Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 39400, John Cummings, Continental (Md.)
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Service
Continental (MD)

Name
Cummings, John

Number
S.39400
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17704R

VIRGINIA

John Cummings Ohio Co in the state of Virginia who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Lee's Region of the Virginia line for the term of 15 months.

Inscribed on the roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 dollars per month to commence on the 7 of August 1820.

Certificate of Pension issued 7 of Sept 1820 and sent to Samuel H. Fitzhugh agent, Wheeling Virginia

Arrears to 4th of sept 1820 $7.19
Semi-Anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1821 $48.00
$55.19

9 Mo. 25/41
and 4/30

{Revolutionary Claim Act 18th March 1818 and 1st Mary 1820}

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See letter to M. Nelson & J. Robertson [illegible] Oct 3 1834 - [illegible] Oct 10, 1834
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John Cummings
Ohio County VA
7 August 1820
Capt: Rudolph's Co.
Lieut. COl Lee's Region
March or April 1778
to June 1779

found on the rolls of L. Col. Lee's Region

worth $52.77 1/2
Admitted

Samuel H. Fitzhugh
Agent
Wheeling, Virginia
Rec'd 17 Aug 1820
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District of Virginia

On this seventh day of August 1820 personally appeared in open court in the court house of Ohio County, said court having the power to fine & imprison, John Cumings aged sixty 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 of the 18th of March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820 that he the said John enlisted for the term of three years or during the war on Easter Monday in the year 1778 in the state of Maryland in the company commanded by  Capt. John Rudolph in the Region commanded by Major Henry Lee in the line of the state of Maryland and the Continental Establishment that he continued to serve in said corps until Jun 1779 when he was discharged from said service in Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania by a written discharge under the hand of Capt. Rudolph which is since lost. That he was in no particular battle but frequently engaged in scouting parties and that he has no other evidence now in his power of said service.

And in pursuance of the act of this first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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" passed on the 18th day of
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March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

One Horse $35
Two Chairs - $2
Old Axes $1.50
One mattock $0.50
One hoe $0.25
One Sledge $0.50
Two Iron Pots $1.75
Pot hooks $0.125
Tea Kettle $.075
1 Trunk $0.50
3 Pewter Plates 62-1/2, 1 [illegible] 20, 12 spoons 20 = $1.02-1/2
4 tin cups, 25 one quart 12-1/2 = $37.5
4 knives & 6 forks 25, cups and saucers 50 - $.75
2 dishes, 2 crocks 25, 1 saddle 3.25 = $3.50
1 spinning wheel 1.0, shot [illegible] $3.00
2 old barrels and one bible $.75
[illegible] servers $.5

Total $52.77-1/2

Family
Myself - aged 60 years unable to labour (labor) occupation a farmer
My wife Araminta failed in strength & helpless
Robert Cummings - my son a farmer aged 21 but not able to support himself & parents

John Cummings

Sworn to and declared before us Justices of the Peace of Ohio County in Court setting this seventh day of August AD 1829

Arch'd Woods
Noan Zane
Cheshner Simons
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Ohio County
I William Chapline clerk of the court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of Ohio County Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is $52.77-1/2 dollars

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 10th day of August 1820.

Wm Chapline - Clerk OCC

SEAL
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Record Division
Revolutionary War Records Section 

3-525
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

S.39400

In reply to your request of blank received blank for a statement of the military history of John Cummings a soldier of the Revolutionary War you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Date of Enlistment or Appointment: Spring 1778 to June 1779
Length of Service 15 months
Officers under whom service was rendered:
Captain = John Rudolph
Colonel = Henry Lee's Region

Battles engaged in - None Stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment - Enlisted in State of Maryland
Date of application for pension: Aug 7, 1820, His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application - Applied for pension in Ohio Co. VA
Age at date of application - 60 Years
Remarks: In 1820 soldier referred to his wife Araminta or Arraminta aged 59 years and son Robert aged 21 years.

No further family data.

Respectfully, 

Commissioner.
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OCt 2 1902
Mrs. A.C. Hill
Zanesville, Ohio

1923 - Apr 23 - Hist to Mrs. Edna Hill Maholm

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39400
INVALID
Revy
File NO 39,400
John Cummins
Pri Rev War

Act 18 March '18
Index Vol 3 Page 120

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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FREE

STAMP - Wheeling Va Sep 29

To
The Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Pension Office
Washington City
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Wheeling Sept 23 1834

Hon Lewis Cass
Sec of War

Sir

I have the honor to enclose to you the papers prepared by John Cummings a pensioner of the U. S. under the laws of 1818 & 1820 authorizing Wm Mitchell Jr of Richmond to receive his pension from March 4, 1834, to Sept 4, 1834, together with Mr. Mitchell's letter advising me that the payment thereof had been suspended. I am also informed that the payment of Samuel Bowman's pension (granted under the same laws) is in like manner and suspended. It being a matter of great interest to these aged & meritorious soldiers of the Revolution to know why the payment of their pensions has been arrested & being entirely ignorant of the existence of any circumstances requiring it; I beg you on their behalf to make known to me the cause of the suspension and to indicate what steps if any will be proper on their part to restore it to them.

I have the honor to be
Your most obt. servant

Morgan Nelson
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And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820 I do Solemnly Swear that I was a resident
Citizen of the United States on the 10th day of
March 1818 and that I have not since that time
by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my
property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it or to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the revolutionary war passed on the 10th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other what is contained
in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed.

June the 20th 1820
A true statement of property belonging to John Cummings as follows:

One Horse illegible - $35.00
two pair drawing reins - $2.00
three old axes 1.50 one Mattock 50 cents - $2.00
one hoe 25 cents, iron wedge 50 cents, two small Iron pots 1.75 - $2.50
1 pair pot hooks 12.5, old copper tea kettle 75 cents - $0.875
1 old trunk 50 cents, 3 pewter plates 12.5 cents, one illegible pewter illegible 20 cents - $0.325
4 knives & 6 forks 25 cents, 4 teacups and saucers 50 cents - $0.75
2 earthen dishes 12.5 cents, two crocks 12.5 cents, one side saddle $3.25 - $3.50
1 spinning wheel $1.00, one shot gun $2.00, tow barrels 25 cents - $3.25
1 Bible 50 cents, illegible 50 cents -$1.00
Total $52.775

John Cummings aged sixty-one years by occupation a farmer, and is not now able to support himself by labour (labor), Arraminta Cummings consort of
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John Cummings aged fifty-nine years having failed in bodily thingsth is not now able to support himself.
Robert Cummings son of John Cummings and Arraminta aged twenty-one years by occupation a farmer but not able to contribute enough for his parents support & support himself.

John Cummings

Virginia Ohio County

I William Chapline Jr Clerk of the county aforesaid do certify that on the 4th day of September 1820 the above oath of John Cummings was taken before the court of the county aforesaid when in session and that the said oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the 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 exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifty two dollars and 77-1/2 cents.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 11th day of September 1820 & in the 45th year of the commonwealth.

Wm Chapline Jr - C O C
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2 Cents postage Stamped & add 4 illegible

Rev

Stamp Pension Office Apr 21, 1923

Zanesville, O 4/19-'23

Pension Department
Washington D.C.

Some fifteen yrs ago my mother rec'd a parchment from commissioner E.F. Ware showing the honorable record of her great grandfather John Cummings in the Revolutionary War
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he was in Captain John Randolph's company under Col. Henry Lee. The record has since been lost.

I am a member of the D.A.R. and now my young daughter aged 10 yrs wants to be a charter member of the Junior D.A.R. in this city, and could you send me that record again?

Very thankfully,
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Mrs. Edna Hill-Moore-Maholer
153 Hamline Ave
Zanesville, Ohio

STAMP US PENSION OFFICE Apr 21, 1923

My national No is 63747
My mother's name was Mary Adelaid Gratigny-Hill. My revolutionary ancestor enlisted in Maryland in the Spring of 1778
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A.C. Hill
Broker and ommission Merchant
P.O. Box 416
Zanesville, Ohio July 31wt, 1902

STAMP Dated Aug 6 1902

The Pension Bureau
Washington City

Gentlemen,

I was requested to write to the above bureau for the information I wish to know. I wish to get the record of one John Cummings a soldier in the revolutionary war. He died April 28th, 1852, age 96 years 7 months & 28 days. He died & was burried (buried) in Beallsville Monroe Co, Ohio. he drew a pension up to his death at Wheeling W.VA at that time VA. I have no further record think he lived in Maryland where enlisted. think he belonged to Co known as light horse harry. was in the company where the supposed deserter [illegible] left to capture Arnold he was my great grandfather and my object in asking for this information I am desirous of joining the daughters of the American Revolution. I have not the record of his life through the inscription on his monument in [illegible] Plain and it also says he was a soldier in the revolutionary war. I will be thankful to receive such information as will entitle me to become a member of the daughters. Should I be eligible to belong for which I am told to find out where he enlisted as I had proven he had been a soldier in the above war. Thanking you in advance I am respectfully yours.

Mrs. A C Hill

US PENSION OFFIC STAMP Aug 4 1902