Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2154, James Cunningham, Penn.
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(3 - 1776)
Service
Penn.
Died 1833

Cunningham, James

Number
S. 2154

carded
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4405  4
Penn Pittsburgh
James Cunningham of Fayette in the State of New [illegible] who was a Private in the Company comm[illegible] Captain Colborn of 
the Regt. commanded Col. Clanty in the [illegible] for 8 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Jny 1833 -- and [illegible] Union [illegible]

Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1812 $39.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4th '33 13.33
$53.32

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles
Book D Vol. [illegible] Page 7.

Died 8 January 1833. See memo within
1893 April 2 Miss Bertha P. Cunningham that [illegible] granted Jany 16 1833
1893 Sept 15 Mrs. Bettie P. Stewart that vouchers in 3rd Auditor Offices
Prior
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19.133 No. 4
James Cunningham
No. 4
admitted
R. [illegible] Hemecki
Union Town
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Brief in the case of James Cunningham of Fayette Count in the State of Pennsylvania
(Act 7th June, 183 2.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes
3. How old is he? Eighty five years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
[Enlisted?] in 1776 [-] July
[Drafted] 1777 [aught]
Duration of Service.
Years,
Months,
5
3
Days.
Rank.
As a
Name of General and Field Officers under whom he served
Gen.
Capt. Colhoun, Col Clantz
"
5. In what battles was he engaged? Long Island, Brandywine.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lancaster County Pa
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? A Clergyman & Elijah Coleman certify to
traditionary evidence. A number of [persons] certify to applicants character.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
[-] Examining Clerk.
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2.
[illegible]
of
James
Cunninghan
Revolutionary
[illegible]
19133
admitted
8 mo. private
$26.66
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Fayette County Pennsylvania
On this ninth day of November
A.D. 1832 personally appeared before Charles Porter one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Fayette & State of Pennsylvania. James Cunningham a [illegible] of [illegible] township County & State afforesaid aged eighty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following  [illegible]
on in order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress passed June the 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. That he was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in December 1747 and under there of the time he entered the service, that the latter part of June of first
of July 1776 he volunteered in the "Flying Camp, he thinks in Capt Calhouns Company and attached to Col Clanters Regt
of Flying Camp [illegible]. That he was first marched from Lancaster to Philadelphia & from thence to New York, and from thence to Long Island and was engaged in the battle of Long Island. That he recollect distinctly
of Col Clauts being their commander during the time of the battle. That after the battle he was marched [illegible] the north now about sixteen miles to a place called
Kingsbridge and remained there a short time untill the forces were ordered out to meet the British at East Chester, and have a trifling Engagement with them at that place. That they then returned to Kingsbridge on the North river. After remaining there
a short time they were marched to Trenton in
the state of New Jersey, at which place he was
discharged having served out his five months. The
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time for which he engaged, this was sometime in November 1776. That
sometime in August 1777 he was drafted in
Capt Calhoun's company of Pennsylvania [illegible] for three months that cannot recollect the name of his Col. that they [illegible] marched from Lancaster toward the enemy who were on their way from the head of Elk to Philadelphia, and by [illegible] them in the battle of Brandywine on the 14th
September 1777. That he was then marched toward the [illegible] [illegible] and was engaged in a skirmish with the british [illegible] that place. That he was kept on
the British lines until his term of service appered and was discharged he thinks at Coley [Valley?] Forge, in November 1777. That the whole period of his services was eight months, performed as above described
as [illegible] of his imperfect recollection can enable him at this distance of time. That he continued to reside in Lancaster County untill about the [illegible] 1792 when he removed to Fayette county PA where he has resided untill the present time, That he never received a written discharge, and has no documentary evidence of his services. He knows of no persons at present by whom he can establish
them, lest that the Revd William Johnston &
Elijah Coloman will certify as to his reputation
that he has no record of his age.
Sworn & subscribed 9th Nov 1832
James Cunningham
before Charles Porter Judge
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any State.
Witness Charles Porter
James Cunningham
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Fayette County Pennsylvania

We William Johnston a clergyman residing in Luzerne township Fayette County & State of Pennsylvania & Elijah Coleman of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Cunningham who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be eighty five years of age, that he is respected and he lived in the [illegible] house where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. And further that his Character for honesty and veracity is unimpeachable.

Sworn and Subscribed this 9th day of Nov. A.D. 1832 before Charles Porter, Judge
[signed]
William Johnston
Elijah Coleman

I Charles Porter one of the associate judges of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, do certify that after the investigation of the matter, I offer putting the interrogatories [illegible] by the [illegible] that the [illegible] named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that the same applicant is very old - so frail and infirm that it would be utterly impossible for him to [illegible] and the court at its [illegible]. And I do further certify that I am personally acquainted with the Rev. William Johnston (clergyman) and Elijah Coleman who have [illegible] the above certificate. That they are residents of Fayette County and live in the neighborhood of the applicant, that they are both highly respectable, and that their statement is [illegible] to credit. In testimony of which said judge hereunto sets his hand and seal this ninth day of November A.D. 1832.
Charles Porter
Seal
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In reply to your request of: [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of James Cunningham a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. File 2154

Dates of Enlistment or appointment. 
June or July 1776
Length of Service
5 mos.
Rank [blank] 
Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain Calhoun
Colonel Clantz
State
PA [illegible] Camp

Dates of Enlistment or appointment
Aug 1777
Length of Service
3 mos.
Rank [blank]
Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain Calhoun
Colonel Clantz
State
PA [illegible] Camp

Battles engaged in, Long Island, Brandy.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lancaster Co, Pa.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 9, 1837, Allowed
Residence at date of application, Luzerne Twp., Fayette Co., Pa.
Age at date of application, 85 born in Dec. 1747 in Lancaster Co., Pa.
Remarks: He died Jany. 8, 1833
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1893 - Feb 18,
Hist. to Miss Bettie P. Cunningham, Belle Vernon, Pa. F.S.

1893 Letter to Mrs. B.P. Stewart inden Ave, Pittsburgh, Pa
1910 Apt. 2. Hist to J.C. Cunningham

2154
Invalid
Rev War
File No. 2154.
James Cunningham
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol. et.
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{Arrangement of 1870}

Oct 217L
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It appears from the books of this office that James Cunningham late a Pensioner of the Pittsburgh Agency under the Act [illegible] June 1832 at the rate of $26.66 per annum died on the 8th January 1833 and that his pension was paid at the Agency [illegible] to that date in the first quarter of 1834. 
Third Auditors Office August 11th 1846
Col. Edwards
Court of Pensions
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Certificate for Jas Cunningham
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Fayette County  Nov. 1831
Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War

In the application of James Cunningham of this County for a pension under the late law of congress we have to state that we have been [illegible] acquainted him. That he was one of the Early Settlers of this County, at any rate forty years ago, and has sustained an unimpeachable character that no man stands higher in the estimation of his [illegible]-- that he is now very old & his memory much unbound -- that his recollections
of the occurrence transpiring during the period
of his revolutionary services must be very [illegible]. [Illegible] that he was in the service as he states, no man can doubt who is acquainted with him.
Prest Wynn
Charles Porter Judge
William Johnston
Elijah Coleman
Moss B Porter
Andrew Porter
Geo Brown
Gideon John
Sheriff of the Cty
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The Third Auditor requests that Col. Edwards will show him the original records in the case of James Cunnigham deceased late a pensioner of the Pittsburgh Agency. Act 1832
3rd Auditor's Office
July 31st, 1846

Papers No 1, 2 & 3 handed to (illegible) 31 July 1846

Wm. Evans
No. the papers
& send them to 
N. S. Hassler
not these under cover.
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Office of Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

   From the records of the force employed in the Revolutionary War can you ascertain for me if there was a James Cunningham for Chester County, Pennsylvania in the War, and if so, can you give me a record of his service there or tell me how it can be obtained. 

                      Respectfully,
Bettie(Frasier) 
Columbia Lane
Belle Vernon,
Pennsylvania

The twelfth day of December (illegible)
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Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

    Can you tell me whether the pension applied for by Mames Cunningham (Nov. 13, 1832) of Fayette County, Pa, who served in the Rev. War from Lancaster Co. - was ever granted and when?
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Very Respectfully,
Bettie Cunningham
Belle Vernon, Pa

Feb - 27 - '93
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Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
I2154
From papers in my possession and from
dates gathered from your department,
I find that James Cunningham a Revolutionary soldier at time of enlistment from Lancaster Co. Pa, applied for a pension Nov 13, 1832 at that
residing in Fayette Co. Pa

[stamp: Pension Office Sept 11 1893]
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He died in 1832 and the pension was not granted until January 16, 1833 and you say it was paid until the time of his death.  Will you kindly give me the information concerning to h=whom ot was paid and when, and how much.
   If you will please examine the records more particularly I will be obliged, as you will plainly see the mistake about its being paid at the time of his death as it was not granted then.
              Respectfully.
    (Mrs) Bettie P. Stewart
     217 Ludres Avenue
     Pittsburgh, Pa.   

Sept - 7 - 1893.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Please give me the services of James Cunningham, private in War of Revolution, Lancaster County Pennsylvania.  He died in
Fayette County Pennsylvania.
Also Services in war of 1812 of Thomas Gallaher of Fayette County Pennsylvania, together with place & date of birth.
Respectfully
J. C. Cunningham,
Belle Vernon
Fayette Co. Pa
Post Office Box 73.

[stamp: MAR 24 1910]
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[illegible]
[illegible]
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, DC. Sept 15, 1893
Madame, In answer to your enquiry relative to the payment of the pension which was allowed to James Cunningham under the act of June 7, 1832, inscribed on the roll of the agency at Pittsburgh, Penn you are advised that the vouchers are on file in the office of the Third Auditor of the U.S. Treasury, to whom the
application should be made.
Very respectfully
Mrs
Bettie P. Stewart
217 Linden Ave
Pittsburgh
Penn
Commissioner