Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8172, George Calmes, Va.
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Va. Calmes, George 
S. 8172 carded
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26,374
Maryland
George Calmes
of Allegany in the State of MD [Maryland] who was a Lie [Lieutenant] 
in the Company commanded by Captain Brewer [Peter Bryan Bruin] of the Regt commanded by Col [Daniel] Morgan in the Virginia line for ____.
2nd Lieut. $320.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 320 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of May and sent to 1834 Hon A. Stuart HR [House of Representatives]

Arrears to the 4th of Mch [March][18]34 960.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 160.00
$1120.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. T. Sprayer Clerk,
Book  [illegible] Vol. 5 Page 102

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Ct. : 21 May 1849 to H. Northrup
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State of Maryland Allegany to wit

On this first day of May 1834 personally appears before the Judge of Allegany County Court of the state of Maryland George Calmos of Alleghany Couty and State aforesaid and a resident of the Cumber lands [Cumberland, Maryland] aged 78 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

That he was appointed in the army of the United States about the first of November in the year 1776 as a first Lieutenant in Captain Brewins [Peter Bryan Bruin] Company of the 11th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Daniel Morgan of the Virginia Troops. 

That in the year 1779 he was appointed to Captain to command Twelve months That in pursuance of his Authority he proceeded to recruit and that he was recruiting and preparing for 
service abt [about] one year and about the time he was ready for service General [George] Washington refused to receive soldiers upon short enlistment and the Troops were discharged
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That he left the service about the 1st of December 1779
In the year 1781 he served three months as a quarter Master under Col William Darke who commanded a regiment of Militia from Frederick County virginia He resided near Winchester virginia on entering the service 

He was engaged in the Battle of Brandywine [Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania 1777]. His engagement [enlistment] took place at Winchester Va. From thence he marched through Philadelphia [PA] to Prineton [Princeton, New Jersey] where the Regiment was fully completed and where they were commanded by General [Israel] Putnam 

From this place they marched through Morristown [New Jersey] to the North River [Hudson River, NY] near to a Town called New Winsor [New Windsor, New York] then they countermarched and returned to Philadelphia [PA] and thence to Brandywine where the Battle was fought. [Battle of Brandywine, PA 1777].

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any state. Tst

Sworn to and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid
George Calmes
Asa Bean Clk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named George Calmes applicant was a revolutionary officer and served as he states
Test Asa Beall Clk

I Asa Beall Clerk of Allegany County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the application of George Calmes for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this first day of May 1834
Asa Beall Clk
Allegany County
Maryland

[seal not on page]
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30.946
Gorge Calmes
No
See Virginia Rolls
Col Morgans Regt
11th Va Regt
2 Ys Lieut $320.
Hon A Stevens
HR
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I am well acquainted with Col George Calmes who made the within declaration who is a gentleman of the highest respectability a most undoubted truth and veracity he is well known as a revolutionary officer and at [illegible] of his service as a [illegible]. [illegible]
Andrew Steward
31 May '34
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Application of the Children of George Calmes for Pension due their father at the time of his death
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State of Maryland. Allegany County Court:
Personally appeared before me the [illegible] one of the [illegible] of the orphans court of said county. Mrs. Mary Hoye a resident of Cumberland in said county who being duly sworn according to law marked the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining, an right of her late father George Calmes the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 for granting pensions to certain officers and soldiers of the war of the Revolution :
She says she has always understood that her father George Calmes was an officer of the war of the revolution, but she knows not his rank the line to which he belonged, or the lenghth of time which he served, the battles which he fought, the counties through which he marched, the officers under whom he served; nor has she any record or documentary evidence to sustain her said claim, nor does she know where to procure any nor does she at this day know of any living witness by whom his rank and service can be proven:
She says that he was a citizen of Virginia and a brother of General Marquis Calmes of Woodford county, Kentucky who was also a revolutionary officer and pensioner : She further says she has reason to believe that her late father was a Lieutenant of the Virginia line of the army of the revolution : She is informed that her late father made an effort during his life time to obtain the benefit of the act [illegible] to and failed and thus refers to this application of his to sustain her claim : She says that her said father departed this life on the 20th day of November 1834 his wife having since departed this life and that Isabella Rogers wife of John Rogers of Morgantown Virginia and herself are his sole and only surviving children
Mary Hoye
Sworn and subscribed before me this 24th day of March 1849
John Hays [illegible]
I John Hays [illegible] do hereby certify that I [illegible]Mary Hoye in person and took her declaration ; she being in ill health and could not leave her own home with prudence
John Hays [illegible]
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State of Maryland, Allegany County, to wit:
I, W. R McCulley, Register of Wills for Allegany County, do hereby certify that John Hays is a Judge of the Orphans Court of Allegany County, aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified according to law.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of my office this 27 day of March, 1849.
Test - W. R McCulley, Register of Wills for Allegany County, Maryland.
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State of Maryland Allegany County, SS:
At an Orphans Court held in and for said County on the 27" of March 1849, On motion of S. M. Semmes, Attorney, it was proven in open Court to the satisfaction of the said Court by the Oaths of James Smith and Hiram B. Wolfe, persons well known to the said Court and who the certify to be witnesses of credibility, that George Calmes reputed to have been an officer in the Virginia line of the army of the Revolution departed this life on the twentieth day of November in the year 1834 his wife having died shortly after him. and that Isabella wife of John Rogers of Morgantown Virginia and Polly wife of John Hoye of Cumberland are his only living children, the whole of which is ordered to be certified.
I, William R McCulley, Register of Wills for Allegany County, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the original as filed and recorded in this Court.
Test - W. R McCulley, Register of Wills for Allegany County, Maryland.
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8172
Rev War INVALID.
File No. 8172
George Calmes
Priv Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. 1st, Page 58
Arrangement of 1870.
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Geo Calmes
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This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 4th day of April 1783, in the name of George Calmes as Lieut of Infantry for L46.4.0, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to Genl. Morgan and was given for services prior to the 1st January 172. 
To Wit - pay as Lt. 11 Va. Regt. from 1st Jany 77. to 8 Novr. 
No Seal of Office. Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 28th day of August 1846.
Jas E. Heath AUDITOR.
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George Calmes, Maryd. Act 7 June 1832
to what time last paid?
Pension Office
May 21, 1849
Died 20th Novr. 1834
Pd. to his death BJB.
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Washington
March 29/49
Henry Northup
Presents, the claim of the Children of George Calmes for a Pension for his services in the "Continental Line."
Refd. to Commr. of Pensions
Dept of the Interior
April 2 1849

Honorable
Thomas Ewing
secretary of the [illegible] department
Present
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Washington City 29th of March 1849
Honorable Sir
I herewith present through you as the head of the house department the Certification of the Children of George Calmes a Revolutionary officer for the amount of pension to which their father the said George Calmes was intitled to at the day of his death under the Act of 7th of June 1832. George Calmes during life applied for the benefit of this Act as appears by the letter of the Commissioner of Pensions herewith - Also Enclosed is a Certificate from the Auditor of State of Virginia - show his being paid for service from 1st of January to the 8th of November 1777 - But sir there is on file in the state department the "Washington Papers" in which will be found the Rolls of the Army Generally up to 1779 or 1780 and which I presume the name rank and length of service George Calmes will be proved. Before those papers were looked up and withheld from the inspection of the public by orders mandate of James L Edwards Although purchased by Act of Congress for the use of the nation with the funds of the stration, I well recollect answering the [illegible] of the Virginia line to hand over the rolls of the 11th Virginia Regiment in two or three places and in two several Books. [illegible] those rolls will doubtless show his services how long he served when he resigned &c. Whether the clerk having charge of these papers or not I know not. Amongst several applications
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there have been some several applications that the party was not to be found as was none sent on The Rolls when upon [illegible] and assurity but there was that I had seen and noted them before intendisted and in these cases was permitted to look over the papers with the Clerk and point out the [illegible] rights I name three of the Cases to wit Capt Edwin Hud Lt. John Hoge Lt and Ensign John Read. The others not now recollected I [illegible] to this lest it should be overlooked and this [illegible] not to be found on the Rolls of the Virginia line-
The papers it is presumed will be found complete with the exception that the rolls may show his service more fully And Sir I have to ask the right to examine those Rolls in Company with the clerk who has charge of those papers
I Remain Sir Yours Respectfully
Henry Northup