Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34960, for James Lenox, Maryland
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Md.

Lenox, James

NUMBER
S. 34960

CONTENTS
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2887
Maryland.
James Lenox
Capt Smythe private
4
Maryland Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 13th of April, 1818.-
Certificate of Pension issued the 22d of Sept 1818
and sent to the applicant leave of
Thos Bailey Esq Baltimore Md.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 12/30 37.86
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819. 48.00
[total] $85.86
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.
77
three years
City of Baltimore
D. H. [illegible] May 19 /59
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[circular stamp on small piece of paper attached to top of form, but illegible because it is folded over]

Princeton Ill. May 10 /57
To the Commissioner of the
General Land Office
Honorable Sir!
Through the solicitude of a widow woman
& your permission, I
would be pleased to
make a few inquiries,
relative to a land
warrent [warrant] & a Pention [pension]
due her father for
services rendered
in the Revolutionary
War of 1776
The Soldier name
was James Lenox
from the State of Md.
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& also whether he would
still draw his pention [pension]
or his heirs,
for answer as soon as your convenience
will permit will be
received with
[illegible] pleasure to these [illegible]
Most respectfully
D. H. Prunk
Princeton
Bureau Co.
Ⓧ
P. S.
We think since he
James Lenox served
five years he will be
entitled to more than
one Land Warrent
from the fact of his
being set free & then
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& who died in the year
1819, James Lenox was
in the battle fought at
Lexington Trenton &
several others, he served
some five years
his daughter forgets
he captain ^names^ but says
the Generals, were
[illegible]. Brown & Reed & c
Mr Lenox was
also entitled to a
Pention, & he never
received but one
payment of his
annual pention
We would beg the
to know [underlined where] where his
Landwarrent was [illegible]
whether he was
entitled to more than
one Land warrant [illegible]
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again
being required
to take up arms a
agen [again] & agen, of course
all of this, you will
know & as the Books
will show.
D. H. Prunk
We have his family
record (the Bible) &
can produce other
testimony if necissary
D. H. P.

[circular stamp] 
PENSION OFFICE
MAY [illegible] 1859
[circular stamp]
MAY 16 1859
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore Sct
On this thirteenth day of April in the year
of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and
Eighteen personally appeared before me the
undersigned, James Lenox aged Sixty four years, residing in the City of Baltimore, an applicant for a pension under the 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," and then and there made the following declaration on Oath
by me administered, that he did enlist in
the year 1776 at Chester Town, Kent County, State of Maryland, as a private Soldier in Captain Thomas Smyths Company, and served during said year, in what was call'd "the flying Camp," and
on the 12th Jany 1777 he again enlisted into
Capt. Jesse Cordens Company attached to
Col William Richardson Reg. call'd 5th Maryland Reg" and afterward commanded by Col John Eager Howard, and constituted part of what was the designated "first Brigade Maryland line"
commanded by General Smallwood and
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that he, deponant, served for the term of three
years from the said time agreeably to his
enlistment and was on the 12th Jany 1780
Honorably discharged", and that said discharge received by him, was signed by "Genl Washington"
which has been lost or mislaid, and never
having been placed on any pension list, hath
none to relinquish- further, that by his reason
of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need
of assistance from his country for support.
[signed] James Lenox
Subscribed and Sworn
to before me
Balt. City Court
N Brice Chief Judge
State of Maryland City of Baltimore Sct
I hereby certify that the said James Lenox in addition to
the above declaration under Oath
brought before me a certain Marmaduke Tilden Esq
also residing in this City, whose deposition is
hereto annexed, from which it appears to my
satisfaction that said James Lenox served in the
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Revolutionary war against the common enemy, for the time therein mentioned, and is entitled to a pension under the
late act of Congress
N Brice Chief
Judge Balt City Court
13th April 1818-
State of Maryland
City of Baltimore Sct
On this thirteenth day of April in the year
Eighteen hundred and Eighteen personally appeared before me the subscribed Marmaduke Tilden Esqr
aged about sixty years, and then and there made Oath, that he is well acquainted with James Lenox mentioned in the foregoing declaration, that he knew him ^to have served^ as a regular Soldier in the Revolutionary War, for at least three years, most of which was under the
command of General Smallwood - and that all
other parts of said declaration are correct-
Subscribed & Sworn
to before me
M. Duke Tilden
N Brice Chief Judge
Balt City Court
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City of Baltimore Sct.
I, Thomas Harwood Clerk of Baltimore
City Court, do hereby certify that the Honorable Nicholas Brice Esquire, before whom the aforegoing proceedings were taken and certified, and who has
hereto subscribed his name, was at the time
of taking and certifying the same, and still is
Chief Judge of Baltimore City Court, duly commissioned
and qualified, and to all his acts as such,
full credit is and ought to be given. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name  and affixed
the seal of the said Court this
Thirteenth day of April, One thousand
Eight hundred and Eighteen --
-
Thos. Harwood Clerk
Baltimore City Court
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September 25, 1935
Mr. L. M. Decker
59 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, California
JAMES LENOX
S. 34960
BA - J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which
you request the Revolutionary War records of Daniel Grant, of
Baltimore, Maryland, and James Lennox, of Kent County, Maryland.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based
upon service in the Revolution of a Daniel Grant who either served
or was pensioned from Maryland. Such claims are the source of
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office.
The record was found of only one James Lenox, under any
spelling, and it is furnished herein as obtained from the papers
on file in pension claim, S. 34960, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.
James Lenox enlisted in 1776, in Chestertown, Kent County,
Maryland, served as private in Captain Thomas Smyth's company of
the Flying Camp, was in the battles of Trenton and several other
battles, length of this tour not stated. He enlisted January 12,
1777, served as private in Captain Jesse Cosden's company, Colonels
William Richardson's and John Eager Howard's Maryland regiment, and
was discharged January 12, 1780.
James Lenox was allowed pension on his application executed
April 13, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-four years and a
resident of the City of Baltimore, Maryland. He signed James Lenox.
One D. H. Prunk, of Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, stated
in a letter dated May 10, 1859, that James Lenox of Maryland served
in the Revolutionary War about five years, was in several battles;
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received a pension, and that he died in 1819; his letter was in
behalf of a widow woman", the daughter of said James Lenox, who
desired to know whether any pension was due her on account of
service of her father in the Revolutionary War. The writer did not give her name nor state whether she resided in Illinois. He
stated that "we have his family record (the Bible). He did not
state that he was a relative of the family. There are no other family data on file.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name
and address of the person paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the
following data:
James Lenox
Certificate #2887
Issued September 22, 1818
Rate $8 per month
Commenced April 13, 1818
Act March 18, 1818
Maryland Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Pension Office

May. 19" 1859.
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 1 Instant

you are informed that James Lenox was
pensioner under the Act of 18" March 1818. at
$96 per Annum. The Soldier having
died in 1819, there cannot be anything due
his heirs under existing pension laws unless
he failed to draw the pension allowed him to
the day of his death. By addressing the [illegible] Auditor of the Treasury
stating to him the
precise date of the death of James Lenox
you can ascertain if arrears of pension and due.
The soldier was not entitled to a Land Warrant for his services. The only class of soldiers
entitled to Land bounty were those who
enlisted into the Continental line for and during the
war and actually served to its close.
James Lenox Server from 1776 to 1780.
The children of Lenox, are not entitled to bounty land
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for the reason, that they were not minors
on the 3d March 1855.
D. H. Prink, Esqr
Princeton
Ill

[vertically on right side]
D. H. Prink
May [illegible]
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This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the
War of 1812 as are now in the possession
of the Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

L. W. B.
I. 34960.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
April 7, 1897.
Madam: --
Replying to your request for information concerning James Lenox,
a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an
application for pension on April 13, 1818, at which time he was 64
years of age and residing at Baltimore, Md., and his pension was allowed
for three years' actual service as a private in the Maryland troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt.
Cosden and Col. Richardson. He enlisted at Chestertown, Md.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner,
Miss Ermine Turpen,
Frankfort, Indiana.
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This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the
War of 1812 as are now in the possession
of the Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

L. W. B.
I. 34960.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
November 19th, 1897.
Sir: --
Replying to your request for information concerning James Lenox,
a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an
application for pension on April 13, 1818, at which time he was 64
years of age and residing at Baltimore, Maryland, and his pension was
allowed for three years' actual service as a private in the Maryland
troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt.
Cowden and Col. Richardson.
He enlisted at Chestertown, Maryland.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mr. Robert H. Smith,
567 "C" St., S. E., City.
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59 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, Calif. Sept. 10, 1935
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please furnish me with the
Revolutionary ^War^ record of Daniel Grant listed in the first census of
Baltimore County, Baltimore town, Maryland
was a pension issued to this man
please give all available data concerning him
also his wifes maiden name, places of their births, marriage and deaths, and all data concerning his parents.
This information to be used in a family history.
I thank you
Very truly yours
Mrs L.M. Decker.
[circular stamp]
REC'D
SEP 16 1935
MAIL [illegible]
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59 Atlantic Avenue,
Long Beach, Calif. Sept. 10 1935
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please furnish the
Revolutionary War record of James Lennox of
Kent County, Maryland, who was listed in the
First census of that county. Also all data contained
in his pension papers. Also his wife's maiden
name giving dates, places of their marriage
births and deaths
And too, all available data
concerning his parents
This information to be used in a family history
I thank you
Very truly yours
L.M. Decker.
[circular stamp]
REC'D
SEP 16 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
[illegible]
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Frankfort Indiana March 5, 1897
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir
Will you
kindly inform me,
if there was ever
a pension granted to
James Lenox of
the Revolutionary War.
Yours respectfully,
Erminie Turpen
Frankfort, Indiana
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Washington, D.C.
November 9, 1897
Record and Pension Division
War Department.
I most politely request to be
informed if the name of James
Lennox appears on the list
of Pensioners, of the War of the Revolution
To the best of information to be
had He enlisted of Baltimore Md.
most respect fully
Robt H. Smith
567 C St. D.C.
[rectangular stamp]
[illegible] WAR 7 NAVY
NOV 11 1897
FILES.
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34960
Revy INVALID.
No. 34,960
James Lenox
Pri Rev War
Act: 18" March 18"
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 237
┃ Arrangement of 1870. ┃
[on right half of page]
Apr. 7, 1897 - History to
Miss Erminie Turpen
Frankford, Ind.
Nov. 19/97 Robert H. Smith,
City
1935, Sept 25. Hist to Mr. L.M. Decker
MLB
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General Land Office
Official business
Commissioner
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.
[circular stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
MAY 15 1855
[illegible]
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[circular stamp]
BALTIMORE  MD
APR 15

FREE
To the Hon'l James C. Calhoun Esq.
Secretary of War
Washington

[along right edge]
James Lenox
[illegible]
Maryland [illegible]
Apr 14 1818
Admitted
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Baltimore April 13, 1818
Sir-
When the Pension Certificate [illegible]
Can the same to be forwarded through the post
office directed to me "care of Thomas Bailey Esquire Baltimore" --
I have the honor to be with due respect
Sir Your obedient Servant
James Lenox

Witness P. G. Hanes