident now in said county, in the said district, 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 late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:” That he, the said Simon Perry, enlisted for during the war on the ______ day of _________ in the year 1778 ____ in the state of Maryland, in the company commanded by Captain N. Ewing, of the Regiment commanded by Colonel John H. Stone, in the line of the State of Maryland, on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps,
or in the service of the United States, until the year 1780 or 1781, ________ when he was discharged from service in South Carolina state at Eutaw Springs that he was in the battles of Gates' Defeat & Guilford Courthouse ____________ ____________ ___________ __________
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.                Simon (his X mark) Perry

Caroline, April Court 1819

	The Court doth certify, that it appears to their satisfaction, that the said Simon Perry
did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time, on the Continental Establishment; and now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before them to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. They are also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support.
	April 13th, 1819
								John L. Pendleton, Clk
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State of Maryland, to wit,
	On the 30th of March 1819 came before me the subscriber the Chief Judge of the First Judicial District of Maryland, comprehending St. Mary’s, Charles, and Prince George’s Counties, Col. William Bruce of Charles County, and made oath on the Holy Evangelists
of Almighty God that he knows Simon Perry, who is now before me, and before the said Bruce enlisted as a soldier in the first Maryland regiment under the command of Col. John H. Stone, and in the company then under the command of Capt. N. Ewing, to serve at least for the term of three years, and this informant is the best of his recollection. I knew him to serve in the army during the Revolutionary War from the year 1778 to the year 1780.
	Sworn before me,
		JW. Johnson
________________________________________
	State of Maryland, Charles County, Sct.
I hereby certify that the Honorable John Johnson gentleman, before whom the above affidavit appears to have been made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the making the same Chief Judge of the First Judicial District of Maryland, (comprehending the counties of Saint Mary’s…
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…Charles and Prince George’s) duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice, as thereout.
						In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my 							name and affixed the seal of Charles County Court 							this thirtieth day of March eighteen hundred and 							nineteen.
John [illegible] Clerk of 
							
Charles County Court
________________________________________

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Adm
To Wilson Allen Esq.
Bowling Green, Va.

Wilson Allen Esq.
Bowling Green, Va.
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5409

The declaration
of Mrs. Elizabeth Perry, widow
of Simon Perry
of Caroline Co., Va., and who
was a pensioner.
Married 1791 12 February
Died 1849  15 September
Allow 2 ys private
$80 per annum

Thos Hord
her agent
________________________________________
[written vertically on page]

Hand this 10th January 1839 

				Wm L Dickinson [JP]
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Virginia
	At a Court held for Caroline County at the Court House on the 14th day of January 1839. The declaration of Elizabeth Perry made before William A. Dickinson Esq. the 13th day of
December 1838, together with a certificate thereto annexed by same Justice, was presented in Open Court, and on consideration, the Court doth order the same to be certified to the War Department of the United States. In testimony whereof, and
				also that the said William A. Dickinson
				was a Justice of the Peace in & for
				said County at the date of said
				certificates, and his signature thereto
				is his genuine signature, I hereby
				subscribe my name and affix
				the seal of my Office this 14th day
				of January 1839 and the 63rd year
				of the Commonwealth.
					John L. Pendleton, C.C.
						(Seal)
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State of Virginia, Caroline County to wit,

	On the 13th day of December 1838, personally appeared, before me, a Justice of the peace in and for said county, Elizabeth Perry, a resident in said county of Caroline, and state aforesaid, aged sixty-nine years, on the 25th of the present month December; who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay, and pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of Simon Perry, (sometimes written Samuel Perry), who was a private in the Maryland line in the War of the Revolution. He drew a pension from the United States for several years at the rate of $96 for said services, and his pension certificate was kept by William I. Dickinson, who drew his pension for him, and she thinks it probable he has it now. She further declares, that she was married to the said Simon (or Samuel Perry) on the 12th February 1791; that her said husband, the aforesaid Perry, died on the 15th of September 1829; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794, to wit at the time above stated.
									   her
								Elizabeth X Perry
									  mark

Sworn to, and subscribed before me a justice of the peace as aforesaid, on the day and year above written.
							Wm. I. Dickinson
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I certify, that Elizabeth Perry, within named, on account of bodily infirmity is not able to attend
Court in person to make her declaration. And I further certify, that her late husband Simon
Perry was a pensioner, of my own knowledge, for his Revolutionary services, and also that the
said Elizabeth Perry is now, and has been, the widow of said Simon Perry since his death. Given under hand this 10th January 1839.
							Wm. I. Dickinson (J.P.)
________________________________________

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5409
The declaration 
of Mrs. Elizabeth
Perry, widow
of Simon Perry
of Caroline Co., 
Va., and who
was a pensioner.
Married 1791  12 Feb
Died 1829  15 Sept
Allow 2 yrs Private
$80 per annum

Thos Hord
her agent
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Certificate of
Clerk of Kg. Geo.
Co. as to marriage
of Mrs. Perry
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Virginia
	1791 February 12th Simon Perry to Elizabeth Fountain, seventeen hundred and ninety-one “February twelfth”
	I, Solomon J. S. Brown, certify that the above is a true copy from the marriage Register on file in my office, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on said Register in fair, legible figures, as follows: To wit, 1791 February 12th Seventeen hundred and ninety-one “February” twelfth.”
				S. J. S. Brown, Clerk, K Geo
					 County Court
________________________________________
I, Solomon J. S. Brown, above named, depose and say that I hold the Office of Clerk of the County Court of King George in the State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the record of marriages on file in my office, with the exception of the date above named as certified by me.
				S. J. S. Brown, Clerk, K Geo
					County Court
																					
Sworn before this
Jas. S. Quisenberry J.P.
Dec. 6th 1838
________________________________________
Virginia—King George County to wit.
	I, Solomon J. Brown, Clerk of the Court of King George County, Virginia, certify that James S. Quisenberry before whom the above affidavit was made is a Justice of the Peace for the said County, duly qualified according to law, and that his official acts as such are entitled to full faith.
					In testimony whereof I have
					hereto subscribed my name and
					affixed the Seal of my said office
					this 6th day of December 1838, in the 63rd
					year of the Commonwealth.
								S. J. S. Brown
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Simon Perry

Payable semi-annually---the first payment on this certificate will be made
on the 4th of September, next,
in the City of Richmond, 
Va., at the Branch
Bank of the U. States.

Recorded
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WAR DEPARTMENT

Revolutionary Claim

	I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, Simon Perry, of Caroline County, in the state of Virginia, ________ // __________ late a private in the Maryland line of the revolutionary army, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Virginia ____ Agency, at the rate of Eight _____ dollars _____ per month, to commence on the twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
________________________________________
						GIVEN at the War Office of the United
						States, this seventh ___ day of _____
						May, one thousand eight hundred
						and nineteen.

							J. C. Calhoun
							Secretary of War
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In Caroline County Court May 11th 1819

Samuel Perry, a Revolutionary soldier, came into court and made oath to his declaration & the
court, being satisfied that he stands in need of public support the same is ordered to be
certified.
				A copy teste
					John L. Pendleton,  CCC
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[picture of a hand point to the right] See Wilson Allen’s 
					Letter.
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Bowling Green, Va.
Aug 3rd, 1819								free

	The Honorable 
			J. C. Calhoun
				Secretary of War
				Washington
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C. B.

	A certificate of pension for Sam'l Perry was forwarded to J. L. Pendleton, clerk of this
county court a few days since who gave it to me – the enclosed is filled up for Simon Perry who is the same individual. I have concluded it right therefore to return one of them that the roll
may be corrected. The old man is illiterate & is not certain which is the right name, but is more
commonly called Sam – The certificate retained & whom which a power is given to draw the pension is in the name of Sam'l Perry –

			Respectfully,
					Wilson Allen
				Bowling Green, 3rd Aug. 1819
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4812 &
5409
     [illegible]
               Va.
7 July 1838

To Col. James L. Edwards
	Commissioner of Pensions
		War Dept. Washington
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1839
Dear Sir, 							Washington July 10th

	Enclosed are the papers in Mrs. Elizabeth Perry’s case – Also in Mrs. Mary Nelson’s case for pensions under the Act of 1838 –
								Respectfully,
								Yr. obt. svt.
								Thos. Hord
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State of Virginia

	On this 20th day of October 1848, before me Wm. I. Dickinson, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Caroline in the said State, personally appeared Elizabeth Perry, a resident of the said County of Caroline aged eighty _____ years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2nd February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Simon Perry, who was a private, and a pensioner of the United States, and that under the Act of Congress of the 17th June 1844 she received a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum.

	She further declares that she is still a widow.
									her
							      Elizabeth    X     Perry
								           mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
In presence of
	George H. Samuel
		John James		Before me,
							Wm. I. Dickinson, J. Peace


I certify that Elizabeth Perry, the Declarant above named, is personally known to me.

							Wm. I. Dickinson, J. Peace

State of Virginia, Caroline County, to wit,

	I John L. Pendleton, Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Wm. I. Dickinson is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly Commissioned and qualified, that he is legally authorized to act as such, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his are genuine.

					Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court, this
					13th day of Nov. one thousand eight hundred and forty 						eight.
							John L. Pendleton Clerk of 
							Caroline County Court
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WIDOW, &c.

File No. 3860
Elizth. Perry
	Wid.
Simon Perry
	Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 2, "48
Index:—Vol. M, Page 119

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[written vertically]
Appl. of Elizabeth
Perry Triplett
Alex Ray
Washington


James E. Heath Esq.
	Comr. of Pensions
		Washington
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Washington									Decr 22, 1850
James E. Heath Esq.
	Comr. of Pensions
		Sir,
			You will recd herewith an application of Elizabeth Perry of Va. under act 2 Feb. '48, claiming under the resolution 1 July 48 & same amt. of pension her husband rec’d under act 18 March 1818.
								
I remain very
									respectfully, your
										Obt ser 
										     Alex. Ray
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State of Virginia     }
County of Caroline } ss

		On this 12th day of December 1850, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Perry, a resident of the said County, who, being first duly sworn according to law, states that she is the widow of Simon Perry, deceased, who during his natural life was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act
18th of March 1818, at the rate of 96 dollars per annum, and that she is now in the receipt of a pension at the rate of $80 per annum. 
	Now, the object of this declaration now made is in order to assert a claim at the same rate of pension her husband received in his lifetime in lieu of the one she is now receiving, claiming on the widow’s file in her late husband’s case and under the resolution of Congress approved the 1st July 1848. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Test								  
Elizabeth  her X mark  Perry 
									   
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year
last above written.
							
Herbert Anderson, J.P.
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I do hereby certify that Elizabeth Perry is well known to me & that she is the widow of the above-stated or named Simon Perry, who was a resident of this county and a Revolutionary
Pensioner.
							Herbert Anderson, J.P.
State of Virginia
	In Clerk’s Office of Caroline County Court
		I, John L. Pendleton, Clerk of the County Court of the County & State aforesaid, hereby certify that Herbert Anderson, whose genuine signature is above subscribed, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County, duly commissioned and qualified according to law. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my Office,
			this 14th day of December 1850. In the 75th year
			of the Commonwealth.
					John L. Pendleton, Clerk of
						Caroline County Court
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1908
Richd [Richmond]					 
Virginia
Elizabeth Perry
widow of Simon Perry
who was a Private
in the Md line
for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
9th day of Sept. 1843
and sent to 
		Pensioner
		Central Point
			Va.

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 151
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Virginia 3175

Elizabeth Perry
widow of Simon Perry decd [deceased]
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 15 Sept. 1829
of Caroline Co. in the State of Virginia
who was a private in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Stone in the Maryland 
line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond
at the rate of $80 Dollars ____ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of June
1839 ____ and sent to Thos.
Hord, Present

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1839		$240.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept.	    40.00
						$280.00

					{Act July 7,}
					{    1838.    }

Recorded by D. M. Curdy, Clerk
Book A, Vol. 2, Page 181.
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2232
     Declaration
Mrs. Perry
Eliz. Perry
$80 per an

Pensioner at 
Central Point
      Va.
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Declaration: In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who had received pensions under the act of July 7th, 1838.
State of Virginia    }       
County of Caroline} SS.
			On this 16th day of May 1843, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said county and state, Elizabeth Perry, a resident of the county of Caroline, aged seventy-three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Simon Perry, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution. That she does not know the Regiment, Corps, or officers in which he served but that she received a pension of eighty dollars per annum under the act of July 7, 1838.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
								her	
						          Elizabeth X Perry
								Mark

Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year above written
before me. 		Wm. I. Dickinson (J.P.)

	And I certify that the said declarant is personally known to me and that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. Given under my hand this, the day and year first above written.
						Wm. I. Dickinson (J.P.)
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State of Virginia
Caroline County to wit,

	I, John L. Pendleton, Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that W. I. Dickinson, Gentleman, is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing [illegible] - tures purporting to be his are genuine.
				In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
				subscribed my name and affixed the 
				seal of my office this 12th day of June 
				1843 in the 67th year of the Commonwealth.

					John L. Pendleton Clerk of 
					Caroline County Court